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Baseball fans have a chance to watch some great action this weekend as the Green River Knights host their annual invitational tournament starting Friday. The tournament attracts teams from throughout Southwestern Wyoming, as well as Colorado and Utah. In total, eight teams will compete during the three-day tournament. The tournament has a long tradition with the Knights and visiting teams enjoy coming to Green River, according to team manager Stub Hatfield. Hatfield said the teams from Evanston,...
Zac Taylor made up for a late-race bobble as he went on to score his first career midget win June 3 at I-76 Speedway. Taylor, who fell back from second to third place in a heat race, started on the outside of the front row for the Rocky Mountain Midget Racing Association main event in the Todd Henry owned machine. Taylor quickly grabbed the lead, but he missed his marks on Lap 20 and slid up the track, briefly surrendering the point. “I was so mad at myself for not hitting my marks,” he said. “I just buckled down and got my concentration back...
Green River’s kids have a chance to up their basketball game under tutelage from a former Utah Jazz player Thursday. The Green River Parks and Recreation Department will host the free basketball clinic hosted by Bryon Russell at the Green River Recreation Center at 5 p.m., and will last approximately an hour. Russell will lead participants through various drills and competitions. Russell, 46, was a small forward drafted to the Utah Jazz in 1993, playing for the team from 1993 to 2002. He played in back-to-back NBA Finals in 1997 and 1998 and p...
Last week, when the Green River City Council was supposed to discuss and deliberate on an increase to residents’ solid waste rates, anyone interested in listening to what individual Council representatives thought about the proposed increase was met with only one response. Total silence. According to Robert’s Rules of Order, when a piece of business to be introduced to a governing body fails to receive a motion to do so, it dies for a lack of motion and the governing body moves on to its next piece of business. However, allowing this to hap...
Run for your life. This phrase can have many meanings, but in the Green River Parks and Recreation Department, we are talking about health. More specifically we are talking about the benefits of running. Everyone knows that running is good for your health, but not everyone knows in what ways. Running is known to be one of the best aerobic exercises for your heart and lungs. It is a great way to get started if you are trying to lose weight as well. Running can also strengthen your immune system making you less likely to become sick. It is a...
Last month, Project for Public Spaces and the National Main Street Center, Inc., conducted training for communities statewide, “Cultivating Place in Main Street Communities” in Douglas. “Cultivating Place” is a series of intensive trainings designed to strengthen and expand Main Street’s capacity for implementing placemaking strategies and public space improvements. Wyoming was selected for this specialized placemaking training because of our unique challenges and innovative ways Main Street’s are beginning to create spaces where people want...
Driving along throughout Sweetwater County, it’s easy to become annoyed with one’s fellow motorist. I’m not annoyed too much with people who make a turn without using their signal or someone passing by me at 95 mph on Interstate 80. Those sorts of situations are understandable, even if the other driver is singing along to Taylor Swift’s latest breakup song on their way to karaoke. What I fail to grasp, and what never fails to annoy me, are the decorations and pieces of flair people sometim...
Lily Tomlin's Ernestine the Operator was comedic gold on Rowan and Martin's "Laugh-In," which ran 1969-1973. If you don't remember it, look it up on YouTube and return to a simpler and funnier time. The character is based on the many hard-working woman employed as operators who made the telephone system work in the days before computer switching. The telephone systems in Sweetwater County had such operators, though not as snarky as Ernestine. I have been unable to find a date for the beginning o...
Mary Jane Gamble, of Reno, Nev., and former resident of Green River and Rock Springs, passed away suddenly May 1, 2017. She was 78. She was born to Tarlton H. And Laura Biggs May 14, 1938, in Jenny Lind, Ark. The family moved to Vallejo, Calif., where she attended school. She married Eugene R. Gamble in 1957 and together they had three daughters, Robin Martinez of Green River, Deborah Subic of Rock Springs and Mary Maestas of Green River. She loved to play pool, visit and laugh with her many...
Elva M. Martin, 83, of Rock Springs, passed away June 8, 2017, at her home. She had been a lifelong resident of Rock Springs. She was born on June 27, 1933 in Rock Springs, the daughter of John Schnauber and Fay Barber. Martin attended schools in Rock Springs and was a 1951 graduate of the Rock Springs High School. She married Samuel John Martin in Moose, May 24, 1951, and he preceded her in death April 13, 1993. Martin was a member of First Congregational Church, Fraternal Order of the Eagles A...
Lucille Maldonado, 83, of Eagle Pass, Texas, passed away May 29, 2017, in Eagle Pass, Texas. A former longtime resident of Green River and longtime resident of Eagle Pass, Texas, Maldonado died following a lengthy illness. She was born Oct. 26, 1933, in Rock Springs, the daughter of Telesforo Flores and Susie Maez. Maldonado attended schools in Green River and was a 1952 graduate of the Green River High School. She married Roman O. Maldonado in Green River Aug. 23, 1952, and he preceded her in...
Boyd Porter, 74 of Rock Springs, passed away Oct. 18, 2016, at his home. He was born March 6, 1942, in Rock Springs, the son of Jesse G. Porter and Maurine W. Cole Porter. Cremation has taken place and military honors and inurnment will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Rock Springs Municipal Cemetery....
Jeanette Kimsey, 73, of Rock Springs, passed away Nov. 15, 2016, in Salt Lake City. A longtime resident of Rock Springs and former longtime resident of Glenrock, Kimsey had been in ill health the past several months. She was born May 16, 1943, in Salt Lake City, the daughter of Lynn Pardonnet and Margaret Hughes Pardonnet. Kimsey attended schools in Lima, Mont., and was a 1961 high school graduate. She also attended college and obtained an associate's degree. She married Darryl Barker in August...
Work has started on the new aviation terminal at the Rock Springs-Sweetwater County Airport. The project, which will cost $5.4 million, will replace a building originally constructed in the 1920s. Funding comes from the FAA, Wyoming Business Council, the Wyoming Department of Transportation’s Aeronautics Division and the State Lands and Investments Board, making the project 100 percent grant funded. The new hangar is expected to be complete in December, while the terminal is expected to be o...
A man who pleaded no contest to stabbing another man to death in Rock Springs will serve a long prison sentence unless he wins his appeal. Charles K. Carter, 28, of North Carolina, who was charged with first-degree murder after he stabbed another man in front of the Rock Springs Loaf N Jug on Foothill Boulevard, appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Nena James at a sentencing hearing. In exchange for his no contest plea, the charge was reduced to second-degree murder and he was given a 4...
A new business will give residents a chance to create works of art in a social environment. Modern Makers, which will be located Next to Guild Mortgage at 541 E. Flaming Gorge Way will open Thursday. The shop will sell craft supplies, but feature several classes for people looking to learn new techniques, some of which are planned to be free. The shop will also offer space for birthday parties and science-based classes on Wednesdays, titled “Wonders of Science.” The business, owned by Ibu...
For the third time in three years, wooden pallets used by the Union Congregational Church were stolen Friday night. Duane Kerr, a representative for the church, said the pallets were used for the church’s annual Pumpkin Patch fundraiser. Of about 130 pallets stored at the church, only about 30 remain. Kerr said a member of the church living nearby contacted the Green River Police Department after observing suspicious activity near the back of the church. He said the caller was able to provide d...
Children from throughout Green River had a chance to take home their own fruit or vegetable-bearing plant from the Sweetwater County Library Thursday afternoon. The library hosted a garden party for middle school-aged children to promote gardening and growing their own food. Kids could choose between strawberry plants, radishes and peas for their potted plant. Stacey Palmer, the library's young adult librarian, said the plants were chosen because of their short grow periods. For example, the...
Throughout the years, Green River resident Mary Grubb has tried different exercises. From Cross Fit to karate, Grubb has participated in just about anything she thinks she might enjoy. “I’m an exercise junky,” Grubb said. For someone who’s a self-proclaimed exercise junky, having an injury that limits her ability to do the things she loves is torture. “I don’t go up there anymore because of my injuries,” Grubb said. Grubb recently fractured her big toe in five places and may need to have surge...
Just because one completes a project one year doesn't mean it's done for good. This is something the Marsha Harris family knows all to well. For at least the past 10 years, the family has been maintaining a United States of America map they stenciled and painted at the Harrison Elementary School playground. This year, the family was back at it again. Last week, they met at the school with primary paint colors, red, blue and yellow, in hand. They were ready to repaint the map and then outline it...
Central Wyoming College recently released its 2017 President’s List. To make the list, students must be full-time students with a minimum of 12-credit hours and have earned a 4.0 GPA. Green River students named to this list are Amanda Chidester and Hattie Hix....
Jerome and Sandie Fletcher are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary June 17. They were married June 17, 1967, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in North Platte, Neb. They are the parents of two daughters, Dina Ratti and husband Chris and Kristy Foster and husband Scott, all of Green River. Their grandchildren are Garrett and Drew Wilson, Lauren and Kayde Foster and Colten Ratti. The family is welcoming friends to come celebrate at an open house Saturday, June 17, from 1-5 p.m., at 1055...
