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The grieving father of a Green River High School student that had died a few days prior to graduation questions the response by school officials following his son’s death. Steve McKeehan and two friends approached the Sweetwater County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees Tuesday evening asking board members and administrators why his son’s name was excluded from being called during the GRHS graduation ceremony May 20. Steve’s son Brett died 3/4 of a mile east of Riverview Cemetery May 15. S...
A former county commissioner, an involved member of the Sweetwater GOP and the former executive director of the YWCA were the three selected by county Republicans as people the Sweetwater County commissioners will consider to fulfill the remainder of Don Van Matre’s term. John Kolb, Island Richards and Lauren Schoenfeld were chosen at the end of a process involving 16 candidates and lasting more than five hours. While Kolb and Richards were clear favorites at the end of the day, with Richards r...
Denny Pace’s family history created a lifelong passion in World War II reenactment. Pace, a Green River resident, recalls watching war documentaries with his dad, Presley Pace, while growing up. He remembers slowly beginning to enjoy them more after he learned about his own family’s connection to the war. Pace mainly studies the method of the Army’s 182 Airborne Division, having researched the daily life and routine of soldiers for the past 20 years. His grandfather, David Pace, served in the Navy during World War II. His great-uncle was draft...
Quick action by city workers saved a newly-born fawn that fell in a rain gutter Monday morning. Jackie Finch was traveling down Nolan Street with her granddaughter, Aaliyah Byrd, when a doe and her two fawns caught their attention. Finch pulled the car over to allow her granddaughter to capture the small family on video. This beautiful scene of nature took a shocking turn very quickly when the fawns both struggled over a storm drain in the sidewalk, with one falling inside. The doe did not see...
Rafael Chavez, 60, passed away June 9, 2019, at his home in Rock Springs; surrounded by his loving family following a 10-year battle with cancer. He was a resident of Wyoming for more than 30 years and is a former resident of Mexico. Chavez was born Aug. 1, 1958, in Zacatecas, Mexico, the son of Guadalupe Chavez and Angelita Chavez Arellano. He married Maria Luz Chavez Mendoza in Jalisco, Mexico Dec. 31, 1978. Chavez owned and operated Chavez Concrete for more than 30 years until his retirement...
Thomas "Larry" Collier, 70, of Rock Springs, passed away May 25, 2019, at his home. A brief resident of Rock Springs and former longtime resident of Englewood, Fla., and Westville, Ind., Collier died following a brief illness. He was born Sept.16, 1948, in Springville, Ala., the son of James Monroe and Estelle Sims Collier. Collier attended schools in Valparaiso, Ind., and was a graduate of the Jackson Twp High School class of 1968. He was employed as an electrician at Bethlehem Steel for...
Milt Friel, 81, passed away at the Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County in Rock Springs May 15, 2019. He was a longtime resident of Sweetwater and Sublette Counties. Friel was born May 15, 1938, in Rock Springs, the son of Milton and Eva Dominski Friel. He attended schools in Rock Springs, Reliance and Cheyenne. Friel was raised in Rock Springs and joined the U.S. Navy in 1956. He married Pauline Evans in 1961 and she preceded him in death in 1972. He later married Cindy Soderfelt in 1984 at...
A memorial wake has been planned for Charles David McCormick for Saturday at 3 p.m. The wake will take place at the American Legion Tom Whitmore Post 28 at 38 N. Center St., in Green River. Finger foods will be served and visitors are encouraged to bring food to share. The family hope friends will join them in celebrating McCormick’s life and his love of food and drink....
The Sweetwater County commissioners have until June 30 to decide who will replace Don Van Matre on the board. With three candidates to chose from, all of whom are well-qualified for the role, the decision won’t be easy to make. However, we believe the future of Sweetwater County would be best represented if the commissioners chose Lauren Schoenfeld to take Van Matre’s vacated seat on the board. While we can’t argue that John Kolb wouldn’t be a good choice because of his prior experience as a county commissioner, Republican voters made their v...
With how much stress I go through preparing for a vacation I start to wonder if it’s worth it. Of course, it always is in the end, but at the time it can be overwhelming. Once again, I find myself stressing before a vacation. This time I think I am stressing out even more than normal because the family trip involves flying: something my 9-year-old son, Matthew, and my 7-year-old son, John, have never experienced before. I am not the biggest fan of flying. I get motion sickness easily and by t...
The Senate Special Committee on Aging has just released one of the most damning reports on the nation’s nursing homes that I’ve seen in a long time. The short document should be required reading for any family thinking of moving a relative to a nursing facility. Pennsylvania Senator Robert Casey, a Democrat, who is the ranking member on the committee along with Pennsylvania’s other senator Patrick J. Toomey, a Republican, recently revealed a special, but unpublicized program to flag and monitor the worst nursing homes in the country. Bad nursi...
A Green River teacher has already received honors on a local level and now he will receive national recognition. Green River High School teacher Bradlee Skinner was recently given the Sweetwater County School District No. 2 Teacher of the Year award. He was also notified he will receive the Educator of the Year award in July. Skinner has only been with District No. 2 for two years, but has been teaching for 18 years. For the district's award, Skinner was nominated by his students. Their...
The Industrial Minerals Association – North America (IMA-NA) today announced the companies and mining operations that will receive its safety recognition awards. IMA-NA Chairman Doug Smith and IMA-NA President Mark Ellis presented the awards at the IMA-NA's spring meeting. The safety recognition awards program is run in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration. Ten companies and three individual mining operations were honored. The IMA-NA Safety A...
Dedication, determination and discipline are all qualities this woman has to pursue her passion. Amy Manzanares has spent the last 14 years transforming her body from year to year to compete in body-building competitions, which are sponsored by the National Physique Committee. When Manzanares isn't busy competing she works at the Green River High School media center. Prior to that, she was a sign-language interpreter. She also is the GRHS assistant track coach. For Manzanares, being active is...
Pets across Green River in need of help received what their owners wanted them to thanks to community donations. For the past few years, the Golden Hour Senior Center has participated in the Care For Critters program. This program encourages residents to help seniors and homebound residents by donating pet food, toys, beds and anything else a pet might need. Irish Kreis, GHSC activities and marketing coordinator, said this year they filled 77 tags with pet requests and all of those requests...
A man accused of inappropriately touching a 17-year-old while they were working could serve 30 years in prison. Bradley A. Baugh, 23, appeared in the Third District County of Judge Richard Lavery at an arraignment to one count of third-degree sexual assault and three counts of fourth-degree sexual abuse of a minor. If Baugh is found guilty of all four felonies, he could face a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison and a maximum fine of $40,000. A jury trial has been scheduled to take place...
