Torrington Telegram
Jerry Abbott, Staff Writer
September 12, 2006

On Tuesday, Gov. Dave Freudental and his daughter, Hillary, visited a number of places in Goshen County.

“This is part campaigning and part business,” Freudenthal said. “We visited the new Lincoln Elementary School and boy is it nice. It is good to see one (a school) that works. We visited a government class at Torrington Middle School, met with the Torrington mayor and city government members and had lunch at the Senior Friendship Center. We visited with Jeff Rose in Lingle on the school building issue. There should be help through the School Facilities Program.”

The governor took a break from his busy schedule to grab a bite to eat at Kyra’s Kafe and then continued on.

”We visited Western Sugar,” Freudenthal said. “They are real busy getting ready for fall campaign. They are optimistic about a good beet harvest. We then met with the South Torrington Water and Sewer District.”

Freudenthal also mentioned plans of heading out to the new soccer fields and over to the Madden sale barn. In the evening, he had a reception at the home of Ken and Judy Banister.
Another one of the governor’s stops was the Goshen County Library, where he presented Goshen County librarian Isabel Hoy with a check for $110,193.27.

"This is the first time state funding for libraries has come down to the local level," Hoy said. "Many libraries in the state were in desperate need of money to update their library collections." According to Hoy, $87,000 was set-aside for each library and this amount was increased by $2 for each person in the library’s service area based upon the last census.

Wyoming Rep. Ed Buchanan sponsored this legislation in the house and Mike Massie from Laramie sponsored it in the senate.

“It is very fun – very bi-partisan on problem solving,” Freudenthal said about his visit. “There was nothing about party lines in my oath of office. As always, I am impressed with the activity going on in Goshen County. The economy is strong here. Things are improving on the prison. The economy is a lot better than it was four years ago.”

The governor discussed his campaign for re-election as well.

“I am a little surprised about how negative it (campaign) is,” Freudenthal said. “I’m not going there. We have been successful for the last four years. We have a climate where people work together. I’m not going to destroy that. We develop relationships and collaborate to get things done. Everything has been passed by a Republican legislature. We need to be careful about solving problems first and deciding who gets the credit later.”