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It’s like a scene out of a movie depicting the perfect morning. A mother making breakfast, politely waking her kids up with the smell of bacon, pancakes and eggs she’s made them for breakfast, which they will eat with smiles on their faces before school. That’s how I picture my school mornings going, yet, it never turns out that way at all. Oh, I have the best intentions of making the house like a Disney movie, but let’s face it, that’s not reality. I do, however, always try to greet my youngest...
Castle Rock Hospital District is looking at ways to keep the ambulance service going. “It’s an essential service. Kind of like the police department and fire department,” Todd Toolson, Castle Rock Hospital District CFO, said. “We’re doing really well,” Toolson said. He said they can continue to operate the service because they are still in the black. What it comes down to is whether they want to keep paying the loss to operate the ambulance service or look at other ways to use the money. They...
The Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport will receive funding for commercial terminal upgrades. During the Sweetwater County commissioners meeting Tuesday morning, airport director Devon Brubaker said he had received confirmation from the Federal Aviation Administration that the airport’s project will receive funding. According to Brubaker, the airport will be given about $9 million in federal funding, $3.4 million from the Wyoming Department of Transportation Aeronautics and $3 million from t...
Using baked good sales to benefit an entire facility is something Green River senior citizens are doing. For several weeks, volunteers of the Golden Hour Senior Center have been selling baked goods at the Green River Farmers' Market and they have been pretty successful. According to GHSC Executive Director Jackie Grubb, the senior center's baker Janice Castillon bakes everything for the market. The items sold on Thursdays are baked throughout the week. "Our biggest seller is her cinnamon...
The Vietnam Veterans Moving Wall Memorial is once again visiting Sweetwater County. Residents and travelers driving along Interstate 80 will have the chance to visit the memorial wall at Western Wyoming Community College’s Rock Springs campus starting today. Tony Blair, moving wall memorial coordinator, said the American Legion is celebrating its 100th anniversary and he was asked if he could bring the moving wall back to Sweetwater County. Blair had coordinated bringing the moving wall to t...
After 18 years, the Sweetwater County Board of Cooperative Educational Services Children’s Honor Choir program has come to an end. SBOCES Children’s Honor Choir founder and conductor Sarah Wessel said over the years, the choir has been conducted by herself, Helen Berrett, Robin Neal, and presently, Wendy Compton. According to a press release, the choir officially was founded in 2001 by Wessel as a host choir for the Wyoming American Choral Director’s Association All-State Children’s Honor C...
With live horse racing action starting this weekend in Sweetwater County, the owner of the company wanted to express how improvements to the live-racing facility would continue to grow the event. The live horse racing is scheduled to take place at the Sweetwater Events Complex this Friday at 4 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m., Aug. 31-Sept. 1 and Sept. 7-8. Eugene Joyce, president of Wyoming Horse Racing, LLC, told the Sweetwater County commissioners two weeks ago the event continues to...
A resident who's dedicated to helping others will be recognized at a University of Wyoming awards banquet. Green River resident Brittany Wells Gray recently received notification that she would receive the Rising Alumni Award from the University of Wyoming at an upcoming awards banquet in September. According to the University of Wyoming's website www.uwyo.edu, the Rising Alumni Award "recognizes alumni of the University of Wyoming who have graduated in the last 10 years and distinguished...
It's been a month since Green River resident Aubree Corona went missing, and yet it appears authorities don't have any more information than when she disappeared. Aubree Shanae Corona, 28, was last seen July 13 by her friends when she left their campsite near New Fork Lake. She was driving a dark gray 2005 Chevy Avalanche with a red and white Honda CRF 450R motorcycle in the back. Aubree is 5' 6," 194 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. Her mother, Karen Corona, said she was told Aubree had...
The future of ambulance service within Sweetwater County is unclear. With both Castle Rock Ambulance Service of Green River and Sweetwater Medics of Rock Springs losing money, a committee consisting of local representatives from both organizations, Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County representatives and Sweetwater County Commissioner Jeffrey Smith have met twice to try and to determine how to address the problem. In an interview, Smith said Castle Rock is losing $35,000 a month, while...
After arriving home around 4 a.m., the last thing a Green River couple thought they would see upon waking up is an officer standing near their bed. On Sunday morning at about 8:15 a.m., Josh and Crystal House were woken up by Green River Police Department officers and Green River Fire Department firefighters. Josh said the whole experience was hazy and he’s not sure if it’s because of the gas he inhaled when their home had a gas leak, being overly tired from a long trip home or a combination of...
With Sweetwater communities already talking about the need for a sixth-penny tax to complete projects within the county, a discussion took place on how the process to obtain tax approval works. At the Sweetwater County Commission meeting Tuesday, the commissioners asked Sweetwater Deputy County Attorney John Deleon to go over the process with them. Deleon said in order for the sixth-penny tax, also known as the specific-purpose tax, to come before the commission, it must have a two-thirds vote...
Residents discuss everything they were going to explore while at the fair and then carried out their plans. During a lunch provided by The Mission at Castle Rock Rehabilitation Center employees, CRRC and Villa residents discussed what they were going to do at Wyoming's Big Show and memories they had from prior fairs. Kathleen Vollmar, a Villa resident, said she used to come to fair with her grandson when he was little. Now Vollmar has three great-grandchildren and she's sure they would love the...
The need for a van 15 years ago sparked a fundraising effort to help veterans and it’s still going on today. The Rock Springs Disabled American Veterans Chapter 12 continues to raise money to help veterans in need. Louis Dale, former DAV Cmdr., said in August of 2004 the DAV was trying to get a new van to transfer veterans to and from Salt Lake City for medical appointments because the van they were using was in rough shape. “It was an accident just waiting to happen,” Dale said. “I went to...
A Green River man who failed to register as a sex offender pleaded guilty to two felony counts. Colton S. Martinez, 27, recently appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery for a change of plea and sentencing hearing to three felony counts of failure to register and one misdemeanor charge of prohibited access to school facilities by adult sex offender. In exchange for Martinez’ guilty plea to two felony counts of failure to register, one count of failure to register and the m...
She might not be able to say many words yet, but she's in the running for a national title. Rylie McMullan, an 18-month-old pageant participant, is currently the 2019-20 Wyoming's Baby Miss All American Girl. The Green River native hasn't had the chance to grace the stage yet, but she will when she attends the All American Girl National Finals competition in Las Vegas Aug. 4-8. Her mother, Bree McMullan, said Rylie's platform is "Inspire Change." Rylie does this through making small and simple...
Once again, residents are opening up their yards to the public to showcase their beautiful gardens and ponds. According to Lyneen Murphy, Green River Pond and Garden Tour director, the tour will take place Aug. 10, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. This year's tour will feature 10 homes in Green River and two in Rock Springs. "You can visit any home in any order," Murphy said. "This event is free to the public and cameras are encouraged." This year will be the 26th year for the Green River Pond and Garden...
Tackling alcohol-related issues the county faces is something members of the Sweetwater County Prevention Team are ready to do. With an action plan in hand, the team consisting of prevention specialists Danielle Deters, Megan Weston and Laura Schmid-Pizzato, manager of Recovery Services, recently gave a quick presentation to the Sweetwater County commissioners. Along with this information, startling statics about alcohol misuse in the county was listed. Schmid-Pizzato said the Wyoming...
The Green River All-Star Little League baseball teams finished their seasons at districts and state tournaments. Juniors According to Majors coach Nathaniel Liebelt, the Junior All-Star team, was in Riverton two weeks ago playing at state. The team, which consists of 13 and 14-year-old boys needed to finish in first or second place to make it to nationals. They started off by winning their first game against Riverton Wednesday, but lost their second game to Lander on Thursday. Friday they were...
As the cards were passed around the table as fast as one could, the tension started to brew. Each of the players would quickly glance at their cards to see if they had collected four of a kind yet. As they would get closer and closer to completing the task, they would start glancing at the spoons in the middle of the table, at their cards and then at the other players to see if any of them had taken a spoon. All of a sudden, one player grabbed a spoon, which left the other players scrambling to...
A high school trip inspired a seventh-grade teacher to provide the same opportunity for students in her school. Lincoln Middle School teacher Bridgette Nielsen recently took 32 students and nine adults on a trip to visit Washington D.C. and New York. "I took a trip like this when I was in high school and it changed my life," Nielsen said. "Seeing things in person changes a person." Nielsen said the trip offered to LMS seventh and eighth-grade students to go on was similar to the one she took in...
The Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport will continue to pursue Federal Administration Aviation funding to complete the commercial terminal upgrades. During the Sweetwater County Commission meeting Tuesday morning, the Commissioners unanimously approved a motion supporting the commercial terminal project and the roughly $172,000 needed to match funding the airport may receive from the FAA. Airport Manager Devon Brubaker said the FAA gave the airport a list of items it can do to place itself in a...
After eight years as the Green River High School Lady Wolves Soccer coach, head coach Tracy Wyant has resigned. For the past 10 years, Wyant has coached for GRHS, working two years as assistant coach and eight years as the girls' head coach. The decision to move on didn't come easy for Wyant. "It was hard," Wyant said in an interview Monday. "It was a tough decision. I debated back and forth for several months." Wyant said she gets so attached the girls that whenever she thought about giving up...
Improving the lighting system and taxiways are just a couple of projects a multi-million dollar grant will allow the Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport to complete. According to a letter from Airport Director Devon Brubaker addressed to the Sweetwater County Commission, the project will take about three years to complete and numerous items are on the list for improvements, including rehabilitating taxiway A, lowering sections of Taxiway A to meet Federal Aviation Administration design...
The table was filled with miniature cookie cutters and molds ready for residents to use. On Friday, residents at The Mission at Castle Rock Rehabilitation Center and The Villa were busy picking out which molds or cutters they would like to use for their air-dry clay project. Craft class leader Kathy Elliott said the participants had the opportunity to make a necklace, bracelet or magnet out of their clay. Elliott told the group they were using glue and cornstarch clay. Elliott knew the class...
