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The New Studio collection, which contains photos encompassing nearly a century of Sweetwater County’s history, has a new owner. The Sweetwater County Historical Museum completed the purchase last week, which contains photo equipment and more than 75,000 film negatives from the early 1900s to the mid 1990s. “I’m glad this is staying together as one collection and will be available to the residents of Sweetwater County,” Brie Blasi, interim director of the county’s museum, said. Blasi said many similar collections have been split up through s...
A Green River man who admitted to injuring his fiancee with a baby gate was placed on probation. Brian A. Setzer appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery at a change of plea and sentencing hearing to aggravated assault and battery. In exchange for Setzer guilty plea, the charge was reduced to a misdemeanor reckless endangering. He was given a one-year suspended jail sentence and placed on one-year unsupervised probation. He was ordered to pay $2,187.91 in restitution to the Wyoming Office of the Attorney General, Division...
As spring takes hold in Green River, mementos from the heavy winds and careless litterers can be seen throughout the city. Trash, often accumulating during the winter months, can be seen piled along fence lines and alleyways in Green River and in an attempt to combat the gradual accumulation of refuse, the city’s chamber of commerce will host its annual spring cleanup next month. According to Destinee Rael, the Green River Chamber of Commerce’s public relations and marketing specialist, the cle...
Students throughout Sweetwater County School District No. 2 will be seeing some new math books in the next year. Earlier this month, the school district’s board of trustees voted unanimously to purchase new math curriculums based on recommendations from a committee formed to research materials submitted by textbook publishers. According to Sheryl Wilson, the district’s curriculum director, the committee selected the “enVision Math Program” for the kindergarten through fifth grade classes, the “GoMath Program” for the sixth through eighth grad...
Walk for those who may not be able to walk for themselves. This is the message those participating in the Walk for Multiple Scleorsis want to get out. Lorraine Gardea, event participant, said for the first time in 25 years the MS Walk will take place in Green River. The walks always took place in Rock Springs, but after several people with MS participated in the event; and told the organizers the walk was not a good one for those with MS, the location was moved. The walk is scheduled to take place at Expedition Island Saturday. Registration...
Green River youth interested in learning about the city’s police department and how it functions will have a chance to attend a four-day academy hosted by the GRPD. The department is accepting application for its Junior Citizen’s Academy through May 28. The course is limited to 20, with applicants required to be between the ages of 12 and 17 years old. The applicants will also undergo a background check prior to their admittance. The academy consists of classroom and hands-on instruction covering police functions such as patrol and inv...
The Community Fine Arts Center and the Sweetwater Board of Cooperative Educational Services are hosting ArtCamp again with many creative ideas and projects. Fifth through ninth grades students will complete nearly a dozen projects including drawing in different medium, collage, watercolor and pastel painting, and sculptural projects. Students will receive a sketch book and learn to draw from the world around them. Registration for ArtCamp takes place at the Community Fine Arts Center starting Monday, May 4. A class fee helps cover the supplies...
The Sweetwater County School District No. 2 Wellness Committee 5K Fun Run/Walk will take place May 9 at 9:30 a.m. at Centennial Park. Check in begins at 9:15 a.m. in the park. The adult entry fee if made before May 5 is $25. After May 5, the registration fee for adults is $30. For students, the registration fee will be $5 before May 5. After May 5, the registration fee for students will be $10. Children five years old and younger are free. The Wellness Walk is to help raise money for Cowboys Against Cancer and celebrate Arbor Day. The City of...
Blake Tyler Olson Damion and Jaime Olson of Green River recently announced the birth of their son Blake Tyler Olson. He was born April 9, 2015, at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County. Braxton Branard Petrie Hines Victoria Hines of Pinedale recently announced the birth of her son Braxton Branard Petrie Hines. He was born April 20, 2015, at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County. Ellie Marie Johnson Richard and Katie Johnson of Green River recently announced the birth of their daughter Ellie Marie Johnson. She was born April 22, 2015, at...
Cherril Rita Bruce Woodard, 91, died April 25, 2015 in Green River. She was born June 3, 1923 in Manila, Utah; the daughter of Archie and Berneice Schofield Lamb. Survivors include her sons George Bruce, Gary Bruce and Aaron Bruce; daughter Maureen Robinson; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husbands William Bruce and Tom Woodward, parents Archie and Berneice Lamb, and daughter Barbara Mills. Cremation has taken place at Fox Crematory, in Rock...
Roy Albert Wilkie, 65, of Rock Springs passed away April 25, 2015 at his home. A longtime resident of Rock Springs, Wilkie died following a sudden illness. He was born on Oct. 18, 1949 in Rawlins, the son of the late Robert and Bernadean Kimmell Wilkie. Wilkie attended school in Rock Springs and was a 1967 graduate of the Rock Springs High School. He married Jackie Tabor on Feb. 27, 1969 and she preceded him in death on June 22, 1975. Wilkie was a United States Army Veteran of the Vietnam Era....
Serving on any governing body, be it on the city council, board of county commissioners or state legislature, is a tough gig. Occasionally, elected officials are tasked with making decisions that could drastically impact their constituents. The Sweetwater County Commissioners made one of these decisions last week while debating and ultimately refusing Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County’s request for revenue bonds. The bonds would have been used to pay for an ambulatory surgery center expansion. We believe the area needs a surgery center a...
Dear Editor, Last Wednesday I realized my vehicle needed a new muffler. Since the car is 27 years old, the manufacturer no longer catalogs the part, so I called Car Quest in Green River. I was quoted a price of around $200, with an estimated delivery time of seven to ten days. I agreed to the price and delivery schedule, and was pleasantly surprised when Robin at Car Quest called Friday morning to tell me she had my part. When I stopped at the store to pick up the muffler the clerk rang up the total and told me it would be just over $100.. I...
Bravo to the GRHS theater group Dear Editor, Bravo personified! In her remarkably insightful introduction just before the show, Green River High School theater director Terrin Musbach (along with colleagues Weston Lamb, Jill Carpenter, and Karen Feigel as fellow contributors in the program notes) acknowledged whole-heartedly how integral and inherently obvious parental involvement is to the overall effectiveness of any and all worthwhile endeavors their children may pursue, then achieve with the utmost intentions. Indeed, life is really so...
This year, May 10 through May 16 marks National Police Week in the United States. The City of Green River historically does a proclamation for this week and uses it as a time for many in the community to thank local law enforcement for their service and protection of the community. For those of us in the profession of law enforcement, it is a stark reminder and remembrance of those that have died in the line of duty, both the previous full year and for all the years before, whose names now sit on a wall in Washington, D.C., memorialized for...
Last month the University of Wyoming basketball team made a thrilling run capturing the Mountain West basketball tournament and qualifying for the NCAA basketball tournament. During the epic stretch, it seemed the State of Wyoming came together in unison to cheer on the Cowboys. When the team played their opening round game against Northern Iowa in the NCAA tournament, it was as if the state stopped for two hours to cheer on the Cowboys. It seemed like the whole morale of the state was cheerful, and everybody came together for a common cause....
If you have frequented the Sweetwater County Library lately, you may have noticed the addition of an adult graphic novel section. If you aren’t looking for it, you’ll probably pass it by as it is still in its inception and is quite small. Look between the large print and mystery sections, and you’ll find it. The library has boasted juvenile and young sdult graphic novel sections for some time now, and it was time for the adults to hop on the bandwagon. You might be wondering why the library even has a graphic novel section. In recent years...
Pet companions are important to the seniors that have them. So important, that oftentimes they will put their pets needs before their own. In an effort to alleviate this problem, several local agencies are teaming up for a pet-supply program called Care for Critters. “Seniors are putting the needs of their pets first instead of their own,” Jamie Lee, Young at Heart Senior Center’s marketing and special events coordinator and Rock Springs AARP Community Advocacy Team chairman said. Lee said when this happens, seniors will buy pet food befor...
Kindergarten students from Washington Elementary had a chance to check out where Green River's police officers work and train Thursday afternoon. Det. Luke Benson and Det. Karl Bode treated kids with a tour of the Green River Police Department building, showing them the department's inner workings. Children were also given the opportunity to check out a police car as one of the detectives explained the importance of the equipment and why drivers should pull over to the side of the road when...
Theater buffs will have the chance to see numerous 10 to 15 minute one-act plays tomorrow. The Green River High School Theater Department will end the season with student directed one-act plays. The free event is scheduled to take place Thursday at 6 p.m. in the GRHS auditorium. GRHS theater students have been working hard over the past few weeks to perfect their one-act plays; and last week was no different. During their class, students were rehearsing their lines, perfecting facial expression...
See a unique version of “Cinderella” unfold on stage. This Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m., Lincoln Middle School theater students will perform “Cinderella and the Substitute Fairy Godmother,” written by Ed Monk, who teaches theatre at Chantilly High School in Chantilly, Va. Tickets are $3. Children eight and under are free. Both performances will take place in the LMS theater. Lincoln Middle School director Jessica Kidd said it is a funny story about what happens when the regular fairy godmother gets sick and a substitute has to go in her place...
The Green River High School girl’s soccer team took sole possession of first place in the 4A West with a weekend sweep of Natrona and Kelly Walsh. “These were two tough teams for us to play. For us to come out on top is awesome,” head coach Tracy Wyant said. In their first game of the week Friday, Green River overcame a 1-0 deficit to record a thrilling 3-2 victory and followed that up with a 3-1 win Saturday over Kelly Walsh, another game they trailed 1-0. It took Natrona just one minute to score Friday, but Green River answered back when...
Another week, another solid performance for the Green River High School track team. The Wolves track team put up solid numbers once again at a meet in Star Valley and Tiger Trials in Orem, Utah. "The kids performed really well. We had a lot of season and personal bests and that's all you can ask for," head coach Steve Boyd said. Green River once again had a strong throwing from the throwing events in Utah, with Emily White winning the discus and shot put and Dylan Rust finishing first in the...
The Green River High School boy’s basketball team recently wrapped up their 2014-15 season with a banquet honoring members of the squad. For the second-straight season, the Wolves coaching staff honored a member of the team with the Stan Dodds Award. Senior Tanner Trumble was selected as the 2015 recipient. The award is named after Dodds, who led the school to its first state title in 1965 and is the school’s all time leading scorer. He would later go on to star at the University of Wyoming and lead the team in scoring his senior year with 20....
The Green River Grapplers wrapped up their regular season earlier this month at the Wyoming Amateur Wrestling state competition in Casper. The state competition included three different styles of wrestling, greco, freestyle, and folkstyle. As a team the Grapplers finished third in greco, third in freestyle, and second in folkstyle. The Grapplers had three wrestlers win all three styles in their divisions. Tommy Dalton won in the intermediate 65-pound division, Sefton Douglass won the novice 60 pound division, and Tainui Kellner finished first...
