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The Green River City Council decided to change the job requirements for its city administrator position, allowing people who have equivalent experience in the private sector an opportunity to apply for the position. Interim City Administrator Chris Steffen said the change was made to accommodate applicants who didn’t have municipal experience. The job will be advertised for another 10 days, with any applications submitted going to the hiring committee. Steffen also said previous applications wouldn’t be discarded after the change is pub...
A Monroe Intermediate School student was struck by a car Monday morning while using the crosswalk. According to a Green River Police Department press release, at about 7:20 a.m. officers of the GRPD and employees of Castle Rock Ambulance responded to the area of Monroe Avenue and Bramwell Street, in reference to a child being struck by a vehicle. A 12-year-old male student, who attends school at the Monroe Sixth Grade Campus, located at the old Expedition Academy building, was crossing Monroe Avenue from south to north while using the...
Discussion about the possibility a large-scale industrial complex coming to Wyoming continued at the Sweetwater County Courthouse Tuesday, with the county commissioners mentioning concerns that they are behind other counties seeking its placement within their borders. The complex has been a topic of discussion across the state and especially in Sweetwater County for the past year. Legislators, including Rep. John Freeman (D-Green River) took a tour of the Heartland Industrial Complex in Alberta, Canada last year, stoking interest in a similar...
The Sweetwater County Historical Museum is set to get a late Christmas present when more than 75,000 photo negatives from New Studio will be added to its collection. Museum Director Ruth Lauritzen said the actual purchase will be made by the Sweetwater County Historical Society and donated to the museum. Lauritzen said the museum reached its funding goal late last month when the Kim and Jody Brown Family Foundation donated $15,000 to the cause. Other large donations came from the Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund, The Sweetwater County Historical...
Armando Dominguez, 86, of Green River passed away Dec. 29, 2014 at the Mission at Castle Rock Convalescent Center. Dominguez was a longtime resident of Green River and former resident of Albuquerque, N.M. He was born on July 29, 1928 in Llano, N.M., the son of the late Matias and Doloritas Dominguez. Dominguez attended schools in Penaso, N.M. and later received his GED. He was a United States Army veteran of the Korean War. In 1948 at the age of 20, he enlisted in the United States Army and...
Winona Kay Hobbs, 73, of Green River, died Dec. 30, 2014 at the South Davis Community Hospital in Bountiful, Utah after a brief illness. She was born Feb. 20,1941 in McKinnon, the daughter of Harold Brady and Zelda Tripplett Brady. She attended schools in Green River and graduated from Green River High School with the class of 1958. She married Larry D. Hobbs March 16, 1963 in McKinnon. She worked as a photographer during the building of the Flaming Gorge Dam. She was a member of the Jehovah's W...
Saundra Lynn Mahana passed away surrounded by family Dec. 14, 2014. She was born in Richfield, Utah Aug. 25, 1946 and has been a resident of Wyoming for the last 50 years. She married James F. Mahana on August 17, 1983 in Dixon. It was a day he will never forget. She was an active member of Grace Tabernacle Church and lived everyday true to her beliefs. Her hobbies included camping, crocheting, reading, playing the piano and guitar, singing and spending time with her kids and grandkids. One of...
Services for Capt. Darrel Gene Melvin will take place Thursday at 11 a.m., at First Baptist Church in Carlsbad, N.M. with burial ceremonies to follow in the City of Carlsbad Cemetery. Darrel passed away Friday morning after a valiant and courageous struggle with Parkinson's Disease. His peaceful death came with his wife and two children by his side. Darrel was preceeded in death by his father, Roscoe Melvin. Darrel leaves behind a loving wife, Doris Melvin of Lubbock, Texas and mother, Ramona...
Cathy Jean Ray, 63, of Rock Springs, passed away Dec. 26, 2014 at her home. She had been in ill health for the past five years. She was born on April 11, 1951 in Casper, the daughter of Troy H. and Elma Jean Hewitt Ray. Ray attended schools in Casper and was a 1969 graduate of the Natrona High School. She also attended Casper College and obtained a degree in accounting. She married Roy Kenneth Fowler in Casper and he preceded her in death on July 21, 2014. Ray was employed as a prison guard for...
Paul Andrew Siler, 53, of Green River passed away Jan. 5 at the University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City. He had been a life time resident of Green River. He was born on Jan. 27, 1961 in Rock Springs, the son of the late Hugh and Diane Peterson Siler. Siler attended schools in Green River and graduated in 1980. He also continued his education through various automotive studies. He married the former Debbie Lahti in Green River on July 5, 1980. Siler had various employment in Rock...
Last night, the Green River City Council voted to change requirements in its city administrator job posting, opening the position to advertisement for another 10 days. The change allows applicants who may have equivalent experience in the private sector the opportunity to apply. On one hand, it seems somewhat odd to make the description change now, after the initial application period ended. The move opens the job to people who have not been involved in municipal service, which may or may not backfire for the city if they hire someone applying...
While celebrating Christmas, I reflected on what it means to be a parent in this ever-changing world. Computers were a fairly new thing when I was a child and having a single family computer was exciting. Now many households have smartphones and tablets far more powerful than computers from even five years ago. The question of what type of screen time and how much, including TV, gaming systems, computers, iPads, and more can be a question that may weigh heavily on parents minds. The real question for myself is how do I teach my children that...
Electronics for ice fishing, such as sonar and underwater cameras have really advanced the sport. Fish finders come in price ranges from “ouch” but I want one, to “Holy Cow!” The ones with all the bells and whistles not only have sonar, but also a camera and GPS and add an underwater lake map SD card to the GPS. Now you are on par with everything you would want on a trolling boat. Sonar’s generally come in three types, flasher, digital vertical, and graph. I purchased my first sonar 16-17 years ago for ice fishing. It was a side finder fi...
It’s pretty simple to say that life was a lot more simple growing up. There was nothing quite like waking up with the biggest concern being which hill to try to fly down on a bicycle or knowing that it was the weekend. I could spend literally all day trying to solve the video game I had just purchased. And while this is a time you can never return to, there are some rare moments that take me back to my childhood. It can be something a simple as a smell, or maybe a song that I used to jam on m...
For some, there’s nothing worse than a toothache. This was the case for Brad Thompson, who is a drilling consultant from Oklahoma. Thompson said he has been working in the Rock Springs area for several months; and things seemed to be going well until about Dec. 16, 2014, when he noticed a tooth was a little sensitive. “I take pride in my teeth,” Thompson said. Because of this, he set up an appointment with a Rock Springs dentist as soon as he could. During the examination, an X-ray was completed and the dentist told him he could not find anyth...
Aspiring actresses who want to improve their skills will not want to miss out on auditioning for the Actors’ Mission’s upcoming play. For its first production of the 2015 year, the play “Blue Yonder” by Writer Kate Aspengren will be performed. Green River resident and director Nina Kessner said this play was brought to the board by the Readers Committee, which is a group of volunteers from Sweetwater County. This group will review scripts and make recommendations to the board. “It is such an awesome script,” Kessner said. She said “Blue Yonde...
Members of the Golden Hour Senior Center Board have decided to review and reword its current mission statement. The current mission statement is “The Mission for GHSC is for it to function as a place which will provide a meeting place for our senior citizens and one in which all citizens are welcome. We envision the center as a place to receive nutritious meals, to recreate, to provide transportation and services for health needs, and to provide referral services. We must help to keep our senior citizens independent as long as possible.” Exe...
After a rough start last Friday at Star Valley, the Green River High School boy’s basketball team is looking to get out of the gates quicker Thursday evening against Sheridan. A quick start by the Braves put the Wolves in an early hole in the 58-40 loss. Head coach Dan LaRose said the team had a game plan for the Star Valley game, but his team came out flat. LaRose said it was a long bus ride and wait for the game, but there comes a time you have to say that the game is going to start and you have to be physically and mentally ready to play. He...
The Green River High School girl’s basketball team will face a tough test this week with three games against 4A North teams. The Lady Wolves will be traveling to compete at the Cheyenne Invite with their first game Thursday against the number one team in the state, Sheridan. The Lady Wolves will take on Cheyenne South (2-4) Friday and Cheyenne Central (6-1) Saturday. Green River will enter the contest against the Lady Broncs (4-1) with a 2-3 record. In their last contest Jan. 2, the Lady W...
In just one game under the direction of interim head coach Rick Carroll, the Green River High Schools girl’s basketball team showed amazing growth on the defensive side of the floor. In their second matchup of the season against Star Valley, the Lady Wolves showed marked improvement on defense, holding the Lady Braves to 28 fewer points than the first matchup in December that ended with a final of 63-26. While Green River lost the game 35-18, Carroll said the girls were extremely competitive a...
The Green River High School wrestling team will begin the 2015 portion of their schedule against some solid competition. Fresh off a second place finish at a large tournament in Colorado, the Wolves will once again take to the road this weekend when they travel to the Tournament of Champions in Vernal, Utah. Green River head coach Marshall Rhodes said some of the better teams in Utah should be at the two-day tournament. After a first-place finish in Evanston and the second-place finish in Grand...
7 was a dramatic year for the Green River Knights American Legion Class A team. The Knights finished the season with a 30-22 record and were the 2014 American Legion Class A South District Champions. The highlight of the season was in July when Green River came away from American Legion Class A South District tournament with a first-place finish. Green River opened the tournament with a forfeit win over Guernsey and a bye into the semifinals. Manager Stub Hatfield said while some believe a by...
Many of Green River's middle schoolers got a chance to experience the pirate's life while celebrating the new year at the Green River Recreation Center. The center hosted its long-running party for middle school students last week, giving them a chance to dig for treasure and build treasure chests, along with other popular activities including human bowling, karaoke, photo booth pictures and bingo. Each year, the center hosts the party to give children a chance to celebrate the new year in a...
