Hello! My name is Payton Miller. I am a sophomore at Morningside University studying Mass Communications and General Psychology, born and raised in Rock Springs, Wyoming. I hope to one day become a photojournalist and write for a reputable news company. My biggest dream includes traveling and taking pictures for National Geographic magazine!
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The group arrives in the great state of Illinois after their long journey.
The group stops by their hotel room before sight seeing.
The group gets their first look at the city of Chicago.
The group moves towards the big bean in anticipation.
The group moves towards the bean to inspect it further.
Natalie Hunt poses in front of a picture in front of the photo frame.
The group gazes at the Chicago signs as they drive by.
Creating a bulliten board for the residence halls
Student at Bucks Grill catching a late night bite.
Morningside students deep in conversation at Bucks Grill.
Students lean in as tea is spilled at Bucks Grill.
Tyson King asks for a cheese curd from Natalie Hunt.
Tyson King celebrates as he’s finally convinced Natalie Hunt to give him a cheese curd.
Gerald Stout looks back on life and how it shaped him.
Gerald Stout was born in 1927 in Farson, Wyoming and by the 1930s the United States of America was thrust into the greatest economic crisis ever experienced. Stout may have only been three years old, but he recalled his life like it was yesterday.
Stout likes to tell stories. Ask him about a topic and he’ll sit with you for hours and just talk. One topic leads to the next until before you know it, the sun has fallen back behind the Rockies and it’s time for you to make your way back home.
Gerald is currently 93 years old. And as he tells this story he has trouble speaking. His family didn’t have much, and as he described it, there wasn’t much to have in Farson. “There wasn’t nothin’ here!” Stout quipped before going on. “If you wanted anything you had to drive into Rock Springs, and at the time Rock Springs was not a place you wanted to find yourself after dark.” It was a mining town full of criminals and there was practically a shooting per day.
Stout went on to talk about life with his mom, dad, and brother. “We weren’t a wealthy family, to begin with, we had a couple of dogs and just enough of everything else to get us by.”
Betty Applequest, a neighbor of Geralds, was born in 1925 and pipped in with the same sentiment. “Living in a small town I was probably better off than some other people.” Together the two described the community they felt in the little town of Farson, Wyoming. “The people around us helped us out as much as they could, and we helped them when we could.” Applequest looked back on the time fondly. “I never felt like I had less than anyone else.”
The effects of growing up in this time can be seen in the way Gerald lives now. His property is littered with a collection of anything and everything. Stout recently commissioned some residents of Farson to help him clean up his yard.
Shaneal Miller of Rock Springs, Wyoming volunteered to help. “You can see why he has all this stuff. He never had anything and so now he saves everything. To him, everything can be used for something.” Miller stated as she looked out towards the property.
The Great Depression is known by all as the greatest economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world. The effects were felt across the United States, and in a small town in Wyoming, just barely established was a little boy named Gerald Stout.
Musical theatre legend Stephen Sondheim dies at 91.
This article details the recent death of Stephen Sondheim and the impact he made on musical theatre throughout his entire life. It praises his work and includes quotes and tweets from people mourning the loss of him and praising his existence. This article makes it clear the enormous impact this man’s life had on the theatre and then explains why he was a big deal.
This article is not for someone who is looking for a quick read. This article dives very deep into the timeline of Sondheim’s life and nearly every musical he ever took part in producing.
It begins by detailing a brief description of where he was and what he was doing before he passed away. He celebrated Thanksgiving with friends and then spent the day before at the theatre doing what he loved most. From that point forward the article dives into a timeline of Sondheim’s life from the first musical he composed for, “Saturday Night” 1955, to his last, “The Rhapsodic Passion” 1994.
This article was written for lovers of the theatre and true fans of Sondheim’s work. I would recommend this to anyone willing to sit down and read a decently lengthy article. While it may not be big news for a lot of people, there is a select group that will find this news heartbreaking and unexpected.
https://www.today.com/news/musical-theater-legend-stephen-sondheim-dies-91-t240871
Gerald Stout looks back on early life in the Great Depression.
The Great Depression is known by all as the greatest economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world. The effects were felt across the United States, and in a small town in Wyoming, just barely established was a little boy named Gerald Stout.
Gerald Stout was born in 1927 in Farson, Wyoming and by the 1930s the United States of America was thrust into the greatest economic crisis ever experienced. Stout may have only been three years old, but he recalled his life like it was yesterday.
Stout likes to tell stories. Ask him about a topic and he’ll sit with you for hours and just talk. One topic leads into the next until before you know it, the sun has fallen back behind the Rockies and it’s time for you to make your way back home.
Gerald is currently 93 years old. And as he tells this story he has trouble speaking. His family didn’t have much, and as he described it, there wasn’t much to have in Farson. “There wasn’t nothin’ here!” Stout quipped before going on. “If you wanted anything you had to drive into Rock Springs, and at the time Rock Springs was not a place you wanted to find yourself after dark.” It was a mining town full of criminals and there was practically a shooting per day.
Stout went on to talk about life with his mom, dad, and brother. “We weren’t a wealthy family, to begin with, we had a couple of dogs and just enough of everything else to get us by.”
Betty Applequest, a neighbor of Geralds, was born in 1925 and pipped in with the same sentiment. “Living in a small town I was probably better off than some other people.” Together the two described the community they felt in the little town of Farson, Wyoming. “The people around us helped us out as much as they could, and we helped them when we could.” Applequest looked back on the time fondly. “I never felt like I had less than anyone else.”
The effects of growing up in this time can be seen in the way Gerald lives now. His property is littered with a collection of anything and everything. Stout recently commissioned some residents of Farson to help him clean up his yard. Shaneal Miller of Rock Springs, Wyoming volunteered to help. “You can see why he has all this stuff. He never had anything and so now he saves everything. To him, everything can be used for something.” Miller stated as she looked out towards the property.
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