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I, like millions of other people, have a Facebook account. I don’t use it all the time; and when I am on vacation I don’t even bother looking at it. I am not one of those people who are constantly updating my Facebook status on what I am eating, where I am eating it at, what I am watching, what I am reading and just about anything else one can think of posting. A lot of my posts are about my kids, but in that area too, I don’t go overboard. On Thursday, I was trying to find story ideas. Every...
Recently I attended a meeting with the Bureau of Land Management on a proposed drill site in Fremont County. The proposed unit and resulting test well have been in the planning stage for many years and hundreds of thousands of dollars have been spent to date with the preliminary work, scientific interpretation, leasing federal minerals, state minerals, and private minerals. Now they need a drill permit. It was clear the BLM was never going to issue the permit. At the end of the meeting I did ask the BLM officials if they could simply, at the...
Is the message that the nation is getting too fat beginning to sink in? The answer is “yes but,” says the Trust for America’s Health, a nonprofit, non-partisan group that aims to protect the health of communities and make disease prevention a national priority. And a study of healthcare quality and quantity across the nation suggests some reasons why things are not improving uniformly. Obesity is a disease, and for the last 13 years the Trust and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation have monitored obesity rates in the country, focusing on the p...
Without a doubt, the events of Sept. 11, 2001, will forever live with the people who experienced them or watched the tragedy unfold live on TV. Some may have been students walking into class when the events took place while others may have been sitting to breakfast or starting their workday. Like when John F. Kennedy was assassinated, the Challenger space shuttle exploded or, going further back, when Pearl Harbor was attacked, there is a generation of people who have where they were and what they were doing that day permanently etched into...
And so it begins. Another school year, another year of sick kids. This was the thought I had the minute my youngest son, John, 4, said he wasn’t feeling well. I had just returned home; and he was hiding underneath a blanket with his favorite monkey, while my oldest son Matthew, 6, was running around the room playing with toys. I didn’t even have to ask. I just knew something wasn’t right. For any of you who have met my John, you can vouch for me when I say that boy is always running, jumpi...
We’ve got a new business downtown. Pyper Jeans Hair and Nail Salon is a cozy little shop that joined us in June at 551 E. Flaming Gorge Way. Yvette Portillo, shop owner, was raised in Green River and says it is definitely home to her. She feels safe and secure here and thinks it’s a great place to raise a family. Portillo has six children, ranging in age from seven to 33, and they were all brought up here. She said that some of her favorite things about Green River are the wildlife in her backyard, and all the recreational activities that are...
Usually, when Stephanie Thompson or I sit down to write a food column, the idea is to share a recipe we enjoy, or in the case of my switchel column, the result of a sleepless night spent on Youtube. This time, I want to share a few observations I made during a recent trip to Canada. Food is one of the easiest ways to experience culture and while traveling to the Western portion of Canada is more like going to another state as opposed to another country, there are still some interesting things...
I sometimes camp under rock overhangs of about 5-50 feet deep, and a few to several feet high and wide. Here I’ll just call them caves. In the summertime I don’t generally camp in them, because there are too many critters like snakes and scorpions, various bugs and rodents. This is especially true in ones that have a lot of loose and broken-up rock, cracks in the walls, odd combustible items, and sometimes moss or dripping. The time to camp in a cave, to be a caveman, is in the winter. I have half a dozen such places scattered around Wyo...
By John Barrasso, M.D. U.S. Senator With Congress out of session in August, I traveled around the state extensively and visited with folks in communities across Wyoming. I also fought harmful new Obama administration executive actions on carbon-based energy and on our Second Amendment rights. Both of the president’s proposals hurt small businesses and law-abiding individuals around our state. White House Finalizes Climate Change Directive On Aug. 2, the White House Council on Environmental Quality released its final direction to federal agencie...
We don’t think camping should be allowed in FMC Park. While camping would show off the area’s natural beauty and give great access to bicycling and hiking trails, we don’t think camping spots would benefit the city and would ultimately be wasted resources for a city already struggling in the face of continually reduced revenues. One exception we would like to make involves the city’s Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts and other youth-oriented groups. Those groups should be allowed to use the park in a educational manner and camping, permitt...
I have extremely fond memories of coloring as a child. Whether it was within the pages of a Mickey Mouse coloring book, on a piece of construction paper, or scribbled upon a scrap of lined notebook paper, I was a child that could be counted upon to be found sprawled out on the floor with my box of 64 Crayola coloring crayons composing a work of art. When I think about coloring books and crayons, I’m overcome with a heartwarming sense of nostalgia. Coloring books have a long history. The Little Folks’ Painting Book is credited as the first col...
This year, there were no tears from anyone in the family. I guess you could say I was more prepared or maybe it came so fast I didn’t have time to react. Yes. My son Matthew is now as we like to call him a “hot-shot first-grader;” and John started his second year of preschool. While other parents were once again encased in death grips from their children, who were crying uncontrollably as they attempted to drop them off for that first day of preschool, my John just ran off. Once again, witho...
We all know that the older we become the need to stay active and healthy is an absolute priority in our lives (or, it should be). Our muscles and joints are pretty much a “use them or lose them” deal with our human bodies, which can decline in efficiency as we age, become injured, and sedate. Staying active can be difficult for these afflicted with injuries, dealing with arthritis, head trauma, and other physical challenges. I learned how staying active after an injury was difficult, but soon learned of a solution! When I suffered a back inj...
What to do with the local deer population has been a contentious subject in Green River for the past few years, but while they can be pesky, at this point, they’re probably better left alone. One caveat we would like to make involves deer proven to be aggressive against city residents and other animals. We think they should be killed as they present a tangible threat to others. The deer living in the city are here to stay, with the only thing changing that is a mass culling designed to devastate the population. While some may see that as an a...
Dear Editor, Mr. Ryan Greene, Wyoming congressional candidate, informed me Aug. 25, he is pro-choice (pro-abortion) and opposed to capital punishment (excusing a convicted killer from the death penalty). As a conservative baptist preacher (independent, fundamentalist, King James Bible-only-believing, Christian), I find Greene’s position to be reprehensible. Every citizen-voter of moral conscience in this state must recognize that abortion is murder under any circumstance, and that the Authorized Word of God requires execution of every c...
Dear Editor, Nomis is not qualified to be Fire chief, just because he is a Nomis. He didn’t take college classes or serve as interim fire chief and then get the shaft. We need new blood and the city needs to get into a new era. Mike Liberty worked for the job and then he was only good enough to be the interim fire chief. Green River, shame on your politicians. Christine Pope Bountiful, Utah...
From the City of Green River Recognition, the expressed appreciation by one person to another for that person’s behaviors, activities or impact that may or may not be accompanied by a physical or financial reward. We received a call today from a local resident that just wanted to say thanks to all the city employees and give recognition for the job they do. That person, a long time resident, understands the budget pressure the city and the state are under and they know we have been expected to do more or maintain with less resources. Yes, t...
With the conclusion of last weekend’s River Festival, summer events in Green River have ended for the year. While fall brings its own excitement to the city’s residents, we can’t help but feel that Green River should have more going on during the summer months. The city hosts three major events during the three months, two of which occur in June. While we understand the tremendous number of volunteer hours needed to pull off The Overland Stage Stampede Rodeo, Flaming Gorge Days and the River Festival, we think Green River would benefit from...
Going into my senior year of college is exciting, but it’s also quite scary. I look forward to another year of college, but I can’t help but stress about what happens when I graduate. I know I am not the first person to go through this stage in life, and I know I will get the hang of adulthood eventually just as everyone does, but I just don’t feel totally ready for the real adult experience yet. “What are you going to do after you graduate?” That is the question I am so often asked these days, to which I always answer with some variation...
Ugh. Whenever I see some spray-painted images imitating real art, I can’t help but silently rage at the fact that someone doesn’t take pride in their community. Some images spray painted onto a wall might seem like a small issue, but what it communicates to the outside world is something anyone who cares about Green River should worry about. I’ve written about graffiti before. Driving down Flaming Gorge Way and seeing something like the pistol and heart-shaped shot group painted beneath the b...
Among the collection of artifacts housed at the Sweetwater County Historical Museum is a large shell horn. With a red and black wooden mouthpiece installed on one side and tied with a dark red cord, the shell's inclusion in a small Wyoming museum's collection may seem odd to some. The shell horn is known as a horagai and it originates from Japan. The horn is constructed from a triton shell and red cord wrapped around from the mouthpiece and shell is known as the kainō. Tassels at each end of the...
It’s an attractive thought, that’s for sure. The idea that someone like the Green Party’s Dr. Jill Stein or Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson could become the next president of the United States is something that gives a lot of people hope, especially if their political philosophies don’t align with either the Democrats or Republicans. Yet, while it’s theoretically possible a candidate from an alternative party could get voted into the White House, those parties should spend more time working to influence state governments. The most obvious pr...
There is still time to enjoy some great summer events. One of those is the 15th annual River Festival. This event, complemented with the Art on the Green, brings in people from all over the country. Some of the weekend highlights are the 13th annual “Run with the Horses Marathon,” with multiple races including a full marathon, half marathon and a 10k. Other events are the now-famous Cajun Shrimp Boil Friday night and the Rubber Duck Race that ends in a photo finish under the island bridge. There will be a multitude of craft vendors on site so e...
As a Green River native, I was surprised and disappointed to read a recent editorial decrying the possibility of hosting a nuclear waste storage facility in Wyoming. I believe in the importance of basing scientific policy on hard data, and it seems to me that the opinion expressed in the editorial is informed more by fear than fact. I urge the Star to reconsider its position. I hope to take this opportunity to address the concerns raised in the editorial to the best of my limited ability. Although I would like to change their opinion, I would...
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...
