Casper College Theater and Dance Presents “Around the World in 80 Days”
Casper College Theatre and Dance presents Jules Verne’s “Around the World in 80 Days”
Join fearless adventurer Phileas Fogg and his loyal manservant Passapartout as they race against time to complete their trip around the world in only 80 days! Stampeding elephants…Raging typhoons… Runaway trains…and much, much, more, spice up this story of danger, romance and comic surprises. Truly an adventure for the whole family!
Rating: Suitable for ages 5 and above
Gertrude Krampert Theater
Casper College Campus
125 College Dr,
Casper, Wyoming 82601
Nov 29-30, Dec 1, 5-8 at 7:30 p.m.
Matinee-December 2 at 2 p.m.
American Interpretive Language Interpreted Performance-December 5 at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets:
(307)268-2500, 800-442-2963, ext. 2500, or https://caspercollegearts.cc/
Artcore presents Recital by Nina McIntire
Nina McIntire, born in St.Petersburg, Russia, completed her degree in Master of Fine Arts at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow. At first, living in Western Europe, she had a career as a classical concert violinist performing around the world with Solo Concerts, Chamber Music and the German State Philharmonic Orchestra.
While pursuing her classical music career she followed developments in many other genres of music. In the modern world where popular music dominates the charts and classical music struggles to reach broader audiences, Nina started to search for solutions to balance appreciation of both Classical and Pop. She created her “Ivory Fantasy” music project to establish the easy access to classical music as already exists in Pop. She makes Classical as exciting as a pop hit and her Pop-compositions are refreshingly classy. Overcoming stylistic boundaries, her music benefits multi-generational listeners and transmits message of unity and inclusiveness.
Now living in Austin, TX, Nina works on creation of her 1st season of the “Music Universe” Austin Philharmonic Concerts. This series will give a chance to digital-age-generation young listeners to be introduced to the concert-hall-live-presentation-experience; also, it will benefit people who always wanted to get closer to classical music, and it will give an option for frequent concertgoers to continue their connection to music in the form of philharmonic concerts. The “Music Universe” would be an opportunity for the entire family – young and old alike – to have a quality time together. Starts at 7:30 at First United Methodist Church.
Make it CLASS at Pottery by You
Learn this awesome “paper” technique. We’ll even have “Christmasy” words you can put inside your wreath. Michele will show you some fun calligraphy tricks as well.
Make sure to pre-register!
COST: $10 Class Fee + your pottery. Starts at 6:00.
Tot Time at the YMCA
Join us for Tot Time on Thursdays from 11am-1pm. Kids will enjoy our inflatables and interacting with other kids, while parents/caregivers get the opportunity to socialize with each other. Pack a lunch and make it an indoor picnic. What a great way to spend your afternoon at the Y!
FREE for Y members
$5 drop-in fee for nonmembers. Starts at 11:00.
Brock Finn LIVE at The Office
Join us for a great night of live music with Brock Finn.
What better way to get that weekend started a little early. Starts at 6:00.
The King and I: The Musical at Studio City Mesa
Join us November 29 and December 4, 2018 for THE KING AND I: THE MUSICAL in ARQ® Premium Cinema!
The multi-award winning and critically acclaimed Lincoln Center Theater’s production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King And I comes to cinemas in this unmissable event presented from London’s iconic Palladium.
Reprising her Tony Award-winning role, ‘Broadway musical’s undisputed Queen’ (The Sunday Times) Kelli O’Hara (Anna) takes to the stage alongside Tony and Oscar nominee Ken Watanabe (The King) in a “powerhouse” (The Times) performance. Also returning to her Tony Award winning role as Lady Thiang is Ruthie Ann Miles. Starts at 7:30.
Wyogenerocity w/Rodeo Rick at the Gaslight Social
Wyoming is the only state that does not have a children’s hospital or NICU. Babies born prematurely must be sent out of state to Colorado, Utah, South Dakota or Montana to receive the life saving care they need. This adds additional financial and emotional burdens. All proceeds from this event will go directly to support Wyoming families faced with the unexpected burden and tremendous costs of prematurity. All donations are tax deductible.
Events include:
*Live Auction by Rodeo Rick
*Music
*Games
*Information booth about prematurity
*Table to buy exclusive Before 37 apparel
This will be a family friendly event.
Fall – i – Day Craft Fair at Paradise Valley School
Vendor market and craft fair at Paradise Valley School organized by the PV Parent Group. Starts at 4:00. Vendor booths are $10 and admission is free to the public.
Lecture: Wyoming’s Big Game Migrations at Casper College
“Wyoming’s Big Game Migrations: How They Make These Epic Journeys and Why We Should Care” is the title of the next presentation of the Zimmerman Lecture Series.
In his presentation, Jerod Merkle, Ph.D., will draw upon research conducted in Wyoming and elsewhere to describe how animals make these remarkable journeys, why migration is so beneficial to big game, and how we can conserve big game migration in Wyoming.
“Big game migration has fascinated humans for centuries. Migrating big game require vast landscapes, and in many cases, individuals must cross numerous fences and roads, and navigate rapidly changing, multiple-use lands. Migration is thus inherently difficult to manage and conserve,” he said. “Moreover, while migration corridors were once viewed as a simple link between two disparate seasonal ranges, it is becoming clear that these corridors themselves are critical habitat.”
IF YOU GO:
The Zimmerman Lecture Series is free and open to the public and will take place in the Wheeler Auditorium, Room 103, in the Wold Physical Science Center located on the Casper College Campus.
32nd Annual Fashion Show at the Ramkota
Our annual Fashion Show will be held at The Ramkota Hotel in November 29th. Doors open at 5:00 with the show and dinner starting at 6:00. We have a great line of vendors such as Total Elegance Boutique, Lularoe, Murdoch’s, The Cadillac Cowgirl and Bump Ahead. Proceeds from the fashion show will go toward our annual Scholarship fund.
Themed Photos with Santa at Eastridge Mall
Add some magic to your photos. Join us for one of our themed photo nights with Santa.
Holiday PJ Day
November 30 and December 6
Dress up the family in your favorite festive pajamas and come take an adorable photo with Santa.
Ugly Sweater Day
November 16 and December 13
Break out your ugliest holiday sweater (you know the one!) and bring your friends and family to see Santa.
Grandparents Day
November 29
Make memories that you and your children will cherish for generations to come. Bring your kids and their grandparents to take a photo together with Santa on Grandparents Day!
Here is a recap of recent law enforcement activity.
The recent arrests log represents law enforcement contact with individuals who were arrested, and the charges that are recommended against them.
All of those cited or arrested are presumed innocent until convicted in a court of law. Charges are subject to change following official filings from the Natrona County District Attorney’s Office. Information is provided by the Casper Police Department and the Natrona County Sheriff’s Office.
The arrest log is not a comprehensive document and may not represent all of the arrests made in a given time period. The arrest log does not contain information for juvenile offenders, suspects recommended for charges of a sexual nature, or information for persons arrested in Natrona County who have bonded or bailed out of the detention center before law enforcement releases the information.
The Recent Arrests log may not be published on weekends, holidays, or other days when law enforcement has not made the information available.
Recent Arrests and Jail Bookings
Dana Benjamin- Controlled Sub Poss- Meth, Controlled Sub Poss
Kimberly Dunbar- DWUI, Controlled Sub Poss- Meth
James Eagleroad- Public Intoxication
Shane Erickson- Controlled Sub Poss- Meth, Controlled Sub Poss
Jamie Geesey- Criminal Warrant, Controlled Sub Poss, Controlled Sub Poss- Meth
Lara Halbert- DWUI, DWUS, Open Container in Vehicle, Maintain Insurance, Controlled Sub Poss
Austin Harrison- Bond Revocation
Santos Jaramillo- Contract Hold/Billing
Eldred Lee- County Warrant/Hold for Agency, NCIC Hit
A woman was arrested Thursday, after police were called to check on a person who was parked in the middle of a Casper roadway.
According to law enforcement paperwork 35-year-old Kimberly Dunbar was arrested during the early morning hours of November 29th, and was booked into the Natrona County Detention Center on recommended charges of Driving While Under the Influence and Methamphetamine Possession.
According to an affidavit of probable cause, filed by the Casper Police Department, officers responded to the area of Casper Mountain Road, near the YMCA, for a reported vehicle parked in the middle of the road. The reporting party alleged that the driver was passed out behind the wheel.
Officers report arriving on scene and finding a maroon van stopped, facing southbound, in the middle of the 100 block of Casper Mountain Road.
Police identified the driver as Dunbar, and said that they found her passed out in the driver’s seat. Police report waking Dunbar, and the suspect having to take the van from the “drive” position, to the “parked” position.
Dunbar is said to have told officers that she had stopped to rest, and that she was waiting for someone at the YMCA. Officers report their response time as 2:49 am, and said that Dunbar was unable to explain why she didn’t pull into one of multiple nearby parking lots in the area.
The affidavit says that Dunbar consented to a field sobriety test and police found her to be impaired. Dunbar was subsequently arrested and booked on a recommended charge of Driving While Under the Influence.
A subsequent search of Dunbar’s belongings was reported to yield an uncapped and empty syringe, as well as a syringe cap being found on Dunbar’s person.
Also located were two plastic baggies, containing suspected methamphetamine and suspected methamphetamine residue, respectively.
Police say that Dunbar admitted to recently using methamphetamine, and reported that she had been awake for an extended period of time, previous to contact with police.
Dunbar was transported to the detention center without further reported incident.
All of those cited or arrested are presumed innocent until convicted in a court of law. Charges are subject to change following official filings from the Natrona County District Attorney’s Office.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — An attorney for a Montana tribe says it’s not accepting a small group of wild bison from Yellowstone National Park because of burdensome conditions proposed by federal officials.
The Billings Gazette reports the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes rejected an agreement with the Department of Agriculture that would have allowed the transfer of the animals.
It marks another setback to efforts to relocate Yellowstone bison that would otherwise be sent to slaughter.
Many of the animals carry the disease brucellosis. The five bulls that were offered to the tribes had been tested repeatedly for the disease.
Assiniboine and Sioux attorney Majel Russell says federal officials wanted to the tribe to obtain insurance for any damage caused by escaped bison.
Russell says the tribe also wants more control over disease testing.
(UPDATE 11:51 am 11/29/18) City of Casper officials say that the citizen independent test results were taken from a private residence on Boots Drive, south of Gramin, in Casper
The City of Casper has released a statement late Thursday morning, after concerns were raised regarding the City of Casper’s drinking water.
According to the statement, test results from a private citizen lead to testing of area drinking water, by city crews. The city says that no water samples tested positive for fecal bacteria. However some did test positive for total coliform.
The city says that some measures have been taken, and some pressure zone changes have been made, as a precationary measure. The city said that comprehensive test results are still forthcoming and would be released when they are available.
The full statement for the City of Casper follows:
“On Monday, November 26, 2018 the City of Casper received a call from a concerned citizen who privately tested the water from their household. The water tested positive for total coliform. The presence of total coliform is an indicator that other potentially harmful fecal bacteria could be present.
City crews responded immediately and took water samples from that house and the surrounding area. The results of those samples were mixed, with some positive for total coliform and some negative.
No water sample tested positive for fecal bacteria. As a precautionary measure, crews converted the neighborhood to a different pressure zone to increase chlorine residuals and water circulation.
The City of Casper sent additional samples to an independent lab on Wednesday, November 28, 2018. Initial results indicate no issues with the water. However, conclusive results will be available this afternoon and shared with the community as soon as they become available.
At no time have test results indicated that the tap water is not safe to drink. The City continues to take water quality seriously and performs water quality tests weekly throughout the city throughout the year.
The City will continue to release information as it becomes available.”
Three people were arrested after a call reporting drug dealing at a Casper residence lead to a search of a home.
According to Casper Police Department records Dana M Benjamin, Shane W. Erickson, and Jamie S. Geesey were arrested during the nighttime hours of November 28th. Each faces recommended charges including Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Possession of a Controlled Substance- Methamphetamine. Geesey also was reportedly arrested on an outstanding warrant.
Affidavits filed in the case say that police received a call that a woman was dealing drugs out of an apartment on the 200 block of West 7th Street.
Officers reported to the area just after 9:00 pm, Wednesday night, and made contact with Benjamin, Geesey, and Erickson. Police say that they requested permission to search the home, and it was granted.
The affidavit says that a search of the home yielded a a suspected methamphetamine pipe, as well as a container with suspected marijuana residue.
Police also report finding a small amount of methamphetamine on Benjamin’s person.
A search of a backpack, believed to belong to Geesey and Erickson, reportedly found a suspected methamphetamine pipe, a spoon with suspected methamphetamine residue, and a suspected marijuana screen.
Erickson, Geesey, and Benjamin reportedly denied ownership of any of the items found, except for the baggie found on Benjamin’s person. Instead, the three reported that the drugs and paraphernalia belonged to another individual.
Subsequent investigation found that Geesey had a confirmed warrant out of Natrona County and she was subsequently arrested. In the affidavit, police say that upon arrest, Geesey became “hysterical and non-compliant,” and was “adamant” that she needed to use the restroom.
When officers were transporting Geesey, they claim she tried to ditch a marijuana pipe and a jeweler’s bag with suspected methamphetamine while inside a police cruiser. The items were reportedly on Geesey’s person.
Erickson and Benjamin were also arrested, and transported to the Natrona County Detention Center, without further reported incident.
The expansive court case seeking to hold drugmakers responsible for the nation’s opioid crisis has a new complication: How does it deal with claims covering the thousands of babies born addicted to the drugs?
Attorneys representing the children and their guardians want their claims separated from the federal case in Cleveland that involves hundreds of local governments and other entities such as hospitals. They told a skeptical panel of judges in New York on Thursday that they have different legal issues, a need for faster relief because the babies need services in the first years of their lives. They also told the judges that as it is, they lack the leverage to exact a settlement from drug companies.
Babies, unlike governments or businesses, have been directly harmed by the actions of drugmakers and are entitled to their own payments, said Scott Bickford, a lead lawyer for the children and their guardians.
Bickford said more than 150,000 babies were born in opioid withdrawal from 2012 through 2016, and that the number grows each year.
He said initial hospital stays for babies born to an opioid-addicted mother can cost $200,000 to $250,000 more than other infants born without complications.
“Then you have to address their developmental and learning problems,” Bickford said in a Tuesday interview. “A lot of them have organ problems. A lot of them have problems we don’t even know about.”
Drug manufacturers and distributors oppose creating a new structure for the lawsuits over the children and judges on the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation hearing the matter in New York on Thursday wondered what good it would do.
Opioids — including prescription painkillers, heroin and synthetic substances including fentanyl — killed nearly 48,000 Americans last year, according to the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The cost of treatment, providing an overdose antidote, foster care, jail stays, ambulance runs and addressing a growing homeless crisis have added up for governments and taxpayers. Studies have found that opioid addiction also has depleted the workforce, harming the economy.
More than 1,400 plaintiffs have had their federal cases consolidated under a single judge. They include county and local governments, hospitals, unions, American Indian tribes and individuals. Hundreds of others have sued in state courts. Cleveland-based federal Judge Dan Polster has been pushing the parties to reach a settlement.
The judicial panel’s chairwoman, Judge Sarah Vance, said it’s unlikely any settlement would be reached without considering the children.
“It’s hard for me to see how the defendants are going to settle if they’ve got 150,000 children unhappy because their needs are unmet,” Vance said.
Angela Vicari, a lawyer for the drug manufacturers, told the judge that she wasn’t aware of the lawyers for the babies seeking to negotiate.
But lawyers for the children said they don’t have a voice in the committee of plaintiffs’ lawyers leading the case, making it hard to request the information from the industry that they believe would help prove their case. Attorney Kevin Thompson said it’s essential to request information on any industry laboratory studies on the impact of drugs passed from mothers to children.
Lawyers also worry that any settlement reached by government agencies won’t go to help the people who have been hurt. “They end up paving a road with that,” Bickford said.
Other plaintiffs in the omnibus opioid litigation have not objected formally and did not speak in court Thursday, but some are cool to the idea of separating the cases involving the children. One of the lead lawyers for the local governments, Paul Farrell Jr., said he is trying to get help for children born with opioid dependency and have prenatal care funded by the drug industry.
He said in an interview that the plaintiffs share a goal: holding drug manufacturers liable for the crisis. Unless that happens, he said, no one will get the payouts they’re seeking.
“You’ve only got to shoot the pig once,” he said Tuesday.
Lawyers representing the children and their guardians say there is precedent for their request to go it alone, after Polster granted the American Indian tribes a separate test trial for their claims. In August, the judge denied similar status for the cases brought on behalf of babies.
That decision prompted the lawyers to ask the panel of judges to put their cases under another judge in West Virginia or Illinois.
A ruling is expected in the next several weeks.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A bill that would levy a 5 percent lodging tax in Wyoming has won the endorsement of a legislative panel.
The bill endorsed Thursday by the Joint Revenue Committee will be presented to the full Legislature when it meets in January.
Before approving the proposal, the committee wrestled with how to account for cities and counties that already levy a lodging tax. The concern was that the new statewide tax would impose too high of a tax burden.
The panel decided the best solution was to delay part of the statewide tax in jurisdictions with lodging taxes until those local taxes expire.
Under the proposal, 3 percent of the statewide tax will fund tourism promotion efforts. The other 2 percent of the tax will go to local governments.
Patchy fog, otherwise partly cloudy to cloudy and cool. Highs 30s and 40s. Snow showers tonight and Friday and colder.
Highs 30s, lows 20s. Light accumulations of snow tonight and Friday.
This Afternoon look for sunny conditions, with a high near 43. Breezy, with a southwest wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
TonightScattered snow showers after 11pm. Increasing clouds, with a low around 29. Southwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm in the evening. 50% chance of new snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Friday look for scattered rain and snow showers before 3pm, then a slight chance of rain showers between 3pm and 5pm, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers after 5pm.
Patchy fog between 9am and noon. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. Light and variable wind becoming west 5 to 9 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Friday Night, a 30% chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. West wind around 8 mph.
Saturday, a 50% chance of snow showers. Cloudy, with a high near 35. West wind 9 to 13 mph. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
DALLAS (AP) — A 78-year-old inmate who says he killed roughly 90 people as he moved around the country for nearly four decades offered his confessions as a bargaining chip to be moved from a California prison, authorities say.
The FBI said in a statement Tuesday that Samuel Little offered the deal in exchange for being moved from California State Prison in Los Angeles County, but it didn’t say why he requested the transfer, where he asked to go or whether his offer was accepted. It did say that Little, in poor health and reliant on a wheelchair, will likely stay in jail until his death in Texas, where he was brought in September to face charges in the 1994 killing of a woman in Odessa.
Little was convicted in 2014 of killing three women in separate attacks in Los Angeles County in the 1980s. A Texas Ranger, James Holland, traveled to California earlier this year to interview Little about the 1994 Odessa killing. That interview resulted in a series of confessions and near daily discussions “to create the most accurate accounting possible of Little’s crimes,” according to the FBI statement.
“Little remembers his victims and the killings in great detail,” the FBI said. “He remembers where he was, and what car he was driving. He draws pictures of many of the women he killed. He is less reliable, however, when it comes to remembering dates.”
Little, who also went by the name Samuel McDowell, targeted vulnerable women who were often involved in prostitution and addicted to drugs, authorities say. Once a competitive boxer, he usually stunned or knocked out his victims with powerful punches before he strangled them while masturbating.
“With no stab marks or bullet wounds, many of these deaths were not classified as homicides but attributed to drug overdoses, accidents, or natural causes,” the FBI said.
Based on information Little has provided, authorities in several states have already confirmed his ties to 34 killings that happened between 1970 and 2005, not including the three he was convicted of in California. Investigators in Mississippi and South Carolina recently announced that they had closed cold cases based on Little’s information. And police in Maryland and other states are looking into whether it can help them solve their own unsolved killings, including the 1973 strangulation in Omaha, Nebraska, of Agatha White Buffalo, whose body was found upside-down in a 55-gallon drum.
“He went through city and state and gave Ranger Holland the number of people he killed in each place,” said Christina Palazzolo, an FBI crime analyst who collaborated with Holland. “Jackson, Mississippi — one; Cincinnati, Ohio — one; Phoenix, Arizona — three; Las Vegas, Nevada — one.”
Palazzolo said Little lived a nomadic life from the time he dropped out of high school and left his Ohio home in the late 1950s. He would shoplift and steal to gather the money to buy alcohol and drugs, but he never stayed in one place for long, she said.
Enzo Yaksic, co-director of Northeastern University’s Atypical Homicide Research Group, said Little’s wandering lifestyle appears to set him apart from the habits of American serial killers such as Gary Ridgway, the so-called Green River Killer.
“Little is unique in that modern day serial murderers rarely travel the distances he claims to have traversed and instead select vulnerable victims from their own communities,” Yaksic said. “This behavior, paired with his selection of vulnerable people, no doubt contributed to his longevity. Most serial killers in today’s society kill two or three victims and are caught within a few years.”
Ridgway, who is serving a life sentence, pleaded guilty to killing 49 women and girls, making him the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history in terms of confirmed kills, though he has said he likely killed more than 71. Ted Bundy confessed to 30 homicides from about 1974 to 1978 and John Wayne Gacy killed at least 33 young men and boys in the 1970s. Both of them were executed.
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks finished lower Thursday after an afternoon rally faded away. Banks and technology companies fell after the market pulled off a huge rally the day before.
Deutsche Bank dropped after German authorities raided its offices on suspicion some of its employees helped clients launder money. Financial stocks fell as interest rates again edged lower. Crude oil prices climbed after they briefly dipped under $50 a barrel overnight. The rebound helped energy stocks trade higher. Health care companies, which have climbed over the last month, continued to do better than the rest of the market.
The Federal Reserve released minutes from its meeting in early November. Officials expressed concerns about a variety of threats to the economy, including the impact of tariffs, a slowing global economy and tightening financial conditions amid falling stock prices. The assessment was in line with comments Wednesday from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.
“That’s what the Fed is trying to put out there, is they haven’t gotten carried away with rate increases,” said Thomas Martin, portfolio manager at Globalt Investments in Atlanta. “The market wants to see … that they are going to be gradual.”
The S&P 500 index shed 5.99 points, or 0.2 percent, to 2,737.80. The Dow Jones Industrial Average recovered from a loss of 163 points and ended down just 27.59 points, or 0.1 percent, to 25,338.84.
The Nasdaq composite slid 18.51 points, or 0.3 percent, to 7,273.08 as tech stocks dipped. Smaller companies, especially banks and industrial stocks, fared worse. The Russell 2000 index of smaller-company stocks lost 5 points, or 0.3 percent, to 1,525.39.
The S&P 500 index was coming off its largest rally in eight months and has climbed 4 percent this week. It finished at a six-month low on Friday.
Benchmark U.S. crude rose 2.3 percent to finish at $51.45 a barrel in New York. Brent crude edged up 1.3 percent to $59.51 a barrel in London.
EOG Resources rose 1.6 percent to $105.47 and Anadarko Petroleum gained 2.2 percent to $53.70. The S&P 500 index of energy companies has dropped 12 percent over the last three months, worse than any of the other major market sectors. The S&P 500 itself has fallen 6 percent over that time.
Health care stocks, meanwhile, have jumped 7 percent in the last month, about double the gains in the broader market. On Thursday drugmaker Pfizer picked up 1.4 percent to $45.51 and medical device maker Medtronic added 1.3 percent to $96.60.
Stocks rallied Wednesday after Powell suggested in a speech that the Fed might be almost done raising interest rates, and is willing to stop raising rates at least temporarily so it can assess the effects of the last few years of increases. Investors have been nervous that climbing interest rates will contribute to a damaging slowdown in economic growth. That fear is one of the major reasons behind the slide in stocks this autumn.
“In September, the feeling (in the markets) was more confident,” Martin said. “Third quarter earnings reports, I think, really started to change that, and the continuing weakness of data overseas, in Europe and the rest of the world, has changed that.”
Bond prices edged higher. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 3.03 percent from 3.04 percent. Banks fell as investors expected slower increases in interest rates, which reduce the profits banks make from mortgages and other types of loans. Bank of America shed 1.4 percent to $28.04 and Bank of New York Mellon slid 1.8 percent to $50.68.
Deutsche Bank stock lost 4.8 percent to $9.42. German authorities suspect that Deutsche Bank employees helped clients set up offshore companies in tax havens to launder hundreds of millions of euros. A prosecutor in Frankfurt said the investigation emerged from an analysis of documents leaked from tax havens in recent years, including the 2016 “Panama Papers.”
While most health care stocks rose, medical lab operator Quest Diagnostics sank 9.3 percent to $87.94 after it cut its annual profit and revenue forecasts. The company cited a host of problems including larger reserves and reduced testing volumes. Rival LabCorp fell 2 percent to $161.81.
Qualcomm stock gained 2.6 percent to $58.11 after Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf said in an interview with CNBC that the company is close to resolving its long and costly dispute with Apple. Apple stopped making licensing fee payments to Qualcomm following a legal dispute between the companies, and later decided to stop using Qualcomm parts in some of its products.
But other technology companies fell. Intel lost 2.4 percent to $47.70. Apple slipped 0.8 percent to $179.55 and Microsoft dipped 0.8 percent to $110.19.
In other commodities trading, wholesale gasoline jumped 4.1 percent to $1.45 a gallon. Heating oil edged up 0.3 percent to $1.84 a gallon. Natural gas slipped 1.1 percent to $4.65 per 1,000 cubic feet.
Gold was little changed at $1,230.40 an ounce. Silver slipped 0.4 percent to $14.40 an ounce. Copper lost 0.9 percent to $2.79 a pound.
The dollar slid to 113.43 yen from 113.53 yen. The euro edged up to $1.1389 from $1.1376.
The FTSE 100 in Britain and the French CAC 40 both rose 0.5 percent. Germany’s DAX finished little changed.
Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 rose 0.4 percent and Seoul’s Kospi advanced 0.3 percent while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng shed 0.9 percent.
The following is a statement from the city of Casper regarding concerns over city water, in the area of Boots Drive.
“Independent lab results confirm Casper’s water continues to be safe to drink.
Two sets of water samples, including samples from the house where a water concern originated, were taken on Wednesday, November 28, 2018. The City of Casper sent one set to an ill independent lab and the other to the Central Wyoming Regional Water System lab.
All samples were negative for total coliform.
On Monday, November 26, 2018, the City of Casper received a call from a concerned citizen
whose household water tested positive for total coliform in a private test. The presence of total coliform is an indicator that other potentially harmful fecal bacteria could be present.
City crews responded immediately and took water samples from that house and the surrounding area. Some of the samples were positive for total coliform.
No water sample tested positive for fecal
bacteria.
As a precautionary measure, crews flushed hydrants in the neighborhood and converted
the neighborhood to a different pressure zone to increase chlorine residuals and water circulation.
The City of Casper sampled the water again on Wednesday, November 28, 2018. At no time
have test results indicated the tap water was not safe to drink.
To prevent stale water and avoid conditions conducive to producing coliform, it is likely that the neighborhood will stay on the alternate pressure zone until late spring or early summer when water demands are greater.
The City of Casper is serious about water quality and performs water quality tests weekly throughout the city throughout the year.
Citizens served by Casper water who have water concerns are urged to call the City.”
LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — A police report alleges that suspended University of Wyoming defensive tackle Youhanna Ghaifan (yo-HAWN’-uh guh-FAWN’) tried to kiss a hotel employee after trapping her against a wall inside a Colorado hotel room.
The team was staying at the Fort Collins Marriott before their game against Colorado State University on Oct. 26.
According to a story in the Fort Collins Coloradoan, Ghaifan walked into a room the housekeeper was cleaning, kicked out the doorstop to close the door behind him and asked her “if she wanted to have some fun.”
When she declined he continued to walk toward her, pinned her arms against the wall and “attempted to kiss her,” said the report.
The hotel employee pushed him away as he continued to try and kiss her. Ghaifan then asked for her phone number, which she gave him. He later sent her a text, which police used along with physical descriptions to identify him.
According to the report, the hotel employee ran to the hotel’s office and reported the incident after Ghaifan left the room. Ghaifan declined to talk to police without a lawyer. He was not arrested, but given a summons to appear in court which is scheduled for Dec. 12 in Larimer County Court.
Ghaifan did not play in the game and was suspended indefinitely. He was charged with misdemeanor counts of false imprisonment and harassment.
The Fort Collins Police Department released the report after the Casper Star-Tribune submitted a records request.
Ghaifan did not immediately respond Thursday to the newspaper’s message seeking comment.
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NEW YORK (AP) — After repeated food poisoning outbreaks linked to romaine lettuce, the produce industry is confronting the failure of its own safety measures in preventing contaminations.
The E. coli outbreak announced just before Thanksgiving follows one in the spring that sickened more than 200 people and killed five, and another last year that sickened 25 and killed one. No deaths have been reported in the latest outbreak, but the dozens of illnesses highlight the challenge of eliminating risk for vegetables grown in open fields and eaten raw, the role of nearby cattle operations that produce huge volumes of manure and the delay of stricter federal food safety regulations.
A contested aspect of the regulation, for example, would require testing irrigation water for E. coli. The Food and Drug Administration put the measure on hold when the produce industry said such tests wouldn’t necessarily help prevent outbreaks. Additional regulations on sanitation for workers and equipment — other potential sources of contamination — only recently started being implemented.
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said he thinks the combination of rules, once fully in place, will make vegetables safer to eat.
“I don’t think any one element of this is going to be the magic bullet,” Gottlieb said.
Health officials say improved detection may make outbreaks seem more frequent. Still, that is intensifying pressure on growers and regulators to prevent, catch and contain contamination.
PREVENTION
It’s not yet known how romaine got contaminated in the latest outbreak.
The spring outbreak was traced to romaine from Yuma, Arizona. Irrigation water tainted with manure was identified as a likely culprit, and investigators noted the presence of a large animal feeding operation nearby.
Subsequently, an industry agreement in Arizona and California was adjusted to expand buffer zones between vegetable fields and livestock. The industry says the change was in place for lettuce now being grown in Yuma, which hasn’t been implicated in the latest outbreak. But Trevor Suslow of the Produce Marketing Association said there isn’t consensus about the exact distances that might effectively prevent contamination.
He noted specific buffer zones aren’t required by the new federal rules on produce safety.
“They look to the industry to determine what is the appropriate distance,” Suslow said.
Growers in Yuma also started treating irrigation water that would touch plant leaves with chlorine to kill potential contaminants, Suslow said. But he said such treatment raises concerns about soil and human health.
Meanwhile, the proximity of produce fields to cattle operations is likely to continue posing a problem. Travis Forgues of the milk producer Organic Valley noted consolidation in the dairy industry is leading to bigger livestock operations that produce massive volumes of manure.
TESTING
Already, the industry agreement in Arizona and California requires leafy green growers to test water for generic E. coli.
But James Rogers, director of food safety research at Consumer Reports, said it’s important to make water testing a federal requirement. Since romaine is often chopped up and bagged, a single contaminated batch from one farm that skips testing could make a lot of people sick, he said.
Teressa Lopez of the Arizona Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement also said federal regulation can ensure greater compliance, even though the industry agreement has stricter measures.
Despite industry measures implemented after a spinach outbreak more than a decade ago, health officials noted this month there have been 28 E. coli outbreaks linked to leafy greens since 2009.
The produce industry says the failure to prevent the Yuma outbreak could also reflect the limitations of testing water for generic E. coli.
Elizabeth Bihn, a food science expert at Cornell University, said the tests look for the amount of fecal matter in water. The problem is, “some feces has pathogens in it, some feces doesn’t,” said Bihn, who is part of a federal program helping farmers comply with the new produce regulations.
Testing for specific E. coli strains that are harmful is more difficult, and it doesn’t rule out the possibility of other harmful bacteria, Bihn said.
CONTAINING
Whole-genome sequencing is making it easier to detect outbreaks, which is pressuring the produce industry.
The FDA warned against all romaine last week because it said it was able to identify it as a likely source early enough. The agency narrowed its warning to romaine from California’s Central Coast after the produce industry agreed to label romaine with harvest dates and regions, so people know what’s OK to eat.
The labeling is voluntary, and the industry said it will evaluate whether to extend it to other leafy greens. Gottlieb said improving traceability would allow targeted health alerts that don’t hurt the entire industry. The FDA recently hired a former Walmart executive who used blockchain technology to improve traceability in the retailer’s supply chain.
Stephen Basore, director of food safety at a Florida romaine grower, said he expects more regulations and self-imposed industry guidelines.
“Anytime there is an issue, the immediate response is saying our protocols aren’t enough,” he said.
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AP reporter Josh Replogle contributed from Florida.
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Seniors: Brooke Abbott, Brayden Alberts, Kaleb Allen, Mercedes Back, Madison Ballard,
Alexandra Bath, Zane Bible, Hudson Billings, Oscar Chavez Alvarado, Julie Chetrosanu,
Michael Costello, Sage Coventry, Jenna Crouse, Stormie Daniels, Tyler Davis, Sarah Day,
Shayna Devereaux, Lane Fanto, Preston Folchert, Ryan Foy, Alyssa Funk, Liberty Gagne,
Cade Gardiner, Jaylyn Garfield, Gabrielle Garris, Hannah Goetz, Gracyn Hansen, Kira Harden,
Leonard Harris, Jacob Hernandez, Caroline Heward, Laurel Hodgson, Kaitlyn Hopkins, Saaj
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Caitlin Logan, Stephen Lovato, Brianna Mahoney, Avery Maxner, Tesla McConnoughey, Alexia
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Lexie Tippin, Izak Triplett, Steven Turman, MaKayla VanOordt, George Wagstaff, Jerrod
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Hailey Welch, Ezra Wingfield, Rebekah Wise, Kyle Woodruff, Carter Young
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Ainsleigh Belveal, Britney Bender, Damon Berryhill, Alexis Bertagnolli, Rachael Bradley, Carver
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Johnson, Angela Kerr, Jordan Kline, Hannah Larsen, Ryan Larsen, Barrett Lloyd, Braden
Lougee, Carter Mahoney, Trinity Martinez, Mackenzie Martini, Kennedy Marvel, Angelique
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Miller, Seth Morgan, Zerina Morrison, Bryce Muller, Madison Nalley, Ashley Neal, Celia Nelson,
Emma Nicolaysen, Kylee Paulson, Katherine Prochnow, Kalina Proudfoot, Ethan Pull, Lily
Putnam, Justin Quan, Erin Ramsey, Kayleigh Reinsbach, Matthew Richmond, Emrie Rodrick,
Haley Ruckle, Bailey Schieck, Haleigh Seyfang, Sydney Sjolin, Sydney Soliz, Emily Steele, Ania
Thomas, Connor Thorpen, Charlize Tipton, Victoria Triplett, Kenia Varela, Samantha Veauthier,
Joanna Vega, Elizabeth Venegas, Mazzi Vlastos, Trenton Walker, Brianna Warner, Barbara
Gabriel Wigington, Jessica Yang
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Barclay, Linsie Berg, Ani Brown, Kaden Brush, Adrianne Burback, Elayna Chafee, McKena
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Mayoree Dresang, Abigail Ehrlich, Carlos Enriquez Guiterrez, Taylor Fazio, Martin Foery, Emily
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Alexis Spiegelberg, Carson Stack, Chloe Stone, Emily Strand, Anna Swanson, Joseph Tyson,
Riley Ullery, Elizabeth Underbrink, Cathleen Van Houten, Helena Vigerni, Tanner Warren,
Preston Warsco, Justin Wicks, Paige Wilson, Adriana Witte, Aubreanna Wolfe, Alexander Yakel,
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Castillo, Dohnavon Chiles, Jada Collins, Jessica Cordova, Kyndle Cutler, Clarissa De La Torre
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Regann Sipe, Izabelle Smith, Jarrod Snider, Logan Soliz, Mason Stowell, April Szymanski,
Ryan Thapa, Siri Ullery, Kamren Vaught, Noelle Vigneri, Kailey Walker, Seth White, Maisy
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Asay, Myles Austin, Samuel Axt, Samuel Bleizeffer, Damen Brewer, Carson Bridge, Mayden
Brown, Mathew Bryant, Devin Carlson, Gonzalo Cerda Rodriguez, Daniel Christensen, Bridger
Cleverly, Christopher Combs, Faith Cottrell, Kylie Crane, Mackenzie Cummings, Colton
Dandurand, Jevon Davis, Hope Dutton, Maya Eathorne, Tyler Ellis, Olivia Elvestad, Dillion
Erickson, Adriane Espinoza, Kayla Fazio, Christian Garman, Kiyah Gilmore, Megan Griffin,
Gavin Grochowski, Austin Gromer, Kaitlan Hinton, Bethani Holdren, Kaleb James, Brooke
Johnson, Kaya Jolley, Shelby Kadlick, Devon King, Katlyn Lane, Ryan Loghry, Kinley Maston,
Kori McCarty, Connor McCoul, Jackson McLean, Denise Christine Mercado, Trayton Meyer,
Jocelyn Moorefield, Benjamin Mosier, Ragin Mosteller, Edward Murray, Luke Nathan, Zoe
Neville, Annabelle Nicholson, Sophia O’Neill, Sarah Ourth, Cyamber Parker, Danae Parker,
Fletcher Parrish, Carter Peverley, Ian Pfaff, Dane Rasmussen, Ella Reed, Jordyn Reed, Abigail
Rogers, Torin Rueter, Carter Sanders, Jeannie Sanders, Brook Sandler, Morgan Saunders,
Taylor Saunders, Anna Schmidt, Melonie Skovgard, Gunnar Slaymaker, Desirae Smith, Sydney
Smith, Ronald Spangler, Drew Stewart, Gavin Thomas, Taylor Tobin, Rachelle Trujillo, Emily
Underwood, Nevaeh Van Nes, Anastasia Whittle, Madison Williams, Marissa Wintermote,
Christopher Wolfe, Emory Yoosook
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Karli Bacon, Stacy Banos, Joshua Beck, Nolan Berg, Presley Bloom, Collin Boroz, Julia
Borrmann, Ashlee Braat, Chloe Brimmer, Elizabeth Bryant, Ella Caracena, Jonathan Carmona,
Cody Christ, Katie Coad, Kenidee Cole, Marissa Collier, Kendall Collins, Taylor Coomes, Reese
Corson, Cierra Davis, Kamiel Davis, Reona Deleon, Fatima Diaz Hernandez, Abigail Disburg,
Shane Doner, Bode Draper, Castle Edwards, Destiny Edwards, Haley Elliott, Arianna Ellis,
Gillian Faulkner, Keegan Fox, Camden Fugatt, Clara Fullerton, Luis Gonzalez, Lindsey Grady,
Brittna Green, Maliyah Harrington, Miya Helms, Samuel Henderson, Chloe Henry, Emma Henry,
Michelle Hernandez-Lopez, Sarah Heward, Lynn Heyer, Abby Hicks, Paige Hill, Aubrey
Holmberg, Arianna Honadel-Miller, Alexia Hoover, Talon Hultman, Kaitlynne Johansen,
Nicholas Johnson, Lillian Jones, Jayden Jue, Elizabeth Kalus, Charity Kaufmann, Korven
Kaufmann, Kirsten King, Kaily Koch, Berlyn Lammers, Deanna Lewallen, Maria Lopez, Gavin
Mancini, Mylee Martinez, Jaylen Matthews, Jacey McClintock, Delanie McFall, Maverick
McIntyre, Melicia McIntyre, Ryan Means, Lea Miller, Taeron Miller, Alize Munoz, Delaini
Neibauer, Christopher Nighswonger, Malina Nunez, Ryan Ohnstad, Mason Owens, Chantel
Pena, Kyler Perry-Stocks, Joel Phillips, Gage Porter, Jace Qureshi, Briley Reichenbach, Curtis
Reimann, Johnny Reyes, Yareli Romero, Braylee Russell, Zachary Schaff, Hannah Schmucker,
Rebekah Schoen, Isabella Sesley, Christopher Smith, Giovanny Solis-Rodriguez, Marie
Spencer, Raquel Speth, Esaias Spillane, Ashton Sunday, Lexis Swenson, Adrian Talbott,
Jordan Tharp, Kassidy Thomas, Gary Tong, Rose Tran, Ethan Trubey, Aurora Tullock, Joshua
Tuttle, Hayden Umbach, Kolton Vail, River Waldock, Reno Watson, Hannah Weader, Mikolas
Wheeler, Kylie Williams, Nicholas Williford, Gracie Wise, Nicole Wolfe, Cael Yeigh, Kaidan
Young
Freshman: Haley Adkins, Ayden Adsit, Sarah Appleby, Madison Attaway, Jacob Axt, Alexia
Bickels, Liam Blank, Joely Blom, Colter Booth, Gunnar Browning, Joshua Buckner, Madison
Burnett, Xavier Campbell, Frederick Catchpole, Angelena Coleman, Nathanael Connell, Nathan
Costalez, Landon Cotant, Logan Cousineau, Lauren Cox, Kayla Cuka, Ethan Dahlke, Cullen
Daniels, Haley Darrah, Braelyn Davenport, Alyssa Davis, Magus Dickinson, Megan Duong,
Katelyn Dutton, Tawnee Dye, Braeden Dyer, Caleb Elton, Macei Engelke, Katie Farley, Camden
Ficken, Charisma Gallagher, Melissa Galles, Ava Garner, Julia Ghaffari, Ian Gibson, Payton
Gibson, Ciera Gonzales, Caleb Gray, Hayden Gromer, Rylee Guest, Joshua Hartford, Kolton
Havens, Bryant Heath, Valerie Hedlund, Brady Heide, Adriana Hernandez, Emma Hess, Mariah
Heuer, Lane Johnson, Ashli Jones, Karsen Jump, Talon Kerner, Rachel Kidd, Kayla King,
Trevor Knighton, Cayden Larsen, Hannah Lockwood, Aubrey Mailloux, Carter Matson, Amber
McCarty, Brodie McGuire, Kaylee Meads, Tessa Milne, Raquel Miner, Mackenzie Morgan,
Vlaadimir Moyer, Michael Muldowney, Robert Neff, Zachary Nelson, Sawyer Nielson, Noah
Oliver, Olivia Orszulak, Jaxen Palmer, Parker Phillips, Antonia Price, Nova Reilly, Lucas Rowe,
Louis Sandoval, Anthony Schell, Aiden Schroeder, Colten Sheets, Cayden Shopp, Madeleine
Siebert, Jazzmin Small, Amberlin Smith, Ramsey Sorensen, Conner Stafford, Olivia Stark,
Meade Stubson, Abigail Sutton, Christopher L. Taylor, Jesse Thornton, Jonathan Togstad,
Jessica Tomasini, Andrew Van Houten, Alexandra Vasquez, Taiya Vigil, Aspen Wellborn,
Carson White, Katie Wiginton, Emilie Williams, Austin Wilson, Lyrik Wilson, Jacob Winkler
Achievement (3.0-3.49)
Seniors: Talia Addison, Heather Bacon, Abigail Baker, Zane Beall, Eric Bennett, Mathis Bouyer,
Brooks Browning, Ishmael Bujosa-Perin, Kendyll Castillo, Hunter Cole, Colton DeCook, Jackson
DeCook, Lesley Doney, Zackary Durtsche, Jacob Dyall, Marian Fonseca Jimenez, Caleb Golen,
Thomas Gonzales, Sarah Griner, Seth Grubb, Ireland Heinze, Nicholas Henderson, Andrew
Hess, Bryce Hindman, Tristan Hollenbeck, Aaron Holloway, Erica Houtman, Brenden Jacobs,
Jazmine Jimenez- Laris, Matthew Jonas, Katherine Jurek, Trenton Keffer, Daniel Keil, Andrew
Lee, Brent Lindstrom, Anthony Lopez, Sarah Ly, Louis Mark- Montano, Davion McAdam, David
Melton, Devyn Mosteller, Alexander Nelson, Thomas Nolan, Duane Nussbaum, Rubi
Ochoa-Gutierrez, Ross Padilla, Aurora Palmer, Dawson Palmer, Jessica Parks, Joshua Reifke,
Natalie Reimann, Gage Rushing, Isabelle Salazar, Kaitlyn Schubert, Sianna Shultz, Dustyn
Silveira, JayDen Simmons-Cureton, Karson Skalsky, Dylan G. Smith, Dylan W. Smith, Leia
Anna Snive, Brock Spiegelberg, Taydyn Stensgard, Taren Stephenson, Olivia Suhr, Ryan
Taylor, Franko Toma, Timothy Underwood, Kiara Vander Stoep, Viktor Valeskog, Bailee
Waldron, Devon Walters, Kirree Warren, Jayden Weber, Taylin White, Nicholas Willibond
Juniors: Joshua Allen, Owen Anderson, Joshua Anselmi, Cadance Barnes, Ryan Barthlama,
Noah Beckner, Brandon Berg, Zachary Bergen, Jordan Bila, Bethany Blesi, Tommi Boult, Lorali
Brachtenbach, Kolby Brus, Alexandra Brust, Nicholas Carlson, Kellen Chadderdon, Jonathan
Cox, John Cuzick, Nicholas Day, Lydia DeLeon, Jenelle DeSuno, Gabriela DeVoogd, Ethan
Dickinson, Shaylena Dreiling, Jordan Dupree, Naicirys Fonseca Jimenez, Vince Garcia, Garren
Gariety, Hallie Garnhart, Malachi Garro, Rafael Gutierrez-Sisneros, Jayson Hancock, Tristin
Harris, Angelica Harvey, Myra Heaton, Alexis Hedlund, Paul Hendricks, Zachary Hicks, Connor
Hinzman, Kelsey Hlavka, Alexis Hone, Adriana Jobe, Kyler Kaczorowski, Hailee Kirkwood, Kole
Kraus, Todd Lancaster, Mikael Lattea, Mason LeBar, Faith Lockwood, Stephany Lopez, Elena
Lore, Zakkary Loveall, Grace Lutz, Alexis Marino, Kayla Messmer, Maggie Miller, Alyssa Miner,
Hector Moreno, Aubree Nelson, Austin Neuman, Piper Nicholson, Derek Notestine, Michael-Lee
Oliver, Cleston Packard, Jace Palmer, Jacob Parsons, Jacob Peasley, Caleb Peterson,
Serenah Plorin, Hunter Przybylowicz, Preston Quinn, Samuel Reed, Quincy Roszel, Rachel
Schmucker, Kamryn Scott, Russel Sprecher, Mason Stillwell, Micha Suzle, Jessica Szymczak,
Laine Theriot, Jacob Thornton, Brandhan Tiedeman, Parker Trujillo, Bailey Wall, Isaiah Wiggins,
Brooke Williams
Sophomores: Moriah Andrews, Ernest Armstrong, Trentin Atkins, Gage Ayala, Camden Ballard,
Abby Boatman, Anastasia Boldt, Emily Boyles, Wyatt Brierley, Dalaynee Buckner-White,
Benjamin Buffa, Ethan Burt, Davin Camp, Brian Cerdio-Perez, Dylan Cline, Taylor Cole, Hunter
Coleman, James Collver, Samuel Cordova, Tiffany Crowder-Rodriguez, Isabella De La Torre,
Jerico Deal, Jordan Delaney, Riley Dennis, Ashlynn Eads, Octavia Edwards, Ashanta Eutsey,
Emma Fiscus, Abigail Florence, Kate Foster, Mathew Fox, Lorena Francisco-Garcia, Sydney
Frymire, Kera Gallinger, Isaac Garr, Graycee Garris, Carson Gilbar, Jordan Graham, Jennifer
Guthrie, Eva Haler, Isabella Ham, Trinity Hankel, Isabelle Hansen, Hunter Heinze, Veronica
Hernandez, Talon Herron, Steven Hill, Alyssa Hinchen, Sarah Hockaday, Peyton Howery,
Andrew Hurlbut, Dominic Jahr, Skylar Kaiser, Kaelan Keffer, Evan Koerperich, Hawkins Kopp,
Aubrieana Leonard, Brody Lloyd, Katlyn Loveall, Josef Lujan, Jacob Matthews, Brooke
Mazzani, Lexie McCalla, Jesse McCormick, Rogan McIntosh, Ayden McLennan, Samantha
Meline, Kyson Miller, Seth Miller, Sadie Miner, Taylor Moore, James Nichols, Preston Olson,
Logan Orr, Caleb Ouellet, Siope Palepale, Salomon Pardo, Kora Paulsen, Ildeliza
Perez-Gonzalez, Slater Perry, Arianah Plorin, Sian Realing, Breeann Redd, Sylvester Reece,
Seth Reynolds, Nathan Rhoades, Marcus Rodriguez, Jadyn Shafer, Mark Shepherd, Dominiq
Shoemaker, Courtney Shoopman, Taylor Siplon, Johanna Slaymaker, Dakota Small, Dante
Stoner, Ashton Stufft, Alexis Sulzle, Jeanette Tennant, Luke Theriot, Elias Trevizo, Heighden
Walsh, Nolan Wayte, Hope Weddle, Cody Wiese, Darius Wiggins, Seth Wilkinson, Andrew
Williams, Mercadez Wood, Kaden Woods, Paxton Yakel
Freshman: Jessica Alley, Avery Anderson, Koren Anderson, Alexis Appleby, Samuel Archuleta,
Ashton Armstrong, Bailey Arnold, Lourd Louise Asprec, Colter Ballard, Harley Bauer, Sydnee
Birkle, Trinnity Blanchard, Brynn Boness, Allison Boroz, Alexander Bradley, Dylan Brice,
Cameron Burkett, Logan Bussell, Vanessa Castillo, Davis Crilly, Jacob Day, Nikki Dolbare,
Alexandria Donahue, Allison Drinkwalter, McClyna Eades, Evan Eathorne, James Edelman,
Philip Edmondson, Omiah Edwards, Zachary Enyert, Joshua Estes, Rachel Evenson, Alexys
Flores- Sponsler, Dominick Fowler, Talon Freel, Josue Garcia-Vasquez, Covin Hartley, M’Kayla
Hasse, Matty Heaton, Emmaline Heide, Kaiden Helling, Derek Heniff, Phoebe Higgs, Grant
Hoffard, Sully Hoover, Maddox Houston, Benjamin Howe, Dominic Hughes, Elliott Hume,
Takenya Humecky, Cailey Jackson, Jordan Jackson, Alexander Jaehn, Kolin James, Tanner
Jaworski, Gavyn Jones, Landin Kaczorowki, Paityn Kindel, Keenan Kozak, Autumn Kruse,
Jordan Lamb, Emily Lane, Roumina Lewton, Brooke Lijewski, Avigayl Linde, Shaylee
MacMillan, Jackson Marker, Karah McBeath, Carter McLean, Kailey Mclean, Jayden Miller,
Chloe Miner, Jilian Moore, Joseph Muldowney, Tyler Nalley, Kaden Nation, Teya Newquist, Lea
Orr, Shaun Parker, Szabre Parker, Alexis Peasley, Fatima Perin, Serina Perry, Angeline
Peterson, Miles Petro, Kannon Prochnow, Joseph Reicher, Jaden Riddell, Zachary Roberts,
Brock Robison, Jose Romero, Chloe Savage, Hannah Schaeffer, Maddie Schisel, Sherokee
Shepherd, Daniel Shumaker, Breckyn Simmons, Jozie Sterling, Victoria Tafoya, Christopher A.
Taylor, Clayton Thomas, Eternity Thunder-Tophia, Macy Trujillo, Vanesa Van Houten, Cloee
Vandal, Eva Vreeman, Lyric Wall, Darrick Wassink, Jasmine Wert, Isaac Whipple, Brook
Wilson, Jasmine Wintermote, Cody Wood
Natrona County High School
Note: NCHS operates on an alternating block schedule, which means a student takes eight
courses over a semester and earns credit at the conclusion of the semesters in January and
June. No grades are posted to a student’s official record, nor is credit awarded until that time.
As a result, a semester Honor Roll is a more accurate reflection of a student’s overall academic
performance. In January, we will recognize and publish the academic achievements of our
students and continue to provide the Honor Roll Breakfast as we have in the past.
Natrona County High School takes pride in the dedicated work and excellence students give to
their academics. During our daily Mustang Connections, teachers visit with students about
grades and celebrate their accomplishments while providing needed support for continued
success and additional assistance as needed.
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to visit with your student weekly about grades and assignments and celebrate their
accomplishments throughout the school year. NCHS is committed to preparing responsible and
life-long learners who value themselves, contribute to their society, and succeed in a changing
world.
Seniors: Dayton Carabajal, David Dean, Alexander Hoerath, Jonathan Johnson, Dillion Kuhn,
Neko Mendoza and Seanna Walker
Juniors: Paige Brush, Peyton Brush, Acacia Davies, Donovan Raines and Michael Snider
Sophomores: Helen Brungardt, Araynne Meacham, Samuel O’Hearn and Christina Reilly.
Freshman: Riley Plum
Achievement (3.0-3.99)
Seniors: Wyatt Abbott, Sara Cardenas, Mariha-Ann Cothren, Kaiden Freel, Taylar Haddock, Isis
Harney, Jordan Hatch, Chandler Johnston, Kaden Kennedy, Lynzi Martinez, Dayton Stone,
Taylor Taggart and Rhiana Valenzuela
Juniors: Garrett Brainard, Taylyne Crane, Ethan D’Arcy, Tayler Forster, Nadine Francisco,
Braidy Fulkerson, Justin Gettings, Kamee Goutermont-Collins, Corey Hansford, Hayley
Jackson, Adam Julian, Marissa Mackenzie, Clay McFarland, Autumn Mercado, Allison Owens
and Angelina Smith
Sophomores: Tate Bucklin, Cody Caraveau, Zephaniah Filer, McKayla Good, Jace Hanson,
Russell Jones, Cora Knapp, Destiny Mackenzie, Carson McLaughlin, Tanner Nelson, Isabel
Ojeda, Duey Palmer, Treyson Phillips, Lorie Snider, Ernest Stapleton and Rebecca Tripp
Freshman: Ella Cassity, Birtukan Dunn, Keenan Morgan, Jackie Pauli, Charles Richards, Logan
Schoenhardt and Danielle Sharp
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — A security breach inside Marriott’s worldwide hotel empire has compromised the information of as many as 500 million guests, exposing in some cases credit card numbers, passport numbers and birthdates, the company said Friday.
Alarming security analysts, Marriott said that unauthorized access to data within its Starwood network has been taking place since 2014 in what may be among the largest data breaches on record.
Marriott acquired Starwood in 2016 and the process of merging its computer system with Starwood computers has been marred by technical glitches.
The company said credit card numbers and expiration dates of some guests may have been taken. For as many as two-thirds of those affected, data exposed could include mailing address, phone number, email address, passport number, Starwood Preferred Guest account information, date of birth, gender, arrival and departure information, reservation date and communication preferences. For some guests, the information was limited to name and sometimes other data such as mailing address, email address or other information.
“We fell short of what our guests deserve and what we expect of ourselves,” CEO Arne Sorenson said in a prepared statement. “We are doing everything we can to support our guests, and using lessons learned to be better moving forward.”
Email notifications to those who may have been affected will begin rolling out Friday.
While the breach affected “approximately 500 million guests” who made a reservation at a Starwood hotel, some of those records could include a single person who booked multiple stays.
The company manages more than 6,700 properties across the globe.
While the first impulse for those potentially affected by the breach could be to check credit cards, security experts say other information in the database could be more damaging.
“The names, addresses, passport numbers and other sensitive personal information that was exposed is of greater concern than the payment info, which was encrypted,” said analyst Ted Rossman of CreditCards.com. “People should be concerned that criminals could use this info to open fraudulent accounts in their names.”
When the merger was announced in 2015, Marriott had 54 million members of its loyalty program and Starwood had 21 million. Many people were members in both programs.
Asked for more details on the 500 million number, Marriott spokesman Jeff Flaherty said Friday that the company has not finished identifying duplicate information in the database.
An internal security tool signaled a potential breach in early September, but the company was unable to decrypt the information that would define what data had potentially been exposed until last week.
Marriott, based in Bethesda, Maryland, said in a regulatory filing that it’s premature to estimate what financial impact the data breach will have on the company. It noted that it does have cyber insurance, and is working with its insurance carriers to assess coverage.
The Starwood breach stands out among even the largest security hacks on record. Hilton had two separate data breaches that exposed more than 350,000 credit card numbers. One breach began in November 2014 and another in April 2015. Yahoo had a data breaches in 2013 and 2014 that impacted about 3 billion of its accounts.
Target also had an incident in 2013 that affected more than 41 million customer payment card accounts and exposed contact information for more than 60 million customers. Last year, Equifax disclosed a data breach that affected more than 145 million people.
The former Starwood brands now under the Marriott umbrella include W Hotels, St. Regis, Sheraton Hotels & Resorts, Westin Hotels & Resorts, Element Hotels, Aloft Hotels, The Luxury Collection, Tribute Portfolio, Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts, Four Points by Sheraton and Design Hotels. Starwood branded timeshare properties are also included.
Marriott has had a rocky process of merging its computer system with Starwood computers. Members of both loyalty programs have complained about missing points, glitches with stays crediting to their accounts and problems with free nights earned from credit cards not appearing.
Sorenson said that Marriott is still trying to phase out Starwood systems.
Marriott has set up a website and call center for anyone who thinks that they are at risk, and on Friday will begin sending emails to those affected.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — State and federal officials are proposing approval of a major coal mine expansion in southeastern Montana even as the mine’s owner goes through bankruptcy proceedings with plans to sell the property.
Montana and U.S. officials on Friday released an 800-page environmental study that clears the way for a final decision on Westmoreland Coal Co.’s Rosebud Mine expansion.
The Englewood, Colorado-based company, which also owns the Kemmerer Mine in Wyoming, declared bankruptcy in October with more than $1.4 billion in debt amid declining coal demand.
It plans to auction Rosebud and other assets on Jan. 22.
Environmentalists had urged officials to halt the permitting process until after the sale.
Rosebud serves the Colstrip power plant, one of the largest coal-burning plants in the Western U.S.
The 10-square-mile expansion would extend the life of the mine by 19 years.
Here is a recap of recent law enforcement activity.
The recent arrests log represents law enforcement contact with individuals who were arrested, and the charges that are recommended against them.
All of those cited or arrested are presumed innocent until convicted in a court of law. Charges are subject to change following official filings from the Natrona County District Attorney’s Office. Information is provided by the Casper Police Department and the Natrona County Sheriff’s Office.
The arrest log is not a comprehensive document and may not represent all of the arrests made in a given time period. The arrest log does not contain information for juvenile offenders, suspects recommended for charges of a sexual nature, or information for persons arrested in Natrona County who have bonded or bailed out of the detention center before law enforcement releases the information.
The Recent Arrests log may not be published on weekends, holidays, or other days when law enforcement has not made the information available.
Recent Arrests and Jail Bookings
Joshua Baughcum- Criminal Warrant
Gwendolyn Bouchard- Child Endangering w/Meth, Controlled Sub Poss-Meth
Jerel R Cellmer- DWUI
Anthony Clark- Hold for Probation and Parole
Sammuel D Coe- Contract Hold/Billing
Robin Collins- Under the Influence Controlled Substance, Breach of Peace
Darrl Derrera- Controlled Sub Poss-Meth, Controlled Sub Poss
David Gober- District Court Bench Warrant
Matt Kimball Hold for Probation and Parole
Kyle Knight- Fail to Appear
Keith Kuder- Child Endangering w/Drugs, Controlled Sub Poss-Meth
Aarron Lavering- Controlled Sub Poss Meth, Controlled Sub Poss, Shoplifting, Simple Assault, Interference w/PO, Criminal Warrant, Fail to Appear, District Court Bench Warrant, Fail to Compy
Eric Proctor- Controlled Sub Poss- Meth, Controlled Sub Poss
Bobbie Rowland- Controlled Sub Poss Meth, Criminal Warrant
Carlos Salazar- Hold for Probation and Parole
Ashley Schuessler- District Court Bench Warrant
Jason Thornton- Serve Jail Time
Amber Urenda- Controlled Sub Poss Meth, Controlled Sub Poss
Three people were arrested on recommended charges of possessing controlled substances, after police say they were called to investigate drug use at a Casper convenience store.
According to Casper Police Department records, Darrl R Derrera and Amber Urenda; of Pueblo, Colorado; and Eric Proctor; of Dover, Florida; were arrested and booked into the Natrona County Detention Center, during the morning hours of November 29th. Each faces recommended charges of Possession of Marijuana and Possession of Methamphetamine.
Police say that they received a call from employees of a convenience store, coated on the 600 block of North Poplar Avenue. An affidavit in the case says that employees of the convenience store had reported that a customer had found a tinfoil pipe in a bathroom stall at the store.
The employees reported that a man had exited a green Chevy Camaro, entered the store, and went directly into the men’s restroom. The man was then seen exiting the restroom as another customer was walking in. Moments later, the employees said that the customer came out of the bathroom and reported that there was a tinfoil pipe in one of the stalls.
The employees locked the men’s restroom and contacted police.
Upon arrival, police observed a green Chevy Camaro in the parking lot of a nearby fast food restaurant, matching the description of the vehicle given by store employees.
Police contacted the occupants of the vehicle, identified as Derrera and Urenda.
Both Derrera and Urenda said that they were traveling from Billings to Colorado, and that neither of them had left the car at the convenience store. They said that a third traveling companion, Proctor, had entered the store, and was currently inside the fast food restaurant.
Police report in the affidavit that Derrera claimed that he suspected Proctor of drug use. Officers then asked for permission for a K9 unit to do a narcotics sniff of the vehicle, which Derrera granted.
Police note that Derrera and Urrenda exhibited physical symptoms of controlled substance use.
Proctor was contacted inside the fast food restaurant, and officers say that he matched the description given by the convenience store employees, as the person they suspected of leaving the pipe in the bathroom.
Proctor denied any knowledge of the pipe found in the convenience store.
Police say that during the K9 search, the dog indicated on a black Swiss backpack. As officers began to search the bag, they report that Proctor told officers that he had marijuana inside the bag. Police say they located some suspected marijuana, along with two methamphetamine pipes and several crushed tinfoil pipes similar to the one found in the convenience store.
As the search continued, police reported that Derrera said that he had a brown canvass case concealed under the seat of the vehicle. Police say in the affidavit that Derrera declined not to describe the contents of the case, but was “adamant” the case and contents were his.
The affidavit said that the canvass case was found to contain a suspected crack cocaine pipe, four hits of suspected black tar heroin, five individually wrapped packages containing suspected crack cocaine, and a digital pocket scale.
Also listed as being found in the vehicle were syringes, a suspected methamphetamine pipe, a metal pipe with suspected crack cocaine residue, and a metal “cook” spoon.
All three individuals were arrested and transported to the Natrona County Detention Center.
Dererra faces recommended charges of Possession of Heroin, Possession of Methamphetamine, and Possession of Crack Cocaine.
Proctor faces recommended charges of Possession of Marijuana and Possession of Methamphetamine.
Urenda faces recommended charges of Possession of Methamphetamine, and Possession of Crack Cocaine.
All of those cited or arrested are presumed innocent until convicted in a court of law. Charges are subject to change following official filings from the Natrona County District Attorney’s Office.
