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WORLAND – The Worland High School will be hosting their annual ‘Worland Warriors Pageant’ at the Worland Middle School auditorium at 6:30 p.m. this Friday. The pageant was originally scheduled for Monday but there was a conflict. Student Council sponsors this fundraiser for the Wyoming Make-a-Wish foundation every year, using their funds from homecoming, according to advisor Christy Vickers. The pageant has a male and female student from each class from the high school compete for the title of Warrior and Miss Warrior. Vickers has been the a...
WORLAND – Starting February, Worland Senior Center started holding a Jam Session the second Monday of each month. The Jam Session is held at the senior center at 6:30 p.m. This Monday night, super nachos are to be served with a cost of $5. Dan Garnett is part of the group who turns it up at the jam sessions. The group plays a variety of music with their covers and renditions, including acoustic, country, gospel, rock and roll and more. “We’ve been jamming out together for about three to four years,” Garnett said. “Our venue actually started o...
WORLAND – In honor of local volunteers and what they do for us, Worland Mayor James Gill proclaimed April 3 as National Service Recognition day, encouraging residents to recognize the positive impact that the national service has in our community and to thank those who serve and to find ways to give back to the community. At a meeting Tuesday night, Gill presented a proclamation in honor of the volunteers from around the community. “The Corporation for National and Community Service shares a priority with local leaders nationwide to engage cit...
WORLAND – Countless traditions have branched out the past few centuries to celebrate Easter and its meaning. Though the most popular include church services and egg hunts, a few families have also developed their own takes on the holiday. Kathy Evans' personal childhood memories of the holiday included a few unique traditions. "My dad was a pastor, so I remember waking up bright and early and making our way up to the mountain for sunrise services. I would sit there and shiver. I remember s...
WORLAND – A tradition for most families on Easter is to partake in a local egg hunt and this year there are three local Easter egg hunts. The first one is on Saturday at the Worland Aquatic Center. The center holds the hunt at 1 p.m. for children ages 3 to 13. The event is free to the public, children and adults. According to Aquatic Center Manager David Villa, the egg hunts will run from 1-4 p.m. Weather permitting, Villa said that the youngest age group, ages 3 to 6, will be on the water playground on the east side of the building to hunt f...
WORLAND – The National Forensic League National Qualifiers took place two weeks ago in Lander with Worland High School qualifying two members for the national competition in June. Alongside the qualifiers, they also had two alternates, and one who advanced to round five in their event. Zoe Fernandez and Kimberly Sumida both qualified to compete in policy debate at nationals. Nathaniel Nelson was fourth alternate in humor and Raeth Tolman and Guendylan Byrd was second alternate in duet. Emily Brown had the pleasure of advancing to round five i...
There's something about the thrill of being on stage. The lights in your eyes, the dark figures of the audience filling your vision, the vibration of the stage when the music is being played. It gives you a sort of thrill that you might feel when playing on a field, with fans cheering. Sure, maybe you're a little less sweaty, and not wearing a jersey that smells like your brother's feet, but the experience is kind of the same. I would invite anyone to try, at least once, doing any sort of produc...
WORLAND – The Hot Springs County High School forensics team captured fifth place in the Class 3A division at the state meet in Lander last weekend. More than 500 high school students from across Wyoming competed at the state speech meet. HSCHS coach Cindy Glasson said, “We’re a young team, so being just out of the top three is an accomplishment they should be very proud of.” “We had four breaks into semifinals — Hannah Hu in oratory, Tyler Kay in humor, Lane Randall in humor, and Katie Burrows and Ashley Brawley in duet.” Reilly Russell in po...
WORLAND – With a successful regular season behind them, the Worland High School speech and debate team is now focusing on their next meet, the state meet this Thursday through Saturday in Lander. Those who will be competing are Kaitlyn Bostrom and Tatum Zimmerman in duo, Nick Bower and Kim Sumida in cross-examination debate, Emily Brown in Lincoln-Douglas debate and poetry, Cody Butterfield and Jack Vines as a duo, Vines in poetry, Guendylan Byrd and Raeth Tolman as a duo, Tolman in humor, Paris Caines and Rachael Carver in CX debate, R...
WORLAND – Last weekend, the WHS speech and debate team had a meet in Greybull where they grabbed another win. Worland placed second overall and captured first place for 3A schools. Multiple individuals and duets broke through during the meet. Sullie-Ann Keuntjes won overall in dramatic interpretation. Jack Vines and Cody Butterfield placed first in duets, Nathaniel Nelson and Clare Neylon placed second, and Guendylan Byrd and Raeth Tolman won third, according to Speech and Debate coach Rick Dorn. “Nathaniel’s and Clare’s duet wasn’t doing gre...
WORLAND – The Hot Springs County High School speech and debate team has seen a handful of wins this season. With a young team, they’ve brought home a fourth-place finish at Kelly Walsh, a third place from Jackson and a second place in 3A from Greybull last weekend, according to coach Cindy Glasson. “We have 11 students out this year, with most doing two events but one, Tyler Kay, competing in three,” Glasson said. “As far as highlights, this past weekend at the Greybull meet we had 11 slots in finals including three of the six in drama, tw...
WORLAND – The Worland Speech and Debate team went to Natrona County for their most recent tournament two weeks ago. This tournament was the second biggest tournament of the state with 30 schools competing from Wyoming and outside the state. Finishing fourth place overall, the team achieved third in Wyoming schools overall. “We had two duets go to semifinals, Guendylan Byrd with Raeth Tolman and Jack Vines with Cody Butterfield.” Rick Dorn, WHS forensics coach said. “We also had Jack Vines go to finals in poetry and Nathaniel Nelson go to fina...
WORLAND – Monday, Feb. 12, was the first day of the Worland Senior Center’s annual tax assistance. Sherry Stottler has been in charge of this event for two years. “The taxes here at the senior center have been getting done for a lot of years,” Stottler said. “I used to walk by and see it. Then, one day, someone asked if I would help. And so I did help, then, last year, a few people decided that they didn’t want to do it. And I had thought ‘we just have to have taxes done!’ We do almost 150 each year. I knew somebody has to do it, so I steppe...
WORLAND — WHS debate team witnessed another win this weekend at their tournament in Jackson Hole. “We won overall for small schools,” Rick Dorn, the debate team coach, said. “There were some kids who advanced in every area that they were entered in, including Jack Vines, Kaitlyn Bostrom, and Rachael Carver, he said. Carver was entered in cross examination debate and poetry. Bostrom took part in duet acting and impromptu speaking. Vines has gone into finals in duet acting, impromptu speaking, and poetry reading. Kailynn Deniz won overall...
WORLAND - Late Tuesday night into early Wednesday morning is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for night sky watchers. Three amazing phenomenas are set to happen - a super moon, blue moon and lunar eclipse. Though each of these things individually isn't incredibly rare, the occurrence of the three things happening at once happens once every 150 years. "A super moon is when the moon presents itself about 7 percent brighter than the average full moon," Samantha Ogden, the project coordinator at...
For many of the local businesses in downtown Worland, 2017 held an increase in sales from the previous year. Stores such as Larsen’s Bicycles and Outdoorsman have noticed this sales increase and are hoping for even bigger sales growth. Lisa Weamer with Larsen’s Bicycles said that there were ups and downs throughout 2017. Christmas had seen a larger sales number due to their new additions of cross-country ski and snowshoe rentals, and snow bikes. Though sales throughout the year stayed the same from 2016, Weamer stays positive. She said tha...
WORLAND – The 1897 Wyoming was more of a wild and lawless settlement than ever. Sweeping upon this scene came the unruly Belle Drewry, who brought her own brand of mayhem and debauchery. Worland man Clay Gibbons spins the true tale of crime, death, gun smoke, and the eternal triangle in his highly acclaimed presentation “The Woman in Blue” this Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Hot Springs County Historical Society. Gibbons has been a lover and seeker of history from a very young age. His quest to search out stories and locate exact sites has led him t...
WORLAND — The Washakie County Solid Waste Disposal District is hoping with the new year to help educate Worland area residents about ways to properly recycle cardboard and office paper. Washakie County Solid Waste Disposal District manager Mike Seigfried said, “Currently what we’re recycling is corrugated cardboard, office paper, and shredded office paper.” The landfill, northwest of Worland off of 15 Mile Road, bundles, or bales the recyclables that they receive, and ships them to either California or Washington, according to Seigfri...
WORLAND — Now that school has started up again, so has speech and debate. This year, Worland High School coach Rick Dorn has about 30 students competing. Dorn said that some of the top returners from last year include Paris Caines and Rachael Carver, who are the reigning 3A cross-examination champs in Wyoming. Also returning are Arora Chamberlain, Emily Wheeler and Emily Brown, who are all consistent point earners in their categories, he said. Clare Neylon and Nathaniel Nelson are both newer members who had outstanding seasons last year as n...
HYATTVILLE - With Mother Nature finally allowing it, on Christmas day, Medicine Lodge State Archaeological Site opened its newest addition to the park - an ice skating rink. According to Park Superintendent Brooks Jordan, the ice skating rink was installed in November, although, with Wyoming's generous supply of warm weather that lasted until mid-December, the rink wasn't ready to be used until Christmas morning. The 60-foot by 60-foot rink has been quite busy since. Between the week that it...
The iconic ball drop in Times Square turns 110 years old Sunday. According to history.org, the earliest celebrations for the New Year mark back to 1904 when New Yorkers brought in the new year with a literal bang as they allowed one fiery blast above One Time Square, newly owned by New York Times, causing falling ashes. These celebrations prompted the police department to then ban explosives. The iconic ball drop didn’t take place until 1907, when Adolph S. Ochs, owner of the Times, was on a desperate search for new entertainment for his New Y...
Worland high school students Caleb Fraser and Jaycee Page both recently had the chance of a lifetime, a chance to perform with national ensembles. The band and choir students had the opportunity to partake in the 2017 All-National Honor Ensembles in Orlando, Florida. “It was throughout the full nation,” Fraser said. “I met people from Florida, New York, just all over. I also got to make one or two new friends. I had made first chair bassoon in Wyoming All-State, and since I made first chair in Wyoming, I was able to audition for a spot in na...
WORLAND — If you’ve listened to the radio lately, you’ve probably found yourself not surprised over the holiday music that’s played through the station. Well, the same kind of jolly-filled music has been playing through the halls of schools throughout the county. December is often when many school winter concerts take place. From instrumentals to skits, here’s the list of this month’s many holly jolly concerts. On Tuesday, at 1:30 pm Dec. 5, Worland third-graders are having a dress rehearsal for its program “Christmas in America,” pro...
Museum visitors 'convict' salesman of 106-year-old double murder in Red Bank, Wyoming WORLAND -This summer the Washakie Museum and Cultural Center opened the temporary exhibit, Ghost Towns and Tales of Our Forgotten Past, to try and answer the 106-year-old question: Who killed Thomas and Edna Jenkins? The exhibit was open from early June to late October. It highlighted several of the state's ghost towns including Kirwin, Arland, Gebo, the Medicine Wheel and Lost Cabin. But the main thing to...