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Weston wins big at state history awards

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The Wyoming State Historical Society held its annual awards luncheon on Sept. 10 in Wheatland, Wyo.
Several Weston County residents received awards this year, all nominated by the Weston County Historical Society.
KateLynn Slaamot won first place in the Newspapers category with her ongoing piece, “A Piece of History.”
Young writers of Weston County swept the Young Historian Grades 3-5 category, with Ashlyn Hatheway earning first place for “My Dreams,” Brooklyn Hoffman winning second place with “Indian Village,” and Shelby Smith receiving third place for “Native American Tribes That Lived in Present Day Wyoming.”
The Junior Activities category was also a sweep for Weston County, with Landon Riebel taking first place with “10 Native American Facts,” Kaylee Lambert in second with “Indian Village,” and Isabel Parsons earning third with “My First Buffalo Hunt.”
Weston County Historical Society earned first place for the Chapter Award, with WCHS President Mike Jording accepting the award.
In the category  of self-published books, Betty Petranek won second place for “Ghosts of Newcastle.”
Petranek, editor of “Bridge to the Past,” WCHS’s quarterly historic publication, also won the Mabel Brown Cumulative Contribution Award.
The first place Maurine Carley Award was given to Daren Downs, for the preservation of the Craig Chevrolet Garage in Newcastle.
Another award that had ties to Weston County was the book “Wyoming History in Art,” that features the art work of the late David G. Paulley of Osage.

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