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A Saturday outing at the Flaming Gorge turned tragic when a vehicle rolled into to the water, resulting in the death of a four-year-old girl. According to a press release from the Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office, four-year-old Natalie Gibson died in the incident. The release states emergency responders were notified of the incident at around 4 p.m. Saturday. Initial reports claimed the vehicle had gone through the ice at the gorge, but was corrected in a subsequent release. According to the sheriff’s office, the vehicle went into the wat...
Sweetwater County's tax revenue will continue to hold steady, according to the Sweetwater County Treasurer's Office. County Assessor Pat Drinkle said the county's revenues should be steady, if not a little higher, than they were last year. Natural gas is valued higher than it was last year, Drinkle said there weren't large increases in mineral valuations, with oil and trona holding steady. "(The commissioners) are going to be happy, things are holding steady," Drinkle said. Not everything held...
While election winners like Pete Rust, Allan Wilson and Randal Wendling will have to wait for the new year before assuming their elected positions, one Nov. 4 winner was appointed to his council position last night. Ted Barney, who was elected to Ward II in Green River two weeks ago, was appointed to fill the unexpired term associated with the position he was elected to. Former Councilman Adam Coppolo resigned earlier this year and the council decided to wait for the election's conclusion to...
While many residents are busy preparing for Thanksgiving, some are struggling to figure out what they are going to eat. Thanks to the Food Bank of Sweetwater County’s Green River Pantry, those who are in need will not have to worry bout going hungry this Thanksgiving. Executive Director Kathy Siler said she has ordered 200 turkeys, which will be delivered and passed out Thursday at the Green River facility. “We are still trying to raise money to pay for those,” Siler said. The food bank has to preorder the turkeys; and the number ordered is ba...
The Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office is warning county residents of a scam targeted to seniors. According to a media release from the sheriff’s office, the scam revolves around someone calling a resident and claiming they’re a grandchild who has been jailed and needs money for attorney’s fees, bail and other expenses. The caller, explaining their strange-sounding voice, says they have a cold to divert suspicion away from the caller. According to the release, the first call is often followed up with a second call from another person claimin...
While it might not be the biggest thing on our readers’ radar, they do have a stake in the intensifying discussions about net neutrality. So far, there’s a lot that has been said about net neutrality, a lot of which isn’t necessarily true. For example. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) called net neutrality “Obamacare for the Internet.” He’s completely wrong, though it’s not surpassing to see someone who gets campaign money from telecommunications companies to come out against it. What net neutrality is, is how the internet operates now. Access to web...
Dear Editor, I sit here on Veterans Day, reflecting on three friends, residents of Green River and patriots who gave their all in Vietnam back in the 60s. I’ve been looking at the nicely done Salute to the Troops section of your Nov. 5 edition. Being fairly new in ownership of our hometown newspaper, you wouldn’t be aware of these three young men, unless you were researching the old microfishe of the paper from 50 plus eras ago. My daughter tells me the entries in the above sections were solicited from relatives, so I wish to call att...
Last week on the library’s Facebook page I asked followers to share the titles of books that changed their lives. We received a lot of responses: “To Kill a Mockingbird,” by Harper Lee “Anna Karenina,” by Leo Tolstoy “The Color Purple,” by Alice Walker “Siddhartha,” by Herman Hesse “On the Road,” by Jack Kerouac “The Stand,” by Stephen King “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” by Hunter S. Thompson “Atlas Shrugged,” by Ayn Rand “Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity,” by Katherine Boo “The Solace of Open Spa...
The holiday shopping season is upon us and like every other year, people are going to be inundated with huge advertising campaigns designed to convince shoppers that it’s a good idea to go to a store on Thanksgiving night for a killer deal. I’m not the sort of person to look down on someone to going out and buying a brand new television or whatever this year’s most wanted and impossible to find toy is, but I do think the community should spend some time and money locally. Green River’s hometow...
Human beings are a tricky bunch. While there is so much good in the world, there is way to much fighting over land and religion. There is too much crime and a lot of people really don’t care much anymore about anything but themselves and their phones. Grown men are taking multiple “selfies” a day to make themselves look horribly silly and trying to find great customer service is like trying to find a Leprechaun. You can look, but chances are you most likely are often times not going to find...
By Carl V. Hallberg Wyoming State Archives The first mathematician at the University of Wyoming was Albert Monroe Sawin. Very little is known about his early life. He was born on April 3, 1858 in Union, Wis. to pioneer residents of the area. He married Josephine Alice Hull in Evansville in June 23, 1885. They had three children. One thing known for certain was that Sawin was gifted with a keen mind. He attended the University of Wisconsin and graduated with a bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Afterwards, he served as president of the Wis...
Once again, ice fishing is right around the corner, and now is the time to go through your ice fishing gear and clean off the cobwebs while there is still good weather before the first safe ice. First, set down and make a check list, this will help you get organized, and not forget such simple things like inspecting your fishing line on each fishing pole. Then take time to think back to what went right, and wrong last season with your gear. Afterwards, set out your equipment and decide what to keep, and what to sell or give to your brother in-l...
It is no surprise to employees at the Sweetwater County Child Developmental Center that children learn through play. This may be one of the reasons it has been hosting Family Fridays once a month at is facility. Last Friday, CDC students and their parents and siblings were invited to the center to participate in Sensory Day. Participants made their way from activity to activity learning how to use a different sense. The first stop on the sensory journey was painting. Students were encouraged to...
Hope Eftehea Thomas, 86, of Rock Springs passed away Nov. 11, 2014 at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County. A longtime resident of Rock Springs, Mrs. Thomas died suddenly. She was born on May 19, 1928 in Blackrock, Greece the daughter of the late Nick Glava and Elanie Haleston. Thomas attended schools in Greece. She married Harry Thomas on Oct. 16, 1949 in Corinth, Greece. Thomas was a member of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, and the Areanas Club. Her interests included her children,...
Catherine Marie Mehle Spicer, 56, of Rock Springs, passed away on Nov. 15, at the University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City, following a brief illness. She was born on March 16, 1958 the daughter of the late James and Joyce Mehle in Rock Springs, where she resided until time of her death. She attended schools in Rock Springs, graduating from the Rock Springs High School with the class of 1976 and Western Wyoming Community College in 1990. She received her bachelor of arts in...
Emma A. Magee passed away Nov. 14 in Stanwood, Wash. She was born Dec. 29, 1920 to William F. Willson and Mary Ann Crofts Willson. She was the youngest of 12 children. She grew up in Rock Springs and graduated from Rock Springs High School in 1938. She married John F. Taylor in December 1938. They later divorced. She married Walter E. Magee in August 1973. During her years in Rock Springs, she was employed in the accounting department for Union Pacific Coal Company, was a bookkeeper for Bennion...
Sharon Ann Fiscus Harsha, 73, of Green River died Nov. 15 at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County. She was born May 22, 1941 in Rock Springs, the daughter of Wayne Fiscus and Clara Tyler Fiscus of Farson. She was the second child of six. At the age of two, her father Wayne was killed in an auto accident between Farson and Rock Springs on his way to see his daughter Beth in the hospital. She spent her time growing up on the Fiscus farm in Farson and Green River. She married Ronald H. Harsha on...
The Green River Chamber of Commerce Adopt-A-Tree program is now underway and residents can adopt one of the trees along Uinta Drive. To obtain a tree visit the chamber’s office. Once a tree is selected, residents will then have to decide if they want to decorate a tree themselves or if they would like to have the Green River High School band decorate it for them. This year, the band is using the Adopt-A-Tree program as a fundraiser. For $50, the band will put up light on the adopted tree between Nov. 14 and Dec. 4., and remove them between J...
Growing up, Katie Trempe remembers her mom Roberta Metz being a very selfless person that always gave to others and helped anyone in need. She said her mom would often go without things to make she her children had whatever they needed in wanted. Earlier this year, Metz was diagnosed with triple negative stage three breast cancer and Trempe is now hoping the local community can not only help her mother out, but to also show her just how amazing the community is and how much support they have for her. A benefit dinner for Metz is scheduled to...
Work toward installing a “life size and a half” statue in the Mining Memorial Park near the Green River Visitors Center may get a $20,000 from the Green River City Council. Last night, discussion about the proposed sculpture depicting two miners coming out of a mine, titled “Shift Change,” occurred when Councilman Gary Killpack mentioned the statue, saying he was approached by members of the Green River Arts Council seeking the money to help continue work on the statue. According to Katie D...
The Green River Chamber of Commerce is looking for the next generation of leaders. The chamber is once again partnering with Western Wyoming College and the Rock Springs Chamber for the 16th annual Sweetwater County Leadership Institute. “It’s a really great class,” Green River Chamber Director Rebecca Eusek said. “We want to bring out leaders in the community.” The seven-part institute will start with a orientation Jan. 12 at Western Wyoming. Students will spend the day training, meeting and networking with classmates, and discussin...
The Green River Chamber of Commerce is looking for the next generation of leaders. The chamber is once again partnering with Western Wyoming College and the Rock Springs Chamber for the 16th annual Sweetwater County Leadership Institute. “It’s a really great class,” Green River Chamber Director Rebecca Eusek said. “We want to bring out leaders in the community.” The seven-part institute will start with a orientation Jan. 12 at Western Wyoming. Students will spend the day training, meeting and networking with classmates, and discussin...
If the crowds were any indication, then it was obvious the Golden Hour Senior Center's Christmas Craft Fair was a success. Both Friday and Saturday the center was over flowing with people trying to get a head start on Christmas shopping. The center raised $7,643.38. "It went really well," executive director Beth Whitman said. "We were really pleased." Whitman said the vendors attending the event told her this craft fair is one of their favorites. Activities director Megan Brown said the vendors...
This past weekend the Green River High School Speech and Debate novice team had a chance to show just what it could do. The team traveled to Cheyenne to compete in a novices only competition and came out on top of the other nine teams at the tournament. The novice team is comprised of 29 members, while 51 are on the varsity team. A total of 80 GRHS students are on this year’s team, 19 freshmen, 24 sophomores, 12 juniors and 22 seniors, marking them a force to be reckoned with. Coach Dan Parson said the students in the competition debated a w...
A special education teacher at Monroe Intermediate School received the prestigious Teacher of the Year award last week. The Sweetwater County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees awarded Desi Pampuch with a plaque and publicly congratulated her. Pampuch said it was an exciting moment for her because the district is filled with great teachers. Pampuch said she first found out during the teachers’ last day before the summer break. District Superintendent Donna Little-Kaumo made the announcement during a staff meeting at Monroe that final d...
