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Children in Bonnie Orr's junior kindergarten class got the opportunity to visit the Sweetwater County Library last week, learning about what the library offers and having a chance to make a caterpillar based off a story presented to them. According to Becky Iwen, youth services librarian at the library, said the library hosts school visits for children in Green River schools, with books and readers theater presentations tailored to specific grades. For the junior kindergarteners of Orr's class,...
Elementary students learned at a young age how to present information they gathered to an audience. Last week, students in Brittney Montgomery and Phyllis Timmons' first-grade classes at Harrison Elementary School participated in a wax museum. "During this event, students were presenting monologues on the animals they have been researching," Montgomery said. "The idea stemmed from one of our writing standards on research. Students are expected to be able to write an informational story or...
Over the years, the Mother's Day Tea at the Golden Hour Senior Center has grown. This year, about 130 attendees joined in celebrating Mother's Day at the center by having tea and eating numerous desserts and finger sandwiches. One group of ladies were sitting at the table decorated with pink tablecloths and pink rose centerpieces and discussing how the Mother's Day Tea started. While snacking on thumbprint cookies, scones and lemon bars, GHSC patron Ann Lowe said she could remember the very...
The subject of camping in Green River parks isn’t something new. Over the years, this seems to come up every so often from various groups. Whenever this issue comes up, unless it is for a small group like the Boy Scouts, it is turned down. Once again, the question is coming before the Green River City Council. This time it’s from members of the Muley Fanatics Foundation. They would like those attending the Mansface Mountain Music Festival to be allowed to tent camp in Evers Park and park their RV’s or camp trailers at the city’s rodeo area. W...
I’ve taken an interest in Dutch oven cooking recently. It’s something I’m not generally familiar with and have absolutely no experience in. Regardless, I’ve found the topic interesting. The idea of using a cast iron oven to make something like chili, a corn bread or cobbler is appealing in that it’s all based on managing heat from the coals around or on top of the oven. There’s no setting it to 375 and just leaving a timer on until the meal is done. It sounds both challenging and fun. I’ve w...
Addiction can be defined as the compulsive repeated use of a drug or substance (such as alcohol) or performance of a behavior (such as gambling). Dependence is different, occurring when repeated use of a drug (such as heroine) results in physical dependence which causes an unpleasant feeling of withdrawal when the drug is stopped. Addiction and dependence can occur separately, although they often run together. At five-years-old, I was a thumb-sucker. I recall not being proud of it as my folks seemed progressively upset about my “addiction.” The...
A Wolf will be going to college in South Dakota. Green River High School senior Marcos Valerio signed a letter of intent to compete for Black Hills State University in Spearfish, S.D., on the Yellowjackets' cross country, indoor track and outdoor track teams. While at the university, he plans to study business and management. "I've always taken business classes in high school," Valerio said. "It's always been something that's interested me." Valerio said he liked the location, team and...
One of the Wolves' leaders on the basketball court has signed with nearby Western Wyoming Community College to play junior college basketball as a Mustang. Chase Stoeger signed his letter of intent last week at the Green River High School Activities Office. Stoeger said he ultimately plans to obtain a degree in chemical engineering. Stoeger said he wanted to play for a team that wanted him to play, saying the coaches at Western made it clear they want him on the court. He also chose Western...
This weekend the Green River girls and boys track team traveled west to Evanston to compete in the 4A West Regional Track Championships. The team competed against Kelly Walsh, Evanston, Rock Springs, Star Valley, Jackson, Riverton and Cody. The top eight finishers in each event qualify for State, except in the relays, where the top four teams qualify. The young Wolves head coach Dan Hansen felt that his team “competed pretty well, but there were a few kids that were a little short of qualifying. Hansen said with the new conference alignment, t...
Head coach Chris Bieber said the Wolves could beat any team they were pitted against at Regionals, and the Wolves proved him right by nearly taking the regional championship. The Wolves started the tournament with a do-or-die game against their rivals from Rock Springs, where a loss would mean the end of the Wolves’ season. The two teams had close games previously, the first being a 2-1 win for the Wolves at home and later a 1-1 tie in Rock Springs. However, the previous meetings between the W...
It was a battle to see which team would advance to state, and the Lady Wolves soccer team came up short. “They tried,” head coach Tracy Wyant said. “It was a tough, emotional loss.” On Thursday, the Lady Wolves soccer team went up against Jackson and despite playing hard they came up short, 3-2. With the game being a must-win situation, the loss ended the Lady Wolves’ season and they were a little heartbroken over it. “It didn’t go our way,” Wyant said. “It wasn’t for lack of effort.” The Lad...
GR Tennis Invite Results Results from the Double Elimination Tournament Brackets: Boys A Singles (10 singles players): First place: Caeden Grubb Second place: Camden Nelson Third place: Conner Friel Boys Doubles (10 doubles teams) First place: Kaden Lloyd of Green River and Shiva Yeshlur of Rock Springs, Elliott Potter of Green River subbed in for a three-person team Third place: Rocco Copollo and AJ Peterson Girls A Singles (seven players) First place: Audrie Harrison Second place: Haylen Cordova Third place: Katie Banks Girls B Singles (six...
Green River High School and Rolling Green Country Club hosted the 4A West Spring Conference Golf meet May 13 and 14. Teams from Green River, Rock Springs, Evanston Natrona County, Kelly Walsh and Laramie competing. Jackson also competed, but were unable to win awards at the competition as the school is not part of the 4A West Division in golf. The first-place girls team was from Natrona County, while the first-place boys team was from Kelly Walsh. Two local girls were named All Conference during the event. Green River’s Kaylee Lundgren and R...
Employees throughout Sweetwater County School District No. 2 will receive a surprise Friday. The school board approved a series of one time stipends to employees during their meeting Tuesday night, which will be paid out Friday. The stipends were approved as a budget amendment to the 2018-2019 budget, which expires at the end of June. According to board documents, the total cost of the stipend is $928,000 and are based off of 4 percent of the overall salary total within an employee group....
The Muley Fanatics Foundation, an organization promoting wildlife conservation based in Green River, wants to allow people attending its Mansface Mountain Music Festival the opportunity to camp within city limits. The Green River City Council has yet to make a decision regarding this request. Speaking to the Council last week, MFF founder Joshua Coursey said the organization would like the Council to consider opening areas within the city to camping during its music festival, which is scheduled...
The Clerk of District Court’s office will add two more positions to help with the number of cases it is receiving. Donna Lee Bobak approached the Sweetwater County Commissioners about three personnel requests at the last meeting. The first was a simple request to fill a position left open after someone left the office. A motion was made and unanimously approved by the commissioners. The second request was to add a another position so the Clerk of District Court’s office would be back up to a t...
The Green River Urban Renewal Agency/Main Street organization is applying for a grant to help pay for a feasibility study to determine if Green River’s downtown district could support a another grocery store. The study, which is being done for Wild Sage Market, would help determine if a natural foods market would survive in the area. The Green River City Council approved the request last week. The grant, which would come from Wyoming Main Street, would pay $8,080 of the total $10,100 the study i...
Henrietta C. "Sally" Ice of Green River passed away May 13, 2019, at the Mission at Castle Rock after a brief illness. Sally was born Dec. 10, 1919, the Daughter of Charles Oxley and Edith Wise in Louisville, Neb. She attended schools in Cedar Creek, Neb. Sally married the love of her life, Daniel Ice in Grand Island, Neb., in 1939. That same year they made their way to Wyoming by hitchhiking and started their life together in Green River. Danny preceded her in death in 2001. She was a manager...
William Ramon "Ray" Frint, 90, of Green River, passed away at home on May 10, 2019, following a lengthy illness. He was born Aug. 12, 1928, in Salt Lake City, the son of Nora Black and Floyd William Frint. He grew up with four younger sisters. He attended school in Utah and went on his LDS mission to Sweden in 1947, where he met his future wife Ann-Marie Gustavsson. They married in the Salt Lake City Temple in 1951. He graduated from the University of Utah in 1952 with a degree in chemical...
Delia "Dee" Maria Vasquez, commonly known as Dee, 94, passed away May 7, 2019, at Mission at Castle Rock in Green River. Dee was born Aug. 21, 1924, in Antonito, Colo., to Jose Tranqulino and Isabel Lopez Vigil. There she was raised with her four siblings until the age of 18, at which time the family moved to Green River. It was in Green River she met her lifelong companion Joe (Jose) Vasquez and they were married July 6, 1946. Together they raised seven children. Dee was a strong and devoted...
Charles David McCormick, 66, of Green River, passed away May 11, 2019, at his home with his wife Kathy by his side. He was born Oct. 7, 1952, in Eau Claire, Wisc., the first son of Charles and Audrey McCormick. He attended schools in Land O'Lakes, Wisc., and was a graduate of Eagle River High School with the class of 1971. He attended college at the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, before entering the military in the fall of 1972, serving in Germany until 1974 and then entering the...
Eleanor Jelfs, 85, of Green River, passed away May 14, 2019, at Deer Trail Assisted Living Center in Rock Springs. She was born Feb. 27, 1934, in Cedar City, Utah, the daughter of Clifton Stones and Rowena Jones Stones. Eleanor attended schools in Parowan, Utah, and graduated from the Parowan High School in 1952. She married Trevor Jelfs Dec. 30, 1987, in Green River. Survivors include her husband Trevor of Green River; two sons, Todd Hyatt and wife Rosalie of Denver and Rob Negley and...
John "Jack" Richard Skorcz, 80, passed away May 10, 2019, at the Huntsman Cancer Center in Salt Lake City. He was a lifelong resident of Rock Springs and former resident of Eden Valley, Skorcz died following a sudden illness. He was born in Rock Springs Sept. 26, 1938, the son of John Jacob Skorcz and Joy Frances McNalley Skorcz. Skorcz attended schools in Rock Springs and was a Rock Springs High School graduate with the class of 1956. He married Lilla Karlene Stout in Rock Springs May 25,...
