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Residents at the Mission at Castle Rock Rehabilitation Center were learning a new type of art -- decoupage. During the weekly Crafts with Kathy Elliott class Friday morning, those participating in the class were learning how to decoupage. Most of them hadn’t even heard of such a thing, but once they found out what it was, they were ready to give it a try. Decoupage is nothing more than a slight of hand. When done correctly, it gives one the impression that something was hand painted, but in real...
This weekend the Lady Wolves basketball team lost both of their conference games by double digits, taking their conference record to 0-5. Head coach Rick Carroll said they Lady Wolves started of each game pretty good and during some points in the game they were playing consistent basketball and they had good defense. “We’re just really struggling to score,” Carroll said. “They never beat us bad every quarter, but they beat us every quarter.” Out of the eight quarters of basketball the Lady Wolves played against Natrona County and Kelly Walsh, t...
The Green River High School swimming and diving team not only came in second at conference, they broke some records along the way. During the 4A West Conference meet, Kelly Walsh High School came in first with 422 points, while Green River grabbed second with 379 and Rock Springs High School came in third with 174. In a previous interview with head coach Colleen Seiloff, she knew going into conferences that Kelly Walsh would be the team to beat. After this weekend, the Wolves have 15 swimmers...
The Sweetwater County Democratic Party is now seeking applications for the County Assessor’s position. This position was left vacant after Pat Drinkle, a Democrat, announced her retirement. On Tuesday morning, the Sweetwater County Commissioners unanimously approved a letter notifying the Sweetwater County Democratic Party Central Committee of the vacancy. The Commissioners’ letter states the Democrat party must name three qualified residents to hold the assessor’s position and forward those...
Southwest Counseling Service will receive a 4,000-square foot building from Jonah Energy LLC. During the Sweetwater County Commissioners meeting Tuesday morning, the Commissioners voted unanimously to accept a donated modular building on behalf of SCS. The building will be used to house psychiatric and telahealth services. SCS CEO Linda Acker said months ago she spoke to the Commissioners about the possibility of receiving a modular building from Jonah Energy. She said employees of SCS went out...
One hundred and forty children descended upon the high school Saturday morning with one common goal- to learn a dance routine. The children ranged in age, from three year olds to 13 year olds, and the Green River High School gymnasium and auxiliary gymnasium were filled with children learning a dance routine from the Wolf Pack Dance Team. This is the third year the dance team has put on this dance camp and it has grown. The first year about 80 children attended and in the second year the group...
The Wolves faced tough competition this weekend, but still came back home with a first-place trophy. The Green River High School Speech and Debate team traveled to the Natrona County for its tournament. Thirty one teams and more than 600 students from Wyoming and South Dakota attended this tournament. “This is the biggest and most competitive tournament we have traveled to this season,” assistant coach Jason Grubb said. “Most events had over 50 competitors. Some as many as 90. Since we are n...
Each year, the Green River High School Student Council is challenged with coming up with new ideas for the Make-A-Wish fundraising event. The friendly competition between Green River and Rock Springs raises money for the organization, which is then used to grant children's wishes. Some Sweetwater County children have received their wishes granted due to these efforts. One new fundraiser this year was the rummage sale. GRHS junior Kassandra Reyes came up with the idea with the help of her...
On Friday, students in Emily Gomez' second-grade class waited patiently for their mystery guest to arrive. While they were being read a book, the students would occasionally whisper to each other about who the mystery guest would be and when he or she would arrive. After about a 10 minute wait, the children soon realized who the guests were when four female Green River High School students walked into their classroom at Washington Elementary School. The students' next assignment was to try and f...
The Sweetwater County Commissioners will send a letter to U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke in Washington D.C., opposing the Little Mountain juniper tree removal. During the Commissioners Dec. 16 meeting, the Commissioners voted 4-1 to send an opposition letter to Zinke. Commissioners Reid West, Don Van Matre, John Kolb and Wally Johnson voted in favor of the letter, while Commissioner Randy Wendling voted against it. In December, they sent a letter to the BLM letting the federal agency know...
It was a pretty quiet room. Usually one can hear the sound of laughter coming for the Golden Hour Senior Center's pool room, but on Tuesday morning it wasn't that loud. Even though there were several men playing pool, they were not as loud as they normally are. Soon, a couple more players arrived, and two tables were going. One person, Ed Dupre was playing solo, while the others were in a doubles' game. Dupre isn't new to the game of pool. He said he started playing when he was 16 years old....
During the 10th annual High School Blood Drive Challenge, some Green River High School students shared the true reasons why they feel it's important to donate blood. While most Green River students were pumped up about donating blood just so they could beat Rock Springs, others knew there was way more to it than a rivalry. The whole purpose of the friendly rivalry is to encourage the students to get out and show school spirit by donating blood. Not only did the students who donated receive a...
The final count is in. With the help of both the Green River and Rock Springs communities, 701 pints of blood was collected with can now be used to save 2,103 adult lives. Green River edged out on top by collecting 357 pints, while Rock Springs collected 344. Sandy Thomas, senior donor recruitment for United Blood Services, said she was just really impressed with how the communities responded to the students’ requests for help. “It was just amazing numbers,” Thomas said. “Basically, they we...
After competing in one of the most competitive tournaments of the year, the Green River High School speech and debate team came home with second. This past weekend, the team traveled to Cheyenne to compete in the Cheyenne South Bison Stampede Speech and Debate Tournament. This time Cheyenne East came out on top with 120 points, followed by Green River with 108 points. Assistant coach Jason Grubb said this particular tournament is always a challenge because they compete against the two most...
It was a rough Thursday night for the Green River Lady Wolves basketball team when they took on the Rock Springs Lady Tigers. The Lady Wolves started off slow in the first quarter, falling behind right away. By the end of the first quarter, they were down by 16 points, 26-10. Head coach Rick Carroll said the Lady Wolves worked hard in the second quarter to close the deficit and even outscored the Lady Tigers, 18-12. At halftime, they were down by 10. Carroll said he really has to give the Lady...
This past weekend’s swim meet was a chance for the Wolves swimming team to see how they would stack up to other teams across the state. On Friday and Saturday, the team traveled to Gillette to compete in the Campbell County Invite and came in fourth with 369, behind Kelly Walsh High School with 450, Thunder Basin High School with 399 and Laramie High School with 377. Head coach Colleen Seiloff said it was kind of a tough weekend of competition, but the team swam well. She was proud to have b...
The Green River High School Speech and Debate team traveled again this past weekend and came home with another first-place finish. “Overall the team did an excellent job. A lot of our first year students who have recently become varsity competitors are discovering how competitive varsity competition can be,” assistant coach Jason Grubb said. “They are learning lots and we know we will see some of them on stage before the end of the year,” he said. Eight schools and a total of 151 student...
Truman Elementary School students were busy learning about symmetry and image reflection during art class this week. On Tuesday morning, second-grade students were learning how to look for symmetry. They then worked on the first half of their reflection drawings. Teacher Jaime Campos said most of the students were drawing their pictures about winter scenes, which is something they discussed because of the recent snow. She asked them to think about what items they can see their reflections in dur...
The Green River Lady Wolves girls basketball team played two away games this past week and came back with two losses in conference play. On Thursday, the Lady Wolves took on Evanston and at the end it turned into a real nail-biting game as the Lady Wolves and Lady Red Devils continued to change leads with a mere 2 minutes left in the game. “We just really fought hard. We gave ourselves an opportunity to win,” head coach Rick Carroll said. He said they had a really great fourth-quarter come back....
Two more swimmers qualified for state this weekend during the Lyman and Green River meets. The Green River High School swimming and diving team, added Miles Moffat to the state qualifying list in diving, while Logan Johnson qualified in the 100 breaststroke. So far, the team has 10 state qualifiers and they are hoping to add a few more before state. “They had some solid swims in Lyman,” head coach Colleen Seiloff said. During the Lyman meet, Seiloff had the boys compete in different events. She...
Starting Feb. 1, the Rock Springs-Sweetwater County will no longer be the name of the local airport. From that date on, it will be known as the Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport. Airport Manager Devon Brubaker spoke to the Sweetwater County Commissioners at its recent meeting about the name change. The Rock Springs-Sweetwater County Joint Powers Airport Board voted for the name change at its Jan. 10 meeting, to change the name to the Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport effective Feb. 1....
Editor's note: Due to the graphic nature of these particular cases and a need to protect the victim's identity, even the redacted court documents supporting the charges will not be published. Green River City Councilman Allan Wilson is accused of sexually abusing a minor, according to court documents from two counties. He was arrested last week for a charge stemming out of Lincoln County and one charge in Sweetwater County. A detention officer confirmed that Wilson was in the Sweetwater County D...
By STEPHANIE THOMPSON People Editor The Special Purpose Use Tax, also known as the sixth-penny tax, will stop April 1. During the Sweetwater County Commissioners meeting Tuesday morning, Chairman Reid West said Sweetwaer County treasurer Robb Slaughter is sending a letter to Kim Lovett, of the Excise Tax Division of the Wyoming Department of Revenue, requesting the collection of the Special Purpose Use Tax stop as of April 1, 2018. The $81.2 million tax was voted on and passed in the 2012 electi...
Editor’s note: Due to the graphic nature of one of these particular cases, as well as a need to protect the victims’ identities, the affidavit information supporting either case will not be published. Max Allen Louderback, 66, of Green River, recently appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Nena James at a sentencing hearing to two counts of first-degree sexual abuse of a minor, four counts of second-degree sexual abuse of a minor and a third-degree sexual abuse of a minor. Louderback ple...
Jackson Elementary School students laughed, exclaimed and just sat there with their mouths wide open when they learned some interesting bird facts. Last Wednesday, two employees from Scales and Tails Utah were happy to tell the students everything they wanted to know about the birds they had in the show. During the first show, students learned about birds and in the second show, they taught the kids about reptiles. Drew Webb told the kids all birds are unpredictable. He then asked the children...
