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A Green River Boy Scout recently obtained the highest Boy Scout honor after carrying out his bat house project. For Boy Scout Troop 78 member Nathan Nelson, trying to help the community while completing a project for his Eagle Scout honor was something he just had to do. Nelson joined the Cub Scouts when he was 8. He then continued to advance in the program and moved onto the Boy Scouts and obtaining 22 merits badges. Not only did Nelson obtain badges, but he advanced his skills by attending...
Our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend Zoy passed away Nov. 6, 2018, at age 100 just shy of her 101st birthday. She was born in Fairview, Utah Nov. 14, 1917, to Bernard Englebert Christensen and Lydia Margaret Pritchett. Zoy married Raymond Cook in 1938, they had two sons, Raymond Gene and Gary Leon. They later divorced. Zoy married Andrew Jackson Moffitt Sept. 10, 1945, and was later sealed in the Ogden, Utah Temple July 11, 1981. They had two daughters, Marie and...
The Lady Wolves Swimming Team showed they had what it took to swim with the big schools and came home with a second-place finish. During the meet, the several Lady Wolves broke school records. Swimmers Lauren Jensen, Hailey Uhrig, Lauren Lee and Ashley Jensen broke the school record in the 200-yard medley relay, while L. Jensen, L. Lee, Alexa Lauze and Sydni Sanders broke the school record by 6 seconds in the 400-yard freestyle relay. Hailey Uhrig once again broke the school record in the...
If you ask Randy Walker, he'd say swimming is sport in its purest form. He advises his middle-school swimmers that other swimmers aren't the people they're competing against. They should focus on competing against themselves. According to Walker, swimmers have to compete against procrastination, ego, unhealthy eating and other negative behaviors. "You must compete against these things," a whiteboard reads at the Green River High School Aquatics Center. Walker, along with assistant coach Owen...
In July 2017, Interior Secretary Zinke signed Order 3354, directing the BLM to streamline their oil and gas leasing process. Five months later, the BLM Washington Office issued Instruction Memo 2018-34 in partial fulfillment of that order. The BLM memo, among other things, instructs that “the BLM will not routinely defer leasing when waiting for an RMP amendment or revision to be signed.” That phrase of the Instruction Memo opened the floodgates which had been holding back numerous parcels in the BLM Rock Springs Field Office (who is sup...
Four percent - the unemployment rate in Sweetwater County. Ninety-six percent of us are working. Four percent - the percentage of public land in Sweetwater County being considered for wilderness. Ninety-six percent of our public lands are working and available for development. But ninety-six percent is not enough. Rep. Liz Cheney’s bill wants it all for development. With the stroke of a federal pen, Cheney’s bill, HR 6939, would release Wilderness Study Areas (WSAs) in Sweetwater, Lincoln, and Bighorn Counties. The bill opens them up to min...
The Green River City Council needs to focus more on funding streets. Anyone driving down Flaming Gorge Way, especially near the Green River Police Department, can talk about how uneven the street has become. Other streets are in dire need of resurfacing too, some much more than Flaming Gorge Way. We hope newly-elected members of the council will remember what they’ve said about streets during their candidate forum last month. Many of the candidates agreed that streets need funding and said they support another sixth-penny improvements tax to h...
With the General Election officially over, Sweetwater County will have two new commissioners starting next year. A lot can be learned in the defeat suffered by John Kolb and Reid West. Before I explain further, it should be pointed out that both are good county commissioners. Neither man was lax in their duties and the commissioners as a group have done a lot to make Sweetwater County a better place. They saved Castle Rock Hospital District from failing, secured funding for the construction of...
Each year, I have the honor of putting together, designing and laying out our Salute to the troops Veterans Day special section. It’s a time-consuming and meticulous task because I don’t want to make any mistakes, which since I am human leaves me a little bit stressed out. I triple check that the names and photos are in the correct order and that everything looks good. I build other tabs throughout the year, but this one is different -- it’s for veterans -- for those who served or are conti...
Don’t look now, but Wyoming just dodged a fiscal bullet. The smart thing to do would be to count ourselves lucky, then get out of the line of fire before the next round comes flying down range. But if history is any guide, I expect our Legislature will keep the state right where it is. Wyoming state government has once again been delivered from a huge budget deficit, this time by a combination of unexpectedly higher oil prices and investment returns. That’s obviously good news, but in the long-term it will likely postpone (again) a serious rev...
More and more each day people fall victim to scammers, with new scams being thrown at us daily and each one seemingly more legitimate than the last. What are we to do? Never answer our phones? Be leary of every letter we receive in the mail? In a way yes, but being informed is the best way to defend against these scammers. With National Fraud Awareness week approaching us we should all take a moment to learn a few things about current scams and learn what to do about them. Three ways to protect yourself are; *Recognize *React *Report Recognize...
Green River residents might see a garbage bill in 2019 if the city council approves a request from Wyoming Waste Systems. A vote on the increase was listed on the Council’s agenda Monday night, but it was removed at the start of the meeting in favor of being added to a workshop discussion next week. According Council documents, Wyoming Waste Systems makes the request through an escalation clause in their contract with the city, allowing Wyoming Waste Systems to adjust its pricing in a...
Republicans made huge gains in Sweetwater County Tuesday night. All three Republicans vying for seats on the Sweetwater County Board of County Commissioners won their electoral bids, while the Republican challengers for county sheriff and county clerk also made successful election bids. Incumbent Randy Wendling received the most votes of the three Republicans, earning 7,987 according to unofficial results from the Sweetwater County Clerk's Office. Jeffery Smith and Roy Lloyd were only separated...
Both the Green River City Council and the Sweetwater County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees will have some new blood coming in. While Mayor Pete Rust and Councilman Gary Killpack will receive another term in office, Jim Zimmerman and Michael Shutran will join the Council in January. For the school board, Ashley Castillon will join Rachelle Morris and incumbent Robin Steiss in December. Rust defeated challenger Mark Peterson by 1,700 votes, receiving 2,771 votes to Peterson’s 1,077. In W...
The Sweetwater County Commission will not support funding the Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport commercial terminal without a guarantee that it will receive federal grant funding. During the Commission meeting Tuesday morning, the Commissioners were split on the issue. A motion was made by Randy Wendling to approve a budget resolution request for $133,333 to pay for the schematics of the project, but it almost died for a lack of a second. Chairman Reid West asked if he could second it, but...
Elena Agnes Faccini, 97, Rock Springs, passed away in Casper at the Poplar Living Center Nov. 6, 2018. She was a resident of Wyoming for 60 years and is a former resident of Italy. She was born July 16, 1921, in Livo Trento, Italy, the daughter of Ernesto and Maria Bertagnolli Pancheri. Faccini attended schools in Italy. She married Carlo Faccini in Trento, Italy at the Cathedral of Trent. He preceded her in death in 1955 in New York City. Faccini worked as a seamstress for Tip Top Cleaners and...
Randy Gunderson of Rock Springs passed away Nov. 1, 2018, at the Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County. He was a longtime resident of Rock Springs and former resident of Arizona and South Dakota. He was born Feb. 23, 1958, in Deadwood, S.D., the son of Vernon Gunderson and Lola Siberling. Gunderson attended schools in Arizona and South Dakota. He married Nadine McGuire in Grand Junction, Colo., on June 6, 2009. Gunderson was a United States Navy veteran. He loved riding his Harley-Davidson...
Brett Alan Pickerel, 55, passed away Nov. 4, 2018, at his home in Rock Springs. He was a lifelong resident of Rock Springs. Brett was born Jan. 22, 1963, in Rock Springs the son of Donald Pickerel and Earlene Dodrill. He attended schools in Rock Springs and obtained an automotive technician degree. Brett worked for the Wyoming Highway Department for 20 years and as a mechanic for No-Bull Construction for the six years. He enjoyed spending time with family, and junk hunting in the hills. Brett vo...
Kaylie Marie Wilson, 26, of Rock Springs passed away on Oct. 27, 2018, at her home. She was a resident of Rock Springs and former resident of Orange, Calif. and St. George, Utah. Kaylie was born on February 6, 1992,in Ukiah, Calif., the daughter of John Thomas Wilson and Beverly Kay Schwenn. She attended schools in California and Rock Springs and was a 2010 graduate of the Rock Springs Independence High School. Kaylie was employed at Old Chicago as a bartender. Kaylie was a creator of her own...
