Fall Special Olympics Tournament Brings Home the Gold in Converse and Natrona Counties
Misty Pritchard (TBC)
As the Special Olympics Fall Tournament started in Glenrock on October 10, 2012, the excitement in the air was evident. The sound of bowling balls rolling, pins being knocked over, surrounded by smiling faces that greeted everyone with a high five. The Special Olympics had an amazing attendance at the fall tournament in Glenrock the week of October 10-17th. 600 athletes from all over Wyoming competed in the fall games that included bowling, soccer, cycling and equestrian competition. Athletes came from Casper, Cheyenne, Cody, Douglas, Gillette, Sheridan, Goshen County, Glenrock, Lander, Lovell, Riverton, Star Val-
ing the event and included Glenrock team members, Ashley Eason and Casey McKillip both of whom took home a gold medal in bowling. JT Calvas also participated for the Glenrock team.
For the eighth year in a row, Wyoming producers have won or placed extremely high in the World’s Forage Analysis Superbowl at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis.
Local Glenrockian Tucker Smith, who bowled on the Casper team this year took home the Gold from Sunrise Lanes in Casper along with his Doubles Partner Brian Lorenz.
The World's Forage Analysis Superbowl provides growers from across the United States and Canada an opportunity to vie for forage awards by entering their high quality samples in a dairy or commercial division. Six Wyoming producers competed in the Commercial Hay Division and five producers from the state competed in the Grass/Hay Division.
“We couldn’t do this without the support of the bowling alleys” says Karen Beddoes “Without the donations and volunteers, none of this would be possible.” A special thanks goes out to the everyone in-
Officer Crowell of Casper PD, along with Theresa Simpson and Stew Anderson of Natrona County EM pass out medals during the Spcial Olympics. Photo Amanda Smith
A huge thank you, to Gary Eckhardt for allowing his bowling alley Glenrock Bowl, to be utilized as part of the Special Olympics. All the bowlers in Glenrock this year were presented medals from Converse County Deputy Trevor Wright, Glenrock Police Officers Colter Felton and Cody Buettgenback and Douglas Police Department’s Lieutenant Ron Casalenda . After this tournament, the athletes will start training for the Winter Tournament ley, Thermopolis and Worland.
volved in making this a fall tournament to remember.
“Bowling is the most popular sport” says Venue Director Karen Beddoes.
The following volunteered their time to make this successful; Wayne Miller, Jackie Desmaris, Les Hilbird, Neala Roberts, Russ Dalgarn, Rhonda Jones, Brent Oliver, Cassie Wickett, McCall Garner, and McKenna Hoyt.
There are 1370 registered Special Olympic athletes in the state of Wyoming. Glenrock Bowl hosted 370 teams within two days dur-
Wyoming Hay Producers Place Well At Premier Hay Show
Sunday November 4, 2012
that is held in Jackson Hole Wyoming on February 5th, 6th and 7th of 2013. The winter games in 2013 will include alpine skiing, snow shoeing, snowboarding and cross country skiing. A huge congratulations to all of the Special Olympic Athletes who participated in the annual fall tournament this year.
In the Commercial Hay Division, Kellie Hinman of Lazy 2K Livestock from Wheatland, Wyo. took grand champion. David Hinman with Hardrock Farms in Wheatland, Wyo., was second. Ervin Gara, of Torrington, Wyo., came in third; Wyoming Haybusters with Ervin Gara placed fourth; Kossert Bros. Inc., of Casper, Wyo., was eighth; and David Hinman placed 14th. In the grass/hay division, three of the five Wyoming samples placed in the top 10. Gerry Danko of Powell, Wyo., came in third. Lazy 2K Livestock was fifth; and Epler Farms, of Hillsdale, Wyo., was 10th. Wyoming’s entries to the Superbowl were selected by having the top relative feed value at the Wyoming State Fair Hay Show. The winners of this class had entry fees and any necessary shipping required to send
samples to the Superbowl paid for by the Wyoming Business Council’s Agribusiness Division. Donn Randall, Crop and Forage Program manager in the Business Council’s Agribusiness Division, said while this year’s drought did affect the number of entries submitted, he believed the quality of the hay samples was better. “Most of the U.S. experienced much better drying conditions due to the drought, which helped make for better visual quality of forage samples,” said Randall. Randall said demand for Wyoming hay from Midwest dairy and horse producers is very high. He also talked with several Asian delegations interested in sourcing Wyoming hay for export to China, Japan and neighboring countries. “As of now, we are seeing export prices of $20 to $40 dollars more per ton than the domestic markets. This is a really lucrative market for our producers and we are hoping to capitalize on it. “Once again, Wyoming hay producers have shown the forage industry that our hay is top notch. Wyoming has earned a reputation as a premium hay producing state making our producers very much sought after,” said Randall.
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