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David Divis will take over the Sweetwater County Assessor’s Office after a 4-1 vote Tuesday by the Sweetwater County Commissioners. John Kolb was the only dissenting vote. Divis takes over for Pat Drinkle, who retired Feb. 3. Divis worked in the assessor’s office for the past six years, serving as Drinkle’s chief deputy. He worked in the Sweetwater County Treasurer’s Office prior to that, beginning his employment in 1991. Following state statutes, the Sweetwater County Democratic Party forward...
Portions of the Golden Hour Senior Center building will act as a temporary shelter for The Mission at Castle Rock Rehabilitation Center should they ever be faced with an emergency evacuation situation. During the Sweetwater County Commissioners meeting Tuesday, the commissioners unanimously approved a memorandum or understanding between the county, GHSC and Mission. Under the MOU, Mission can use the GHSC building as a temporary shelter for its residents if an emergency occurs. A few months...
Tom Jarvie can drop the word “interim” from his title. The longtime Green River Police Department employee will officially head up the department, three months after he was appointed interim chief. “It’s exciting,” Jarvie said. “It’s an honor to serve my community.” Jarvie’s selection was announced Tuesday night at the Green River City Council meeting. He will be officially sworn in as the city’s police chief during the Council meeting March 6. City Administrator Reed Clevenger said one...
A missing zero will cost the city $20,000 according to a change order approved by the Green River City Council Tuesday night. The change order is for the Hitching Post Drive Reconstruction Project. Mark Westenskow, public works director, said a typographical error in the bid form resulted in the problem. Council documents state that a line item for a new concrete sidewalk was off by a factor of 10, with the bid document calling for 1,560 square feet of concrete as opposed to the needed 15,600...
A Utah man was found guilty last week of first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder at a Rock Springs hotel in 2016. Bradley Ross Fairbourn, 20, of Draper, Utah, was found guilty Thursday afternoon after five hours of deliberation by a jury. The trial started Feb. 7 and wrapped up Feb. 14. According to Teresa Thybo, deputy Sweetwater County Attorney, sentencing will take place after a presentence investigation is completed. She said the investigation could take anywhere from 60 to 90...
Beverly Ann Dischner, 79, passed away Feb. 3, 2018, at her home in Green River. Dischner was surrounded by her daughter Susan, son-in-law David, grandchildren and great-grandchildren She was born Jan. 28, 1939, in Alblon, Neb. the daughter of Leo Kinzer and May Kinzer (Bader). Dischner attended schools in Nebraska. She married Tom Dischner in October of 1956 and he preceded her in death in 1993. Dischner worked many jobs in Rawlins. She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and...
Sharla Dawnette Gilmore, 59, passed away Feb. 17, 2018, at Hope West Hospice Care Center in Grand Junction, Colo. She was a resident of Fruita, Colo., for the past four years and former resident of Green River. She died following a lengthy illness. Dawnette was born Dec. 8, 1958, in Price, Utah, the daughter of Donald Carey Winters and Jolene Scovill. She attended schools in Green River, Utah and Moab, Utah. She married Houston John Lunsford Gilmore in Green River Jan. 19, 1979. Their union was...
Ethel Samson, 94, of Green River, passed away Feb. 13, 2018, at Mission at Castle Rock in Green River. Samson was a resident of Green River for the past four years and former resident of Coeurd'Alene, Idaho. She was born July 25, 1923, in Neptune, Saskatchewan, Canada, the daughter of Henry Lindborg and Sarah McColl. Samson attended schools in Lapwai, Idaho and was a graduate of the Lapwai High School with the class of 1941. She attended Junior College in Coeurd'Alene, Idaho. She married Martin...
Orcellia Juanita Stamper, 81, of Rock Springs, passed away Feb. 11, 2018, at her home. She was a longtime resident of Rock Springs and former resident of Colorado. She was born March 2, 1936, in Eaton, Colo., the daughter of Tony Eutimo Trujillo and Inex Innocita Trujillo. Stamper attended schools in Colorado. She married Roger Stamper in Laramie Nov. 27, 1963. He preceded her in death Oct. 24, 2017. Her interests included crocheting, needle point, gardening, playing bingo, gambling trips to...
Walter LaVerne Dorethy, 83, passed away Feb. 17, 2018, at his home in Rock Springs. He was born Jan. 2, 1935, in Macomb, Ill., the son of Walter Leonard Dorethy and Ada Mildred Jarvis. Dorethy attended schools in Colchester, Ill. He married Doris Ann Gray April 7, 1954, in Colchester, Ill. Dorethy served in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War. He also served in the U.S. Coast Guard and was in the reserves for one year. Walter worked as a journeyman electrician for IBEW hiring...
Lois Peterson, 84, passed away Feb. 16, 2018, at her home in Rock Springs, surrounded by her family and following a lengthy illness. She was a lifelong resident of Rock Springs. Peterson was born Dec. 15, 1933, in Rock Springs, the daughter of James Martin Overy and Hazel Lee Teters. She attended schools in Rock Springs and was a 1952 graduate of the Rock Springs High School. Peterson married David Ray Peterson Sept. 26, 1952, in Rock Springs. He preceded her in death July 23, 2001, in Salt...
Gerald (Jerry) Thomas Phelps, 72, passed away in the early hours of Feb. 15, 2018, in Jefferson County, Colo. He has been valiantly fighting against heart and lung disease for many years. Jerry was born Dec. 10, 1945, in Rock Springs.He is the youngest of four children born to Annie Mary Tingey and George Edward Phelps. Jerry attended Washington Elementary School and Green River High School in Green River, graduating from Green River High School in 1964. In May of 1965, Jerry was drafted into...
A funny thing happened at the Green River Animal Shelter last week. A reporter, going to the shelter to photograph an animal for the Pet of the Week advertisement sponsored by John Paras Furniture, was told they didn’t have pets available to adopt. While this means we won’t receive revenue from the weekly ad, this isn’t a bad problem for the community to have. All too often, people abandon their pets for a variety of reasons. Some are understandable, while others are tinged with a hint of callousness or cruelty. Having a pet is a commi...
Dear Editor, We need to have a say in determining the future management for our wilderness study areas (WSAs). Citizens in other counties have been expressing their opinions through collaborative committees and we should be able to do so as well. I ask that our county commissioners not include our WSAs on a bill being proposed by Rep. Liz Cheney — this would preclude our involvement as citizens who recreate in and understand these areas much better than Rep. Cheney does. Here in Sweetwater County, we should develop a ground-up approach to f...
Men have gone through different body image types throughout history. They have gone through the pot belly guy as the desired type in the late 1800s, the thin body frenzy of Hollywood in the ’20s to the muscular, strong guy in the ’80s popularized by celebrities like Schwarzenegger and Stallone. Current trends are that of definition and leanness. With changing perceptions, the population has constantly sought different remedies to keep up with the style. Supplement users can be broadly categorized into two groups. One that uses it to help “pr...
Lately, it seems as though all the Wyoming Legislature wants to do is cut, cut, cut, while sitting on a pile of saved money. It’s one thing to cut because there’s no other choice, but it’s another thing to cut because “education funding deserves its fair share of cutting too.” Some Wyoming Legislators have actually said things close to the quoted statement above. Before I continue, I want to make it clear that when I speak of the Wyoming Legislators, I am mostly talking about the ones who are no...
In the upcoming 2018 legislative session, many states will be considering legislation, termed Tobacco 21. Tobacco 21 will effectively raise the legal sale age for all tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, to 21 – mirroring alcohol restrictions. This bill is aimed at saving the lives of U.S. citizens from the leading cause of preventable disease and premature death. Cigarettes today are engineered to addict. When a person becomes a smoker, they are regularly consuming the only legal product that, when used as intended, will kill h...
The Green River High School wrestling team had a lot of success at the 4A West Regional Meet in Evanston. The team took first in the competition, earning 217 points. Second place went to Kelly Walsh with 208 and Rock Springs rounded out the top three with 176 points. Individually, Dominic Martinez and Clayson Mele worked their way to the top of the 106-pound division, meeting one another in the finals. Martinez took first place by rule over Mele, who finished second. Cody Price took fourth in th...
The team may not have come home with a top three finish, but the coach is proud of what they accomplished this season. “(I) just want to say how proud I am to have coached this team. You are fighters to the end,” head coach Colleen Seiloff posted on the teams’ Facebook page. “Also, thank you to everyone who has supported us throughout the season. It has been amazing. We have lots to celebrate at our banquet. Hope to see all you there.” During state this past weekend, which took place in Larami...
The Green River Girls and Boys Indoor Track teams traveled to Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho to participate in one of the largest high school indoor track meets ever with 2,200 participants from the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. There were a number of outstanding national performances, as one of the boys just missed clearing 7 feet in the high jump after clearing an excellent early-season height of 6’9.” Also, a pole vaulter from California who came to the U.S. from Norway cleared 17’08.5”. The top perform...
If the Rock Springs Tigers’ wanted a similar game to their first meeting with the Wolves, it was a wish that would not be granted. The Wolves came out strong and with a dominant first half, defeated their 4A rivals 78-69. The Wolves poured it on heavy and thick throughout the first quarters, led by scoring from senior Cameron Morris. The Wolves developed a solid lead by the end of the half, up 16 points 40-24. The Tigers wouldn’t be down so far during the second half however, attempting to cla...
A season plagued with injuries is taking its toll on the Green River High School Lady Wolves basketball team. The Lady Wolves started off the non conference season with a few wins, but as soon as conference play began, the wins stopped. The teams latest loss came from their biggest rivals, the Rock Springs Lady Tigers, 65-22. This loss takes the Lady Wolves to 0-8 in the conference. Prior to the game, head coach Rick Carroll said in an interview that one of the team’s best players, Andri Dewey h...
While many of the Make-A-Wish fundraisers over the past two weeks have involved high school students and residents taking part in activities ranging from dodgeball and basketball to hosting a bonfire at Green River High School, students at Truman Elementary School did something a little different. They taped a teacher and their principal to a gym wall. Friday afternoon, students purchased strips of duct tape to adhere principal Greg Figenser and fourth-grade teacher David Asselmeier to a brick...
Students in Green River and Rock Springs have come a long way since the first Make-A-Wish fundraiser the two schools hosted in 2004. That year, the schools raised approximately $1,500. "It may seem like a small amount, but those students ... started a tradition," Morgan Legerski, CEO of Make-A-Wish's Wyoming Chapter said. Thursday, the schools announced that tradition raised nearly 38 times that amount, $56,947.97. That figure excludes $1,279.06 raised from Truman Elementary School Friday. The...
