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The speech and debate team ended its first meet with a fourth-place finish. The Green River High School Speech and Debate Team traveled to Casper this weekend to start this year’s season. Cheyenne East took first, Natrona County grabbed second, Rock Springs nabbed third and Green River came in fourth. Head coach Carina White said they took 41 students and they will continue to improve on their pieces. “Students have worked on perfecting their primary event; now we need to add the secondary eve...
A Green River High School graduate is making a name for himself on the collegiate level in cross country. Braden Reichl, who is a sophomore at the D-2 school Michigan Tech University, was recognized for finishing higher than any other cross country runner in MTU history in the 8K at the GLIAC Conference, which took place Nov. 3. He finished in sixth place with a time of 25:09.7. He received the GLIAC First-Team All-Conference award. Reichl's parents Dawn and Aaron Reichl were at the GLIAC meet....
Solvay Chemicals is appealing an assessed valuation in regards to property taxes. During the Sweetwater County Commissioners meeting Tuesday morning, the Commissioners heard an update from County Assessor Dave Divis and Sweetwater County Treasurer Robb Slaughter about the appeal process. Commissioner Chairman Reid West said the matter doesn’t require any action from the Commissioners, but thought it would be a good idea for them to hear an update on it. Divis said the Department of Audit conduct...
Sweetwater County Commission meetings will start being streamed live sometime in December. During the Commission meeting Tuesday, the Commissioners voted unanimously to approve a motion to spend up to $10,000 for equipment needed to get them live on the internet. “We’ve had discussions before about broadcasting the meetings,” information technology director Tim Knight said. However, each time those discussions seemed to come up budget constraints were always an issue so the issue was put on the...
As patriotic music played, Green River veterans gathered for a free meal and fellowship. On Friday, the Golden Hour Senior Center provided all veterans with a free meal, including a French dip, wedge fries, broccoli salad, peaches and a dessert. To start the program, Boy Scouts from Troop 312 presented the American and Wyoming flags. Then, the veterans listened to a poem and watched pictures of themselves on the screen. Seniors were asked to bring in pictures of their favorite veterans to share...
Lincoln Middle School students wearing placards with names of veterans filled two sides of the auditorium, while the center seats were reserved for Veterans and family members. On Monday, LMS sixth-grade students, the LMS band and choir put on a special Veterans Day program as a way to show local veterans how thankful they are for their service. During the program, the band played the “Star Spangled Banner,” while the choir sang. Green River City Councilman Ted Barney recited President Don...
Sweetwater County residents have the chance to send Christmas presents to those in other countries who wouldn’t normally receive one. Mindy France, Operation Christmas Child central drop off team leader, said the Green River Assembly of God will once again be the drop-off location for Green River residents. However, this location will also be the central Southwest Wyoming location as well. OCC is a program through Samaritan’s Purse. Not only do they provide relief to those in need, but they tel...
With about 50 members, the Green River High School Speech and Debate team is preparing for its first tournament in Casper. “We remain one of the larger teams in Wyoming, but we have significantly decreased in size the last couple years,” assistant coach Dan Parson said. “We still have great kids on the team and strength in every event.” The team is pretty well balanced in the amount of seniors, juniors, sophomores and freshmen it has, which he sees as a benefit to the team. “It takes a couple...
Two Lady Wolves volleyball players were named All-Conference, while one was also named All-State. Katie Banks was named both to All Conference and All State, while Madelyn Heiser was named to All Conference. Banks was also named All State in 2017. All-State honors are determined by members of the Wyoming Coaches Association. Those members vote on which players they believe are the best in Wyoming for the season. As for All Conference, volleyball coaches vote on which players they believe are...
A Green River Boy Scout recently obtained the highest Boy Scout honor after carrying out his bat house project. For Boy Scout Troop 78 member Nathan Nelson, trying to help the community while completing a project for his Eagle Scout honor was something he just had to do. Nelson joined the Cub Scouts when he was 8. He then continued to advance in the program and moved onto the Boy Scouts and obtaining 22 merits badges. Not only did Nelson obtain badges, but he advanced his skills by attending...
The Lady Wolves Swimming Team showed they had what it took to swim with the big schools and came home with a second-place finish. During the meet, the several Lady Wolves broke school records. Swimmers Lauren Jensen, Hailey Uhrig, Lauren Lee and Ashley Jensen broke the school record in the 200-yard medley relay, while L. Jensen, L. Lee, Alexa Lauze and Sydni Sanders broke the school record by 6 seconds in the 400-yard freestyle relay. Hailey Uhrig once again broke the school record in the...
Each year, I have the honor of putting together, designing and laying out our Salute to the troops Veterans Day special section. It’s a time-consuming and meticulous task because I don’t want to make any mistakes, which since I am human leaves me a little bit stressed out. I triple check that the names and photos are in the correct order and that everything looks good. I build other tabs throughout the year, but this one is different -- it’s for veterans -- for those who served or are conti...
The Sweetwater County Commission will not support funding the Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport commercial terminal without a guarantee that it will receive federal grant funding. During the Commission meeting Tuesday morning, the Commissioners were split on the issue. A motion was made by Randy Wendling to approve a budget resolution request for $133,333 to pay for the schematics of the project, but it almost died for a lack of a second. Chairman Reid West asked if he could second it, but...
Sweetwater County farmers who have suffered from the drought can now file for assistance. According to a press release from the United States Department of Agriculture, Sweetwater County has been designated as a primary natural disaster area. “Producers who suffered losses due to a recent drought may be eligible for USDA Farm Service Agency emergency loans,” the release states. “It’s just that we sustained the drought long enough and it was bad enough that it effected our agriculture busines...
Last week, residents at the Mission at Castle Rock Rehabilitation Center and The Villa received a surprise visit from a couple of furry guests. Bobbi Jo and Gene Drozd decided to bring a couple of their horses to the center for residents to pet. Bobbi Jo works for CRRC and was happy to have her horses at the center. Heidi Schuh, CRRC activities director and volunteer coordinator, said CRRC residents Sharon Patterson and Kathy Forman specifically requested a visit from the horses. The Drozd's...
A play based on the Salem witch trials is sure to captivate those who go and see it. The Green River High School theater department is putting on "The Crucible," which was written by Arthur Miller. "The Crucible" is a classic portrait of one man's struggle toward grace, and is set in the scorching context of the 17th-century Salem witch trials. "The Crucible" renders human struggles both internal and external: a community galvanized by fear and suspicion, a wife betrayed by lust, an orphan girl...
It wasn't the ending the Lady Wolves volleyball team wanted. The Lady Wolves, who were ranked No. 2 in the Southwest quadrant, didn't advance to state. During regional play, which took place in Rock Springs, the Lady Wolves took on the Northwest No. 3 seed Riverton and won in four sets, 26-24, 25-14, 17-25, 26-24. This game was the first game for the Lady Wolves on Friday. They advanced in the bracket and had to play Kelly Walsh, the No. 1 seed in the Northwest, later Friday evening. The Lady...
Seventeen Lady Wolves swimmers will travel to Laramie this week for the state competition. Of the 17, 14 qualified for state, while three are going as alternates. Head coach Colleen Seiloff said they didn’t have any additional swimmers qualify for state at the last-chance meet, which took place last Thursday. Seiloff said the last-chance meet was a way for them to pick up more qualifiers, but they didn’t. “For some of them, it’s just like a practice,” Seiloff said. To prepare for state, th...
With nearly 1,400 pumpkins and gourds to choose from, a person is bound to find the perfect one. The Union Congregational Church's pumpkin patch is a busy place with children from both Sweetwater County School District No. 2 and No. 1 visiting almost every day. Thursday was no different with kindergarteners from Monroe Elementary School visiting the pumpkin patch. Church member Pam Kerr said they have all sorts of pumpkins and gourds of all shapes and sizes for residents to buy. Some items...
While many residents lost their homes to the Roosevelt Fire in Sublette and Lincoln counties, one Green River couple was happy their future retirement home was still standing. Jack and Debbie Leathers recently returned to their cabin in the Sargent Subdivision, which is about 3/4 of a mile off Highway 191 near the Hoback Ranches area. As they drove to their cabin, they didn't know what to expect. They had seen photos on webcams close to the home, but seeing it in person is different. All they...
For the first time in history, the Green River High School Marching Band received a superior rating at state. The Wyoming High School Activities Association State Marching Band Festival recently took place and the GRHS band was ready for it. "It's super exciting," GRHS band director Quinn Kalinski said. "This is my first year out of college." For a director who just graduated from college not too long ago, the superior rating was something he wasn't sure was possible this early in his career....
The Lady Wolves Swimming team continues to improve their times each week. This week was no different when they broke records and qualified another swimmer for state while at Conferences at Kelly Walsh High School. Head coach Colleen Seiloff said Patience Bentley qualified for state, taking the total to 14 state qualifiers for the team. “They swam really strong,” Seiloff said. “They were out there getting it done.” The team came in second right behind Laramie, which were moved into Green River’s...
The Lady Wolves volleyball team may have had the home-court advantage, but it wasn’t enough for them to beat Rock Springs or Star Valley this week. On Thursday, the Green River High School Lady Wolves lost to the Rock Springs Lady Tigers in three sets, 27-25, 25-13, 25-17. “We were disappointed,” head coach Rikki Shantz said. Even though the team lost and needed to improve playing together as a team, including passing and defense, the team had its moments. “I saw some great things individually a...
The Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County has made quite the turn around in its finances in one fiscal year. According to Sweetwater County Commissioner John Kolb, who acts as a liaison to MHSC, the audit recently conducted on the hospital came back clean. Kolb said the auditing firm has been the group that has been watching the hospital for years. “Never have they seen a hospital of that size make that big of a turn around in one year,” Kolb said. “They had a clean audit. It’s probabl...
The Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport commercial terminal issue wasn’t even discussed at the Sweetwater County Commissioners meeting. The Commissioners voted to un-table the motion, but the motion died when Commissioners John Kolb, Don Van Matre and Wally Johnson voted not to take it off the table. Commissioners Randy Wendling and Reid West voted in favor of taking it off the table. The issue wasn’t discussed because it wasn’t taken off the table. “I don’t know when and if we will ever deal...
