Abi Colbert, left, Destiny Wilkinson, Caitlin Hollingsworth and Dallas Hollingsworth chant for their team's white chili during the Boys and Girls Club chili cook off on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, at the Holiday Inn in Cheyenne. The girls' team was from the Boys and Girls Club. Their chili consisted of green chili, chicken and sour cream among other ingredients. The event drew more than 20 teams of chili cookers and benefited the Boys and Girls Club of Cheyenne. (James Brosher/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)

Alf Grzegorczyk, owner of the Red Wood Lounge, shares a laugh with a patron as he hands out bracelets for Thankful Thursday on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, at the Cheyenne lounge. The weekly gathering has raised more than $100,000 for charities since it started on Feb. 11, 2010, through 50/50 drawing and auctions. "It's such a cool program," Grzegorczyk said of the weekly event (held at 4:30 p.m. each Thursday except in the summer and on holidays) that benefits a different charity each week. Thursday's event was in benefit of the Boys and Girls Club of Cheyenne. (James Brosher/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)

Framed by containers of coffee beans, John Guerin, owner of the Coal Creek Coffee Company of Laramie, Wyo., pours a cup for a patron during an opening reception for the exhibit, "Coffee: The World in Your Cup" on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, at the Wyoming State Museum. The exhibit, exploring the history of coffee, will be at the museum until March 3. (James Brosher/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)

A cloud passes overhead as workers peer down into the Herschler Building as they replace a section of the building's translucent roof on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012, in Cheyenne. The workers braved temperatures below 20 degrees to replace the roofing section. (James Brosher/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)

Laura Riley, also known as "Concealed Carrie," shares a laugh as she talks with a couple potential recruits for the Cheyenne Capidolls roller derby team on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012, at Roller City. The team held a recruitment call-out for potential members. The team's first match of the year is on Feb. 11. (James Brosher/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)

Cheyenne fire fighters Brent Osborne, left, and Jacob Vassar fire a spray of water into the Frontier Park parking lot on Friday, Jan. 6, 2012, in Cheyenne. Members of ladder one and engine one were training Vassar, a new fire fighter who recently joined the department after graduating from the training academy in December. (James Brosher/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)

Mickey Lewis, right, a member of the Fort Laramie Historical Association, shars a laugh with Hannah Buettner and Brandon Lewis on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012, at the Barnes and Noble in Cheyenne. The two were depicting main characters, Lt. Ethan Bowles and Abigail Harding, from Amanda Cabot's new book, "Summer of Promise," during a book signing at the store. The book is set in Fort Laramie, Wyo. in 1885. (James Brosher/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)

Joe Melia, left, Julia Melia and Stephen Saxer put the finishing touches on a snowman complete with a Mohawk on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011, on a frozen pond in Lion's Park. The snowman cost a total of 27 cents to construct: two pennies for the eyes and a quarter for the nose. (James Brosher/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)

Collin Pickens, 4, reacts after he and his sister, Jayden, 7, came home from school to find Santa Claus (Jack Coffey) waiting on their doorstop on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011, in south Cheyenne. Santa stopped by to drop off toys donated to the Pickens family following a Dec. 1 fire that destroyed their apartment. Members of the community donated $1,500 in cash and gift cards to the family and Cheyenne Fire Local 279 bought and wrapped toys.

Santa Claus (Jack Coffey) carries a bag of toys to the home of the Pickens family on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011, in south Cheyenne. Coffey surprised Collin Pickens, 4, and Jayden, 7, with donated toys following a Dec. 1 apartment fire that destroyed all of their belongings. The Cheyenne community raised $1,500 in cash and gift cards to donate to the family and Cheyenne Fire Local 279 bought toys with funding from its burn-out fund.

Onlookers watch from the balconies after a ceremony lighting the Wyoming State Capitol's Christmas tree on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011, in Cheyenne.