Speak Your Piece
Amy Couture, a local resident of Cody and an endurance swimmer, is one of 171 women in America who have successfully swam the English Channel. Her time was 14 hours and 6 minutes. She spoke about her training regiment, her motivation, and why she continues to push herself in endurance sports.
Janie Curtis, who is owner and director of the Cody Beer Mile, spoke about the event that will take place on July 21st at Mentock Park. She also spoke about why some of the proceeds will be donated to charity and how she got involved in event planning.
Todd Bray, Josh Foster, and Dan Boehm from Downrange Warriors spoke about how hard it is for some veterans to find their identity and purpose when they transition into civilian life. Although their mission may be over in the military, they must find a new one and Downrange Warriors tries to help veterans find purpose…
Lisa Peterman, Executive Director of Crisis Intervention Services, spoke about April being Sexual Assault Awareness Month and how there are different kinds of assault. Sexual assault doesn’t just happen to women, but men as well and it doesn’t discriminate by race, class, gender or socio-economic factors. Lisa also spoke about their capital campaign to improve…
Vernon Orndorff, Park County No. 6 Superintendent of Public Instruction, spoke about what happened last week with Cody schools. There was a “swatting” incident as well as a lockdown incident. Both were quickly determined to be not credible threats. The Superintendent spoke about what it’s like to be an educator in charge of the security…
Tina Hoebelheinrich, the CEO of the Cody Country Chamber of Commerce, spoke about her resigning from the Chamber to take on the same position for the City of Casper. Tina also spoke about the Workplace Bootcamp offered for teens in April as well as the fireworks display that has been handed off to another organization…
Sandy Newsome is running for re-election for House District 24. She spoke on SYP about election integrity, the Second Amendment and tourism. Sandy also talked about supporting community colleges and what economic development looks like in District 24.
Park County Attorney Bryan Skoric is running for re-election. We talked about how his office is dealing with a number of issues including our aging population and how scams are becoming more sophisticated. We also talked about juvenile delinquency and how his office has set up a program that works to deter kids from becoming…
Farmer Zach Buchel from FarmTableWest off the Powell Highway came on SYP to talk about regenerative farming, how he got into farming, and what vegetables he is trying to grow in a greenhouse in winter in Wyoming. He will be building a geo-thermal greenhouse to raise four crops a year. Zach also spoke about food…
Cody Beers, WyDOT Public Relations Specialist, spoke about how WyDOT will help out Yellowstone National Park when called upon and how well local and national government agencies are communicating through the flooding of our first national park. He also spoke about the road project north of Cody on the Powell Highway is almost complete, ahead…