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Learning how the government and court system works were just a couple of the highlights for one student. Green River High School junior Alexander Shafe recently traveled to Douglas to attend Wyoming Boys State, which is sponsored by the American Legion. Shafe's trip was paid for by the American Legion Tom Whitmore Post 28. "This wouldn't have been possible if it wasn't for the legion," Shafe said. According to the website www.wyoboysstate.com, Boys State takes place annually in June and is a cha...
Several local ham-radio enthusiasts conducted a real-life, 24-hour emergency practice scenario. On Saturday, the Sweetwater Amateur Radio Club members gathered in Rock Springs near the Rock Springs Coal sign downtown to participate in Amateur Radio Field Day. From noon Saturday until noon Sunday, the enthusiasts gathered with campers, food and anything else they needed to make 24 hours. Sweetwater club president Rick Breininger, call sign N1TEK, said when hurricanes hit Puerto Rico and Florida,...
Flipping, jumping and landing correctly are all things children at the Green River gymnastics program were learning. Green River Recreation Center employees were teaching children of various ages and skill levels how to complete gymnastics moves Monday afternoon. From simple tumbling and cartwheels, to backflips and front flips, students were excited to learn and patient with one another. While some students worked on their tumbling, others learned how to maintain one's balance on the high...
Improving patients’ experiences is something the Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County has created a plan to address. During the Sweetwater County Commissioners meeting Tuesday morning, MHSC CEO Irene Richardson gave a presentation to the board about the hospital’s strategic plan. According to Richardson, MHSC has created a three-year, strategic plan that identifies areas where the hospital needs improvement. Currently, the hospital is focusing on five key areas including, patient exp...
The Sweetwater County Commissioners could not decide who would replace Don Van Matre. Despite hosting interviews with three Republican candidates, the commissioners were at an impasse as to who would be a better representative on the board. During the commissioners’ meeting Tuesday afternoon, former commissioner John Kolb, Island Richards and Lauren Schoenfeld were interviewed. After the interviews, each commissioner spoke to which candidate they felt would be the best for the job. C...
With how much stress I go through preparing for a vacation I start to wonder if it’s worth it. Of course, it always is in the end, but at the time it can be overwhelming. Once again, I find myself stressing before a vacation. This time I think I am stressing out even more than normal because the family trip involves flying: something my 9-year-old son, Matthew, and my 7-year-old son, John, have never experienced before. I am not the biggest fan of flying. I get motion sickness easily and by t...
A Green River teacher has already received honors on a local level and now he will receive national recognition. Green River High School teacher Bradlee Skinner was recently given the Sweetwater County School District No. 2 Teacher of the Year award. He was also notified he will receive the Educator of the Year award in July. Skinner has only been with District No. 2 for two years, but has been teaching for 18 years. For the district's award, Skinner was nominated by his students. Their...
Dedication, determination and discipline are all qualities this woman has to pursue her passion. Amy Manzanares has spent the last 14 years transforming her body from year to year to compete in body-building competitions, which are sponsored by the National Physique Committee. When Manzanares isn't busy competing she works at the Green River High School media center. Prior to that, she was a sign-language interpreter. She also is the GRHS assistant track coach. For Manzanares, being active is...
Pets across Green River in need of help received what their owners wanted them to thanks to community donations. For the past few years, the Golden Hour Senior Center has participated in the Care For Critters program. This program encourages residents to help seniors and homebound residents by donating pet food, toys, beds and anything else a pet might need. Irish Kreis, GHSC activities and marketing coordinator, said this year they filled 77 tags with pet requests and all of those requests...
A man accused of inappropriately touching a 17-year-old while they were working could serve 30 years in prison. Bradley A. Baugh, 23, appeared in the Third District County of Judge Richard Lavery at an arraignment to one count of third-degree sexual assault and three counts of fourth-degree sexual abuse of a minor. If Baugh is found guilty of all four felonies, he could face a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison and a maximum fine of $40,000. A jury trial has been scheduled to take place...
Despite one resident’s concerns about the lot size of the proposed subdivision near the Rolling Green Golf Course, the project is still moving forward. At a Sweetwater County Commissioners meeting two weeks ago, the group unanimously approved a minimum lot size variance request from Randy Laughter and Lane Fillingim for the Ranch View Estates subdivision. This approval will allow the developers to change the lot size from 2-acre lots to 1-acre lots. The lot-size variance request is only for p...
After weeks of soccer practices, games and meetings our weekday evenings and weekends are pretty full. My husband and I love that our boys enjoy sports, but four nights a week of practice with both of their games on Saturday mornings takes up a lot of our regular free time. I have missed a lot of their practices due to meetings, work obligations or just plain terrible weather conditions, but I haven’t missed a game. I enjoy seeing them learn new skills and improve practice after practice and g...
Teaching students about their civic responsibility, patriotism and flag etiquette has earned one Green River teacher a state award. Lincoln Middle School sixth-grade teacher Lori Hastert was informed that she recently had been named the Veterans of Foreign Wars Smart/Maher Wyoming State Teacher of the Year. “It was pretty exciting and quite a surprise,” Hastert said. “It’s pretty humbling to receive that as well.” According to the VFW website, “Established in 1999, the award recognizes our natio...
Those who enjoy listening to audiobooks, but don’t like the wait for the title to become available will enjoy the library’s new digital upgrade. According to a press release, Wyoming residents now have access to thousands of free, downloadable audiobook titles thanks to the Wyoming State Library’s launch of RBDigital Unlimited. This subscription marks a major expansion of the RBDigital service, available through GoWYLD.net. Sweetwater County Library Director Jason Grubb said the libraries have...
Quilts of all sizes and themes will once again be on display at the Quilting on the Green show. On Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. the quilt show will take place at Expedition Island, while on Saturday the show take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Prior to the quilts being displayed, they are registered and judged. Quilting on the Green co-chair Debbie Braithwaite said she is hoping there are a lot of great entries again this year, but one never knows how many will be submitted until days before the...
As I attended numerous graduations last week, I couldn’t help but notice how each one is unique in its own way. For example: Black Butte High School in Rock Springs allows each graduate to pick who they want to hand them their diploma. Some select their parents or a sibling, while others chose their favorite teacher. It truly is one of the most emotional ceremonies I’ve attended. Another example is how graduates at Farson-Eden High School pass out flowers to every person who they felt imp...
The Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport did not receive funding from the Federal Aviation Administration for its commercial airport terminal upgrades. “To say we are disappointed, would be an understatement,” Airport Director Devon Brubaker said. However, Brubaker knew there was a lot of strong competition with 2,652 applications totaling $10.9 billion for airport projects. The funding available for this round was $779 million. “According to our discussions with the FAA, our application was w...
A vacancy was officially declared on the Board of Sweetwater County Commission Tuesday. After the death of Republican Commissioner Don Van Matre, the Commissioners had to officially declare the vacancy to allow the Sweetwater County Republican party 20 days to present the Commissioners with three names. Deputy attorney John Deleon said now that the Commissioners have declared the vacancy, the Republican party will have 20 days to obtain a list of applicants and narrow that list down to three. Th...
Making needed upgrades to the nearly 45-year-old exhibit hall is a priority for Sweetwater County. A press release from the Sweetwater County Events Complex states, the events complex board and its employees are focused on renovating, updating and expanding the exhibit hall, which was built in 1976-77. Lena Warren, Sweetwater County Events Complex Marketing and Event Coordinator, said for fiscal year 2019 the events complex received about $800,000 for capital improvements. This money will go to...
As a family with young children, it is hard to find television shows all of us can watch together. For whatever reason, more and more shows on the big networks shown during prime time have chosen to allow curse words into the programs. This may be fine for older children to hear, but I most certainly don’t want my children spouting off some of those words they may have heard on those channels at school or at church. This has left our family looking for other shows all of us can watch. We’ve com...
Two Lady Wolves soccer players were named All-Conference after the coaches’ votes were cast. Raena Finch and Michaelee Wisniewski were both placed on the 2019 Wyoming Coaches’ Association 4A All-Conference list. Head coach Tracy Wyant said it was great both of these ladies were added to this list. Only the top eight in each category including, goal keeper, defender, midfielder and forwards, receive this honor. All Conference is determined after all of the coaches vote for who they think the bes...
Elementary students learned at a young age how to present information they gathered to an audience. Last week, students in Brittney Montgomery and Phyllis Timmons' first-grade classes at Harrison Elementary School participated in a wax museum. "During this event, students were presenting monologues on the animals they have been researching," Montgomery said. "The idea stemmed from one of our writing standards on research. Students are expected to be able to write an informational story or...
Over the years, the Mother's Day Tea at the Golden Hour Senior Center has grown. This year, about 130 attendees joined in celebrating Mother's Day at the center by having tea and eating numerous desserts and finger sandwiches. One group of ladies were sitting at the table decorated with pink tablecloths and pink rose centerpieces and discussing how the Mother's Day Tea started. While snacking on thumbprint cookies, scones and lemon bars, GHSC patron Ann Lowe said she could remember the very...
It was a battle to see which team would advance to state, and the Lady Wolves soccer team came up short. “They tried,” head coach Tracy Wyant said. “It was a tough, emotional loss.” On Thursday, the Lady Wolves soccer team went up against Jackson and despite playing hard they came up short, 3-2. With the game being a must-win situation, the loss ended the Lady Wolves’ season and they were a little heartbroken over it. “It didn’t go our way,” Wyant said. “It wasn’t for lack of effort.” The Lad...
The Clerk of District Court’s office will add two more positions to help with the number of cases it is receiving. Donna Lee Bobak approached the Sweetwater County Commissioners about three personnel requests at the last meeting. The first was a simple request to fill a position left open after someone left the office. A motion was made and unanimously approved by the commissioners. The second request was to add a another position so the Clerk of District Court’s office would be back up to a t...
