Hip Hop and Ballet

Photographed a hip-hop concert and ballet in one weekend.

(From left) Laci Landry, Mia Calabrese and Erin Benson from Ballet Emmanuel perform a rendition of the Biblical story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego at the Platte Valley Community Center in Saratoga, Wyo.

A member of the Denver-based rap group Fresh Breath Committee high-fives the audience during a show at the Rawlins Historical Depot. Students from the Rawlins Cooperative High School organized the concert.

rawlins boxing tournament

Mychael Mascarenas of Cheyenne, right, gives Robert Flores of Rawlins a friendly pat on the shoulder after a bloody fight.

Ty Ramirez of Cheyenne pops Jojo Schuelle of Rawlins in the face.

Dallin Taylor of Rawlins anticipates a punch from Leo Ojeda of Rock Springs.

Stranded

Tom McVicker has been stranded in Rawlins for the past three days because of a snowstorm. He has been living out of his truck and spending most of his time at the TA travel center south of town.

"I've never been stranded for so long before," the truck driver of 33 years said.

Pinewood Derby

Cub scout Chad Hansen reacts when his pinewood car loses the race Saturday at the annual Pinewood Derby, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Rawlins.

Hansen eventually won the championship.

Pictures of the week, Feb. 8 – Feb. 15

Tina Hill, director of the Wyoming Frontier Prison looks at a piece of the south interior wall that had just been repaired. Hill is seeking more funds to repair other walls in the historic lock-up.

Rawlins-based artist Joshua Ray Smith places one of his wind-catching sculptures in a field near his studio. His sculptures will interact with the wind and snow and he will document the resulting snowdrift.

Rawlins Middle School and Lincoln Middle School players scramble for the rebound.

Blocked

Got my best basketball shot so far... too bad it was of a player on the opposing team so our paper couldn't use it.

Greg Vandeventer rejects Jalen Krening's shot in the third quarter of the Rawlins High School basketball team's 57-53 victory against Douglas.

Rewind Rawlins – brand new historical feature series

Photo comparisons for my historical feature on the Wyoming Bar, the oldest bar in town.

Here's the onilne article.