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Seniors may have noticed a new face at the Golden Hour Senior Center. Summer Holdsworth took over the position as marketing and activities coordinator at GHSC about a month and a half ago. Prior to moving to Rock Springs, Holdsworth worked in the oilfield in California. She said when the oilfield industry crashed, she didn’t know what to do. Her best friend and godchild lived in Rock Springs and she decided to move closer to her friend. “I figured I’d give it a shot and see how small-town life i...
During the past couple of weeks, about 39 new informational signs have been strategically placed throughout the city. Project engineer Holden Wright said 22 large, metal signs at 5-feet wide by 12-feet tall, 14 small, metal signs at 5-wide and 4-feet tall and three little, metal parking signs at 2-feet wide by 31/2-feet tall were purchased; and almost all of them have been placed in the city. Wright said two more signs will go up after the street construction has been completed on East Teton...
An unoccupied truck that rolled down a hill and into a power pole caused a power outage Thursday around noon. According to Luke Benson, Green River Police detective and public relations specialist, at around 11:55 a.m. the GRPD received a call about a truck hitting a power pole on Shoshone Avenue. The accident happened after a 1986 gray Chevy truck, which was being worked on by Green River resident Daniel Gilbert, 54, rolled 81 feet downhill into a power pole. Gilbert told officers he was...
And so it begins. Another school year, another year of sick kids. This was the thought I had the minute my youngest son, John, 4, said he wasn’t feeling well. I had just returned home; and he was hiding underneath a blanket with his favorite monkey, while my oldest son Matthew, 6, was running around the room playing with toys. I didn’t even have to ask. I just knew something wasn’t right. For any of you who have met my John, you can vouch for me when I say that boy is always running, jumpi...
Friday morning, a few Mission at Castle Rock residents were busy working on a patchwork project. During this session of Crafts with Kathy Elliott, residents laid 3-inch to 4-inch pieces of precut fabric onto a tablecloth-sized orange fabric. Elliott had spent most of Thursday evening cutting the fabric for the residents to use. The autumn-colored fabric, which had been cut into strips, had various designs on it. From pumpkins, leaves, flowers and acorns to checkered, polka dot and striped, the...
Grants, community support and volunteers keep the Sweetwater County Food Bank going. Recently, the Food Bank, which operates Green River and Rock Springs locations, received a $60,000 grant from United Way of Southwest Wyoming. This money will go toward operating expenses, including building and van insurance, pay roll and office supplies, Executive Director Kathy Siler said. With these items covered, the food bank can focus on what’s really important — providing food to those who wou...
The Green River Lady Wolves volleyball team took on their biggest rivals and a new team they have never played before and still walked away with two conference wins. During the Rock Springs game Friday, the Lady Wolves won the first set 25-16, and the second set, 25-20, pretty easily, but struggled with the third set, 20-25, and fourth set, 23-25, losing both. During the fifth set, 15-10, the girls regained their focus and made it to the 15 points before Rock Springs, giving them the conference...
A man accused of stabbing another man to death in Rock Springs will undergo an examination to determine if he is capable of understanding court proceedings. Charles K. Carter, of North Carolina, who was charged with first-degree murder after he allegedly stabbed another man in front of the Rock Springs Loaf N Jug Foothill Boulevard location, filed an order suspending proceedings and for examination by a designated examiner under the provisions of Wyoming Statute 7-11-303. Prior to this filing,...
This year, there were no tears from anyone in the family. I guess you could say I was more prepared or maybe it came so fast I didn’t have time to react. Yes. My son Matthew is now as we like to call him a “hot-shot first-grader;” and John started his second year of preschool. While other parents were once again encased in death grips from their children, who were crying uncontrollably as they attempted to drop them off for that first day of preschool, my John just ran off. Once again, witho...
They may not have even played their first conference game, but the girls have already set their season goals. One of the Lady Wolves volleyball team’s season goals is to make it back to state. Head coach Rikki Shantz said she usually gives the girls the first couple of weeks to set goals. Shantz also takes the time to assess the team and make her own goals. “I would like to obviously make it back to state for the third year in a row,” Shantz said. Shantz’ goals coincided with the girls. Most had...
Ten Mission at Castle Rock residents enjoyed a fishing trip to Flaming Gorge Reservoir; and some even caught some fish. On Aug. 18, the residents, eight care partners and seven volunteers ventured out on an all-day fishing trip. It's the second year in a row the center has offered this trip. Castle Rock administrator Bobbi Jo Drozd said due to the increased participation in the fishing trip, the group had to rent three pontoon boats from Cedar Springs Marina. "We are trying to focus on quality...
Armed with his handheld Global Positioning System device, a Green River resident embarked on a short cache hunt. Local geocache treasure hunter, Ellis Nelson, didn't even know what a cache was until 2006 when he went on a four-wheeler trip with friends in Utah. It was on this trip that Nelson got hooked on the hunt and the find for geocaches. Long before Pokemon Go, geocaching was the fun finding game people not only across the country, but across the globe have played and continue to play. Acco...
Deciding whether or not to allow for primitive camping in FMC Park is an issue the council will have revisit. During the last Green River City Council workshop, the Council gave its approval for several groups to start looking into the possibility of camping in FMC Park. Gary Wolfe, who was representing the Green River Greenbelt Task Force, Green River Parks and Recreation Advisory Board and Sweetwater Mountain Biking Association, asked the council for permission to explore camping options for...
A registered sex offender who failed to report his change of residence, which happened to be near a school, will serve time in prison. Lonnie Phillip Moffitt, 41, of Green River was convicted in 1999 of third-degree sexual assault. Since then, he is required to notify the proper authorities on his employment or residential changes, however, he failed to do so. Moffitt appeared in Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery at a change of plea and sentencing hearing to two felony charges and...
Residents and children had the chance to look at small planes at the Greater Green River Intergalactic Spaceport Saturday. During fourth annual Spaceport Day, children and their parents were encouraged to have breakfast, eat a cookie, drink some water or juice and make their way over to the planes. Though most of the planes were small one and two-person planes, the children thought they were huge. Some of the pilots were kind enough to let the children climb into the planes to look at the...
A deer with a drooping, broken antler, that was visibly distressed was helped by a local agency. A couple weeks ago, Green River resident Stan Blake was going into his backyard when he saw an injured buck. “I knew the deer was in distress,” Blake said. The buck was laying down and I could see its antler was broken. Blake called Green River Animal Control and officer Kim Wilkens responded to the call. It only took her a couple of minutes to decide she needed to call the Wyoming Game and Fis...
The aroma of cinnamon and fresh-baked bread overwhelm the senses. Following the blissful smell, leads one to Janice Castillon who is busily working in a sort of secret area behind the Golden Hour Senior Center's main kitchen. Castillon is busy rolling out dough for her ever-so-popular cinnamon rolls on a wooden surface before placing the cinnamon, brown sugar, raisins and walnuts on the dough. She then rolls up the dough, trapping the sugar, cinnamon, raisins and walnuts inside. She proceeds to...
Twenty four hours was all the participants in the live sculpting and 2D competitions were given to complete their work. Both Green River, Sweetwater County and out-of-state artists gathered at the Expedition Island pavilion Friday and Saturday to compete in the Art on the Green competition. While the artists worked on their clay sculptures, drawings or paintings, residents walked through the pavilion looking at them and asking them questions about their particular pieces of art. Kinear resident...
It was a chilly, but wind-free morning Saturday as the runners lined up for the Run With the Horses marathon, half marathon and 10K. Shortly before sunrise, a group of about 127 runners from across the country started running the race at Expedition Island. The group then ran up to Wild Horse Canyon Road and made their way along the gravel Wild Horse Loop Tour. John Pawleska, Riverfest and Green River Chamber of Commerce volunteer, said the turnout was less then last year, but that could have...
It’s a sound no mother ever wants to hear. The sound of panic and fear in their child’s voice. Unfortunately, this is exactly the sound Green River resident Kymbrlee Smith heard Thursday afternoon. The Smith family and a few other families gathered at the Green River pelican beach, which is located near Expedition Island. This area is called the pelican beach because of the large pelican statue near the kayak U-drop. “My son and a couple of other boys were catching crawdads,” Kymbrlee said. A...
Green River residents are once again being asked what their stance is on the deer population. After hearing from numerous residents at a Green River City Council workshop on the deer population in the city, the Council decided to have residents complete a second survey regarding whether or not they would support thinning the deer population through culling. This would be the second survey sent out to residents on the same subject. According to Green River Police Chief Chris Steffen, the first...
Green River will have a new fire chief, but it will not be a new face or name for the community to remember. This week, the city of Green River announced Green River Fire Department Capt. Mike Nomis, of Green River, as its new fire chief. For the past 25 years, Mike has volunteered for the GRFD; and has been in the captain's position since 2010. "It's been a lifelong dream that I wanted to be fire chief," Mike said. Mike said, his father, George Nomis, was also the GRFD chief. "My whole life my...
One person Green River residents have become accustomed to seeing at the River Festival's Cajun Shrimp Boil is United States Senator John Barrasso, R-Wyo. This year's shrimp boil was no different. Despite the chilly and windy conditions, hundreds of residents, along with Sen. Barrasso attended the shrimp boil. While at the boil, Barrasso was put to work shoving the shrimp down to members of the Green River High School cheerleading squad who were placing the shrimp in styrofoam containers. "I...
Seniors were moving and grooving to the music during a low-impact exercise class. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 9:15 a.m. seniors can be seen dancing in the cafeteria to fun music at the Golden Hour Senior Center. Monday morning was no different, about six ladies were dancing to routines from popular music like Sheppard's "Geronimo" and Taio Cruz' "Dynamite" and songs from Shakira and Tina Turner. When the ladies were having problems learning new moves they were just encouraged to keep...
Dropping out of high school was something Amy Sample never really got over. When she dropped out 19 years ago, Sample was in the 11th grade at Green River High School. Back then, she didn't know just how important having a high-school diploma would be for her. "It is very hard these days to get a job without a high-school diploma," Sample said. This wasn't the only reason for Sample to return to school. "I wanted to show my kids it's important to stay in school," she said. Sample has two...
