From Dolfe Brown VanAlyne - May, 2014
Kaitlyn VanAlyne, daughter of Rodney and Catherine VanAlyne, granddaughter of Bob and Dolfe VanAlyne graduated from the University of Portland.
She has her degree in Business Administration. The most fun part is that after her internship last summer she was offered a job at Cambia. It’s nice to graduate from college and go right into a job. Here she is with her sister Kelsey and her decorated mortar board.
From Mike & Nanette Brown
Our grandson, Marcus Ferrari, will graduate from Cheyenne Central High School on May 30, 2014. He is the son of the late Katy Brown Ferrari and Brian Ferrari. He has excelled in sports throughout his life, lately leading the Central Indians Soccer Team to a winning season and a place in the upcoming state tournament. He plans to continue his education and soccer activities at Sheridan Community College in northern Wyoming. Above are his class picture, some sports news photos from the Wyoming Tribune - Eagle, and picture of Marcus and his dad during a recent trip to Hawaii. Following is an article that accompanied one of the above pictures, telling of his grit and skill on the soccer field.
Central’ s Ferrari overcomes setbacks to keep playing soccer
jjohnke@wyosports.net I Posted: Thursday, May 8, 2014 8:00 am
CHEYENNE - A shockwave ran through Marcus Ferrari’s body when he collided with Laramie goalkeeper Kyle Russell on Tuesday.
One thought consumed the Cheyenne Central senior as the pain subsided while he lay on Riske Field’s artificial turf.
“‘Oh my goodness, not again,”’ Ferrari said. “I was scared and had to take a minute to make sure that I was OK.”
He had just collided with Russell as they both went for a ball late in the second half, and Russell’s knee hit Ferrari squarely in the midsection.
Taking a knee squarely in the stomach would have been a difficult blow for any player, but it was doubly painful for Ferrari, who had an emergency appendectomy April 11.
Ferrari will play his final regular-season match today when the No. 3-ranked Indians (6-3-1 overall, 5-3-1 Class 4A East Conference) visit Cheyenne South (2-11-1, 0-8-0) at 6 p.m.
Moments like Tuesday night’s collision don’t keep Ferrari from thinking the worst, but they also don’t keep him from appreciating every minute he gets to spend on a soccer field.
That’s because Ferrari briefly thought his senior season was going end with the appendectomy. A nurse who helped prepare Ferrari for surgery told him that the recommended recovery time was six to eight weeks. He was so bothered by the news that he sought a second opinion after he was wheeled into the operating room.
“They told me that I was only going to be out one or two weeks,” Ferrari said. “It was like a huge weight had.been lifted off my shoulders. I was pretty thrilled.
"I had already lost my sophomore year, and I definitely didn’t want to lose my senior year.”
Ferrari suffered a hip injury playing pickup basketball with a cousin, an injury so bad that he missed all of his sophomore season.
“I went to pivot and the muscle ripped right off the bone,” he said.
http://www.wyosports.net/high_school/cheyenne_central/central-s-ferrari-overcomes-setbac… 5/9/2014
Megan Nicole Johnston is graduating on May 31, 2014, from Cheyenne South High School in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Megan is the daughter of Scott & Amy Brown Johnston and the granddaughter of Mike & Nanette Brown. Megan plans to attend Laramie County Community College in Cheyenne to pursue her budding art career. She has been a participant in Wyoming’s annual High School Art Competition, winning several blue ribbons and for the second straight year having her teapot selected by Wyoming’s First Lady for yearlong display in the public area of the Governor’s Residence. Above are photos of Megan, and Megan with her mother Amy & brother Michael during a trip to Alaska last summer.
Cedar Nicole Hawks is graduating on May 17, 2014, from the George Walton Academy in Monroe, Georgia. She is the daughter of Laurie Jacka Hawks, granddaughter of Joanne French Jacka and great-granddaughter of Norman & Anna Brown French. Cedar will be attending Berry College in NW Georgia on a swimming scholarship, majoring in sports medicine. She plans to celebrate her graduation with a two week tour of London, Paris and Italy. When she returns she will serve as a counselor at a Methodist summer camp she has attended for the past several years. Above are photos of Cedar, Cedar with her mother Laurie & sister Berkley, and Cedar & her proud grandmother Joanne.
From Mike & Nanette Brown
Our granddaughter, Megan, has once again scored highly at the annual Wyoming High Schools Art Competition. As you can see in the photos, she won 3 blue ribbons plus had her teapot selected by Wyoming’s First Lady for year long display in the public area of the Governor’s Residence. Last year she had another teapot selected for display by the First Lady. This is quite an accomplishment because her entries were competing with several hundred others from high schools around the state. Her mother and father, Scott and Amy Brown Johnston, along with her brother, Michael, and the rest of us are very proud of her accomplishments. She will graduate this spring and plans to continue her art studies in college.