The president of the Cheyenne County school board allegedly dumped a pile of horse manure on the counter of the newspaper in Cheyenne Wells on Wednesday.

Publisher Joyce Escudero's son Gary, who witnessed the dumping, said it happened after school board President Sam Mitchek read a front-page story in the weekly newspaper, published Wednesday, that was critical of him.

"I think it is something fairly humorous and in this case probably deserved," school Superintendent Bill Zitterkopf said Wednesday.

Escudero, however, was not amused. "I got madder than the devil and then I got sad," Escudero said. "I don't know how many other newspapers get manure dumped on their counter."

Townspeople flocked to the office to see the mess, and Escudero, who had a hip replaced 28 days ago, said she didn't plan to clean it up for a while.