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The Wyoming Peace Officer Association has named Dayton Senior Game Warden Dustin Shorma the 2015 Peace Officer of the Year. The Peace Officer of the Year award is given to a peace officer who provides outstanding services to his department, community and himself and has a major impact on law enforcement in Wyoming. Shorma was nominated by his peers for his unmatched effectiveness, dedication, work ethic, leadership, perseverance, attitude and professionalism as a Wyoming game warden. Shorma received the award during the 88th Annual Wyoming...
Among the inductees in the 2015 Green River High School Hall of Fame is a coach responsible for bringing the school four consecutive state titles. Jack Beard, as well as the 1974-1977 boys swim teams, will be inducted in a ceremony Sept. 5 and will be introduced during halftime at the Sept. 4 football game. Beard was the school’s first swimming coach, taking the position after the Monroe Pool was completed. Beard, born and raised in Thermopolis, was a member of the Thermopolis Bobcats football team in high school. After completing the r...
Staff Report Sweetwater County runners performed well during the Run with the Horses races during the annual River Festival. John Pawleska, one of the race’s organizers, said local runners Adam Harlow, Brenda Gray, Jessie Ray O’Neal, and Kristine Maggi were top finishers in their races. Additionally, Rock Springs resident Julie Seymour won the women’s marathon 24 minutes ahead of the next finisher. “We had some real good times for 1,500-foot of climb in this race,” Pawleska said. Run with the Horses results: Men’s Marathon 20-29 Division 1....
Ever want to meet a U.S. Senator? While residents of many more populous states don’t have the opportunity, Wyoming’s low population allows residents to see and meet their Washington D.C. representatives more commonly than residents of other states. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., is scheduled to appear during the Cajun Shrimp Boil at Expedition Island Friday evening. Barrasso attends the event yearly, spending time to talk to people at the island, as well as to partake in the yearly shrimp feast....
Learn about the history of the railroad in Wyoming at an upcoming presentation at Rock Springs Library. Historian Greg Nickerson will present his program “Wyoming, the Railroad State” tonight at 6 at the Rock Springs Library, 400 C Street. This Wyoming Humanities Council event is free and open to the public. The railroad is responsible for the Wyoming residents know today. The construction of the Union Pacific in 1868 gave rise to the towns, the geography of settlement, the economy and even the politics of Wyoming. When the Chicago Bur...
This month’s featured artist at the Community fine Arts Center is Lander artist Virginia Moore. The show is currently on display with a closing reception scheduled for Aug. 29 from 2-4 p.m. Moore’s work in her series “As Above, So Below” uses a new perspective on landscape painting as a way of exploring human’s relationship with the environment. Rather than presenting the landscape from a traditional ground-based perspective, these works flatten the world into a pattern of shapes and colors by looking directly down at the earth’s crust. Feel...
Open enrollment is happening now at the Sweetwater County Child Developmental Center. Preschool classes are filling up fast. The SCCDC is ready to enroll all kids three to five years old for fall classes in Rock Springs and Green River, but spots are limited. Preschool classes start Aug. 31. Classes are offered Monday through Thursday with children having the opportunity to attend either the morning or afternoon classes. Transportation is also available based on the need of the student. The SCCDC offers two programs for children ages three to...
On Monday, OCI Enterprises Inc., the North American subsidiary of OCI Company Ltd. (“OCI”) of Seoul, Korea, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its approximately 73 percent limited partner interest in OCI Resources LP (“OCI Resources” or the “Partnership”), as well as its 2 percent general partner interest and related incentive distribution rights, to Park Holding A.S., a subsidiary of Ciner Group of Istanbul, Turkey for $429 million. OCI Wyoming employs about 430 people at the Green River facility and its annual soda...
All residents, especially landowners, are again being asked to assist in the management of the state’s sage grouse populations this summer by immediately reporting dead sage grouse to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department so they can be tested for West Nile virus. Past research has shown sage grouse have low resistance to the disease, which is usually fatal to the birds. Evidence of West Nile virus has been reported in northeast Wyoming and in surrounding states. Tom Christiansen, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s sage grouse bio...
A 40-year-old Utah resident died at Greens Draw Friday night. According to officials from the Daggett County Sheriff’s Office, Ryan Gardiner of Vernal, Utah, sustained serious injuries after being pinned between a camper and a vehicle. Sheriff’s deputies and other emergency responders were called to Greens Draw at about 10:30 p.m. Gardiner was conscious and responsive when responders first arrived, however his condition deteriorated and was unable to be stabilized for transport. He was pronounced dead at 12:25 a.m. Saturday morning. The inc...
Safety is always a number one priority at any mine, but OCI Wyoming strives to keep up-to-date on all the safety procedures and rescue operation requirements. This is just one of the reasons why OCI’s mine rescue and surface rescue teams put in so much time preparing to possible situations. One way to keep up on their training is through metal and nonmetal competitions. These regional competitions take place once a year and national competitions take place every other year. According to the Mine, Safety and Health Administration’s website, the...
The Bitter Sweet Bombshells will host Casper’s Deadly Ghosts in a bout titled “Space Jam” Saturday. The bout starts at 6 p.m., at the Rock Springs Recreation Center. The Bombshells bested the Deadly Ghosts earlier in the season and are looking to maintain their rank. Tickets for the bout are on sale at the Rock Springs and Green River Chambers of Commerce and from any Bombshells team member. Big Brothers Big Sisters also has tickets available. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. As always the Bombshells donate 50 percent of the p...
Air and water temperatures are rising and river flows are coming down and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s Green River fish management staff is very concerned about the impacts to both fish and anglers in the Green River. “Trout experience significant mortality at prolonged exposure to water temperatures greater than 75 degrees Fahrenheit and brief exposure to temperatures over 80 degrees are lethal,” said Green River Fisheries Supervisor Robert Keith. “As water levels drop and water temperatures rise we are asking anglers fishing on the...
Wyoming Shakespeare Festival Company is offering a unique opportunity to learn everything there is to know in order to perform Shakespeare’s brilliant plays in 90 minutes. Along with this free workshop the Lander based acting company will celebrate its sixteenth year of presenting classical theater to audiences throughout Wyoming, with “The Taming of the Shrew” by William Shakespeare. The free performance presented by the Community Fine Arts Center will be in Bunning Park on Friday, July 17 at 6 p.m. The public is invited to bring their picni...
It’s 8:12 a.m. June 9 on the western slope of the Wyoming Range Mountains. The report from University of Wyoming PhD student, Melinda Nelson, that 10 Vaginal Implant Transmitters (VIT) have been dropped, means a possible 20 fawns to find, test, and collar. Without haste Nelson phones the VIT locations to project leader Dr. Kevin Monteith from the UW Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. Monteith and his research team in the field consisting of representatives from Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming Game and Fish Department and the M...
Among the exciting events lined up during the annual Flaming Gorge Days celebration is the Flaming Gorge 5k run. Finishing the run first was Curtis Westenskow with a time of 18:52:12, followed by Jackson Ramsey with a 19:55:54 time and Brenda Gray finishing third with 21:01:34. Complete Results Curtis Westensk0w - 18:52:12 Jackson Ramsey - 19:55:54 Brenda Gray - 21:01:34 Gina Harvey - 25:03:07 Will Madura - 25:34:02 Jennifer Drinkle - 25:51:45 Lydia Westenskow - 1 mile Jordyn Pawleska - 1 mile Jayden Pawleska - 26:27 Hailey Westenskow - 26:34...
The Green River High School Speech and Debate Team recently returned from National Speech and Debate Tournament, which took place in Dallas. Head coach Carina Stulken said Alexander Marchal made it to the semifinal round of extemporaneous debate and placed seventh out of 688 debaters in the nation. JD Richardson and Maggie Fischer broke to the first set of elimination rounds in public forum debate and placed in the top 30 in the nation out of more than 500 debate teams. For a complete story, see next week’s edition of The Green River S...
Staff Report Baseball fans in Green River have a lot of action to look forward to this weekend. The Green River Knights will host its annual invitational tournament Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Veterans’ Park and Stratton Myers Park. Featuring 10 teams and 30 games in all, the tournament gives the Knights’ varsity and junior varsity squads a chance to measure up against other teams in the region. Friday Veterans’ Park Steamboat, Colo. vs. Rawlins – 10:30 a.m. Green River JV vs. Price, Utah – 1 p.m. Rangley, Colo. vs. Evanston – 3:30 p.m. J...
Competing in a total of 132 matches, 13 wrestlers from Green River recently competed in Paonia, Colo. against teams from Colorado, Utah and Nebraska. Coach Marshal Rhodes said some of the wrestlers competed in as many as 14 matches during their trip. "That is a lot of wrestling in a short time period," Rhodes said. He said the group, consisting of junior high and high school wrestlers, are putting forth effort to improve during the off season. He believes off-season competition like the matches...
Interested in fly fishing and how custom bamboo rods are made? Local woodworker Fred Pickett will be giving a talk and demonstration on the craft of making these special fishing rods Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the Ferrero Room at Rock Springs Library. This event came from the display Pickett had at the Community Fine Arts Center this winter of his rods, a canoe and kayak, as well as skis and marquetry designs. The process on the art of making bamboo fly fishing rods from start to finish will be explained in photos, narratives, and examples of the... Full story
The Green River High School boy’s soccer team fought a hard battle at state in Rock Springs last week. The team finished 6th in the tournament, winning one of the three games they competed in, eliminating Natrona County High School from the tournament. In their first game, Green River lost to Cheyenne East, who would eventually play and lose against Cheyenne Central in the championship game. Green River battled Cheyenne East at Rock Springs High School in a game that would be delayed by lightning. In their second match, Green River came a...
Actors’ Mission will present the family friendly, two-act comedy “Mind Over Matt” Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. Performances will be at the Elks Lodge on C Street and a complimentary meal will be served one hour prior to every performance. Jerry Val Evans and Chance T. Hicks direct. “Mind Over Matt”, written by Scott Haan, the playwright behind “Insane With Power,” tells the story of Matthew Lane, an illustrator with looming deadlines and mounting problems. His inner personalities, visible to the audience but unseen by Matt, cause t...
The GRHS Track and Field Team had a memorable state meet in Casper last weekend, coming away with four individual all-state awards and five all-state performances. Leading the way was Senior Dylan Rust who captured two individual state championships in both shot put and discus. Rust became the first male in school history to win both throwing events at the state meet. On Friday, he won the discus title with a throw of 159’8” and captured the shot put title on his last throw Saturday with a toss of 50’2”. Senior teammate Hayden Love also ca...
The Green River High School Hall of Fame will induct a new class Sept. 5. The 2015 class will include three individuals and the 1974 to 1977 boys swim teams who captured four consecutive state titles. The three individuals recognized will be Jack Beard, Mark A Hoffman, and Bill Hoyt. Beard was a longtime educator and coached the four consecutive state title swim teams. Hoffman graduated in 1958, is a retired engineer, and the founder of Lincoln High Mirth and Missives. Hoyt taught music education at Sweetwater County School District No. 2 for...
The Green River Knights American Legion baseball team was back in action last night after having their games cancelled last week due to snowy conditions. The Knights dropped a double-header to Rock Springs, 10-4 and 9-6. Green River will get another shot at their rivals this weekend at a tournament in Jackson. They are also scheduled to play host Jackson, Evanston, and Casper....
