County, military to conduct casualty exercise

Natrona County emergency responders, in cooperation with the Wyoming Military Department, will conduct an exercise on Saturday about their ability to respond to a mass casualty event, according to the county's emergency management office.

The exercise, from about 7 a.m. to about 3 p.m., will be triggered by a simulated aircraft accident about 40 miles north of Casper.

County officials will evaluate responders' capabilities to rapidly triage and transport a large number of casualties to the Wyoming Medical Center and Mountain View Regional Hospital. Transportation will be done by air and ground ambulances, military Black Hawk helicopters, and a C-130 transport plane.

Officials also will evaluate the use of alternate aircraft landing areas including the vacant lot on the northwest corner of 12th and Conwell streets, and behind Mountain View Regional Hospital.

The public will see increased emergency vehicles, and aircraft at the alternate sites and the Casper/Natrona County Regional Airport.

For more information, contact the Natrona County Emergency Management Office at 235-9205.

Enzi hosts annual inventors conference

Sen. Mike Enzi will host his annual inventors conference on April 25 in Casper College's Wheeler Auditorium, according to a media release.

The conference, "From Your Garage to the Assembly Line," is free and open to the public.

"Wyoming is full of folks who bring unique ideas and ingenuity to the table," Enzi said in the release. "This conference gives them the resources they need to turn those ideas into tangible, usable products and inventions."

Enzi will be in attendance, as well as other speakers and inventors who will share their knowledge and expertise on securing patents, developing business plans and marketing inventions.

This year's keynote speaker will be Ryan Patterson of Grand Junction, Colo. Patterson invented the American Sign Language Translator Glove at age 18. He currently works for Lockheed Martin in Denver.

For more information or to register, call Robin Bailey at (307) 682-6268 or e-mail robin_bailey@enzi.senate.gov.

College host pig, lamb sale

The Casper College Agriculture Department will host its 29th annual Show Pig and Show Lamb Auction at 1:30 p.m. on April 11 at 1:30 p.m. in Grace Werner Agriculture Pavilion, according to a media release. Viewing of the animals for sale will begin at 10:30 a.m.

Eighty host and 30 to 40 lambs will be for sale at the auction, according to agriculture instructor Heath Hornecker.

The auction is used as a learning experience for the college's Agriculture Club members, who are responsible for the event. Proceeds from the auction will go to the club to help with general expenses, traveling expenses and to the Jeff Stafford Memorial Scholarship, which is awarded to Casper College agriculture majors.

NCHS announces speech, debate results

Forensics team members from Natrona County High School and Casper Classical Academy recently participated in the Wind River District Congress Speech & Debate Tournament. Junior Jim Meyer, in House 2, qualified for the National Forensic Tournament, June 14-21, in Birmingham, Ala.

Alternates from the national meet:

Senate: 2. Sunny Pedadda, junior, NC; 4. Alex Lutz, freshman, CCA.

House 1: 3. Clayton Dexter, junior, NC; 5. Maddie Orcutt, freshman, CCA.

House 2: 2. Brandon Rosty, sophomore, NC; 3. Brian Jackson, sophomore, NC; 6. Micah Scaling, freshman, CCA.