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The Green River High School Varsity and Junior Varsity wrestlers have been hard at work over the Christmas break preparing for the Tournament of Champions, Friday and Saturday in Vernal, Utah. "Many of the GRHS wrestlers have been using this break to focus on technique," coach Marshall Rhodes said. "We have added quite a few things and have really tried to fix some of the mistakes we have been making the first month of the season." The wrestlers took Christmas week off from practice, have been...
Competing in last week's Laramie invite, the Green River High School Boys Swimming and Diving Team continue to impress their coach, Colleen Seiloff. Seiloff said the boys continue to cut time in their events, with Ethan Moffatt qualifying for state competition in the 50-yard freestyle while they were in Laramie. Now, in the middle of their season, Seiloff said hard work from the individual swimmers will start to pay off. In the upcoming competitions in Evanston and Lyman, Seiloff plans to look f...
The University of Wyoming men’s basketball team will seek its first win of the Mountain West season when the Cowboys (7-8, 0-2) host Air Force on Wednesday at 7 p.m. MT in the Arena-Auditorium. The Falcons (10-4, 1-0) have taken five of the last six meetings, though, including three straight in the Dome of Doom since the return of head coach Larry Shyatt in 2011. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Wyoming Athletics Ticket Office at 877-WYO-FAN1 (877-996-3261) or online at GoWYO.com. Fans can follow live stats, audio and video of the g...
After nearly two weeks worth of practices, the Green River High School Girls Basketball team will have a chance to apply what they’ve learned during the Christmas break. The Lady Wolves will travel to Cheyenne this weekend to compete in the Taco John’s Invitational, taking on three teams in the course of three days. They are scheduled to play against Cheyenne South, Sheridan and Laramie during the tournament. Next week, the team will face Cheyenne South and Laramie a second time in Green Riv...
The Green River High School’s varsity boys basketball team has the confidence to face the Cheyenne teams head on at the Taco John’s Invitational, Jan. 7-9. The team also has the humbleness to know they can learn from their experience playing Cheyenne, no matter the outcome. “I want to play them. Maybe they’ll beat us bad, but we can take what we got from them and use it to our advantage,” player Cameron Morris said. “There’s no individuals on our team. We’re a team no matter what.” “We’re a...
New Year's Eve at the Golden Hour Senior Center was filled with all festivities. The tables were set, the decorations were hung, the music was live, the conversation was abundant, and dinner was served. "It was kind of just a nice night out for the seniors," activities coordinator Megan Brown said. Brown said the center served over 100 people on New Year's Eve. She said the New Year's Eve event gives them a nice night out, which some otherwise wouldn't be able to afford on a fixed income. The...
Living with diabetes can be hard, and if left unmanaged, diabetes can lead to other health problems. Those who would like to learn about controlling their diabetes, staying healthy and enjoying a full life with loved ones will not want to miss several upcoming peer-led educational programs. Diabetes Empowerment Education Program is hosting informational classes at the Golden Hour Senior Center every Thursday until Feb. 11. These classes will start tomorrow; and meet every week from 12:30-2:30 p.m. In these free classes, residents will learn...
Suggestions made about an agricultural program to members of the Sweetwater County School District No. 2 administration helped create a new local organization. According to McKena Wallentine, Green River High School’s agricultural education advisor, community members had been suggesting that starting an agricultural education program would be beneficial to GRHS students. In 2013, Lacy Bangert, a former agricultural and Future Farmers of America advisor was hired as a new counselor. Bangert w...
Louis Carrillo, 84, of Reliance, passed away Jan. 3, 2016 at Deer Trail Assisted Living. A life-long resident of Rock Springs and Reliance, Carrillo died following a lengthy illness. He was born on Oct. 6, 1931 in Rock Springs, the son of the late Manuel and Teresia Hartt. Carrillo attended schools in Rock Springs and was a 1951 graduate of the Rock Springs High School. He married Billie Garcia in Rock Springs on Jan. 11, 1962. In January 2016, they would have celebrated their 54th wedding...
Pamela Jarvie, life-long resident of Washam, passed away peacefully at her brother, Alonzo Jarvie’s home Dec. 24, 2015. She was born on April 12, 1921 at home on the family ranch near Linwood, Utah. She was the second of six children born to Thomas B. and Alice Finch Jarvie. Jarvie attended schools in Washam and Manila, Utah. She graduated from the Manila High School in 1940 and attended the University of Utah for two years. She lived in the two-story wooden framed home that she was born in until it burned to the ground in 2006. She and her s...
Theodore Lee "Teddy" Jenkins, Jr. passed away peacefully at his home Jan. 1, 2016 of an undetermined cause. He graduated from Evanston High School in 1990 and Western Wyoming Community College in 2001. Jenkins served in the U.S. Marine Corps. as a nuclear, biological and chemical warfare specialist from 1991-1999. He was employed by Tesoro Corporation at the time of his death. Survivors include wife Tracie, son Peyton (Cathy Jenkins), parents Theodore "Lee" Jenkins (Tamarra), Debra Norton,...
Harold Francis Reinard, 96, of Green River passed away Jan. 5, 2016 following a brief illness. He was born on Feb. 13, 1919 in Knoxdale, Penn., the son of Emanuel and Carrie Harriger Reinard. Reinard served in the merchant marines and United States Marine Corps during World War II. He retired as a union iron worker. Reinard was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Green River. He married Jessie Mae Kuntz in Troutville, Penn. in September of 1948. Survivors include his...
Middle school age kids brought in the new year with a celebration at the annual Green River Recreation Center's Middle School New Year's Eve party. The party started at 9:30 p.m. and went on until 12:30 a.m., with a variety of activities carrying on through the night. There was all-night bingo, hungry human hippos where partners go against another team to capture balls in a basket, on wheels. It looks fun and trying. There was also human bowling where kids act as the bowling ball, rolling into...
A grant application approved Tuesday night may help improve traffic safety during emergencies. The grant application approved is part of a regional grant application for the 2015 assistance to firefighters grant program. Fire Chief Jim Wamsley of the Rock Springs Fire Department is acting as coordinator for the regional grant, on behalf of the benefiting fire departments. Regional groups included in the program will be the Green River Fire Department, the Rock Springs Fire Department and the...
As the Wyoming Legislature prepares to debate and pass a budget for the state, local governments are reminding legislators they need funding. For Sweetwater County, a proactive message through the Wyoming County Commissioners Association aims to dispel the idea local governments only want state funds to increase their employee numbers. “That’s not true with Sweetwater County,” Johnson said. In a letter to the commissioners’ association, county human resources director Garry McLean state the cou...
The Wyoming All-State Marching Band made its appearance in the 127th Pasadena Rose Parade. The New Year's Day parade had more than 40 floats and about 20 bands, including Wyoming's marching band. Jerrid Washburn, Green River High School band director, said 40 students from GRHS joined high school students from across the state to make up a total of 295 students in the band. Washburn is not new to this marching band. He helped direct the band for five years, which included two Rose Parades, a...
Officers responded to a request for a civil standby at an undisclosed address. At the address, officers contacted an individual who requested medical service and Castle Rock Ambulance Service responded to the address. Officers received a call of a parked vehicle blocking access to the property at 400 Uinta Drive and blocking a trash can. Officers contacted the owner of the vehicle, who moved the vehicle. VIN checks were completed at the Green River Police Department. Officers contacted a resident who reported Christmas decorations were stolen...
For a brief moment Tuesday, there was mention of an additional penny tax during the Sweetwater County Commissioners meeting. Legally, it’s possible. A county can levy up to 3 percent in local sales taxes. We’re already at 2 percent, with what’s become known as the Optional Fifth Penny, a general use tax, and the sixth penny tax, which is levied for specific purposes. The brief discussion about a seventh penny tax involved in being used as a way to fund Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County’s ambulatory surgery center and a new facilit...
Dear Editor, A pass along bit of information you may not remember-or even know, at all. Take a look at these statistics. This is pretty incredible. Just the building part alone, let alone the simultaneous winning of two world-wars, the building and use of an a-bomb, all at the same time. Those self-destructive idiots think they can win a “jihad” against such power, even the Japanese came to realize they had “woke a sleeping giant” and sorely wished they hadn’t. These “radical Muslims” wouldn’t make a good wart on the Japanese rear, in both,...
Dear Editor, I am a little perplexed that our post office here in Green River does not see the need to provide video security for those of us who entrust them with some of our most sensitive and private papers. What would it cost to have video surveillance installed? Is it too much to ask for a facility that is opened 24 hours a day? Glenda Holmes Green River...
It’s a new year and that means it’s time to set the goals that will make 2016 a success. The Green River URA/Main Street Agency will be doing just that in a few short days during our Strategic Planning session. We will be setting our goals and mapping out the steps to accomplish our mission. We encourage you to do the same. Here are a few suggestions to consider for your small business to help set a positive course for this year: Make a Plan Putting a business plan in place is the first step in creating a successful business. Business own...
It’s a new year! That means it’s time for a reboot. It’s time to look at what you can do to learn something new, experience something new, do something to make yourself happier, healthier. Thankfully, the Sweetwater County Library System has the resources you need to do all of these things. Are you looking to read more this year? We’ve definitely got you covered. Our libraries have thousands of books to help you reach this goal. Stop by and check out our selection of mysteries, romances, sci-fi books and more! We have biographies and memoirs...
For the first time in my adult life, as far as I can remember, I just had a week and a half staycation. What is a staycation? Well, according to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary a staycation is “a vacation spent at home or nearby.” This is precisely what my family did last week. After the Christmas festivities, our family left. My husband and I decided we didn’t really want to travel anywhere with a three-year-old and six-year-old in such cold weather so we decided to have a staycation. I must sa...
Green River is good at being kind. It is something that we all need in our lives. Many in the community do very well at giving and being generous during the holidays and all year round. With the new year here and chatter of new year’s resolutions in conversation, I’d like to remind people of kindness, though I do not want it to be a resolution. Kindness is a lifestyle. There are a couple neighbors of mine down my street that have been kind, good neighbors during the winter snow storms we hav...
