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• Weather does not stop Gov Dave from visiting in Lincoln county

  What a day!  The Governor was scheduled to fly from Cheyenne to Afton, then to Kemmerer, then back home again to Cheyenne.  Unfortunately, the weather in Afton wasn’t good enough to fly into that airport, so the Governor flew into Kemmerer and drove two hours up to Afton and back.  Needless to say, what was already a busy schedule became very compressed with the Governor on the run the entire time.

  Gov Dave and his daughter Hillary started their visit to Lincoln County by meeting former State Senator Delaine Roberts and his wife, Nelda, at the Thayne senior center.  The center was quite busy and all enjoyed the accordion player throughout the visit.  Perhaps the most exciting discovery was that people play “hand and foot” in the Thayne senior center – that is the Freudenthal family card game!  Hillary was particularly excited, as she thought hand and foot was something only her family played.  The Governor consulted the local players on certain rules that are contested among him and his siblings.  He got awfully lucky, because on every question – and without prompting – the local players agreed with his version of the rules!

  After the senior center, Senator Roberts took Gov Dave and Hillary to tour Freedom Arms, which is a local company that makes world-class firearms.  The Governor was extremely excited to tour the company and to shoot their guns – he shot both a .357 and a .32.  He is looking forward to bringing his son Bret back someday to tour the company and also shoot some of their guns.

  From Freedom Arms, the group headed to Wyoming Wear to learn more about their business and also tour the company.  The Governor learned more about the new line of dog agility equipment the Wyoming Wear owners are starting to market.  They also have other products such as dog bowls that are so tough that a truck can drive over them and they won’t break.  The folks at the company were kind enough to give the Governor a small dog bowl for the Freudenthal family dog, Jewel.

  It was time to head back to Kemmerer.  The Governor said goodbye to Senator Roberts and climbed into the car for the drive back.  In Kemmerer, Gov Dave and daughter Hillary enjoyed a rare sit-down meal on the campaign trail, and had a delicious dinner at Luigi’s Supper Club.  The Governor did take a minute to introduce himself to other folks in the restaurant, all of whom very much appreciated the opportunity to say hello.  After dinner, Governor Freudenthal and Hillary joined a good crowd of people for an Open House.  Folks asked about all sorts of things, from health care to economic development to 2nd Amendment rights.  Gov Dave seemed to answer each person satisfactorily, and ended the evening by chatting with many folks.

  posted Thursday, October 19, 2006 7:11 PM
  Filed Under: Lincoln

• First Lady visits Kemmerer

  First Lady visits kids, teens, and seniors

  Kemmerer Gazette
  Kay Murphy Fatheree, Gazette Reporter
  September 14, 2006

  Nancy Freudenthal, Wyoming's First Lady stopped in Kemmerer on Thursday of last week. The Folks For Freudenthal, Governor Dave Freudenthal's re-election committee made all the tour arrangements.

  Three of the individuals interviewed for this story described Mrs. Freudenthal as "gracious."

  Mrs. Freudenthal and her entourage began with a lunch at the Kemmerer Senior Citizens' Center. Mickey Anden, the center's secretary reports that there was "a really good turnout." Mrs. Freudenthal spoke, briefly, to the crowd of about 50 people.

  The next stop on the tour was the South Lincoln Medical Center. The hospital's administrator, Eric Boley, took Mrs. Freudenthal on a tour of the hospital, clinic and nursing center facility. Boley said, "We are really honored that she would take time out of her schedule to visit our facility. She was very gracious. She spent a considerable amount of time visiting with our staff and the residents of the nursing center."

  Mrs. Freudenthal then visited with staff members, parents and children at the Kemmerer Child Development Center (KCDC). Nikki Baldwin, KCDC's director had this to say about Wyoming's First Lady, "I was very impressed with how gracious she was with parents and staff and how willing she was to listen."

  The entourage then stopped at the Fossil Country Museum, where they were greeted by Dorothy Wright who gave them a tour of the museum. According to Wright, Mrs. Freudenthal saw numerous items displayed in the museum that belonged to former Wyoming Governor Ed Herschler. Ironically, Mrs. Freudenthal was an intern for Mr. Herschler when she was studying law and then worked for him for several years following. She recognized several items from Mr. Herschler's office. She even saw a few items with her own name and her husband's name on it. Wright said, "Mrs. Freudenthal was very gracious. She was genuinely interested in the museum."

  Wright presented Mrs. Freudenthal with an autographed copy of each of her books: "Glencoe, Wyoming: Spelling Out Western Coal Camp History," collaborated by Norris Tratnik and Frank Scigliano; and "Echoes of Elkol: The Story of a Western Coal Camp," also collaborated by Tratnik.
  TThe last stop on the tour was the Chocolate Shoppe Teen Center. The teen center's director, Jonathan Fatheree conducted the tour. Several members of the Teen Center Board of Trustees and their families, along with a few teens, were on hand to visit with Mrs. Freudenthal. Lester Fatheree, who is on the teen center's advisory board said, "She is very passionate and she truly cares about the issues she promotes." One of those issues is the reduction of teenage alcohol abuse.

  Mrs. Freudenthal had this to say about her visit to Kemmerer, "I appreciate the time people shared with me and really enjoyed learning about all of the resources in Kemmerer, from early childcare to teen activities to senior citizens."

   

  posted Thursday, September 14, 2006 9:52 AM
  Filed Under: Lincoln