Carol Emerson is the proud grandmother of the six grandchildren she has raised for the majority of their childhoods. Ranging in age from 8 to 26, one recently earned his Eagle Scout honor. The oldest two are raising her seven great-grandchildren. Emerson was a widowed single mother and spent 33 years in the restaurant business, 20 of those in management. She now is a sterile processing technician. In 1974, she became Wyoming's first woman freefalling skydiver. Ever adventurous, she has traveled most of the United States and Europe. She is one of the growing number of parenting grandparents. From coaching youth sports to helping with schoolwork, Emerson said raising the next generation has been hard work but also a joy.
Powerful jaws on an excavator rip apart the Cowboy Dormitory west of the University of Wyoming Earth and Sciences Building on Monday. The space is being cleared for the Robert and Carol Berry Center for Natural History and Conservation. The 40,000 square-foot facility will bring together UW's education collections for the life sciences and will include offices, classrooms, a lecture hall, seminar rooms and a demonstration area. (Courtesy/University of Wyoming media relations.
This undated photo provided by Doug Schneider photography shows a portion of Carol Schneider's large vintage buttons collection. (AP Photo/Doug Schneider, HO)
This undated photo provided by Doug Schneider shows Carol Schneider, of New York, as she shows a portion of her large vintage buttons collection. Schneider incorporates buttons into the handmade goods she crafts. (AP Photo/Doug Schneider, HO)
Carol and Joe Weaver pose in the living room in their Casper home last week. The Weavers moved to Wyoming from Georgia last year after struggling to find work at home. (Dan Cepeda/Star-Tribune)
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