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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...
After competing at nationals, several Green River Speech and Debate students gained experience they can bring back to their team. Green River High School students attending nationals were seniors Hannah Thomas, competing in domestic extemporaneous speaking, Raymond Garcia, competing in humor, Rachel Heisinger, competing in Lincoln Douglas debate, Rebecca Shamer and Levi Hren, competing in cross examination debate and Matthew Pickering and Ramsay Taliaferro, competing in public forum debate, juni...
Staying calm and having fun during competition is something this Green River student did to end up 13th in the nation. Green River High School sophomore Jessica Petri competed at the National Speech and Debate competition in Dallas a couple weeks ago and came home 13th out of 64 in the big questions debate category. “She made it to round 10, which is exceptional and in that round she lost on a split ballot, meaning one of the three judges voted for her,” head coach Carina White said. Petri sai...
A Lincoln Middle School student received state, district and national awards for an essay she wrote about the American flag. Sixth-grade student Lily Harris wrote her essay on the VFW Patriot’s Pen theme “Why I Honor the American Flag” in her class. Her teacher Lori Hastert asked all of her sixth-grade classes to write an essay based on the theme. Lily said Hastert also asked the students who would be willing to submit their letter in the VFW’s competition. Lily said she figured she put the tim...
After each name was called, a bell chimed. Its sound symbolized each name being called represented a soldier who was no longer with us. They each gave their lives during World War I. On Saturday afternoon at Bunning Park in Rock Springs community members gathered to pay tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice during the World War I and American Legion Centennial ceremony. This ceremony was organized by the High Desert Chapter of the Daughters of the American Legion and took place in...
For the past 25 years, a Green River man has been a resident of GreenRock Apartments. Over that time, Glenn Gardea, 59, has remained in the same room and has witnessed first hand the changes GreenRock has gone through. He moved in April 1, 1994, on the day it opened. He said he was told the reason it was going to be called GreenRock Apartments is because half of the residents were going to be from Green River and the other half from Rock Springs. Gardea was happy to celebrate his 25th year at...
The Sweetwater County Commissioners have selected three residents to serve on the Sweetwater Economic Development Coalition. Those three are newly-appointed Commissioner Lauren Schoenfeld, Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport Director Devon Brubaker and Sweetwater County Land Use Director Eric Bingham. The alternate will be Marty Carollo of All West Communications. They will join two board members from Rock Springs and two from Green River. This board will oversee the operations of the SEDC....
After 10 minutes of discussion, the Sweetwater County Commissioners appointed Lauren Schoenfeld to fill the vacant seat. At the previous commissioners meeting, the commissioners were deadlocked on who they wanted to fill the vacant seat left open after Commissioner Don Van Matre's death. Commissioners Randy Wendling and Jeffrey Smith wanted Lauren Schoenfeld, while Commissioners Wally Johnson and Roy Lloyd supported Island Richards. The third, candidate, former Commissioner John Kolb, didn't...
With Flaming Gorge Days approaching and the levels of the Green River nearing the top of the banks, city officers are asking residents and visitors to take extra care when near the river. According to United States Bureau of Reclamation's website www.usbr.gov, a total of 6,400 cfs is being released from the Fontenelle Reservoir and traveling downstream through Green River. A press release states the reservoir is at an elevation of 6,498 feet, which is 82 percent of live storage capacity....
The Golden Hour Senior Center is in need of volunteers to deliver meals to home-bound residents. Melynda Lenling, GHSC home-delivered meal coordinator, said the program provides meals to home-bound residents who are unable to leave their homes. On Mondays through Fridays, regardless of the weather, drivers deliver the meals to the patrons. Even though meals aren’t delivered on the weekends, the patrons still receive frozen meals, a fruit cup and a drink during the week to use on the weekends. T...
Teens who attended the library's Dippin' Dots program learned the science behind making ice cream. Marc Straub of Cool Science visited the Sweetwater County Library last week showing the teens how they can use liquid nitrogen to make ice cream and Dippin' Dots. First, he started off the program by asking the teens where milk for ice cream comes from. Most of the teens answered cows, however after Straub said any mammal can produce milk teens added goats, cats, dogs and camels to the list. He...
