Home Page Updated: February 21, 2010
Site Launched: February 6, 2006

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Since the Fall of 2005, I have witnessed an ongoing environmental issue that is literally across the fence from my house and two acres of land. Just click on the ENVIRONMENT button (above) to read about the controversial Indian Paintbrush Estates subdivision project on the new Indian Paintbrush Road, just off Swaim Road (County Road 56) here in Sheridan, Wyoming. The subdivision is a 51-acre, 22-lot real estate venture headed by David Scott Bliss of Bliss Enterprises, Inc. / DSB Investments, Inc. After a lull, David Scott Bliss is back in the news. He was arrested at a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint near Amado, Arizona, on December 5, 2009. The vehicle he was driving allegedly was carrying 4.85 grams of crystal methamphetamine, 24 grams of marijuana, an AR-15 Semi-Automatic Rifle with a bi-pod and a homemade silencer. Read more at SheridanMedia.com

Thanks to Victor "The Historian" Kromka of Apollo, Pennsylvania, for sending me this nostalgic photograph of John Grimek and him taken back in 1983. John Grimek (born 1910 - died 1998) remains one of bodybuilding's authentic legends. He was Mr. America in both 1940 and 1941, Mr. Universe in 1948, and Mr. USA in 1949. Although Grimek didn't own York Barbell Company, he was affiliated with it for nearly 50 years, plus served as the editor-in-chief of Muscular Development magazine (1963-1985).

Mike Armstrong has always loved living by the ocean. He sent me this picture of him enjoying the front yard of his home on the east coast of Florida, where he has lived since 2009. His post-retirement move from California to Florida places this 1974 Mr. Alabama closer to his family roots in Birmingham. He still is training hard, painting, and is planning another trip (but hasn't yet picked the destination).

Shortly before moving to Florida, Mike retired from his lengthy career in teaching. He taught in public schools in Alabama (three years), Florida (one year), and the Los Angeles Unified School District (29 years). Most of those years were spent teaching junior high school students. For the ten years prior to his retirement, he taught on the high school level, plus instructed some college classes at California State University.

I remember once when I went to meet Mike at the Los Angeles inner city school where he taught ceramics in the mid-1970s. The school was in such a rough neighborhood that he told me to get there as close as possible to the appointed time and wait for him in my car with the doors locked and the windows rolled up. When I asked him how he maintained discipline in his classroom, he told me that for the first six weeks of each school year he rolled up his shirt sleeves as high as they would go and never cracked a smile. You can find more about Mike Armstrong by clicking on the Bodybuilding link, above.

Check out the article that Mike and I wrote about the very first Gold's Classic bodybuilding contest, a memorable event way back in 1976. I posted that article just a few days ago.

Ric Drasin and his son Shane ran into Ric's old friend Mr. T at one of their favorite restaurants, El Pollo Loco. Mr. T is best known for his unforgettable portrayal of "B. A. Baracus" in 97 episodes of television's The A-Team (1983-1987). Ric has been keeping very busy with his latest venture, Ric's Corner. Kris Gethin, the editor-in-chief at bodybuilding.com, told Ric that Ric's Corner is the most popular feature on their Website and that even some of her Web developers ("who are not bodybuilders by any means") love the show and look forward to each new episode.

That's it, Wyoming Woman visitors, for this Home Page update.

Irene L. Hause
Sheridan, Wyoming
February 21, 2010

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