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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...
The Green River High School Speech and Debate team came home with a third-place finish. The team traveled to Cheyenne to compete in the Cheyenne East tournament this past weekend. About 26 schools attended the tourney. Of those, 11 were from Wyoming and the rest were from Colorado. Cherry Creek and Kent-Denver schools from Colorado took first and second place at the tournament. “We took third place, which is the best showing we have had at this very competitive and difficult tournament,” hea...
A Green River High School graduate will have the chance to intern for Sen. Mike Enzi in Washington D.C. Alexander Marchal, a sophomore at the University of Wyoming, who is majoring in economics and finance and minoring in the honors program and mathematics, recently received news from Sen. Enzi’s office that he was selected for an upcoming internship. This internship starts Jan. 4, 2017, and Marchal is looking forward to the experience. Marchal heard about the internship program from a friend w...
A Green River man accused of shooting another man pleaded not guilty to a felony charge. Ted G. Kalivas, 58, appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery at an arraignment to aggravated assault and battery. If Kalivas is found guilty of the felony, he could face a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a maximum fine of $10,000. According to court documents, in May of 2016, Green River Police officers responded to West Railroad Avenue for a report of two people fighting and...
During the cold winter months, kids and their parents start getting cabin fever. One way to alleviate this problem, at least for children six months to five years old, is to take them to one of the Kids in Motion programs at the Expedition Island Pavilion. "It's just a place where you can interact with your children outside of your home environment," Green River recreation supervisor Katie Duncombe said. With the weather turning cold these past few weeks, Duncombe anticipates the Kids in Motion...
Sometimes all it takes to bring a smile to someone's face is a stuffed toy. Last Friday, Mission at Castle Rock Rehabilitation Center residents received stuffed teddy bears, penguins and kangaroos. Heidi Schuh, CRRC activities director and volunteer coordinator, said Infinity Power and Controls have been giving out stuffed-bear donations to residents at the center for the past few years. "It's one of those small, simple pleasures they just love," Schuh said. For the less cognitive residents,...
