Cheyenne Stampede equipment manager Josh Henning drops off water bottles for the players in the locker room prior to their game against El Paso at the Cheyenne Ice and Events Center on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2013. (Blaine McCartney/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
Josh Henning applies tape to a hockey stick prior to the Cheyenne Stampede’s game against El Paso. Normally Stampede players tape their own sticks and it’s one of the few things that Henning doesn’t do on a regular basis for the team. (Blaine McCartney/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
Since the end of April, WTE reporter Ian St. Clair and I have been working on a story about Isaac Salas. Isaac broke his C1 and C2 vertebrae in a Cheyenne South wrestling practice on Nov. 17, 2010. In the months that followed his accident, the Cheyenne community came together to raise money for Isaac as he recovered in Craig Hospital in Englewood, Colo. Isaac continued to make steady progress in his recovery and returned home from the hospital on Aug. 4. Less than a month later on Sept. 3, Isaac died following a procedure to pulverize urinary tract stones blocking his catheter. Here are photos from part one of a two-part series on Isaac Salas. (Read Ian St. Clair’s story, “A brilliant life” »)
June 3: Isaac Salas looks up as he talks with Jenniy Peltier, one of his favorite therapists from Craig Hospital, during a hospital field trip to Bear Creek Lake Park near Lakewood, Colo. This was one of the first times since his injury on Nov. 17, 2010, that Isaac was able to get out of the hospital, enjoy the sun on his face and feel fresh air flood his lungs. (James Brosher/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
Aug 20: Isaac Salas, center, flashes his customary smile at a welcome home party at Cheyenne's South High. The party was the first time since the injury on Nov. 17, 2010, that Isaac was back in the school. Isaac hadn't had much to smile about since his injury. But as soon as he got home and got started on his new life, this became a more common sight. (James Brosher/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
Since the end of April, WTE reporter Ian St. Clair and I have been working on a story about Isaac Salas. Isaac broke his C1 and C2 vertebrae in a Cheyenne South wrestling practice on Nov. 17, 2010. In the months that followed his accident, the Cheyenne community came together to raise money for Isaac as he recovered in Craig Hospital in Englewood, Colo. Isaac continued to make steady progress in his recovery and returned home from the hospital on Aug. 4. Less than a month later on Sept. 3, Isaac died following a procedure to pulverize urinary tract stones blocking his catheter. Here are photos from part one of a two-part series on Isaac Salas. (Read Ian St. Clair’s story, “A life interrupted” »)
Nov. 24: Isaac Salas' specialized wheelchair sits in the family dining room on Thanksgiving night. A rosary candle burns on the right arm rest. isaac spent most of his time in this chair, listening to heavy metal music while cruising. This chair highlights Isaac's tale: His family wants to remember, but also needs to move on. (James Brosher/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
April 28: Lester Butt, Isaac Salas' psychologist, leans in to chat with Isaac after a round of physical therapy as Isaac's mother, Melissa Plumley, watches from a chair near the window in his room at Craig Hospital in Englewood, Colo. Toward the end of his therapy, Isaac got a severe migraine headache that made him nauseous. Whenever he got a migrain, Melissa opened the window, pulled the blinds, turned the lights off and placed a cool washcloth on his forehead. Isaac's recovery from a migraine could take a few hours or force him to stay in bed all day. (James Brosher/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
Today is the fourh day in a five-part series documenting what is expected to be an oil boom throughout southeast Wyoming and northern Colorado, including Laramie County. For more photos from today’s part, please click here. Complete photo coverage of the project can be found here.
Holli and Patrick Guillory joke with each other as they ride horses near their home south of Hillsdale earlier this month. The Guillorys expressed concern about water if the Niobrara oil play drilling takes off. Michael Smith/staff
Today is the fourh day in a five-part series documenting what is expected to be an oil boom throughout southeast Wyoming and northern Colorado, including Laramie County. For more photos from today’s part, please click here. Complete photo coverage of the project can be found here.
A pump jack and clouds are reflected in a pool of water after an early morning rain shower at a site off County Road 222 in central Laramie County last week. The energy industry has 150 permits to drill in Laramie County, and it could take between 48 million and 70 million gallons of water to drill and frack one well. Michael Smith/staff
Today is the third day in a five-part series documenting what is expected to be an oil boom throughout southeast Wyoming and northern Colorado, including Laramie County. For more photos from today’s part, please click here. Complete photo coverage of the project can be found here.
A drilling rig sits in the Jonah Field with the Wind River Mountain Range in the background near Pinedale earlier in February. The BLM approved an additional 3,100 wells in the Jonah Field, which already contains 500 wells. These additional wells bring the total well density to 64 to 128 wells per square mile. At this density, two-thirds of the 33,000-acre project area would become roads or drilling sites. Michael Smith/staff
Today is the second day in a five-part series documenting what is expected to be an oil boom throughout southeast Wyoming and northern Colorado, including Laramie County. For more photos from today’s part, please click here. Complete photo coverage of the project can be found here.
Dennis Fogg stands in the ruts left by seismic crews when the came to survey his land east of Cheyenne more than a year ago. He says the ruts make irrigating his hay fields difficult as all the water pools in the depression. So far Fogg has watched four wells go in on his property. Shauna Stephenson/staff
Today is the first day in a five-part series documenting what is expected to be an oil boom throughout southeast Wyoming and northern Colorado, including Laramie County. For more portraits of oil rig workers from today’s part, please click here. Complete photo coverage of the project can be found here.
Mathew Bennett of Thermopolis has been working for the past three years as a floor hand on oil rigs. Michael Smith/staff
Today is the first day in a five-part series documenting what is expected to be an oil boom throughout southeast Wyoming and northern Colorado, including Laramie County. For more photos from today’s part, please click here. Complete photo coverage of the project can be found here.
A pump jack sits in a field of grass on Monday, Feb 7, 2011, at a site off County Road 222 in central Laramie County. The energy industry has 150 permits to drill in Laramie County, and it could take between 48 million and 70 million gallons of water to drill and frack one well. Michael Smith/staff
