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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...
Children will have nice, warm hats to wear this winter thanks to a group of senior citizens. Last Wednesday, seniors representing Golden Hour Senior Center stopped by the Sweetwater County Child Developmental Center's Green River facility to donate 120 hats. Senior Shirley Okerson said the knitted, crocheted or loomed hats were made by more than 30 volunteers. The volunteers not only made hats for the CDC, but Truman Elementary School. While at the center, children picked out hats they liked and...
Even though the speech team hadn’t competed in about a month, it was able to come home with another first-place finish. This weekend, the Green River High School Speech and Debate team traveled to Casper to compete in the Kelly Walsh Tournament. In the 4A Division, GRHS took first place with 117 points, followed by Cheyenne East with 61 points and Natrona County with 38 points. “Kelly Walsh was a highly competitive tournament,” assistant coach Jason Grubb said. Eighteen teams from across the s...
The Green River High School Lady Wolves team split the weekend with a loss and a win at home. On Friday, the Lady Wolves took on Cheyenne South High School and came out on top with a 54-40 win. “I think we played our most consistent game of the year,” head coach Rick Carroll said. The Lady Wolves were good on defense and kept track of each other better. Even though the Lady Wolves were more consistent, they still struggled with turnovers, missing free throws and not waiting to take the rig...
The Green River High School boys swimming team traveled to Cheyenne and came home with a second-place finish. On Friday, the team competed in duals at Cheyenne Central and beat them in the duals. Head coach Colleen Seiloff said duals are scored differently than invites and so it’s hard to tell how the team is going to do. The most a team can score in an event is three people. Sometimes the teams can beat another team at an invite, but not at a dual and vice versa. On Saturday, the team c...
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 in the Sweetwater County Detention Center awaiting official charges. He was arrested in Sweetwater County for a charge stemming out of Lincoln County and one charge in Sweetwater County. A detention officer confirmed that Wilson is in the Sweetwater County...
The Bureau of Land Management responded to the Sweetwater County Commissioners letter about the removal of juniper trees on Little Mountain with a letter of its own. After reading this letter, Commissioner Wally Johnson spoke to the issue at the Commissioners recent meeting. “I’m very disappointed, not surprised,” Johnson said. In December, the Commissioners sent a letter to the BLM letting the BLM know they felt the money being spent to remove the juniper trees on the west side of Little Mounta...
A Green River author who was once again recognized for her writing was delighted by the news of her award. Christine Alethea Williams, who's pen name is Alethea Williams, the author of "Nààpiikoan Winter" recently received third place from the Will Rogers Medallion Award Committee in the inspirational fiction category. She also received a bronze from the Independent Publisher Book awards in the Best Regional E-Book, fiction category. This book was also a finalist in the Laramie Awards and G...
The Green River High School Lady Wolves basketball team struggled this weekend and lost all three games. The team traveled to Cheyenne to complete in the Cheyenne Invite. On Thursday, the Lady Wolves played Laramie and came up short, 52-45. “We started out really well,” head coach Rick Carroll said. During the first quarter of this game, the Lady Wolves took Laramie by surprise, however, the team wasn’t doing as well in the last three quarters. “After that, we didn’t do a good job on offense,...
The Green River Wolves swimming and diving team continued competition this weekend with a home meet and a meet in Evanston. During the Evanston meet, the team dominated the competition and came out with a first-place team finish. Green River took first with a total of 382, followed by Rawlins High School with 205 and Lyman High School with 180. Six teams were at the competition. Prior to going to Evanston, the team swam at home on Friday with Rawlins High School and Rock Springs High School. In...
The Green River Speech and Debate Team is well-known throughout the state as being the group to beat, and now they are getting national attention too. Recently, head coach Carina White was notified of not only an award for herself, but for her team as well. "I am proud to inform you that the Green River High School Speech and Debate team has been named one of the top 100 schools in the National Speech and Debate Association for the 2016-17 school year. GRHS ranked number 59 out of more than...
