Volume 2, Number 2 Spring 2007

CWC Rodeo Page 2Tops in Technology 2Digging up Wyoming History 3Summer in the Sinks 5Stock Growers’ Exhibit 6Hair-Raising Experience 7A+ Adventure 9Summer Camps for Kids 11

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Central Wyoming College is listed as second in the top-10 tech savvy, cutting edge community colleges by the Center for Digital Education and the American Association of Community Colleges.

The winners are honored at a reception April 16 during the 87th annual AACC conference in Tampa, Fla.

CWC is recognized for its progressive use of information technology and how the college has moved forward in using it to deliver services to CWC students. The college’s bold technology ini-tiative has resulted in greater student access to computers and wireless technology and a more creative faculty employing advanced instruc-tional delivery.

A ranking was established based on the third national Digital Community Colleges Survey, which ex-amined how colleges are deploying technology to streamline operations and better serve students, faculty and staff.

CWC placed second in a group of colleges with less than 3,000 students.The college is implementing innovative projects and programs with

technology that are setting new standards for post-secondary education,” said John Wood, CWC’s Chief Information Offi cer. Wood said CWC is commit-ted to improving delivery of services to students as well as leading the way for proving that enhanced learning environments make a difference in a student’s college experience as well as in their careers.

In addition to services for students, CWC has initiated a number of proj-ects that enhance the delivery of course material for students, including new Interactive Classroom Network equipment in Jackson, enhanced internet delivery of courses, and improved computer-assisted instruction for faculty.

The college recently launched a content management system website that could serve as the college’s number one student recruitment tool as well as the main source for information about the college’s programs and services. While the changes to the site are behind the scenes and not visible to the casual site user, it has been vastly upgraded and will continue to improve as the college incorporates suggestions from prospective students, parents, current students and staff.

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entral Wyoming College is offering a course this summer where students get to sleep under the stars, play in the dirt, dig up some history, and lay the groundwork for fi eld studies that are “long overdue” in this region.

Todd Guenther, CWC’s instructor of Western American Studies, leads an archaeology fi eld school that will ultimately provide a better historical and archeological record of the Middle Sweetwater between Jeffrey City and the Sweetwater Canyon, and then help excavate prehistoric campsites and record rock art in Hot Springs County.

For fi ve days, students will begin recording and test excavating at the site of St. Mary’s Stage Stop and Charlie Stough’s homestead. Stough was a colorful character in Fremont County history because, as the sheriff, he arrested Butch Cas-sidy and delivered him to the Wyoming Territorial Penitentiary at Laramie.

“This area is rich in these kinds of resources,” said Guenther, who before coming to CWC was curator at South Pass City and Lander’s Pioneer Museum. In addition to pit houses thousands of years old, this area is also a stop on the Oregon Trail. There are also burial and occupation sites,

as well as battlefi elds. Guenther has been researching the Oregon Trail and the Sweetwater Valley for 30 years, but said the area between the upper and lower Sweetwater is “pretty much over looked. This is a section that is poorly documented.”

During the second half of the course students have the opportunity to work with Dr. Danny Walker of the Offi ce of the Wyoming State Archeologist at Legend Rock, northwest of Thermopolis. “This will expose our students to a whole other realm of archeology,” Guenther said. “It is a fascinating and a very signifi cant site.”

(continued on next page) 3Archeologist Danny Walker leads the site exca-vation at Legend Rock.

Archeology made affordableCWC’s First Class Stipend, which pays $50 per credit for up to fi ve credits, is available to anyone who has not been enrolled at CWC in the last year, making the archeology fi eld studies and Artist’s Summit (page 5) cours-es affordable. Apply at the CWC Financial Aid Offi ce by the May 25 deadline.

Guenther is hoping this class will attract not only students of anthropology and archeol-ogy but people interested in history and other similar subjects. Students have the option of camping at the excavation sites or commuting each day.

In addition to Stough’s homestead and the stage stop, Guenther said the middle Sweetwa-ter has remnants of several other homesteads, an army post, a Pony Express stop and early ranches.

“These are projects I’ve wanted to do for years,” said Guenther, who as a curator could never get away in the summer because it was the busy tourist season. “Finally we have the opportunity and the time to make this hap-pen.” Guenther admits the excavation of sites on the Sweetwater is “long overdue” and for-tunately for archeologists and historians, the local landowners are receptive to allowing

students to begin the exploration.

“Most of the landowners up there are fascinated with the history of their ranches and western heritage, and we are working with them to ac-complish these goals,” Guenther said.

He recognizes the five days on the Sweetwater is “just a start,” but it will give him an idea on how to approach the research in subsequent years.

As a historian, Guenther believes the field studies may reveal more about the early labor movements, range wars and Native American occupa-tions.

The first portion of the course, scheduled for June 4-8, primarily focuses on the excavation of the Charlie Stough homestead.

Stough came to the county around 1880 and worked at the Quarter Circle 71 Ranch where Jeffrey City is today. “He was there during one of the

first organized labor movements of the west when cowboys went on strike against the Stock Growers Association that had cut their wages,” Guenther explained. The management at the 71 Ranch was peripherally involved in the lynching of Ellen Watson (Cattle Kate) and Jim Averell.

After quitting his job at the 71 Ranch, Stough became associated with Jack Cooper, who Guenther said was considered one of the most dangerous and intimidating of the rustlers during the range wars. While Stough and Cooper were out riding together, Cooper was shot by the cattlemen, but Guenther said Stough was able to escape. He eventually married Cooper’s widow and was elected the sheriff of Fremont County in the fall of 1890.

“This was a very dangerous time on the frontier,” he said, suggesting events of Fremont County range wars helped spark the more noted Johnson County War.

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The CWC Archeology Field Studies class excavates the homestead of Charlie Stough, the Fremont County Sheriff who arrested outlaw Butch Cassidy, pictured at left.

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Artists in Fremont County and the surrounding area have the opportunity of learning from talented people in their crafts surrounded by the beauty of the Wind River Mountains during the Sinks Canyon Artist’s Summit scheduled this summer.

Sponsored by the Lander Art Center, the Art Association of Jackson Hole and Central Wyoming College, the summit includes a series of seven visual arts workshops that will take artists away from their daily lives to concen-trate and develop artistic skills.

Fiber, painting and Raku ceramics are just some of the workshops offered for three-to-fi ve days taught by renowned artists from the region. Each of these workshops encourages inspiration from the tranquil environment of Wyoming’s Wind River Mountains.

In June three courses are available. “Creating the World through your own Lens,” is taught by Story photographer Adam Jahiel. The course has been developed to be appropriate for photographers at any level of expertise to enhance their individual “art of seeing.”

Lander art instructor Bill Yankee teaches landscape painting with excur-sions in the natural areas surrounding the Sinks Canyon to learn and practice painting the landscape in the media of their choice.

Lorre Hoffman, director of the Lander Art Center, shares her expertise in sculpture by teaching an Iron Pour course.

Jorie Johnson of Japan teaches a traditional felting class introducing two- and three-dimensional forms in July.

The other three Artist’s Summit courses are offered in August. A three-day printmaking course is taught by Jean Gumpper, entitled “Transforming the Landscape: Drawing into Printmaking.” Gumpper brings extensive printmak-ing and teaching skills to introduce the student to a variety of methods of combining drawing and printmaking.

Bronwyn Minton offers “Process and Place: discovering new directions and ideas for your art.” This course is designed to clarify methods work to

generate ideas and develop new directions. Raku fi ring of ceramics taught by Jason Dayton is scheduled for a three-day workshop covering the history of Raku fi ring and several opportunities to glaze and fi re ceramic pieces.

These courses are available for personal enrichment or to further the student toward their undergraduate or graduate art degree. Undergraduate credit is offered through Central Wyoming College and graduate credit is of-fered for most classes through Idaho State University.

Participants may stay in one-room log cabins surrounded by historic apple orchards and red buttes that are located close to the classrooms or they may make their own lodging arrangements. Meals are prepared by a local caterer, allowing workshop participants an opportunity to get to know each other, exchange ideas, and relax during dining times.

The collaboration between CWC, the Lander Art Center, and the Art Associ-ation of Jackson Hole enables the talents and opportunities of each orga-nization to merge and create the courses. This partnership offers students the choice of taking courses for pleasure or college credit from nationally recognized artists.

For more information about the Artist’s Summit, contact Central Wyoming College, Lander Center, 332-3394, 800-735-8394 or 332-3202. Or visit www.sinkscanyoncenter.com, click on “courses and events.”

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An exhibit of historical photographs from the Wyoming Stock Growers Association is on display through August 22 in Central Wyoming College’s Main Hall. The association offi cially organized in 1879, but the organiza-tion traces its roots to the Wyoming Stock and Wool Association and the Stock Association of Laramie County (Wyoming) which formed in the early 1870s. The aims of the organization were to set up a stock detection system to prevent cattle rustling, to lobby for favorable legislation, to deal with contagious diseases among cattle, and to organize roundups.

Through the years it became clear that cattle ranchers and the WSGA had other concerns as well. The stock growers have had to deal with price fl uctuations, changing public interests and values, and challenges from the weather.

Grazing fees and multiple use of public land are also important to Wyoming ranchers. The WSGA has played a signifi cant role in the settlement and development of Wyoming by functioning as a medium through which ranchers come to a consensus on issues and as a lobbyist for the industry. Its participation has helped pass laws for stock inspection, state taxation, and water rights that benefi t the stock growers of Wyoming.

Enrichment courses offered in both Riverton and Lander this summer Tumble Time Gymnastics brings the gym to you with their portable equipment for summer camp in Lander. Kids of all skill levels and ages may participate in this USA Gymnastics certifi ed instruction. Contact the Lander Center at 332-3394 or 800-735-8394 for age groups, times, dates and fees. Ellen Bechtel teaches students the fundamentals of climbing including safety, equipment fi t and use, tying into the rope, belaying, spotting and down climbing. She offers a kids climbing class for 7-12 years-old, introduc-tion to bouldering and introduction to roped climbing. If you want to learn about fl y fi shing, Ray Huggins offers a one night session, or if you want to take a hike, Dr. Dennis Knight offers a Saturday Red Canyon Botany Hike. Other enrichment classes offered in Lander this summer include: Make and Sell Chokecherry Jelly; Iron Pour with Lorre Hoffman; Feltmaker’s Bag of Tricks with Jorie Johnson and Theatrical Fight Workshop with Gregory Hoff-man.

CWC Riverton ClassesDebt Free Living – June 14, 6:30-9:30 p.m.Crouching Taxes, Hidden Profi ts – June 21, 6:30-9:30 p.m.Money For Life – June 28, 6:30-9:30 p.m.Joy of Hot Air Ballooning – June 15, 5:30-7:30 p.m. and June 16, 6-8 a.m.Wyoming Weather 101 – June 28. 7-8 p.m.Beginning Horse Riding Camp – June 4, 6,11,13,18,20,25,27, 9:30-11:30 a.m.Beginning Horse Riding Camp – July 9,11,16,18,23,25,30, Aug. 1, 9:30-11:30 a.m.Level II Horse Riding Camp – June 4,6,11,13,18,20,25,27, 9:30-11:30 a.m.Level II Horse Riding Camp – July 9,11,16,18,23,25,30, Aug. 1, 9:30-11:30 a.m.Clay For Kids – June 5,11,26 1-4 p.m.Rose Beads and Potpourri – June 25, 1-4 p.m.Wyoming Watercolor – June 27, 1-4 p.m. Watch for more detailed course descriptions, locations and price informa-tion in early May. For more information: www.cwc.edu, click on “outreach centers,” or call your local outreach coordinator.

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Being treated for cancer is a distressing and daunting time for a patient. Chemotherapy, the drugs that are used to kill the cancer cells, has many undesirable consequences including hair loss.

Fortunately for chemotherapy patients at Riverton’s Rocky Mountain Oncology Center, they now have access to clean and expertly styled wigs as the result of collaborative efforts by Central Wyoming College students.

Naomi Cross, a fi rst year CWC nursing student,

said the CWC Student Nurses Club took on the wig project when two employees of the college, one who was a clinical instructor for the nursing program, were diagnosed with cancer and treated at the local oncology center.

At the time, the center was located in a windowless, crowded section of the 12th Street Medical Clinic, which Cross said was not a very desirable place for a traumatized cancer victim to receive treatment.

“It was just a little teeny room,” Cross re-

called of the clinic. “It was really depressing.”The medical staff at the center also recog-

nized the location was dreadful and moved to a south wing of the center when it became avail-able in August.

“It inspired everyone to do something with the new space,” said Cross. The club approached Marcia Courtade, the oncology nurse who manages the clinic, and asked what the student nurses could do as a service project. “I was so tickled to be asked,” said Courtade, adding the center now has a “real comfortable atmosphere.”

Courtade and the other oncology nurses came up with a few suggestions that included providing hats and blankets for the patients. The students though decided a storage closet should be trans-formed into a salon where the cancer patients could select a hair piece.

“At the time, all they had was a box of wigs,” said Cross, who described the hair pieces as “rat nests.”

Robbalee Peterson, a former CWC Student Sen-ate president and second-year nursing student, got together with CWC Quality Leaders (QLs) and members of the Senate and enlisted their help to get the project off the ground.

The QLs partnered with Riverton’s Style School of Cosmetology to clean and style the wigs, which Quality Leader advisor Brenda Barlow said “helped them out” because the beauty school students needed that type of a project to com-plete their education. The student ambassadors also solicited donations to purchase wig stands to display the hair pieces.

Meanwhile, the student nurses club made sev-eral lap blankets with fl eece donated by Riverton

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Here, members of the college’s Student Nurses Club Kimmy Gamble, left, and Naomi Cross, right, show Rocky Moun-tain Oncology Nurse Marcia Courtade clean and expertly-styled wigs now available to chemo-therapy patients. The salon at the center was made possible by collab-orative efforts of several CWC student groups.

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Wal-Mart, and student nurse Todd Donna and his wife knitted more than 50 hats over the holiday break.

The club members also cleared the oncology center’s storage room and fi lled it with a vanity and a display case purchased with funds donated by Naomi’s husband, Riverton Realtor Jason Cross, and the CWC Student Senate. An arrangement of fl owers and a few pictures on the wall helped change it into a cheerful salon to display the wigs.

“It was an amazing transformation,” Cross said, who noted Peterson also got new magazines donated for the patients to read while undergo-ing the treatment. “They really loved that,” she said of the patients, who sometimes need to be at the center for four-to-seven hours to undergo the treatments.

The beauty school students did an “amazing job” on the wigs. “They were just really beauti-ful,” she said. “I just wanted to cry. It’s one thing to have a vision of how something is going to turn out…it was very fulfi lling.”

Not only does the center’s salon provide the chemotherapy patients with options after hair loss, but Cross said it shows them the community cares.

“The salon is empowering,” she said, explain-ing there is a consultant who comes in to help the patients select a wig and show them how to care for it.

“Cancer is such a devastating illness in about every aspect of a person’s life,” said Courtade. “This lets them know that we’re not just worried out their physical being, but also their psycho-logical and spiritual needs.”

Nursing Club advisor Stacey Stanek said the nursing program at CWC is hugely supported by the community, and this is their way of “giving back.”

A third semester course called Client in the Community is designed to make the students more aware of other health care services available in the community so the nurse can refer patients or seek employ-ment aside from acute care facilities like hospitals.

Clinical training for the student nurse is always conducted in a hospi-tal setting and the students have little opportuni-ty to get to “know the patient as a whole,” Cross explained, who through her volunteer work at the oncology center is learning about client attitudes and self image.

Courtade is very touched by the club’s initia-tive. “It’s like a mini-dream come true. It is so special.”

“It’s like a mini-dream come true. It is so special.”

--Marcia Courtade, oncology nurse

Marcia Courtade, the oncology nurse who man-ages the Rocky Mountain Oncology Center in Riverton, has Naomi Cross try on a wig from the salon the Central Wyoming College Student Nurses Club created to provide wigs for the pa-tients. Student Nurse Kimmy Gamble gives her approval. The CWC Quality Leaders worked with the Style School of Cosmetology to get the wigs cleaned and styled and raised funds to purchase wig stands for the salon. The student nurses cleaned up a storage closet and outfi tted the room with a vanity and shelving units. The club members also made lap blankets and collected magazines for the center. One student nurse and his wife knitted 50 caps for the patients.

“It’s their way of giving back.”

--Stacey Stanek, club advisor

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by Holly Likins, CWC student

It was a sunny day in when I stepped into a climbing harness to attempt one of my most memorable adventures of a May 2006 National Outdoor Leadership School course. This ascent was up a very steep rock, rife with cracks. I climbed as far as I could, and then prepared to descend. Just as I readied myself to lean back on the rope, an irrational fear swept over me, advising me the twisted strand of fi bers wouldn’t stabilize nor hold me.

My immediate response was to lean my entire body against the rock and stay perfectly still though I had acknowledged I was letting my fear get the better of me. The anxiety had literally fro-zen me to a place on the rock face where no one could physically reach me. Luckily, my instructors and teammates were there to assist me in over-coming my fears and eventually they talked me down. The success of that fi rst climb served as a spring board for completing not only that section of the climb but to complete the course where I learned a lot about myself, my gifts and how they contribute to everyone’s experience.

I compare my experience on the NOLS course with my fi rst year as a college student at Central Wyoming College. With the wilderness course, the college and its staff can be compared to my fellow climbers and instructors on the rock face…they encourage me, support me, and give me a positive experience. On my fi rst day of col-lege I was totally lost, confused, and trying to

adjust. But I immediately recognized I had come to the right place to learn because everyone was very supportive and showed me the way until CWC felt like home. It was at the conclusion of my fi rst year at college when an opportunity arose to apply for a scholarship to take a NOLS course, which, too, has been a life changing experience.

CWC’s association with the NOLS began around 20 years ago when the Lander-based outdoor leadership school was a fairly new institution. In the beginning, NOLS offered a scholarship to residents of Fremont County to take a course. Over time, CWC ‘s relationship with NOLS expanded into a partnership and the college began giving college credit to students taking certain NOLS courses.

Now NOLS is an international school with courses offered all over the world. CWC’s has two associate degree programs to offer with NOLS: En-vironmental Science and Leadership and Outdoor Education and Leadership. To enhance the pro-grams, CWC is now offering Outdoor Recreation to prepare students to take a NOLS course. NOLS and CWC also jointly offer credentials in Wilderness EMT and Wilderness First Responder.

As time has passed, awareness about the envi-ronment has been developed through Leave No Trace principles. Along with LNT beliefs, knowl-edge of outdoor skills and techniques have been perfected over time, due to additional experi-ence, technological advancement and a changing

environment. These skills and philosophy are a solid foundation to learn to enjoy the outdoors for generations to come.

My unique opportunity to learn new outdoor skills and gain knowledge of LNT principles came when I was awarded the NOLS Scholarship for a course that would took place in the summer of 2006. The NOLS Rocky Mountain Branch offers a scholarship annually to residents of Fremont County aged 14 and up, including Central Wyo-ming College students. I was encouraged to apply for the scholarship by CWC counselor Alice Nicol. The application was quite arduous. It contained

Holly Likins, a 21-year-old CWC student from Lander, set aside her fears as she made her fi rst descent down this steep rock face during a 2006 NOLS course.

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seven essay questions, three letters of recom-mendation, a fi nancial statement, a current pho-to, tax information and a current transcript. The scholarship allows people who have never taken a NOLS course to learn specialized skills associated while living in the outdoors. In my course, we learned to rock climb, belay, rappel, kayak, raft and skills associated with those activities.

I was ecstatic when I learned my application was accepted for the May 18-June 16 course. I knew it was going to be a life-changing experi-ence. The climbing portion took us to Split Rock and the Granite Buttress in the Middle Fork of the Popo Agie. I loved climbing, with crack climb-ing in particular being my favorite. Coming down from the anchor also became easier as the climb-ing section progressed. At the conclusion of the climbing segment we fl oated Desolation and Gray Canyons on the Green River, a tributary of the Colorado River. This part of the course was based out of Vernal, Utah. Along the way I discovered that I preferred rafting to kayaking, and paddle rafting to oar rigging. In kayaking, I was at the mercy of the current.

Amazingly, I only fl ipped twice while practicing in eddies versus in the rapids. My only problem was that both times I wet exited, basically per-forming an inverted forward bend while sitting in my kayak to pop my spray skirt and extricate myself from it underwater. I should have waited for a T-rescue that allows the fl ipped kayaker to roll upright with another craft’s help. As a result, I slowed down the river travel. I unfortunately earned the distinction of becoming only one of three people in the history of the instructor’s experience to fall out of a mini paddle raft

(backward) on a big rapid, and then only when we were surfi ng it. One time another partner and I even fl ipped the paddle raft on purpose. It gave us practice righting the raft in the middle of a rapid.

In oar rigging there is a great deal more re-sponsibility because you aren’t only accountable for your life and the instructor in the raft with you, you are in charge of the equipment and sup-plies as well. It is also a great deal slower than paddle rafting and kayaking. However, when we were traveling, sitting on a 20-to-30-foot oar rig with appropriately long oars assured that the other craft kept out of our way.

Graduation from the course came at the conclu-sion of the river section and I came back to CWC the following fall with an amazing new outlook on my college experience. I can sum it up from an adaptation of a quote that I heard on the trip from a character in a dream I had: ‘In search of

fantasy one fi nds truth. In search of truth, one fi nds adventure.’

My Central Wyoming College experience prior to my NOLS course prepared me to work with others in a familiar environment to reach a com-mon goal, and it provided an atmosphere where I could develop my gifts on my own: writing and poetry, and learning to be myself. That training was very important on my NOLS course because what we did wasn’t just for a grade, and it wasn’t just to have fun, it was critical for our survival. Away from civilization, in an unfamiliar environ-ment, working together in tent groups as well as a whole expedition, was a little scary at fi rst. The course consisted of 28 days in the wilderness subsisting on only the necessary supplies. It was quite an adjustment for me, but once I worked up enough courage to ask for help, fi nding my way was easier. I learned to never be afraid to ask for or give help in any way, shape, or form. That includes cooking. To this day, I will remem-ber the time I almost lit a tent mate’s hair on fi re. He survived, and by doing what I was best at: writing poetry, volunteering to help others, tent set up, life went smoother for everyone on the expedition.

CWC’s partnership with NOLS will continue to give students the chance to make memories like mine: exciting, unforgettable and valuable times where new skills were learned to use both in college and in life. Along the way it will enable students to experience nature at its grandest and a learning environment at its fi nest: places where students contribute ideas to improve not only their own life, but others’ lives and the environment, as well. The love of nature and of knowledge is passed to students from instructors, course mates, and faculty members alike.

Taking the NOLS summer course was a life-changing experience for Holly Likins, who won a scholarship after going through an “arduous” application process.

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Central Wyoming College ceramics instructor Markus Urbanik is teaching a trio of Ceramic Camps for Kids in June. The fi rst camp, focusing on primitive techniques using Raku (photo on left, is June 11-15 and is for children ages 8-10. The fee is $20. The second camp, June 18-22, is for students ages 11-13 who will learn elaborate hand-built techniques (see middle photo). The fee is $50. The fi nal camp runs June 25-29 and is for students ages 14-18 and is entitled “Exploring Wheel-Thrown Form” (see photo at right). The fee is also $50. To register for these Ceramic Camps for Kids, call Jennifer Jahnke at 855-2043. Hurry as each camp is limited to 15 participants.

Girls in grades 6-12 have the opportunity to improve their volleyball skills at a camp lead by CWC coaches Serol and Tiffany Stauffenberg and their award-winning team players serve as staff. Various contests will be held during the camp and prizes awarded. There will be a recruiting session to aid athletes looking to play at the college level. Regular ($150): Meals, room, t-shirt, door prizesCommuter ($100): Meals (except breakfast), t-shirt, door prizes. To reserve your place, send your completed application (available at www.cwc.edu).

June 24-26

Girls in grades 6-12 have the opportunity to improve their volleyball skills at a camp lead by CWC coaches Serol and Tiffany Stauffenberg and their award-winning team players serve as staff. Various contests will be held during the camp and prizes awarded. There will be a recruiting session to aid

($100): Meals (except breakfast), t-shirt, door prizes. To reserve your place, send your completed application

Player– Regular $45 [includes one night in dorms, (bring sleep-ing bag, pillow, towels, etc.) dinner on Friday night and breakfast and lunch on Saturday.]

Player – Commuter $30 [includes meals]Coach – $30 [includes one night in dorms, (bring sleeping bag, pil-

low, towels, etc.) dinner on Friday night and breakfast and lunch on Saturday.]

Contact Serol Stauffenberg for information on both camps at 307-855-2272

Connect is a publication of the CWC Public Information Offi ce and is scheduled to be published quarterly.

May 10 Nurses’ Pinning Ceremony

May 10 Native American graduates reception

May 11 Commencement

May 11-13 Rustler Roundup Rodeo

May 12 GED Graduation

May 19-20 Tri-State Schooling Shows

May 25 Deadline to apply for First Class Stipend

May 28 Memorial Day Holiday

May 29 First Summer Session Begins

June 5 Changing Landscapes Exhibit

June 11-15 Ceramics Camp I (for 8-10 year olds)

June 18-22 Ceramics Camp II (for 11-13 year olds)

June 24-26 Rustler Volleyball Camp

June 25-29 Ceramics Camp III (for 14-18 year olds)

June 29 First Summer Session ends

July 2 Second Summer Session begins

July 4 Fourth of July Holiday

July 20-21 Basketball Camps

This summer at CWCAs a lawman, Stough jailed Butch Cassidy, but Guenther

said he upset the warden because he didn’t make Cassidy wear handcuffs on the ride to Laramie. Cassidy explained to the warden that his lack of shackles was a case of “honor among thieves,” suggesting that Stough may have been involved somehow with Cooper and others in the “rustling business.”

“What we hope to do over time with this project is try to understand what his role really was and document his life and his family’s life a little better,” Guenther said, noting that Stough was highly respected and also elected to other Fremont County positions during his lifetime.

In addition to Stough’s homestead, the students will also do some recording at sites associated with western migration and undocumented prehistoric Indian camps and tipi rings that Guenther said date back as far as 10,000 to 12,000 years.

From June 11-20, the students will help excavate camp-sites at Legend Rock, a state park in Hot Springs County that has limited access because vandals have damaged the priceless petroglyphs there.

Dr. Walker has excavated at the site in the past and “is extremely knowledgeable,” Guenther noted. The CWC students will be considered the state archeologist’s volunteers and may also help with digital recording of the rock art, some of which are thousands of years old.

“It is a place of very deep re-ligious signifi cance to a number of tribes,” he said.

Students interested in CWC’s inaugural Archeology Field School may register for ANTH-2010-01 for three credits. The fees cover the meals provided during the days and a tool kit. For more information, con-tact Guenther at (307) 855-2142 or 1-800-735-8418, ext. 2142.

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