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MARK’S THOUGHTS: Civility

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This month, Mark’s thoughts focus on decorum and civility in politics, and society as a whole. He compels us, especially those running for office, to make the right decision, even if it’s not the popular one.

The Center for Innovation and Fabrication at Gillette College is all about the kids! Ryan speaks about the space which holds the key to unlocking one’s inner maker for K-12 and college students, and the community of Gillette.

Toymakers Melissa & Doug are on a mission: To ignite imagination. Find this month’s featured toys downtown on Gillette Main Street at Teacher’s Corner/Kid’s Mart, where local toymakers Jane and Dale Burbank have perfected creative play!

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Editor’s Note: Kidtastic!

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A letter from the editor of our kid-friendly July / August 2018 Parents Issue by the magazine’s resident “Bonus Mom” Stephanie. In it, she talks about family, parenting, and living 82717!

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K I DTAS T I C A letter from the editor of 82717’s kid-friendly July / August 2018 Parents Issue by Stephanie L. Scarcliff

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I’m roughly four years and two fabulous children into parenthood, and I must say: I’m wild about my littles (Kimberlyn, ten, and Colter, five). They’re epic kids.

In case you’ve already done the math, it’s true that neither of “my kids” are, in fact, mine.

That’s right, our family is not perfect.

Like so many others across America, including some families here in Campbell County, Wyoming (maybe in your own neighborhood, on your block, or even just next door), we don’t fit the “normal” mold of what a good, proper Christian family should look like.

Neither my boyfriend nor I drive a mini-van and we most definitely do not have any stick figure families or “my kid’s an honor student” bumper stickers on our cars.

While we can (and do) respect a more traditional household — you know, the ones with a husband and a wife, their immaculate 2.5 children, and a dog named Spot or Fido — we’re just not those people. And, that’s okay.

Our home is filled with love, encouragement, and laughter. Together, as parents, Anthony and I work to instill a sense of purpose beyond one’s self, build confidence, character, morals, and values. We set and follow rules, we help each other out, and we make it a point to bow our heads each night at suppertime, and again at bedtime, to thank and give praise to God.

So, why am I telling you this?

Why share some basic background about myself and my family with you, our readers? It’s my hope that in doing so I can provide to you some context for what’s become a deeply-rooted and heartfelt understanding and appreciation for this place we call home.

You see, to me, living in Campbell County

means more than just a low cost of living and affordable housing options in an excellent school district; it represents family, community, and access.

In the 82717, we are blessed to enjoy highpaying jobs, impeccable facilities, and low taxes. Not to mention, a continuously-enhanced parenting lifestyle that boasts the best in prenatal and pediatric healthcare (providers and services), as well as regionallyunsurpassed library, recreation, and learning offerings.

There are countless opportunities for Campbell County kids, pre-teens, and teens to become — and remain — engaged in purposeful learning, development, and activities. Here, our kids receive an education that’s both meaningful and impactful to more than just their futures — but to our economy and the greater community that it supports.

But the work to build a great city to raise — and be — a kid in never ends. For this reason, I’m glad it’s Wyoming parents in the driver’s seat.

Whether you’re a part-time or full-time parent, a step parent, bonus parent, adopted parent, grandparent, or any other form of primary caregiver who’s assumed all or some parenting roles, responsibilities, and duties (and also for anyone loving, nurturing, and lending support and guidance to Campbell County youths) ... this one’s for you! I’m humbled and thrilled to present 82717’s first-ever July / August 2018 Parents Issue.

Inside, you’ll find relevant insights into your kids’ mental and physical health, a guide to local backto-school shopping that every parent who believes in supporting local should read, mom fails to make you laugh, dad hacks to make #parentlife just a little bit easier, kid-friendly events, restaurants, sporting, and learning opportunities, and so much more.

Let me tell you: Raising two well-adjusted and respectful kiddos in the fast-moving, overstimulated, instant gratification-seeking age of today is not easy.

Perhaps, it’s even especially challenging for those parents who, like me, either have children with special needs or children who share time between two (very different) homes and families. This month, our magazine is dedicated to Campbell County families of every shape, size, and form, and to the cool kids we love to watch grow and explore.

As parents, we’re constantly learning and innovating new ways to make — and keep — our kids happy, and without entirely screwing them up (too much).

If I’ve learned anything from my time as a Wyoming parent, it’s this: If you work hard and dream big, anything is possible in Gillette.

I want our city to be our kids’ safest, happiest, most creative and inspiring place; the unique spot where they feel comfortable figuring out who they are as people; what, who, and how to love.

Whatever your family’s goals and aspirations are for your children, it’s my sincere hope that this issue helps you to achieve them.

Grab your mom or dad juice, parents. You deserve it.

Stephanie L. Scarcliff, Proud Parent and Production Editor, 82717 Life Magazine JUNE / JULY 2018

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My thoughts

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My monthly take on Our Community, Our State, Local Events & Politics I talk often about the need for civility in politics Amendment, “Congress shall make no law respecting and society as a whole. Some of this is because of an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free my position as a county commissioner. Some of it exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, is simply because I see a lot on television and (prior or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to last month) social media that concerns me for our to assemble, and to petition the Government for a direction as a nation. I have often said that Wyoming redress of grievances.” is what the U.S. used to be. I’m sure this can be It has been said many times, that in order to have attributed to a very bright speaker; unfortunately, I free speech for all, you have to protect the most vile can’t find the one to directly credit it to – my sincere of speech. However, I would not say that those who thanks for a very succinct analogy. spew vile speech are patriots or engaging in “American” In many ways, this remains behavior. Though they may have the true. Wyoming is a place where right, they have the responsibility to you can come, work hard, and be engage in decent and appropriate rewarded. Many of our residents discussion. That’s the difference still have the work ethic that built between America and the rest of the America. As time goes on, however, world. What do I consider decent there are many other ways in which and appropriate? I don’t think we are starting to look more like the it’s too much to ask that we speak larger U.S. – and in some ways like honestly and plainly. I also think parts of the nation and world that that we should not misconstrue or Wyomingites would likely openly seek to confuse the electorate. refer to negatively. One of the most Recently, our county commission noticeable changes in Wyoming adopted broad guidelines (what is the decay of common decency, some will say are “rules”) for civility, and general respect for offering public comment to the government and elected officials.

Board. It’s a sad state of affairs to I find the need to have to put have to enumerate in written form the above in writing disheartening. common decency, but that is the Photo: Jenny Lee Lorenz/Jenny Lee’s Photography Yes, there have been many elected point at which we find ourselves officials who have given the service in Campbell County. What are a bad name. However, I also find it ironic that many we asking? Not to address specific members of the who claim to be strongly American and are upset over board, but instead the board as a whole. Not to use the trajectory of the U.S., Wyoming, and Campbell profane language. To try and be brief. Not to use the County, to be some of the worst offenders and who public comment opportunity as a time to engage in have most contributed to the decay of our great state. personal attacks.

You can’t claim to be a proud American defending our What I think many forget is that the founding rights, liberties, and the Constitution, while at the fathers believed in a right to free speech, but they also same time displaying actions which show you have believed heavily in decorum. In preparation for this little understanding of what America stands for. month’s piece, I spent time reading Jefferson’s 1801 The founders were tired of being under the Manual of Parliamentary Practice for the Use of the thumb of a tyrannical government when declaring Senate of the United States. It has been incorporated our independence from the British. For this reason, into a document by the Senate which was most they enshrined in the First Amendment a freedom recently updated in 1993. It’s voluminous – 161 half of speech for all Americans. As stated in the First pages. Jefferson, an undisputed American, founding JUNE / JULY 2018

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father, and patriot, believed that in order for there to be a good government, there also had to be a sense of decorum and expectations of behavior in the sacred chambers of the Senate.

I feel the same about the Chambers of the Board of County Commissioners. Though, those who wish to offer public comment are free to do so, it’s not too much to ask that you rightly display respect for the Board, the government it represents, and the room in which you are sitting. I’m not asking you to respect me. I ask that you respect your government.

You can feel angry with your government and you can offer advice on how to fix it. Even still, you should respect and appreciate that you live in a country that protects your freedom enough to allow you to have direct one-on-one conversations with the government and its elected officials. You may speak directly and honestly to those with power, but you need to do so in a respectful manner.

Unfortunately, people forget that the decorum is what allows the business of government to get done.

There is a reason the Senate forbids its members from talking directly to each other – and the same of those offering testimony – it helps to prevent bringing petty arguments and disagreements to a place deserving of respect. According to the manual, “In Senate every member, when he speaks, shall address the chair standing in his place, and when he has finished shall sit down. […] No person is to use indecent language against the proceedings of the house […] No person in speaking, is to mention a member then present by his name; but to describe him by his seat in the house, or who spoke last, or on the other side of the question […] nor to digress from the matter to fall upon the person.”

Why would Jefferson and the Senate focus so much on decorum? Because it’s hard to sit in the Senate chambers and do work with somebody who just called you an S.O.B. If you allow that kind of discussion, the work never gets done for the country – because when the people make it personal, the personal feelings make it hard to get the work done. An “American” knows that decorum is important. An “American” also knows that in order to have a respectful conversation, both sides have to be respectful.

This is the difference between the U.S. and parliaments and other bodies of government around the world. We look upon other countries where their members are throwing chairs at each other, choking each other, talking over each other, as deeply un-American. This is because we have been given a

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The Caning

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On May 22, 1856, the “world’s greatest deliberative body” became a combat zone. In one of the most dramatic and deeply ominous moments in the Senate’s entire history, a member of the House of Representatives entered the Senate Chamber and savagely beat a senator into unconsciousness.

The inspiration for this clash came three days earlier when Senator Charles Sumner, a Massachusetts antislavery Republican, addressed the Senate on the explosive issue of whether Kansas should be admitted to the Union as a slave state or a free state.

In his “Crime Against Kansas” speech, Sumner identified two Democratic senators as the principal culprits in this crime— Stephen Douglas of Illinois and Andrew Butler of South Carolina.

He characterized Douglas to his face as a “noise-some, squat, and nameless animal . . . not a proper model for an American senator.”

Andrew Butler, who was not present, received more elaborate treatment. Mocking the South Carolina senator’s stance as a man of chivalry, the Massachusetts senator charged him with taking “a mistress . . . who, though ugly to others, is always lovely to him; though polluted in the sight of the world, is chaste in his sight—I mean,” added Sumner, “the harlot, Slavery.”

Representative Preston Brooks was Butler’s South Carolina

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kinsman. If he had believed Sumner to be a gentleman, he might have challenged him to a duel. Instead, he chose a light cane of the type used to discipline unruly dogs. Shortly after the Senate had adjourned for the day, Brooks entered the old chamber, where he found Sumner busily attaching his postal frank to copies of his “Crime Against Kansas” speech.

Moving quickly, Brooks slammed his metal-topped cane onto the unsuspecting Sumner’s head. As Brooks struck again and again, Sumner rose and lurched blindly about the chamber, futilely attempting to protect himself. After a very long minute, it ended.

Bleeding profusely, Sumner was carried away. Brooks walked calmly out of the chamber without being detained by the stunned onlookers.

Overnight, both men became heroes in their respective regions.

Surviving a House censure resolution, Brooks resigned, was immediately reelected, and soon thereafter died at age 37. Sumner recovered slowly and returned to the Senate, where he remained for another 18 years. The nation, suffering from the breakdown of reasoned discourse that this event symbolized, tumbled onward toward the catastrophe of civil war.

Courtesy of U.S. Senate: Public Domain Caning of Sumner Image: NY Public Library

framework and an example of what it should be.

And for it to be that, it needs to be respectful. There have been times when decorum wasn’t observed and it caused problems. I have included a story about a “caning” in the Senate chambers 156 years ago next to this piece. As you read it, stop and think to yourself, how did this happen?

I personally feel it should come as no surprise that parts of our government are getting very little done.

They have failed to observe the necessary decorum and now it is too hard to work together. This isn’t just a problem at the federal level: lobbyists and groups within Wyoming have contributed equally to the problems we have. Citizens who come and offer comments that are inappropriate by standards of decorum have done the same at other levels.

I also find it unsurprising that we are having problems as a society in general. Part of this is the lack of decorum that we have all contributed to via social media. I generally believe if you aren’t willing to say it to somebody’s face, you probably shouldn’t say it on social media. If it’s inappropriate and you’re still willing to say it to their face, you’re probably not a decent person… that’s on you. I left Facebook last month and I don’t see myself ever going back. I’m more productive, happier, and spending a lot more time on the things that are important.

Where do we go from here? Think twice before you post something hateful or vile or stupid. Don’t put out clickbait you know to be false. If you’re running for office, focus on what you can bring, rather than making up things about the other guy. Make the right decision, even if it isn’t the popular one. Live your life so that when you get up in the morning and look at yourself in the mirror, you can say, “that’s a person of integrity”.

Mr. Christensen is a Gillette real estate developer, owner of a holding company which owns this publication, and member of the Campbell County Board of Commissioners. Mr. Christensen is married with two children and lives in Gillette.

He has a B.S. in Finance from the University of Wyoming and M.S. in Real Estate and Construction Management from the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver.

Mr. Christensen’s opinions do not reflect the opinions of this publication, the boards upon which he sits, or any organizations or agencies referenced within his comments.

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Area 59: All About the Kids aking that first step into Area 59, the Center for Innovation and Fabrication at Gillette College, is the key to unlocking one’s inner maker. For that is what it is, a maker space, according to Ian Scott, director of Area 59.

But what exactly is a maker space? The way Ian described it, a maker space is comprised of three components: the people, the place, and the project.

“All of those things are coming together in one place,” Ian explained. “I think that’s what makes us unique is the people component. We want to engage our K-12, we want to engage our college students, and we want to engage our community. It has a component for each one of those target audiences.”

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those enrolled in K-12 education, through a series of what Ian calls “maker camps.”

For each camp, kids come to Area 59 every day for a week to focus on the act of creating certain projects. This week, that project just happened to be a hollow paper tube with a point and wings that would be propelled through the air. That’s right, during this week’s project the students were tasked with designing and building their own rockets.

They started with air rockets, crude designs that did not hold together or perform very well.

Next, the kids moved to water bottle rockets; some of which performed considerably better than the previous rockets.

“We took our designs and they refined them,” Ian said. “There were a lot more that succeeded with

the rockets launched that day than those that failed.”

During the final day of the week’s camp, the students really got to shine and showcase everything they had learned throughout the week. Through the process, Ian is passing on a valuable lesson to the kids—how to move forward from an idea into a project, and then eventually, a project into a product.

The rockets also provided the opportunity to teach the students about the properties of propulsion, aerodynamics, craftsmanship, and skill.

For example, Ian recalled one of the kids learned that the way he applied the duct tape to his rocket was a significant factor to the way that rocket failed.

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out that seam,” Ian said. The rocket was what Ian calls a catastrophic failure, but the lesson didn’t stop there—the student was tasked with determining how and why the rocket failed.

“They learn from it, and they move forward,” Ian said. But what he wasn’t expecting was for the kids to soak up the information so quickly and, for a couple of older kids, Ian had to come up with a creative way to make the project more challenging and rewarding.

During the rocket projects, two tenth graders were given the opportunity to design their rocket tips on Auto Cad, cut them out on milling machines, and then install them on their respective rockets.

One of the tenth graders also worked on developing a micro control for a rocket launch sequence.

“We can move things forward a little bit for the older kids,” said Ian.

The next project for K-12 students is all about cars, starting with cars built on and powered by mousetraps.

Ian explained the metal spring will provide the propulsion as it pulls on a string wrapped around an axle.

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pinewood derby cars. Although, Ian said with a sly smile they will be doing it the ‘Area 59 way’, which means the students won’t be whittling a wooden box with a pocket knife and sandpaper. The facility has everything the students need to design their cars on a computer program. They will then take that design to one of Area 59’s four milling machines to cut out their cars.

Designing and cutting out the derby cars provides the kids with some real-world experience in manufacturing, albeit in a slightly different way.

Ian believes that there are a lot of great designers out there and a lot of great manufacturers, but there is an area between them that sometimes gets overlooked and, through Area 59, the students are given the opportunity to experience it.

“This is a great place to change yourself in a lot of different ways,” Ian said. “I think there’s something ingrained in each of us to make something.” In his experience, there is a distinct value in the act of making things and in the end product. For example, when he was young he made a braided bracelet which he still has to this day.

When Ian was in junior high he made a stool for his mom, and it continues to sit in her home.

“There’s something really cool about making and then giving away,” he said. And Area 59 will be set up in such a way that the possibilities for creation will be nearly limitless.

A $1.5 million grant has been secured, and Area 59 has already entered into the bidding process to acquire the equipment needed to provide students, and members of the community, everything they could possibly desire for creating. When it is all said and done, Area 59 will boast a full range of machines and tools from robotic arm trainers and milling machines, to laser cutters and state-of-the-art computer programs. Ian expects the equipment to start rolling in between August and October.

So where to next for Gillette’s new and innovative maker space?

As the school year approaches, Ian said that he hopes to start a robotics league based in Area 59. Students will be divided into two divisions: grades 4 through 8, and grades 7 through 12. Robotic competitions exist across the nation, and the league developed at Area 59 would give Campbell County kids the opportunity to experience the competitions firsthand.

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Y.E.S. House Helps indra Fildes moved out of her parents’ house just a few weeks before her 18th birthday, but she would soon find out that she was nowhere near ready to make it on her own.

“I didn’t want to be in that lifestyle anymore,” Fildes said of living with her mother, who was a heavy methamphetamine user at the time.

This is not the first time Fildes, now 20 years old, had faced adversity in her life. While in the second grade, she was diagnosed with depression and social anxiety. The next year was the first of three times she would end up in the foster care system.

Fildes describes being bounced around geographically and also among biological and step parents while growing up. She considers Glenrock her home town, but has also lived in Kansas with her biological father, before moving to Gillette in 2013.

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“Of course, as a teenager, I thought I knew everything and could do everything on my own, and I guess I kind of did,” said Fildes. “There were a few struggles along the way.”

Even before striking out on her own there were incidents of domestic violence with her mother and a former boyfriend, drug use, and shoplifting charges. Fildes is still currently on probation for one of the assault charges.

“I don’t do any of that anymore, I’m adulting,” said Fildes.

The latest leg of Fildes journey began while staying at the homeless shelter shortly after moving out. It was there that she met Casey Starr, the transitional living coordinator at the Y.E.S. House.

The Transitional Living Program is just one of the many beneficial programs the Y.E.S. House

provides to local youth and the community. The purpose is to help runaway and homeless kids age 16 to 21 gain the necessary skills to become responsible, independent adults. There, they learn life skills and receive educational and career support, counseling, and preventive health training.

Fildes said after their first meeting, Starr helped her get back on her feet by getting into an apartment and finding a job.

Like a lot of roads, life’s journey does not always take a direct path. Fildes admits stumbling a few times in the three years she’s been involved with the Transitional Living Program.

“Things went bad there for a little bit, but they supported me through everything,” said Fildes, referring not only to Starr, but also her case manager Geneva Wickham and the rest of the Transitional Living Program staff at the Y.E.S. House.

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“I honestly don’t know where I’d be if I wouldn’t have met Casey that day.”

During the ups and downs of the past few years, Fildes lived for a couple of months at the group home where each young person has their own, but share common living spaces like the kitchen, living, and bathroom.

“It’s a super awesome place and I’m so glad they have that,” Fields said of living at the group home. “Unfortunately, it was my fault for messing up that whole situation.”

Fildes explained that she has often struggled with anger issues and it was her anger that led to a physical altercation with another resident. As a result, she was arrested for

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assault and was no longer allowed to live at the group home.

Looking back, Fildes recalled how her case manager Wickham had still supported her through the good times and bad.

Fildes served 45 days in the Campbell County Detention Center due to the incident at the group home. That, she said, was a wakeup call: thinking about how her own mother had been in and out of jail for her entire life.

“I’m kind of a stubborn person, so sometimes it takes me a couple times to learn from something. But [going to jail], definitely

taught me the lesson that it’s not where I want to be,” said Fildes.

While Fildes was in jail she said only two people came to visit – her best guy friend and Wickham.

After being released, Wickham once again helped Fildes find a place to stay and she decided to change her life. Fildes has now been clean since a relapse in February. She still attends anger management classes and weekly counseling at the Y.E.S. House.

“I’m just in a lot better place, even than I was six months ago,” said Fildes.

She also loves her job working in the Y.E.S. House kitchen, which Wickham and Starr helped her get.

Fildes said she thinks the kids like her since she’s one of the youngest staff members in the kitchen and, “I’m sure they can tell that I’ve been somewhat in their shoes before.”

“I like helping people.” Fildes continued.

“My knowledge can help people, in some cases.

It makes me feel really good when the kids open up to me.”

With her hot pink hair, a nose ring, and visible tattoos, Fildes said she has been mistaken for an underage resident of the crisis shelter by staff members from other areas of the Y.E.S. House.

When asked to sum up her experience with the Transitional Living Program in just one word, Fildes chose “improvement” then, added “support.”

“I’ve never really had people that were willing to help me and not ask for anything in return,” explained Fildes. “They have such a great program and they try to do as much as they can.”

In addition to living arrangements, the program helps participants apply for food stamps, learn resume writing and job interview skills. Other group activities include touring Wyoming Workforce Services and Gillette College.

One of Fildes most recent successes was getting her GED in May. When she moved out of her parent’s house, she had just completed her junior year of high school. With no one to

make her get up and go to school, she simply dropped out.

Once again, Wickham was there to support her through the process and even provided the necessary prodding to take the final step.

Fildes explained she was in a bad mood on test day and was just generally anxious about the test taking process. Forgetting her ID was the final straw and she decided she wasn’t going to take the test.

“She straight ‘mommed’ me. She even used her finger,” Fildes said, recalling the conversation where Wickham sternly told her to go get her ID, because she was going to take that test.

Of course, Fildes took the test that day, and passed.

“She’s gotten to know me very well. She has seen so much improvement in me. She’s even proud of me,” Fildes said with a grin.

Fast forwarding three more years, Fildes will be a much wiser 23-year-old, and she’s already looking forward to accomplishing a few

more goals. She said she’ll be done with her probation and hopes to move out of state.

“I want to see what else I can do with my life,” Fildes said. “I try to improve myself in any way possible, every day.”

Her dream job would be to work as a photo journalist for National Geographic Magazine.

Fildes said she feels good about her life right now and the tools and resources the Transitional Living Program has given her.

“They’ve supported me and they’ve helped me become the person that I wanted to be, but I just didn’t really know how,” continued Fildes.

“I honestly don’t know where I’d be if I wouldn’t have met Casey that day.”

Most participants come to the Transitional Living Program through word-of-mouth or other client referrals. Although the program has a strong partnership with the Council of Community Services, whose staff lets the Y.E.S. House know when a young person could use a helping hand.

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The Kidtography Project: PHOTOGRAPHY INSPIRED BY LOCAL YOUTHS

“MY GOAL AS A PHOTOGRAPHER IS TO CAPTURE THE EMOTION, THE JOY, AND THE BEAUTY.” ~ ADRIANA

arenting can be messy and exhausting, but it’s also one of the best reasons for living.

Because kids grow up too fast *tears*, celebrate their childhood now. This month, we’ve chosen to celebrate cool, Campbell County kids and our talented staff photographer Adriana McCauslin with a little creative project that blends local families and the wonders of photography.

As you can see, Adriana specializes in lifestyle and natural light photography.

Find more works by this incredible woman and entrepreneur at photographybyadriana.com.

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Modern-Day Scribes PHOTOGRAPHERS ARE THE SCRIBES OF OUR GENERATION, AND THEIR

ARTFORM: A CANDID REPRESENTATION OF THE ERA IN WHICH WE LIVE. t one point or another, every elementary school art teacher has said it: There are no rules in art.

Still, the “rules” of photography — things like good composition, proper exposure, and a well-chosen depth of field — not only exist, but are considered universal.

Then, can photography be art?

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DEFINING WHAT MATTERS Some people refer to the camera as a tool, something not unlike a paintbrush, that’s used by an artist in an effort to help convey their message, or art.

Others have said photographs can only be considered an art form when much time

and consideration has been taken into account in order to achieve the correct lighting and staging—or in instances when a relationship with the subject has been established and is profoundly evident within the final product.

So, which is it? Is the camera an artist’s mechanism or is photography simply not an art form at all?

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STATE OF THE ARTS Today, when a twenty-something aims a smartphone equipped with an extension lens at anything unparticular, including (more often than not) themselves, some are prone to thinking that they’re a real and talented photographer.

Youngsters (I can say that, I’m 33 and go to bed by 9 p.m. on weekends) sometimes even have the gall to update their social media profiles and statuses to regard themselves as such.

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"Photography is an art of observation. It has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them." ~ Elliot Erwitt

I like to call this the monkey see, monkey do phenomenon: where people tend to mimic things they’ve seen done, and usually with little to no knowledge of the subject matter and/ or concern or regard for the consequences of their actions. For example, when everyone thinks they’re an instant standup comedian or professional fighter after having watched a comedy standup show or MMA/UFC bout.

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But, you and I know better: that this is very rarely, if never, the case. Doing something well historically requires some practice and skill.

While it’s true that the commercial photography industry is not what we’d once known it to be, and quality photographers are becoming more and more of a scarcity, photography is not dead.

Instead, it’s transformed into something else completely, due in part to the fast-changing world of evolving content which demands more from the profession (and for less). Here’s one example...

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“My goal as a photographer is to capture the emotion, the joy, and the beauty.” ~ Adriana

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DIGITAL WORLD About twenty years ago, during the heyday of some of the nation’s most iconic print publications, like the late Hugh Hefner’s Playboy magazine (which sold almost six million copies in the U.S. in a month), professional photographers would make upward of $2,500 a day.

That’s a markedly stark contrast in comparison to the $250-500 per day rate that’s become more commonplace amongst the mainstay print monthlies of today.

As a culture, in the print realm in particular, it’s no secret the world’s gone digital.

Or, is it?

MANBUNS & THE $6 LATTE After being popularized by the millennial cohort, an unprecedented and unpredictable bunch, the relatively-new “support local” movement only continues to gain traction.

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Parenting can be messy and exhausting, but it’s also one of the best reasons for living.

Campbell County Public Library Youth Services 2018-2019 Events Children’s Services (birth through grade 6) Early literacy story times: Stories and crafts for children and their caregivers. Offered during specific months of the year; please check www.ccpls.org for exact dates.

– Storytime – Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, 10:30am Toddler Time: Wednesdays, Thursdays, 9:30am Families and Jammies: Thursdays, 6:30pm – Play to Learn – Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, 9:30-11:30am Thursdays, 6-8pm – STEAM Saturdays – Offered every Saturday afternoon from 1-4 pm for students in grades 3-6.

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– Special Events – Chris Grabenstein, children’s author, to visit CCSD 5th grade students October 9-11; public program at library October 11, 7pm Family Fright Night, October 29 & 30 2019 National Library Week: April 7-13 featuring puppet shows at story programs during the

Millennials have already proven their buying habits revolutionary, if not odd, but they seemingly band together in support of things the rest of us also can’t help but love: smaller retailers and restaurants, niche magazines (thanks, y’all), and local farmers’ markets.

Shared sentiment for a more hyper-local mentality keeps growing and expanding, most recently, to include support for local art and artists—something we all can get behind. #amiright?

But, as new doors open for those willing to create beyond what photography once was, the power of the camera — and its ability to shape life, define culture, people, and perceptions — remains.

Begging the question: Who’s stepping up to the challenge of reinventing Gillette photography?

Young Adult Services (grades 7-12) – Teen Clubs: Offered weekly – Dungeons & Dragons – Mondays, 4-6 pm Card Club – Tuesdays, 4-6 pm Anime Club – Thursdays, 4-6 pm Open-play Gaming – Saturdays, 1-4 pm – Teen Advisory Board – Open to all teens in the community; check www.ccpls.org for specific dates and times.

– Special Events – Mike Mullin, young adult author, to visit CCSD 10th grade students September10-14; public program at library September 13 Banned Books Week – drop-in activities, September 25-27 Teen Read Week – drop-in activities, October 9-11 Teen Volunteer Holiday Book Fair – December 3-6; please check www.ccpls.org for specific times.

Teen Tech Week – drop-in activities, March 5-7

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Adriana McCauslin CAPTURES THE MAGIC OF BEING A CAMPBELL COUNTY KID IN HER IMAGES, WHICH BREATHE NEW LIFE — AND NATURAL LIGHT — INTO 82717

eing that it’s our first, dedicated Parent Issue, it’s only fitting that we welcome yet another rad parent into the OC/82717 family!

Like many great creatives, all-new OC Staff Photographer Adriana McCauslin began her photography career by exploring her passion.

Driven by her love of family and a tremendous outpour of support from her high school sweetheart turned husband, Ryan, and their two children, Zoey, 7, and Zane, 5, Adriana dove headfirst into making a name for herself as a Gillette photographer in 2014.

It wasn’t long before she noticed that she was not only making memories, but making art.

“My personal taste veers in the direction of classic, clean shots with a focus on life as it takes place in its natural element.” – Adriana McCauslin Armed with an uncanny knack for making everyday moments magical, Adriana invested in herself and her brand, Photography by Adriana, with an elevated logo and website.

After scouring the web for innovative opportunities to build momentum and exposure for her photography business, she added value to her website, photographybyadriana.com, with a photography journal and blog. She then used a simple (and affordable) Google AdWords campaign to draw relevant audiences to view her work. And, it worked.

When OC first played with the idea of bringing a new photographer on board, we found Adrianna that same day, by design, through a simple Google search.

Following a quick look at the breadth of her work and cheerful 5-minute phone conversation, Adriana was invited into the office the very next day, where she would meet with OC leadership and be offered a staff photographer position on the spot.

We could easily go on (and on) about how much we (the firm) and our clients love her work and how well things have been going photographically for OC since she joined the team, but we won’t.

Instead, we’ll let the photographs and the moments they capture speak for themselves.

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HYD RO P O NI C S:

This is the Future

ardening can be tedious. It requires gallon after gallon of water, tubs of fertilizer, and hours of work that can be unfriendly to one’s back.

Here in Wyoming, all of that work only comes to fruition during a few short months of the entire year, from spring until fall. And, as we can surmise based on the copious amounts of snowfall earlier this year, spring isn’t really spring. It’s more like second-winter, which complicates things for the aspiring gardener whose precious plants are growing outside, at the mercy of the elements.

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But what if there was a better way, a way to maintain a fantastic garden inside your home where it is protected from the elements? Yes, I am aware that involves bringing soil and a whole host of six-legged critters inside of the house you strive so hard to keep clean. But what if you didn’t have to worry about soil, or even sunlight?

Thanks to hydroponic technology, which allows for the growing of plants without soil or direct sunlight, growing plants just got a whole lot easier. It sounds like an idea torn straight from the pages of a science-fiction novel, but I

can assure you that it’s not. Just take a stroll into the Campbell County School District Science Center/Adventurarium and ask Jodi Crago-Wyllie, elementary science facilitator. She is the one who brought the technology to the Adventurarium and is the one with big plans for how the facility can use the technology to its fullest potential.

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of carefully manicured flowers, vegetables, and other neat plants. What the word doesn’t bring to mind is a brightly lit room with eight vertical rows of plants growing horizontally from the wall. In the room, two technological contraptions stand a couple of feet apart on the right-hand side of the room—one made from metal that nourishes the plants and the other holding a row of special lights that mimic natural sunlight.

The only sound in the room is the gentle hum of the lights and the steady drip…drip…drip of water droplets. The temperature and humidity in the room are noticeably different from the rest of the Adventurarium—about 75 degrees Fahrenheit with 50 to 70 percent humidity.

The scent is… interesting. There is a strong smell of soil in the room, but soil itself is absent from the spotless, white room.

It only takes a few moments to register everything, and then it hits you: this is nothing like traditional gardening or farming. This is the future.

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There is no potting required, and very little maintenance.

HOW IT WORKS By definition, hydroponics is a method of growing plants using a water-based, nutrient-rich solution.

There is no soil involved; the roots of the plants— lettuce—are supported using an inert medium, like peat moss or clay pellets.

The young lettuce heads in Jodi’s hydroponic project receive everything they need from a set of drippers that drip the nutrient solution onto the top of the eight vertical rows. The solution then flows down, pulled by gravity, providing nourishment to the roots of more than 50 separate heads of lettuce. The rows of lights give the plants the necessary light that they need to grow and are mobile so that they can be moved farther away as the young heads of lettuce mature.

Jodi said that the lights do not stay on indefinitely, but are set on a timer to turn off at 10 p.m. and to turn back on at 6 a.m.

The best part? There is no potting required, and very little maintenance. The only things that Jodi has to do is change the nutrient solution every once in a while, and make sure the lights don’t burn out. The rest is purely automated.

WHY HYDROPONICS “If anything, I want to show people how easy it is,” Jodi said. “You don’t have to have an expensive wall, you can use a fish tank and you can grow in your own home.” As an example, Jodi showed a small, ten-gallon fish tank with a line of other lettuce plants, which have been used to feed a number of animals that the Adventurarium houses.

As an educator, Jodi just feels that there is a lot that can be taught through hydroponics.

Many students are raised living in an apartment, and don’t have access to anything like a garden.

On some occasions, she said, Jodi has found some students who do not know where their food actually comes from.

“Some kids, you can ask them, they think it comes from Wal-Mart,” said Jodi. Teaching the growing process provides those kids with a better understanding and prepares them for a scenario where a Wal-Mart, or other grocery

store, is unavailable.

For the rest of the public, Jodi hopes to one day demonstrate that utilizing hydroponics to grow their own food can save them money in the long run, especially to eat healthy.

“It’s expensive, a lot of people are trying to do Keto, and it’s expensive to eat well,” she explained.

Showing the public that they can actually grow their own produce, with minimal effort, can make

it so families can learn to help themselves.

Eventually, the towers within the Adventurarium’s hydroponic room will be home to a whole host of different vegetables and herbs—such as cilantro and tomatoes. But for now, the goal is to simply grow enough lettuce to sustain the turtles, tortoises, and other animals.

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5th Annual Gillette Main Street Brewfest

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Homestead Heritage Festival

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Crook County Fair

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July 15 • 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

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