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A presentation given to the Green River City Council Tuesday night will have to be investigated further before the Council can act, according to Mayor Pete Rust. The Council discussed privatizing trash collection during a workshop. Rust said some Council members are concerned with current employees in the city’s Solid Waste Division and are still skeptical if the move to a private service would result in savings. Rust said he would like to see the city have representation on the Sweetwater C...
Many commissioners are still convinced the county building at 731 C Street in Rock Springs can be converted to a hospice facility. The building, which houses the circuit court in Rock Springs, was the subject of discussion Tuesday afternoon during the Sweetwater County Commissioners’ meeting. The county is building a justice center near the Sweetwater County Detention Center, which will combine the circuit courts in both cities. As such, the space occupied by the court in Rock Springs would b...
The former senior vice president of Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County has filed a claim against the hospital claiming she’s entitled to a previously agreed upon severance package. Keri Chorazewitz recently filed the complaint in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery against MHSC and its board of trustees, including Richard Mathey, Taylor Jones, Barbara Sowoda, Edward F. Tardoni and Robert Scott. According to court documents, Chorazewitz began working for the MHSC in 2010 as t...
A suspicious man sending an envelope at the Green River Post Office resulted in a response from the county’s bomb squad Monday night. According to a release from the Green River Police Department, officers met with a person at 7:47 p.m. who said they were on Interstate 80 between Rock Springs and Green River and were passed by a maroon-colored Toyota Camry with Oregon license plates, driven by a man wearing a gas mask. The person claimed they followed the vehicle to the Green River Post O...
David Lorin Frint, 60, of Green River, passed away April 27, 2017, after a sudden illness. He was born Nov. 29, 1956, in Rock Springs, the son of William Raman Frint and Ann-Marie Gustavsson Frint. He attended schools in Green River and Connecticut, graduating from Staples High School in West Port, Conn., with the class of 1975. He received his associates degree from Utah Tech in Salt Lake City. David married Marcene Hale in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on April 26, 1988. He had been employed for...
Thomas Issec Thornock, 73, of Granger, passed away unexpectedly April 25, 2017 at the LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. He was born Aug. 16, 1943 in Montpelier, Idaho, to Lamar Isaac and Rose Urinda Branson Thornock. He grew up in Sage and attended school in Cokeville, where he later graduated from high school. After high school, Tom lived in Evanston and Rock Springs. In 1973, Tom moved to Granger, where he later met Donita Kizzire. They were sealed in the Jordan River LDS Temple Jan. 18, 1992. H...
F.W. “Bill” Aspedon, 90, passed away at his home suddenly April 19, 2017. Aspedon was the principal at Green River High School and athletics director from 1980-1987. He is survived by his wife Darlene; two daughters, Beth Aspedon and Ann Marie Ulum; and three grandchildren. A memorial service will take place June 27 in Colorado Springs, Colo....
Ken Jackelen, 89, of Ocala, Fla., and former resident of Rock Springs, passed away April 22, 2017, at his home in Ocala, Fla. He was born June 1, 1927, in Somerset, Wisc., the son of Herman and Mary Jackelen. He attended school in Wisconsin. Jackelen married Joyce Reinhardt Sept. 8, 1948, and she preceded him in death in 2005. In 2010, he married Helen Hills in Ocala, Fla. Ken was a member of Holy Spirit Catholic Community and attended Saints Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church. For more than...
Paul Eugene Hodges, 49, of Farson, passed away April 24, 2017, at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County following a sudden illness. He was a longtime resident of Rock Springs and Farson. He was born Nov.4, 1967, the son of Eldon Hodges and Shelia Harrison Hodges. Hodges attended schools in Farson and Rock Springs. He also attended WyoTech in Laramie. He was self employed as a truck driver. His interests included spending time with his grand daughters, old country music, old western movies,...
Ruthie Marie Hart, 72, of Green River, passed away April 26, 2017, at the Sage View Care Center. A longtime resident of Green River and former resident of Washington, Oregon and California, Hart died following a brief illness. She was born Sept. 1, 1944, in Vancouver, Wash., the daughter of Edward C. Tidland and Mae E. Bjur Tidland. Hart was employeed by Union Pacific Railroad as an engineer. She was a collector of Native American memorabilia. She loved cats, shopping and lighting candles....
Laurel "Laurie" Delbridge Hall, 70, of Rock Springs, passed away April 25, 2017, at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County. A lifelong resident of Rock Springs, Hall died following a brief illness. She was born Feb. 25, 1947, in Rock Springs, the daughter of Leo and Evelyn Delaney Delbridge. Hall attended schools in Rock Springs and was a 1965 graduate of the Rock Springs High School. She married Ronald Ardyce Hall in Rock Springs Sept. 11, 1965. Hall was employed as a secretary at the North Sid...
Helen M. Gomez, 90, of Green River, passed away April 29, 2017, encircled by her loving family. She was born June 18, 1926, in Green River, to Juan Pedro Gold and Simonita Duran. Gomez grew up in Rock Springs, married Joe E. Gomez and moved back to Green River, where she raised her family. She will always be remembered as a kind wife, loving mother, grandmother, aunt and sister. She was employed by Payless Drug Store as a sales clerk for many years. Helen loved to support her family in all...
Money is tight in Sweetwater County. Budget requests to the county commissioners are encouraged to cut 10 percent from the previous year’s request. Both cities, continuing to feel the sting of declining sales-tax revenues, are looking at more cuts to their 2017-2018 budgets while protecting the employees working for them. Beyond that, there’s the problem of continued maintenance on county and municipal roads throughout Sweetwater County and Green River’s need to build a new sewer treatment facility. Yes, grants are available for some of the p...
I don’t watch a great deal of TV and I don’t really have a favorite show when I do watch. However, this past year a dear friend of mine, and my daughter both asked me to start watching “Grey’s Anatomy.” I didn’t watch like most people might and start with Season One. I just jumped right in and started watching current episodes. While I still don’t know everything that happened throughout the entire duration of the show, I do enjoy the show, when I catch it. In particular, I enjoyed last season’s finale, but probably not for the reasons everyone...
Back by popular demand, the Sweetwater County Historical Museum is featuring the ventriloquist dummy used by Thomas C. Smith for May’s Artifact of the Month. This dummy wears a cowboy outfit, which is fitting for Wyoming. The dummy was made in London and the head and upper part of the body are constructed out of papier-mâché. Thomas C. Smith was an amateur ventriloquist in Rock Springs who took up ventriloquism after his cousin, Port Jackson Ward. Ward was a popular ventriloquist in England and performed for the royal family in 1909. Smith and...
Dear Editor, I grew up in a small town in Nebraska and now live in Laramie. After working summers in Grand Teton National Park, the wildness in Wyoming greatly influenced me to stay in this wonderful state. I have travelled extensively throughout the country as a tour guide and as a national park employee at three parks. There is something extremely special about the West, and especially Wyoming. The ability to escape to the backcountry and connect with the natural beauty of this state is something that I truly treasure. I have become particula...
Dear Editor, The most recent election cycle brought to the attention of many Wyoming voters a situation of which they were previously not acutely aware. This came about because they wanted to participate in the presidential primary. Wyoming is not a state that has such a primary, but rather is a caucus state. Voters would need to know that, if they wish to have a voice, they must attend their precinct caucuses. Well, at least if they are registered Democrats, they could have a voice. Unfortunately, if they are registered Republicans, they...
The Green River High School Boys Soccer Team has gotten comfortable working overtime during their past few games. According to head coach Chris Bieber, it's not a situation he would like to see the boys repeatedly in, but admits the team does have an advantage because of their familiarity with overtime play. That advantage didn't materialize during their third game with their rivals from Rock Springs. Tuesday afternoon, the Tigers defeated the Wolves and gave them their first conference loss,...
One word that could accurately describe Friday and Saturday’s soccer weather would be awful. It was snowing, windy and cold; and all three of these factors impacted how the Green River High School Lady Wolves Soccer team played their games. On Friday the Lady Wolves took on the Evanston Lady Red Devils and despite the terrible weather conditions, the Lady Wolves came out on top 4-1. “That was probably the worst field conditions we’ve ever played in,” head coach Tracy Wyant said. “It was like...
Once again the Wolves Track team headed south, this time to Orem, Utah to take on two other Wyoming teams and a huge field of 41 schools from Utah The biggest field of the day was in the 1,600-meter run, which had 130 runners. According to head coach Dan Hansen, the weather was not ideal but it was good to get in some late season competition with most meets cancelled or rescheduled in Wyoming. In the girls 100-meter hurdles, the Lady Wolves took 12th, 14th and 26th in the field of 46 with freshman Mariyah Brady edging out her two sophomore team...
This award is given to a resident who is passionate about Green River. It’s given to someone who goes above and beyond though volunteering and supporting projects from behind the scenes to improve Green River. Not only has this person been an active volunteer, but has demonstrated a long history of civic involvement to the community. It’s a prestigious award only given out to one person each year and this year the Green River 2017 Distinguished Citizen of the year award went to John Fre...
The Sweetwater Board of Cooperative Educational Services Summer Theatre for Youth announces auditions for its productions of Roald Dahl’s “Willy Wonka Jr” and Shakespeare’s comedy “The Two Gentlemen of Verona.” Auditions will take place Saturday, May 6, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the Western Wyoming Community College theater. Students, ages eight to 18, interested in the musical “Willy Wonka” (based on the 1971 film starring Gene Wilder) should prepare a short speech or poem and a song to perform while acting. Please bring sheet music for the p...
Members of the Sweetwater Board of Cooperative Educational Services After School String program will join Green River’s “Strings of Rath” string players and present a joint Spring String Ensemble Concert, Friday, May 5 at 7 p.m. in the Lincoln Middle School Auditorium. Members of the SBOCES Beginning strings classes will perform together: “Mozart Melody,” “Rolling Along,” “Hot Cross Buns,” “Ode To Joy,” “Lightly Row,” and “Frere Jacques.” Violinists for this group are Amy Maez, Breanna Quickenden, Clara Fenhaus, Cory Cordova, Nancy Normingto...
The Red Desert Roundup Rodeo Queen pageant took place April 9, in Rock Springs. It is sanctioned and sponsored by the Red Desert Roundup Rodeo, which will take place July 27-29 in Rock Springs. The royalty have several appearances scheduled this summer including the Overland Stage Stampede Rodeo and Flaming Gorge Days. Crowned as the 2017 Red Desert Roundup Rodeo Queen was Shelby Martin of Rock Springs. She is the daughter of Steve and Alerica Martin. She has an Associate of Science degree with emphasis in accounting and an Associate of Arts...
