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By Kerin ClarkThere is a lot to talk about these

days. The lack of moisture, govern-ment regulations, milkshakes versus malts, voice services versus internet services and so on. There is another issue you should add to your “list” of items to talk about and that is potential changes to telecommunications legis-lation.

The Wyoming Telecommunica-tions Act is scheduled to sunset in 2015. For the next year and a half, the Wyoming Legislature will address the issues surrounding the telecommuni-cations industry.

Wyoming Agriculture spoke with Bryce Freeman, administrator of the State of Wyoming Offi ce of Consumer Advocate, regarding the Telecommu-nications regulations.

According to Freeman, the legisla-tive process to consider changes could take the upcoming legislative session and the 2015 session before there is fi -nal resolution.

“The issue is how we go about mak-ing sure that everybody in Wyoming has access to high quality, affordable broadband and telecommunications services,” Freeman said.

“I would certainly encourage any-one who has an interest or somebody who is in a situation of not having

access to good quality alternatives to come to the legislative committee meetings, or contact their legislators and let them know the facts,” Freeman continued.

“There has been a lot of legislative activity around the telecommunica-tions industry for almost 20 years,” Freeman explained. “The legislative changes, both state and federal, made in the telecommunications industry have generally been the type of chang-es aimed at opening up telecommuni-cations markets so mostly they have reduced state and federal regulations for the telecommunications industry.”

Wyoming started the legislative process in 1995 with the passing of the Wyoming Telecommunications Act. The intent of the legislation, according to Wyoming Statutes, is to: “…ensure essential telecommunications services are universally available to the citizens of this state while encouraging the de-velopment of new infrastructure, fa-cilities, products and services.”

According to Freeman, the Wyo-ming law removed most of the regu-latory authority the Public Service Commission (PSC) had over telecom-munications companies and catego-rized the remaining powers so they only apply to landline telecommu-nications providers. That remaining

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Honoring WWII Veteran David Holwell .................. Page 3

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““The issue is how we

go about making sure that everybody in Wyoming has access to high quality, affordable broadband and telecommunications ser-vices.”-- Bryce Freeman, Administrator of the State of Wyoming Offi ce of Con-sumer Advocate

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See ‘Telecommunications Act’ page 5

Wyoming Telecommunications Act sunsets in 2015; changes to be made

As we celebrated our Nation’s Independence on July 4th, we were reminded of the many freedoms we enjoy here in America. A post on the WyFB YF&R Facebook page from YF&R Commit-tee Member Chalsey Kortes said: “We are truly thankful for an independent nation. We thank our nation’s veterans and active duty soldiers for keeping her free!” Chalsey Kortes photo.

authority generally revolves around subsidies under the state and federal Universal Service Funds, quality of service regulations and powers del-egated to the PSC by the Federal Commu-nications Commis-sion.

“The PSC doesn’t have regulatory au-thority over internet or wireless telecom-munications servic-es,” Freeman stated. “The theory is cus-tomers in the country and Wyoming have choices with regards to telecommunications providers, what they want to buy and what they want to consume, so there is no need to regulate.”

“That has generally been the case since 1995,” He continued. “The 1995 Act was designed to open up compe-tition for telecommunication services.

There was skepticism at the time that things would not change, but I think they have changed. There are a lot of ways you can get telecommunication

services. It isn’t just the traditional tele-communications any-more. Smart phones and the wireless net-work in Wyoming are fairly well devel-oped in most areas so you can generally get voice communica-tion services as well as internet services.”

However, there are still rural areas of the

state that do not have access to com-munication options. “Some rural areas don’t even have the ability to get inter-net service over their satellite so if it wasn’t for landline phone companies, they wouldn’t have any telecommuni-cations,” Freeman noted.

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By Karen Budd-Falen, Budd-Falen Law Offi ces, LLC

June 25, 2013--Since 2009, West-ern Watersheds Project (“WWP”) has issued at least 675 Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) requests just to the BLM and Forest Service, related to livestock grazing on the public lands. Although I did not read all 675 requests, I did fi nd some let-ters that demanded information for as many as 50 allotments in one single FOIA request. Most WWP FOIAs also wanted documents from multiple years and on multiple sub-

jects. Many of the requests included instructions to the BLM or For-est Service offi ces stating that the response to WWP should be sent electronically or in a certain for-mat. While the FOIA requires that the federal government make cer-tain documents available, can a re-quester really dictate the format of the response?

Additionally, for every request, WWP argues that they should receive all information free of charge because they are a non-profi t membership

By Ken Hamilton, WyFB Execu-tive Vice President

Analyzing trends is something a lot of people pay good money for in hopes of getting in on the next big fad or movement. I know we in agriculture have seen our share of some of these fads. One of the fi rst fads I was exposed to was an effort by some promoter to get folks to raise Jerusalem Arti-chokes. I also remember hearing people talk about getting in on the ostrich and emu business and there have been any number of ideas

promoted that were supposed to lift the agricultural industry out of the quagmire of year to year poverty.

Perhaps because there is the occasional winner among all of the losers, we will probably keep seeing ideas pop up and some folks will try them out and probably walk away with fewer dollars in their pocket than when they started.

Other trends lead to some confusion and head

scratching. For instance we’ve seen science coming up with a method (although expensive) to grow meat

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Food fads

Calendar of Calendar of EventsEventsJuly20 ......Washakie County Farm Bureau Picnic/Annual Meeting at 6 p.m.—Fairgrounds in WorlandAugust5-6 .....Joint Corporations Legislative Interim Committee Meeting--Sheridan10.......“Just Ask” Regular and Century Club Member Drive Challenge begins25 ......Johnson County Farm Bureau Annual Meeting/Picnic at noon—Watts Cabin on Middle Fork25 ......Carbon County Farm Bureau Annual Picnic at noon—Miracle Mile26-27 .Joint Travel Legislative Interim Committee Meeting--Jackson30 ......WyFB County Activities of Excellence application deadlineSeptember12-13 .Joint Minerals Legislative Interim Committee Meeting—Laramie12-13 .Joint Revenue Legislative Interim Committee Meeting--Buffalo23-24 .Joint Agriculture Legislative Interim Committee Meeting—Lusk26-27 .Joint Transportation Legislative Interim Committee Meeting--RivertonOctober8 ........Wyoming Farm Bureau YF&R Collegiate Discussion Meet—Laramie10.......“Just Ask” Regular and Century Club Member Drive Challenge endsNovember14-16..WyFB Annual Meeting—Hilton Garden Inn in LaramieJanuary 201423-24 .WyFB Young Farmer & Rancher Conference—Holiday Inn in Cody

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in a test tube while at the same time people are talking about the need to return to locally grown food. I’m not going to hold my breath on wheth-er we will be eating artifi cial tube steaks since the current crop of tube steaks have been pretty popular for several generations.

The current movement away from purchasing food at the grocery store and purchasing food at local farmer markets also seems to be an inter-esting phenomenon. Every night on

my way home I drive by a grocery store that is pretty busy and a few years ago when our local Wal-Mart became a grocery store, as well as an “everything else” store, there were a lot of customers laying down hard cash or credit for food from this marketing giant.

Lately, we’ve seen people work-ing on their city council members to allow backyard chickens in city limits. Many of these folks have

Wyoming Farm Bureau mem-bers will gather Nov. 14-16, 2013 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Lara-mie to set the organization’s poli-cy for the coming year. Delegates vote on policy decisions from res-olutions that are formed at the lo-cal level. Elections, speakers and Young Farmer & Rancher events

also highlight the meeting. Danielle Quist and Paul Schle-

gel will be our featured American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) speakers. Quist is the AFBF Se-nior Counsel for Public Policy. Schlegel is the AFBF Director of Environment and Energy Policy.

Make plans to attend!

Save the Date

Freedom of Information Act Abuse

WyFB 94th Annual Meeting—Nov. 14-16, 2013

By Bob Stallman, American Farm Bureau Federation President

National events this summer seem to have taken a page from a spy thriller. With accusa-tions of government sur-veillance methods being used on American citizens and the media’s coverage from Hong Kong to Mos-cow of National Security Agency leaks, it’s easy to see why Americans would question the government’s ability or willingness to protect their privacy.

I typically leave espionage for the movies. But, when the government tries to expose farmers’ and ranch-ers’ personal information, the issues of government data collecting and

personal privacy hit home—liter-ally.

From Russia with LoveThe Environmental

Protection Agency re-cently was planning to publicly release personal information about tens of thousands of farmers and ranchers and their fami-lies in response to several Freedom of Information Act requests from me-dia and other companies. The result? Farmers’ and

ranchers’ names, home addresses, GPS coordinates and personal con-tact information would be up for grabs by anyone who asks for it. The American Farm Bureau Federation

007 in Farmland

See ‘Food fads’ page 12

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Honoring World War II Veteran David Holwell

By Jennifer Vineyard-WomackUpton, Wyo. — “Freedom

is not free, it is not free,” says Mr. David Holwell. “You have to fight for it.”

One could easily assume David is talking about the sac-rifices he and others made during World War II. That’s part of the equation, but he’s also talking about the day-to-day responsibilities Ameri-cans hold in preserving those rights our forefathers fought so hard to protect.

“If you want freedom, you have to make an effort,” says David. It’s an effort he says be-gins in the voting booth and stretches to the military and those who lead our nation. “I’ve never missed an election in my life, since I got to be old enough to vote,” he says. Even during those years he was overseas, his wife and mother ensured he received a ballot.

David was born and raised on his family’s ranch along Skull Creek, 11 miles north-east of Osage in northern Weston County. Like many of his generation, the need to make a living drew him home to the ranch. “I never finished high school,” he says. “I came back to the ranch and worked on the ranch with my Dad and my brother.”

The Holwells were mem-bers of Farm Bureau and Da-vid followed suit. “I started my Farm Bureau membership in 1937,” he says. “I had a gal I was pretty sweet on. At that time, Farm Bureau always had an annual meeting and a dance, always did.” David says it was the social event of the year in Weston County. “I could go to the Farm Bureau meeting with my Dad, but they wouldn’t let me take this gal. So, I gave them $5 and got a membership of my own.”

David says, “In 1942 they decided they needed me in the service so I enlisted. I enlisted in the Air Force where I spent four years.”

“When I enlisted they sent me right back to Spearfish, South Dakota,” he recalls of the papers he signed at Fort Meade, located near Sturgis, South Dakota. “I did all of my primary flying at Spearfish.

Clyde Ice ran a flight school there for the Air Force.” David says there were between 50 and 60 pilots and six or seven instructors there when he was doing his training. “Clyde Ice had a contract with the Air Force and was furnishing pi-lots for the Air Force,” says Da-vid of the legendary pioneer pilot.

“I got to be a pilot, but then I got some ear trouble and had to quit,” he says. “I wound up being an aerial engineer, but I was also trained so that if they needed somebody in the right seat, I could fly.”

After completing his flight training, David was sent to Missouri where he received his first Army training. “Then we went to Illinois,” he recalls. “That’s where we got our in-struction in B-26s. Then they shipped us to Jacksonville, Florida and we pulled subma-rine patrol out of there in June, July and August.”

David says the German sub-marines in the Atlantic were so numerous they were like worms. “We’d fly about 20 to 30 feet off of the water and we all had a pattern we flew. You could see them underneath the water. If you found one you called it into the Coast Guard and they went out and picked them up. We flew submarine patrol for three months,” he says noting they flew A-20s.

“We went from there to Mitchell Field, New York,” says David. “They were getting us ready to go overseas.” But be-fore shipping out David was given a 10-day furlough to vis-it his family.

During that furlough David says, “I came home and did one of the best things of my life — I married Kathryn.” The couple met at a dance in the Clareton community and be-gan dating. As fate would have it, Kathryn was hired to teach school along Skull Creek, near the Holwell’s family ranch. On September 8, 2013, the couple will celebrate their 70th wed-ding anniversary.

Asked about how hard it was to leave home after the 10-day furlough, David says, “We had it to do. We had it to do.”

Reaching for his wallet, he pulls out an old photograph with seven decades of wear evident on its edges. David carried the photograph, along with Kathryn’s class ring, throughout the war. To this day, the photograph is always with him. When given the op-portunity to name his crew’s B-26, David thought of Kath-ryn and the plane was aptly named, “Cowboy’s Sweet-heart.”

“I went back to Mitchell Field and went overseas,” says David of a trip made aboard the Queen Mary that lasted four days and 18 hours. “There were 13,000 men and 7,000 mules on the Queen Mary. I went aboard the Queen Mary at about 10 p.m. at night. They were loading mules one right after the other. The next morning we had to wait for the mules to all get loaded before we pulled out.”

The only place the Queen Mary could dock was up the English Channel, but German submarines were so thick the Channel was impassable. Da-vid says they took the Queen Mary to an area between Ire-land and Scotland and the sol-diers were taken off of the ship via tugboats. He’s often won-dered how they got the mules, destined for mountain troops in Italy, off of the ship. To this day he says he doesn’t know the answer.

“We ate our Thanksgiving Day meal in Greenwich, Scot-land,” says David. “There was turkey, cranberries; they had a nice dinner for us. I’m sure the infantry and artillery and some of them didn’t have all that stuff on Thanksgiving.”

David and his crew were based at Radonwood Base in Ipswich, England. It was the easternmost base near the channel separating England from occupied France. “While he was in Europe,” says the book “They Served with Hon-or,” featuring David and other World War II veterans, “the Air Corps shipped over some P-61s — the Black Widows — with engineers who had never touched a 2800 engine, the same engine in the B-26s.

David Holwell, shown here with his wife Kathryn, joined the Farm Bureau in 1937. He says the orga-nization kept his membership active while he was stationed overseas during World War II and he con-tinued to support the organization and served as county president when he returned home. Until re-tiring to Upton in 1995, the Holwells ranched along Skull Creek in northern Weston County. Jennifer Vineyard-Womack photo.

Veteran says freedom is something we all must work to protectDavid Holwell carried his wife Kathryn’s pho-tograph while he was overseas in World War II. When he returned home in 1946, he con-tinued to carry it. On Sept. 8 of this year the Holwells will celebrate their 70th wedding anni-versary. Jennifer Vineyard-Womack photo.

Tech. Sgt. David Holwell learned to fl y in Spearfi sh, South Dakota under the guidance of Clyde Ice, a pioneer pilot from the area. Holwell went on to complete 46 missions before returning to his fam-ily’s ranch near Osage in 1946. Courtesy photo.See ‘World War II Veteran page 7


Young Farmer and Rancher News

Are you interested in taking your leadership potential to the state level? Do you have a passion for educating consumers about the agriculture industry? Are you dedicated to working with other young leaders in order to advance our work for agriculture?

If so, the Wyoming Farm Bu-reau Federation Young Farmer & Rancher (YF&R) Committee could be the perfect fit! The ob-jective of the Committee is to give young farmers and ranchers, serv-ing as a committee within the or-ganization structure, the opportu-nity to recommend programs and activities that will encourage par-ticipation of young farmers and ranchers in both the YF&R and total Farm Bureau program.

This fall each District Farm Bureau (five total) will elect one position to the WyFB YF&R State Committee. Young farmers and ranchers interested in serving on an energetic committee dedicated

to the success of young producers and agriculture across Wyoming are encouraged to consider run-ning for a seat on the state YF&R Committee.

Committee members serve two-year terms. Potential committee members must be between the ages of 18-35 and a regular Farm Bu-reau member. District voting del-egates vote on the positions at each district meeting. Those interested should plan to attend their district’s meeting and notify your county president to request an applica-tion form. Contact Kerin Clark at 307.532.2002 or [email protected]. Application and nomination forms are also available at www.wyfb.org/yf-a-r/committee.

The WyFB YF&R Committee consists of two representatives per district for a total of ten voting po-sitions. The chair, vice chair, and secretary are voted on at the state annual meeting from within the elected district representatives.

YF&R SHAPES THE FUTUREFarm Bureau® Young Farmers & Ranchers Program

For more information about YF&R competitive events and how you can get involved, contact your state Farm Bureau office or the American Farm Bureau Federation® at [email protected] or 202-406-3600

The YF&R program helps young members shape the future of agriculture, as well as their individual futures, with leadership development and personal

growth opportunities. Through three competitive events, members are able to showcase their

leadership experience, communication skills and successful farm plans as they compete against

the best of the best Farm Bureau has to offer.

As part of the YF&R competitive events, winners in the Achievement Award,

Discussion Meet and Excellence in Ag areas will receive their choice of a

2014 Chevrolet Silverado or GMC Sierra truck, courtesy of GM; nine national

finalists will receive a Case IH Farmall tractor, courtesy of Case IH; as

well as a $2,500 cash prize and $500 in STIHL merchandise.

The Wyoming Farm Bureau Young Farmer and Rancher Committee. Kolter Schuebel, Northwest District; Chalsey Kortes, Central District; Kerin Clark, YF&R Coordinator; Raenell Taylor, Northeast District/State Chair; Heather Hamilton Maude, Southeast District/State Vice Chair; Toni Swartz, Northeast District; Kailey Barlow, Southwest District; and Cole Coxbill, Southeast Dis-trict. Not pictured: Sammie Coxbill, Holly Kennedy and Kim Barker. Ellen Westbrook photo.

YF&R Committee elections this fall

What does it take to win $500 cash at the Wyoming Farm Bureau annual meeting in November? All Farm Bureau members between the ages of 18-35 are eligible. Read below to pick which contest fi ts you best.

The state winner in each event will receive a $500 cash prize and a trip to San Antonio, Texas to compete in the national competi-tion.

Winning $500 for showcasing your talents in agriculture is a good incentive for Wyoming’s young farmers and ranchers to consider participating in this year’s Young Farmer & Rancher competitions.

Discussion Meet—Oct. 11 post-mark deadline

This competition simulates Farm Bureau’s policy develop-ment process where members dis-cuss agriculture issues and arrive at a solution. This competition will showcase the contestant’s agricul-tural knowledge and the ability to participate in a committee meet-ing setting. The contest will be held Nov. 14-16 in Laramie at the WyFB annual meeting.

Topics and rules are available at www.wyfb.org.

IDEAL CANDIDATE: Anyone who talks about agriculture issues at the dinner table or anywhere else for that matter!

Achievement Award—Sept. 16 postmark deadline

The Achievement award com-petition is application based. Con-testants are judged on their growth in their agriculture operation and their leadership skills. A contes-tant’s participation in Farm Bureau is a defi nite point getter from the judges.

IDEAL CANDIDATE: An indi-vidual or couple involved in pro-duction agriculture with a majority of their income subject to normal production risks.

Excellence in Agriculture Award—Sept. 16 postmark dead-line

The Excellence in Agriculture competition is an application pro-cess. Participants are judged on their involvement in agriculture, Farm Bureau and other leadership roles. The application includes es-say questions.

IDEAL CANDIDATE: An indi-vidual or couple who do not have the majority of their income sub-ject to normal production risk.

How to applyThe Discussion Meet applica-

tion is available at www.wyfb.org (Click on the YF&R tab, then Com-petitive Events/Discussion Meet tab) Contact WyFB YF&R Coordi-nator Kerin Clark at 307.532.2002 or e-mail [email protected].

YF&R Contest Deadlines—Enter to win $500

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By William J Stafford, Director Wyoming Government Relations, Missouri Basin Power Project

We are proud to serve Wyoming in a variety of capacities. We are committed to clean air, clear vis-ibility and continued protection of the state’s natural areas. To accom-plish that, the State of Wyoming has developed a comprehensive plan to protect and build on Wyoming’s clean air, and we fully support the state in this effort.

Recently, the Environmental Pro-tection Agency (EPA) announced its proposal to disapprove portions of Wyoming’s State Implementation Plan for compliance with the Clean Air Act’s Regional Haze program, and to require installation of much more costly technology on several plants in the State. The Regional

Haze program addresses visibility is-sues in Class 1 areas – national parks and wilderness areas. We fi nd this de-cision deeply problematic and poten-tially very costly to our citizens.

Today, the EPA is proposing that key Wyoming power plants install selective catalytic reduction (SCR) technologies on their units to reduce a haze – potentially costing Wyo-ming industries more than $1 billion in capital costs and millions of dol-lars in annual operating expenses, and impacting the pocketbooks of power consumers spanning from the Canadian to the Mexican borders.

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“Those areas just don’t have choic-es,” He continued. “If they (Legisla-ture) decided to sunset the Telecom-munications Act, the customers in those areas, however many there are, would be adversely affected because if there is no obligation to continue to provide services, the companies might choose not to do so.” Freeman also noted that, “With the progression of technology there are fewer and fewer customers that lack competitive alter-natives every year”.

“With all the work done with state and federal regulations of the telecom-munications industry we really haven’t kept pace with the development of the market,” Freeman noted. “This is par-ticularly the case in Wyoming with regards to subsidizing service to those rural customers who we fear wouldn’t have service.”

Freeman noted that in the urban ar-eas of the state the market has worked. “It really is about the customers that live way out in the hinterlands that may not have access to telecommu-nications alternatives,” He said. “First of all, it is hard to know who they are and how many are in this situation and secondly, how do we keep them con-nected?”

Freeman explained that while Wyoming has been using the same system for the last 20 years, the Federal Communications Commis-sion (FCC) recently adopted rules that change the requirements for the Federal Universal Service Fund. “In-stead of providing a federal subsidy for voice communications it is going to be a subsidy that makes sure ev-eryone has access to broadband,” He stated. “Voice service would presum-

ably be a service that would be pro-vided on an ancillary basis according to the new FCC rules.”

According to Freeman, with chang-es to Wyoming’s telecommunications law one of the areas to consider is the state Universal Service Fund. “We have a state USF that subsidizes cus-tomers in high cost rural areas, but it subsidizes voice services so there is an obvious inconsistency between that and the federal program,” He ex-plained. “It probably won’t be able to continue as is because it is currently a voice centered fund. The state needs to consider whether we still need a Wyoming USF and if so what should it look like.”

The Wyoming Universal Service Fund was established by the Wyoming Telecommunications Act of 1995 and designed to ensure that no subscriber of telecommunications services in Wyoming would be required to pay more than 130 percent of the statewide average price for essential telecommu-nications services.

Farm Bureau members are encour-aged to share their input on telecom-munications services in their areas and also review current Farm Bureau policy regarding telecommunications to see if anything needs updated or amended. Contact your county Farm Bureau president or Wyoming Farm Bureau Lobbyists Ken Hamilton (307.721.7712 or [email protected]) or Brett Moline (307.721.7711 or [email protected]).

The Joint Corporations Interim Legislative Committee discussed this issue at their May 28-29, 2013 meet-ing. Their next scheduled meeting is August 5-6, 2013 in Sheridan.

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tons brought about through its State Implementation Plan is among the highest in the nation.

Despite that, the EPA wants to set aside major portions of Wyoming’s Regional Haze Program in order to implement its own, federal program, completely ignoring the gallant ef-forts of the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to establish a plan that already provides signifi cant visibility improvement in Class 1 areas. The EPA plan is an expense that would inevitably affect power consumers during a time when our economy is suffering. This makes no sense in light of effective and less expensive alternatives.

According to EPA modeling, the difference in perception to the human eye between Wyoming’s plan and EPA’s is a fraction of one deciview – virtually indistinguish-able to the human eye. This is sim-ply unacceptable for our citizens. Furthermore, the EPA is ignoring Wyoming’s authority and local knowledge – exactly what the Clean Air Act set out NOT to do - a severe overstep of EPA’s authority.

For these reasons, we encourage Wyoming’s citizens to stand up to

EPA and tell the federal government to step aside and let local knowledge prevail. EPA’s plan calls for huge investment for little to no benefi t. When it comes to a federal takeover of the state’s visibility decisions, the benefi ts are hazy and the huge costs are crystal clear.

Go to www.StopEPAWY.com now and tell EPA to take its hazy federal mandate and replace it with a clear solution for Wyoming.


Cookin’ with Farm Bureau“Da Bag”

By Alan Wong, Chef & Restaurateur – Wine Spectator July 31, 2013 Issue (Tried and loved by WyFB’s own Ken Hamilton)

Ingredients1 Tbsp unsalted butter 2 tsp minced garlic Salt and Pepper ½ cup quartered shiitake mushrooms 1 cup of cooked spinach20 Manila clams, washed 1 shelled lobster tail cut into 4 pieces2 shrimp shelled and deveined 4 oysters 2 cups Kalua Pig or pulled pork ¼ cup fi nely diced tomatoes 1 cup Chicken Stock

Cooking Directions1. Preheat a grill to medium heat (350 F). Make a foil en-

velope or cut 2 pieces of foil to cover a grill-safe sheet pan or roasting tray as needed. Arrange the seafood, pork and veg-etables on the tray.

2. Pour the chicken stock over the ingredients, add the butter, garlic and season with salt and pepper.

3. Cover the tray tightly with the foil and place on the grill. Cook for 15 minutes. Remove from the grill, slice open the foil and serve immediately. Serves 4.

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 5, 2013 – Protecting farmers’ and ranchers’ right to privacy is a top priority, said the American Farm Bureau Federation, which took le-gal action today to stop the Envi-ronmental Protection Agency from publicly releasing personal informa-tion about thousands of farmers and ranchers and their families. EPA is expected to respond to several Free-dom of Information Act requests this week, prompting AFBF to fi le a law-suit and seek a temporary restraining order before the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota.

By seeking an immediate court order stopping EPA’s imminent release, AFBF hopes to stall dis-closures of farmers’ and ranchers’ names, home addresses, GPS co-ordinates and personal contact in-formation until a court can clarify EPA’s obligation to keep personal information about citizens private. The National Pork Producers Coun-cil joined AFBF in the lawsuit.

“We are sticking up for the tens of thousands of farmers and ranch-ers whose personal information would end up in the public domain,”

said AFBF President Bob Stallman. “This lawsuit is about the govern-ment’s unjustifi ed intrusion into citi-zens’ private lives.”

Earlier this year the farming and ranching community was shocked that EPA released personal informa-tion about thousands of livestock and poultry farmers and ranchers in 29 states in response to FOIA requests from three environmental organizations. The massive data re-lease contained tens of thousands of lines in spreadsheets often including home phone numbers, home emails, employee contact information, home addresses and in some cases personal notes about the families. EPA had required state regulatory agencies to provide the agency with this information, which it then pub-licly released in its entirety. EPA has taken the position with AFBF and others that it has no legal obligation under FOIA to keep most of the in-formation private. Now, in response to new FOIA requests, EPA intends to release additional personal infor-mation from farmers in Minnesota, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oklaho-ma, and Washington.

AFBF fi les suit to protect farmers’ privacyAccording to AFBF, the major-

ity of farmers and ranchers, as well as their families, don’t just work on the farm—they live there, too. By turning over farmers’ names and addresses for public consumption, EPA is inviting intrusion into the privacy of farmers and their families on a nationwide scale.

“We support transparency and frequently advocate for increased government transparency,” said Stallman. “But publicly sharing spreadsheet upon spreadsheet of tens of thousands of peoples’ names, addresses and other personal infor-mation is not transparency in the workings of government—it is an invasion of the personal privacy of citizens.”

“EPA is in effect holding up a loudspeaker and broadcasting where private citizens live and where their

children play,” continued Stallman.AFBF said it does not necessarily

object to the collection of aggregat-ed data of farm and ranch business information for government use, but in the wrong hands personal loca-tion information could disrupt farm activity and lead to farm equipment theft or even sabotage or criminal mischief, especially for those farms that store fertilizer and chemicals or have large numbers of animals on the farm.

“In the scope of everything hap-pening nationally with the exposure of citizens’ private information, it’s time to say enough is enough,” said Stallman. “Farm Bureau is not only standing up for farmers in this case, but we are also standing up for all citizens who shouldn’t h ave their personal information publicly dis-seminated by their government.”

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WASHINGTON, D.C., July 1, 2013—The American Farm Bu-reau Federation on July 1 asked the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia to deter-mine that livestock and poultry farmers do not need Clean Water Act discharge permits for ordinary stormwater runoff from their farm-yards. The joint motion, fi led by AFBF, West Virginia Farm Bureau and West Virginia poultry farmer Lois Alt, would garner a big win for farmers nationwide if the court rules in their favor.

Today’s motion comes on the heels of the court’s April decision rejecting efforts by the Environ-mental Protection Agency to dis-miss Alt’s case in its entirety in order to avoid defending its legal position in court. This lawsuit be-

gan in 2012 when Alt challenged an EPA order demanding that she obtain a Clean Water Act dis-charge permit for ordinary storm-water runoff from her farmyard or face $37,500 in fi nes each time the stormwater came into contact with dust, feathers or small amounts of manure on the ground outside her poultry houses as a result of normal farming operations. Despite EPA’s withdrawal of the Alt order six weeks before the legal briefi ng was scheduled to commence, the court agreed with Farm Bureau and Alt that the case should go forward to clarify whether, as EPA contends, discharge permits are required for “ordinary precipitation runoff from a typical farmyard.”

“For the last year Lois Alt has courageously held her ground

against EPA not only to defend her own farm, but to help stop EPA from using its muscle against other responsible farmers,” said AFBF President Bob Stallman. “We are honored to join with her to explain to the court how EPA is misinter-preting the Clean Water Act and un-lawfully using the full force of the federal government to force farmers to seek permits when they are not discharging to waters.”

According to the legal papers fi led today, Farm Bureau and Alt ask the court to rule that stormwater from Alt’s farmyard, which contains dust and other particles emitted or spilled as part of normal farm operations, is within the meaning of the Clean Water Act’s exemption for “agricul-tural stormwater.” It asks the court to rule that EPA exceeded its author-

ity in fi nding stormwater from Alt’s farmyard was a Clean Water Act dis-charge and in ordering Alt to obtain permit coverage.

“For the past decade, we have suc-cessfully challenged EPA’s efforts to require discharge permits for con-centrated animal feeding operations that don’t discharge,” said Stallman. “Lois Alt’s courage in taking a stand against EPA will help ensure that EPA cannot get around those impor-tant court rulings by mischaracteriz-ing rainwater from a well-run farm as an illegal discharge.”

EPA is expected to fi le its own motion with the court defending its position, and opposing Farm Bureau and Alt’s motion on Aug. 1. Several environmental groups have inter-vened on behalf of EPA and will fi le a brief as well.

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David and other first-string engi-neers went to northern England to train the new guys.”

David says the P-61 was a great plane, but no B-26. Cowboy’s Sweetheart was olive drab. When the crew wasn’t flying the plane, they were waxing and polishing it. A little polish could increase the plane’s speed by 10-15 miles per hour. “And sometimes that was important when you were in com-bat,” says David.

David’s crew flew 46 missions. When the war ended on May 8, 1945 he’d been flying missions out of Versailles, France. David and his crew joined the masses celebrating in the streets of Paris and across the globe. “They said there were six million people in the streets of Paris, and I believe it,” he recalls.

1946 found David back in northeast Wyoming working the family ranch with his Dad and younger brother. “He and Dad had bought a John Deere tractor on rubber. Boy, I’ll tell you — on rubber,” he says of the monu-mental occasion. “It just kind of evolved from there.” David says his father was mechanical, a trait each of his kids inherited in some way. The family employed a healthy dose of innovation in making their early day hay equip-ment as the country transitioned from horsepower to tractors.

When David was a youngster his family ran around 30 Perche-ron mares and raised their own workhorses. “We started haying the day after the Fourth of July,” he recalls, noting that at times there would be ten teams in the

field. “Around the first of July we’d round up the four-year-old colts and halter break them and start driving them. We’d put a bronc with an old horse, put a set of W’s on him and go down the road with a wagon about a mile, hook onto a mower and off you’d go. We’d work him half a day, take him out, wash his shoulders and hook up another one.”

“Kathryn and I raised our five children at the ranch,” says David. Each of their kids spent ten years in 4-H and went on to earn col-lege degrees, two of them earning master’s degrees. “Kathryn and I were 4-H leaders for 33 years,” he says. Life’s greatest riches, accord-ing to David, lie in family. “Money pays the bills,” he says, “but money doesn’t make you rich.”

The family also continued their Farm Bureau membership and in-volvement. While he was at war, David says he never paid dues, but was still a member when he returned home and continued to belong to the organization. He went on to serve as president of the Weston County Farm Bureau.

“I’m proud of the Farm Bureau,” says David who has now been a member of the Farm Bureau for 76 years. “They’ve done a lot of things that needed done. I’ve kept my membership up because I think they’re still doing it.”

In 1995 David and Kathryn retired from the ranch and be-gan making their home in Upton. Those years have provided David a little more time to think about his service in World War II and take trips like the Honor Flight. The Honor Flight program en-

abled World War II veterans to see the memorials built in their honor in the nation’s capitol.

“I’m glad I’m a World War II vet,” says David. “I’m just as proud of it as I can be.” From his volunteer service with 4-H to his Farm Bureau member-

ship and responsible citizenry, it shows in his everyday life. When David Holwell says, “Freedom isn’t free,” it carries a little more meaning. His generation remem-bers the costs and the sacrifices, and appreciates what it takes to protect them.

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organization dedicated to protecting and conserving the public lands and natural resources of watersheds in the American West. WWP has over 1200 members. WWP is active in seeking to protect and improve the riparian areas, water quality, fi sheries, wildlife, and other natural resources and ecologi-cal values of western watersheds. To do so, WWP actively participates in agency decision-making concerning BLM [Forest Service] lands through-out the West, and the BLM’s manage-ment of livestock grazing in Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming.*

WWP is effective at increasing public awareness of environmental matters, such as protection of the di-verse and valuable sagebrush-steppe ecosystem, through public education and outreach, participation in admin-istrative processes, litigation and other enforcement of federal environmental laws.

(*WWP uses this same language to justify its fee waiver requests in Mon-tana, California, Arizona and New Mexico as well).

In contrast, if a rancher/permit-tee requests that very same informa-tion about his allotment requested by WWP, the BLM or the Forest Service will charge him $42.00 per hour for administrative search time and $.15 per page for each photocopy made. It seems backwards to me that a rancher is charged for “administrative search time” and photocopy costs to see what is in his own fi les, yet a group whose stated goal is to “get cows off the pub-lic lands ASAP” gets that exact same information for no charge at all (not even charging out-of-pocket costs).

In addition to the shear volume of FOIA requests and the mass of infor-mation requested in each of the indi-vidual requests by WWP, other issues are of note:

First, in addition to requesting in-formation about individual allotments or groups of allotments, some of WWP FOIAs request documents and information about named individuals. Of the FOIAs I reviewed where WWP wanted information about named ranchers or other individual ranch-ers, not one of the ranchers was con-tacted by the BLM or Forest Service before their information was released to WWP.

Second, a great number of FOIAs requested the same information over and over. For example, in 2009, a FOIA would request all monitoring data “gathered or generated to date” for an allotment or large group of al-lotments. The exact same FOIA will then be fi led in 2010 requesting all monitoring data “gathered or gener-ated to date” about the same allotment

or groups of allotments. The same FOIA will then be fi led in 2011. There is no mention in any of these FOIAs that the BLM or Forest Service had already supplied a great deal of the requested information in the past–the agency simply has to relocate and copy the same information over and over again–all at the public’s ex-pense.

Third, if these radical groups do not receive the information they want – for free – federal court litigation fol-lows, again at the taxpayers’ expense. The vast amount of FOIA cases fi led by environmental groups only includ-ed the fi ling of a federal district court complaint, a settlement agreement for the release of the requested infor-mation and the payment of attorneys fees. Fee payments were anywhere from $5000 to $50,000.

In May, 2013, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Govern-ment Reform for the U.S. House of Representatives, the Ranking Mem-bers of the Committee on Environ-ment and Public Works and the Com-mittee on the Judiciary for the U.S. Senate sent a letter to the Environ-mental Protection Agency (“EPA”) strongly questioning EPA’s practice of “readily grant[ing] FOIA fee waiv-ers for liberal environmental groups – effectively subsidizing them – while denying fee waivers and making the FOIA process diffi cult for states and conservative groups.” It is clear from the above research that the EPA is not the only agency who engages in such practice. Ranchers who should have the information that is kept in their fi les are forced to pay excessive amounts for information while radical environmental groups pay no fees for using this exact same information to fi le substantial numbers of administra-tive appeals and federal court litiga-tion against these ranchers. With these radical groups, it is not a matter of providing fair public information; it is a matter of pushing a political agenda being subsidized by the taxpayers.

While there is no question that FOIA is an important statute to allow the public to get information from the federal government, this short essay points out the serious inequities in how the statute is implemented. Individu-als are forced to pay search time and copy costs for the information gath-ered about them and located in their own fi les, while radical environmental groups can get the same documenta-tion for free to use in litigation against the federal agency and rancher. Is that really the purpose of FOIA?

Karen Budd-Falen is an attor-ney and senior partner of Budd-Falen Law Offi ces, LLC in Chey-enne, Wyoming.

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The Wyoming Farm Bureau Fed-eration is proud to sponsor the 2013 Wyoming FFA State Parliamentary Procedure Team from Burns FFA. Hunter Petsch, Jessica Malm, Claire Streeter, Rachel Derner, Bailey Bish-op and Mardi O’Neal of Burns, Wyo. comprise the champion Parliamen-tary Procedure Team selected at the 2013 Wyoming FFA Convention.

With support from the Wyoming

Farm Bureau, the team will travel to and compete at the National FFA Convention this fall in Louisville, Kentucky. The team is coached by Mr. Craig Spatz and leading up to the state competition learned the rules and procedures necessary to properly run a meeting. The Wyo-ming FFA Foundation would like to thank Wyoming Farm Bureau for its ongoing support.

2013 Wyoming FFA State Champion Parli Pro Team--WyFB proud to support youth

On Monday, July 8 the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administra-tion issued a limited, 90-day waiver from the 30-minute rest break pro-vision of federal hours of service regulations on the transportation of livestock.

In June, Farm Bureau and oth-er livestock groups requested the waiver, in advance of a fi nal rule scheduled to take effect July 1 re-quiring a 30-minute rest for com-mercial vehicle drivers. Farm Bu-reau and others expressed concerns about the risks to the health of animals from rising temperatures inside livestock trucks during driv-ers’ mandatory 30-minute breaks, especially in light of long-range

weather forecasts for above-nor-mal temperatures for July, August and September.

When a vehicle stops moving, internal trailer temperatures rapidly increase due to the loss of signifi -cant airfl ow though the trailer and heat production from the animals. FMCSA has determined that it is ap-propriate to grant a limited 90-day waiver for this period to ensure the well-being of the nation’s livestock during interstate transportation.

In addition to the waiver, the American Farm Bureau Federation has also fi led an exemption request from the 30-minute break require-ment. FMCSA plans to request pub-lic comment on this request.

FMCSA grants exemption request for livestock carriers

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Ben Berry is serving an in-ternship with the Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation. Ben grew up North of Cheyenne on a regis-tered horned Hereford operation. He attends the University of Wyoming and is pursuing dual degrees in High School Math-ematics Education and Commu-nications.

Ben debates for the University of Wyoming Debate team, which has taken him across the nation in intercollegiate competition. Ben was the 2011 Wyoming Collegiate Discussion Meet winner for Farm Bureau. Ben is passionate about current issues and excited to work with Farm Bureau.

“I am very excited to work with Farm Bureau to learn how to be a voice for agriculture and to make a real difference for my state and community,” Berry said.

“We are pleased to have Ben

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come on board and are looking forward to having him help our members and the staff on Farm Bureau issues,” Ken Hamilton, Wyoming Farm Bureau executive vice president, said.

Reprinted from FBNews, the of-fi cial e-newspaper of the American Farm Bureau Federation, July 2013 issue

Passage of legislation reauthoriz-ing the Animal Drug User Fee Act (ADUFA) and the Animal Generic Drug User Fee Act (AGDUFA) gives livestock and poultry produc-ers, pet owners and veterinarians the tools necessary to keep animals healthy, according to Farm Bureau. Approved without any harmful amendments, the bill also provides drug producers with a stable and predictable Food and Drug Admin-istration review process, and helps keep consumers safe.

Among the many reasons the re-authorizations are so important is that they will allow cattle, pork and other livestock producers and veter-inarians to prevent, control and treat diseases to maintain a healthy herd using the most up-to-date, effective and safe animal health technologies, explained Kelli Ludlum, American Farm Bureau Federation animal health specialist.

“Raising healthy animals is a top priority for producers, who, in part-nership with the veterinarians they

work alongside, should have access to the tools they need to best manage herd health and produce safe, nutri-tious beef, pork and other livestock products,” said Ludlum. “The reau-thorization of ADUFA and AGDU-FA helps provide those resources.”

First enacted in 2003, the ADU-FA and AGDUFA programs allow the FDA to collect fees from animal health companies for the review and approval of animal health products. The fees supplement the funding the agency gets each year from Congress and have helped the FDA to reduce its review time for new animal drugs, bringing new drugs to market more quickly while maintaining high stan-dards for safety and effectiveness.

“Without the ADUFA/AGDUFA reauthorization the FDA would not be able to continue running these im-portant programs that ensure we have access to the drugs that keep our ani-mals healthy,” Reps. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) and John Shimkus (R-Ill.) wrote in an op-ed in FBNews. Gard-ner and Shimkus, along with Reps. Joe Pitts (R-Pa.) and Fred Upton (R-Mich.), were strong advocates for reauthorizing the programs, as were Sens. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and La-

President signs ADUFA, AGDUFA reauthorizationsmar Alexander (R-Tenn.).

The reauthorization legislation was passed on May 8 in the Senate.

House passage followed on June 3, and President Barack Obama signed the measure on June 13.


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BIG HORN COUNTYDella Hutzenbiler, Lovell; Errol Jr Workman, Lovell; Errol Workman, Lovell; Wayne Rea, Greybull; William Carroll, Greybull; James Williams, Basin

CAMPBELL COUNTY Jeff Bennett, Gillette; Tim Carr, Newcastle; Challis Nace, Wright; Amy Burt, Gillette; Barry Bowersox, Gillette; Dustin Haas, Gillette; Jessy Sukut, Gillette; Eric Spahn, Gillette; Mcmanamen Inc, Gillette; Richard Koepke, Gillette; Pat Loesch, Rozet; Christina Johnson, Gillette; Eric Worman, Gillette; William Schell, Gillette; Sean Rice, Gillette; Aaron Dey, Gillette

CARBON COUNTY Megan Ober-Goss, Rawlins; Phil Poirier, Rawlins; Cynthia Pena, Rawlins; Jock Sheehan, Dixon; Lillian Oroz, Rawlins; Rand Selle, Dixon; Tim Rodewald, Rawlins; Danny Gallenbeck, Baggs; Butch Smith, Rawlins; Bree Shaw, Rawlins; Bruce Thayer, Rawlins; Merlie Springsteen, Rawlins; Michelle Duncan, Savery; Raymond Hauger, Dixon; Jane France, Cheyenne; Adam Herring, Rawlins; Wes Tabor, Rawlins; Gabby Wood, Rawlins

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CROOK COUNTYBarbara Denaeyer, Gillette; Logan Lindholm, Hulett; Tim Lewis, Moorcroft; Kelly Lang, Pine Haven; Tim Hoeck, Hulett; Mark Erickson, Beulah

FREMONT COUNTYAdam Kehl, Riverton; Larry Paxton, Riverton; Stephen Quarles, Riverton; Todd Wirth, Lander; Brian Polk, Riverton; Dailen Jones, Riverton; Britney Landis, Riverton; Lori Sauer, Riverton; Lani Malmberg, Cheyenne; Sarah Jennings, Riverton; Heather Jeffres, Riverton; Lisa Mitchell, Riverton; Brian Thoman, Riverton; Brandon Haun, Riverton; Chad St John, Riverton; Jared Nettles, Riverton; Trevor Wiese, Riverton

GOSHEN COUNTYVince Patrice, Torrington; Dennis Haas,

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HOT SPRINGS COUNTY Jamie Diev, Kirby; Tony Nettles, Thermopolis

JOHNSON COUNTYDave Kennedy, Buffalo; Betty Orr, Buffalo; Dave Pelloux, Buffalo; Jeff Martin, Buffalo; Mountain Glen Ranch , Buffalo; Bob Blackledge, Buffalo; Wade Wagner, Buffalo; Clark Bennett, Buffalo

LARAMIE COUNTYSara Janes, Cheyenne; Vincent Mcqueeney, Cheyenne; Jim Woodward, Cheyenne; Amanda Baumhover, Cheyenne; James Zitek, Pine Bluffs; Bruce Walters, Cheyenne; Jeff Allred, Cheyenne; Thomas Mohren, Pine Bluffs; Michael Kozeniewski, Cheyenne; Kevin Jones, Cheyenne; Donna Kassel, Cheyenne; Kyle Badgley, Cheyenne; Julie Sherwood, Hillsdale; Michael Gallagher Jr, Cheyenne; Christine Couch, Cheyenne; Robert Graham, Cheyenne; Jeff Taylor, Cheyenne; Ryan Heupel, Hillsdale; Darryl Green, Cheyenne; Daniel Blackman, Cheyenne; Paul Harris, Cheyenne; Mark Slovik, Cheyenne; Calin O’brien, Cheyenne; Kirstie Cain, Cheyenne; Shelby Timm, Cheyenne; Kat Grisham, Cheyenne

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NIOBRARA COUNTYAndy Gaukel, Keeline

PARK COUNTYGinger Holiday, Cody; Charlotte Armstrong, Lovell; Dawne Jensen, Cody; Jennifer Booth, Burlington; David Johnson, Cody; Robert Intress, Powell; Alexander Cianfl one, Cody; Jan Bennett, Powell; Ron Lusch, Cody; Rekha Basra, Cody; Dale Nelson, Cody; Gerald Schneider, Powell; Justin Kelly, Cody; Jeff Sheridan, Powell; Vickey Philips, Powell; Patrick Perrotti, Yellowstone; Kevin Smith, Powell; Kelsey Oechsner, Powell; Jolien Stam, Powell; Ken Stockwell, Cody; Peter Torrey, Cody; Cornelis Valkenburg, Powell;

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CLASSIFIED POLICY: 1) Wyoming Farm Bureau members

are entitled to free classifi ed advertis-ing in this publication for the purpose of selling items they grow or make themselves, selling used machinery or household items, for posting wanted advertising. Real estate sales not in-cluded. Each member family is en-titled to two (2) free ads per month, for 3 months, of up to 40 words each. Member ads will be accepted by mail at PO Box 685, Torrington, WY 82240 or e-mail to [email protected]. Please include member’s name and county.

2) Non-Wyoming Farm Bureau members and WyFB members acting as agents or dealers of products pro-duced outside the member’s family may purchase commercial classifi ed advertising at $0.50 per word, at a minimum of $5.00 per ad. Discounts: 5% for 4 to 9 insertions, 10% for 10 or more insertions. Commercial ads must be submitted in writing, and an agreement regarding payment must be made between Farm Bureau and the advertiser.

DEADLINE:Ads should be received by the 3rd

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Jennifer Neild, Rock Springs; Sandra Schmidt, Rock Springs; Josh Moffi tt, Rock Springs; Dan Ingalls, Riverton; Derek Richins, Rock Springs; Virginia Hildebrand, Farson; Jessy Wilkinson, Green River; James Larry Duke, Green River; Steven Eleshuk, Green River; John Flack, Rock Springs; Steve Mines, Farson

TETON COUNTYHugh Scott, Jackson; Judith Kraft, Jackson; Mitchell Davis, Jackson; James Brungardt, Jackson; Sierra Scott, Wilson; Bill Sawczuk, Jackson; Augustine Hernandez, Jackson

UINTA COUNTYKaye Wilson, Lyman; Dan Skinner, Evanston; Jeremy Alexander, Evanston; Don Bond, Robertson; Mark Walker, Lyman; Jace Nix, Mt View; Lyle Johnson, Evanston; Quinn Martin, Ft Bridger; Elyse Mccrary, Evanston; Boyd Meeks, Fort Bridger; Mark Jaggi, Lyman; Linette Iorg, Mountain View; Resa Holmes, Evanston; Dorothy Nelson, Lyman; Kevin Pace, Bear River; Frank Draus, Evanston; Trevor Redden, Lyman; Clifton Cook, Evanston; Kellan Rollins, Lyman; Evan Hathaway, Laramie; Oliver Prete, Evanston

WASHAKIE COUNTY Virginia Kittleman, Worland; Jeremy Butterfi eld, Worland; Lynn Butler, Manderson; Dawn Allred, Ten Sleep; Cindi Cruickshank, Worland; Daniel Miller, Worland; Charles Holmes, Ten Sleep; Rondo Hernandez, Worland; Sherry Schumacher, Worland; Barry Gouger, Ten Sleep; Lareta Geiser, Worland

WESTON COUNTY William Murr, Newcastle; Rita Downs, Douglas; Duffy Buresh, Newcastle; Jake Reed, Lusk; Bill Olson, Gillette; Garrett Borton, Newcastle; Terry Huckins, Newcastle

New MembersFrom page 10

PARK COUNTY (cont.)

What a year it’s been at Pacifi c Legal Foundation! And it’s only half-over.

See ‘Pacifi c Legal Foundation’ page 12


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The lifeblood of America.They’re the humble heroes who rise before dawn and battle

the elements. They put clothes on our backs and food on

our tables. Their genuine values and tireless work ethic are

an inspiration to us all. We appreciate all that America’s

farmers do and invite you to join us in saying thanks at

www.fbfs.com/SayThanksToAFarmer.

rediscovered the joys of fresh eggs and home grown chickens. Whether 10 years from now they will still be enjoying these eggs and chickens remains to be seen. One side effect from all of this will be folks learning that chickens can attract a wide va-riety of predators. In my experience about the only thing that won’t try to kill a chicken is a sheep and that’s

just because many of the things that eat chickens also like to try their hand at lamb.

Another side effect for the back-yard chicken producer will be the ability to enjoy picking wet scalded chicken feathers and the defi nite odor that accompanies that task. Also, I’m sure there will be a new awakening of the olfactory senses

in the kitchens where all of the parts of the chicken that can’t be eaten are removed. Having experienced both odors; the wet feathers were defi nitely better than the chicken insides. Will folks unaccustomed to some of the more organic smells that agricultural producers grow up with still be interested in those smells 10 years later? Especially after they

fi ght the raccoons, skunks, fox, wea-sels, owls, hawks, neighborhood dogs, occasional coyote etc. to keep them from eating the chickens be-fore the family can get to them.

I know that after several years of doing just that when I was grow-ing up, the decision to turn chicken production over to Sanderson Farms wasn’t terribly diffi cult and eggs

from IGA were easier than gathering eggs once or twice a day.

At the very least there will be a lot of folks from inside the city limits that will be able to sit down with their country cous-ins and trade predator stories, or talk about how frustrating it is to just about get ready to harvest some chickens only to have a predator beat you to it.

Food fads From page 2

against the bullies at the U.S. En-vironmental Protection Agency, donors helped us secure another major property rights victory last month in Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management Dis-trict.

A Resounding Victory for America’s Property Owners

The Supreme Court’s 5-4 rul-ing ended an 18-year struggle for Coy Koontz, Jr., and his late father, Coy Sr., in challenging a stubborn Florida agency that tried to extort both real prop-erty and money in the land use permitting process. Coy, who hoped that his father could have lived to see justice fi nally done, was jubilant:

“I’m ecstatic about this de-cision. Not only is it a victory for my family’s long fi ght for our property rights, it is also a victory for all property owners in Florida and nationwide. I’m very grateful to Pacifi c Legal Foundation and its donors for getting this case to the U.S. Su-preme Court and winning such a decisive victory.”

The Koontz ruling adds new protections to existing law - un-just demands of money are pro-hibited under the Constitution’s Takings Clause, just as much as unjust demands for property and other concessions.

A Supreme Year for Rescu-ing Liberty

Other important victories at

From page 11

See ‘Pacifi c Legal Foundation’ page 16

Pacifi c Legal Foundation


YOU ARE INVITED… TO A VERY SPECIAL BIRTHDAY PARTY

FOR A VERY SPECIAL LADY!

Help us celebrate Jean’s 80th birthday

When: August 3, 2013

Where: Weston County Senior Services (The Old Gerty Burns), 927 Pine Street, Newcastle, WY 82701

What time: 2:00 – Whenever

You are invited to an afternoon of reminiscing, visiting and refreshments. Friends and Family, please join us for this special time.

MEMORY REQUEST: We are doing a scrapbook for the occasion and would be ever so grateful if each of you could send a photo or thought to add to Jean’s album of memories. (This doesn’t have to be anything big – just something personal; a memory, a thought, some way in which Jean has touched or been a part of your life.)

Please call, write or email your response to: Nicky Groenewold, 155 Sears Road, Newcastle, WY 82701; 307-746-4206; or [email protected]

Please let your presence be your present. In other words, no gifts please!

JEAN SHERWIN HARSHBARGER

Reprinted from FBNews, the offi cial e-newspaper of the Ameri-can Farm Bureau Federation, July 2013 issue

America’s farm and ranch fami-lies welcome legislation that would permanently repeal the estate tax, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation, which issued its support for the recently introduced

Death Tax Repeal Act of 2013. The legislation was introduced by Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) in the Senate and Reps. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) and Mike McIntyre (D-N.C.) in the House.

While signifi cant tax relief was enacted last year to help farmers cope with estate taxes, AFBF be-lieves that permanent repeal is still

AFBF: Death Tax Repeal Act ‘gets the job done’the best solution to protect all farms and ranches. The Death Tax Repeal Act of 2013 would repeal the estate tax, maintain stepped-up basis and make permanent a 35 percent maxi-mum gift tax rate and $5 million lifetime gift tax exemption indexed for infl ation.

“Individuals, family partnerships and family corporations own 98 per-cent of our nation’s 2 million farms and ranches,” said AFBF President Bob Stallman. “When estate taxes on an agricultural business exceed cash and other liquid assets, surviv-ing family partners may be forced to sell land, buildings or equipment needed to keep their businesses run-ning. This not only can cripple a farm or ranch operation, but also hurts the

rural communities and businesses that agriculture supports.”

The value of family-owned farms and ranches is usually tied to illiq-uid assets, such as land, buildings and equipment, said AFBF. With 85 percent of farm and ranch assets il-liquid, producers have few options when it comes to generating cash to pay the estate tax. Recent increases in agriculture cropland values, on average 15 percent from 2011 to 2012, have greatly expanded the number of farms and ranches that now top the estate tax exemption.

“Farm Bureau believes the estate tax should be eliminated permanent-ly,” concluded Stallman. “We fully support The Death Tax Repeal Act of 2013 to get the job done.”

said, “Not so fast.”Protecting farmers’ and ranchers’

right to privacy is a top priority for Farm Bureau. That’s why we took legal action. AFBF fi led a lawsuit and sought a temporary restraining order to block EPA from releasing the private information into the pub-lic domain.

What many people don’t realize is that the majority of farmers and ranchers and their families don’t just work on the farm—they live there, too. By turning over farmers’ names and addresses for public consump-tion, EPA is inviting intrusion into farm families’ privacy on a nation-wide scale. EPA is in effect holding up a loudspeaker and broadcast-ing where private citizens live and where their children play.

I think most of us would expect this type of behavior if we lived in a different time and place or if we were watching a spy movie. We do not expect it, and will not tolerate it, from our own government.

For Your Eyes OnlyFarm Bureau frequently advo-

cates for increased government

transparency, but publicly sharing spreadsheet upon spreadsheet of tens of thousands of peoples’ names, addresses and other personal infor-mation is not transparency in the workings of government. It is an in-vasion of Americans’ privacy.

We don’t object to the aggrega-tion of data on farm and ranch busi-nesses for government use. How-ever, we know all too well that if personal location information ends up in the wrong hands, it could lead to disruptions in farm activity, farm equipment theft, sabotage or criminal mischief. These risks are especially ominous for those farms that store fertilizer and chemicals or have large numbers of animals.

In the scope of everything hap-pening nationally with the exposure of citizens’ private information, it’s time to say enough is enough and put a stop to activities that belong in a spy thriller. Farm Bureau is not only standing up for farmers in this case, we are standing up for all citi-zens, who shouldn’t have their per-sonal information publicly dissemi-nated by their government.

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Wyoming State Fair participants! www.wyfb.org

800.442.8325

Visit www.wyfb.org for Facebook links to WyFB

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We work hard to maintain the value of

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Your dues work hard for you and help keep Wyoming strong. Hard work leads to

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Dee L . Rankin, 86 of Up-ton, WY passed away on June 24, 2013 after a brief stay at the Weston County Hospital. She was born on September 9, 1926 at the Dan Davis Ranch, to Herbert D Livingston and Zela Dee ( Jacob-son) Livingston.

As a young girl, while grow-ing up on the family ranch, she enjoyed riding her horse to and from school. She attended Upton High School then earned her De-gree in Home Economics from the University Of Wyoming, followed by a Masters Degree from Black Hills State University.

Dee was a Leader of the Soda Butte 4-H Club, a member of the Mothers Afternoon Club, Sun-rise Circle, Farm Bureau, Weston County Cowbelles and United Methodist Church of Upton. She was the sewing leader for the Soda Butte 4-H Club and had the plea-sure of teaching many girls the art of sewing. She was also the Wyo-ming Extension Agent for Weston County which allowed her to help shape the 4-H program which also included sharing informa-tive presentations to Homemakers throughout the County.

While attending a dance in Up-ton, a young man named Char-lie Rankin recalls an especially “Spiffy” looking, Dee Livings-ton. She must have thought the same of Charlie because they were married on Oct. 21, 1951 and remain so to this day. To this 61 year union, fi ve children were born and later, a Great Niece joined the family at the Rankin Ranch. While caring for her fam-

ily, Dee also enjoyed cooking for brandings, shipping and working cattle. She was well known for her beautiful handcrafted quilts. Her creativity and knowledge were passed to each and every one of her children as well as all the other children she taught over the years. Dee will be remem-bered as a very giving, caring and honest person.

Those thankful for sharing Dee’s life include her husband, Charles R Rankin of Upton, 3 daughters, Linda (Gene Rob-erts), of Carlile WY, Rhonda (Dave Pollat) of Upton, Sharon (Doug Materi) of Upton, 2 sons, Ramon ( Faye Rankin) of For-syth, MT, Curtis ( Mary Rankin) of Upton, Great Niece, Marie (Clyde Krivanic) of Pine Haven, WY who became a sister in the Rankin family, 14 Grandchildren, and 23 Great Grandchildren. Dee dearly loved each and every fam-ily member. She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother, Ellis (Buddy) Livingston and her sister, Lynn Locke.

Pallbearers were grandsons, Tony Barton, J.D Barton, Kyle Materi, 2 nephews, Darrell Locke, Doug Livingston and a family friend, Woody Gaughenbaugh.

The Service was held June 29, 2013, at the Laverne C. Boal Au-ditorium in Upton, WY with Sha-ree Johnson, Offi ciating. Burial and Graveside Services were held at the family ranch.

The family suggests memorials to the 4-H organization of Weston County and can be mailed to P.O. Box 2 Upton, WY 82730.

ObituaryDee L . Rankin

September 9, 1926 – June 24, 2013

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Everyone is invited to show off their corner of Wyoming in the WyFB 2013 Photo Contest. Photo categories include Historic Wyoming (2 catego-ries; Agriculture and Other), Wyoming Icons (2 categories; Agriculture and Agriculture Supporting Wildlife), Scenic Wyoming, Rural Life, Wyoming Agriculture (photos of livestock, crops, farmer’s markets, farm and ranch work, animal husbandry, etc.), Water in Agriculture, and Kids in Agricul-ture. Contest deadline is January 31, 2014. Winners will be announced in Wyoming Agriculture in the spring of 2014. Winners will receive a $25 cash prize.

Contest photos have appeared in the pages of Wyoming Agriculture, in membership brochures, and in the displays we use tell the story of agricul-ture at fairs and expos around the state. We would like to thank everyone who sent in their photos to the 2012 contest. We would also encourage those who have not participated in the past to join in.

We look forward to receiving your photos celebrating rural life in Wyo-ming, the beauty of our land and wildlife, the importance of a working wa-ter resource, and our future - the children of Wyoming.

ADDITIONAL ENTRY RULES:1. The contest is open to all members of Wyoming Farm Bureau Federa-

tion. WyFB staff and Mountain West employees working at the Farm Bureau Center in Laramie are NOT eligible to enter.

2. Photos must be taken in Wyoming. There is no limit to the number of photos that may be submitted. Photos do NOT need to be sent individu-ally; all submissions from an individual photographer may be sent in one envelope.

3. Photos become the property of Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation. The photographer’s by-line will appear with any usage of photos submitted. Entries will not be returned.

4. We will accept color or black and white prints (no larger than 8x10 and no smaller than 3x5). High quality digital photos will be accepted.

Digital photos must be printed on photo paper.5. Write the following information on a 3x5 index card or similar piece of

paper and attach it to the back of the photograph. Do not mount or mat photos for submission.

• Photo Title (not required, but fun if you have one)• Photographer’s name• Address• Phone number• Location and date of photo (any year is eligible – need not be

current year) Mail entries to Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation, ATTN: Photo

Contest, PO Box 1348, Laramie, WY 82073. Entries must be post-marked by January 31, 2014. Photos will be judged by an indepen-dent panel.

2013 Photo Contest


A “gift idea” section featuring Wyoming Farm Bureau members who make and sell Wyoming made products may be printed in the November issue of Wyoming Ag-riculture. All Wyoming Farm Bu-reau members who make and sell “Made in Wyoming” products are invited to submit their product(s)

for consideration to be included in the “gift section.” The Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation will make the fi nal decision on what to print in the “gift section.”

Please submit the following to Kerin Clark by Oct. 4, 2013 ([email protected] or P.O. Box 685, Torr ington , WY 82240,

PH: 307.532.2002):1. Name of company and prod-

uct you sell. Word limit is 40 words.

2. Contact information, includ-ing how to place orders.

3. Logo (must be submitted via e-mail in pdf or jpeg format) (These will be used if space is available.)

4. Product photos (must be sub-mitted via e-mail in jpeg format. These will be used if space is available.)

The “gift idea” section will show-case Farm Bureau members prod-ucts made here in Wyoming. Stay tuned for great ideas for holiday gift giving this year!

“Made in Wyoming” product promotion in November--FB members asked to submit information before Oct. 4

Innovative and action-oriented county activity ideas are being sought for the 2013 Wyoming Farm Bureau County Activities of Excellence competition. The en-try deadline is Aug. 30, 2013.

If your county has conducted an OutSTANDING, innovative program or activity, we invite you to enter it in the County Activities of Excellence competition. We know there are many outstand-ing county activities and we want to recognize those county Farm Bureaus for their hard work and dedication as well as share ideas across the state.

The five program categories for entries are: 1) Education and Ag Promotion, 2) Leadership Promotion, 3) Member Services, 4) Policy Implementation, and 5) Public Relations and Infor-mation. $250 cash prizes will be awarded to each of the five cat-egory state winners. Counties se-lected as winners will be asked to attend the annual meeting in Lara-mie Nov. 14-16, 2013 to present the activity through a showcase display.

All qualifying applicants may be forwarded to the AFBF com-petition. Thus, our state winner

may not necessarily be selected by AFBF. Up to twenty-four county Farm Bureaus from across the na-tion will be selected to present a display of their innovative, ac-tion-oriented activity at the Show-case at the American Farm Bureau Federation Annual Meeting, Janu-ary 12-13, 2014 in San Antonio, Texas. Counties that are selected to display their activities at the AFBF annual convention will re-ceive $2,250 toward expenses in-curred to participate in the CAE program.

The online application form, contest rules and other details

are available at www.wyfb.org. Applications and rules have also been mailed to county presidents. For more information, contact Kerin Clark at 307.532.2002 or [email protected].

Innovative, Action-Oriented Ideas Sought--County Activities of Excellence entries due Aug. 30

Visit www.wyfb.org for Facebook links to Wyoming Farm Bureau

and WyFB Young Farmers and Ranchers


$500ON TOP OF MOST CURRENT OFFERS1

PRESENTING A PRIVATE OFFER FOR FARM BUREAU MEMBERS

Attendees of the May 31st WyFB Membership Meeting wrote down their answers to this question during the “Just Ask” presentation. The “Just Ask” regular and century club member challenge starts August 10th. Farm Bureau members who sign up three or more new regular or new century club members can receive a cash incentive. For more information, contact your county Farm Bureau president or Kerin Clark, WyFB, at 307.532.2002 or [email protected]. Kerin Clark photo.

“Why are you a member of Farm Bureau?” the High Court have been secured.

Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder - The Supreme Court declared Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act unconstitu-tional because the formula Congress used to single out states and counties for intrusive and sovereignty-bashing “pre-clearance” scrutiny by the De-partment of Justice was decades out of date.

Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin - In a major victory for equal opportunity, the Supreme Court held in a 7-1 decision that the Fifth Circuit failed to apply strict scrutiny to the University’s use of race in the admis-sions process.

Decker v. Northwest Environmen-tal Defense Center - In a stunning blow to environmental extremists, the Supreme Court overturned the Ninth Circuit and held that rain runoff on logging roads is not “industrial pol-lution” that would require property owners to obtain Clean Water Act per-mits in order to use the roads.

Legal precedents like these are one sure way to keep overreaching government bureaucrats from tread-ing on our precious liberties, but sometimes the mere presence of PLF attorneys in the courts is enough to bring powerful government agencies to their knees.

Two examples:Smith v. U.S. Army Corps of Engi-

neers - Responding to a federal lawsuit fi led late last year by PLF attorneys, federal offi cials offi cially withdrew their illegal classifi cation of a Santa Fe area couple’s dry property as a “water of the United States.”

Altman and Atid v. California Coastal Commission - In a victory for property rights over unconstitutional, job-killing regulations, the Califor-nia Coastal Commission signifi cantly scaled back an unjustifi ed land use per-mit condition for Marshall Tavern that would have blocked the renovation and reopening of the historic structure on Tomales Bay in Marin County.

“There’s no way PLF attorneys could have achieved these impressive victories without donors who will not sacrifi ce our constitutional rights and liberties when the stakes are sky high,” said Rob Rivett, President Pacifi c Le-gal Foundation. “Even the most feared government agencies - those with seemingly unlimited fi nancial resourc-es and a battery of taxpayer-funded lawyers - are no match for donor-sup-ported PLF!”

“With more than 120 active cases in dozens of states, we’re not going to rest in our pursuit of liberty,” Rivett concluded.

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