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International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race Kicks Off TONIGHT!
visit our website & find a WY vendor We dare you to say the name 10 times fast – or even the acronym, IPSSSDR — I always get hung up on S #2. 🙂 This beyond awesome, annual event finds dog teams mushing across the western half of Wyoming, stopping in small towns along the way, and bringing together a whole lot of folks excited to see this wintry spectacle. The event kicks off TONIGHT, January 31, in Jackson (see event details below!) – and continues through February 8 with stops detailed below… Stay tuned to their website & Facebook page for pictures, details, updates & more! Photos in this…
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MADE IN WYOMING: Tom Balding Bits & Spurs
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 Tom Balding Bits & Spurs of Sheridan, WY Tom Balding, Tom Balding Bits and Spurs 655 Riverside Sheridan, WY 82801 307-672-8459 sales@tombalding.com www.tombalding.com After leaving the fast-paced life in California, Tom Balding moved to Sheridan, Wyoming. Being an avid outdoorsman…
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Valentine’s Day Fun in WY – Singing Flowers in Laramie, Wintry Fun in Green River…
Laramie’s Fresh Flower Fantasy Brings Harmony to V-Day In Laramie and looking for something fun & unique for your sweetie on Valentine’s Day? Fresh Flower Fantasy offers singing valentines! Have your beautiful roses or other flowers delivered by some very talented musicians – and you can even name your tune! Delivery charges are tiered, from the non-musical variety to a selection from the list below…or add your own for just a little extra! Details — call 307-742-7616! A list of the selections you can choose…or name your tune for just a little extra: “1, 2, 3, 4” by the Plain White T’s — “It Only Takes a Moment” from the musical…
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Liberty Lausterer: “This Wyoming Life”
visit our website & read the current issue Earlier this month I saw Ira Glass give a talk at the Jackson Hole Center for the Arts in Jackson, WY. Glass is the host of the public radio show This American Life. He appeared on stage wearing a skinny grey suit and tie, having flown in from NYC, and joked that he was way overdressed for his Wyoming audience. His blue jean wearing, ice pick carrying audience cheered him on in agreement. Then Glass did what he does best, he told stories. The stories he told, like those heard on This American Life, ranged from the weirdly mundane to the shockingly…
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C.J. Box Releases “Stone Cold”
visit our website & read the current issue I was thrilled to receive my copy of C.J. Box’s newest book, Stone Cold, published by Putnam. The 14th novel in Box’s acclaimed series about Wyoming game Joe Pickett, will publish on March 11. C.J. Box is a long-time resident of Wyoming – I was beyond thrilled to interview him for our Sprinter 2012 issue of WLM! A graduate of Kelly Walsh High School in Casper, and a reporter for the Saratoga Sun, C.J. Box discusses topics that are sympathetic to the west and Wyoming. “My goal is that with every book, readers are exposed to different points of view on controversial issues…
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Gain Free Entry into Grand Teton National Park on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
MOOSE, WY — Grand Teton National Park will waive entrance fees on Monday, January 20, 2014 in recognition of the Martin Luther King, Jr. federal holiday. Grand Teton will join the more than 400 other units of the National Park System to acknowledge this special day as part of an effort to encourage families and individuals to visit and experience the wonders of their national parks. The entry fee for a private, non-commercial vehicle to Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks normally costs $25 for seven days. In addition to waiving entrance fees during this upcoming holiday, Grand Teton will also offer free admission on eight other days throughout 2014.…
