Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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WORLAND –The Ten Sleep School Board unanimously decided to delve deeper in to the new state law that allows possession of firearms by school district employees. During Monday’s meeting Ten Sleep School Superintendent Jimmy Phelps said, “The last legislative session the legislature passed a bill into law that allows school boards to have a policy addressing or allowing employees or certain employees to carry a concealed weapon. Tonight I ask that you let me know if you want to continue that discussion in the future or if you are just not inter...
WORLAND – The warm, OK, hot, dry weather, which the Big Horn Basin has been experiencing, will be moving out Thursday to be replaced with much cooler temperatures, rain, snow and frost. But the warmer weather will not go out without a fight as thunderstorms will precede the cold. “We are due for our first major autumn storm. Thursday after the initial round of thunderstorms ahead of the system, temperatures will continue on a downward slide along with wet conditions. Friday should be pretty wet and chilly for much of the area as well as Saturda...
WORLAND – The Wyoming Sugar Company celebrated their 100-year anniversary Saturday with a free community barbecue at the factory which was attended by about 475 people including United States Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyoming). On December 9, 1919, the Wyoming Sugar Company gave a banquet for their farmers, much like the barbecue held Saturday, with the exception that the barbecue was for the entire community, not just the farmers. During that banquet Worland Councilman [Alderman] J.A. Howell s...
WORLAND – A Worland resident, who has been active in many aspects of the community, celebrates her 100th birthday today. On September 6, 1917 Dolores Arps was born to Joseph and Magdalena Liekhus Dirkschneider in Dodge, Nebraska. She is the second oldest of nine children. "I had five sisters and three brothers and lost a little brother at 11 months old. But they are all gone except one sister. Madeline is still living," Arps said. "All my friends are gone and a lot of them that are 20 years y...
WORLAND – One hundred years is a milestone that not many businesses reach. One can only wonder if in 1916 when the Wyoming Sugar Company of Ogden, Utah, decided to build the sugar factory in Worland, if they dreamed that the factory would still be going and going strong, 100 years later. To celebrate such a rare milestone, on Saturday, the Worland community is rallying together to give Wyoming Sugar the celebration that 100 years deserves. The Washakie County Museum and Cultural Center has an exhibit opening at 9 a.m. on Saturday honoring W...
WORLAND – Sometimes, as people age, they find themselves in need of a little bit of help, help that may mean the difference between staying in their own home and being independent or having to move into a senior facility. That help may be the home-delivered meals program provided by the Worland Senior Citizens Center. The program gives that little bit of help by delivering nutritious lunches, for a voluntary contribution of $4 per meal, not only to seniors who are homebound but also to seniors w...
WORLAND – The "The Great American Total Solar Eclipse" is now a thing of the past and those who participated in the event are left with their memories and at least one pair of eclipse glasses that they will probably never have a need for again. WYDOT (Wyoming Department of Transportation) partnered with Astronomers Without Borders (AWB) to give those eclipse glasses a new lease on life instead of ending up in the landfill. AWB is a non-profit organization which collects and redistributes e...
WORLAND – During the Washakie County Hospital Board meeting Thursday evening, board members learned how the issues discovered in July’s meeting were being addressed. Brad McCaslin with Banner Health Development and Construction explained to the board how the drainage issue, mentioned by Washakie County Commissioner Aaron Anderson during the July meeting, was to be solved. In the July meeting McCaslin explained to the board and Anderson that the water storage issue was a tricky deal. He stated that, according to the soils report, there were no f...
WORLAND – The Wyoming Highway Patrol is offering a free public safety and training class at 10 a.m. this Saturday in the Wyoming Highway Patrol Division G office located at 1100 N. 10th St. to inform farmers and ranchers about new regulations. Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper Erin DeVries said that farmers and ranchers are invited to learn about a few new regulations, the purpose of size and weight enforcement and get a refresher on older farm and ranch exemptions and regulations. “For anyone who has never attended it’s good and it’s a good refre...
WORLAND - Every year the Worland Elks Lodge picks a person to receive their citizen of the year award and this year they chose Marty Hinkel for her selfless contributions to people in the community and around the world. Worland Elks Board of Trustees member Marilyn Lane stated that for a person to receive the award, they must be considered an outstanding citizen who is active in the community and helps others. “Marty is one of those people, she is a genuinely nice and caring person,” Lane said. According to a press release from the Elks, Hinkle...
THERMOPOLIS – As hundreds of people, from all over the country converged together at the Hot Springs State Park in Thermopolis, and viewed the progress of the 2017 total solar eclipse Monday morning a sense of community was felt by all attending. Strangers talked as old friends, watching the event together as family and sharing what they had with each other, be it glasses, water or a telescope. Amateur astronomer Randy Dragon from Red Lodge, Montana, brought his telescope to view the event a...
WORLAND – Jane O'Connor, Washakie County Fair flower show superintendent, has decided to retire from her position and hand the vines over to someone else. Her successor hasn't been decided yet but O'Connor will be around to help make the transition smooth. "I don't know who's going to, they [Garden Club] have to decide that, I will still help, of course, but someone else is going to take the leadership. I think it's time someone else should learn because I am in my 80s," O'Connor said. "I've e...
TEN SLEEP – During the Ten Sleep School Board meeting Monday evening the board heard the results of the 2016-2017 PAWS (Proficiency Assessments for Wyoming Students) from Ten Sleep School Principal Russell Budmayr. Budmayr reported that most of the results were positive but there were four specific areas that needed to be addressed. “When comparing our results to the other 48 school districts in Wyoming, I personally am pleased when we are in the top 10 [in terms of proficiency]. My expectation is always to be in the top 15, last spr...
TEN SLEEP – During the August Ten Sleep School Board meeting Monday evening the board heard the bids to remodel the weight room in the basement of the Masonic Lodge and the bids to demolish the two houses on the properties purchased with the intent of creating additional parking for the school. Three companies bid on the remodeling of the weight room in the basement of the Masonic Lodge. Before accepting those bids the school worked with the fire marshal to make sure that all regulations would be covered. “We have had a change in fire mar...
WORLAND - Sunday, World War II veteran and longtime Worland resident Harold Fabricius celebrated his 90th birthday feeling strong. "I feel good and get along very well," Fabricius stated. Fabricius was born in Fort Collins, Colorado, to Jacob and Christine Fabricius and joined one brother and three sisters. At the age of 17 he decided to join the military, serving from 1944 – 1947 as a Navy Seabee, based on half a dozen different islands in the South Pacific, while his brother served in the E...
WORLAND - Lenora Walker was born Aug. 15, 1927, in Maysville, Oklahoma, to Leroy and Johnny-Belle Smith. She is one of eight children and had three sisters and four brothers, with two of her siblings still alive. "There are three of us left," Lenora Walker said. She added that she attributes her longevity to good clean living. "I never smoked and I never drank. My mom lived to be 108 and she never smoked or drank either," she said. Walker met her husband Perry, who was originally from Arkansas,...
WORLAND – As the solar eclipse gets closer and closer and the numbers of people visiting the area gets larger and larger, people need to be prepared for multiple things. One of those things is to protect you family, friends and visitors from getting snake bit. Thermopolis Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Meri Ann Rush stated at the Thermopolis eclipse meeting July 24, that community members need to notify or educate visitors about rattlesnakes. The rattlesnakes will be out a...
WORLAND – During the Washakie County Fair goat show Wednesday morning 10-year-old Victoria Shaffer showed her LaMancha dairy goat, Big Mamma, winning grand champion in the junior dairy goat showmanship class and for the LaMancha breed with Big Mamma. What is unusual about Big Mamma is that she appears to have no ears. Victoria and her mother Beth explained that the origin of the earless goat is unknown, but that the LaMancha was first bred in Oregon. Big Mamma is a cross between an Alpine and N...
THERMOPOLIS – For a lot of people the word 4-H brings to mind working with animals and learning the proper way to care for and show those animals. Along with the responsibility that goes with having something that depends on you for its survival. But there is more to 4-H than that, 4-H helps strengthen family relationships. With Washakie, Big Horn and Hot Springs County fairs all in full swing the closeness of the families as they work together on the last minute preparations for showing is e...
BASIN – The Big Horn County Fair started off with barks, tail wagging, smiling faces and pointers from the judges during the 4-H dog show Friday morning in Basin. During the showmanship portion of the dog show, judge Michelle Newberry took the time to address concerns and give pointers to the participating 4-H members on the proper way to show their dogs, to the point of borrowing junior competitor, Lilly Madder's dog Paco, to demonstrate the proper way to gait a dog around the ring. She e...
WORLAND – Worland resident and owner/ driver of the pulling tractor "Black Bart," Jack Miller has been pulling tractors for almost 50 years, attending pulls in Canada and California and the first tractor pull in Worland around 1970. Miller stated the first tractor pull that he went to was in Torrington, years before the first tractor pull in Worland. There he saw his first modified tractor and was hooked. He returned home and built his first single motor pulling tractor, Black Bart. "He built i...
THERMOPOLIS – At a meeting Monday night, Thermopolis officials discussed the increase in visitors and recommendations for residents in preparation of the solar eclipse Aug. 21. “I will just share with you one thing I read that was news to me. When this thing really gets rolling, when it really begins to happen the first thing that crosses the normal human being’s mind is: ‘I’m going to have to find out where and when the next one of these is because I want to be there.’ That’s why we have so many people coming here because there are a whole l...
THERMOPOLIS – During the third eclipse meeting Monday evening in Thermopolis, local officials stressed to residents who have decided to rent out their property for the solar eclipse Aug. 21, the responsibilities and possible liabilities of such a venture. “I just hope it becomes really clear that people who decide to do this are going to be responsible for perhaps a lot of things they haven’t thought of,” Hot Springs County Emergency Management Coordinator Bill Gordon said. “Those people, who may have decided that they would like to rent thei...
WORLAND – When Firenze Italian Steakhouse owner Todd Scheuerman decided to shut the restaurant down not too long ago the community mourned the passing of yet another business. Little did the community know that the establishment would undergo a transformation and reopen as Firenze Bar and Grill run by former Firenze Italian Steakhouse Executive Chef Charlene Sherman. The opportunity to lease the building and reopen the restaurant using her own vision was offered to her the day that Scheuerman d...
WORLAND – Two local school districts are looking differently on new legislation regarding school personnel’s ability to carry firearms. A law passed during the 2017 Wyoming State Legislature session that allows possession of firearms by school district employees went into effect July 1. The law co-sponsored by Rep. Nathan Winters (R- Thermopolis) and Rep. Mike Greear (R – Worland) was brought to the table to help schools in areas where law enforcement is too far away to reply in a timely manner. Winters explained that a couple of superintendent...