Nick Perkins
What's better than enjoying a nice, cold beer after work? Nothing, except if that beer is only a dollar. What's better than enjoying a $1 beer after work? Nothing, except raising money for a charity while you're drinking it. That's exactly what you can do every Thursday at The Beacon, thanks to Thankful Thursdays.
We all remember where we were on September 11, 2001. Whether it was at work, at school, at home, or somewhere else, the moment when we first hear about the attacks on 9/11 will forever be etched in all of our hearts and minds.
What are you thankful for? A house? A new job? A wife or husband that is way too good looking for you? Well, if you were at The Beacon on Thursday, you would have been thankful for the 50 cent draft beers, prizes, giveaways, and the chance to win $500 cash, with proceeds benefitting the Jason's Friends Foundation.
Remember the show Friday Night Lights? It was a television show about high school football in a small town, and basically every Friday night, the entire town would show up for the game.
Trojan fans of all ages turned out on Friday night to witness KW take on Cheyenne East in the former's home opener. It was a hard fought game that the Trojans lost, but they did not lose the support of the crowd, as these pictures can attest to.
Every year, the Foss Motors Presented Million Dollar Hole In One raises money for all sorts of different causes. People from all over town come out to try their hand at sinking a hole in one and walking away with a cool "mil." This week long event saw much excitement, but the most exciting day was, undoubtedly, Sunday, when the semi-finals and finals took place.
The highlight of the Wyoming Summer, for years, has been the Cheyenne Frontier days. People from all over the country fly, drive, walk, and hop to Cheyenne to catch some of the hottest Rock and Country acts in the world. This year was no exception, as Kid Rock, Toby Keith, Motley Crue, Charlie Daniels, and more have all offered their musical (and drinking) expertise to Frontier Days.
It would be easy, one would imagine, to focus more on the "fair" portion of the Central Wyoming Fair and Rodeo, and less on the "rodeo." It would be easy...except for the fact that every year, the PRCA rodeo kicks some heavy duty booty!
So let's face it, anybody who's anybody has spent an inordinate amount of time and money at the 2011 Central Wyoming Fair and Rodeo. I mean, why wouldn't they? It's basically the coolest part of the summer.
Have you been to the fair yet? If not, you do NOT know what you're missing. The food, the rides, the games, the people watching (Ohhhhhh, the people watching)- it all makes for one of the most exciting weeks of the Casper year.
The highlight of Summer for many citizens of Casper is Parade Day. Parade Day is an excuse to get off of work, get outside, spend some quality time with one's family and let the kids eat as much candy as they can get their hands on.
How do you know when Summer has begun? Is it the heat? Is it when baseball season starts heating up? Is it when your Grandmother makes her famous bowl of potato salad? Well, in Casper, one surefire way to know that Summer is here is when the Central Wyoming Fair and Rodeo comes to town!