October 27, 2016

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Updates to Riverton
radar tower begin

The weather radar used by

the National Weather Service
Forecast Ofce in Riverton will
be down for three days beginning
Sunday, Oct. 30, for technicians
to install an important technological upgrade. The work on the
WSR-88D radar has been scheduled to minimize any potential
impacts to ofce operations and
will be delayed if hazardous
weather is forecast.
During the outage, some radar coverage is available from
adjacent radar sites including
Pocatello, ID, Billings, MT, Salt
Lake City, UT, and Cheyenne.
A crew will install a new signal processor, which replaces
obsolete technology, improves
processing speed and data quality, provides added functionality,
and increases IT security.
This is the rst of four major upgrades, known as service
life extension projects, planned

in the next ve years to replace

and refurbish major components
of the 20-year-old WSR-88Ds and
to keep the radars operational
into the 2030s. The $150 million investment is being made by
the three organizations that use
these radars, the NOAA National
Weather Service, United States
Air Force and Federal Aviation
Administration. The three other service life extension projects
include refurbishing the transmitter, pedestal, and equipment
shelters.
The tri-agency Radar Operations Center, which supports
the radars, estimates it will take
about 10 months to upgrade the
signal processor on all 159 operational WSR-88Ds.
A tentative deployment schedule is available: http://www.roc.
noaa.gov/WSR88D/PublicDocs/
SLEP/ECP0437SigProcSLEPDeploySched.pdf

photo by Cindy Glasson

Countdown to election day

TMS students cleaning up

Fall is in the air and leaves are

on the ground, the perfect time
to get a little help with your yard
from students at Thermopolis
Middle School. The annual Yard
Clean-up Day will be held on Monday, Oct. 31 in the afternoon.
If you would like the students
to come rake the leaves from
your yard, simply call the middle
school at 864-6551 to get placed
on their list.

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Hot Springs County Clerk Nina Webber shows one of the computer chips that are sealed inside the voting machines prior to the election. Webber and members of the clerks ofce ran a test of the machines on Oct. 17 before securing them. There is limited access to the secured area where the machines are kept and a fob system
is used that records every person, time and date of entry into the area.

There is no charge for the students to come rake your leaves.

If you know of a friend or neighbor that could use the service,
please call the school and give
them the name, however, be sure
to let your friend know you signed
them up to prevent any confusion
on clean-up day.
Please call the school before
Thursday, Oct. 27 to get on the
clean-up day list.

HASKELLS FALL MATTRESS

Homan plays final game with CWC

Central Wyoming College

lady volleyball players will play
their last home game of the season on Wednesday, Oct 26 at 7
p.m. Hot Springs County High
School graduate Haylee Hoffman will be honored with all the
sophomore players ending their
volleyball season at CWC.
Hoffman is playing her second volleyball season for CWC
in Riverton. She was honored as
player of the game at the Pink

Night Game Oct 14 against Laramie County College. She received

an athletic scholarship and recently received the Central Wyoming Ambassador scholarship
in addition to Hathaway and local scholarships. Her high GPA
earned her exemplary honors
in academics from the National
Junior College Athletic Association. After graduating CWC, she
will go on to pursue her degree
in health science.

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