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A police officer slain during a 2014 attack in Las Vegas will be inducted into the Green River High School Hall of Fame. Alyn Beck, a 1991 graduate of Green River High School, was posthumously included as part of the high school’s 2017 hall of fame class. Beck worked as a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officer and was LVMPD academy instructor, joining the Las Vegas police force in 2001. Beck, with fellow officer Igor Soldo, were killed June 8, 2014, while at a pizza restaurant in L...
Castle Rock Ambulance Service will recognize the contributions of a longtime EMT by naming its ambulance station. During a ceremony Tuesday evening, Ambulance Director John Taylor said the station will be named after Joyce Patterson, a woman who served with the ambulance service for nearly 40 yours. Patterson died in Green River, Sept. 16, 2016. “What do you say? Joyce was a fabulous person,” Tasha Urbatsch, who worked with Joyce on the ambulance service, said. Urbatsch said Joyce took her und...
Green River High School art teacher Shane Steiss told graduates Monday night about one of the key principles for self improvement he uses in both his personal and professional lives. Chosen to address the GRHS graduating class, Steiss, the 2017 Distinguished Teacher said as an artist, he's trained to judge his work and find the imperfections that can be improved. Through each successive painting and pot he makes, he attempts to make each work stronger than the last. As a teacher, a father and hu...
A Green River man who admitted to shooting another man will serve at least three years in prison. Ted G. Kalivas, 59, appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery at an sentencing hearing to aggravated assault (threatens with deadly weapon.) In exchange for Kalivas’ guilty plea, he was given a three-to-five-year prison sentence and was transported to the Wyoming Department of Corrections. According to court documents, in May of 2016, Green River Police officers responded to W...
Ten Green River residents were arrested as part of an methamphetamine ring investigation throughout Southwest Wyoming and Utah. According to a release from the Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office, the investigation focused on a Green River-based drug trafficking group the sheriff’s office claims was loosely organized and involved the transportation, distribution and use of methamphetamine. Detectives with the office’s Sheriff’s Narcotics and Arrest Group, along with agents from the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation’s Southwest...
Fred Radosevich, 83, of Rock Springs, died May 16, 2017, at the Sublette Center in Pinedale of a sudden illness. He was a lifelong resident of Rock Springs. Radosevich was born in Rock Springs June 6, 1933, the son of John T. Radosevich and Mary Bernard Radosevich. He attended schools in Rock Springs and was a graduate with the class of 1951. Radosevich married Shirley Memovich Sept. 10, 1961, in Rock Springs and she later preceded him in death May 11, 2001. He was a United States Army veteran....
Wanda Marilyn Morris Ragan, 78, of Green River, passed away Jan. 18, 2017, at the University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City surrounded by family after a hard fought battle with pulmonary hypertension. She was born March 10, 1938, in Harlem, Mont., the fifth child and only daughter of Gail and Fay (Statelen) Morris. She married the love of her life, James H. Ragan, in Big Sandy, Mont., Sept. 11, 1955. To this union, four children were born. She always said her greatest accomplishment...
Darrell Powell Staley, 89 years, passed away peacefully on May 21, 2017, in Evanston. He was born April 16, 1928, in Coalville, Utah, to Claude Soloman Staley and Sybil Mellissa Powell Staley. His younger years were spent on the family ranch in Upton, Utah. He worked for Dessert Land and Livestock. Darrell retired from a long career as a supervisor with the Union Pacific Railroad. He enjoyed hunting, boating, snowmobiling, traveling and being with his family On April 25, 1949, he married Lola Ma...
Audrey J. Goings, 92, of Rupert, Idaho passed away May 16, 2017, at her home. She was born in Hudson on Sept. 25, 1924, the daughter of George K. Henry and Marsha Josephine Killkenny Henry. Goings attended schools in Lander, Wyoming. She married Jesse D. Goings in Shoshone Sept. 15, 1940, and he preceded her in death on April 21, 1995, in Rupert, Idaho. Goings was employed by Mountain Bell and was chief operator for 40 years and retired in 1981. She was a member of the Roman Catholic Church....
Graduation week is in full swing in Sweetwater County. Ceremonies at Western Wyoming Community College, Green River High School and Expedition Academy have already concluded while students at Rock Springs High School will receive their diplomas Saturday. For all graduates, not just those receiving their high school diplomas, we have a word of advice: Don’t be afraid. It’s easy to fear the unknown. After all, ambiguous nature of the future is a major reason why people get nervous about what lies ahead during the course of several months or sever...
With great fishing, hunting and recreation opportunities, Sweetwater County in southwestern Wyoming is a paradise for Americans seeking to enjoy the outdoors and the wide open spaces of our federal public lands. The Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area and Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge contain world class fishing opportunities and our federal lands provide outstanding hunting opportunities - especially within the vicinity of the Pine and Little Mountain areas south of Rock Springs. Additionally, these open spaces provide unlimited...
The Rock Springs Rocket-Miner May 18 story, “Budget reductions could end juvenile detention program,” while factual, does not tell the whole story. The story reports that I told the Sweetwater County Commissioners May 16 that “steep budget cuts could mean the end of the juvenile detention program.” And while that is true, the real story - the whole story - is why the proposed cuts could eliminate the program and the sheer scale of what the Sheriff’s Office is, and will be, responsible for. The new Sweetwater County Justice Complex, under con...
When people talk about the price of progress, they are often referring to replacement of older buildings with “modern” buildings or public amenities. In the case of Green River’s Centennial Park, some century-old houses as well as an old church were razed to make way for green space in downtown Green River. Carl Morck remembers the houses in that neighborhood as mostly being small buildings with deep lots, probably originally Union Pacific Railroad housing. The lots were handy for storing non-running cars, or for growing tumbleweeds, or as repo...
As I watched my five-year-old son John walk down the isle with a smirk on his face, my heart fluttered. Yes. There he was in his red graduation cap and gown enjoying all the attention he was receiving from the audience. I quickly learned my son, likes and knows how to captivate and audience, yet I couldn’t help but wonder how did we get to this point in our lives so quickly. What happened to time? How can this be happening already? Is he really my youngest? I haven’t even gotten rid of the baby...
While neither the Wolves nor the Rock Springs Tigers were able to crown any state champions this State meet, there were some good performances from the locals. Leading the way for the Lady Wolves, as she has done all season, was junior Andri Dewey, who took second place in both the 100 and 200-meter dashes. Dewey ran the 100 in 12.63 and the 200 in 25.84, both times close to her season bests. Also taking second place was sophomore Erika Wilson in the high jump, who jumped 5'2." The only other...
State may not have went the way the Green River High School Lady Wolves soccer team wanted it to go, but they did gain experience. Head coach Tracy Wyant said she was confident and excited when the team found out they were going to play Cheyenne Central first because she knew her team could beat them. However, much like the rest of the Lady Wolves’ season, things don’t always work out the way they plan or go their way. “It was like a giant roller coaster ride for sure this year,” Wyant said. The...
A very competitive Green River High School Boys Soccer team ended state with a heartbreaking shootout loss to Kelly Walsh at the state soccer tournament in Sheridan, taking fourth. Going into the tournament, Green River, ranked third in 4A West, was pitted against Laramie, ranked second in the 4A East. Initially ranked first during the season and having two leading scorers on the team, Laramie appeared to be a tough challenge for the Wolves, who lost their last two conference games and placed...
A state championship golf team, a physical education teacher and man who helped create the modern contact lens are amongst the inductees to the 2017 Green River High School Hall of Fame. Selections for the 2017 hall of fame class were announced through a media release from Tony Beardsley, Sweetwater County School District No. 2’s athletics director. Amongst those inducted include the 1971 state champion golf team. The team was led by All-State golfers Bruce Valencia and John Carey and coached b...
The 63rd Annual Wyoming High School Finals Rodeo will feature approximately 200 competitors from high schools across the state on June 5-10 run at the Sweetwater Events Complex. The top four competitors in each event will move on to the 2017 National High School Finals Rodeo at the Cam-Plex in Gillette during July 16-22. “Wyoming is one of the few states in the country where every high school rodeo participant can compete in the state finals if they want,” Dixie Huxtable, Wyoming High School Rodeo Association National Director, said. “Co...
Green River’s Zac Taylor recorded his first 2017 win in Colorado May 13. Racing at the El Paso County Raceway in his family-owned 305ci winged sprint car, he ended the night on top in that division. He also competed in the midget car division to a third-place finish that night. “Usually when I drive the sprint and then the next week get in the midget it takes me awhile to adjust,” Taylor said. “It’s a big learning curve. But Saturday when I got out of the midget after hot laps I knew it was going to be a good night.” Taylor won his heat before...
Everyone can fish without a license for statewide Free Fishing Day June 3. Many Game and Fish Regional Offices are partnering with community organizations to hold events to help get people out fishing. Events currently scheduled on Free Fishing Day and throughout the month include: *June 3, 10 a.m.- Kids Fishing Day at the CCC Ponds in Pinedale. *June 10, 8 a.m.-noon- Kids Fishing Derby at the Kemmerer Community Pond by the overpass in Kemmerer. *June 10, 8 a.m.-1 p.m.- Kids Fishing Day at the UP Ice Ponds in Evanston. *June 17, 9 a.m.-3 p.m...
A trio of Cowboy graduates walked across the stage last week to receive their degrees from the University of Wyoming. Seniors Jason McManamen, Morris Marshall along with junior Alan Herndon will now take the next step in their careers. All three will continue to pursue their passion of the game of basketball. The trio helped guide the Cowboys to 23 wins on the season and UW’s first postseason championship since the 1943 National Championship. “It was a great feeling for myself and the staff to see these young men graduate,” UW head coach Allen...
Making sure the pancakes are fresh for those coming in the door is a priority for volunteer Ray Curtis. For the past 25 years, Curtis has been volunteering for the Golden Hour Senior Center's Breakfast Club. Although the club was officially done for the summer, a few of its members were still helping out the kitchen staff with the public pancake breakfast. Curtis was one of those and said he'd been volunteering forever. Curtis' job is making sure the pancakes hot and ready before putting them...
A woman who was told she may have as little as three days to three years to live has decided to enjoy every minute of what time she has left. Carol Patterson Kelsey of Green River has been busy putting numerous decorations in her yard. From several bird feeders hanging on a tree to stakes with butterflies, birds and globes on them spread throughout the garden, Kelsey has been sure to put everything out she wants. Along the driveway are fairy and gnome gardens, bikes with the baskets full of...
Eleven members of the Sweetwater Board of Cooperative Educational Services County Children’s Honor Choir, and the Stagecoach Elementary Choir have been selected by their conductor to perform in the 2017 Wyoming American Choral Directors Association) All State Children’s Honor Choir June 3 in Casper. The singers include: Maggie Smith, Victoria Wahl, Breanna Quickenden, Helena McManus, Kenidee Fullmer, Tori Hester, Michaela Doyle, Asa Harmon, Savannah Cheney, Abby Smith and Makayla Johnson. The 135-voice choir will be under the direction of Fre...
