May 5, 2021
Ross Hall does custom coffin that are colorful or maybe look like the Star Trek Enterprise. When Ross s Cousin passed away , he knew the perfect coffin for him. A coffin that looked like a dougnut!
May 4, 2021
In 1957, the UW Book Store was located in the Arts Building, where the Biological and Physical Sciences buildings are now located. By 1973, the Book Store moved to its present location in the Wyoming Union and rebranded in 2013 as the University Store. (UW American Heritage Center Photos)
The University Store is celebrating its 100th year serving the University of Wyoming campus.
A number of celebratory events are planned this year, including an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony during Laramie Jubilee Days this summer, and a fashion show and Homecoming celebration in the fall.
The store was established as the University Book Store in 1921 and originally housed in the Arts Building just north and east of Old Main. Services provided by the Book Store quickly grew to include school and office supplies, snacks and greeting cards.
Coffins turn dying into an art form
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Mourners at Phil McLean s funeral in Wellington, New Zealand, first gasped, then laughed as his coffin, shaped like a giant cream doughnut, was brought into the chapel, the Associated Press reported on April 15. McLean had designed the special coffin with his cousin, Ross Hall, owner of Dying Art, a business specializing in custom coffins. Over the past 15 years, Hall has fashioned a sailboat, a firetruck, a chocolate bar and Legos, among others. McLean s widow, Debra, said her husband had considered himself a connoisseur of cream doughnuts, and the coffin overshadowed the sadness. . The final memory in everyone s mind was of that doughnut and Phil s sense of humor. For himself, Hall said he had planned a red box with flames on it, but he changed his mind to a clear coffin, with him wearing nothing but a leopard-patterned G-string. The
Colorful coffins lighten mood at New Zealand funerals
By NICK PERRYApril 15, 2021 GMT
The coffin was a giant cream donut.
“It overshadowed the sadness and the hard times in the last few weeks,” said his widow, Debra. “The final memory in everyone’s mind was of that donut, and Phil’s sense of humor.”
The donut was the latest creation by Phil’s cousin Ross Hall, who runs a business in Auckland, New Zealand, called Dying Art, which custom builds colorful coffins.
Other creations by Hall include a sailboat, a firetruck, a chocolate bar and Lego blocks. There have been glittering coffins covered in fake jewels, a casket inspired by the movie “The Matrix,” and plenty of coffins depicting people’s favorite beaches and holiday spots.
Dumbarton Sheriff Court A MAN caught concealing three blades inside his boxer shorts in a Clydebank street has been told he’ll be jailed next month. Andrew Devenney will find out the length of his prison sentence next month after he pleaded guilty to a series of offences committed in Park Road in Dalmuir. Dumbarton Sheriff Court heard on Friday that police who were on uniform mobile patrol in the area saw Devenney unsteady on his feet at around 8.30pm on January 15. The cops turned their vehicle around to check on Devenney’s welfare, and they could tell he was intoxicated.