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City department heads and council representatives will start working on the new budget at the end of the month and already face a few challenges. The Green River City Council approved the placement of Gary Killpack and Lisa Maes on the city’s budget committee Tuesday night. For Killpack, his placement is a chance to be both a liaison to the rest of the city council, as well as have a small part in crafting the budget. Killpack served on the committee last year and hopes they will have enough f...
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 Greenbelt might see some renovations if the city receives a $50,000 grant. Tuesday night, the Green River City Council approved a request to apply for a Doppelt Trail Development Fund grant. According to information provided to the council, the grant would be used for a new coating on the pathway, as well as crack sealing and filling from the Uinta Drive Bridge to Scotts Bottom. The grant the Green River Parks and Recreation Department seeks is known as a project transformation grant, which can range between $15,000 and $50,000. The trail...
Dion Paul Martinez, 47, of Green River, passed away peacefully at University of Utah Hospital after sudden illness Jan. 15, 2017. He was married to Jani Fuller Martinez for 20 years. He worked several construction jobs and as a industrial painter, then coal miner for eight years. He enjoyed camping and hanging out with family and friends. Martinez was a family man and loved his family, his dogs and friends, dearly. He is preceded in death by his grandparents, Joe Martinez, Senaida Martinez,...
Marjory "Marge" M. Blanshan Sherwood Sonnenberg, formerly of Green River, passed away Dec. 24, 2016, in Apache Junction, Ariz. She was born May 3, 1922, in Brit, Iowa. She was a graduate of Britt College and received a master's degree in education from the University of Idaho. She was a teacher and guidance counselor in Wyoming, Idaho and Arizona. She married Robert Sherwood, and they had two sons together, Tom and Eric Sherwood. They later divorced. She later married Leo Sonnenberg. They...
Franz T. Schillumeit, 83, of Green River, passed away at the Mount Olympus Rehabilitation Center in Millcreek, Utah, following a lengthy illness. He was a resident of Green River since 1981 and former resident of Put In Bay, Ohio. He was born in Put In Bay, Ohio on Oct. 29, 1933, the son of Harry Franz Schillumeit and Dorothy L. Stoecker Schillumeit. He attended schools in Put In Bay, Ohio, and was a graduate in 1951. Schillumeit married Mayoda McDowell and they later divorced. He later married...
Arthur Paul Pivik, 79, of Rock Springs passed away Jan. 13, 2017, at the Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County. A lifelong resident of Rock Springs, Pivik died following a brief illness. He was born Feb. 9, 1937, in Rock Springs, the son of Joseph Pivik and Dorothy Frances Taucher Pivik. Pivik attended schools in Rock Springs and was a 1955 graduate of the Rock Springs High School. Piivk worked for Teton Lumber Company in Wilson following graduation. He then entered the United States Army Oct....
Last week, we wrote about the importance of taxing online purchases in order to shore up waning sales tax revenue in Sweetwater County. Unknown to us at the time, the state was in discussions with Amazon.com and announced a deal to collect sales tax from the online commerce giant the day after we printed our last “Our View” editorial. Amazon plans to start charging Wyoming residents a sales tax March 1. We were happy to seal the deal solidify between the state and Amazon.com, but we also noticed a lot of people weren’t particularly happy with...
Dear Editor, I had high hopes that the City of Green River would take notice of the improper blading techniques that blade you into your driveways, causing you to be unable to enter the street and results in your vehicle becoming high centered on the frozen ice. The city blade supervisor should review the street that require more difficult blading and instruct the blader with proper blading when the ice is an obstacle. Two of my neighbors, as well as a city employee working after hours took the initiative to try to dig me out. One neighbor, a...
Dear Editor, The Wyoming Legislature will be considering HJ0001 and HJ0002 which address Wyoming submitting an application to Congress, along with other states, to call for a Convention of States. A convention is necessary because Washington, D.C. is out-of-control and the federal government will never rein in its own power. Therefore, it is up to the state legislatures to assert control over Washington. This is not a Constitutional Convention, which is entirely different from a Convention of States; which are the state legislatures sending del...
During the summer, the parks staff has a very visible presence throughout our city. I am certain you have seen brightly colored T-shirts busily scurrying throughout the city, cutting the grass, trimming weeds, and getting sports fields ready for play; those are the seasonal staff we have to assist with the miles and acreage of turf, parkways, trees, weeds, shrubbery, etc. Yet it is our full time staff that is left to continue once summer has gone. One would think the workload would lessen, and oftentimes I am asked if things do slow down for...
The Green River High School wrestlers had a chance to compete at home for the first time this year and they did not disappoint. The Wolves hosted the annual Thoman wrestling tournament, featuring teams from Colorado, Nebraska, Utah and Wyoming. The boys won seven of the eight duals they competed in and placed four wrestlers in the unique Best of the Best competition. Unfortunately for the team, a close 32-30 loss to Uintah High School from Vernal, Utah, resulted in the Wolves taking second at...
Competing for the first time in nearly a month, the Green River High School boys basketball team ended a trip to the eastern side of Wyoming with a 60-49 loss at the hands of Cheyenne South and a win over the Laramie Plainsmen 69-49. Head coach Laurie Ivie said the loss against Cheyenne South resulted from playing impatient offense. She said the boys were unable to score the points they needed and gave their opponents too many second-chance shots. Ivie said the boys hadn’t competed in four w...
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 boys continue to post great times for Green River High School. The boys swimming and diving team competed in Cheyenne at Cheyenne East Saturday. The team finished sixth with 104 points, ending behind Gillette, Laramie, Kelly Walsh, Rock Springs and Scottsbluff, Neb. Michael Richmond continues to shine in the pool, taking first in the 100-yard fly with a time of 55.43. He also finished second in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:47.85 and was part of the 200-yard medley relay team finishing...
The Green River High School Boy’s and Girl’s Indoor Track season got underway this past Saturday as the team headed south to compete with 40 teams from Utah, Idaho and Wyoming at the Utah State High School Indoor Track Invitational. There were more than 100 competitors in a few of the events, as this is one of the larger high school indoor meets in the region. In the girls 60-meter dash, the top finishers for the Lady Wolves were Jimena Campos with a time of 9.75, Heather Gibson at 9.64 and the top finisher in 25th place out of 79 sprinters was...
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...
The Green River High School recently released its first-semester honor rolls. Principal’s Honor Roll To make the Principal’s Honor Roll students must have a 4.0 GPA on first semester grades with no “I” letter grade and a they must take a minimum of five classes with A-D grade. Those making the list are Abigail Alcorn, Victoria Allen, William Allen, Jacob Angelovich, Kaisa Arnell, Kaitlyn Banks, Valerie Barajas, Samuel Bayles, Jeremy Bennett, Karson Beutel, Ashelynn Birch, Robyn Bowles, Sierra Brown, Hannah Burgess, Kyle Cacho, Jimena Campos,...
Monroe Intermediate School recently released its second-quarter honor roll. Students making the fifth-grade honor roll are Ammon Adams, Adara Akin, Christopher Allee, Caleb Ames, Travis Archibald, Asher Austin, Terryn Avery, Grace Baas, Mya Bangert, Tierra Bargeron, Raelee Barrett, Emalee Behling, Dusten Berg, Bryson Birch, Gabriel Bloomfield, Jayla Braden, Emily Brady, Janey Burd, Dallyn Buschelman, William Cantrell, Aaliyah Casper, Tyler Castillon, Ariadna Cazares, Adam Clark, Courtney Clark, Raygan Cochrun, Jacob Cook, Aidyn Davis, Wyatt Dic...
Lincoln Middle School recently released its second-quarter honor roll. Students making the seventh-grade honor roll are Genesis Anderson, Alex Atkinson, Alexa Barajas, Addee Beardsley, Allison Brown, Matthew Chavez, Megan Counts, Allysa Cudney, Samantha De Medeiros, Brynlee Doak, Grace Duncan, Alyze Farris, Austin Fox, Haylie Gavin, Alicia Harrison and Gabrielle Heiser. Also making the list are Abigail Kennah, Makenzee Kight, Harlei Lance, Douglas Leffers, Daryn Macy, Sabien Maez, Hayley Martinez, Abigail Mattson, Cole Murray, Addyson Neff,...
