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Dan and Nancy Frederick of Worland have been named Washakie County Homemakers 2024 Unsung Heroes. The nod was a result of the couple's involvement with Sleep in Heavenly Peace. "It was six years ago when I was watching a video on Facebook," said Dan. "Mike Rowe, host of the TV show 'Returning the Favor' talked about a gentleman in Idaho building beds for kids and giving them away. The man's name was Luke Nicholson. As I was watching it I told my wife Nancy 'Come look at this. This is something...
Linda Abell was pleasantly surprised to be named the Washakie County Homemakers 2023 Unsung Hero. "There are so many more deserving than me," said Abell. It's that humbleness that has won award after award for her. "I have a wall where I put my awards," she said. "I learned early on what volunteering meant when I watched my own parents win volunteering awards for the organizations they belonged to.' The mother of three boys, Abell was first a room mother and a volunteer 4-H leader and volunteer...
WORLAND - Washakie County Homemakers are observing Homemakers Week this week, May 5-11. As part of that observation the group nominates a community member, or one of their own members, as an "unsung hero." This year the organization has named Fran Scranton as the 2019 Unsung Hero. For 30 years Scranton has been a volunteer for the Worland community through several different projects. "When we moved to Worland in 1983, my wife Diana and I became involved in Oktoberfest." Many folk remember this...
Blowing out 80 birthday candles today is Worland resident Alice Lass. "I was born in a little A-frame house on the west side of the river on the county line," reflects Alice. "You should see the house now, it looks as bad as I do." Born on June 20, 1932, to Ralph and Sylvia Reed, Alice was one of five children. Her dad was a farmer; and with her mother working outside of the home, Alice had to bare the task of cooking for her family. "I was a self-taught cook," she said. "Standing on a wooden...
By Christine Weber Guest Writer The Washakie County Homemakers has nominated Bonnie Hefenieder as the group’s 2017 Unsung Hero. Bonnie has been a member of the Homemakers since the early 1970s; and currently as a member-at-large, serves as the Washakie County Homemaker’s Council’s secretary. Bonnie was born in Hamilton, Montana, and at the age of 5 moved to Worland with her parents and siblings. She received her education through the Worland school system. It was during her senior year in high school she would meet her future husband. “We d...
The Washakie Homemakers of Worland has named Norma Worley as the group's 2016 Unsung Hero. Norma is certainly a hero to her family and those fortunate enough to call her "friend." Norma was born in Greybull, but at the age of 5 she and her family moved to Worland, where she resides to this day. She knew even at a young age that what she wanted most out of life was to be a wife and mother and that wish would come true in 1962. "My husband Loyd and I went to school together, but it wasn't until my...
The Worland Garden Club will again host the Arbor Day ceremony 12:15 p.m. on Monday in the big gym at the Worland Community Center Complex. The public is invited. Hosting Arbor Day is one of the garden club’s biggest community involvements and enlists the help of local third- and fourth-grade students as well as the city’s Tree Board and the Washakie County Conservation District. During the program Worland Mayor Dave Duffy will read a proclamation declaring Monday as Arbor Day. In addition he will be presented the “Tree City USA” flag by regi...