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MADE IN WYOMING: Wild West Custom Leather
visit our website & read the current issue We are thrilled to team with the Wyoming Business Council to feature a Wyoming First business every week on our blog! Wyoming First is a program that promotes Wyoming member businesses. Visit their website (click here) to learn more about this service — and if you are a Wyoming business who’s not a member, be sure to inquire about membership! There are many benefits! This week we are featuring Wild West Custom Leather of Laramie, WY Tim Mickelson, Wild West Custom Leather 1612 Kearney Laramie, WY 82070 307-760-1377 wildwestcustomleather@yahoo.com Check them out on Facebook! Tim Mickelson got started working with leather when he was a young boy growing up in…
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UW Women’s Leadership Conference features Dr. Erin Foley
visit our website & read the current issue We’re very excited to introduce contributor Liberty Lausterer! Liberty moved to Wyoming with her husband and cats in July 2013. She is excited to explore the vast riches of this place, its people, and the cross-country skiing trails. Originally from eastern Nebraska, she studied history in college in Iowa, followed by graduate work in California. She spent the past nine years as a Lutheran pastor and is ready to see what new opportunities await her in Wyoming. Her hobbies include writing, swimming, herding cats, the adventure of high-altitude baking, trolling the web for interior design inspiration, and she is currently learning to knit…
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NEWS FROM THE PARKS: Report on Grizzlies in Yellowstone Ecosystem
visit our website & read the current issue AGENCY REPORTS AT MEETING PRESENT UNANIMOUSLY GOOD NEWS ABOUT YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM GRIZZLY BEAR RECOVERY BOZEMAN – Managers from the state, tribal, and federal agencies responsible for recovery of the grizzly bear in the Yellowstone Ecosystem heard good news at their recent meeting in Bozeman, Montana. Despite being a poor cone production year for the already beleaguered whitebark pine trees (WBP), managers heard reports of surprisingly few conflicts between humans and grizzly bears, even though a record count of 58 unduplicated females with cubs were observed in the ecosystem this year. Especially promising was that a female with cub was documented in each…
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MADE IN WYOMING: Petit Secret Chocolate
visit our website & read the current issue We are thrilled to team with the Wyoming Business Council to feature a Wyoming First business every week on our blog! Wyoming First is a program that promotes Wyoming member businesses. Visit their website (click here) to learn more about this service — and if you are a Wyoming business who’s not a member, be sure to inquire about membership! There are many benefits! This week we are featuring Petit Secret Chocolate of Jackson, WY Laurance Perry, Petit Secret Chocolate PO Box 6536 Jackson, WY 83002 307-690-7483 lauranceperry@gmail.com www.getmorechocolate.com Laurance Perry brought to America a love for all things chocolate. She wanted her two children to experience the same…
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Black Dog Animal Rescue of Cheyenne Wins A Car!
visit our website & read the current issue Looking to bring a new family member home? Throughout November, BDAR is offering 50% off the adoption charge for black or mostly black dogs – it’s Back in Black month! We’re very excited to share the news about Black Dog Animal Rescue, Cheyenne & Southern Wyoming’s outstanding animal rescue service that connects canine companions with their loving ‘forever homes.’ These folks work tirelessly for their cause, and we’re thrilled to share the news about their recent accomplishment! Black Dog Animal Rescue (BDAR) was one of two organizations to win a brand new vehicle from Toyota’s 100 Cars for Good Program on October…
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ART IN WYOMING:
from “The Road Not Taken,” www.landerartcenter.com LANDER ART CENTER: “The Road Not Taken,” National Juried Show, November 1 – December 7 — FREE and open to the public LANDER ART CENTER: Around Town — Native American Art Show to Open This Friday Public reception: Friday, November 8 6-8pm at the Middle Fork, 351 Main Street November is Native American Heritage Month and is set aside to honor and recognize the significant contributions of the first Americans. The Lander Art Center has teamed up with Native artists from Fremont County to celebrate Native American heritage through a unique collection of local artists’ work. This collaborative art show represents Native artists mainly…
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MADE IN WYOMING: North Wind Fiber Arts
We are thrilled to team with the Wyoming Business Council to feature a Wyoming First business every week on our blog! Wyoming First is a program that promotes Wyoming member businesses. Visit their website (click here) to learn more about this service — and if you are a Wyoming business who’s not a member, be sure to inquire about membership! There are many benefits! This week we are featuring North Wind Fiber Arts of Lusk, WY Lynne Boas, North Wind Fiber Arts PO Box 206 Lusk, Wy 82225 307-340-0286 northwindfiberarts@yahoo.com www.northwindfiberarts.com Lynne Boas started as an art major in college and then became interested in microbiology. Her goal was to make a living creating art; however, the…
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MADE IN WYOMING: Herbadashery
visit our website & read the current issue We are thrilled to team with the Wyoming Business Council to feature a Wyoming First business every week on our blog! Wyoming First is a program that promotes Wyoming member businesses. Visit their website (click here) to learn more about this service — and if you are a Wyoming business who’s not a member, be sure to inquire about membership! There are many benefits! This week we are featuring Herbadashery of Casper, WY Barb & Eli Dichlich, Herbadashery 123 S Fenway Casper, WY 82601 307-265-0036 800-888-0338 herbadasher@bresnan.net www.herbadasher.com Barb & Eli started the Herbadashery in 1991 as a retirement project. With the help of friends and family, it has…
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ART IN WY: Karen McLain, Sage Community Art Center & More
artists Jamie Barron & Sonja Caywood SHERIDAN: Sagebrush Community Art Center Presents “East Meets West in Wyoming” Sagebrush Art Center hosts “East Meets West in Wyoming,” paintings by Sonja Caywood & Jamie Barron. This show features a common theme in two artistic styles: Jamie Barron, born in North Dakota, currently resides in New York City, where she earned her MFA in Fine Art. Barron says of her work: “I like to engage the viewer by using familiar iconography from everyday life experiences such as barns, cows and horses but changing them just so subtle to make one stop and look. Sometimes using glitter or glazes to create an ethereal…
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MADE IN WYOMING: Dragon Lady Teas
visit our website & read the current issue We are thrilled to team with the Wyoming Business Council to feature a Wyoming First business every week on our blog! Wyoming First is a program that promotes Wyoming member businesses. Visit their website (click here) to learn more about this service — and if you are a Wyoming business who’s not a member, be sure to inquire about membership! There are many benefits! This week we are featuring Dragon Lady Teas of Jackson, WY Dragon Lady Teas — Dee Elle Bupp PO Box 3101 Jackson, WY 83001 307.200.4717 dragonladyteas@gmail.com www.dragonladyteas.com Dee Elle has a love of herbs and a love of people; with that in mind she…
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MADE IN WYOMING: Nena Trapp Photography
read our new Fall 2013 issue — with our new design! We are thrilled to team with the Wyoming Business Council to feature a Wyoming First business every week on our blog! Wyoming First is a program that promotes Wyoming member businesses. Visit their website (click here) to learn more about this service — and if you are a Wyoming business who’s not a member, be sure to inquire about membership! There are many benefits! This week we are featuring Nena Trapp Photography of Cody, WY Rowena Trapp, Nena Trapp Photography PO Box 471 Cody, WY 82414 307-250-8312 trappnena@yahoo.com www.nenatrappphotography.com Nena Trapp’s interest in photography started when she was young and thumbing through the…
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MADE IN WYOMING: 7Fold Spice
read our new Fall 2013 issue — with our new design! We are thrilled to team with the Wyoming Business Council to feature a Wyoming First business every week on our blog! Wyoming First is a program that promotes Wyoming member businesses. Visit their website (click here) to learn more about this service — and if you are a Wyoming business who’s not a member, be sure to inquire about membership! There are many benefits! This week we are featuring Sevenfold Spice of Casper Sevenfold Spice: JD Dotzler Casper, WY 307-251-5424 sesvenfoldspice@yahoo.com www.sevenfoldspice.com JD Dotzler received his certificate from culinary school in June 2005, and then apprenticeship in a restaurant as…
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WY Foodie: New Recipe, Bubbly Basics + Lovejoy’s in Laramie
visit our website — the fall issue will be out in just a few days! photo by Deb Smith Want to learn about the basics of champagne? Kara of The Sweet Sommelier in Newcastle shared some basics of the bubbly on our Wyoming Weddings blog, but we thought it would make interesting reading for any beverage connoisseur… click here to read more! A new recipe — thanks to the Wyoming Beef Council! Spicy Grilled Ribeye Cap with Avocado-Mango Salad Total Recipe time: 30-35 minutes Makes 4 servings Ingredients 1 to 1-1/4 pounds beef Ribeye Cap Steaks…
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WY Athletics: It’s Gonna Be a Scorcher in NE! Important info…
UNL officials urge football fans to protect against extreme heat Saturday Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 29, 2013 – With temperatures expected to be in the upper 90s with a heat index of over 100 on Saturday, University of Nebraska-Lincoln officials are encouraging fans planning to attend that day’s football game to be aware of the dangers of extreme heat and to take steps to protect themselves. The Cornhuskers will kick off the 2013 season at 7 p.m. at Memorial Stadium against the University of Wyoming. Stadium gates open at 5:30 p.m. – at which point forecasts are placing the expected heat index at 103 degrees. The heat index combines air temperature…
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ARTS IN WY: Art, Symphony, Events & More
RIVERTON: Butch Cassidy, My Uncle: Book Signing The Wind River Hotel and Casino invites you to a book signing and presentation by Bill Betenson, author of Butch Cassidy, My Uncle: A Family Portrait on August 29 at 4 p.m. in the hotel lobby. Betenson will talk about the infamous Tipton Train Robbery that occurred on August 29, 1900 in Tipton, WY. This event is considered one of the great robberies that made Butch Cassidy’s Wild Bunch famous in the old west. Betenson wrote a detailed account of the life and times of his great-uncle Robert Leroy Parker aka Butch Cassidy. Betenson became interested in the notorious train and bank robber…
