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WORLAND – The Washakie County Solid Waste Disposal District (landfill) Board paid bills and had a discussion about landfill rates with an out-of-district business at their scheduled meeting Monday night. Dalin Winters, owner of Roadrunner Sanitation Inc. based out of Burlington, came to the solid waste meeting to discuss rate plans based on volumes for in and out-of-district waste. Roadrunner is a municipal waste hauler for in and out of county. Winters said, “I would like to bring increased volumes of waste in your landfill,” and added that...
WORLAND – The Washakie County Fair Board met Monday to discuss many different aspects of the up -coming 2016 fair, from entertainment to policy changes to scheduling. Due to renovations of the main meeting building and another event occurring in the adjacent building the meeting was held in the chicken barn. Dale Wagner was present and asked the board to consider having the Brewfest during the fair this year. The board discussed the issue after Wagner left and a decision was not made. They decided to wait until the next board meeting, April 1...
WORLAND – The wolf depredation compensation bill sponsored by Representatives Nathan Winters, R- Thermopolis, Jim Allen, R-Lander, David Northrup, R- Powell, Ruth Petroff, R- Jackson, Albert Sommers, R – Pinedale and Senator Dave Kinskey, R- Sheridan passed through both the House and the Senate and was signed by Governor Matt Mead on Friday. It will become effective July 1, 2016. The program, which will compensate landowners whose property is damaged by grey wolves in areas of the state where grey wolves are classified as a predatory ani...
WORLAND – Dick Stenbakken, Seventh-day Adventist pastor in Worland from 1965-1969 will be returning to Worland to perform "Faces around the Cross", March 31- April 2. Faces around the Cross is a first-person narrative given from the perspective of people who were around for the Crucifixion of Jesus. Some of the characters are John, the Centurion and Judas. "I don't use a script or memorize lines, I allow the character to tell their story through me," Faces around the Cross presenter S...
WORLAND – The state cheerleading competition takes place today with schools from all around the state competing in a variety of different categories. The Worland High School cheerleading squad will be performing in the class 3A non- stunt category, which is considered a floor routine. "We will have 10 girls performing at the State Cheerleading Competition," Worland High School cheerleading coach Tammy Montoya said. The girls performing are: Ashton Kittleman, Stormy Wruck, Hallie Eaves, Kensi S...
WORLAND – The Washakie County Extension office held a class for growing giant pumpkins Saturday with Jay Richard, the 2015 Lungren Girls’ Farm Pumpkin Growing Contest winner, as the main speaker. Richard’s winning giant pumpkin weighed 596 pounds. During the class Richard explained the fundamentals of growing a giant pumpkin, from seed preparation to harvest. “Soak your seeds in water for at least two hours before planting and always plant the seed with the pointed end down,” Richard advised. “I soaked my seeds for about four hours because I f...
WORLAND – Husband and wife, Jeff and Terrie Yule opened their firearms store, "PrescribeD Firearms" on 944 Big Horn Avenue in Worland, Feb. 1. The firearms store carries a variety of items for the gun enthusiast from guns to safety gear. "We carry handguns, tactical rifles, knives, gun safes, safety gear, hearing protection and eye protection," PrescribeD Firearms owner Jeff Yule said. "We are geared toward tactical, toward hand guns, accessories and suppressors, that part of the business, i...
WORLAND – Worland, Burlington and Greybull high school students are participating in the Wyoming Department of Transportation's (WYDOT) "Buckle Up" campaign this year. The campaign is aimed at young people in the hopes of helping them save their own and their friend's lives. "It's aimed at young people, trying to have peers talk to peers," WYDOT Public Relations Specialist Cody Beers said. "I think it's better than having the government talking to people, because 'we're the government and we a...
WORLAND – During the Washakie County Commissioners meeting Tuesday the renovation prospect of the Washakie County Library in Worland was discussed with Mark Averett from the TSP Architecture Company out of Sheridan, Washakie County Library Director Karen Funk and the Library Board. During the meeting the existing building and what would be needed to bring it up to code was discussed, which included talk about installing a sprinkler system in case of fire and why the slab under the library is sinking causing the floor to become uneven and whethe...
WORLAND – The American Red Cross of Wyoming is looking for new volunteers in the area to help with the Disaster Action Teams, public affairs and mass care/ sheltering aspects of the organization. There is a need for volunteers all across the state but especially in the Washakie County, Hot Springs County and Big Horn Counties where the Red Cross is actively seeking new volunteers. “We have an ongoing need statewide for volunteers, especially right now with the spring thaws and potential for wildfires,” American Red Cross of Wyoming Volun...
WORLAND – The Council for the Bighorn Range, a grass-roots non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of the Bighorn National Forest held a public meeting at the Washakie County Library in Worland Tuesday evening to alert the public about the impact that budget cuts will have to the Bighorn National Forest and its use by the public. During the meeting a short PowerPoint presentation, using records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, was given by Council for the Bighorn Range Director Rob Davidson, which explained the dec...
WORLAND – Worland resident Jeff Anderson will soon be headed to Arequipa, Peru, as a missionary on a long-term mission. A missionary is someone who goes to another country to promote religion, usually Christianity. "Missionaries are sent out by a church like ours," Big Horn Independent Baptist Church Pastor Ron Fanning said. "The congregation votes to officially send and commission him. He will go to churches similar to ours and explain his plan," he added. "God has been working in my heart t...
WORLAND – Worland resident Jim Newell Sr. will be turning 90 on Sunday. He was born Feb. 21, 1926, in Dodge City, Kansas. Newell Sr. moved from Kansas to Missouri in 1934 at the age of 8 and nine years later, in 1943 he moved to Fort Collins, Colo., where he met his wife Ruth. Newell married Ruth in 1952 and together they moved to Laramie in 1955. Their stay in Laramie wasn't long as they moved to Ten Sleep in 1956 "I was talking to a man in a restaurant and he said he needed a cowboy and h...
WORLAND – The Big Horn Independent Church in Worland has officially asked Ron Fanning to be their pastor. "I was asked to preach at the church for two weeks and in the second week of September 2015 I was asked to continue and was officially asked to become the preacher in December.2015," Fanning said. At this point Fanning and his wife Kit will be traveling back and forth from Thermopolis to Worland. "The church would like for my wife and I to be living in Worland, but for the time being we w...
WORLAND – The Worland Middle School will be performing "Once Upon a Mattress" at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday evening in the Middle School Auditorium. "The musical "Once Upon a Mattress" is basically the story of "the Princess and the Pea," Worland Middle School sixth-grade band teacher/ musical director Amelia Roberts said. The story of "Once Upon a Mattress" is, according to broadwaymusicalhome.com, as follows; "Princess Winnifred arrives at Prince Dauntless the Drab's castle hoping for the h...
WORLAND – Members of the Zion Lutheran Church in Worland voted unanimously Sunday to start building an extension to their existing building that will add 7,000 square feet and cost the church $670,000. This project has been in the works for many years and now they are ready to put things into motion. "The project is called the called the ZEST (Zion, Expanding, Serving, Teaching) project," Zion Lutheran Church Pastor Ralph Partelow said. All money for the project has been raised by the c...
WORLAND – The Washakie County and Thermopolis Special Olympics athletes competed in the Special Olympic State Winter Games in Jackson, Feb 2-4. Washakie County athletes competed in the alpine skiing and snowshoeing competitions and the Thermopolis athletes competed in the snowshoeing competition. “The State Winter Games are where all the Special Olympic athletes in the state of Wyoming compete against each other. Other competitions throughout the year are area based. We are area one and our area goes from Dubois to Ten Sleep to Cody, with all...
WORLAND – Worland resident Vera Eckhardt turns 90 on Monday. She is the only child of Glenn W. and Dorothy Kinsley Hinkle. She was born at home on South Flat Road and has lived on South Flat road her entire life. When she was born she was laid in a Victrola lid that weighed four pounds, which would be her first bed. Over the years Vera has seen a lot of changes in Worland. "I attended the Emmett and Watson elementary schools. The Emmett school was where Jon's (Reese and Ray's) is and the W...
WORLAND – The Department of Veterans Affairs Outreach Clinic at 510 S. 15th Street in Worland has reopened after being closed for over a year. The clinic closed in the summer of 2014 and was recently reopened Feb. 1. The clinic closed in 2014 due to a loss of staffing. “Some of the staff went to other positions in the V.A. in other towns and one staff member retired,” Veterans Affairs Health System LPN Kay French said. “It has taken a while to reopen because of the hiring process with the federal government requiring multiple backgro...
WORLAND – The Worland Zion Lutheran Church has added Paul Hefner into the fold as the new youth pastor. The youth pastor works with the youth of the church in their walk with God. "My job is to facilitate the youth in having a relationship with Christ, disciplining them and making disciples for Christ. Also to be a help to the parents in training up their children in the way that they should go, as well as helping with the pastoral rolls in the church and in the services," Hefner said. He is a...
WORLAND – Worland resident Donna Moberly has been named this years “community angel” and will be honored tonight at the “community angel” dinner which takes place at the Worland Community Center Complex. The community angel is a person who gives back to the community selflessly. Donna Moberly learned that she was to be this year’s community angel in an unusual way. “They called me and asked me if I was busy on the 5th,” she said. “I am very humbled by this honor,” she added. Before moving to Worland in 1963, Donna and her husband Harry lived...
WORLAND - For 30 years the Pinnacle Bank has put on the Festival of Trees event, which generates money for local charities and non-profit organizations. The Festival of Trees event in December 2015 generated $23,790 and the money was distributed between 37 local organizations. One of those organizations was the Worland Girl Scouts. The Girl Scouts is an organization for girls that makes a difference in young girls lives. “The Girl Scouts encourages girls to realize that they can do anything that they set their mind to,” said Sandy Richard, Wor...
WORLAND – Worland High School art students are not only learning art in their art classes they are also learning to give back to the community. Throughout the school year art students create items to be used in charity events and as donations. "I feel very strong about community service and helping out people who need it and appreciate it," Worland High School art teacher Pam Greek said. In the first semester, the ceramic class created more than 100 ceramic bowls to be used in the "Souper B...
WORLAND – The second annual Playing for Hope Youth Basketball Tournament was held last weekend at the Worland Community Center Complex and the Worland Middle School Gym, with Worland teams winning trophies in three categories. The tournament was started last year to help raise awareness for people who are fighting breast cancer. "We never imagined the kind of support we would receive from our community," Hope Youth Basketball Tournament co-organizer Jayde Gonsalez said. Thirty-five teams from a...
WORLAND – After the magic of Pinnacle Bank's Festival of Trees in December, the Pinnacle Bank staff chooses which organizations will receive the proceeds. Organizations that wish to be considered need to submit their request in writing to the bank before a specific deadline. The Pinnacle Bank also offers their 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 b...