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Knowing what to do if there is an emergency is important. Especially, when children are involved. For Green River Girls Scout members, learning how to perform CPR and First Aid not only helps them obtain a First-Aid badge, but prepares them for the chance of an emergency. Kris Sherwin, Green River Girl Scouts service unit manager, said troop leaders who want to travel with the Scouts are required to take this course. However, adult Scouts are also encouraged to take this because they are...
A man accused of threatening his father with a machete will undergo a competency evaluation to determine if he’s mentally fit to proceed. Robert Mandros, 20, Green River was bound over to the Third District Court at a preliminary hearing to aggravated assault and battery, a felony, and property destruction and defacement, a misdemeanor. However, he hasn’t been arraigned yet due to a court-ordered evaluation. According to a motion for mental examination and to suspend proceedings document, dur...
Years of persistence has allowed the Sweetwater Events Complex the opportunity to host the 2020 Newmar Kountry Klub International Rally. “I have been actively recruiting them for about four years,” Lena Warren, events complex marketing and event coordinator, said. “The great thing about these events is they are going to be staying for a week.” The rally is scheduled to take place Aug. 24-28 at the events complex will bring more than 1,000 visitors to the area and is estimated to bring $818,00...
For the last time, Judge Nena James pounded the gavel to adjourn the Third District Court of Sweetwater County. After 18 years as Third District Court Judge, James knew it was time to retire and end a more than 30 year judicial career. James began her career in 1974 after she graduated from the University of Wyoming Law School. James said she knew she was going to move to Sweetwater County and open up a private practice because the county was booming at the time. After she opened up her law...
The Lady Wolves swimming and diving team took second at conferences, while picking up another state qualifier. The Green River High School Lady Wolves recently traveled to Laramie to take on seven other teams at conferences to take second. Head coach Colleen Seiloff said she felt good about where the team placed saying they came in right behind Laramie, which is the top team in the state. Going into conference competition, the Lady Wolves knew Laramie was going to be strong and the team to...
The Lady Wolves volleyball team lost one on the road and won a game at home this past week. Last Thursday, the Lady Wolves traveled to Evanston to take on the Lady Red Devils and lost in in five sets, 25-27, 25-11, 25-20, 23-25, 15-8. In the Jackson game, which took place Saturday at home, the Lady Wolves showed they are a force to be reckoned with and won in three sets, 25-12, 25-17, 25-18. Head coach Rikki Shantz said in their game against Evanston the Lady Wolves came out fired up and ready...
The Lady Wolves swimming and diving team came home in third place out of 17 teams. Last Friday and Saturday, the Lady Wolves traveled to Gillette for one of the biggest competitions they’ve been in all season long and to see where they stacked up against the other teams. “Gillette’s always nice because it’s got a lot of people from all over the state,” head coach Colleen Seiloff said. This was the last meet in the regular season and Seiloff was hoping to pick up a few more state qualifier...
They were placed in a cardboard box and stored in a maintenance storage facility. Even though some knew where they were at, they were forgotten by most. However, recently retired Third District Court Judge Nena James didn't forget and was on a mission to get a project taken care of before she officially retired Oct. 18. The items in the box were old photos, some in deteriorated frames and some without, of former Third Judicial Court judges who presided over Green River. "Judge (Jere) Ryckman...
As the children entered, they were greeted with smiles and a warm welcome. To celebrate National Physical Therapy month, Peak Performance employees invited students from Harrison Elementary, Lincoln Middle and Green River High schools to their facility. Once the students arrived, owner Hayley Strauss, asked them to sit on the floor so they could talk about what they were going to do during the visit. Two visits were scheduled, one for the older students and the other for younger. Strauss asked...
As the sixth-penny special purpose tax requests start to pour in, the Sweetwater County commissioners will need to start prioritizing the projects. Sweetwater County cities and towns presented their sixth-penny project requests amounting to $151 million to the commissioners last week. This amount did contain the hospital’s request, but not the Sweetwater County Events Complex’ request, which would be an additional $24 million. The commissioners, especially Chairman Wally Johnson, have spoke pub...
Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County representatives are asking for $19.5 million of the sixth-penny tax funding. The request was divided up into three projects, which can be done separately or all together. How the hospital will proceed depends on how much will be placed on the sixth-penny tax request for the county and hospital. “If we needed to, we could postpone a project,” MHSC CEO Irene Richardson, said. Richardson said they want to make sure the hospital is maintained so it can con...
The statics are staggering for this disease. One in two women and one in four men will break a bone in their lifetime due to osteoporosis. For some seniors, this statistic was a shock, but for others it was something they already knew. During an informational presentation at the Golden Hour Senior Center Thursday morning, attendees listened to Hayley Strauss from Peak Performance Physical Therapy on osteoporosis. “Osteoporosis is something we deal with all the time,” Strauss said. In fact, she...
The children excitedly entered the Green River Fire Department, not quite sure what to expect. For most of them, this was the first time being inside a fire department. On Wednesday, both classes from the Green River Co-op Preschool had the opportunity to visit the fire department during National Fire Prevention Week. As the children entered a classroom, GRFD fire prevention chief Tom Murphy greeted the children. Murphy then asked the preschoolers who they should call if there was a fire. Some...
Her name is synonymous with speech and debate in Green River and has coached the high school team for more than a decade. Carina White was recently inducted in the Wyoming Speech and Debate Hall of Fame. The Wyoming High School Forensics Association presents the award to one coach a year who is nominated and voted on by previous recipients. According to a press release, the association's hall of fame recognizes people who have enhanced high school speech and debate in Wyoming, demonstrating...
With the 14-7 win over Evanston, the Wolves are still in the running for a possible playoff game. The Wolves started off receiving the ball and Isaac Ruiz brought the ball out for a 21-yard return, but the Wolves were three and out quickly. The Red Devils got the ball and were in a fourth and 13th situation when they went for it, but they were 3 yards short. The Wolves took over the ball, but had to punt. A big defensive play by Wolves Tayler Jensen and Payton Tucker created a big stop making...
The Lady Wolves have had a couple of tough competitors, but that won’t stop them from continuing to improve each game. Last week, the Lady Wolves took on Cheyenne East and lost in three sets, 25-10, 25-10, 25-23. The team also played and lost to Riverton in four sets, 24-23, 30-28, 25-21, 25-10. Head coach Rikki Shantz said the Lady Wolves really played Cheyenne East hard in the third set. “I thought they really battled and fought for every point,” Shantz said. At this point in the seaso...
The Lady Wolves Swim and Dive team didn't have to travel far to take first place this weekend. Saturday the Lady Wolves competed in Rock Springs and came in first out of four teams. Even though the team didn't have any new state qualifiers, they did have some team members qualify in other more events, head coach Colleen Seiloff said. There are a few swimmers on the team who are extremely close to qualifying for state, she said. With only one regular meet left in the season and then conferences,...
One Green River student has been named among 16,000 semifinalists for the 2020 National Merit Scholarship program. Green River High School senior, Will Allen, said he took the PSAT knowing it was a requirement for this particular scholarship. He knew this because his oldest sister was named a semifinalist a few years ago when she was a senior. Allen said he was told only those who score in the top 10 percent on the PSAT in their state are made semifinalists. "It just so happened that I was,"...
The Lady Wolves swim team won four of the five duals they competed in this weekend in Green River. On Friday, the Green River High School Lady Wolves swimming and diving team competed against Cheyenne Central High School, Cheyenne East High School and Jackson Hole High School. They won all three duals they competed in Friday. On Saturday, it was back to the pool for the Lady Wolves who had to turn around from an evening of competition and compete against one of the best in the State - Laramie...
An idea quickly turned into a team of 41 dancers performing at middle-school football games. Green River High School dance coach Debi Kovick, who has been coaching the high school team for 5 years, had the idea of beginning a dance club at the middle-school level last year. With the help of assistant coach Christine Peterson, this idea became a reality. "We both love dance and our vision is to plant the dance love seed within the hearts of the Lincoln Middle School students. We have a vision...
Only two Wyoming schools were included in the national Blue Ribbon Awards list and Truman Elementary School was one of them. In a press release, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced 362 schools nationwide will received the 2019 Blue Ribbon Schools designation. According to the nationalblueribbonschools.ed.gov, "An important part of the U.S. Department of Education, the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program recognizes outstanding public and non-public schools. In identifying several...
Making sure seniors have enough money for a new technology center is something the employees at the Golden Hour Senior Center will take a pie in the face for. Tuesday afternoon, the dining room was full of seniors waiting to find out who would get a pie in the face: the office staff or the kitchen staff. During the fundraiser, jars were left out with pictures of each group on them. GHSC activities and marketing coordinator Irish Kreis said those who raise the most money will be the "winners" of...
Five Green River students recently attended the State golf tournament and came home with an experience they will remember. “State was actually pretty fun for us,” head coach Karyl Eyre said. “The kids we took were fantastic.” Even though Green River didn’t have enough boys or girls to make an entire State boys or girls team, those who attended enjoyed the experience in Gillette. The two boys who attended State were senior, Kaleb Saccomano, who scored a 99 the first day of competition and a 109...
The Green River tennis teams not only had to compete against their opponents at State this weekend, but the weather. According to head coach Phil Harder, on Thursday the weather was great for tennis, but on Friday and Saturday it rained and the matches had to be moved to the indoor courts at Gillette. Harder said both the Lady Wolves and the Wolves tennis teams had to adjust to the indoor courts. The Lady Wolves adjusted well and took fifth place overall, while the boys came in 10th place at...
The Lady Wolves swimming and diving team continues to improve each week and this week they came home with two first-place finishes. Last Thursday, the Lady Wolves traveled to Big Piney and Evanston to compete and come back on top. Head coach Colleen Seiloff was happy with how the Lady Wolves performed on the road while tired. “We’re really tired at this time of the season,” Seiloff said. Even though the Lady Wolves may have been tired, they continued to improve in the pool. “We’re having a...
