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WORLAND – When Brant Knight walked into the administration office building Monday night, the furthest things from his mind was accepting an award. Knight, who was lured to the school board meeting under false pretenses, thought he was giving a presentation on the strength training program he designed and about the power lifting competition he put on with help from sponsorship form the National Guard and Powerlifting Coach Ryan Utterback. Instead, he was presented the Bell Ringer ward for l...
WORLAND – As school comes to close, parents of summer school students and children under 18 can take advantage of the Summer Food Service Program that will give out free breakfasts, lunches and snacks. The program, sponsored by the Washakie County School District No. 1, will give a free breakfast, lunch and snacks to summer school students and anyone child under 18 is willing to stop by the school Monday through Friday. There is no application or registration required, and Superintendent David Nicholas said, “The schools have been doing thi...
WORLAND – A grand total of $777,200 of capital projects district-wide was approved by the Washakie County School District No. 1 Board of Trustees on Monday night for the 2017 fiscal year. The money, provided by the general and major maintenance fund, will give Washakie County District No. 1 schools their top requested items like new whiteboards for East Side Elementary, varsity double rack lifting platform for the high school weight room, wrestling mats and a milk cooler for the middle school and replacement restroom privacy panels for the s...
WORLAND – Five new certified staffers were hired and salaries and benefits were discussed at Mondays night’s Washakie County School District No. 1 Board of Trustees meeting. Two of the five were familiar faces. Margo King, a previous middle school teacher, was hired at the West Side Elementary School Special Education teacher, contingent of a Professional Teaching Standards Board (PTSB) completion and Mark Mortimer, the 2016 Girls Basketball State Champ Basketball coach was hired as the new Washakie County Athletic Director. The other new cer...
WORLAND – Washakie County Assessor Kathy Treanor gave the commissioners an abstract report that gives a breakdown of where the valuation in the county is at as of Jan. 1, 2016 Tuesday afternoon at the Washakie County Commissioners meeting. Treanor said in the current statute the commissioners are supposed to look over the abstract before she submits it to the state board in June. The abstract is the breakdown of local valuation without state assessment from Jan. 1, 2016. “We’re down $2 million in local assessments from last year,” Treanor...
WORLAND – In the first days of filing, only one Washakie County resident has applied for a local government position. Kreg Lombard, former Worland mayor, applied for the City of Worland mayoral position on May 12, the first filing day. City Clerk Tracy Glanz said four others took out applications but she doesn’t know what for, and the applications have not been returned. Eight city council members and one county commissioner have expiring terms in December. If any interested parties would like to run for city council or county com...
WORLAND – Like many people, previous Washakie County Homeland Security Director Kimball Croft had several other jobs before finding his passion. Before finding his passion in Homeland Security and emergency management, Croft worked as a school administrator, a research analyst and in taxes. The jump from education to analyst to Homeland Security was a simple one because when it comes down to the bare bones of the job, the work isn't that different. "There wasn't much difference than being an a...
WORLAND – Community branding was the topic of discussion at the Worland Board of Adjustment and Planning Commission (BAPC) meeting at City Hall Thursday afternoon. BAPC board members discussed the best way to brand the community and what plans need to be taken to get there and invited the Worland-Ten Sleep Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Council to the meeting to share input and ideas. Worland-Ten Sleep Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jenn Rasmussen attended the BPAC meeting. While many ideas were shared the board agreed on one t...
WORLAND – Northwest College is redefining the way it delivers its high school equivalency test to Worland students. While the college will still maintain an office in the Worland Community Center Complex, the use of a computer lab will no longer be available to students trying to receive their high school equivalency test. Ronda Peer, dean of Extended Campus and Workforce, said part of the decision to no longer have a computer lab was usage. “We have found online students don’t use the labs,” Peer said. Students can check out iPads if they do...
WORLAND – There are consequences to all life's decisions, and a new pilot program for local eighth graders and freshmen introduced students to real experiences and gave students hands-on opportunity to realize where their potential life choices can take them. "Life R U Ready?" brought in eighth graders and some freshmen from Worland, Ten Sleep and Meeteetse schools to the Worland Middle School Auditorium Wednesday morning for the day-long event. The program, organized by sixth- through e...
WORLAND – A Worland man was sentenced to eight to 10 years for manslaughter and reckless endangerment in Washakie County Fifth Judicial District Court Wednesday afternoon for an April 13, 2015 shooting that left one man dead. Anthony Haire, represented by Senior Public Defender H. Richard Hopkinson, was found guilty by a jury of 12 people Dec. 10, 2015 for the death of his stepfather-in-law Jamye Don SoRelle. Haire was charged for reckless endangerment for three shots that fired over the highway. Prosecuting attorneys John P. Worrall and C...
WORLAND – Two term former governor of California and Hollywood action star Arnold Schwarzenegger flew into the Worland Municipal Airport on Wednesday. Airport Manager Lynn Murdoch said Schwarzenegger's private jet pulled into the Worland Municipal Airport at 10:32 a.m. and he boarded around 2 p.m. before leaving Worland at 2:06 p.m. The actor went shopping at Merlin's Hide Out in Thermopolis and purchased a custom-made buffalo fur coat, and in a Facebook post by Merlin's Hide Out, they said S...
WORLAND – The Washakie County commissioners discussed the pending opening for the Homeland Security director with Kimball Crofts resignation effective Friday. Croft announced his resignation at the April 19 commissioner meeting. Croft, who has worked in Washakie County for 11 years, will move on to Park County to be the public health response coordinator starting May 11. It was reported at Tuesday’s commissioners meeting that to date, six applicants have applied for the position as the Washakie County Homeland Security director. The pos...
WORLAND – The Wyoming State Board of Education, meeting in Worland on Thursday afternoon, voted to keep funding the state coordinator position. Present in the Washakie County School District No. 1 Board of Trustees room were Wyoming School Board of Education members: Vice Chair Kathy Coon, Treasurer Ken Rathbun, Scotty Ratliff, State Superintendent Jillian Balow, Sue Belish, Hugh Hageman, Kathryn Sessions, Walt Wilcox, Belenda Willson and Nate Breen. Wyoming State Board of Education Chair P...
WORLAND – Wednesday afternoon, a Worland man has put 'No Trespassing' signs and caution tape on a section at Rotary Riverside Park because he claims, with power of attorney rights, that his children own the property. John Sanchez said his children, Samantha and Dylan Sanchez, bought property at 101 Robertson Avenue and planned to "clean it up." Since then, Sanchez claims they have given him power of attorney, and provided an undated, non-notarized document signed by Dylan and Samantha to the D...
WORLAND – The Wyoming State Board of Education (SBE) is set to meet in Worland Thursday and Friday in the Washakie County School District No. 1 Board of Trustees room to discuss the implementation of Every Student Succeeds Act and other legislative tasks. Paige Fenton-Hughes, state board education coordinator, said the Wyoming State Board of Education travels to school districts on a monthly basis for their meetings. The meeting is open to the public and this month the SBE will meet on Thursday from noon to 5 p.m. and on Friday from 8 a.m. t...
WORLAND — A preliminary budget was approved at Monday night’s Washakie County School District No. 1 Board of Trustees meeting. Superintendent David Nicholas reminded the board, “You are not approving a budget. You are approving a preliminary budget.” He said there would be less revenue in model funding and they have to make that work with an always increasing budget. Nicholas added that 80 percent of the budget is staffing and salaries and that number won’t change. The final budget is set to be approved in May. Other business included...
WORLAND – Washakie Medical Center has a group of registered nurses now certified to perform sexual assault exams on victims. “The Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Team is a group of registered nurses who have received specialized training and provide compassionate care to adult, adolescent and pediatric patients impacted by sexual assault and abuse,” according to a press release from Banner Health WMC. Previously, victims had to travel over an hour for the exam to the next closest SANE location in Powell, over 85 miles away, it state...
WORLAND – The Worland City Council decides to pay for curb, gutters and sidewalks on street improvement projects in town. In opening up discussion at Tuesday night’s meeting, Mayor Dave Duffy said, “There is a need for some policy that establishes what the city will and will not do for curb, gutters and sidewalk.” He added the city has absorbed costs in the past but has also required residents to incur the costs because a policy was not established. He then opened up discussion on how to address funding street improvement. “A fourth of the mo...
WORLAND – Washakie County Homeland Security Director and Emergency Management Coordinator Kimball Croft has announced his resignation in a letter at the Washakie County Commissioner meeting Tuesday morning. His resignation will be effective May 6. In a letter addressed to the County Commissioners, Croft said, “It has been my privilege to serve you and the citizens of Washakie County for almost 11 years.” Following his departure from Washakie County as the Homeland Security Director, Croft will move onto the Park County for the Public Healt...
WORLAND – Two Worland High School classes give students hands-on opportunity to learn life skills and pursue possible career choices. Ed Wise teaches a 50-minute class called building trade. The course, funded by a federal grant, is a one-year program where students take a math and building class to learn the specifics to building. It goes beyond the initial process of building, and the students enrolled had to meet with City Building Inspector Nick Kruger to make sure all items being built a...
THERMOPOLIS – A continuance was initiated Monday afternoon in Hot Springs County District Court for the sentencing of a Thermopolis man. A new date for the sentencing of Cody Shinost has not been set. More information will be present when available. Shinost was found guilty by a jury of nine women and three men in Washakie County District Court in Worland on Feb. 4 for aggravated homicide by vehicle under intoxication of alcohol for the death of Madisen A. Price, driving a car while under the influence with serious bodily injury to Delaine Pric...
WORLAND – A quarter of a century. That's how long Larsen's Bicycles has been a part of Worland's business, and biking, community. The shop, located on Big Horn Avenue in the downtown corridor, is owned by Lisa Weamer, an experienced bike rider and Montana State graduate. Weamer, originally of Livingston, Mont., said she opened up Larsen's Bicycles 25 years ago on April 1. "We opened on the first so we could say we were just kidding if the shop failed," Weamer said. The shop thrived, and t...
WORLAND – The Worland Aquatic Center (WAC) will now be open for half days on Memorial Day and Presidents Day and a full day on graduation day after the topic was tabled at last month’s Joint Powers Board meeting. At the March 8 board meeting the topic was discussed but a decision was tabled until Tuesday. Now, the aquatic center will be open 1 to 5 p.m. on Memorial Day (May 30) and Presidents Day (in February) plus a full day for graduation (May 22), Worland Aquatic Center Manager Dave Villa said. Previously, the aquatic center was closed all...
WORLAND – Expect an enhanced version of downtown Worland in the upcoming years because the City of Worland has been dubbed the new category of “aspiring city” in the Wyoming Main Street Program. The news was announced at April 5 City council meeting by Worland Mayor Dave Duffy. “The idea behind the new aspiring category for Main Street communities is that successful programs need many things in place before they start,” Wyoming Main Street Program Manager Linda Klinck said, in a press release. As aspiring communities, Lusk and Worland a...