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Despite a narrow loss against Star Valley, the Wolves wrestlers has a successful week, earning victories against Evanston and Natrona County. The Wolves defeated Evanston at home 43-26, but took the loss against Star Valley at SVHS 38-24, before turning things around in Rock Springs against Natrona 48-31. "I thought we wrestled well," head coach Josh Wisniewski said. "I felt like the duel against Star Valley was a lot closer than the score." Wisniewski said the wrestlers competed hard, but...
This weekend the Lady Wolves basketball team lost both of their conference games by double digits, taking their conference record to 0-5. Head coach Rick Carroll said they Lady Wolves started of each game pretty good and during some points in the game they were playing consistent basketball and they had good defense. “We’re just really struggling to score,” Carroll said. “They never beat us bad every quarter, but they beat us every quarter.” Out of the eight quarters of basketball the Lady Wolves played against Natrona County and Kelly Walsh, t...
The Green River High School swimming and diving team not only came in second at conference, they broke some records along the way. During the 4A West Conference meet, Kelly Walsh High School came in first with 422 points, while Green River grabbed second with 379 and Rock Springs High School came in third with 174. In a previous interview with head coach Colleen Seiloff, she knew going into conferences that Kelly Walsh would be the team to beat. After this weekend, the Wolves have 15 swimmers...
The Sweetwater County Democratic Party is now seeking applications for the County Assessor’s position. This position was left vacant after Pat Drinkle, a Democrat, announced her retirement. On Tuesday morning, the Sweetwater County Commissioners unanimously approved a letter notifying the Sweetwater County Democratic Party Central Committee of the vacancy. The Commissioners’ letter states the Democrat party must name three qualified residents to hold the assessor’s position and forward those...
Local members of the Wyoming House of Representatives are expecting a difficult legislative session. The budget session, which starts Monday, is expected to bring about debates regarding the state’s budget and education spending. John Freeman, D-Green River, said the state has to decide how it will utilize its “rainy day” fund, the Legislative Stabilization Reserve Account. At current spending projections, Freeman said the LSRA should last eight years, but could get spent down sooner shoul...
Southwest Counseling Service will receive a 4,000-square foot building from Jonah Energy LLC. During the Sweetwater County Commissioners meeting Tuesday morning, the Commissioners voted unanimously to accept a donated modular building on behalf of SCS. The building will be used to house psychiatric and telahealth services. SCS CEO Linda Acker said months ago she spoke to the Commissioners about the possibility of receiving a modular building from Jonah Energy. She said employees of SCS went out...
Revenues from the county’s lodging tax declined by 11 percent during the 2016-17 fiscal year, according to a report from the Sweetwater County Joint Travel and Tourism Board. Jenissa Meredith, executive director for the board, said the decline was due to declines in the county’s workforce and economy. She said 65 percent of the county’s hotel occupancy is tied to the workforce in Sweetwater County and declines in jobs resulted in declines in hotel occupancy. During the 2016-2017 fiscal year, the...
It takes a village to raise a child, as the saying goes, and nowhere is that more evident than in Green River. Green River’s residents are generous and quick to donate towards a worthy cause. The city’s altruistic nature is perfectly displayed in Green River High School students’ continued work in both the annual Make-A-Wish Foundation fundraising drive and the recent blood-drive challenge. Since last Thursday, students have worked hard to raise money for the foundation. The amounts raised haven’t been small either. Teaming with student...
All this talk of economic diversity in Wyoming—it’s critical. And key to every conversation is education: How do we prepare and retain a workforce to keep our state strong for years to come? There is a bold answer that will lead more Wyoming students to higher education and prosperous career options: computer science. Computer science is not learning how to use a word processor or create a spreadsheet. Computer science is the foundation for every career of the future and includes programming, computational thinking, data science, networking, cy...
Every year since 1997, the World Wetland Day is celebrated on Feb. 2 to raise global awareness about the value of the wetlands for people, wildlife, the environment and the planet. This year, the theme of the celebration is “Wetlands for a Sustainable Urban Future.” Many cities around the world are established in or near wetlands. Unfortunately, many of their inhabitants, especially from big cities, are still unaware of the great beneficial services or functions that urban wetlands provide for their cities. Urban wetlands reduce flooding ris...
One hundred and forty children descended upon the high school Saturday morning with one common goal- to learn a dance routine. The children ranged in age, from three year olds to 13 year olds, and the Green River High School gymnasium and auxiliary gymnasium were filled with children learning a dance routine from the Wolf Pack Dance Team. This is the third year the dance team has put on this dance camp and it has grown. The first year about 80 children attended and in the second year the group...
The Wolves faced tough competition this weekend, but still came back home with a first-place trophy. The Green River High School Speech and Debate team traveled to the Natrona County for its tournament. Thirty one teams and more than 600 students from Wyoming and South Dakota attended this tournament. “This is the biggest and most competitive tournament we have traveled to this season,” assistant coach Jason Grubb said. “Most events had over 50 competitors. Some as many as 90. Since we are n...
Each year, the Green River High School Student Council is challenged with coming up with new ideas for the Make-A-Wish fundraising event. The friendly competition between Green River and Rock Springs raises money for the organization, which is then used to grant children's wishes. Some Sweetwater County children have received their wishes granted due to these efforts. One new fundraiser this year was the rummage sale. GRHS junior Kassandra Reyes came up with the idea with the help of her...
On Friday, students in Emily Gomez' second-grade class waited patiently for their mystery guest to arrive. While they were being read a book, the students would occasionally whisper to each other about who the mystery guest would be and when he or she would arrive. After about a 10 minute wait, the children soon realized who the guests were when four female Green River High School students walked into their classroom at Washington Elementary School. The students' next assignment was to try and f...
Bennie Hayward Jr., 75, passed away Jan. 30, 2018, in Green River. He was a resident of Wyoming for the past 36 years and was a former resident of St. Joseph, Mo. Hayward was born on Aug. 31, 1943, in St. Joseph, Mo., the son of Bennie Hayward Sr., and Verva Weiser. He attended schools in Missouri. Hayward served in the United States Marines during the Vietnam War. He enjoyed long drives, working on cars and the outdoors. Hayward was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles No. 2350. Survivors...
Anthony Meese, 63, passed away Jan. 30, 2018, at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County. Meese was a longtime resident of Green River and former resident of England. He was born in Derbyshire, England, July 22, 1954, the son of Rex Meese and Marlene Whaley Meese. Meese attended schools in England and graduated in 1972. He was married to Janette Laws in 1977 at Nottingham, England; she later preceded him in death June 15, 2017. He was employed by Tata Chemicals, formerly known as General...
Jimmie "Ray" Prime, 80, passed away Jan. 29, 2018, in Green River. Prime was a resident of Wyoming for the past 55 years and was a former resident of Bozeman, Mont. He was born on Aug. 3, 1937,, in Bozeman, Mont., the son of Howard Prime and Verna Ross. Prime attended schools in Montana. He married Deanne Overy on April 28, 1962, in Evanston. She preceded him in death Oct. 9, 1999, in Salt Lake City. Prime served in the United States Army from Oct. 26, 1954, to Nov. 30, 1962. He worked as a cran...
Donnie Rockwell Jr., 58, passed away Feb. 2, 2018, at his home in Green River. He was a resident of Wyoming for the past 37 years and was a former resident of Virginia. Rockwell was born April 16, 1959, in Tampa, Fla., the son of Donald George Rockwell Sr. and Phyllis Louise Rion. He attended schools in Virginia and went to carpentry trade school for two years. Rockwell married Lori Batey June 10, 1983, in Rock Springs. He owned and operated Don's Plumbing Plus for three years. Rockwell worked...
Kymbrlee Marie (Bailey) Smith, 30, passed away in a tragic automobile accident Feb. 1, 2018, near Lyman. Kym spent her free-spirited childhood in Riverton and Murray, Utah. She was always adventurous and enjoyed learning new things. She graduated from Riverton High School in 2005 and participated in swimming, dance, key club and soccer. Kym found her soul mate and love of her life in Sam Smith, they were married on Nov. 15, 2014, in Green River. They started a beautiful family and were active...
Daniel Wayne Willingham died suddenly and peacefully Jan. 31, 2018, surrounded by family. He was born March 26, 1974, to James and Leslie (Jones) Willingham. He lived in Green River for most of his early life and attended elementary, middle, and high school there throughout the 80s and early 90s, after which he relocated to Texas with his family. He always considered Wyoming his home. His favorite job was driving a tow truck in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. When diabetes took his vision he...
Larry L. Fanelli, 78, passed away Jan. 16, 2018, in Boulder City, Nev. He was the son of Lawrence "Al" Fanelli and Mildred Henslee Fanelli. Fanelli graduated from Rock Springs High School in 1958 and attended the University of Wyoming, graduating in 1965 with a bachelor of science degree in business administration. He also attended the University of Portland and Western Wyoming Community College. He owned Fanelli Music and Sewing and later Fanelli Furniture in downtown Rock Springs, from 1963...
Danielle Nichole Martin, 43, passed away Jan. 28, 2018, in Rock Springs. She was a resident of Thayer Junction for the past seven years and was a former resident of Florida. She was born Nov. 27, 1974, in Fort Pierce, Fla., the daughter of Richard Viccaro and Mildred Daigneau. Martin attended schools in Florida and later received her GED. She worked as a secretary for No Bull Construction for seven years. Martin enjoyed nature, the outdoors, and loved sunrise and sunsets. One of her favorite pas...
Robert Allen Taylor, 52, passed away Jan. 30, 2018, at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County following a sudden illness. He was a longtime resident of Rock Springs and former resident of Point of Rocks. He was born Oct. 31, 1965, in Riverton, the son of Arthur Franklin Taylor and Audrey Maxine Bauman. He attended schools in Superior and Rock Springs and graduated from Rock Springs High School with the class of 1985, He was employed by Southwest Rehabilitation Center as a direct service...
