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  • New face on the Commissioners Board

    Amanda Tafolla-Sutton|Jan 6, 2017

    There is a new face on the Board of Commissioners this year. Randy Miller was appointed to his seat as the Cheyenne County Commissioners District one Board Member in the Thursday, Jan. 5 commissioners' meeting. County Commissioners are charged with administering county government in many states. The Cheyenne County Commissioners are comprised of three people: Board Chairman Darrell J. Johnson, Board Member Philip Sanders and newest elect Board Member Randy Miller. There has been a Board of...

  • School board discusses closing Lodgepole Middle School

    Dan Fox|Jan 6, 2017

    On Tuesday, Jan. 3 the Creek Valley School Board held an open work session to discuss the numbers, and talk about potentially closing the school in Lodgepole as a cost-saving measure. Board President Jason Phillips said a focus of the Tuesday meeting was to share the financial data and facts that had led the board to this juncture. As they ran through a number of Power Point slides, board members painted the picture of declining state and federal aid, as well as increasing costs. According to...

  • Dennis W. Joynt Petty Officer - 2nd Class - U.S. Navy 1968 -1974

    Larry Nelson|Jan 6, 2017

    A situation that happened in several homes in the late 1960’s… a person who has graduated from high school wants to set out on his/her own course in life…his/her parents have a different plan. Dennis Joynt completed a semester of college in Detroit, Michigan, then told his parents that he had joined the US Navy! He picked the Navy to honor his mother who was a Navy officer in WWII. Dennis signed up under the “buddy plan”. This was a recruiting method used by the services that pretty much guaranteed that if you signed up with a friend, t...