James Brosher Photography

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Wyoming Tribune Eagle

Remembering Isaac Salas

For a few months, I’ve been working on a picture story about Isaac Salas, a Cheyenne South High School wrestler who broke his C1 and C2 vertebrae in a 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 is an audio slideshow I put together with some of the pictures I took of Isaac and his family.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOHNbqAAUxE

Santa Claus visits family that lost home in fire

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.
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.
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.

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Let it glow

The 27-foot-tall Christmas tree that stands in the Wyoming State Capitol lit up on Wednesday glowing bright enough to make Clark W. Griswold jealous. It rivals only the 7.5-foot-tall tree that occupies a large portion of living room and features some 600 light bulbs. Sadly, however, my apartment ceiling is not as cool as the one in the Wyoming State Capitol rotunda.

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

#OccupyCheyenne

Occupy Cheyenne protestors carry an American Flag down a sidewalk as they march from the Wyoming State Capitol to the Depot Plaza on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011, in Cheyenne. About 60 people turned out for the rally.
Occupy Cheyenne protestors carry an American Flag down a sidewalk as they march from the Wyoming State Capitol to the Depot Plaza on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011, in Cheyenne. About 60 people turned out for the rally.

Piper Crawford, 4, wipes her eyes in boredom as she listens to speeches at an Occupy Cheyenne rally on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011, at the Wyoming State Capitol. Crawford was at the rally with her parents, who recently moved to Cheyenne from Portland, Ore.
Piper Crawford, 4, wipes her eyes in boredom as she listens to speeches at an Occupy Cheyenne rally on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011, at the Wyoming State Capitol. Crawford was at the rally with her parents, who recently moved to Cheyenne from Portland, Ore.

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Operation Provide Joy

Capt. Jessica Getrost of the 321st Missile Squadron paints the face of Jaycee Nace, 7, during Operation Provide Joy on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011, at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne. Each child was pared with a service member from the base and partook in games and crafts.
Capt. Jessica Getrost of the 321st Missile Squadron paints the face of Jaycee Nace, 7, during Operation Provide Joy on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011, at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne. Each child was pared with a service member from the base and partook in games and crafts.

Col. Chris "Boots" Coffelt, commander of the 90th Missile Wing at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, shakes hands with one of 116 children as they make their way into Operation Provide Joy on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011, at the base in Cheyenne. Each child was pared with a service member from the base and partook in games and crafts.
Col. Chris "Boots" Coffelt, commander of the 90th Missile Wing at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, shakes hands with one of 116 children as they make their way into Operation Provide Joy on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011, at the base in Cheyenne. Each child was pared with a service member from the base and partook in games and crafts.