KW hosts Back to School Night

Kelly Walsh High School will host a Back to School Night for parents and guardians tonight. Parents are asked to follow their child's schedule and report to their first class.

Zero hour classes will meet at 6:35 p.m. and first block class will begin at 7 p.m.

Student council and honor society guides will be available to assist parents, and schedules may be picked up outside the counseling office.

Meat sale benefits college

The Casper College Agriculture Department has four steers remaining from its meat sale, according to a release from the college. The department uses the animals for teaching purposes and the proceeds from the sale help support the department.

Lambs and hogs were originally available but have since sold out.

The beef is priced at $1 per pound and does not include processing fees. Steers can be purchased whole, half or quarter, according to agriculture instructor Heath Hornecker.

"The beef were raised by 4-H youth in Nebraska and have been in our possession for 35 days and have not received antibiotics or hormones while in our care," said Hornecker.

The live animals are purchased from the Agriculture Department, which then delivers the animals to Kompac Meat Processing.

For more information, call (307) 268-2525.

Fire officials warn of scam

Local fire officials are warning the public of a phone scam by someone claiming to be collecting donations for severely burned Wyoming children.

The person seeking the donations claims he is a firefighter with "Firefighters of Wyoming." Officials checked with the Better Business Bureau, the Wyoming State Fire Marshal's Office and local fire departments and don't believe such an organization exists, according to a news release from the Natrona County Fire District.

On a phone equipped with caller ID, the person soliciting donations will come up as a private caller.

Officials found out about the scam Tuesday night, said county fire district Inspector Mike Lindahl. He is not sure how many people have received the calls so far.

Fund drives for burns victims have been held in Natrona County, but those were designed for a specific person.

College offers Microsoft course

Casper College will offer a one-day continuing education course on Microsoft Office 2007 on Saturday. The course will include overviews of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access.

The cost for the class is $58 per person.

For more information or to register, call (307) 268-2206.

Rec hosts 'Play All Day'

The Casper Recreation Division will host "Play All Day" at the Casper Recreation Center, Family Aquatic Center, and Ice Arena on Saturday. For $10 per person, patrons will have use of the entire recreation complex.

The gym, racquetball courts, game room, and fitness/weight rooms will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Open swim with waterslides and lazy river will be held from 1 to 6 p.m., and family swim from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Public ice skating will be from 1 to 3 p.m. A "Dance Sampler Afternoon" will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. and will include free trials of various youth and adult dance classes, including tap, clogging, flamenco, ballet, and more.

For more information, call the Casper Recreation Center at (307) 235-8383.

Library hosts brown bag presentation

The Casper College Goodstein Foundation Library will present "Journeys and Journals: A Summer of Work and Play for Three CC Faculty" at noon on Friday in the library classroom.

The talk will include Valerie Innella, Terry Rasmussen, and Georgia Wheatley, who will talk about their individual trips this summer to Europe that laid the groundwork for study-abroad/online offerings this fall at Casper College.

The brown bag is free and open to the public.