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THERMOPOLIS – Showing a rabbit at the fair isn't as simple as bringing any old rabbit to the fair and showing it to the judge. There is a lot of preparation entailed, not only for the rabbit but for the person showing the rabbit as well. Hot Springs County 4-H member Lexi Overfield knows firsthand the preparation needed to properly show a rabbit, as Wednesday, she showed her rabbit for the fourth year at the Hot Springs County Fair, learning a little more each year. Overfield explained that t...
WORLAND – Thursday evening during the July Banner Health Washakie Medical Center Hospital Board meeting new officers were elected and the board welcomed Franco Romero as the newest hospital board member, replacing Dan Scheuerman, who retired from the board in June. Before the election, Dan Scheuerman was chair, Kip Mathison was vice chair, Connie Sweeney was treasurer and Wendy Press Sweeny was secretary. Before voting Sweeney requested to step down from being treasurer, but advised the board th...
WORLAND – The Hot Springs County Fair in Thermopolis runs from July 30 – Aug. 3, officially beginning with the dog show at 6 p.m. Monday evening. However the horse show is Saturday beginning at 8 a.m. in the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds multi-purpose building. The shooting competition is Tuesday at 1 p.m. Contestants will compete in archery, air rifle and air pistol at the multi-purpose building in the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds. “People are welcome to go and watch the kids shooting if they would like,” Hot Springs County UW Extensi...
WORLAND – The City of Worland and the Worland Kiwanis Club are working together to bring additional playground equipment to Kiwanis Park on 20th Street in Worland. The additional equipment will be for children ages birth to 5. City of Worland Superintendent of Public Works Brian Burky stated that the city has already purchased $30,000 worth of equipment for the park and that everything has been delivered; the equipment, the border and fall surface. "We got some real neat items for smaller k...
This is the second part of a two-part series on Pastor James Scott's three-week mission trip to Africa. The first part of the series ran in Friday's Northern Wyoming Daily News. WORLAND – Going on a three-week mission trip in June to Malawi, Africa, forever changed Shell Cowboy Church pastor James Scott, known as the Cowboy Preacher. But it was more than the cultural and economical differences, the African people's hunger for the Lord also played a large part in the change. "It was amazing, I ha...
WORLAND – When Shell Cowboy Church pastor James Scott, known as the Cowboy Preacher, left on June 13 to go on a three week mission trip to Malawi, Africa, he knew that he would be going to a poor country. What he didn't realize was that the people he was going to share the Gospel with were struggling to survive with next to nothing, yet were still happy. About six years ago Scott met a man named Jimmy May in Sturgis, South Dakota. "He's asked me to go to Africa for the last four years. This i...
TEN SLEEP – In the effort to keep their students as safe as possible, Ten Sleep School Superintendent Jimmy Phelps asked Kurt Steinke who has a master’s degree in criminal justice to do a security audit. Tuesday evening, the Ten Sleep School Board and Steinke went over his findings and recommendations for improvement. “Mr. Steinke has a degree in homeland security. He and his wife just recently moved here and so he agreed to do a security audit on our school and he performed that on May 24. He will be doing some training with our staff during t...
By TRACIE MITCHELL Staff Writer WORLAND – The University of Wyoming Washakie Extension Office is hosting two activities this weekend to help community members get closer to and learn about which bugs are beneficial, detrimental and pollinate their gardens and the way worms can be used to create beneficial compost for gardens. The bug program is at the community garden Friday morning at 9 a.m. and will last about an hour or so. “It’s going to be a really fun bug program for kids and our University of Wyoming entomologist will be there. They will...
UPDATE Tuesday morning: Wyoming Highway 31 between Manderson and Hyattville remains closed. Local traffic must show proof of land ownership to pass. Big Horn County Sheriff's Office reporting fire has burned up to 47,000 acres. WORLAND – Lightning struck twice, thunder boomed and the Terek Fire, located in the Bonanza Oil Field area was born around 10:30 p.m. Sunday evening keeping firefighters from Washakie and Big Horn County, BLM (Bureau of Land Management) and Forest Service hopping. According to BLM public affairs specialist Cindy Wertz, t...
WORLAND – Lightning struck twice, thunder boomed and the Terek Fire, located in the Bonanza Oil Field area was born around 10:30 p.m. Sunday evening keeping firefighters from Washakie and Big Horn County, BLM (Bureau of Land Management) and Forest Service hopping. According to BLM public affairs specialist Cindy Wertz, the fire was originally two smaller fires that burned together. The fire is located northeast of Worland, north of U.S. Highway 16 and south of Wyoming Highway 31 mostly on BLM la...
WORLAND – The Worland First Baptist Church has hired John Burns from Bakersfield, California, to be their new pastor. Burns comes to Worland with his wife Amy and their five children. "I knew God was calling me to be a preaching pastor and have a congregation of my own. So after a lot of searching and praying I was contacted by a church called First Southern Baptist Worland. We emailed a few times, had some video chats. I flew out here with my wife Amy back in March and preached for this c...
WORLAND – Nobody likes to talk about suicide, but it is a subject that needs to be addressed, as people from all walks of life take their own life or attempt to on a daily basis. Just recently, two celebrities, Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade, who nobody would have thought would ever take their own life, did, shocking millions. Cloud Peak Counseling Center Executive Director Mark Russler stated that suicide crosses all economic levels and that nobody is immune. Russler says that anyone can e...
WORLAND – On July 1, the Stand Your Ground bill became law. Following approval by the State Legislature, the bill was enacted without Governor Matt Mead’s signature. According to a Wyoming Tribune Eagle March 18 article by Katie Kull, Governor Mead, who neither signed the bill nor vetoed it, addressed the bill in an email statement saying, “I believe existing law adequately addresses the concerns raised in the Stand Your Ground Bill.” The Stand Your Ground law will work hand-in-hand with the castle doctrine passed and signed by Governo...
WORLAND – Current hospital board chairman Dan Scheuerman announced at Thursday’s meeting that it would be his last meeting as after 15 years he had decided to retire from serving on the board. Scheuerman’s five-year term ends today and Scheuerman told board members and attendees that he had decided not to sign up for another term. “I’ve been doing this for 15 years and it’s good for someone else, new blood, to come in here. Boy, it’s been an experience for me because when I came on this, I knew nothing about hospital administratio...
WORLAND – Be prepared this weekend if you are planning on doing any outdoor activities because Mother Nature has once again decided to bless the area with more showers and isolated thunderstorms. The amount of precipitation the storms could drop has caused the National Weather Service in Riverton to generate a flood watch for most of the Big Horn Basin from 6 p.m. Saturday - 6 p.m. Sunday. National Weather Service meteorologist Micah Hulme said, the Big Horn Mountains could receive up to one and a half inches of rain and the Big Horn Basin c...
WORLAND – The Thermopolis Cowboy Rendezvous Rodeo Association’s first big PRCA (Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association) of the year, the 14th annual Thermopolis Cowboy Rendezvous Rodeo is this weekend at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds. “We are going to have a really good rodeo this year. We have several NFR (National Rodeo Finals) contestants, which will be here. We have some world champions also, current and past. Sage Kimzey is a world champion bull rider who is scheduled to be there Friday night,” Cowboy Rendezvous Committee vice- p...
WORLAND – For 50 years now HASCO (H.A. Smith Company), owned by Bill and Sandy Smith, has been meeting the community needs by providing requested services for the Big Horn Basin. The H.A. Smith Company, before it became HASCO, was originally owned by Smith's father, H.A. Smith and was a salvage business. Smith's father sold the business to a large company out of Montana, which only wanted the site and the building but not the company name, Smith said. When the business out of Montana sold out, S...
WORLAND – During the 10th annual Symposium for the American Chiropractic Association’s Council on Chiropractic Pediatrics in Dallas, Texas, Worland chiropractor Dr. Sarah Radabaugh became the first recipient of the Annual Pediatric Chiropractor of the Year award. “I’m so floored, I had no idea. I was very humbled and honored. I get so many fulfillments out of treating children. It’s just a joy to see the changes in their lives and to be able to, when you are treating a child and impacting their health, you have the opportunity to change the ent...
WORLAND – King's Carpet in Worland has been announced as the June Bloomin' Business winner with their flower garden and planters filled with purple, pink and yellow flowers. Kathy Mercado and Monica Schriber of King's Carpet stated that the flower garden and planters were planted in an afternoon by a group of about five and that their vision was beautification. They added that they chose a variety flowers that would bloom all summer, fit the color pattern in their heads and would fit in the d...
WORLAND – Every year the Washakie County Homemakers select someone whom they feel is worthy of the name "Unsung Hero," someone who makes the Worland community a better place to live, a person who volunteers his or her time and talents without expecting recognition or praise in return. This year they have chosen Mike Buckman. A plaque and certificate will be presented to Buckman during the Washakie County Homemakers fall council meeting. Buckman humbly stated, "I don't do what I do for the s...
WORLAND – Worland third-grade teacher of 12 years, Alisa Martin accepted the incentive offered by Washakie County School District No. 1 for early retirement to reconnect with family. Martin explained Monday over the phone while traveling, "It had more to do with family things, than anything else. It feels like I don't get to spend enough time with my family, especially the ones in the Midwest and they are getting older and it just kind of fell into place," Martin said. "I am on my way back r...
BASIN –Despite the uncertain weather many Big Horn County residents assembled on the courthouse lawn in Basin to celebrate the 100th birthday of the courthouse Friday afternoon. Big Horn County Commissioner Felix Carrizales welcomed attendees saying, "Welcome to all of you here today, we appreciate all of you turning out and coming out to celebrate the 100 birthday of our courthouse and your home of your elected officials and also your tax dollars. We would also like to invite you all to s...
WORLAND – Shell Cowboy Church pastor James Scott, known as the Cowboy Preacher, is leaving on a three-week mission to Malawi, Africa, June 13 to share the good news of Jesus Christ. "This is just one trip. Anywhere I get the opportunity to go and share the Gospel, as long as God continues to supply those needs, I'm going to go to the ends of the earth," Scott said. About six years ago Scott met a man named Jimmy May in Sturgis, South Dakota. "He's asked me to go to Africa for the last four y...
WORLAND – After 32 years of teaching for Washakie School District No. 1, 10 years at the Worland Middle School and 22 at the Worland High School, Worland elementary swim instructor and high school physical education/ health teacher Jacque Pike is taking the retirement incentive offered by the district and handing the mantle over to someone else. "I will be 66 this summer and so it was one of those where, it was time. Being out on medical half days just kind of convinced me that it was time to l...
WORLAND – After more than 28 years teaching, Worland fifth-grade teacher Dave Hammond has decided to take advantage of the retirement incentive package offered by the Washakie County School District No. 1. "I just felt it was an opportune time and when they offered the buy-out it was something that made it a little bit easier to do," Hammond said. "My grandkids are getting older now and I want to be able to go and chase after them. They live in Buffalo now, they lived in Alaska for a long t...