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The Casper Spuds and Independence League Baseball

May 3, 2023
Matthew Snyder, General Manager
The Casper Spuds and Independence League Baseball

The Casper Spuds is a collegiate summer baseball team who play home games at Mike Lansing Field in Casper, Wyoming.

Our league emulates minor league baseball with players using wood bats in front of large crowds in some of the finest ballparks in North America. League players are top tier collegiate baseball players from across the country who gain exposure to professional scouts. The players stay with host families from the local communities. Host families are a very integral part of the league, and these host family relationships provide a lifetime of memories for both the host families and the players.

Baseball is truly America’s pastime and is all about fun, affordable, memorable family entertainment. Our games provide enjoyment for the entire family in a dynamic ballpark atmosphere. 

Rotarian of the Week
The Rotarian of the Week says the best thing about Rotary is the impact it makes locally and in the world, and of the things we think, say and do this person said that “Will it be beneficial to all concerned” has had the biggest impact in their life. Their most memorable Rotary experiences include the Adaptive Bike project, the Children of the Dump project brought to our Rotary club by Bob Womack, and when serving on the Program Committee hosting Liz Cheney because it was the first time she had spoke in public following January 6th attack on the Capitol. Not only is this Rotarian a past president, they also served on the program committee for 8 years, 5 as the chair. Their first job at age 15 was working at a children’s clothing store called Jack and Jill. This CSU Ram alum (pause for disappointment) majored in Cultural Anthropology with a minor in Business. Prior to attending CSU, the Rotarian of the Week was a Grand Junction High School Tiger and graduated in a class of 565 students.
 
She was married 39 years and enjoys spending time with her children and grandchildren. Her oldest son, Ricky runs an acting company that provides educational theater across the world, her middle son, Ryan, is a pathologist who has 2 daughters, and her daughter, Becky is a PhD Chemist who teaches at the college level. Beyond her family her proudest accomplishment is being a lawyer, specifically the work done with restorative justice courts like DUI Court and VA Court.
 
Roberta Coates knew she wanted to be a lawyer, but believed it was not possible because she was a female. Then her senior year in college the University of Wyoming Law School began accepting more women. In her class 12 of the 75 students were female. She was part of the first class at UW which had more than 3 women!! At the time she was in law school there was something known as Women’s Day - sounds like something to celebrate, right? Not so much! Roberta explained that most of the time the males in her classes were first to be called on and expected to answer the questions, but on women’s day ONLY the women would be called on. As soon as the women figured out “today is the day” they passed the word to their fellow female students. One would assume that Women’s Day only happened once a year - well, you’d be wrong. It happened multiple times each year.
 
When she graduated from law school Roberta clerked for the Honorable James E Barrett of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and worked for Legal Services of Southeast Wyoming. She was appointed to the First Circuit Court in Laramie County by former Governor Dave Freudenthal in September 2004, and retired from the bench in December 2014.
 
She learned about Rotary primarily because the judges she appeared in front of would have their calendars clear at the same time each week to attend Rotary meetings. Roberta was sponsored by Dr. Meuli and attended Rotary with her husband Doug until his passing six years ago. In addition to traveling, spending time with her family and her three book clubs, Roberta finds the most joy in nature and enjoys hiking, road biking, downhill skiing, cross country skiing and snowshoeing, and is learning how to mountain bike! Once a runner, she had to change up her mode of exercise after she had an accident in the Savage Run Wilderness area which took 17 hours to be moved from the area for medical care.
 
Her favorite meal is chicken cacciatore with homemade cavatelli, garlic cheese bread and German chocolate cake. She makes her own cavatelli, which is a potato dumpling pasta, and her own marinara sauce!
New Rotarian Introduced
Our newest Rotarian, Nick Norris was introduced by his sponsor, Lori Garrison.
 
Nick was born in eastern South Dakota and arrived with his family in Worland, WY when he was eight.  His family later moved to Evanston, WY where he graduated from high school in 2001.  Nick attended the University of Wyoming for undergrad, as well as for his Masters in Environment and Natural Resources and Juris Doctor.  Go Pokes!     
 
After undergrad, with a partner and some seed money from the UW $10K entrepreneurship competition, he started and grew a successful business.  You have probably have seen the Tiger Tree trucks around Cheyenne.
 
Nick met his wife Kelly, working for the Forest Service doing recreation work and fighting wildland fires the summer before he started law school.  They were married in 2011 and moved to Buffalo, WY in 2012 after Nick finished law school.  Nick and Kelly have two boys, Ben and Henry, 8 and 5 respectively.  They moved to Cheyenne in August of 2022, when Kelly was promoted to the Assistant State Forester of Operations position.  She is now the acting interim State Forester.         
 
Nick started his law practice with Thomas Lubnau II (former Speaker of the House with whom you are probably familiar) at Lubnau Law, in 2012 and was made partner in 2017.  Nick remains with Lubnau Law today. Nick put his education and entrepreneurship experience to use practicing in Business Law, Oil and Gas and Ranch Law.  While he and his wife Kelly began raising their own family, Nick developed a real passion for helping families plan their futures through effective Estate Planning, which makes up the largest portion of his practice today.    
 
Nick and Kelly also founded a charity called the Oversized Heart Foundation. The Oversized Heart Foundation currently runs the Clear Creek Wood Bank in Buffalo, WY and has provided scholarships to first generation women to attend college, and supports other worthy causes as they come up. 
 
Nick enjoys the Wyoming outdoors, camping, hiking, hunting, fishing, and cheering on and helping coach his sons in all of their athletic activities.
Years of Rotary Service
63    Years    John Esmay
45    Years    Richard Brown
34    Years    John Babson
30    Years    Roberta Coates
17    Years    Don Day
                     Stephanie Teubner
14    Years    Jacques Beveridge
11    Years    Janet Lewis
                     Robin Sims
10    Years    Jana Conine
4      Years    Brandon Lang
 
 
May Birthdays
May     3    Kris Urbanek
May     7    Bill Gentle
                  Nicholas Norris
                  Kiersten Steinkraus-Vinluan
May     9    Chad Craig
May    10   Lori Schoene
May    13   Kirsten Malm
May    15   Barbara Stafford
May    16   Kevin Harris
May    17   John Esmay
May    20   Paul Hickey
May    21   Kim Withers
May    31   Stig Hallingbye
 
 
Social at Railspur
Here are some pictures from our latest Rotary Social at the Railspur:
 
Crow Creek Cleanup
Seeking Applicants for RYLA and Young RYLA
The application deadline for RYLA has been extended to May 30.
 
Special Guest Speaker May 31st
President Traci Lacock invites members and guests to join at Little America for lunch on May 31st starting at 11:30 am for a special guest presentation by Andre van Hall. Mr. Hall inspires leaders and teams to adopt an attitude of curiosity. As the Curiosity Instigator, André challenges you to disrupt the status quo, ask questions, and seek new answers. Guests are welcome and lunches are on the Club! Please RSVP by 5/22/2023 with your total party count either to the Evite Invitation (sent via email) or email President Traci at tracilacock.rotary@gmail.com. For the Evite invitation, please follow this link: http://evite.me/uC6Y7FEpPA 
 
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