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With the General Election approaching, more and more signs seem to be popping up. The signs are all over the place, but I’m not going to complain about the amount of signs there are or the fact that a lot of them are sitting in questionable places. Nope. I’d like to explore what happens to all of those corrugated plastic signs and what one can do with them after the election is over. Now, for some politicians, they keep the signs knowing they may seek re-election in two or four years bec...
For seniors who have always wanted the opportunity to learn how to paint, an eight-week long beginners painting class was perfect for them. The class is being taught by Pam Edens, with Kathleen Thomas assisting. Over the course of eight weeks, the participants will have painted eight pieces, including fireworks over Castle Rock, a realistic pumpkin, autumn splendor, Expedition Island, ghosts at play and a pathway into the woods. "These are all one-day paintings for beginners and up," Thomas...
She may have lost her eye, but the accident didn't claim her life and that's something she's grateful for. Green River resident Kayla Vigil's life completely changed on July 27. Vigil, 23, and her fiancé, David Clinton, 25, decided to go for a 4-wheeler ride near the shooting range at FMC Park. Clinton said it was a Friday and they had decided to go for a quick ride before meeting up with some friends later. At first, Clinton was driving the 4-wheeler and Vigil was in back, but then Vigil...
Lady Wolves play three games last week and brought home two more wins. The Lady Wolves kicked off last week’s competition with a win against Cheyenne East Tuesday evening in Green River. The Lady Wolves beat East in four sets, 25-23, 25-20, 23-25, 25-22. This win got the Lady Wolves the momentum they needed to beat Riverton at home on Friday evening in four sets, 25-7, 25-15, 25-13. “They played great volleyball,” head coach Rikki Shantz said. “Their talking was great and we did our best at...
The Lady Wolves swimming team came home with a second-place finish and three more state qualifiers after a meet in Laramie. Head coach Colleen Seiloff said Jarin Mandros, Delaney Gardea and Cherylann Moritz used this weekend’s meet to lock in spots at state. With 19 teams in attendance, this was one of the biggest meets the team had competed in and they come out with a second-place finish, behind Laramie. Seiloff said the season is still looking good and the team has a goal of taking one of the...
Harry Potter fans flocked to the Sweetwater County Library for it's annual Harry Potter event. Once children walked through the doors of the library, they were given the Marauder's Map, which showed them what path to take to make it through the library. The children then made their way to the Sorting Hat to determine which house they will be in at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry: Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff or Slytherin. What the children didn't know was how they were sorted by...
The Lady Wolves Swimming team brought home another first-place finish this weekend after a meet in Rock Springs. The Green River High School Lady Wolves continue to decrease their times as the season goes along. Head coach Colleen Seiloff said in a previous interview that with all the traveling it was nice for the Lady Wolves to only have to travel to Rock Springs. They are familiar with the pool and it's not too far from home. On Saturday, the Lady Wolves came in first out of three teams...
Lady Wolves play three games last week and bring home two more wins. The Lady Wolves kicked off last week’s competition with a win against Cheyenne East Tuesday evening in Green River. The Lady Wolves beat East in four sets, 25-23, 25-20, 23-25, 25-22. This win got the Lady Wolves the momentum they needed to beat Riverton at home on Friday evening in four sets, 25-7, 25-15, 25-13. “They played great volleyball,” head coach Rikki Shantz said. “Their talking was great and we did our best at shutti...
It’s been about one month since a bin fire at the Green River Solid Waste Transfer Station took place and the city isn’t sure when the station will be up and running. Public works director Mark Westenskow said he’s just waiting for the insurance company to process the claim so the building can be repaired. Even though the Green River Fire Department firefighters kept the fire from spreading out of the bin, the heat from the blaze caused interior damage to the transfer station. The facil...
A man who pleaded guilty to making inappropriate videos of women in restrooms, at their homes or at public events, will serve more than a decade in prison. Ryan Michael Flaten, 28, Green River, appeared in front of two Third District Court judges on the 45 voyeurism felony charges and two sexual exploitation of children charges. Though the crimes were similar in nature, they were two different case files, which were placed in front of Judge Nena James and Judge Richard Lavery. The case that...
All of the county’s funds have officially been pulled out of Bank of the West. During the Sweetwater County Commissioners meeting Tuesday morning, Sweetwater County Treasurer Robb Slaughter said the there was about $540,000 left in the accounts at the bank, but by Friday all the accounts were closed. The only county exception is with Sweetwater County Community nursing, which will take a little longer than they thought it would. However, Slaughter said Commerce Bank is ready and willing to w...
As I was writing the story about a lady who picks up dog poop irresponsible pet owners leave behind, I became appalled. This wasn’t the first time I had been told or received phone calls on this issue I recalled. This was at least the third time in less than a year that someone has called to tell me about the dog poop problem Green River was having. I am glad someone called to give credit where credit is do and even though the lady I interviewed this week seemed like she didn’t really want to...
A handful of unknown volunteers are working hard to keep the city’s Greenbelt and pipeline pathways clean. One of those volunteers who wanted to remain anonymous, is Green River resident Terri Clawson. Clawson is known by some as the woman with the latex gloves who picks up the dog poop along the pipeline pathways and any other area in town she walks along. “Wherever I go, I just find dog doo doo,” she said. Clawson said she just doesn’t find the dog poop along the Greenbelt, but the pipelin...
The Lady Wolves swimming team continues to travel on the road for their swim meets. The Green River High School Lady Wolves swimming team traveled to Cheyenne to participate in the Cheyenne East duels in the pool with Cheyenne Central and East. The team came out ahead of East, but lost to Central. Head coach Colleen Seiloff said that despite not having any additional state qualifiers this weekend, the team had a good meet. The team then traveled to Laramie for more duels and took on Laramie and...
Each game is another opportunity for the Lady Wolves volleyball team to gain experience and learn the game. On Friday, the Lady Wolves took on Lyman at home and lost in three sets, 25-16, 25-21, 25-19. “We played OK, but not our best,” head coach Rikki Shantz said. “We need some work on responding under pressure. Lyman is one of the most athletic teams we will play this year.” Shantz said the team showed some good offensive and defensive moments during the Lyman game, however, the team still m...
The laughter could be heard in the hallway. While at the Golden Hour Senior Center Thursday morning, eight seniors were playing Wii Bowling in one of the recreation rooms. It's was their laughing passersby could hear. One group of four, Gail Robertson, Melinda Roundy and Gail and Wes Heikkinen, were taking turns using the Wiimote to roll the bowling ball down the screen on the TV screen. Robertson was having a spare game. It seemed like almost every time she would roll the ball it would look...
The Lady Wolves volleyball team won one against Jackson and lost one to Evanston last week. The Green River High School Lady Wolves volleyball team fought hard Thursday while on the road, but they still lost to Evanston in five sets, 25-18, 25-17, 23-25, 27-29, 15-11. "The last three games we played good volleyball," head coach Rikki Shantz said. "We played good defense." However, the team still needs to work on its passing, serving and consistency, she said. "We seem to rely on the big hits...
The Lady Wolves swimming team continued to showcase their skills this past week at Big Piney and Evanston. The Green River High School Lady Wolves swimming team took first in Evanston Saturday and they excelled at Big Piney Thursday evening. The team picked up another state qualifier this weekend when Adrienne Merrick qualified in the 100-yard freestyle. Head coach Colleen Seiloff said this takes the team to 10 swimmers who are qualified for state and most of them are qualified in more than one...
A Green River man who admitted to making a video of an underage girl while they were having intercourse will have a felony exploitation charge dismissed if he can complete probation. Trey Montoya, 18, recently appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Nena James at a sentencing hearing to two felony counts of sexual exploitation of children. Under Wyoming State Statute 7-13-301, a person can change their plea and be placed on probation. If the person successfully completes the probation,...
Commerce Bank has been selected by the county treasurer as the bank Sweetwater County will put its depositories in. At the Sweetwater County Commissioners’ meeting Tuesday morning, county treasurer Robb Slaughter gave the commissioners an update on how the transfer of funds out of Bank of the West was going. The county had $15.8 million of the general fund is with Bank of the West, while $1.4 million is in insurance with them and about $14 million is invested with the bank. The reason the county...
Independent candidate Ted Barney has officially announced his candidacy for Senate District 13. Barney, currently a Green River City Councilman, is running against incumbent Democrat John Hastert and Republican Tom James. Since Barney is running as an independent candidate, he had to obtain 76 signatures of registered voters to be included on the November ballot. Barney said he made sure to obtain way more than that in case some on his list weren’t registered when they thought they were. He s...
It’s still up in the air as to whether or not the county will support the airport moving forward on a commercial terminal study. After a lengthy discussion at the Sweetwater County Commissioners meeting Tuesday, the Commissioners decided to table making a decision on whether or not to spend $711,111 for a study for the commercial terminal modernization program at the Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport. At first, the resolution to fund the project looked like it might die due to a lack of a m...
On Monday, seniors were learning the basics of how to operate their smart phones. This month, Western Wyoming Community College employee Jen Stone, is teaching a class every Monday at 10 a.m. This class is geared toward seniors who want to learn more about how to use the features on their cellular phones. Around 10 seniors were in Stone's class, where Stone showed them on her phone how to look up various settings. They started by going through each item in their settings folder. From data and...
For quite possibly the first time, Southwest Wyoming hosted the ham radio conference on this side of the state. Rick Breininger, president of the Sweetwater Amateur Radio Club, said as far as he knows this past weekend was the first time Southwest Wyoming has hosted the 2018 American Radio Relay League Wyoming Section Convention. The convention took place at the Sweetwater Events Complex this Saturday with about 60 in attendance from Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and Idaho. "It moves around the state...
School children who want to learn more about computer science will not want to miss out on hours of fun this Saturday. WyoCSZone is hosting a computer science event at the Sweetwater Events Complex Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. According to the website wyocszone.com, “WyoCSZone is a Wyoming CS teacher community dedicating our efforts to fellow teachers and students within Wyoming. We act as a bridge for teachers, students, our communities and the professional world by helping them gain c...
