The Gillette City Council is currently debating whether or not to adopt a hate crime ordinance. It’s passed two of three readings since being introduced late last month. And it’s proven to be a hot topic. The council chamber is filled with residents earlier this month waiting to voice their opinions on the second reading of the hate crime ordinance. They’ve had to wait as the council conducted its regular business before hearing public comment on the issue. When they finally had the chance to speak some of the comments were heated.
2023 law banning transgender girls from competing in girls sporting events breaks with state’s 46-year tradition of defeating bills to restrict LGBTQ civil rights.
Gillette grapples with anti-LGBTQ bigotry
A protestor holds a sign on the front lawn of the Campbell County Library on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. The group of two-dozen protestors were gathered to object to the library’s promotion of LGBTQ content in the library’s collection. (Nick Reynolds/WyoFile)
GILLETTE – It was just supposed to be a magic show.
Months ago, trustees at the Campbell County Library, seeking performers for their summer programming, booked magician Mikayla Oz, a well-regarded entertainer who has built a career performing hundreds of shows for family audiences across the Midwest.
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But there would be no magic in Gillette this week. The day before she was set to perform, Oz who was slated for dozens of shows around the region this month, including four in Campbell County was forced to cancel, citing numerous threats she’d received from members of the community. “You ain’t f king welcome in Gillette,” a community member wro
Chicken poop and all
The National FFA Organization plays an integral role in providing youth with opportunities in career and leadership growth, said local chapter advisor Kristi Holum via Facebook messenger Friday.
“FFA gives students so many tools to be successful in their futures, agriculture is just the vehicle we use to teach those skills. I have yet to have a student who was involved in four years of FFA and Agriculture Education that didn’t leave high school with all the skills they needed to conquer the world,” Holum said.
In 1988, FFA changed its name to the National FFA Organization from Future Farmers of America to reflect the growing diversity in agriculture, and the organization realized that FFA was a tool to drive students to be good consumers and citizens, not just good producers, hence the name change, Holum noted.