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BASIN – South Big Horn County Hospital Board Chair Jeff Grant addressed a petition that requests the immediate resignation of board members Grant, Sue Antley and Mitch Shelhamer. Grant addressed the pitition at the board’s regular meeting Wednesday. Board member Margie Triplett and two community members also issued their own statements. The petition circulating online and in paper form states: “We, the undersigned, being electors of the board of Directors of the South Big Horn County Hospital District Board hereby petition that the follo...
TEN SLEEP – Friday morning excited athletes from Northern Wyoming met at Meadowlark Ski Lodge to compete in the area games which consist of alpine skiing, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing in order to qualify for the state games in Jackson Feb. 6-8. Bighorn National Forest Service employees assisted the games by keeping time, presenting awards and skiing with athletes competing in alpine skiing. The Special Olympics athletes were enthusiastic about the competition even though the t...
THERMOPOLIS – It took four long years in the making plus a lot of hard work to open the Raptors Grill and Pub, a family restaurant, located in the old A&W building in Thermopolis. Raptors Grill and Pub officially opened Dec. 26, 2017, and is owned and operated by Tony Nettles and Julie Lehman. "We bought this building four years ago and we've gutted it from the floor to the roof. We jack hammered out all the concrete. We built all the floors. We had to build a fire wall across the approaches o...
WORLAND – The sixth annual men’s CatchAFire event is Friday from 5:30 – 9:15 p.m. at the Worland Middle School Auditorium and Saturday, for those desiring a deeper walk with the Lord, from 8 – 10:30 a.m. at the First Baptist Church located at 1101 Big Horn Ave., in Worland. The event is open to all men age 16 and above. The CatchAFire event is a men’s only evangelical event to help men with their relationship with Christ and their families. “CatchAFire is an event that was started by some men wanting to see the men of the Big Horn Basin come to...
WORLAND – Many federal employees and employees of agencies which reside in federally owned buildings came to work Monday morning to commence shutdown activities and receive their furlough papers. Federal agencies across the Big Horn Basin were not answering their phones stating in the outgoing message that because of the lapse in federal appropriations, there was no one to take calls and that no calls would be returned until the shutdown ended. Thankfully for all those affected, the shutdown m...
WORLAND – Worland teachers and staff members will compete in the first Battle of the Buildings this evening from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. in the Worland High School Gym. Community members are invited to cheer on their favorite teacher or school building. Worland West Side and South Side physical education teacher Brianna Scholl stated that the competition will plot school building against school building. In other words each school building in the district will have a team with the addition of the central office and ERC (Educational Resource Cen...
THERMOPOLIS – When Thermopolis Middle School seventh- and eighth-grade health and physical education teacher Shannon Hill learned during a surprise assembly that she had earned the prestigious Milken Educator award on Jan. 5, she was not only surprised but stunned and a little bit overwhelmed. Now, close to two weeks later, she is still reeling from receiving the award and the implications to her future. "I'm still feeling pretty awesome; I mean I think more than anything it makes me feel r...
WORLAND – Coming home and noticing smoke coming out of your house is a terrifying experience, an experience that Charlene Sherman and her children experienced Friday evening around 5:21 p.m., upon returning to their home located at 1004 Culbertson Ave., in Worland. After Worland Volunteer Fire Department put the fire out Sherman stated that since her children were OK, the material things lost, were just that and that they can be replaced, no matter how important they may have seemed. Worland Volunteer Fire Department Chief Chris Kocher s...
TEN SLEEP – For 10 years now the Ten Sleep School has been pairing elementary students with middle school and high school students in a mentoring program called the Big Little program. The program, much like the Big Brothers Big Sisters program, makes sure that every younger student has a positive role model to look up to and creates lasting relationships. "When you see those special little relationships, to see those relationships grow is a really cool thing; to watch them get to know each othe...
TEN SLEEP – During the Ten Sleep School Board meeting Monday evening, board members learned from Ten Sleep School Superintendent Jimmy Phelps that the committee was almost finished creating the policy and that the policy would be brought to the board for review during the February school board meeting. “I plan to have it on the February agenda for public input,” Phelps said. He added that he will also be inviting Washakie County Sheriff Steve Rakness to attend as well. Phelps explained to the board that Rakness went over the draft policy that...
=WORLAND – During the 2017 fire season there were 211,840 acres or 331 square miles burned. Washakie County’s share in that was around 7,143 acres or 11.16 square miles. Worland Volunteer Fire Department Fire Chief Chris Kocher stated that the fire department responded to about 50 fires each burning anywhere from .10 acres to over 3,000 acres. The Banjo Fire was the largest in the area burning 3,367 acres. According to the Worland Fire Department Facebook page the Banjo Fire was a very fast moving fire, rapidly moving in three different dir...
THERMOPOLIS – It was a surprise of a lifetime. When Thermopolis Middle School seventh- and eighth-grade health and physical education teacher Shannon Hill arrived Friday morning to an all-school assembly she had no idea she had earned the coveted Milken Educator Award. Hill is the only teacher in Wyoming to receive this award this year and is one of 44 teachers honored across the country. Hill stated after learning that she had earned the Milken Educator Award, "I am completely humbled and overw...
WORLAND – Every year the Pinnacle Bank's Festival of Trees raises money for local community charities and non-profit organizations. Organizations and charities who wish to be considered submit their request to the bank in writing before a specific deadline each year. The bank also offers the Pinnacle Star Award, which is considered the "grand prize." To receive the grand prize, organizations must also include extra information about why the money is needed, who would benefit and how the o...
WORLAND – During the December Washakie Medical Center Hospital Board meeting Thursday evening board members learned that two new doctors will be joining the hospital staff. Dr. Sameh Abuerreish, triple certified in oncology, hematology and internal medicine is joining the Banner Health team around April and after a two-week orientation, will start seeing patients. Banner Health Medical Practice Manager Anna Venable stated that many community members will recognize Abuerreish as he has worked for the Billings outreach clinic. Dr. Geoff Kraemer,...
And the survey says … United Health Foundation ranks Wyoming as the 26th least healthy state By TRACIE MITCHELL Staff Writer WORLAND – In the United Health Foundation’s 2017 annual report Wyoming was found to be the 26th least healthy state in the nation, down from 25 in the 2016 annual report. Massachusetts was ranked first as the healthiest state and Mississippi was ranked 50 as the least healthiest state. Banner Health Washakie Medical Center CEO Jay Stallings feels that the report is a good tool to use to evaluate what needs to be worke...
TEN SLEEP – During the Ten Sleep School Board meeting Monday evening board members learned that a motivational speaker would be coming to Ten Sleep School in February thanks to Ten Sleep School Administrative Assistant Neysha Lyman. Lyman wrote a grant for rural and low-income schools which provided the school with $1,737. The school chose to use that money with a contribution by the Ten Sleep School student council to bring motivational speaker Brian Pruitt to the school to speak with students during two different assemblies; one for middle a...
TEN SLEEP – The annual Ten Sleep Parade of Lights, hosted by the Ten Sleep – Hyattville Lions Club with the theme of “snowpokes,” starts Saturday evening at 6:30 p.m. Event organizer Becky Cooper stated that there should be at least a dozen floats adorned with lights and music. Santa will also be taking the time to visit Ten Sleep, ride on a float or fire truck in the parade and visit with children after the parade at Dirty Sally’s. Cooper stated that she would like to have all the floats lined up on Cottonwood Street (next to the rodeo gro...
TEN SLEEP – During the December school board meeting Monday evening the Ten Sleep School Board approved on first reading a sexual harassment policy for students and another one for employees. Until this time no sexual harassment policy had been in place. During the November meeting Ten Sleep Superintendent Jimmy Phelps informed the board that he was looking into creating a sexual harassment policy using a copy of Washakie County School District No. 1’s policy as a reference. He went on to explain that a concerned parent, Mandy Lowry, had bro...
WORLAND – Margie Fisher of Worland, who turned 90 Saturday took a moment to discuss social, economic and the cooking changes she has seen. Fisher was born on Dec. 9, 1927 in Baird, Texas to Preston and Baulah Moore. She is the second eldest of three brothers and one sister. Saturday marked her 90 birthday which was celebrated with family even though she didn't want any fuss for her birthday. Fisher moved to Wyoming in 1952. Her husband Lewis, who passed away in 1989, was an observer for Stanlin...
WORLAND – The 101st Wyoming Sugar campaign is going strong and should continue until the middle of January 2018 with Madden Farms LLC generating sugar beets which produced 14,417 pounds of sugar per acre and Sage Creek Land and Cattle’s beets producing 13,402,109 pounds of sugar on their 1,072 acres. According to Wyoming Sugar President and CEO Mike Greear the top 10 growers for this year are: — Madden Farms LLC with 14,417 pounds of sugar per acre. — Weilever Farms LLC , Midvale, with 13,677 pounds of sugar per acre. — Russell Land and Lives...
WORLAND – During the holiday season the desire to give to others burns deeply in many people’s hearts so several organizations in the area are giving people a variety of ways to quench the fire and make someone’s life just a little easier, at least for a short while. WORLAND’S LARGEST BABY SHOWER The Grace Chapel Community Church in Worland is hosting Worland’s Largest Baby Shower to help moms-to-be and moms with infants, in need, have the essentials. Each mom or mom-to-be will receive a diaper bag purchased by the church and filled with the...
WORLAND – Worland High School drama club students left the Wyoming State Drama Competition in Casper Saturday evening thinking that they had finished in second place, just one-half a point behind Torrington, who finished in first. Monday morning the drama club students were surprised to learn from their coach Rick Dorn that there was a miscalculation when the scores were being tabulated and in fact they had won first place and are the 2017 state drama champions. Dorn stated that the president of the Wyoming High School Activities Association h...
WORLAND – During the holiday season generosity is abundant, but during the rest of the year the generosity isn’t always as abundant yet the needs are still there. The Washakie County Ministerial Association, funded by the local churches, attempts to fill in the gaps year round with many different programs to help those in need, community member and traveler alike. Washakie County Ministerial Association president Mike Martinson stated that while the food bank is their largest program, the association has other areas that offer assistance as...
WORLAND – Many people enjoy driving around the streets of town in the evening looking at all the houses decorated with Christmas lights. Saturday evening instead of driving around people are encouraged to view the annual Parade of Lights, a Worland tradition, which begins at 6 p.m. and runs from 20th street to Railway Avenue with floats decorated by businesses, organizations, individuals, clubs and churches. Traditionally the Parade of Lights was on Black Friday every year, but the number of floats in 2015, 10, caused the Worland-Ten Sleep C...
WORLAND – The Christmas season is upon us and to kick start the holiday season the 32nd annual Festival of Trees hosted by the Pinnacle Bank in Worland at the Worland Community Center Complex is Friday evening. Local organizations, businesses and individuals decorate trees, wreaths and create miscellaneous items to be auctioned off, with the money going to several local charities. In 2016 the Festival of Trees raised $19,150 for 30-40 organizations. “By purchasing one of the items you will be helping one of the many worthwhile charities or non...