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By DAVID MARTIN Editor After three years and more than $650,000 spent in training and equipment purchases, preliminary wellness results amongst students in Green River are looking good. Three years ago, Sweetwater County School District No. 2 received a federal PEP grant totaling $662,000 towards improving physical activity within the district. PEP grants are often used to improve physical activity programs within school districts. In Wyoming, eight districts, including Sweetwater No.2 have received approximately $3 million for improvements....
A woman accused of 27 felony forgery-related crimes, asked the court to disqualify the entire Sweetwater County Attorney’s Office from the case. Tina Linkenauger, filed the motion to disqualify the Sweetwater County Attorney’s Office from her case in the Third District Court of Judge Nena James. Linkenauger is charged with six counts of possession of forged writings, 16 counts of forgery, one count of unauthorized use of personal identifying information and four counts of false written statements to obtain property or credit. All of these cha...
Gov. Matt Mead visited Sage View Care Center in Rock Springs Tuesday afternoon to celebrate the successful efforts made to keep the center running. Sage View was facing closure, and what could have been a disastrous story, ended up being a great example of how a community can work together. About a month ago, Sage View was notified that they would be facing closure. Deseret Health and Rehab owned Sage View as well as a care center in Saratoga and facing the same troubles. Sage View Administrator, Melissa Elliot called EmpRes Healthcare to see...
A single-vehicle crash Sunday evening resulted in damage to the railing near the South Fourth West Street underpass and a man being arrested for driving while under the influence of alcohol. Matthew Zupence, 32, of Green River, plead guilty to the charge Monday in Green River Municipal Court. He was fined $760 and was placed on two years unsupervised probation. According to a police report, officers were dispatched to the area at 6:24 p.m. Sunday after receiving a call from dispatch about the crash. When they arrived, Zupence was seen climbing...
The Trona Trail Historic Mine Byway is officially open for business after a short dedication ceremony took place May 30. The trail is the fourth mine byway designated in Wyoming and was created through a program initially started by the Wyoming Legislature in 2005. The city and trona are deeply connected. The world’s largest deposit of trona is located west of Green River and the first soda ash well was drilled within the city itself. “I think it’s very appropriate because we’re known as the...
Budding birders will have a chance to explore parts of the Killdeer Wetlands Saturday morning. Dave Mead, working jointly with the Sweetwater County Historical Museum and the Green Belt Task Force, said he plans to take a group from the Green River Visitors Center and carpool along the wetlands and river. However, he admits there is a possibility high flows from the river will prevent access to some portions of the wetlands. The tour starts at 7 a.m. and will conclude at noon. He recommends...
Clark P. Stafford, 71, of Rock Springs, passed away June 5, 2015, at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County. A longtime resident of Rock Springs, Clark died following battle with cancer. He was born on Jan. 14, 1944 in Cody, the son of Cecil Stafford and Alice Genter Stafford. Stafford attended and graduated from the Cody High School and later attended the University of Wyoming. He married Barbara Hodges in Rock Springs on Feb. 26, 1977. Clark was a United States Army Veteran of the Vietnam...
Amy Kay Kolan passed away June 5, 2015 at the age of 28. She is survived by her parents Dale Grant Kolan and Rosalie Carol Kolan of Fort Bridger. Siblings, Preston Dale Kolan of Colorado Springs, Colo.; Anton Gerald Kolan of Mountain View; Samantha RoseAnne Schoenberger of Tallahassee, Fla.; and Cody Robert Kolan of Fort Bridger; grandparents Victor and Ida Kolan of Lehi, Utah; nieces and nephews Ashton, Keaton, Daphne, Sadie, and Amber. She was preceded in death by grandparents Gerald and...
Eliza "Peggy" Dickson, 97, of Rock Springs died June 8, 2015 of natural causes. She was a resident of Green River for more than 70 years, prior to moving to Rock Springs last year. She was born on July 23, 1917, in West Bountiful, Utah, the 10th child of George Parkin and Jesse Mann Parkin. She attended schools in a one room school house near Granger, for four years and at the Forest Grade School and Jordan Junior High in Salt lake City, Utah. She graduated in 1935 from The Utah High School of...
Anne M. Groshel, 93, of Rock Springs passed away June 1, 2015 following a sudden illness. She was a lifelong resident of Rock Springs. She was born on April 7, 1922 in Rock Springs, the daughter of the late Joseph Sikich and Mary Knezovich. Groshel attended schools in Rock Springs and graduated from Rock Springs High School. She married Lewis Groshel in Manila, Utah on June 21, 1941 and he preceded her in death in Rock Springs on Jan. 2, 1995. Groshel was a member of the Holy Spirit Catholic...
One of Wyoming’s chronic problems is often referred to as the state’s “brain drain.” Essentially, Wyoming’s educated youth tend to seek employment outside the Cowboy State as opposed to living and working in their home state. Gov. Matt Mead recently launched the Wyoming Grown initiative to try convincing the state’s sons and daughters living outside the state to come home. While the idea is a good one, it will take a lot more than a state-backed initiative to bring former residents back. Wyoming is a great state to live in, but economicall...
We’re having fun this summer at the library. The Summer Reading Program is for every person in Sweetwater County. Everyone from newborns to adults can stop in, sign up, log their reading and win prizes. The library system’s Summer Reading Programs are made possible by the Sweetwater County Library Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to building a foundation of lifelong learning. This year the staff in Youth Services has been working hard on developing programs for children of every age. Tuesdays at 11 a.m. we’re in the library for St...
Green River is recognized nationally and locally for outstanding parks and recreational opportunities. The employees and volunteers in the department take great pride in Green River evidenced by outstanding programs and spaces provided to the community. Parks and recreation is often viewed as a nice amenity contributing to the overall quality of life but not an essential service. Parks and recreation is more than just an amenity, it provides vital and essential services to community. To name just a few, parks and recreation provides economic...
“Rain or shine, we’re branding,” is what my grandpa told my mom on the phone last Wednesday night. Every year my family brands cattle at my grandparents’ and great uncle’s ranch. This year we weren’t sure if the weather would cooperate, but we were on a mission, and luckily, Mother Nature was kind to us. My earliest memories of branding are sitting in the back of a pickup truck, pinching my nose closed to avoid the smell. Anyone who has branded before knows it isn’t the most pleasant scent, and if you haven’t branded before, you can imagine. Oh...
Growing up in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, fishing was just something you grew up with. This was no exception for me. In the summer and spring we used the boat, in the late fall and winter we fished in ice houses. Some just don’t seem to understand the concept of ice houses on the water. Yes. There are some on Flaming Gorge, but nothing like in Minnesota. It is like for the entire winter a whole new town is formed. The first time, my husband saw this all he could think of was it really was like w...
Fingerprinting is half hard science, half delicate art and one of the oldest tools used by a police department to track down criminals. Students attending the Green River Police Department's junior academy Thursday afternoon were given an opportunity to learn how fingerprinting works and practice dusting for and removing prints as evidence. Fingerprints work as a tool to identify possible suspects because each print is unique. "No two have ever been documented as the same," Cpl. Det. Karl Bode...
The City of Green River may have a new finance director, but employees and residents won’t have to learn a new name. Chris Meats officially took over the city’s finance director’s position, which was previously held by Jeff Nieters. For the past 14 years, Meats acted as the city’s accounting supervisor. Meats’ accounting career began with the Big Five Company in Denver. From there, he moved to Casper and worked for a regional accounting firm. Before that, Meats obtained a bachelor’s degree in ac...
Laura and Lily Harris plant flowers along Flaming Gorge Way, as a family volunteer project. They planted the flowers with their mother Marsha Harris. “Usually the whole family is down here,” Marsha said. “As a family, we do a lot of volunteer projects,” Laura said. The Harris family has been voluntarily planting flowers for the city for six years now. The city’s Main Street organization buys the flowers and supplies and they plant the flowers. “We harvest some of the seeds. These are seeds we harvest every year and we plant these along with...
An amazing array of quilts were on display at the Pavilion throughout the weekend, showing that after 25 years Quilting on the Green continues to impress. “I’m a painter and I love visual things,” Angie Bennett said as she looked among the rows of quilts hanging throughout the Pavilion. The quilts themselves are more than simple cloths with striking designs, they can tell stories as well. One entry, titled “Brendon’s Dream” was a quilt depicting a grandson’s first hunting experience and was created by Green River resident Sandy Malloy. Anoth...
Monroe Intermediate School recently released its fourth-quarter honor roll. Students must obtain a GPA of 3.5 or higher to be named to this honor roll. Fifth-grade students making the list are Genesis Anderson, Jonus Aragon, Alex Atkinson, Johnny Bernal, Troy Bingham, Karlee Bode, Konnor Bohlmann, Bradyn Boutin, Allison Brown, Raegan Burbank, Trenton Burd, Liberty Campbell, Braden Cantrell, Logan Carver, Megan Counts, Allysa Cudney, Logan Curtis, Brynlee Doak, Abigail Dolinar, Grace Duncan, Natasha Edwards, Morgan Farnsworth, Alyze Farris,...
Green River High School recently released its second-semester honor rolls. To make the Principal Honor Roll students must obtain a 4.0 GPA with no “I” letter grades. Those making the Principal Honor Roll are Emily Allen, Victoria Allen, Kayleigh Allison, Abbie Atkinson, Valerie Barajas, Elizabeth Barker, Kelsee Barton, Marysa Barton, Samuel Bayles, Evan Carollo, Amanda Chidester, Dominique Christensen, Harold Christensen, Reece Clingenpeel, Averee Cobb, Mylynn Collins, Alexandria Cordova, Karlee Cutler, Nicole Davis, Ali Dewey, Taylor Dra...
Making sure residents have a fun craft to work on each Friday at the Mission at Castle Rock Rehabilitation Center is something Kathy Elliott enjoys. Each week, Elliott picks out something for the residents to work on. Elliott said it is not hard to do, all she has to do is go downstairs to her basement and look through her crafting supplies, which she said takes up one third of her basement. Armed with many kinds of glue, jewels, stickers, confetti and other crafting items, Elliott heads to the...
It's battle fought on roller skates. If you haven't heard of roller derby, you're not alone. Roller derby is a contact sport, where two teams of five skaters skate in the same direction around a rolling rink track. Games, called bouts, consist of short matchups known as jams where both teams scoring skater, the jammer score points by lapping skaters of the other team. Both teams attempt to block the opposing team's jammer while helping their own jammer. The teams play offense and defense at the...
The Green River Knights had a successful weekend at a wood bat tournament in Riverton. The Knights defeated three teams across four games, beating the Douglas Cats twice before going on to defeat host Riverton to win the tournament. Assistant coach Brad Hatfield said the team is coming together. "They played good baseball the whole weekend," Hatfield said. The Knights gave Douglas a severe drubbing during their first matchup last Thursday, soaring over the Cats 15-6. The Knights continued to...
