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WORLAND – Friday morning the Washakie Hospital Foundation donated a chemotherapy bell to the Worland Banner Health Washakie Medical Center chemotherapy infusion room to help patients celebrate the end of their chemotherapy treatments. When a cancer patient receives their final treatment they ring the bell to announce to the world that their treatments are finally over. Washakie Hospital Foundation member Keith Van Brunt stated that the current cord attached to the bell will be removed due to t...
WORLAND – After 27 years teaching industrial arts at the Worland Middle School, Dean Barent has decided that it is time to retire to pursue a different set of goals. "I've spent 27 years in the school district. This year they were offering an incentive program and I have a horse business called Cherry Creek Quarter Horses. So it will give me more time to pursue my goals in the horse business. I show in the reined cow horse events and rope a little bit, so it's going to give me the opportunity t...
TEN SLEEP – For many students the last day of school is a celebration of an end to a school year of hard work and the beginning of the lazy days of summer. But for Ten Sleep School students the last day of school is not only a celebration but a lesson in giving back to others by doing community service. Wednesday, after taping Ten Sleep School social studies teacher Dane Weaver to the wall, Ten Sleep School students K-6 went to the Ten Sleep cemetery to decorate the graves with flowers for M...
WORLAND – Christie St Clair, member of the Town and County Homemakers Club is the 2018 recipient of the Quealy award, an award unique to Wyoming. A Washakie County homemaker only receives the award every four years. According to the Quealy award history, the Quealy award was first given in 1946 thanks to Susan J. Quealy, who spoke in 1944 to a camp for farm women about the work women do and how little credit and recognition they receive for that work. Prompted by the speech, Verna Hitchcock, f...
WORLAND – The Ten Sleep Senior Center has been nominated for the WYTRANS [Wyoming Public Transportation Association] agency of the year for 2018. Cody Council on Aging and Star Transit in Sweetwater County have also been nominated. The winner will be announced at the WYTRANS annual conference on June 20 in Riverton. “When we first received the transit quarterly [newsletter], if I had false teeth they would have fallen out. I wasn’t aware that we were going to be nominated. We are really pleased and happy and proud of the fact that the state...
TEN SLEEP – During the May Ten Sleep School Board meeting Monday evening after an almost 2.5-hour executive (closed) session, the board accepted the resignations of several employees and approved the hiring of several more. The board approved the resignations of Ten Sleep School agriculture and business teacher Jarred Bower, Ten Sleep School fourth- and fifth-grade teacher Ross Hauptman, who also received teacher of the year, and Ten Sleep School secretary Angela Munger. The board also welcomed Levi Collins, originally from Lovell, as the n...
WORLAND – Friday afternoon the students of Worland South Side Elementary School silently walked from their school to the Worland Community Center Complex where they continued the silence as they sat on the front gymnasium floor in class groups waiting for their parents to pick them up. The reason: a reunification drill. In the case of an emergency where the students and staff are required to leave the school, the reunification process needs to be done in a way that makes sure every student is a...
THERMOPOLIS – Marcia Bean, Deputy County and Prosecuting Attorney for Hot Springs County was appointed by the Big Horn County commissioners as Special County and Prosecuting Attorney for Big Horn County April 23. Bean is replacing Kim Adams who tendered her resignation in April, effective June 1. "I am looking forward to this. I am really excited about it. There is something that feels overwhelming, just because it's a shift from what I have been doing but I am really excited about it," Bean s...
WORLAND – Six Worland High School students, Jamon Dower, Morgan Pennington, Megan White, Owen Kern, Peyton Woffinden and Tristan Lungren earned awards at the Wyoming High School Activities Association High School Art Symposium held at the Casper Events Center April 19-21. The State Art Symposium is an art competition where all the schools in the state compete against each other. Worland High School art teacher Pam Greek stated that she is very proud of her students and that despite many obstacles to deal with, her students handled everything l...
TEN SLEEP – Four Ten Sleep High School art students; Lee Whitlock, Holden Truman, Katon Fox and Lindsey Holiday shined this year at the WHSAA (Wyoming High School Activities Association) High School Art Symposium held at the Casper Events Center April 19-21. The State Art Symposium is an art competition where all the schools in the state compete against each other. Ten Sleep School art teacher Dustin Stephenson stated that 57 student art pieces were entered this year bringing home 25 blue ribbons. “I’m proud of all my students’ progres...
WORLAND – When the Worland High School AP history II class went to Washington, D.C. the last week of March, they were unable to speak with United States Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyoming), United States Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyoming) or United States Representative Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming) due to scheduling conflicts. So Barrasso decided to visit the students in their classroom Monday. "I wanted to be here so you have a chance to ask questions that didn't get answered when you were in Washington, D...
WORLAND – During the Banner Washakie Medical Center Hospital board meeting Thursday evening Lynette Swing and Sheri Decroo requested assistance in bringing back hospice and home health care to Washakie County. Currently Washakie County’s home health needs are served by Community Home Health out of Thermopolis. They do not provide Medicare supported hospice care. Community Home Health also offers services into south Big Horn County Park County’s Hands2Help out of Cody provides home health care in Park and Big Horn counties but does not offer hos...
THERMOPOLIS – During the April meeting of the Hot Springs County Historical Society in the Big Horn Federal meeting room, members discussed the importance and issues with getting the “World’s Largest Mineral Hot Springs” rock sign with two arrows on Monument Hill in Thermopolis refurbished. “Several years ago it was redone by the Historical Society. The rocks are starting to slide. They have been sliding for years, so the letters themselves are kind of getting out of whack. Every time we have a snow storm a little bit keeps sliding away,” Ho...
WORLAND – While many people are just starting to plan their gardens, the Worland farmers market committee is planning on making this year’s farmers market bigger and better than ever before. “We’ve had our first meeting and we have picked our themes for the whole summer,” Farmers Market Director Dee Murray said. She added that the prices for tables will be the same as last year and that she has heard from many people that the prices for spots are the cheapest around. “The farmers market is not here for us to make money, but for the vendors to...
WORLAND – For 42 years, the Washakie Hospital Auxiliary, founded by Marty Delaney, Dolly Maxwell and June Osborne, has made the needs of patients at the Washakie Medical Center their top priority by making sure the patients and their families are as comfortable as possible. According to the Washakie Hospital Auxiliary history written by June Osborne, "Throughout the years, the hospital auxiliary members have supported the hospital in numerous ways. We purchased the first television sets for t...
TEN SLEEP – Friday morning, Kurt and Alanna Steinke spoke to the Ten Sleep School students about summer safety and stranger danger during an all-school assembly. Kurt Steinke explained that he started doing the summer safety and stranger danger program in Missoula, Montana, in 2002 and has been working on perfecting the program ever since. He stated that he utilizes his master’s degree in homeland security, Montana law enforcement training and his 27 years of martial arts experience to teach children of all ages about being safe. He also use...
WORLAND – Nothing brings history to life more than actually having a chance to see what you are learning about with your own eyes and experiencing the depths of emotions the hands-on experience creates. That's what happened to 26 Worland High School senior AP history students when they visited Washington, D.C. from March 24 – 31 with their teacher Randy Durr. Durr has taken the trip 18 times during his career as an educator, including five times with Worland High School students. "It's alm...
WORLAND – Wednesday afternoon local law enforcement visited Worland West Side Elementary School to speak with students about SRP (Standard Response Protocols) and to familiarize the students with law enforcement. West Side Elementary School Principal Bruce Miller stated that he had law enforcement come to speak to the students because he felt that it would be good for the students to see law enforcement in a positive light and that they are there to help, what role law enforcement plays during a...
TEN SLEEP – Monday evening the Ten Sleep School Board voted to not renew Ten Sleep School music teacher Karen Loveland’s contract despite angry community member’s opposition. Ten Sleep Board members Terril Mills and Jared Lyman voted in favor of renewing Loveland’s contract with Chuck Powell, Jane Thurston and Tess Greet voting against. Before the vote was taken Loveland spoke to the board on her own behalf stating that she knows that she is not a perfect teacher that she makes mistakes but that she does the best she can. “I was told that the...
TEN SLEEP – Ten Sleep School social studies teacher Dane Weaver, who was recently hired for the 2018-2019 principal position, has decided to not accept the job due to medical issues. Weaver instead will continue to be the middle/ high school social studies teacher. “I have had some health problems come up that would impair me from taking the position especially in August. My wife and I talked about it and we felt that it would be in the best interest of the school, the community and the amazing students and faculty,” Weaver said. Weaver went...
WORLAND – Friday afternoon, Worland fifth-graders celebrated their graduation from the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program with a small celebration in the café-gym-atorium of Worland’s West Side Elementary School with guest speakers, recognition of students with winning essays and refreshments. “We did things different this year because they are all at the same school. In the past we’ve passed out the certificates and give them their shirts, this year we actually had speakers come and talk and we passed out the shirts in the c...
WORLAND – Worland High School sophomores Jonathan Anderson, Karter Dunham, Caleb Fraser and Talon Anderson have been selected to fill four of the 85 spots available for the UW (University of Wyoming) summer high school institute in Laramie this summer. The UW summer high school institute is a program, which began in 1985, designed to offer intellectually talented high school students a challenging and enriching educational experience. To be selected for the honor, the students sent an application letter, essay and two letters of r...
WORLAND – The 2018 Gift of the Waters Pageant will be held this year but its future depends on the generosity of the community, with their time and money. Gift of the Waters pageant committee treasurer Barb Vietti stated that thanks to the generous financial contributions of community members the cost of the pageant this year is covered and they will go on with the show, but without volunteers to work the many different facets required to put on the show the future of the pageant is bleak. According to Wyomingfolkfestival.com, “On April 21,...
WORLAND – Worland Middle School students participated in a SmokeScream to demonstrate the ability of healthy lungs and making healthy life decisions last Wednesday. Worland Middle School physical education and health teacher Brittany Miller stated, “There are so many things we could be teaching them that fall under health, so we’ve decided to really focus on how to make a healthy decision. So we are teaching students decision-making model to make healthy choices. We just hope before they encount...
WORLAND – Several Worland volunteer firefighters were honored for their exemplary service, going above and beyond the call of duty and selflessly working to protect the community Saturday evening, during the Worland Fire Department awards banquet held at the Elks Lodge. “The awards banquet recognizes Worland volunteer firefighters for their hard work over the past year. It gives them an opportunity to reflect over the past year, what occurred and their goals for the current year. It allows us to show our appreciation for the hours our vol...