Cole Smith is a filmmaker and former Air Force officer that was stationed in Cheyenne.
His latest project is a short film titled "Memorial Day", produced in cooperation with the Wyoming Arts Council, which depicts two friends commemorating a fallen comrade.
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With the Memorial Day Holiday weekend approaching, taking three-to-four seconds to put on your seat belt, could be the difference between either walking away or being taken away from the scene of a vehicle wreck.
I was at lunch today and could not help but overhear this conversation at the booth next to me...
"My wife and kids really want to go see the new "X-Men" movie over the weekend, and I'm a guy . . . so obviously I want to see it too.
But I REFUSE . . . because it's Memorial Weekend. I know the theaters will be packed, and I don't do well with holiday crowds.
I think now, more than ever, after the bombings in Boston, the explosion in West, TX and the weather tragedies we as a country have experienced in the last month or so, we understand the importance of not only those that serve in an effort to keep us safe and first responders...