Posted: Saturday, August 16, 2008 12:00 am
Program seeks horse owners
The 2008 Wyoming Mustang Challenge, a program through the Mustang Heritage Foundation in partnership with the Bureau of Land Management's Wild Horse and Burro Program, will end today with auction-style horse adoptions.
The formerly wild Mustangs, being shown at the Wyoming State Fair in Douglas, have been gentled and trained, and are now in need of homes.
For more information, go to {M7http://www.mustangheritagefoundation.org/, or call (512) 355-3225.
Barrasso: Wyo will support McCain
WASHINGTON - Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso said he's confident the people of Wyoming will support Republican Sen. John McCain in the presidential election this November.
He said McCain is the right candidate for the country and Wyoming because of his long history in the Senate and his "long history of military involvement."
Barrasso would not say whether he thinks McCain is conservative enough for Wyoming Republicans.
Cheney casts absentee ballot
JACKSON - Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynne, cast absentee ballots in Jackson, where they have a home.
The ballots were for Wyoming's primary election on Tuesday.
Local election staff said they didn't know that Cheney was planning to stop by until his Secret Service contingent walked through the door just before noon Thursday.
Election volunteer Mike Faraday said he asked Cheney to see his driver's license. Faraday said he knows who Cheney is, but he had to make sure that Cheney was eligible to vote in Teton County.
Cheney declined to say for whom he voted, but did say that he voted Republican.
Charter school to try again
CHEYENNE - A group that wants to start a charter school in Cheyenne is planning to reapply through the local school district.
Supporters of the proposed Cheyenne Classical Academy also are appealing in District Court a decision by the state Board of Education upholding the local school board's denial.
"We're not going away," said Kari Cline, chairwoman of the Cheyenne Classical Academy, which would enroll students in kindergarten through eighth grade.
A charter school is a free public school that can have its own curriculum and hire and fire its own staff.
Charter supporters applied to Laramie County School District No. 1 in November. The school board turned them down, so they appealed to the state Board of Education, which upheld the denial.
State law says charter supporters can file a new application with the school board a year after the last application. Cline said the new application will address areas where the school board had concerns, including governance matters and where the school would be located.
Meanwhile, lawyers representing the charter school asked District Judge Michael Davis to send the appeal directly to the Wyoming Supreme Court, arguing that the issue has a statewide impact. Davis denied the motion, ruling that the appeal is a local issue.
The ruling means the appeal may go ahead in District Court.