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brarlnLQiiier BAD BRAINS: IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT YOU CAN'T KEEP NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS A13 IN i 3.0C0 ELACKEiriSS FALL FROM USE SKY School officials plan for unrct-raco cronarin TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2011 WYOMING' NEWS SOURCE Founded in 1891 trib.com Tutting Wyoming first' Mead stresses working neighbor-with-neighbor in inaugural address f1 1 re tr By JEREMY PELZER Star-tribune capital bureau. CHEYENNE -In his inaugural address, Gov. Matt Mead painted a picture of a prosperous, self-sufficient Wyoming in which residents work together to build better lives andabetter state. Mead, a Cheyenne rancher and attorney from one of Wyoming's most storied political families, was sworn into office Monday as the state's 32nd governor. Wyoming's four other statewide elected officials were also sworn into office during ceremoriies at the Cheyenne Civic Center.

Echoing one of his campaign's main themes, Mead said in his address that he will focus on "putting Wyoming first" ahead of politics, and ahead of the federal government. While Wyomingmightbe the nation's least-populous state, Mead said the state can do better on its own to tackle issues such as helping to give greater access to health care, boosting the state's Video replay of swearing-in ceremonies, Gov. Matt Mead's inaugural address. Inauguration day photo gallery. Capital bureau reporter Jeremy Pelzer's education and developing clean energy technologies.

"With our small population and the strength of our citizens, we must be bold, knowing that with all the advantages we have, we can get things done," he said. "We are still the kind of people envisioned by the Founding Fathers, who, inspired by the sacred notions of liberty and self-determination, created a nation of citizens that govern themselves." Mead gave no specifics in his speech about how he plans to address the state's issues, though he singled out for criticism the federal Please see MEAD, A12 I 1 Gov. Matt Mead is hugged by former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson during an inauguration day reception in the lobby of the State Capitol on Monday in Cheyenne.

(Dan CepedaStar-Tribune) Elected state officials balance agencies, boards til if. sions will have an all-Republican bench. Moreover, thr members willW sitting Matt Mead, Auditor Cynthia Cloud and Superintendent of Public Instruction Cindy Hill. They will join Secretary of State Max Maxfield and Treasurer Joe Meyer. All five were sworn into office Monday morning at the Cheyenne Civic Center.

As members of the constitutionally created State Board of Land Commissioners, they are responsible for the administration of Please see OFFICIALS, A12 By JOAN BARRON Star Tribune capital bureau CHEYENNE The paramount job of the five elected state officials is to run their offices and in the case of the governor, the state. Yet they all have another job as members of key boards and commissions that perform much of the work in state government. For the first time since 2002, the state boards and commis- on tie boards, and aommissions for the first time. In the coming year they will discuss issues ranging from wind energy leasing on state lands to the location of a new state office building in Cheyenne. The new members are Gov.

Cynthia Cloud takes the oath of office for state auditor as her husband, Charles, holds the family Bible during Monday's inauguration ceremonies at the Cheyenne Civic Center. (Dan CepedaStar-Tribune) Why don't kids wear winter coats? i School planning moves ahead Architects will design renovations, construction of new campus i- iVAW- By JACKIE BORCHARDT Star-TriCune staff writer mm y. 1)1 By BETH J. HARPAZ Associated Press NEWYORK-Amongthegreat spectacles of winter, along with the northern lights and frozen lakes, are coatless kids. No coat, no gloves? No prob! These teens and tweens are chillin' out, literally and figuratively, in their sweatshirts and kicks.

Maybe aboy will accessorize with a baseball cap, and a girl might choose stylish boots but nothing weatherproof, please! Some boys even wear shorts year-round, and many parents say they've given up the fight. For example, Jack Rogers, 12, of Fishers, was wearing shorts last week. "I know lots of kids who do that," he said. His grandma doesn't understand. "It's 15 degrees.

Why does -n't he have a coat on him?" she Please see COATS, A12 Planning for Natrona County's high schools will narrow in 2011, focusing on programming and how the buildings will support that programming. The school board approved a plan to renovate Kelly Walsh and Natrona County high schools and build a new high school campus to house several high school programs. Alternative Roosevelt High School, currently housed in an elementary school building and several portables, will move to the new campus with the Please see SCHOOLS, A12 Jack Rogers, 12, left, and Maxwell Rogers, 9, play on a mound of snow in Fishers, Ind. (Courtesy Shelley Rogers LandesAP) Index Weather The Grouch Cold is cool. Advisers B7 Movies B7 Casper A3 Obituaries A7 Classified B9-14 Opinion A10 Comics Puzzles B12 Markets 68 Weather A2 HI 26 llil Low: 12 (fcWpDlr1.