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NEWS FROM THE PARKS: Teton Park Road Now Open for Non-Motorized Spring Season Activities
Teton Park Road Now Open for Non-Motorized Spring Season Activities images by Grand Teton National Park — taken from the Mount Moran scenic turnout on the Teton Park Road in GTNP — April 2, 2014 Grand Teton National Park road crews cut through the deep snowpack on the Teton Park Road between the Taggart Lake parking area and Signal Mountain Lodge—a distance of 15 miles— and completed this portion of the annual spring plowing on Friday, April 4. The Teton Park Road has now melted down to pavement and is currently open to non-motorized recreation such as walking, roller-blading, and biking. However, road crews are still in the process of…
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MADE IN WYOMING: Simple Joys Soap
visit our website & read the NEW Sprinter 2014 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 Simple Joys Soap of Sheridan, Wyoming Susan Flynn, Simple Joys Soap PO Box 6461 Sheridan, WY 82801 307-672-2130 sflynn@wyoming.com www.simplejoyssoap.com Simple Joys Soap began when Susan developed an obsession with soap-making! There were so many essential oil…
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Liberty Lausterer: Hitch Your Wagon to the Stars
visit our website & read the new Sprinter 2014 issue! Our guest blogger, Liberty Lausterer, is back with another introspective look at our square state. Liberty moved to Wyoming within this past year, and offers us her perspective at life in the Cowboy State from a new resident’s eyes. HITCH YOUR WAGON TO THE STARS Here’s a scary thought. According to Tyler Nordgren, author of Stars Above, Earth Below: Astronomy in the National Parks, 50% of children born this year will never see the Milky Way. I’m no astronomer, but I’d say that’s pretty tragic news. At a recent talk Nordgren gave at UW, he shared how light pollution…
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Black Dog Animal Rescue Wins a Car!
visit our current issue! We’re so excited for our friends at Black Dog Animal Rescue, located in Cheyenne & also serving Laramie and the region! They were awarded with a new Toyota Sienna Van for their good deeds as part of the Toyota Cars for Good program. Congrats to them – it is VERY well deserved! Pics follow of the award, plus a note on their upcoming event on April 10, AND info on how you can foster a dog – or adopt one & give it a loving Forever Home! Click on the photo above for info on Thankful Thursday, April 10! Info on BDAR from BDAR… Black…
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Wind River Country to Have a Team in Cowboy Tough Adventure Race
click here & view our current issue Chuck Schuster and Karla Wagner competing in Leadville. Photo credit: Shad Hamilton Fremont County, WY – The Rev3 Cowboy Tough Adventure Race will return to Wyoming for a second year, and this year not only will a considerable portion of the race take place in Fremont County, but the county will have its very own team. The Wind River Visitors Council is sponsoring a local four-person team for the three-and-a-half-day race on July 17-20. The Wind River Country Team will be the local team to root for as the race makes its way from South Pass City to Casper. Adventure racing mixes outdoor sports like mountain…
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MADE IN WYOMING: Maura Jacobsen Pottery
visit our website & read the winter issue – spring issue is coming soon! 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 Maura Jacobsen Pottery of Cheyenne Maura Jacobsen Cheyenne, WY 970-629-9478 maurajacobsen@yahoo.com www.maurajacobsen.com Maura Jacobsen started her business in a two room cabin in Riverside, Wyoming after she graduated from the University of Wyoming in 1993. It…
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ART IN WY: Sheridan, Cheyenne, Casper, Lander, Laramie
SHERIDAN: SAGE COMMUNITY ART CENTER FEATURES STATES & WUERKER DEAN STATES “SEVEN YEARS PLUS”: The SAGE Exhibit Gallery features lifelong Sheridan area resident Dean States, whose exquisite colored pencil drawings will be exhibited during his “Seven Years Plus” show, which runs March 1st-31st. An artist’s reception and gallery talk will be held March 13 at the Main Street SAGE Exhibit Gallery (at Sheridan College’s Main Street location), 171 N. Main, in Sheridan, WY. As always, the public is invited and refreshments will be served. More of States’ work can be seen at Dean States Studio, located at 637 W. Loucks in Sheridan. This project is supported in part by a…
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NEWS FROM THE PARKS: National Elk Refuge Celebration, GTNP Looking for Youth for Summer 2014
Visit our website & read the current issue – Spring 2014 issue will be coming out soon! image from National Elk Refuge website National Elk Refuge: NER to Celebrate the National Wildlife Refuge System The National Elk Refuge is pleased to offer an opportunity this month to celebrate several significant dates in the history of the National Wildlife Refuge System. From Friday, March 14 through Sunday, March 23, displays and naturalist presentations at the Jackson Hole & Greater Yellowstone Visitor Center will focus on the conservation efforts of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The events listed below will run daily throughout the ten–day celebration and are free of charge. The Visitor…
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MADE IN WYOMING: Olde Tyme Remedies/Unker’s Multi-Purpose Therapeutic Products
visit our website & read the current issue – spring issue is coming soon! 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 Olde Tyme Remedies, LLC of Upton Patricia Pendleton, Olde Tyme Remedies, LLC — Mfg. of Unker’s Multi-Purpose Therapeutic Products Upton, WY 82730 888-866-2843 otr-unkers@fuse.net www.unkers.com Patricia Pendleton is the current owner and CEO of…
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Catch Some Air with the Jeep Brand at JH Mountain Resort
visit our website and read the current issue — our spring issue is on its way soon! Catch Some Air with the Jeep® Brand at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort What’s your style? From March 1 until March 30, get familiar with the expert skills of the 2014 Jeep® brand vehicle lineup at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. While there, the Jeep brand will be offering an up close look at all the sweet spots on the all-new 2014 Jeep Cherokee recently named ‘Best Small Utility’ by PBS’ MotorWeek, the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee, and the 2014 Jeep Wrangler. While out on the fresh powdery slopes, posses making trails at Jackson…
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MADE IN WYOMING: Calamity Ranch
visit our website & read the current issue – spring issue is coming soon! 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 Calamity Ranch of Guernsey, Wyoming Cassie Wells, Calamity Ranch PO Box 831 Guernsey, WY 82214 307-630-6301 calamityranch@ymail.com www.calamityranchwyoming.com Although Cassie has been crafting since 2000, officially…
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Wilson, WY’s Answer to the Winter Doldrums – by Liberty Lausterer
visit our website & read the current issue — Sprinter issue (Spring + Winter) will be coming before long! Liberty Lausterer, our guest blogger, is back with another look at life in Wyoming from a new resident’s eyes. We greatly appreciate learning what our state looks & learns like to someone new – always keeps the perspective fresh! Wilson, Wyoming’s Answer to the Winter Doldrums by Liberty Lausterer As a newcomer to Wyoming I have paid close attention when someone…
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MADE IN WYOMING: Strasser Log Furniture
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 Strasser Log Furniture of Cheyenne Mike Strasser, Strasser Log Furniture 10121 Branding Iron Cheyenne, WY 82009 307-349-9741 strasserfurniture@yahoo.com www.strasserlogfurniture.com Strasser Log Furniture is a family owned and operated furniture, crafts and gift workshop in Cheyenne. Mike Strasser started looking for log furniture sites and magazines…
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SHOP WYOMING: Outlaw Rodeo Wear
visit our website & read the current issue Outlaw Rodeo Wear of Ten Sleep, WY has new merchandise available – and they’re up for a FedEx Small Business Grant! Learn more below, and be sure to visit them via the links! Originated in the rugged Big Horn Mountains in Northern Wyoming, Outlaw Rodeo Wear is dedicated to the rough and hell-raising lifestyles of the most famous outlaws such as Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid, The James Gang, and especially some more current hometown outlaws. Named after…
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NEWS FROM THE PARKS: Lost Skiers Rescued in GTNP During Major Winter Storm
Lost Skiers Rescued in Grand Teton National Park during Major Winter Storm MOOSE, WY — Three skiers unintentionally ended up in Grand Teton National Park’s Granite Canyon backcountry on Friday, February 7, prompting a search and rescue mission by park rangers the following day during a significant winter storm. Despite a high and rising avalanche danger, park rescuers successfully assisted the three out of the Teton backcountry by 9:30 p.m. Saturday, February 8. Tom Barry, 59, of Jackson, Wyoming, Zoe Tong, 49, and Dave Catero, 52, from San Francisco, California, left the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort boundary from Gate 1 at about 11 a.m. on Friday with the intention…
