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Arctic Circle was my first job. I started while at Green River High School and continued on while attending college at Western Wyoming for a while. When I moved away for school, I would come back to work there for the summer or even on my winter breaks. When relatives from out of town would visit, we would make a trip down to the Arctic Circle with them, or they would visit me while I was working. My Arctic Circle memories made while working there are numerous, as well as the shake and sundae fl...
The sun was shining, marshmallows were roasting, and ice was being carved. Kids of all ages were enjoying the warm February day on Expedition Island this Saturday at the Crystal Classic Winter Festival. Outside, there were children watching in awe and amazement as the ice carvers created works of art out of what was once a large block of ice. One of the sculptures was the dragon Mushu from the Disney movie "Mulan." There was a rock-star astronaut playing a guitar atop a crescent moon. Another wa...
Little hands made heart-shaped cookies, decorated with frosting the color of Valentines. In preparation for Valentine's Day, residents of the Villa, at Mission at Castle Rock visited kindergartners at Truman Elementary School Feb. 11. They brought each child a goodie bag filled with candy. They also brought the heart-shaped cookies for the children to decorate and enjoy with them. The cookies were for dessert, after the seniors joined the children for lunch. Their morning had been filled with...
The Green River High School wrestling team is a dominating team. GRHS varsity and junior varsity wrestling teams beat both Rock Springs High School teams. In varsity, Green River won 54 to 15. Individual Green River varsity wrestlers taking home the win were, Cyro Montoya, Caleb Nathan, Jacob Mortensen, Kaycee Cochrane, Ira Dickinson, Eric Clingenpeel, Shandon Welsh, Dylan VanGieson and Brendan Hopkins. "I feel we wrestled much better than we have the past few weeks," head wrestling coach...
The Green River High School varsity boys’ basketball team is having a difficult time clearing that hurdle and getting their next win. Thursday, the varsity boys went up against Evanston. It was initially a loss for Green River with the final score of 64-37. Yet, the game ended in a forfeit by Evanston, because a member of the Evanston team played over the quarter allotment time for players, playing in both the junior varsity and varsity games. Green River’s high scoring players of the game, Cha...
The Green River City Council rejected a bid for the city’s electrical maintenance at Tuesday’s meeting. The city’s previous electrical contract agreement is now expired. The bid proposed by Mountain West Electrical Inc. was 50-61 percent higher than the previous city electrical contracts. By rejecting the bid for a city-wide electrical contract, this allows the various city departments can call any electrical work provider for a quote, and will contract out individually for each project or wo...
It's been 13 years since Green River won the Ron Thon wrestling tournament in Riverton. This past weekend, the GRHS varsity wrestling team broke the streak, took first place and won the tournament. "I am proud of the boys for winning the tournament," head coach Marshall Rhodes said. "Green River hasn't won that tournament since 2003 and that is a great accomplishment." Green River entered 20 wrestlers into the varsity tournament, and placed first out of the 38 teams competing. The tournament...
The Green River High School varsity basketball team fought to keep the lead Friday night. They played against Natrona County High School in Casper, leading the game all through the first quarter. Natrona would take the lead at the end of the second quarter, which they would hold on to for the rest of the game. Chance Hofer scored 14 points for the team. Hunter Spartz made 15 points during the game, his personal high of the season. “We outscored them 22 to 13 in the fourth quarter, but it was t...
Impressive and artistic sculptures, carved from solid blocks of ice, will await residents when they visit Expedition Island this weekend. The 2016 Crystal Classic Winter Festival takes place Friday and Saturday at the island. While the ice carving is the most visible of the festival's activities, a number of other events will take place as well. Many activities are aimed at all ages, while some are aimed at the adults. Many activities are also free to attend. "It's a very family-based event,"...
The city of Green River is now fire friendly, to an extent. After three readings, discussion and revisions, the council voted on a motion to approve the ordinance at the city council meeting, Feb. 2. "I think we ironed out the issues," councilperson Lisa Maes said. "There were some people that had concerns. I talked to some residents on the phone and told them, 'I think all of their concerns are addressed in the ordinance and if they have a problem, to call the police. It was a problem before,...
The Green River High School varsity wrestling team dominated their matches against closest rival, Rock Springs Saturday. Green River ended the day with 47 points, Rock Springs with 23. The same day, Green River demolished their Riverton opponents as well. Green River finished with 67 points, to Riverton's seven points. GRHS junior varsity wrestlers went up against Riverton, Evanston and Rock Springs as well, winning 22 out of 26 matches. "A few of them are going to be ready to compete for a top...
Can you count to 100? For elementary school-age kids who just learned to count to 100, it is a pretty big number. The number 100 is a pretty big deal for the students at Truman elementary school. Wednesday was their 100th day of being in school this year. The whole day was all about 100, with number activities and a 100-can food drive for each grade level. The cans of food will all be donated to Green River's food bank. "It's their little pay back," kindergarten teacher Carolyn Locker said....
The current Green River City Council members are rarely divided on many issues. The second reading of the proposed new city ordinance concerning disorderly conduct however, raised disagreements at Tuesday’s city council meeting. The council was well divided on how to proceed from the reading after Councilman Ted Barney voiced concerns pertaining to a portion of the ordinance. The portion of the ordinance raising concern states “Who loiters, prowls or wanders upon any public place, or upon the...
A number of recent calls to the Green River Police Department have centered around the discovery of dead deer on residential properties and in city streets. While some may believe the number of dying deer is unusual, according to Mark Zornes of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, this is not out of the ordinary. Wildlife in town, deer included die throughout the year, but death tolls do rise in the winter expectably. In Green River, reasons of death can range from the typical starvation, to...
Senior centers have provided affordable meals, tax-free, for a long time. These meals cater to seniors and their guests. Soon though, Golden Hour Senior Center and other Wyoming senior centers may have to start charging tax on their meals to the nonseniors that purchase a meal at the center. According to Golden Hour’s executive director Sheela Schermetzler, the meal-tax issue started when a restaurant owner in Elk Mountain witnessed workers enter the senior center near the restaurant o...
The Wolves wrestlers proved they are the best in the region after winning the Tiger-Grizz tournament over the weekend. The tournament consisted of 32 teams of wrestlers from four states, including Wyoming, Idaho, Utah and Nevada. Green River took the top spot with the score of 204 points. Green River was the only non-Idaho team to place in the top five. Second place was Columbia, Idaho, with 188 points. "We wrestled with more intensity and focus than we have all year," head coach Marshall...
The Green River High School varsity boys basketball team have been hitting the court hard, but struggle with earning a notch in the win column. The Green River boys played against Evanston Thursday, playing a tough match for the first half of the game, but found themselves down eight points by halftime. Each quarter proved more trying. “We really focused our defensive efforts on Evanston’s Brock Ehlers. He was averaging 18.8 points a game,” head coach Laurie Ivie said. “Defensively, we held hi...
Immediate action from a deputy sheriff saved a man and house from fire Thursday. The Green River Fire Department was called to a residence on Jan. 21 for a kitchen fire. The fire appeared to be an accidental start. The home owner was at home at the time of the fire. A burner on the stove was turned on, and left on accidentally. Something on the counter next to the stove fell into the trash can and started the trash on fire. Luckily, Cpl. Tony Niemiec of the Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office h...
A fire on Expedition Island resulted in a melted portable outhouse Saturday morning. Arson is being investigated by the Green River Police Department. GRPD officers and the Green River Fire Department were called to the scene at 9:45 a.m. Saturday. Bystanders on Expedition Island noticed the outhouse on the south side of the parking lot was ablaze. When officials arrived on the island, there were bystanders present who had thrown snow onto the outhouse to put the fire out. With the fire taken...
Ninety years ago yesterday, the first live television demonstration took place. An anniversary such as this, I thought should not go unnoted. I came to the realization of this by a simple Google search. The Google Doodle for the online search engine on Jan. 26, 2016 was made in celebration of this historic event. After all, the invention has lead to so many innovations in technology. Surely, the event, the date, and the inventor deserve a shout out. John Logie Baird, the inventor of the...
A step through the saloon door exposes seven months of hard, labor intensive work taken on by The Hitching Post restaurant and saloon owner, Jeff Stout and two of his friends. "It was a very bold and ambitious project for three people to take on," Stout said. "I'm happy with the outcome. To see it come to fruition is pretty cool." The Hitching Post Saloon, at 580 E. Flaming Gorge Way, opened its doors to the public on New Year's Eve. It's been a goal of Stout's to remodel the building, the...
The Green River High School varsity boys basketball team played against Laramie and Cheyenne South this weekend for the second week in a row. Two weeks ago, they played and lost. This week, they lost against Cheyenne South Friday, 46-74, but not without putting up a fight. Head coach Laurie Ivie said this time around was similar to the week before. Cheyenne South is extremely athletic, she said. Yet, Green River did make improvements playing against them. “We made a few adjustments on d...
The Green River High School wrestling team will host The Thoman Invitational this weekend, Jan. 15-16. The tournament will start Friday at 11 a.m., at the high school. There will be 14 teams competing at the tournament including teams from Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and Nebraska. Each team will dual eight times throughout the two days. "There will be a handful of good teams that will be able to compete for the championship," head coach Marshall Rhodes said. "We need to have a good week of practice...
After a tough, trying few games this past weekend on the east side of the state, the Green River High School varsity boys basketball team will turn around and take them on again, at home. The boys will take Cheyenne South on with a game Friday at 7:30 p.m., and will play against Laramie on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. Both games will be hosted at the Lincoln Middle School gymnasium. GRHS put up a fight against the east side teams this weekend, but came away with three losses against Cheyenne South,...
Greg Leischer doesn't recall a time when he wasn't tinkering with cars, collecting and selling them. His most recent finished product is his 1932 Ford Roadster, which was featured on the car-makeover television show "Bitchin' Rides" on the Velocity network, in October. The episode, titled "Clean Up on Isle 32," is episode three of the show's second season. Dave Kindig, head designer on the show, along with his team of designers worked on the car for a solid three months. Leischer's now...
