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Sweetwater County School District No. 2 revealed its 2016 PAWS scores last night and while there were many improvements, district officials admit more work is needed in areas. The district’s third graders continue to chase the state testing average in reading, but have improved over the 2015 numbers. Meanwhile, fourth graders excelled past the state average and have shown drastic improvements over the 2015 averages. Students in fifth, sixth and seventh grades also made improvements, but c...
A woman accused of abusing a child, who was her ward, was placed on one year of probation. Malonie L. O’Toole, 47, of Green River appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery at a sentencing hearing to three counts of child abuse. In exchange for O’Toole’s guilty plea to a reduced misdemeanor charge of reckless endangering, all of the other charges were dismissed. O’Toole was given a one-year suspended jail sentence and placed on one year of unsupervised probation. Accordi...
Candidates for the two Sweetwater County Commissioner seats available for election discussed what they thought were important issues impacting the county Monday night. Democrats speaking were Mark Peterson, Gary Bailiff, Holly Dabb and Bodan Janota while the Republicans speaking to residents were Raymond Avery and incumbents Wally Johnson and Don Van Matre. When asked what the most imporatant role a county commissioner has, many Democrats focused on the commissioners’ budgetary r...
Richard "Dick" Wilson, 84, of Green River, passed away Aug. 7, 2016 at his home surrounded by his family. A longtime resident of Green River and former resident of Casper, Wilson died following a lengthy illness. He was born on Feb. 3, 1932 in Lewiston, Idaho, the son of Van Richard Wilson and Gean Cerino. Wilson attended Sheridan High School and was a 1951 graduate. He married Carline Fern Wolf in Sheridan July 20, 1953. Wilson was a United States Army Veteran of the Korean War and served from...
Gwendolyn Dorothy "Lynn" Ernst, 77, of Rock Springs, passed away Aug. 4, 2016 at her home, following a lengthy illness of COPD. Lynn was born Aug. 3, 1939 in Rock Springs, the daughter of Joseph and Eileen Martin. She attended schools in Reliance as well as in Rock Springs and was a 1957 graduate of Rock Springs High School. She also attended the University of Wyoming. Lynn married Edward Ernst, Sept. 6, 1959 and had three children, Trudy, Blake and Kathy. While living in Laramie, she was...
Mark L. Fewkes, 65, passed away Aug. 5, 2016. He passed peacefully surrounded by his wife, daughters, son and two granddaughters. Mark was born to Lyle and Sadie Fewkes in Salt Lake City. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He graduated from Granite High School in Salt Lake City and moved to Green River in 1974. Mark retired from Tata Chemicals as a mechanic after 33 years of employment. Mark married Stephanie Fewkes June 13, 1970, in Midvale, Utah. They shared...
Kari-Lyn Koritnik, 37, of Rock Springs, passed away Aug. 4, 2016. She had been a lifelong resident of Rock Springs. She was born on Oct. 25, 1978 in Laramie, the daughter of Michael Valentine Koritnik and Tara Allen Koritnik. Koritnik attended schools in Rock Springs and was a graduate of Rock Springs Alternative High School and later attended Western Wyoming Community College and studied graphic design. Her interests were her children and she loved attending their sports activities. She also...
Terrence Olson, 68, of Charlotte, N.C., passed away July 21, 2016, from complications of Parkinson's disease. Terry was born in Aberdeen, S.D. Jan. 10, 1948, to Raymond and Dorothy Olson, and raised in Valley City, N.D. His life was marked foremost by his love for God, and he was a devoted and loving father and husband. He made his choice to serve God at a young age and remained faithful to the end of his life. He was a capable and active man his entire life, enjoyed nothing more than working...
The thought of nuclear waste being stored in Wyoming makes us sick. While we’re certain a large number of residents feel the same as we do, there are some who believe it is an opportunity for Wyoming to make some money during this economic downturn. According to Wyofile.com, the Joint Minerals, Business and Economic Development Committee plans to discuss what is described as a “consent-based effort” to determine areas to store nuclear waste. The idea of a site being based on consent comes from the federal government’s decision to store nuclear...
A while back, Cindy Hafner, the wonderful Aquatic Director here at Western Wyoming Community College shared an article she had read with all of us via email. It was called “Five Manageable New Year’s Resolutions for Swimmers” by Mike Gustafson and it was published in Splash Magazine. The article listed five New Year’s Resolutions swimmers could make and do to become better at their sport. They were: 1. Get to practice five minutes early – Get to your lane. 2. Say nice things about teammates. 3. Stop complaining. Complaints are the farts of...
What is art? Who defines art? What makes something a work of art? These are questions that people have been asking for centuries. The more important question is, “what does art mean to you?” If you study art from the beginning of time until now you will not see two artists recognized for doing the same thing. The intriguing part is, art is what you make of it! We all have something in us that makes us an artist; it is our own minds and ideas. Whether you work with your hands building, decorate your home, think of creative ways to reach peo...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently signaled to the nation’s hospitals that it was getting serious-and tough-about patient safety and the quality of care hospitals provide. The government’s rating system-five stars for the best hospitals and one star for the worst-sends a message that patients have a right to know what’s going on inside the hospitals they entrust with their lives or those of their family members. The overall star ratings, the first for CMS, are a composite of 64 measures the government has used the p...
Making sure every hair is in place and shining for the judges is just one of the things Kamilyn Lloyd does. Well, for her goat anyway. Kamilyn, a 13-year-old Green River resident, was getting excited to show her 8-month-old boer cross goat Katlyn at Wyoming’s Big Show last week. For Kamilyn, this was her second year showing a goat at the fair. One of the most stressful parts of the entire fair week was making sure her goat was prefect for showmanship and market 4-H competition. Kamilyn, who i...
Deciding what to take and enter at the fair is a difficult decision, but what can make it ever harder is deciding what to bring for the first fair competition. For Green River resident Mariska Smith this was what she had to decide in the spring. Mariska, who is a member of the 4-H club Project Hope, said she picked pigs, drawing, vegetables, herbs and a quilt to take to Wyoming’s Big Show. For her first time, Smith didn’t know what to expect. Her step mother Camie Paumer said she thought her...
Funnels cakes, corn on the cob, deep-fried curly fries, navajo tacos, corn dogs and lemonades were spread out on the checkered table-cloth covered tables. While some of the residents at the Mission at Castle Rock Rehabilitation Center were eating, others were still waiting for their food or drinks. “I have the most awesome place to work because we get to do this kind of stuff with the residents,” CRRC social services director Marilyn Dockter said. On Thursday, a group of 17 CRRC residents and al...
Last week, was a flurry of activity for Sweetwater County children who attended Wyoming's Big Show. Children had so many things to choose from, most were pretty tired by the end of the day. They could walk through the 4-H barns, looks at exhibits and booths, have their face painted or get a temporary tattoo, plays game or watch various performers. They could also ride a variety of rides or play games at the carnival. A popular informational booth at the fair was by the Wyoming Department of...
