Dan Cepeda

1 week ago | oilcity.news | Dan Cepeda

CASPER, Wyo. – Lifelong Casper resident Tom Anderson has accomplished a lot in his 76 years of living. He has three daughters and four grandkids, and is now retired after career in the oil business that took him around the world. Still, Tom says it’s likely that he hasn’t had a good night’s sleep since he was a teenager, before a life of coping with PTSD caused by the unimaginable horrors of war. Out of all the trips he’s taken, this one might be the most important of them all.

1 week ago | oilcity.news | Dan Cepeda

CASPER, Wyo. – Christopher Dragon was ready to dial back his hectic work schedule when he decided to step down as Music Director of the Wyoming Symphony Orchestra after the fifth season. “My schedule was crazy,” he said during an interview with Oil City News this week. “I thought I’d want to step back and give myself more free weeks and just relax a bit rather than just go concert, concert, concert.” “That clearly didn’t happen,” he added.

1 week ago | oilcity.news | Dan Cepeda

CASPER, Wyo. – Every rock band needs a good name, and a group of noisy Southridge Elementary Students can lay claim to their own. “We like to call ourselves ‘Feedback,'” said music teacher Jeremy Huck. “That’s our unofficial name, but it’s a fitting one for these kids.” The official name for the group is simply the Southridge Rock Band, which consists of 31 fourth and fifth graders who meet every Thursday morning before school to learn how to rock.

2 weeks ago | oilcity.news | Dan Cepeda

CASPER, Wyo. – Retired oilfield worker Simon Carpenter was anointed the king of quesadillas somewhat by accident. He’d dreamed of launching his own food truck for years, but never had a particular concept in mind. Thanks to his friendship with Paul Hack – co-owner the Casper Spuds baseball team – his royal destiny to conquer hunger started to become clear. “They wanted something quick and easy, and they had a quesadilla guy before,” he said.

2 weeks ago | oilcity.news | Dan Cepeda

CASPER, Wyo. – Kelly Walsh High School senior Victor Lebsock has agreed to swim at Adams State University in Alamosa, Colorado. During a signing ceremony at KWHS on Wednesday afternoon, Lebsock said he was attracted to the university’s small class sizes and the surrounding community. “As I progress, the class sizes get smaller, and it was the same way here at Kelly Walsh,” he said.