KAT: the article was written in the early 80s for Wyoming Horizons, the Sunday magazine for the Casper Star Tribune newspaper. I would be amazed if any electronic copy of it exists. Sorry. By the way, the invitation to drop by was a letter to the editor in the Rawlins newspaper and specifically mentioned the Rifleman Bar. I lived in Casper from'77 - 85, then Cheyenne from 85 - 95.

GuestQ: The article was fairly gentle. It concerned Springtime in the Rockies and the event I called Fruit Basket Turnover, when everyone in a small town hits the street as soon as the snow melts enough, (around mid-June,) suffering from acute cabin fever, and tries to find a new partner to "winter in" with. Trouble is small towns have small populations and it gets hard to find a fresh partner. One result of this is that after awhile the children tend to look like each other. (I did resist the temptation to mention 9- fingerd albino children who play the banjo really well.) At least 3 people thought it was funny - the editor, me, and the brain dead cowboy from Baggs WY who told me about it in the first place. Most of the mail was good, but I really was surprised by the few really nasty letters. Point being satire of any sort can be really tricky. I suspect Mr. Bogle would have agreed.

O'Meara

ps - the editor asked for a follow-up article explaining satire. my learning curve was not quite horizontal yet, and I respectfuul declined.