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EXPLORE WY: Wind River Country Dances & Pow Wows 2014
Visit our website & read the current issue Make Your Mother’s Day Special with gifts from Tom Balding Bits & Spurs – in addition to their bits & spurs, they offer jewelry, clothing, scarves, keychains and much more! Click the image for their website! Photo credit – Jennie Hutchinson Wyoming’s Wind River Country has released the summer 2014 Native American Dances & Pow Wows schedule! Read on for dates, locations & more – and for the TBA events, stay tuned to their Facebook page and website, www.windriver.org. May 2014 2 Riverton – United Tribes Club Spring Social Powwow. 1 p.m. Gourd Dancing (Veterans) 6 p.m. Grand Entry – Central Wyoming College gymnasium, 2660…
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C.J. Box, SHOTS FIRED: Stories from Joe Pickett Country
We’re always excited to see a new book from C.J. Box arrive in our mail! We announced the debut of Box’s newest Joe Pickett novel, STONE COLD, in March, and now there is a new book of short stories from Box heading to stores in July 2014! Read on for more info from Putnam, Box’s publisher… From New York Times-bestselling author C.J.Box comes SHOTS FIRED: Stories from Joe Pickett Country, a memorable collection of crime and suspense stories about the Wyoming Box knows so well – and the dark deeds and impulses that can be found there. Over fourteen Joe Pickett novels and four stand-alone books, C.J. Box has…
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MADE IN WYOMING: Last Loop Rope Art
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 Chele Needens Last Loop Rope Art 209 Klondike Road Buffalo, WY 82834 307-684-7843 twoeyedbaker@hotmail.com lastloopropeart.com On Facebook — Last Loop Rope Art Last Loop Rope Art was started in 2000, when a very dear friend of Chele’s that made rope items passed…
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NEWS FROM THE PARKS: Junior Ranger Day April 26
National Park Week begins Saturday, April 19, making this a wonderful time for an early season getaway to experience the wonders of Grand Teton National Park and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway. Visitors can participate in special National Junior Ranger Day programs on Saturday, April 26. Join us for fun and free activities for the whole family, starting this weekend. The theme for this year’s National Park Week invites visitors to Go Wild! for history, nature, culture, wildlife, and fun in America’s national parks. “National Park Week is a great time to discover the diverse wildlife, iconic landscapes, vibrant culture, and rich history found in our national parks,”…
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Sara Pinson, RD, LD: Can Do Weekly Resolutions
We’re thrilled to add another guest blogger – Sara Pinson, RD, LD, who will provide us with tips on eating & staying healthy. Certainly something that is applicable to everyone! Sara Pinson is a Registered Dietitian, Wellness Coach and Type I Diabetic. As the owner of Sustainable Wellness, she works with individuals and organizations to help people make health changes simple, not hard. Sara Pinson, RD, LD foodladytalks@gmail.com How do you want your 2014 to “taste”? Build Your Base by Practicing “You Can Do” Weekly Resolutions Compliments of Sara Pinson, RD, LD Sustainable Wellness: One Bite @ a Time! “The little train went roaring on, so fast,…
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MADE IN WYOMING: High Country Horse
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 High Country Horse of Laramie, WY Oliver “Ollie” Hill, High Country Horse Laramie, WY 307-745-4553 Ollie_wy@hotmail.com www.highcountryhorse.net Ollie Hill got started because of his love for horses and hunting and fishing trips in the back country of Colorado and Wyoming. His first high country experience was during a…
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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…