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You Say "Toe-Maht-Toe," I Say "Toe-Mate-Oh"; You Say "Zowse," I Say...

By Betsy Love on Mon 04/05/2010 08:01am
You Better Get My Name Right Or....

Students in Sheridan College's Video Production Club learn to run video cameras and produce live TV shows--but that's not all--they also have frequent discussions on etymology. Sheridan Media's Betsy Love has the story

When you think about a college film club, "platform for debating word origins" is probably not your first association:

Easter Cantata Draws Hundreds

By Judy Hagerott on Mon 04/05/2010 07:06am
Bethesda's singers present Easter Cantata.

Nearly 500 people filled the Junior High Auditorium to enjoy the cantata, “Savior…Jesus Messiah,” this Easter Sunday.  Sponsored by Bethesda Worship Center, over 50 volunteers, both adult and children, participated in the cantata which included music, drama, video clips, and acting, all centered on the Easter story.

Poll Question Addresses 17th Amendment

By MaryJo Johnson on Mon 04/05/2010 06:49am
The proposed 17th Amendment dated 1911.

The 17th Amendment was ratified in Wyoming on February 8, 1913. It ended the election of U.S. senators by state legislatures, and put the selection into the peoples' hands. 37 states formally ratified it; eleven states never have.

National Start! Walking Day

By MaryJo Johnson on Mon 04/05/2010 06:47am
Walking is an easy, and inexpensive, form of exercise.

An annual American Heart Association program aims to get people walking for 30 minutes a day, and this Wednesday, April 7th, Wyomingites are called to don their favorite walking shoes. National Start! Walking Day is an initiative to get people into an exercise program to reduce the risk of heart disease, with at least some of that walk time happening during work breaks or lunch.

Easter Egg Extravaganza

By Judy Hagerott on Mon 04/05/2010 06:43am

It was every child for himself at the 2nd Annual Easter Egg Extravaganza on Saturday, as kids of all ages, baskets in hand, scurried after candy-filled colored eggs scattered in Kendrick Park.

Council To Address Fee Increases At Golf Course

By Ron Richter on Mon 04/05/2010 04:36am
Sheridan City Council to address proposed fee increases at Kendrick Golf Course.

The Sheridan City Council will meet this tonight for their first meeting of April. Sheridan Media's Ron Richter has a preview.

SHAC Benefit Concert Is This Week

By Ron Richter on Mon 04/05/2010 04:20am
SHAC benefit concert is this Friday night at the WYO Theater.

The Sheridan Housing Action Committee is having a benefit concert this Friday night featuring the Wiyos. SHAC Executive Director Karin Spann says the Wiyos are coming to Sheridan from the east coast.

Cheyenne Family Injured On Way To Soldier's Return

By Shane Bryant on Sun 04/04/2010 07:12am

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) - Members of a Cheyenne family were injured in a traffic accident while en route to the Wyoming Army National Guard's homecoming from Iraq.

Cheyenne Standoff Ends After 5 Hours

By Shane Bryant on Sun 04/04/2010 06:50am

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Officials say a man involved in a five
hour standoff with police was armed with a high-powered rifle
fitted with a scope.
Cheyenne police arrested 38-year-old Vencil L. Ash III early Friday on suspicion of domestic violence. Officials say he also had an arrest warrant out of Colorado, though details were not immediately available.

Wyoming Cesarean Births High

By MaryJo Johnson on Sat 04/03/2010 05:20am
Centers for Disease Control has issued a new report on Cesarean birth rates.

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicated that over the last ten years, the number of cesarean deliveries has become the most common surgery in the United States. The rate in Wyoming is up almost 50%, with one of every four babies surgically delivered.