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Your News. 2 3 STORIES Records ................................A2 Local News....................A3-A8 Lingle Guide..................B1-B3 Sports.....................................B8 INSIDE OBITUARIES Vol. 117, No. 70 $1.00 Friday, August 28, 2020 A Look Back page A5 See page B8 COURT NEWS GCSD NO. 1 EASTERN WYOMING COLLEGE • Ardeth “Ardy” (Kaan) Dixon • Elizabeth Flanigan page A2 BY ALEX HARGRAVE [email protected] GOSHEN COUNTY – Gos- hen County School District No. 1 voted unanimously to tempo- rarily suspend the district at- tendance policy due to the novel coronavirus pandemic during an Aug. 24 special meeting. The now-suspended District Policy 5113 states “All students are expected to be in atten- dance for regular classes.” To successfully complete a grade level, elementary and second- ary school students could miss no more than 10 classes. Given state, local and school district recommendations for students to stay home when showing symptoms of COVID- 19, the policy is not applicable for what Superintendent Ryan Kramer called “a unique year. “In other years, we reinforced a really intense requirement on attendance, which we know def- initely impacts student learn- ing,” Kramer said. “We don’t discount that in this situation. But we also do not want to put a heavy burden on families. If a student has a runny nose or a cough, we would prefer that they not come to school.” Kramer referenced the dis- trict’s first positive case of COVID-19 at Torrington High School and the student’s and their parents’ decision to stay home and get tested when they started showing symptoms. The action, he said, might’ve pre- vented additional exposure. He acknowledged board mem- ber Mark Jespersen’s concern that in rescinding this policy, the district personnel would still reach out to students with a significant number of absenc- es and reiterate they care and want them in school. “As an administrative school staff, we still realize that this is extremely important for at- tendance to be verified and to be universal as much as pos- sible,” Kramer said. “But this really allows us to curtail the consequences that are associ- ated with it.” Students and educators who are absent due to illness or po- tential virus exposure can still participate in class remotely, Kramer said. Kramer provided an update to the board regarding face cover- ings and capacity at fall indoor GCSD attendance policy temporarily suspended amid COVID-19 ANDREW TOWNE/TORRINGTON TELEGRAM Lingle-Fort Laramie physical education teacher Nathan Jones helps arriving Dogger students get their class schedule and any other needed information prior to entering the building on Tuesday morning. BY ANDREW D. BROSIG [email protected] TORRINGTON – Eastern Wyoming College has so far received more than $1.2 million in assistance from the $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act that will help pay for needed personnel and technol- ogy to respond to challenges presented by the novel coronavirus pandemic. But, given the stipulations placed on the funding under the CARES Act, col- lege President Lesley Travers, Ph.D., likened it somewhat to an old thought experiment. “This is going to be kind of like, ‘What would you do if you had a mil- lion dollars?’” Travers told the college’s Board of Trustees this month. “’Could you spend it in 24 hours?’” The CARES Act stipulates all monies provided must be spent by the end of the year, Dec. 31, Travers said. Making matters more difficult, she said, none of the funds may be utilized to replace expenditure cuts totaling some $1.5 million for EWC alone, mandated by the state in response to Wyoming’s on- going budget crunch. EWC began applying for CARES funding almost as soon as the act was signed in the spring, hoping fund- ing would begin rolling in sometime in June, Travers said. But that didn’t happen. “No, it comes (just) before school starts,” she told the board, regard- ing notification grant funding to help cover tuition would be available for a specific class of students. Educational grants totaling $2,500 each are available if students meet cer- tain criteria: They must be between 25 and 64 years of age and a resident of Wyoming who was furloughed, laid off or had their hours reduced as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and EWC in line for CARES funds BY LOGAN DAILEY [email protected] TORRINGTON – Goshen County Prosecuting Attor- ney Eric Boyer filed a Motion to Dismiss in the case of the State of Wyoming vs. Keith Beckwith on July 31. Before the dismissal, Beck- with was accused of kidnap- ping a man at knifepoint, hitting him on the head with the broad side of a machete and leaving him naked in the North Platte River on Nov. 3, 2019. According to court re- cords, Beckwith has six felo- ny convictions in Virginia in 2006, and one in Scottsbluff, Neb., in 2019. The motion states, “The State has not been able to re-establish contact with the victim in this matter. The State has consulted with Counsel for the Defendant, who does not object to this dismissal. Dismissal of this matter is appropriate and in the interest of justice.” Goshen County District Judge Patrick Korell issued the Order of Dismissal, with- BY LOGAN DAILEY [email protected] TORRINGTON – Defense at- torney Joe Bustos filed a slew of motions Tuesday, including one to move the upcoming trial of Terry Anderson somewhere else, claim- ing coverage of the death of Dee- dra Strauch on Jan. 24 have made it impossible for Anderson, the man accused of killing her, to get a fair trial in Goshen County. Anderson is charged with sec- ond-degree murder and aggra- vated assault and battery. If he is found guilty on both charges, he could face a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison, a $20,000 fine or both. Anderson was originally charged with only aggravated as- sault and battery, but the charg- es were upgraded on Feb. 4 after Strauch passed away on Jan. 26. Anderson claimed at the time a rifle had fallen over and acci- dentally discharged during an al- tercation in a residence in South Torrington. Anderson told inves- tigators Strauch hit him with a broom during the incident. Ander- son said he fell, knocking the gun over, causing it to fire. Judge dismisses charges against Beckwith New information on Anderson murder case see ATTENDANCE page A3 see FUNDS page A3 see BECKWITH page A3 see ANDERSON page A3 THS tennis splits with South
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(307) [email protected]
(303) 416-0803bigdogconstructiondenver
Like us on Facebook
Free EstimatesRoofi ng - Gutters
- Siding & WindowsInsurance Claim Specialists
Locally Owned & Operated
Whittier retires from Panhandle Stationpage A8
Local AAUW reflect on 19th amendmentpage A4
www.torringtontelegram.com
1
INSIDE
FRIDAY SATURDAY
85
YOUR WEATHER
91
TORRINGTONTELEGRAMYour Friends. Your Neighbors. Your News.
23
STORIES
Records ................................A2Local News....................A3-A8Lingle Guide..................B1-B3Sports.....................................B8
INSIDE
OBITUARIES
Vol. 117, No. 70
$1.00Friday, August 28, 2020
A Look Backpage A5
See page B8
COURT NEWS
GCSD NO. 1 EASTERN WYOMING COLLEGE
• Ardeth “Ardy” (Kaan) Dixon• Elizabeth Flaniganpage A2
BY ALEX [email protected]
GOSHEN COUNTY – Gos-hen County School District No. 1 voted unanimously to tempo-rarily suspend the district at-tendance policy due to the novel coronavirus pandemic during an Aug. 24 special meeting.
The now-suspended District Policy 5113 states “All students are expected to be in atten-dance for regular classes.” To successfully complete a grade level, elementary and second-ary school students could miss no more than 10 classes.
Given state, local and school district recommendations for students to stay home when showing symptoms of COVID-19, the policy is not applicable for what Superintendent Ryan
Kramer called “a unique year.“In other years, we reinforced
a really intense requirement on attendance, which we know def-initely impacts student learn-ing,” Kramer said. “We don’t discount that in this situation. But we also do not want to put a heavy burden on families. If a student has a runny nose or a cough, we would prefer that they not come to school.”
Kramer referenced the dis-trict’s f irst positive case of COVID-19 at Torrington High School and the student’s and their parents’ decision to stay home and get tested when they started showing symptoms. The action, he said, might’ve pre-vented additional exposure.
He acknowledged board mem-ber Mark Jespersen’s concern that in rescinding this policy,
the district personnel would still reach out to students with a significant number of absenc-es and reiterate they care and want them in school.
“As an administrative school staff, we still realize that this is extremely important for at-tendance to be verified and to be universal as much as pos-sible,” Kramer said. “But this really allows us to curtail the consequences that are associ-ated with it.”
Students and educators who are absent due to illness or po-tential virus exposure can still participate in class remotely, Kramer said.
Kramer provided an update to the board regarding face cover-ings and capacity at fall indoor
GCSD attendance policy temporarily suspended amid COVID-19
ANDREW TOWNE/TORRINGTON TELEGRAM
Lingle-Fort Laramie physical education teacher Nathan Jones helps arriving Dogger students get their class schedule and any other needed information prior to entering the building on Tuesday morning.
BY ANDREW D. [email protected]
TORRINGTON – Eastern WyomingCollege has so far received more than $1.2 million in assistance from the $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act that will help pay for needed personnel and technol-ogy to respond to challenges presented by the novel coronavirus pandemic.
But, given the stipulations placed on the funding under the CARES Act, col-lege President Lesley Travers, Ph.D., likened it somewhat to an old thought experiment.
“This is going to be kind of like, ‘What would you do if you had a mil-lion dollars?’” Travers told the college’s Board of Trustees this month. “’Could you spend it in 24 hours?’”
The CARES Act stipulates all monies provided must be spent by the end of the year, Dec. 31, Travers said. Making matters more difficult, she said, none of the funds may be utilized to replace expenditure cuts totaling some $1.5 million for EWC alone, mandated by the state in response to Wyoming’s on-going budget crunch.
EWC began applying for CARES funding almost as soon as the act was signed in the spring, hoping fund-ing would begin rolling in sometime in June, Travers said. But that didn’t happen.
“No, it comes ( just) before school starts,” she told the board, regard-ing notification grant funding to help cover tuition would be available for a specific class of students.
Educational grants totaling $2,500 each are available if students meet cer-tain criteria: They must be between 25 and 64 years of age and a resident of Wyoming who was furloughed, laid off or had their hours reduced as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and
EWC in line for CARES
funds
BY LOGAN [email protected]
TORRINGTON – Goshen County Prosecuting Attor-ney Eric Boyer filed a Motion to Dismiss in the case of the State of Wyoming vs. Keith Beckwith on July 31.
Before the dismissal, Beck-with was accused of kidnap-ping a man at knifepoint, hitting him on the head with the broad side of a machete and leaving him naked in the North Platte River on Nov. 3, 2019. According to court re-cords, Beckwith has six felo-
ny convictions in Virginia in 2006, and one in Scottsbluff, Neb., in 2019.
The motion states, “The State has not been able to re-establish contact with the victim in this matter. The State has consulted with Counsel for the Defendant, who does not object to this dismissal. Dismissal of this matter is appropriate and in the interest of justice.”
Goshen County District Judge Patrick Korell issued the Order of Dismissal, with-
BY LOGAN [email protected]
TORRINGTON – Defense at-torney Joe Bustos filed a slew of motions Tuesday, including one to move the upcoming trial of Terry Anderson somewhere else, claim-ing coverage of the death of Dee-dra Strauch on Jan. 24 have made it impossible for Anderson, the man accused of killing her, to get a fair trial in Goshen County.
Anderson is charged with sec-ond-degree murder and aggra-vated assault and battery. If he is found guilty on both charges, he could face a maximum sentence of
30 years in prison, a $20,000 fine or both.
A n d e r s o n w a s o r i g i n a l ly charged with only aggravated as-sault and battery, but the charg-es were upgraded on Feb. 4 after Strauch passed away on Jan. 26.
Anderson claimed at the time a rif le had fallen over and acci-dentally discharged during an al-tercation in a residence in South Torrington. Anderson told inves-tigators Strauch hit him with a broom during the incident. Ander-son said he fell, knocking the gun over, causing it to fire.
Judge dismisses charges against Beckwith
New information on Anderson murder case
see ATTENDANCE page A3 see FUNDS page A3
see BECKWITH page A3 see ANDERSON page A3
THS tennis splits with South
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