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Mammoth News WA S H A K I E M U S E U M & C U LT U R A L C E N T E R

VOLUME 21 Winter 2012

Saturday, February 11, 2012

2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.

Four Performances: February 9-11, 2012 At the Washakie Museum Event Center

Under the Direction of Sherryl Ferguson, Performing Arts Coordinator

7th Annual Patron Performance & Party - February 10

Tickets on Sale at the Washakie Museum and Hedge Music

For a devilishly good time, don’t miss this musical comedy!

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Damn Yankees 7th Annual Patron Performance & Party

Friday, February 10th $50 for Museum Members & $55 for Non-Members

Pre-Performance Party at 5:30 p.m.: Scrumptious and Heavy Hors d’oeuvres

Museum Hosted Beer and Wine

Damn Yankees Performance at 7:00 p.m. Round Table Reserved Seating

Event Center at the Washakie Museum

Intermission: Prime Rib Sandwiches

Museum Hosted Beer and Wine

Post Performance Patron and Cast Party Immediately following the Performance:

Wonderful and Tantalizing Desserts Museum Hosted Beer and Wine

Museum Hosted Coffee and Liqueurs

All Museum Members are invited to this event with a $50 ticket purchase ($30 tax deductible). Non-member price is $55 per ticket ($35 tax deductible). This is an

Annual Fundraiser for the Washakie Museum to support performing arts and exhibits.

Damn Yankees Credits: Words and Music by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross

Book by RICHARD ADLER and JERRY ROSS GEORGE ABBOTT and DOUGLASS WALLOP

Based on the novel by Douglass Wallop "The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant"

Damn Yankees is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).

All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019

Phone: 212-541-4684 Fax: 212-397-4684 MTIShows.com

Ameriprise Financial Services/ John and Margaret Shaw

Anonymous David and Jeri Bostrom

Rocky Mountain Power Foundation Devon Energy

Chuck Glade State Farm Insurance/ Chuck and Sherrie Glade

David and Charleen Hamilton Hasco Industrial Supply/Bill and Sandy Smith

Hedge Music/Radio Shack/ Dan and Nancy Frederick

JADECO Inc Brad and Leslie Basse/Richard and Virginia Basse

Rolling Hills Trucking/Larry and Anne Hill RT Communications/Becky Dooley

US Bank/Laura Brown David and Diana Veile

Following last year’s sold out performances of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Damn Yankees is a musical comedy featuring talent from the community. Middle-aged baseball fanatic Joe Boyd trades his soul to the Devil (the charming but devious Mr. Applegate) for a chance to lead his favorite team to victory in the pennant race against the New York Yankees. Young baseball sensation Joe Hardy transforms the hapless Washington Senators into a winning team, only to realize the true worth of the life (and wife) he's left behind. With the help of a handy escape clause and a guilt-ridden temptress named Lola, Joe outsmarts Applegate, returns to his former self and shepherds the Senators to the World Series.

General Admission Tickets and Performances:

Thursday, February 9th at 7:00 p.m. Saturday, February 11th at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 11th at 7:00 p.m.

Tickets: $15 Museum Members $17 Non-Members

Available at the Washakie Museum & Hedge Music

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The Washakie Museum is proud to honor and present the art of Linda Sopko with a temporary exhibit featuring more than 50 of her wonderful works. Linda has done much for the community that she loves and now it’s our turn to show our great appreciation for her talents and her many gifts.

The exhibition will include works of art in the mediums of pastel, charcoal, pen and ink, scratchboard, and water color. Linda has had a love for art since early childhood and claims that art is the only interest that truly influenced her career decisions. She has worked as a commercial artist, designer, and graphic artist in Illinois, Ohio, and most recently Wyoming. Linda has been involved for many years with the Worland Artists.

In her artist statement, Linda writes “My love for art has been an ongoing desire since early childhood. I can always remember sketching and drawing favorite subjects such as people, cartoons, and objects in school, and in my spare time. As far as a vocation, art is the only interest that truly influenced my career decisions. I did not want to teach, I wanted to produce art and so I thought my only option was commercial art. That is

where my training began and my early art career existed. Now I feel the need to produce art from a love of doing and creating, a need to use the gifts that have been given to me. I do this for the enjoyment of sharing with others.

My love of draftsmanship has lead me to portraits and a realism in my paintings, however, I also love color and a looseness in my pictures and try to incorporate these as I develop each one. I hope to continue to learn and grow wherever art takes me, to develop my own style to my own satisfaction.

My hope is to convey the beauty of the surroundings, people, and animals I live among. I select a variety of mediums in an attempt to capture the glorious colors God has created. “

The Opening Reception will be Friday, January 20th from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Members may attend free and non-members are $10. Claire Beth Martinez and Maurine Akin will perform violin duets during this special tribute. An array of wonderful hors d’oeuvres will be served throughout the evening.

The exhibit will be on display to the public from January 19-February 18, 2012. Please join with family, friends, and community on February 20th in celebration of Linda Sopko.

Linda Sopko’s

Wyoming Gold Opaque Watercolor

Members’ Opening Night Reception Friday, January 20, 2012

5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Violinists Maurine Akin and Beth Claire Martinez


Debbie Hammons, TV Producer/Writer, will present the PBS special on Prohibition in Wyoming. The presentation will explore prohibition’s effect on the culture and communities of Wyoming.

Hammons served as a Representative of the Wyoming Legislature from 2005 to 2010. Hammons was a producer/writer on over 75 television broadcasts in Wyoming, Arizona, and California, including Main Street, Wyoming series, Wyoming

Visions, a three part history of Wyoming, and Wyoming’s Atlantic Rim Historic Trails, a one hour documentary broadcast spring of 2009 on Wyoming PBS. Her most recent project was the documentary Legend Rock-Preserving Ancient Visions by Cloud Peak Productions. Award winning Wyoming video production team, Cloud Peak Productions, develops and produces uniquely Wyoming stories for Wyoming PBS and other clients. The presentation of Prohibition in Wyoming will be held in the Museum Event Center on Saturday, February 25 at 2:00 p.m. and is Free and Open to the Public.

Within the depths of the Museum’s artifact storage lie many unique items which are seldom displayed and undoubtedly deserve the chance. Among these treasures is a collection of extraordinary art from a Children’s Art Exchange between Harbin, China and Worland, Wyoming. The piece titled “Flying a Kite” is one beautiful example of over 20 works of art from the exchange program that will be on dis-play at the Museum in March and April. Nicolai Fechin Prints, donated by Mike and Ken St Clair, will be shown in the Museum’s Temporary gallery in addition to the Chinese Children’s Art. Fechin was a Russian immigrant to the United States with a devotion to native ethnology as a principal theme for his work. Fechin has found his expression in the portrayal of Tartar people, as well as Indians and Spanish of the American Southwest. The Fechin portraits in charcoal and pencil at the Washakie Museum reflect the “Fechin greatness”. A selection of Jim Davis Community Portraits will also be

on display during this time. The highly requested portrait sketches will be emerging once again to spotlight the unforgettable members of our local community, both past and present. Davis’ intent for the collection is to affirm that, “we, being many and diverse are one, we are a community carved out of a desert wilderness, we are Worland.”

Steiner Buds will be on display to highlight yet another cherished component of the Museum’s collection. We are very fortunate that two local “rock hounds”, Richard and Ella Steiner of Worland discovered remarkable examples of Jurassic plant fossils as they scoured an area north of Greybull, Wyoming. According to University of Wyoming scientists, the Steiners discovered a new species of Jurassic flora, finding stem and bud

remains of a long-extinct species of Jurassic plant life. The find was so significant that this new plant fossil was named after them, “Steinerocaulis”. No matter what your curiosity, you will be sure to find interest in one or all of these featured exhibits.

Flying a Kite


Sponsors: Washakie County School District #1 Washakie Museum & Cultural Center

The Secret Garden, an original Missoula Children’s Theatre rendition, is a joyful retelling of a story of hope and celebration and all good things in life. Mistress Mary Quite Contrary embarks on a journey from India to her uncle’s home in England. Along the way she makes friends with the hilarious Canadian Geese and the colorful Giant Bugs that Rock! In time she learns to appreciate everything around her, including the Moor Animals and the helpful Fireflies. Add to that a good healthy dose of caring, and what happens? Colin, Martha, Archibald– well the whole household-begin to enjoy the return of health and happiness in a garden carefully tended...until it blossoms once more. Conceived and Written by Michael McGill, Music and Lyrics by Michael McGill. Auditions, rehearsals and the performances are held at the Worland Middle School Auditorium. A great experience for the whole family!

Saturday, March 31, 2012

3:00 & 5:30 p.m.

Missoula Children’s Theatre

The Secret Garden

Attention Big Horn Basin Artists!

T h e W a s h a k i e Museum will be holding a screened

fine art show and sale December 6, 2012

through January 19, 2013. Artists will have the opportunity to show and sell their works at a pre-set consignment fee. We are currently looking for any interested Big Horn Basin artists to create artworks for the show and sale. A minimum of five pieces is required to participate. Accepting entries in most fine art medium. We are not accepting

jewelry, furniture, or photography at this time. Contact Leah Stabenow at 347-4102 or [email protected].

Copper repousse by “T” Stardust (Terri Thurman) from the Washakie Museum’s Permanent Collection. This piece was donated after T’s exhibition, the Phoenix Project, was on display at the Museum in December 2010. During this exhibit T Stardust sold her pieces to many interested buyers.


Some people assume that the early Native Americans in Wyoming did not leave any significant markers, monuments or other structures that showed they were here. Indian tribes further east built temple mounds, administration buildings, and other dwellings at such sites as Cahokia Mounds near St. Louis or burial mounds in the Ohio countryside. Vast complexes were built by the Inca and Mayan cultures further south in Mexico and South America.

The Incas and Mayans used stone for their structures, a very durable building material and their villages were supported by large scale agriculture; they were fixed to the land. They abandoned the hunter-gatherer lifestyle for the more reliable agricultural economy to feed an ever growing population. Roads were constructed to connect cities and canals to supply water to the people.

The mounds built in the eastern United States were constructed almost exclusively with locally procured materials; wood and dirt. These people also relied on large-scale agriculture to feed their populations, and just like Incas and Mayans they built large cities and temple complexes. Some of these structures have stood the test of time and remain to be explored and studied.

The Hopewell culture in eastern Ohio built large and impressive mounds, many of them containing artifacts and materials from the western and southern United States. Cahokia, in western Illinois, was a city that at one time had a population of 20,000 people and covered several square miles in area. There were other cities during this Woodland cultural period that rivaled Cahokia both in size and population but many did not last long. As populations continued to grow, food supply started to dwindle due to over-use of the farm land, drought, disease, or warfare with neighboring tribes.

The same fate might have destroyed the Anasazi culture in the southwest. Many believe these people built the magnificent structures along the side of and on top of canyons such as the great cliff dwelling enclaves at Mesa Verde and other sites throughout Arizona and New Mexico. The Anasazi, as well as the Incas and Mayans, abandoned their temples and cities when their crops

failed, droughts continued, or invaders arrived to drive them out. What actually motivated them to leave is still a mystery. Most of the native people that lived in the Big Horn Basin were nomads following the game herds and living in skin huts or rock shelters that dotted the landscape in the Big Horn and Absaroka mountains. They carried all of their possessions on their backs and on the backs of their domesticated dogs. Moving from site to site they did not have time to build elaborate structures or cities.

The environment was also far more arid than in the Midwest and southeastern parts of North America. The climate did not allow for large scale farming to support growing populations so future bands were correspondingly smaller. These same people have left marks and evidence of their lives here in the Basin; we just seem to overlook them.

Tepee rings can be found throughout Wyoming from the foothills of the Absaroka Mountains to the Black Hills on the eastern edge of the state. These are a simple circle of stone, usually found in clusters. Originally these rings were used by travelers through the Basin to hold down the outside edge of their hide tepee or other mobile dwellings. The rocks, it was previously thought, were left at the site because they were too heavy to carry and the band would return to the site again anyway.

More recently, it is believed that these rings were utilized to hold down the interior liners of these tepees. The liner which is also made out of tanned animal hides primarily buffalo and elk hides, is suspended about 4’ up around the inside of the tepee to allow the draft/air to rush up to the open flap at the top of the structure. The outside is staked down with wood or horn stakes while the inside liners are secured with the rocks that are today found at various sites in Wyoming. These clusters of tepee rings are usually located on a prominent geographic feature such as hills or ridges that allowed the early hunter-gatherers to see game or danger approaching. These tepee rings mark camping sites for the earliest basin dwellers.

We also find stone cairns or stone piles that seem to


indicate direction or mark the location of an important camp area. Some of these are located in the Hole in the Wall country along the Sweetwater River in central Wyoming. Stone cairns in this area are built in a line that stretches to the northeast almost like a signpost. Sometimes these cairns seem to point to other cairns that lead you to other cairns that ultimately lead you to an important site – like the ancient Medicine Wheel located in north central Wyoming, high up in the Big Horn Mountains 9,642 feet elevation.

Only reachable in the warm summer months, the wheel was constructed by Plains Indians between 300-800 years ago and it has been used and maintained by many groups or tribes since then. The wheel has an 80’ diameter wheel-like pattern made of stone. At the center of the circle is a donut-shaped pile of stones, a cairn, connected to the rim by 28 spoke-like lines of stone. Six more stone cairns are arranged around the circle, most are large enough to hold a person seated. The central cairn is about 12’ in diameter and 2’ high. If you stand or sit at one cairn looking toward another, you will be pointed to certain places on the distant horizon. These points indicate where the Sun rises and sets during the summer solstice. Not only was the site utilized as an astrological site but a ceremonial site as well. The wheel’s 28 spokes are the same number used in the roofs of ceremonial buildings of various Plains Indians such as the Lakota Sundance lodge. The number 28 is sacred to some of the Indian tribes because of its significance as the lunar month. Many archaeologists believe that the Medicine Wheel and the surrounding landscape constitute one of the most important and well preserved Native American sacred sites in North America. Between 70 and 150 medicine wheels have been identified in South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Alberta, and Saskatchewan and more are sure to appear in the future. So instead of looking up for a temple, mound, or pyramid, we here in Wyoming need to scan the ground to find the traces and clues left by these ancient people, a people in tune with the land, sky, and

their environment.

One parting note of interest-many of these cairns and wheels are located in a linear line along the spine of the Big Horn Mountains as well as into the badlands and beyond. They stretch in a rough southwest to northeast axis that point to the next site in line. Could this possibly indicate a bigger complex than we think? The answers are in the ground somewhere in the Big Horn Basin or areas in Wyoming waiting to be discovered and revealed.

When spring comes take time out to visit the Medicine Wheel located just off highway 14A north of Lovell, Wyoming. You will have to walk the last 1½ mile uphill but it’s worth the effort. It will be quite an experience and while you are at it, visit some of the other sites as well, like Legend Rock located near Thermopolis, Wyoming. You don’t have to go the ends of the earth to find these amazing monuments of the past you just need to look around. The mystery

remains who built them, why, and what they really mean- we will hopefully discover that one day.

This article was written by Museum Curator, Robert Stottler. If you have any questions or would like further information, please call him at 341-4102 or e-mail at [email protected].

Thank You to our newest reception desk volunteers,

Shirley Garland and Susie Culp!

Medicine Wheel


American Legacy: Our National Parks On Location with the Plein-Air Painters of America

September 23—December 1, 2012 Organized by the Haggin Museum,

Stockton, California

Christopher Blossom, Signature Member

THE CARETAKER'S HOUSE, LATE WINTER

Weir Farm, CT

Oil, Plein Air

Many of the events and exhibits hosted by the Museum are made possible through funding from generous donors like YOU! We need your support in 2012 to continue hosting

exciting events like the following…

Of Women and Song, Musical Performance and Spring Luncheon (May 12, 2012)

Voices of the Basin: History in Their Own Words, Temporary Exhibit (May 31 thru September 8, 2012)

Montana Shakespeare in the Parks, The Twelfth Night, Annual Performing Arts Traveling Production (July 19, 2012)

American Legacy: Our National Parks, Traveling Exhibit (September 23 thru December 1, 2011)

100 original paintings by plein-air painters depicting sites from coast to coast and from the

earliest park designation to one of the most recent.

Of Women and Song Spring Luncheon Honoring Women,

Wives and Mothers

Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 11:30 a.m.

Barbara

Suhrstedt

Lindsay Craft The Museum Singers

A very special musical entertainment treat is planned for the Museum’s Annual Spring Luncheon as we gather to honor all women. What a special way to celebrate the Mother’s Day holiday! Tickets will go on sale at the Museum in April. Mezzo soprano Lindsay Craft accompanied by pianist Barbara Suhrstedt, will be joined in song by The Museum Singers.


Voices of the Basin: History in Their Own Words will open May 31, 2012 and be on display through September 8, 2012. This exhibit will explore the lives of those pioneers and their children who settled in Wyoming’s Big Horn Basin over a century ago. Washakie Museum’s curatorial staff will research oral and written histories to develop the exhibit. Characters will be chosen and featured which will give the best overall historic interpretation of the people who settled the Big Horn Basin. The history will be transmitted to audio and placed aside a realistic figure dressed in authentic period clothing. Interpretive materials will give more historical background related to the oral history being heard, along with anecdotal stories about each presented topic.

Voices of the Basin will explore early themes such as

musical tradition in the Big Horn Basin, teaching school in the Big Horn Basin, trials and triumphs of a sugar beet farmer, starting a business in a new town, ranching in Wyoming’s harsh conditions, the

birth and explosion of rodeo, starting a new church, or even the story of an unknowing bride moving away from her family to the wild Wyoming west. The audience will hear, see, and experience the trials, tribulations, and sheer excitement of starting a new life in the “wild west”, in the settlers’ own words.

The Museum is looking for area sponsors and/or advertisers for each of the ten scenes to be depicted in the exhibit. Sponsorship is $500. Sponsors and advertisers will be recognized with signage within the exhibit to be viewed by summer season visitors to the Museum.

Concept Drawing

HOST FAMILY NEEDED FOR MISSOULA CHILDREN’S THEATER ACTOR/DIRECTORS

MARCH 25 THROUGH APRIL 1, 2012

The Museum is in need of a home to host the two actor/directors who travel to Worland for the Residency Week and Performances for Missoula Children’s Theatre. Must have two bedrooms. Meals are not required (of course, a home cooked meal is always appreciated!). Spend a fun week with two delightful visitors to our community. Please call Cheri Shelp, Special Events/Education Coordinator at 347-4102.

The Museum is looking for adult or legion baseball uniforms to use for the upcoming local musical production of Damn Yankees. If you have one that you would be willing to loan for this fun performance, please contact Sherryl Ferguson at 347-4102. You will be recognized for the loan in the program. Thank you!


Noises Off comedy dinner theater delighted two sold out audiences. Pictured Left to Right: Penny Markley, Cindy Ferguson, Naomi Durrant, Director Lew Markley, Mike Healy, Candy Treanor, Talon Tharp, Mike Willard, and Arla Kaye Kapptie. Seated: Dan Frederick, Marilyn Braaten, and Anthony Clem. Also, thank you to these volunteers: Sherry Stottler, Donna Nielson, Reba Neumann, Wanda Shelp, Phyllis Lewis, Sarah Froyd, and Kathy Koch. Special thanks to John Shelp and Rich Page for building the special set and stage used in the performance.

High School Culinary Class: Brenda Trippel, Teacher

Brookley Norris

Courtney Suko

Austin Brazell

Jadie Cowgar

Bettina Arellano

Kenna Jolley

Cody Drollinger

Dominique Romero

Carmen Romo

Brittany Swalstad

Kaleigh Mull

Shannon Pyer

Jazmin Vega

Morgan Mondragon

Ashley Herrera

Volunteers:

Nancy Frederick

Shirley Garland

Sherrie Glade

Caroline Hanson

Kathy Koch

Phyllis Lewis

Tammy Marshall

Reba Neumann

Donna Nielson

Julie Robinson

Wanda Shelp

Sherry Stottler

Martha Lawley

Phyllis Lewis

Tammy Marshall

Laura McDonald

Liisa McKamey

Linda Moss

Reba Neumann

Donna Nielson

Jane O’Connor

Barb Ostermann

Cheri Outland

Janis Palmer

Christiane Gee Porter

Marion Pavlus

Kent Richins

Rosie Richins

Cheryl Reichelt

Julie Robinson

Bonnie Schreibeis

Diana Scranton

Wanda Shelp

Cheri Shelp

Sonja Smith

Georgia St Clair

Julie Stott

Bob & Sherry Stottler

Diana Veile

Chris Weber

Cookie Bakers and Soup Makers:

Amy Abbott

Linda Abell

Dr. Bob Bayuk

Ruth Gonnion Bayuk

Carolyn Bies

Helen Bond

Jeri Bostrom

Mary Evelyn Bower

Cheri Bundren

Susan Conquest

Doug Crouse

Susie Culp

Celia Davis

Rick & Claire Dunne

Dan Frederick

Nancy Frederick

Sarah Froyd

Joan Gernant

Robyn Goforth

LaVertha Gotier

Cathy Groshart

Caroline Hansen

Nancy Heiser

Darlene Hill

Emily Keller

Kari Keller

Kathy Koch

Rene Lee

Thank You Cast and Director, Lew Markley!

Members received a special treat for the opening of the Norman Rockwell’s 323 Saturday Evening Post Covers exhibit with a musical extravaganza featuring The Museum Singers and other guest artists from the community. Below: Marsha Hill, Mary Evelyn Bower, and Sherryl Ferguson sing Friendship. Right: Breece Ferguson played a medley of Tommy Dorsey tunes on his trombone.

Above: Dr. Larry Todd spoke to interested audience members on his recent archaeological research on the Upper Greybull River.

Dr. Phil Roberts from the University of Wyoming discussed the Cattle Baron Era in the Big Horn Basin with a large audience at the Museum in

November.

Worland High School students serve up some of their homemade chicken noodle soup to guests at the

Museum’s annual Soup & Cookie Fair.

Left: Youngsters get a visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus (special thanks to Steve and Laura Brown) at the Christmas at the Museum Opening Night. Over 400 people attended the magical evening which included an array of food and entertainment. Above: Once again The Museum Singers delighted crowds with their beautiful voices at the Christmas Concert.

Special guests Angelina Lloyd and Chuck Glade performed the classic, “Yes, Virginia,

There is a Santa Claus” during this year’s Christmas Concert.



CLOUD PEAK SOCIETY ($1,500 +): AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.

John and Margaret Shaw

GOOSEBERRY SOCIETY ($500 to $999): WORLAND CLEANERS Dan and Gail Dover

ALFALFA CLUB ($100 to $249): McGarvin and Taylor

PATRON MEMBERSHIPS:

BUSINESS PATRON MEMBERSHIPS:

PRONGHORN SOCIETY ($500 to $999): John and Eloise Shaw

PAINTBRUSH SOCIETY ($300 to $499): Doug and Audra Crouse

MAMMOTH INDIVIDUALS & FAMILIES ($100 to $299):

Stanton and Linda Abell, Jr. LeAnn Baker and Randy Chenoweth

Darrell and Kitsy Barnes Mike and Carolyn Bies Frank and Karla Bird Ed and Pat Cummins

Jack and Bonnie Donnell Lois Dunne

William and Lila Gabbard Mike and Tiffany Greear

Lawrence and Joy Hill Carl and Kamme Jeffries

Gary and Arla Kaye Kapptie Joe Kelley and Jacque McCoughlan

Tom and Virginia Kittleman Richard and Liisa McKamey Melvin and Deloris Mead Dan and Michelle Miller Gary and Laure Mitchell

Jim and Heidi Nelson Sherry Stottler

Steve and Terry Trombley

GENERAL MEMBERSHIPS:

INDIVIDUAL ($35) & FAMILY ($55) Amy Abbott

Dave and Kim Accurso David and Leah Anderson Linda and Grace Anderson Samuel and Cheryle Angelo

Gary and Jane Anthony Philip and Lisa Beamer Kevin and Joyce Bentch

Don and Isa Bertsch Nicholas Bower and Margie Kern

Ray and Marlene Bower Daisy Brazelton

Curtis and Erica Brown Chris and Laurie Browne Mike and Yvonne Bryant

David and Elizabeth Christy Marjorie Colby

Steve and Carol Couch Seth and Lisa Crawford Alden and Janice Curtis

Roy and Sue Decker Laine DeFreece

Jo Ellen Deveraux Edward and Rita Farmer

Karen Jean Funk Scott and Pam Gaulke

Clay Gibbons Jim Gilman

Steve and Ann Hanson Preston and Janae Harman

Joe and Jacque Harrod Ron and Katy Hayes

Brent and Elizabeth Jolley Clark and Janet Lloyd

Josh and Holli Longwell Alfred and Patricia Lucksavage

Greg and Margaret Lungren Larry and Sue McGarvin

Bethany Measles Eric and Sarah Measles

Kenny and Debbie Measles Felix Mercado


ADOPT-A-ROCKWELL SPONSORS: Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc./

John and Margaret Shaw Mike and Mary Donnell in honor of

Jack and Bonnie Donnell Roger and Martha Lawley

Lowell and Punkie Peterson Kent and Rosie Richins

John and Julie Wetherbee

VOICES OF THE BASIN SUMMER 2012 TEMPORARY EXHIBIT:

Doug and Audra Crouse Jean Groshart

Wyoming Cultural Trust Wyoming Humanities Council

SPECIAL THANKS TO PINNACLE BANK FESTIVAL OF TREES

DAMN YANKEES - COMMUNITY MUSICAL: Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc./

John and Margaret Shaw Rocky Mountain Power Foundation

Devon Energy US Bank

US BANK Employee Matching Contribution Laura Brown

NOISES OFF DINNER THEATER: Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc./

John and Margaret Shaw Shirley Runge

American Legacy: Our National Parks On Location with the Plein-Air Painters of America

SEPTEMBER 2012 TRAVELING EXHIBIT: Doug and Audra Crouse

William and Lila Gabbard

IN MEMORY OF DOROTHY FROYD: Bill and Cathy Saeger

OF WOMEN AND SONG 2012 SPRING LUNCHEON:

John and Eloise Shaw

MUSEUM SIGNAGE: Lois Dunne

GIFT IN HONOR OF THE WASHAKIE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

LeAnn Baker

MISSOULA CHILDREN’S THEATRE AND 4TH GRADE HISTORY DAY

Washakie County School District #1

CHILDREN AND ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND MISSOULA CHILDREN’S THEATRE

Wyoming Arts Council

STINE FAMILY WINCHESTER RIFLE CASES: Denis Kerasotes

2011-12 HISTORY DISCUSSION GROUP AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS:

Wyoming Humanities Council

VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO JOHN SHELP AND RICH PAGE FOR BUILDING THE STAGE FOR

NOISES OFF & THE CHRISTMAS PERFORMANCES

GENERAL MEMBERSHIPS (Cont’d):

Ike and Donna Merrill Robert and Sharon Michaels Charles and Sandra Mischke

Jason and Laura Mocko Bob and Tanya Nelson

David and Kathleen Nicholas Allen and Sandra Niles

Rich and Sue Page Phyllis Parker

Joseph and Mary Sue Roniger Todd and Nicole Scheuerman Nathan and Katie Schmeltzer

Craig and Linda Coleman Smith Jack and Julie Stott

David and Christy Swing Kenneth and Paula Tanner Jeffrey and Sunday Taylor

Ben and Julie Vega Judith White

David and Tracy Wiley Lewis and Susan Wiley Ted and Susan Wilson

Michael and Jacky Wright

DONATIONS:

BUSINESS MEMBERSHIPS: Cloud Peak Society ($1,500 +):

Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc/ John and Margaret Shaw

Chuck Glade State Farm Ins./ Chuck and Sherrie Glade Hasco Industrial Supply/ William and Sandy Smith Abner and Sarah Kluver

Hedge Music/Dan and Nancy Frederick Jadeco, Inc./

Brad and Leslie Basse Richard and Virginia Basse

Nowood Society ($1,000-$1,499) RT Communications/Becky Dooley

Worland Cleaners/Dan and Gail Dover

Gooseberry Society ($500-$999): Herzberg Hideaway/Lloyd & Donna Nielson

The Outdoorsman/Melanie Stine Rolling Hills Trucking/Larry and Anne Hill

Security State Bank - Worland/Brent Miller Wyoming Financial Insurance/Joan Byrd

Cottonwood Society ($250-$499): Casper Antique and Collector’s Club

My Little Spot/Bob & Janie Richardson Robert & Jeanne Paris

Sarah & Steve Radabaugh Ricker Pharmacy/Jeff & Terrie Yule Rocky Mountain Framing & Gallery

Sally’s Classic Pizza Serlkay Printing/Jeff and Rene Lee

Worland True Value/Lowell & Punkie Peterson

Alfalfa Club ($100-$249): Carter Inn

McGarvin & Taylor, Inc.

PATRON LEVEL MEMBERSHIPS: Sundance Society ($1,500+)

David and Jeri Bostrom Mike Healy

Meadowlark Society (1,000-$1,499): John and Patricia Bailey

William and Debra Frank David and Charleen Hamilton

Dr. John W. and Christiane Gee Porter David and Diane Veile

Scott Wing

Pronghorn Society ($500 to $999): Dave and Charlotte Asay

Lois J. Dunne Jeffrey Gilman, M.D.

Roger and Martha Lawley Tom and Laura McDonald

Rick and Bernedene Robertson

Fran and Diana Scranton Georgia St Clair

Wendy Press Sweeny Attorney at Law

Paintbrush Society ($300 to $499): Dr. Bob and Ruth Gonnion Bayuk

Eli and Lorraine Bebout Helen Bonine

Doug and Audra Crouse John and Celia Davis

Sarah Froyd Steven and Carole Grosch

Bill and Jean Hart Robert and Laurence Kaplan

Helen Kathryn Koch Gordon and Reba Neumann

Bob and Janie Richardson John and Eloise Shaw

Willard Worland Wyoming Roger Youtz

Mammoth (Individual $100—Family $150): Stanton and Linda Abell, Jr.

Beverly Applegate Dolores Arps

Marlyce Bailey LeAnn Baker and Randy Chenoweth

Darrell and Kitsy Barnes Landis and Janet Benson

Carl and Barbara Berryman Mike and Carolyn Bies Frank and Karla Bird

George and Mary Evelyn Bower Ruth Bower

Denny Bryant Mike and Cheri Bundren

Kerry and Glo Clark Lloyd and Terri Craft

Susie Culp and Dan Stine Ed and Pat Cummins

Jim Davis and Irene Byram Jack and Bonnie Donnell David and Sheila Duffy

Richard and Claire Dunne Don and Mary Jo Fowler

Bruce Frederick and Janet Jones William and Lila Gabbard

Terrill and Kathleen Gibbons Charles and Vasca Gilmore

Sally Graham Mike and Tiffany Greear

Ruby Green Aaron Grosch Jean Groshart

Bunny (Mary) Haines Randall and Mary Jo Hake

Greg and Debbie Hammons Sam and Phyllis Hampton

Tom and Patty Harrington Archie Harvard

Cathy Healy Bonnie and Jan Hefenieder

Lawrence and Joy Hill Elizabeth C. Howell

Carl and Kamme Jeffries Gary and Arla Kaye Kapptie

Paul and Kari Keller Joe Kelley and Jacque McCoughlan

Tom and Virginia Kittleman Ron and Lynn Krei

Richard and Karen Kroger Alison Lass

Conrad and Alice Lass John and Alice Leadbeater Bill and Deanna LeBarron Kreg and Patti Lombard Lew and Penny Markley Jim and Tammy Marshall Martenson Partnership

Don and Carol McCormac Richard and Liisa McKamey Melvin and Deloris Mead Dan and Michelle Miller Gary and Laure Mitchell

Harry and Donna Moberly Leon and Margie Molitor

Dru Bower Moore Tom and Linda Moss

Michael and Teresa Neal Jim and Heidi Nelson

Ron and Kathie Nomura Paul and Sharon Ostrander

Tom and Cheryl Outland Jeffrey Paris

Scott and Harriett Paris Kent A. and Rosie R. Richins

Robert and Betty Richins Phil Roberts - Wyoming Almanac

Peggy Robinson James & Phyllis Roseberry

Bill and Cathy Froyd Saeger Dorothy Scheuerman

David and Nancy Schlothauer Gene and Bonnie Schreibeis

George and Carol Sheaff Roxie Shepperd

Rick and Danyne Six Clara Lou Smith

Stanley and Barbara Smith Ron and Linda Sopko

Doreen South Sherry Stottler

Robert and DeeAnn Thorne Terrance and Cathy Tommerup

Steve and Terry Trombley Dolores Van Dusen

Nancy Veibell Maxine Watson

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WASHAKIE MUSEUM SCHEDULE OF EVENTS January 2012 — December 2012

For more information visit our website at www.washakiemuseum.org

This...and that. ART by Linda Sopko: Local artist, Linda Sopko, will have selected pieces of her work on display from January 19 — February 18, 2012. Opening Reception: January 20, 2012.

Senator Al Simpson: January 2012 (Date TBA) Book signing and program.

History Discussion Group: January 12, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.

Damn Yankees: Thursday, Friday & Saturday, February 9, 10 & 11, 2012. Community musical performance in the Museum Event Center. 7th Annual Patron Performance & Party on February 10th starting at 5:30 p.m.

History Discussion Group: February 16, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.

2012 Public Program: Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. Debbie Hammonds will present the PBS special on Prohibition in Wyoming.

Annual Board of Directors Meeting & Election of Directors: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at 5:00 p.m.

Exhibits for all Curiosities: March 1– April 14, 2012 will in-clude Children’s Chinese Art, Nicholi Fechin Prints, Jim Davis Community Portraits, and Steiner Buds.

History Discussion Group: March 8, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.

Missoula Children’s Theatre production of The Secret Garden: Residency Week March 26 – 30 with two performances on Saturday, March 31, 2012 at 3:30 & 5:00 p.m.

Wyoming Hospital Volunteer Org. at the Museum: April 4 — 5, 2012.

Anime Workshop: Monday & Tuesday, April 16 & 17, 2012 from 7:00-9:00 p.m.

4th Grade History Day: Thursday, April 19, 2012 at the Washakie Museum.

Worland High School Prom at the Museum: Saturday, April 28, 2012.

All School Art Show: Tuesday, May 1 through Saturday, May 19. Opening Reception Thursday, May 3 at 5:30.

Of Women and Song: May 12, 2012 at 11:30 a.m. Spring Luncheon with Lindsay Craft and the Museum Singers.

Rock Art Workshop: Saturday, May 19.

Voices of the Basin: Opening Reception Thursday, May 31, 2012. Temporary Exhibit May 31 — September 8, 2012.

Children’s Summer Art Education Workshops: June 4-7 & 18-21, 2012. Pioneer and mixed media arts.

Shakespeare in the Parks’ The Twelfth Night: Thursday, July 19 at 6:00 p.m. Sanders Park.

American Legacy: Our National Parks: Organized by The Haggin Museum, Stockton, California. One hundred original paintings by plein-air painters depicting sites from coast to coast. On exhibit September 23—December 1, 2012.

Episcopal Church Conference at the Museum: October 5 & 6, 2012.

Annual Soup & Cookie Fair: Saturday, November 17, 2012.

Christmas Open House: Thursday, December 6, 2012.

Washakie Museum & Cultural Center Board of Directors:

Sarah Froyd, President Christiane Gee Porter, Vice-President

Kathy Koch, Secretary Dan Frederick, Treasurer

Martha Lawley, Immediate Past-President Rick Dunne Kent Richins

Charles Smith Doug Crouse Jeri Bostrom

Kari Keller


Notice of Annual Board of Directors Meeting & Election of Directors

Washakie Museum

2200 Big Horn Avenue Worland WY 82401 February 28, 2012

5:00 p.m. Museum Board Room

WA S H A K I E M U S E U M & C U LT U R A L C E N T E R PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID

WORLAND, WY PERMIT NO. 4

ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED

www.washakiemuseum.org

2200 Big Horn Avenue Worland WY 82401 Phone: (307) 347-4102 Fax: (307) 347-4865

STAFF CONTACT INFORMATION: Phone: (307) 347-4102 Cheryl Reichelt, Executive Director [email protected] Robert Stottler, Curator [email protected] Cheri Shelp, Education and Special Events [email protected] Leah Stabenow, Assistant Curator [email protected] Sherryl Ferguson, Performing Arts [email protected] Robyn Goforth, Grants and Collections [email protected] Brian Bower, Maintenance Technician Darlene Hill, Receptionist

MUSEUM WINTER HOURS September 16 thru May 14

Tuesday to Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Admission: Free to Members Adults $8, Seniors (62 and over) $7,

Children (age 7 to 12) $6 - (age 6 and younger) Free

Senator Al Simpson and

Author Donald Hardy Book Signing and Program

February 1, 2012

“This book is the true me. It is the only written account of

my life I have ever authorized— or ever will.” —Al Simpson

Documents

WASHAKIE MUSEUM & CULTURAL CENTER … · Page 2 - Mammoth News/Winter 2012 Damn Yankees 7th Annual Patron Performance & Party Friday, February 10th $50 for Museum Members & $55 for