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While a number of decorative Christmas trees are being placed for public display throughout Green River, the book tree at the Sweetwater County Library might be the most creative and unusual of the lot. According to Sweetwater County Library Manager Jacquie Kramer, two youth services librarians, Becky Iwen and Misti Zimmerman, came across the tree idea while browsing Pintrest. The tree sounded like a great idea to Kramer, who said it fit in with the library's ongoing project to repurpose older...
With the holiday season underway, may residents may have thoughts of gifts and family gatherings on their minds. However, residents should also be weary of a number of scams targeting people living in Green River as well. Earlier this month, the Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office issued a warning about a scam that targeted seniors, misleading them into believing their grandchild was facing legal trouble and needed money to pay for bail and attorney fees. Those running the scam, which the sheriff’s office said are associated with a phone num...
Friday afternoon, the wide-eyed looks and bright smiles said it all. Girls who swim on the middle school swim team would be practicing at the Green River High School Aquatics Center for the first time. The previous night, the girls said farewell to the Monroe pool they and every other swim team have used for the last 45 years. “We got to play games like sharks and minnows and we did relays,” Gaby Farnsworth, one of the teammates said. Farnsworth said she was excited to use the new pool, something many girls said prior to dressing out and rea...
Mud, dirt, sand, snow, rock, and ice. Wait a week and the outdoor conditions will change. Trail riding is one of my favorite things to do, and the trails around Green River have hundreds of miles and places to ride. With an ORV sticker, and license plate I can drive just about anywhere. There are trails, and two-tracker roads for any level of ability of riding. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing Pilot Butte, the ice caves, and natural horse corral. I’ve also have been on Little, Black, and Cedar Mountains. With all this riding, I always take a c...
A swim clinic hosted at the newly-opened Green River High School Aquatics Center brought home the gold with two swimmers who competed at the Olympic games. Friday and Saturday, swimmers Josh Davis and Ian Crocker visited with swimmers and students throughout the school district. Davis earned three gold medals in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and two silver medals in the 2000 Sydney, Australia Olympic Games. He broke the American record in the 200 meters and led a 1999 relay team that...
Sweetwater County's tax revenue will continue to hold steady, according to the Sweetwater County Treasurer's Office. County Assessor Pat Drinkle said the county's revenues should be steady, if not a little higher, than they were last year. Natural gas is valued higher than it was last year, Drinkle said there weren't large increases in mineral valuations, with oil and trona holding steady. "(The commissioners) are going to be happy, things are holding steady," Drinkle said. Not everything held...
While election winners like Pete Rust, Allan Wilson and Randal Wendling will have to wait for the new year before assuming their elected positions, one Nov. 4 winner was appointed to his council position last night. Ted Barney, who was elected to Ward II in Green River two weeks ago, was appointed to fill the unexpired term associated with the position he was elected to. Former Councilman Adam Coppolo resigned earlier this year and the council decided to wait for the election's conclusion to...
Last week on the library’s Facebook page I asked followers to share the titles of books that changed their lives. We received a lot of responses: “To Kill a Mockingbird,” by Harper Lee “Anna Karenina,” by Leo Tolstoy “The Color Purple,” by Alice Walker “Siddhartha,” by Herman Hesse “On the Road,” by Jack Kerouac “The Stand,” by Stephen King “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” by Hunter S. Thompson “Atlas Shrugged,” by Ayn Rand “Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity,” by Katherine Boo “The Solace of Open Spa...
The holiday shopping season is upon us and like every other year, people are going to be inundated with huge advertising campaigns designed to convince shoppers that it’s a good idea to go to a store on Thanksgiving night for a killer deal. I’m not the sort of person to look down on someone to going out and buying a brand new television or whatever this year’s most wanted and impossible to find toy is, but I do think the community should spend some time and money locally. Green River’s hometow...
Once again, ice fishing is right around the corner, and now is the time to go through your ice fishing gear and clean off the cobwebs while there is still good weather before the first safe ice. First, set down and make a check list, this will help you get organized, and not forget such simple things like inspecting your fishing line on each fishing pole. Then take time to think back to what went right, and wrong last season with your gear. Afterwards, set out your equipment and decide what to keep, and what to sell or give to your brother in-l...
Work toward installing a “life size and a half” statue in the Mining Memorial Park near the Green River Visitors Center may get a $20,000 from the Green River City Council. Last night, discussion about the proposed sculpture depicting two miners coming out of a mine, titled “Shift Change,” occurred when Councilman Gary Killpack mentioned the statue, saying he was approached by members of the Green River Arts Council seeking the money to help continue work on the statue. According to Katie D...
A special education teacher at Monroe Intermediate School received the prestigious Teacher of the Year award last week. The Sweetwater County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees awarded Desi Pampuch with a plaque and publicly congratulated her. Pampuch said it was an exciting moment for her because the district is filled with great teachers. Pampuch said she first found out during the teachers’ last day before the summer break. District Superintendent Donna Little-Kaumo made the announcement during a staff meeting at Monroe that final d...
After months of delays, the Green River High School’s new Aquatics Center will be open by the end of this week. According to Sweetwater County School District No. 2’s Superintendent, Donna Little-Kaumo, the occupancy permit was granted Friday and substantial completion was achieved Monday. With that occupancy permit, Little-Kaumo said the district has started moving furniture and equipment into the facility. Little-Kaumo said adjustments still need to be made to the pool’s chlorine levels, something that was mentioned briefly last week durin...
A number of vehicle crashes created havoc for people driving on I-80 Monday. The first snowstorm of the season created difficult driving conditions for people, resulting in reduced visibility and icy roads. Stephanie Harsha, public involvement specialist for the Wyoming Department of Transportation in Rock Springs, said highway patrol troopers were still filing crash reports as of Tuesday afternoon. Many of the crashes occurred between Green River and Rock Springs and included wreaks severe enough to slow and stop traffic on both the east and...
Collections for the specific purpose tax, also known as the sixth-penny tax, are meeting their projected expectations according to Robb Slaughter, Sweetwater County Treasurer. Voters approved the tax collection in 2012, voting for more than $79 million going to various infrastructure work and construction of Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County’s Medical Office Building. Slaughter said the tax is coming in at an average of $1.51 million a month, just $10,000 more than its projected revenue. At 17 months after the start of the tax, S...
"Seven thousand teachers, if we lose it, it's our own fault," Kindergarten Teacher Cindy Brandjord said about the state's teachers. Brandjord is one of many teachers in Sweetwater County School District No. 2 concerned about the upcoming legislative session and discussion about an external cost adjustment within the legislature's school funding model. One of the adjustments would result in teachers across the state receiving a cost of living allocation to help them keep up with inflationary pres...
Sunday afternoon, the rumble of more than 100 motorcycles announced the kickoff for the annual Toys for Kids toy drive hosted by the Rock Springs Fire Department. The motorcycle ride, now in its 24th year, started in Green River and transported hundreds of toys to Rock Springs. At the end of the ride, toys were piled high onto a number of tables at the Rock Springs Fire Department's headquarters. The Green River Fire Department helped escort the bikers from Green River to Rock Springs in one of...
Green River residents overwhelmingly supported Pete Rust's bid for mayor of Green River. According to unofficial election results released from the Sweetwater County Clerk's Office, Rust took 2,597 votes to win the election. Votes for Rust accounted for nearly three-fourths of the vote taken in Green River. His opponent, current Councilman Mark Peterson, received 882 votes, while 22 voters cast write-in suggestions. Rust said candidates who win primary elections typically gain votes in general...
The 4.6 acre Lincoln Tract A may have some homes developed on in the next couple of years. The land, which is the tract that originally had Lincoln High School built on it, was successfully bid for $207,000 by New Peak Construction. The Green River City Council unanimously supported the deal, which purchased the property for $132,000 more than its appraised value. Councilman Gary Killpack excused himself from the discussion. The land was originally, granted to the city in 1995 through a land transfer with Sweetwater County School District No....
Randal "Doc" Wendling successfully earned a seat with the Sweetwater County Commissioners last night, securing more than 5,000 votes cast in the election. The independent candidate's victory resulted in Democrat Gary Bailiff being edged out of the board of county commissioners, According to unofficial election results from the Sweetwater County Clerk's Office, Wending and Republican incumbent John Kolb were separated by 49 votes. Kolb earned the most votes with 5,183 while Wendling earned 5,134...
Residents living within Sweetwater County School District No. 2 voted in a new member of the board last night. According to unofficial election results from the Sweetwater County Clerk’s Office, voters elected incumbents John Malone and Ann Rudoff and elected newcomer Robin Steiss to her first term on the board. Two-term board member Christy Magagna lost her re-election bid for a third term. According to the results, Steiss received 1,807 votes, Malone took 1,835 votes, Rudoff had 1,834 votes and Magagna received 1,338. Candidate Christine M...
So many books, so little time, that’s what I think about when I glance at my “To Be Read” list. I read a lot, but the problem -- or advantage -- of working at the library is that I always find more books that I want to read. Like many others, I work full time and have a family, so free time sometimes feels like a luxury. So the question is, how to do I find more time to read when I’m already so busy? The answer: audiobooks. I didn’t really listen to audiobooks prior to working at the library. After starting here in January, however, I started...
There’s a new sheriff in town come Jan. 1. Sweetwater County voters decided to elect Democrat Mike Lowell to head the Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office, ending Republican Sheriff Rich Haskell’s two-term stint in the office. According to unofficial results from the Sweetwater County Clerk’s Office, Lowell won the election with 4,781 votes, beating Haskell’s 4,227 votes and independent candidate Dave Johnson’s 2,312 votes. On Lowell’s Facebook campaign page, Lowell thanked his campaign supporters and said he is both humbled and honored to be...
At the end of a tough race to represent House District 60, Democrat John Freeman earned his third term in the Wyoming House of Representatives last night. Freeman faced stiff competition from Republican challenger Bill Hooley and won the race with 1,518 votes to Hooley's 1,229 votes, according to unofficial results from the Sweetwater County Clerk's Office. Freeman noted his victory with a little humor on his Facebook campaign page, talking about some of the impacts the election has had on him....
Ghouls, ghosts, and a number of Elsas from "Frozen" marched along Flaming Gorge Way Friday afternoon in search of sweet treats. Children from all over Green River converged downtown, stopping by local businesses as well as the Sweetwater County Museum, the county courthouse and City Hall. Children, ranging from infants to teenagers all joined in on the fun. At the county courthouse, many of the employees joined in on the fun, with different offices following different themes. The Sweetwater...
