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Students at Monroe Intermediate School had the opportunity to see a sled dog racer and his team. Last Friday, Frank Moe, his nephew, Mike, and their sled dogs, visited the school. Those attending had the chance to meet the dogs, try on equipment and ask any questions they had about sled races. Frank and Mike were on their way to the Pedigree Stage Stop eight-day race, which takes place in Wyoming. Prior to the students meeting the dogs, they listened to a short presentation from Mike. According...
In a dominate fashion, the Green River High School Speech and Debate Team came home with another first-place finish. The team traveled to Evanston this weekend and with 205 points Green River took first place, followed by Jackson with 44 points and then Natrona County who took third. Head coach Carina White said this tournament is one of smallest ones they participate in with nine schools attending. White said a lot of the state’s speech and debate teams either took the weekend off or a...
The Green River Lady Wolves kicked off the conference season with a win and a loss. On Thursday the Lady Wolves played its first home game against Evanston Lady Red Devils. Despite having the home-court advantage for their first conference game the girls lost, 42-52. "As a team, we kind of struggled that night," head coach Rick Carroll said. "We didn't play well as a team." The Lady Wolves struggled both offensively and defensively against Evanston. "We probably rebounded the worst we had all...
With New Year’s Resolutions still fresh in people’s minds, the Green River Recreation Center has seen a usage increase. However, that’s not the only reason the recreation center has seen an increase in its daily numbers. Recreation supervisor Katie Blood said the recreation center usually sees an influx in people not only for New Year’s resolutions, but when it gets cold out, which it has been in the past few weeks. “We want to encourage many people to come in,” Blood said. This type of influx u...
The Green River High School Lady Wolves basketball team traveled again this weekend and returned home with one win and one loss. On Friday the Lady Wolves took on Cheyenne South and won 66-60. “I thought we played with a lot of intensity. A lot of energy,” head coach Rick Carroll said. On that side of the state the game is a lot more physical and the referees let it go. That’s something the Lady Wolves were surprised with and had to adjust to, Carroll said. “We got them to turn the ball over a...
The room was packed with children playing with toys, sliding down slides or jumping in the ball pit. This was just a typical scene at the Sweetwater County Child Developmental Center's toddler time. Although the attendance may vary from class to class, the children always seems to have a good time. "We've had as many as 22 to 23," CDC employee Mary Beery said. The CDC offers two toddler time sessions -- Wednesdays from 1:30-3:30 p.m. and Thursdays from 9:30-10:30 a.m. The center also offers a...
Snowballs were coming from every direction at the Mission at Castle Rock Rehabilitation Center's snowball fight. Residents armed with soft, squishy, indoor snowballs, took aim at anyone passing by the hallway Thursday morning. Some residents took the throw one snowball at a time approach, while one resident, Gloria Henderson grabbed the container of snowballs and started chucking them at anyone she thought she could hit. Even though the container was only a 1/3 full, she was having a great...
The Green River High School Speech and Debate Team once again brought home a first-place trophy after beating one of the most competitive teams. It was the first time this year the GRHS Speech and Debate Team competed against Cheyenne East, but they came out on top. Green River finished with 118 points, Cheyenne East came in second with 84 points and Natrona County came in third at the Kelly Walsh Tournament, which took place this past weekend in Casper. “The team was excited to finally meet E...
Amid a budget crunch, the Sweetwater County Child Developmental Center will host a fundraiser to help cover costs. Center director Lu Kasper said the second annual Career Day is the same as last year’s event, but with one exception it acting as a fundraiser for the center. “Last year was pretty much a hit,” Kasper said. “We had over 600 people.” For an event of this size, the center chose to host it at the Sweetwater County Events Complex from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Jan. 21. Those who decide to atte...
Bitter winter weather conditions caused Green River schools to close Thursday and busses to break down Friday. Last Thursday, Sweetwater County School District No. 2 declared a snow day, but it’s Friday’s two-hour delay that residents can’t seem to stop talking about. Despite having taken preventative gelling up measures, such as plugging in the busses, the district still had more than 12 busses gel up Friday. “We have fuel additive in all of our tanks so we weren’t too far off,” District No...
For some seniors at the Golden Hour Senior Center, craft time is something they do to hang out with their friends. During one of the Lets Get Crafty classes, crafters were busy making wreaths out of pipe cleaners, various colored mesh and wire wreath frames. "A couple years ago everybody was making them," crafter Theresa Stark said. Volunteer Judy McClellan said she bought a whole bunch of different colored mesh, cut it in half and brought it for the seniors to use. She just lays the mesh out...
The second part of the Green River High School’s Speech and Debate season was kicked off with a first-place finish in Powell. On Friday the team traveled to Powell to compete against 20 schools and around 300 students from Wyoming and Montana. With 218 points, Green River was declared the sweepstakes overall tournament winner, while second place went to Skyview High School of Montana with 184 points. Green River also took second place in the individual events sweepstakes category and first in d...
A man accused of sexual intrusion and hitting the alleged victim in the face claims he is innocent. Austin W. Pacheco, 24, of Green River, recently appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery at an arraignment to first-degree sexual assault, third-degree sexual assault, battery and reckless endangering. The sexual assault charges are felonies, while the battery and reckless endangering charges are misdemeanors. If Pacheco is found guilty of all four charges he could face a...
Well, It’s that time of the year again. Time to set that New Year’s resolution. It seems like every year around this time that’s all I hear people talking about. It also seems like the television commercials are also gearing up for this. With all of the lose weight with this product or that product, join this gym or buy this DVD to work yourself thin commercials, it’s hard to avoid. I also noticed how many stop smoking now commercials there are too. It’s almost like we think that a new year...
Children across Green River were enjoying the new snowfall during their recess. On Tuesday, Harrison Elementary School students were busy playing in the new snow during their recess. The children were playing all sorts of playground equipment, including an updated seesaw. Other children stood in line for the chance to ride on one of the school's miniture zip line. The children talked excitedly as they waited for their turn. A couple of the kids helped teacher Julee Cobb push the zip lines back...
Some parents just stand out and seem to not only make an impression on their children, but on others around them. Green River parent Marsha Harris is one of those parents, although she may be too humble to admit it. Throughout the years, not only has Marsha and Joseph Harris’ children stood out, but so have their parenting skills. Both Marsha and Joseph are used to attending Sweetwater County School District No 2 Board of Trustees meetings to support their children who received honors at t...
A man accused of beating up his wife pleaded not guilty to two felonies and one misdemeanor. Darrel Lee Montez, 42, of Green River, appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery at an arraignment to two felony counts of aggravated assault and battery and one misdemeanor charge of domestic battery. If found guilty of the all three counts, he could face a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, six months in jail and a maximum fine of $20,750. According to court documents, on Oct. 2...
Each time I celebrate Christmas with my little ones, I try to cherish it as much as possible. I know all to well that before I even know what happened they will be teenagers rolling their eyes at me and telling me I embarrass them or how uncool I am. But for now, I can honestly just look at them and smile at how a simple toy, book or piece of candy can bring a big smile to their faces. This year was no different. My boys, Matthew, 7, and John, 4, spent Christmas Eve day asking me when Santa was...
Kids throughout Green River also had an exciting year in 2016. It didn't matter if they were even in school yet, they still had a good time at toddler and story times the Sweetwater County Library hosts. When they weren't busy at the library, preschool students were having their parents read more than 2,000 books to them. Last year, three classes at the Sweetwater County Child Developmental Center accomplished this goal and as a reward they celebrated the achievement with a pizza party....
January of 2016 set the tone for the year with seniors starting off trying to get healthy both physically and mentally. The Golden Hour Senior Center offered a wide-range of classes to help seniors improve their health. Some of the classes that targeted the improvement of physical health were Zumba Gold, chair exercises, line dancing and a better balance class. Line dancing and Zumba really gave the seniors a cardiovascular workout, while both the chair exercises and better balance classes...
The year kicked off with a new organization being formed at the Green River High School. The school started a charted group with the National Future Farmers of American Organizations. In March of 2016, the Green River High School Speech and Debate Team took third at state. It wasn't the outcome the team wanted, since it is used to taking first at state, but the team was happy to come in third. Head coach Carina White said the tournament was going to be tough for the new and inexperienced team....
A man accused of kicking his pregnant girlfriend pleaded not guilty to one felony charge. Hector Jaciel Perez-Villegas, 20, of Green River recently appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery at an arraignment to aggravated assault and battery. If found guilty, Perez-Villegas could face a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a maximum fine of $10,000. According to court documents on Sept. 18, 2016, a Green River Police officer went to Bridger Drive to check on a possible...
The Green River Lady Wolves Basketball team headed into the Flaming Gorge Classic with a three game winning streak. However, the team came out of this past weekend's tournament 2-2. On Thursday the Lady Wolves used the momentum of the previous wins to capture another victory. They came out on top of the Rawlins Outlaws, 58-50. On Friday, the Lady Wolves had a taste of what it is like to be on the other side of the game. They lost both of their Friday games. The first loss was to Star Valley...
Most of the Green River elementary schools were busy having Christmas parties Friday before the holiday break started. Washington Elementary School was no different, and every classroom in the building seemed to be celebrating in different ways. Some of the classes were making paper wreaths for students to display at home. Kindergarten student Marlei Zimmerman said she already knew were she was going to put her wreath when she got home. Other classes, were busy watching various Christmas movies...
Cooks and bakers were busy preparing and serving Christmas dinner last Thursday at the Golden Hour Senior Center. For the cooking staff at GHSC, the day started at 5 or 6 in the morning. Each person was helping prepare the ham with cherry sauce, broccoli, sweet potatoes and rolls. Desert was also homemade and served to those in attendance. "I made five pans of sweet potatoes," senior cook Lynn Dewailly said. She figured it was about the equivalent to 40 pounds of sweet potatoes. About 20 hams...
