Medicine Bow Heats Up

On Saturday, the Virginian Hotel was the venue for the Midwinter Meltdown which featured seven bands from Laramie. The Meltdown was the brainchild of Jeff Deloe a year ago. Deloe left Laramie this year for Washington and Mike Vanata, Rose Curtis and Keaton Elsasser picked up the torch to keep the music event alive for its second year.

Vanata was involved in last year's event by filming a documentary on how it was pulled together and the outcome.

He said there really was no other site considered to have the event.

"This place is infamous for being receptive to hosting parties and concerts,...