2021
SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER
Thank you, CATALYST Level Members!
Photo by Kelsie Ball
POINTS TO PONDER
From the Executive Director
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here are many organizations and individuals to thank for a successful Brewfest 2021 -- our sponsors, board of directors, staff, brewers, food vendors, equipment suppliers, and more -- but we’d like to extend a special note of thanks to our many volunteers. Brewer after brewer told us that no other craft beer festival they know of has the amazing volunteer support that Lander Brewfest does. Top recognition goes to Jeff Young, George Case, and Jeff’s amazing kids -Peyton and Delaney -- for anticipating the ice needs of all the brewers. Thank you, Lander Brewfest volunteers! Business After Hours is Back: Get Connected! Join us September 9 at Cornerstone Group Realty’s new Lander office located at 592 Main Street, Suite H for an evening of connecting with fellow businesses and potential customers. The weather should be delightful for enjoying the outside deck while meeting the Cornerstone Group Realty team and developing relationships with friends old and new over drinks and hors d’oeuvres.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Jon Tonkowich, President Wyoming Catholic College
Eric Andrews, Vice President Fagnant, Lewis & Brinda P.C.
John Ferrelli, Treasurer
SageWest Healthcare
Michelle Mazur, Past President Elevate Rehab
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Ann Espinosa
Chamber Supports Proposed Sinks Canyon “Via Ferrata” The Lander Chamber is strongly supporting the proposed via ferrata (Italian for “iron way”) — a permanent, cable-assisted climbing route — for Sinks Canyon State Park. Through our Destination Lander Committee, the Lander Chamber supports and promotes initiatives that increase visitors’ reasons for visiting Lander — and lengthening their visits — through experiences unique to our community. The proposed via ferrata would be just such an experience.
Home Source Realty, Inter Mountain Builders
The Outdoor Industry Association reported in 2017 that America’s outdoor recreation economy accounts for $887 billion in annual consumer spending, contributes 7.6 million jobs to the U.S. economy, and generates $59.2 billion in state and local tax revenue each year. As Wyoming seeks to diversify its economy in the face of a beleaguered extraction industry, it is critical that we continue to encourage the state’s robust outdoor recreation economy while also protecting its abundant natural resources. In short, we should encourage the enjoyment of Wyoming’s outdoor spaces while protecting them from being “loved to death.” We believe this balance is being struck with respect to the proposed Sinks Canyon Via Ferrata.
Whiting Law PC
See you soon!
Owen Sweeney Executive Director Lander Chamber of Commerce
Dave Fehringer Fremont Engineering
Rick Bestul NAPA Auto Parts
James Whiting
Chris VonHoltum Central Bank & Trust
Alyssa Lozier Edward Jones
PROFESSIONAL STAFF Owen Sweeney Executive Director
Carol King Associate Director
Carlos Solis Membership Development Intern
We are happy to announce the return of our monthly networking event, typically held on the third Thursday of the month, September through May. SEPTEMBER 9 525 Main Street, Suite H, Lander 2021-22 Schedule October 21 Elevate Rehab
November 18 Open
December 16 Teton Therapy
January 20 State Farm Insurance Agency
February 17 Open
March 17 Hayden Outdoors
April 21 Ron’s Flooring
May 19 Lander Golf Course
Interested in hosting in November or February? Give Carol a call at 332-3892, ext. 2! A new benefit of hosting Business After Hours is the opportunity to be the featured guest on the Chamber’s new 30-minute radio show/podcast on Jack FM/County 10 the week before your event as well as joining Lander Chamber Executive Director Owen Sweeney on KOVE’s Coffee Time the week of Business After Hours. We’ll also promote you and your event on our social media platforms, newsletter, and weekly e-news blast.
Business After Hours is an excellent opportunity to showcase your business, make new connections with fellow businesses, and develop new relationships with potential customers. Everyone is invited to attend!
COMMUNITY EVENTS
Business After Hours!
BREWFEST 2021
2021 Winning Brewers!
2021 Best In Show Black Tooth Brewing Company from Sheridan: Winners of Hop-Forward Styles Saddle Bronc Brown 1st Place: Ten Sleep Brewing Company’s (Ten Sleep) Pale Rider English Dark Mild American Pale Ale
2nd Place: Altitude Chophouse and Brewery’s (Laramie) Pedal House German Pilsner 3rd Place: Roadhouse Brewing Company’s (Jackson) El Bandito Mexican Lager
Ten Sleep Brewing Company
Altitude Chophouse and Brewery
Winners of Classic Dark Styles 1st Place/Best In Show: Black Tooth Brewing’s (Sheridan) Saddle Bronc Brown English Dark Mild 2nd Place: Ten Sleep Brewing Company’s Mastadon Baltic Porter 3rd Place: Vernal Brewing Company’s (Vernal, UT) Mama’s Milk Imperial Stout
Roadhouse Brewing Co.
Vernal Brewing Co.
EVERY TUESDAY Book Nook at Lander Library 1-5 pm EVERY THURSDAY Parkinson’s Support Group, Lander Senior Center 2-3 pm THIRD THURSDAY Foot Care Clinic, 8-noon, Lander Senior Center EVERY FRIDAY Book Nook at Lander Library noon-4 pm
1 Northern Araphoe Tribe’s Historic Preservation Cemetery Mapping Project Riverton Museum, 6 pm 1-4 Noelle Weimann art show Lander Art Center, TuTh 10-6, Fr-Sa 10-4 1-6 Carissa Gold Mine Tours South Pass City, Th-Su 2 pm 1-30 Native Americans of Wyoming’s Wind River County art exhibit Pioneer Museum, M-F 9-5 4 English Tunnel Tour South Pass City, 11 am
EVERY SATURDAY Lander Valley Farmers Market 9-11:30 am, Lander 9 Business After Hours! City Park Cornerstone Group Realty, Lander, 5:30-7 pm Improv Acoustic Music Jams Lander Art Center 10 11 Apple City Festival a.m.-noon Pioneer Museum, 1-3 pm
11-30 Artist In Residence art show Lander Art Center, TuTh 10-6, Fi-Sa 10-4 15-18 One Shot Antelope Hunt website for details: https:// oneshotantelopehunt.com/ 16 Lander Young Professionals event Lander City Park Lions Shelter, 6 pm 18 Louis Lake Lodge Adventure Trek Pioneer Museum, 10-2 25 Run The Red, Red Desert trail runs register at runthereddesert.com 55 Pug Roundup 2021 Lander City Park Lions Shelter, visit www. wyomingpugrescue.org for details
Book Your Next Meeting at the Chamber! Looking for a brighter, roomier, more professional and technologically advanced place to host a meeting? The Chamber’s got you covered! Full Zoom Room Functionality Our two DTEN video conferencing boards provide our members with a simplified professional meeting experience. The dual setup provides a multi-touch video display alongside a digital whiteboard that allows live on-screen annotation of documents and content sharing. Contact Us to Reserve Your Meeting Today! You don’t need a Zoom account to take advantage of this benefit. Chamber members can use our Zoom Room license to host meetings with unlimited minutes for up to 100 participants. Member-only rental pricing makes this an affordable benefit for your business.
CALENDAR
September Calendar of Events
MEMBER HGHLIGHT
What does WCC do? Wyoming Catholic College is a four year college that immerses its students in the awesome beauty of our created, natural world, imbues them with the best that has been thought and said in Western Civilization, and steeps them in the moral and intellectual heritage of the Catholic Church. The College strives to promote a love of learning, and understanding of the natural order, and the quest for virtuous living so that its graduates will assume their responsibilities as citizens in a free society. WCC’s curriculum and campus are devoted to the formation of the whole person. Studies include the classics of imaginative literature, history, mathematics, science, philosophy, fine arts, Latin, and theology; they employ the Great Books as well as the natural created world, effecting a rich combination of intellectual and experiential-poetic knowledge. Students’ imaginations are enriched and their capacity for wonder deepened. What is the history behind WCC? The idea for Wyoming Catholic College began in 2003 with Cheyenne Bishop David L. Ricken. Soon after, he was joined by Fr. Robert Cook and Dr. Robert Carlson. As they sought a location for the College, 48 sites were
proposed and considered. In the Fall of 2004, a donation of 600 acres of deeded land was made, and Lander became the home of WCC. In 2007, the College welcomed 34 eager Freshmen as the pioneer Class of 2011. Since those early years, WCC has grown, welcoming more and more freshmen every year and establishing its presence in the broader Lander community. Today, the College campus straddles the busy downtown intersection of Third and Main streets. It raises its own beef on the land that had been donated and operates an outdoor leadership program that offers custom and open enrollment courses through COR Expeditions. Just this fall, it set a record for freshman enrollment. What are some things that most people don’t know about Wyoming Catholic? An essential part of the education at Wyoming
Catholic is immersion in the outdoors. Freshmen are introduced to this aspect of the curriculum through a 21-day wilderness expedition about a month before academic classes begin. After two and a half days of training in Wilderness First Aid, students go out in groups of ten to twelve classmates, accompanied by a chaplain and two WCC alumni or students who have extensive outdoor training and experience. In the wilderness, they are met with its challenging austerity, beauty, and unpredictability. Students return from their adventure having learned the necessity of communication, teamwork, prudent judgment, courage, and self-control. Going into the rigorous academic curriculum, their shared experience in the wilderness provides a rich and vivid context from which to learn and grow in wisdom and virtue.
Academy of the Winds Jenny Schucker 780 Von Bieker, Lander
Kiwanis Club of Lander Jake Huhnke, President PO Box 803, Lander
Ace Hardware Bill & Annette Bregar 485 Main St., Lander
Lander Art Center Doug Spriggs, executive director 258 Main St., Lander
Auto Medic Shane Hart 61 Washakie St., Lander Country Charm Tammy Logue 173 Main St., Lander Dentures & Dental Care of Lander LLC Dr. Susan Baker 933 Main St., #3, Lander First Stop Help Center 860 S 3rd St., Lander Fremont County Roller Derby PO Box 1108, Riverton
Re/Max All-Star, Realtors Skye Coleman Wiess 938 W. Main St., Riverton Sweetwater Fishing Expeditions George Hunker PO Box 524, Lander Sweetwater Food & Beverage LLC Ron Hansen 8116 Hwy 789, Lander Teton Therapy 425 Lincoln St., Lander
USDA Forest Service Steve Schacht, District Ranger 333 E Main, Lander Western Printing Tracy & Donnie Davison 546 Main St., Lander Westward Heights Care Center Natalie Korel, executive director 150 Caring Way, Lander WELCOME NEW MEMBERS! Anam Cara Caregiving Sarah Wilzbacher 909 Fremont St., Lander Global Response System, Corp. Joshua Denhardt PO Box 1981, Lander
College announces new/old CFO, Rick Rollino
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yoming Catholic College’s Board of Directors has appointed Rick Rollino, who served as the College’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and later Executive Vice President from 2011-2018, as the school’s new CFO. “We are delighted to welcome Rick back to Lander,” said President Glenn Arbery. “The College’s Board felt it imperative to bring in a highly respected and experienced financial officer to help steady and direct the College’s Business and Finance offices. Rick’s recent time as the head of finance at Franciscan University of Steubenville has added to the deep well of experience Rick possesses in directing
business and finance operations. Especially with his past experiences here at the College, Rick is the perfect fit for this moment in our history. Our community will reap the benefits of having an outsider’s and an insider’s perspective at the same time. It feels very much like the workings of Providence to all of us here at the College.”
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