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Living with diabetes can be hard, and if left unmanaged, can lead to many other health problems. Learn ways to manage diabetes and stay healthy during the Diabetic Empowerment Education Program beginning Jan. 9. The free classes will be offered from 9:30-11:30 a.m. each Tuesday and Thursday for three consecutive weeks, January 9-25, at Golden Hour Senior Center This is a peer led course with a one-on-one opportunity to visit with a doctor, nutritionist and pharmacist to help answer questions and concerns. Learn to understand how diabetes...
Friday Green River High School schedule Green River vs. Worland 12:30 p.m. Green River vs. Evanston 2 p.m. Green River vs. Uintah 2 3:30 p.m. Green River vs. Mountain View, 5:30 p.m. Green River vs. Rock Springs 2, 7 p.m. Green River Recreation Center schedule Green River 2 vs. Kemmerer 12:30 p.m. Green River 2 vs. Jackson 2 p.m. Green River 2 vs. Uintah 3:30 p.m. Green River 2 vs. Lyman 7 p.m. Saturday Green River High School schedule Green River vs. Cokeville noon Rounds determining team...
Head Start recently had professional stylists stop by the facility and offer free haircuts and styles for Head Start attendees and their siblings. On Thursday, Dec. 14 professional hair stylists donated their time and skills to give free haircuts. Those providing the haircuts were Verenice Vasquez and Amber Scheuerman from En-ve Salon and Sarah Sinclair, KayCee Thomas and Hallie Aragon from Color Works on Broadway....
Kelly Blaine Richards, 68, passed away Dec. 26, 2017, in Rock Springs, following a lengthy illness. He was a lifelong resident of Wyoming. Richards was born on June 3, 1949, in Kemmerer, the son of Franklin Blaine Richards and Lillie Knight. He attended schools in Rock Springs and was a 1967 graduate of the Rock Springs High School. He married Denise Zorko on June 22, 1968 in Rock Springs. He was a self-employed business owner of Kelly's Convenience Centers for 36 years. Kelly was a member of...
Elsie Taucher, 93, passed away Dec. 28, 2017, at her home in Rock Springs. She was a lifelong resident of Rock Springs. Taucher was born on April 5, 1924, in Rock Springs, the daughter of Rudolph Strauss and Mary Uzba Strauss. She attended schools in Rock Springs and was a 1941 graduate of the Rock Springs High School. Taucher married Arthur Taucher in 1946 in Rock Springs. He preceded her in death in 2009. She worked as a secretary for U.P. Coal Company, and Kellogg Architects. Taucher also...
Gary Dean Webb, 72, of Green River, passed away Dec. 31, 2017 at noon in his home, surrounded by family. He was born May 31, 1945, in Great Bend, Kan., to Leonard and Almyra (Goalden) Webb. He grew up and graduated high school in Monticello, Utah in 1963. He also enlisted in the United States Army, served part of his military time in Bad Kissingen, Germany and received an honorable discharge in 1966. He wed his beloved wife Olga (Gutierrez) Webb on March 28, 1968. Gary spent a great deal of his...
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...
Thanks to community members, residents at Mansface Terrace were eating better over the holiday season. Mansface Terrace service coordinator Sarah Hymas said for the past few years, a pantry filled with special items including honey, butter, candy, holiday items, meats and paper towels has been set out for residents. Some of the most popular items are ground beef, spices, fresh fruit and vegetables, butter and honey. "It's something that we do during the Christmas season," Hymas said. The...
The Green River Boys Swim team continued practicing over the holiday break and took second place out of 13 teams at the Laramie Invitational, which took place Dec. 30. Laramie Invite Laramie High School, 216.5 Green River High School, 197 Kelly Walsh High School, 194.5 Thunder Basin High School, 192 Cheyenne East High School, 146 200-yard medley relay GRHS (A team): Michael Richmond, Ethan Moffatt, James King, Lane Hutchison 200-yard freestyle Dean Lyon, 2:01.63 Elijah Kraft, 2:06.04 Ty Sturlaugson, 2:19.19 Brody Belcher, 3:14.97 200-yard IM...
It’s never easy saying goodbye; and for Sweetwater County Assessor Pat Drinkle, she’ll say goodbye to her staff Feb. 3. Drinkle announced her intent to retire Tuesday morning, submitting a letter to the Sweetwater County Commissioners and in a press release to area media outlets. “We’re just going to enjoy life,” Drinkle said about her future plans. “You never know what will happen ... I don’t want to just not take advantage of spending time with my family.” Drinkle has served as county assessor...
Sweetwater County Sheriff Mike Lowell was given the go ahead to hire two additional full-time sworn detention officers. During the Sweetwater County Commissioners meeting Tuesday morning, the Commissioners voted unanimously to approve the addition of two full-time detention officers at the Sweetwater County Detention Center. After a long discussion, the Commissioners agreed with human resources director Garry McLean’s recommendation. McLean walked the Commissioners through the whole operation o...
The Green River Chamber of Commerce’s Board Directors fired former CEO Irene Parsons after a closed meeting was hosted to discuss her job performance. The chamber issued a press release stating Parsons would no longer be employed with the chamber Dec. 21. The Green River Star requested emails sent and received by Allan Wilson, a Green River City Councilman who serves on the chamber’s board. According to those emails, the board hosted an executive session, to discuss Parson’s job perfo...
Sweetwater County residents looking for legal information from the county government will be able to find it in pages of this newspaper. The Sweetwater County Commissioners named the Green River Star its newspaper designee for 2018 after a unanimous vote Tuesday morning. The last time the Star was the county’s designee was in 2010. The county’s designee publishes legal information for the county, including meeting minutes and public notices. This information will be found in the legals section of the newspaper and will be available in this iss...
The Green River has slowly backed up over the last week as ice has hindered the river's flow. Water from the river has risen and froze portions of Riverside Park, as well as submerging sections of the Greenbelt. Brad Raney, Director of the Green River Parks and Recreation Department, said there isn't a lot the city can do, but monitor the situation. "We don't have anything in our department to deal with (the ice,)" Raney said. "We hope that it clears up." Raney said the department has closed...
The Green River City Council approved a retail liquor license Tuesday night for a bar and grill set to open in the city in early February. The license is for the Town Bar and Grill, which will be located at the old OT’s Sports Bar location at 95 East Railroad Drive. Buckley Hubert, the proprietor, said he aims to bring a nonsmoking, pub-like restaurant to Green River. He anticipates the restaurant to open Feb. 1. Hubert said he picked the location because it’s already an established loc...
This year, as our family celebrated Christmas I started to reflect on Christmases past and which ones truly stood out for me. So I present to you my top three Christmases ever; or at least so far. 1. This one is the most recent. It happened about five years ago. My oldest son Matthew had just turned three and my youngest son John was about 1 1/2 years old. It was this particular Christmas that Santa Claus had decided to bring the boys a wagon. Not just any wagon, a double seated wagon with cup...
It’s a new year and that means it’s time to set some goals to help 2018 be a successful year! The Green River URA/Main Street Agency will be doing just that in the coming weeks with a strategic planning session. We’ve been working on a transformation strategy action plan and it is nearly complete. We are anxious to finalize our plan and get to work. Here are a few suggestions to consider for your small business to help set the course for this year: Make a Plan Putting a business plan in place is the first step in creating a successful busin...
