CASPER, Wyo. — “Taken in Casper, Wyoming before the sun rose,” writes photographer Tashina Williams.
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This event requires a celebration! Events by Cory, a neighborhood restaurant positioned within the coronary heart of Downtown Casper, has gained 4 separate 1st Place ‘Better of Wyoming’ Awards from the Casper Star Tribune.
Yearly, the Star Tribune permits the neighborhood to vote on quite a lot of matters involving native companies. From Greatest Hairdresser, to Greatest Pizza, Greatest Espresso Store, Greatest Hospital, Greatest Dance Studio, and extra!
Individuals also can vote for Greatest Caterer, Greatest Wedding ceremony Venue, Greatest Occasion Coordinator, and Greatest Wedding ceremony Providers.
Nicely, individuals did vote and Events by Cory gained 1st place in all 4 classes.
“Wyoming is such an incredible place to stay and do enterprise and it means the world to me that the neighborhood as a complete has acknowledged the arduous work that my staff and I put in at Events by Cory and Cory’s Eatery,” proprietor Cory Poulos instructed K2 Radio Information. “We’re so lucky to have the ability to witness and participate in numerous milestone occasions that households and companies alike are entrusting us with and we don’t take that evenly.”
These awards are distinctions of the best order, particularly contemplating the truth that, just some quick years in the past, Events by Cory did not even exist!
“I by no means imagined that my enterprise would take flight the best way that it has and I believe it’s a true testomony to the willingness of the Casper and Wyoming communities to assist small companies and native entrepreneurs once they can really see that they’re placing within the work,” Poulos stated. “My staff and I stand up every single day and work actually arduous to do our greatest for our purchasers, and I can converse for us all in saying that it’s simply really an honor to be acknowledged for that work. We do not take a second of it as a right and are simply so humbled and privileged to have the ability to do one thing that we like to do on a regular basis.”
It truly is a staff designation, and what a staff it’s!
Brian Benardis is the Director of Operations. Veronica Mundy is the Occasion Designer. Jennifer Lijewski is the Wedding ceremony Occasion Designer. Tanny Pattee is the Restaurant Supervisor. Tyler Clason is the Chef/Kitchen Supervisor. Virginia Rogers is the Sous Chef. Caitlin Dixon is the Advertising Supervisor. And the Catering Group is made up of Acacia Matthews, Harley Geiger, Serenity Johnson, Linda Keyser, Noah Beckner, Diana Steinberg, Landree Adams, Amanda Sewell, and Ben McDermott.
It is a small staff, however they’re, in actual fact, mighty. These awards are proof of that.
Whether or not it is a marriage ceremony, a birthday, a Christmas celebration, or one thing else totally completely different, Events by Cory proves itself to be considered one of Casper’s finest occasions venue.
“We’re right here to make sure any event is memorable,” their web site states. “From pleased hour to date-night, milestone birthdays, anniversary events, weddings, and each event in betwee, OBC guarantee scrumptious meals is loved and unforgettable reminiscences are created.”
A few of these reminiscences could be made subsequent Friday!
On Friday, October 7, Events by Cory is internet hosting ‘Dinner & a Snort,’ a standup comedy present that may go away viewers members spitting out their reasonably costly drinks,
Doorways open at 6:00 pm, Dinner is served at 7:00 p.m., and the comedy present follows, that includes two extraordinarily humorous comedians.
Brad Wenzel is the headliner and, in keeping with the occasion web page, he’s “most recognized for his non sequitur fashion of joke telling. His offbeat one-liners, dry supply, and unassuming presence are what set him other than different comedians. A product of the Detroit comedy scene and now residing in Los Angeles, Brad has made 3 stand-up appearances on CONAN. Brad’s debut album Candy Nothings was launched on Jack White’s label, Third Man Data and could be heard on Sirius XM. Different credit embrace: first place on the Nice American Comedy Competition, “New Faces” on the Montreal Simply For Laughs Competition, and Bob & Tom.”
Serving because the host and the function comic is Christie Buchele, “an completed standup comedian from Denver, Colorado. Making a reputation for herself by sharing the heart-wrenching and hilariously uncooked realities of being a lady with a incapacity. Christie has been featured on Viceland’s, Flophouse; Hidden America with Jonah Ray; Laughs on Fox; First Look on NBC. Christie has carried out on Limestone Comedy Competition in Bloomington, Denver’s personal Excessive Plains Comedy Competition and 208 in Boise. She starred in and wrote for the Mission DU movie Scary Lucy which has gained a number of awards at movie festivals across the nation.”
These two comics know how you can make individuals snicker, and that is precisely what they’re going to do.
Extra info on the occasion, and tickets, could be discovered at this web site.
Dinner & A Snort is only one instance of the occasions that Events by Cory places on, nevertheless it serves as a reminder that this restaurant/bar/venue is a real spotlight of Downtown Casper.
LARAMIE, Wyo. — The UND women’s basketball team went into Christmas break by committing a season-high 29 turnovers in a 73-41 loss at Wyoming on Saturday afternoon.
The Fighting Hawks, who were outscored 17-3 in the fourth quarter, dropped to 5-8 overall with two Division I wins.
UND ranks last in the Summit League in turnovers at 17.7 per game. The team is also last in the Summit in assists with 314.
Wyoming, which improved to 6-6, also beat South Dakota by 34 earlier this season.
UND was led by Grafton native Walker Demers, who finished with 13 points. No other Hawk ended with more than six points.
Grand Forks freshman point guard Jocelyn Schiller and sophomore Nevaeh Ferrara Horne both added six points.
Coming off a season-high 25 points against Mayville State, Kiera Pemberton was held to four points on just 2-for-3 shooting against Wyoming. She had six turnovers.
Pemberton, a sophomore from Langley, B.C., had scored in double figures in every other UND game this season.
The Hawks trailed by five after the first quarter and 13 at halftime.
UND cut the lead as close as 10 in the third quarter but trailed by 18 by the end of the frame.
UND was just 2-for-13 from 3-point range with Demers 0-for-4 and reserve Sydney Piekny 1-for-5.
Wyoming committed just 10 turnovers and had 17 assists. Three players finished in double figures, led by Tess Barnes with 16 points.
UND only shot four free throws — all by Demers, who was 3-for-4.
UND starts the post-Christmas schedule on the road, at Omaha on Jan. 2 and at Kansas City on Jan. 4.
The Hawks return home Jan. 9 against Oral Roberts and Jan. 11 against Denver.
Staff reports and local scoreboards from the Grand Forks Herald Sports desk.
CASPER, Wyo. — “Taken in Casper, Wyoming before the sun rose,” writes photographer Tashina Williams.
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Elder abuse is a growing concern throughout the country. It costs Americans billions of dollars and unfortunately encompasses a wide range of abuses, including physical, psychological and/or sexual harm, in addition to other concerns like neglect and taking advantage of seniors financially.
A new study conducted by personal finance website, WalletHub, recently listed the “States with the Best Elder-Abuse Protections”, and the Cowboy State was ranked in the top 15.
Wyoming was ranked 11th overall on the study.
WalletHub broke down the methodology for the study stating:
To identify where elderly Americans are best protected, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia based on 16 key indicators of elder abuse protection in 3 overall categories. Our data set ranges from each state’s share of all elder abuse complaints to their laws concerning financial elder abuse.
A few of the key metrics illustrate why Wyoming scored so high (including the one that kept us from scoring even higher):
While overall Wyoming is doing considerably better than 80% of the country, there is definitely room for improvement. Considering some of the elderly horror stories that have made it to different news outlets around the state over the last couple of years, it’s nice to see us rising on this list.
Gallery Credit: DJ Nyke
Gallery Credit: DJ Nyke
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