“County 10″ was Peoples Choice Award winner at WWWC Ice Sculpting Contest; Vandals smashed it Saturday night
The People’s Choice Award and winner of the Intermediate Division of the WWWC Ice Sculpting contest “County 10″ was destroyed by vandals Saturday night along with five other sculptures. (Ernie Over photo)
(Riverton, Wyo.) – The Wild West Winter Carnival Ice Sculpting contest drew many onlookers and visitors Saturday afternoon in Riverton. It was a good thing, too. Five of the sculptures, including the first place Intermediate Division sculpture and overall People’s Choice winner, an ice sculpture titled “County 10″ featuring the Wyoming bucking bronc logo, was destroyed by vandals Saturday night.
Winners of the three divisions were:
Amateur
1st – Winter Fun by Jimmy Luster, Shela Balder, and Larry Luster
2nd – Almost Bronco by Michael Ridge Bear
3rd – Wyoming Economy by Cary and Deb Fike and Burt Daffran
Intermediate
1st – County 10 by Rob Heller and Russ Koble
2nd – Self Made Man by Kami Jordon and Eric Fabrizius
3rd – The Rose by Scotty Lyie and Gordon
Professional
1st – Joe Stallion by Kris Archer
2nd – Iggy by Randy Archer
3rd – Unicorn by Shaw Watts
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I beleive the Unicorn was completed by Shannon Watts…
Ice sculptures were doubtless destroyed by idiots mixing adult beverages with a long history of juvenile video games and infantile behavior. Nice contribution, morons.
That's pretty cool, but I can write my name in the snow with no hands.
The increasing population of intoxicated vagrants are making Riverton look awful and feel unsafe. It’s not just the vandalism, it’s the panhandling, and it’s the harassment by the individuals and the sense of unease simply walking down Main in the evening. It seems to have been getting worse in the past 6 months with larger numbers of vagrants making the rounds every day: First they sober up enough to be released from Detox. (Fremont County Alcohol Crisis Center) Then they head down the walking trail taking care of bodily functions on the trail or near the trail, harassing any walker/jogger that happens to be using the trail. After that they’re off to the convenience stores and local food pantries for sustenance in the afternoon. Soon you see those folks headed en masse to bars & liquor stores where they are sold to & served into oblivion. The evenings are spent hanging out on Main Street or in the alleys until they get taken by PD to the free food & warm bed back at Detox. The ‘system’ is NOT working.
it was amazing no one saw this happening driving by , as they were intack around 8 pm & nighbor said they were destroyed by 9 pm.
This is so sad, alcohol just makes idiots out of seemingly normal people, vandalism is so rampant and to destroy someone's hard work is awful…sober up people and be responsible for your actions, you are suppose to be nice loving small communities, act like it. I always thought if you were caught vandalizing the best punishment would to go though the vandals home and destroy all their stuff, maybe they'd think twice, if they care at all.
This is so sad, alcohol just makes idiots out of seemingly normal people, vandalism is so rampant and to destroy someone's hard work is awful…sober up people and be responsible for your actions, you are suppose to be nice loving small communities, act like it. I always thought if you were caught vandalizing the best punishment would to go though the vandals home and destroy all their stuff, maybe they'd think twice, if they care at all.
I worked on my amateur sculpture next to them. My friend and I worked hard on our piece, although we didn't finish in the allotted time, I was proud to have done my first ice sculpture. I was quite saddened when on Sunday morning, I took my family to go see it and it was smashed! Whether the persons who violated my piece was intoxicated or just out "having fun," I find it a complete lack of respect to obliterate someone creation. "Just because you can" doesn't cut it.
And no one saw who did the damage? Unbelievable. Creating art is hard work and the participants spent a lot of time making the community better.
It is beautiful. Crazy people to do something like that.
here, if someone is caught peeing in public they're arrested and put on the sex offender list (you know, cause they exposed themselves in public) it's a bit excessive, but sounds like maybe would be a good move in your area!
The third place winner in the Intermediate class was, Scotty and Lyric Gordon!
Sad to only see bits of ice sculpture on the road today on my visit to your city.
The ice sculpture event has been going on for quite a number of years, and every year that I have gone to see them the next day there are many that are smashed. Always a bummer. Kudo's to all who participated, wished I could have seen them this year.
I would say, that you sir are the moron for blaming video games for the destruction of this artwork. But if you feel so strongly about the sculptures you could grab a chair and accompany them all night. I'm surprised you didn't blame assault weapons.
We shouldn't have to guard art work in our own community. Young people (and old) should have enough respect not to destroy another persons property. And yes, I agree with John, video gaming–violent & juvenile–plays a part in the disrespect shown by our youth towards the community & the elders.
I wonder if any of the merchants on the same side of the street or across the street used video surveillance cameras & had them on in their business which might show the culprits.