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Green River City Councilman Adam Coppolo submitted a letter of resignation to the Council according to Jeff Nieters, director of finance for the city. The letter was not released to the newspaper. Nieters said the Council would formally have to accept the letter before it would be released. That won't occur until the Council's meeting Sept. 2. Nieters said the Council has discussed how to address Coppolo's departure, as his term expires in December. Typically, when a vacancy is announced, the Council requests letters from residents interested...
One lawsuit in a negligence claim that apparently led to the permanent injuries and pain for a woman was dismissed. Helen Clary Michie filed two suits in the Third District Court Sept. 3, 2013. The first was against the Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County Board of Trustees, Terry Donaldson M.D., and Sweetwater Medical Group, a Wyoming nonprofit corporation. That case was recently dismissed with prejudice. The second suit was against Kindred Nursing Centers West, LLC, Kindred Healthcare, doing business as Sage View Care Center. This case has...
An audit of zoning ordinances may result easier to comprehend regulations in Green River. Earlier this year, the city’s community development department received a grant to host the Smart Growth Zoning Codes for Small Cities workshop. The city was one of 18 communities selected to have the workshop and regulation audit. Laura Leigh, director of the community development department, said what initially interested her in applying for the Smart Growth grant is how the program’s principles were aligned with the city’s comprehensive plan and data...
Unfortunately, scams are nothing new to Green River’s residents and its police department. Last week, a couple of scams have resurfaced within Sweetwater County, with one claiming a Green River resident won $2.64 million and a 2014 Mercedes-Benz car. The scam involving the luxury vehicle and money is actually a new spin on a familiar scam according to Det. Luke Benson at the Green River Police Department. According to information from the department, police took a report at the police department last Wednesday from an resident claiming to h...
Jack Edward Mullens, 57, of Rock Springs passed away Aug. 23 at his home. A lifelong resident of Rock Springs, Mullens passed away suddenly. He was born in Rock Springs on Nov. 19, 1956, the son of Jack Mullens and Sylvia M. Bergant Mullens. Survivors include his mother Sylvia M. Mullens of Rock Springs; two sisters Mary Ann Layos and husband Bob of Rock Springs; Becky Costantino and husband John of Rock Springs; two nieces, Tiffany Layos of Jackson Hole and Natalie Layos Force of Denver; one nephew, Jack Costantino of Rock Springs and one...
Grace V. Shell, 93, of Rock Springs passed away on Aug. 23 at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County. A longtime resident of Rock Springs and Reliance, Shell passed away following a lengthy illness. She was born on Aug. 1, 1921 in Alabama, the daughter of the late George Bailey Elliott and Patience Smith. She married Jack Alan Shell, Sr. in Georgia on July 22, 1949 and he preceded her in death in Salt Lake City on May 16, 1971. Shell was a member of the Emmanuel Baptist Church. Her interests...
Olive Belle Lowell, 69, died on Thursday August 21, 2014 at the Banner Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix, Ariz. after a sudden illness. She was a long time resident of Green River. She was born July 19, 1945 in Lovell, the daughter of Elwood M. Porter and Jean E. Porter Wheeler. She attended schools in Otto and graduated from Basin High School with the class of 1963. She married Ralph E. Lowell on July 4, 1968 in Salt Lake LDS Temple in Salt Lake City. She had been a teacher with Sweetwater...
The Rev. Robert Charles Ingle, 86, of Perryton, Texas, formally of Green River, died Aug. 14. Ingle was born Jan. 25, 1928, in Winton to Charles James and Isabelle Beverage Ingle. In 1964, he was licensed as a minister in the Assemblies of God Fellowship, and in 1966 he received ordination. Ingle pastored the Assemblies of God church in Green River from 1964-1969, the Lighthouse in Rock Springs from 1979-1981 and the Operation Blessing Food Bank and Thrift Store for 10 years. Ingle worked as a c...
Robert Lee Puckett, 62, of Green River passed away on Aug. 15, in Salt Lake City. He was born on July 21, 1952 in Norwood, Colo., the son of Gerald Dale and Emagene Marion Puckett. Puckett graduated from Hanna-Elk Mountain High School in 1970. He married Gloria Jean Bustos in Hanna on Oct. 26, 1972 and she preceded him in death on Oct. 20, 2006. Puckett was a United States Army veteran having served from 1972 until 1975. He was employed at Black Butte Coal Company for 23 years and retired on...
Dorothy Louise Widic, 92, returned to her Heavenly Father on Aug. 3. She was born Sept. 21, 1921 in Ogden, Utah to Ruth May Robison and Ivan R. Perkins. Shortly after her birth she and the family moved to Green River, where Widic attended and graduated from high school. While in Green River, she met and married her sweetheart, Elmer J. Widic, in June of 1939. During her lifetime Dorothy worked for many businesses. She and her husband had many business ventures. They were employed by Mountain...
Fred Zupence, 73, of Green River, passed away at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2014. A lifelong resident of Green River and Rock Springs, Zupence passed away following a brief illness. He was born on Nov. 19, 1940 in Rock Springs, the son of the late Frank Zupence and Mary Bozner. Zupence attended schools in Rock Springs and graduated from Rock Springs High School. He served in the United States Navy from 1960 until 1966 Zupence married Mary Shaw in Rock Springs and...
Raymond Keith Ferris, 58, of Rock Springs, passed away on Aug. 19, 2014 at his home. A longtime resident of Rock Springs, Ferris passed away following a brief illness. He was born in Elk County, Penn. on March 26, 1956, the son of the late Robert Earl Ferris and Anna Marie Illeferun. Ferris attended schools in St. Marys, Penn. and graduated from St. Marys High School. He worked as a field supervisor for R & M Welding until his retirement in June 2012. Interests include fishing, hunting, playing...
Norman Loyd Clouse, 82, of Rock Springs passed away on Aug. 24 at his home. A longtime resident of Rock Springs and former resident of Arkansas and Oklahoma, Clouse passed away following a brief illness. He was born in Midland, Ark. on July 25, 1932, the son of Roy C. and Gladys F. Bailey Clouse Clouse attended schools in Midland, Ark.; Spiro, Okla. and Superior. He married Dolores McGee in Rock Springs on Sept. 22, 1951. Clouse worked for FMC Corporation for 24 years until his retirement in...
Alcohol is a fine thing. Really, we don’t mind it. In fact, we’re pretty sure enjoying cool margarita on a warm night is a great summertime experience. However, a problem exists when someone has too much to drink. It’s a problem we all have responsibility in curtailing. According to statistics from the Governor’s Council on Impaired Driving, the number of alcohol-related crashes taking place in Wyoming was 978 in 2012 and 876 in 2013. Of those crashes, 393 involved injuries in 2012 while 353 involved injuries in 2013. Of course, alcohol...
In just a matter of hours, I will be heading to Salt Lake City and then on to northern California. I'm pretty excited about the journey. I've spent a lot of time in southern California, but have never seen the upper part of the state so it should be pretty darn glorious. It has been somewhere I've always wanted to go, I just have never gotten around to it. I look forward to walking across the Golden Gate Bridge, going to Alcatraz and driving down Lombard Street, hopefully not throwing up during...
Over the years, I have noticed that is seems the world, especially this country, seem fixated on what is on the outside. Apparently, I am not the only one who is noticing this because singer and songwriter Colbie Caillat felt it an important enough of an issue to write an entire song about it. In her song “Try” Caillat describes how women in particular do just about anything such as excessive exercising, spending and makeup use to make others accept them. Not only is the wording strong, but the...
Hello readers. I hope everyone is warm and dry after the unusually wet, cold week we just had. I feel the chill in the air that signifies the onset of autumn and although it is my favorite season, it is sad to see our brief summer season draw to a close. There are many traditional reasons a person my enjoy fall: sweaters, the changing colors of the leaves, football, the approach of the holiday season, and, of course, pumpkin-flavored everything. I, however, have another reason to greet autumn with excitement. Milling through a huge crowd, I not...
Readers have probably noticed we have a very long list of birth announcements this week in the Green River Star. The list, which comes in at more than 1,800 words, are the names of births taking place at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County for the past several months. While it would be easy to shrug one’s shoulders and blame the late publication of the announcements as an email issue, the fact of the matter is that I’m the one to blame. The issue is resolved and should have been done muc...
Dear Editor, Green River City Councilman Mark Peterson, who is currently running for mayor of the city, is showing a great amount of disrespect to his hometown, as well as to the United States by improperly displaying the American Flag in front of his home. Peterson is in violation of three parts of the American Flag Code and has been asked to relocate his flag and illuminate his flag at night. Peterson’s flag was first seen touching the ground in June and has not been illuminated between the hours of sunset and sunrise. While it is not k...
Dear Editor, I must admit to a mistake in my letter where I compared the developed airport with the horse corrals. I mentioned that I had learned of the details of the leasing of each corral from my sitting in council meetings when the city council voted on leases to horse owners. I made the assumption that the very low rent of $159 was a monthly rent. I’ve since been made aware by people who lease one or more horse corrals, that no it is not a monthly rent, it is a yearly rent. The City of Green River rents its 144 horse corrals for $159.00 p...
Western Wyoming Community College is leading colleges throughout the nation through the implementation of its new 3+1 MSHA training option. WWCC is the only college offering training under the new format, which cuts the number of days new miners are required to attend training classes. The classes are provided at WWCC’s Green River Center. According to Carole Shafer, director of workforce development at WWCC, the idea came about after the college received notification earlier this year that its MSHA training grant would end. For a number of y...
Labor day won’t be a day to only observe the achievements workers have contributed to the county, the Southwestern Wyoming Central Labor Council encourages residents to help those facing hunger as well. As part of its annual Labor Day Picnic and horseshoe tournament, the Council is sponsoring a food drive, with donations going to Food Bank of Sweetwater County. According to a media release about the drive, the food bank needs packaged side dishes, canned meat, egg noodles, sugar, flower, breakfast cereal and other non-perishable items. The p...
Despite the colder temperatures and rain, the Immaculate Conception Summer Festival was well attended. Saturday the church's parking lot was transformed into a festival scene with more than 16 game and food booths for children and adults to enjoy. The inside of the church was changed to accommodate a craft fair and bingo. Louise Laughlin, summer festival committee chairman, said about 500 people attended the event where $9,215.45 was raised. "Even though it rained we had a great turnout," she...
Adalynn Crystal Marie Warner Christal Dunn and Eric Warner of Green River recently announced the birth of their daughter Adalynn Crystal Marie Warner. She was born July 31, 2014, at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County. Amara Nevaeh-May Lewis Kolton Dee Lewis and Taylor May Skinner of Rock Springs recently announced the birth of their daughter Amara Nevaeh-May Lewis. She was born Aug. 3, 2014, at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County. Denali Kay Padesky Christopher and Lauren Padesky of Green River recently announced the birth of their...
After-School Strings, sponsored by Sweetwater Board of Cooperative Educational Services, a weekly group string program for Sweetwater County children third grade and up, interested in playing the violin, viola, or cello, will begin again this fall. Weekly group lessons may be scheduled by contacting Sarah Wessel at 389-8815, Marcia Petersen of Green River, or Sweetwater BOCES at 382-1607. There is a $20 per semester registration fee as well as the purchase of a practice book, made available locally. Registration scholarships through SBOCES are...
