the Star-Tribune staff | Posted: Wednesday, April 9, 2008 12:00 am
Friends set fund for fire victims
A fund has been established at Hilltop National Bank for the victims of a house fire in central Casper on Monday morning.
Two adult women and four children - two girls, 8 and 4; and two boys, 16 months and 2-months-old - were not at home and uninjured but the house sustained major damage and is uninhabitable.
Casper hosts international tour operators
Approximately 40 European tour operators and approximately 200 regional representatives will be in Casper today through Friday for the Rocky Mountain International Roundup.
The strategy behind the RMI Roundup, according to a new release, is to provide an opportunity for representatives of summer and winter businesses, destinations and attractions to meet face to face with European tour operators in a setting that encourages relationships and business contacts. Participating states and communities include Wyoming, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, and regional gateway cities of Minneapolis, Salt Lake City and Denver. Roundups are sponsored by the state tourism department that is hosting it.
Museum reschedules lecture
Nicolaysen Art Museum Curator Lisa Hatchadoorian's lecture "Exhibition Insights" has been rescheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday.
The program, which was originally scheduled for last week, is free to NIC members or $3 each for nonmembers.
The lecture is being held in conjunction with the museum's current exhibition "This is My Nature," which runs through May 4.
For more information, call the NIC at (307) 235-5247.
Check: NC places second
The Natrona County High School chess team took second place in the senior high division of the Wyoming State Scholastic Chess Tournament on March 29. Individual placers were: Stephen Naughton (second place), Austin Brown (seventh place), and Ryan Wulf (eighth place).
In the middle school division, Cody Hall from CY Junior High took sixth place.
District robotics team places
The Natrona County School District Robotics Team, comprised of eight Kelly Walsh High School students and two Natrona County High School students, finished 10th of 54 teams at the Regional Robotics Competition in Denver.
The students spent six weeks in January and February designing, planning, building, trouble shooting, programming and finally, shipping the final product to Denver.
"This is an extremely arduous, frustrating, and often late-night task," said coach Chad Sharpe in a district release.