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WORLAND - As the country mourns the death of our 41st president George H.W. Bush, memories were jolted to a time when then Vice President Bush visited Worland and a couple other towns in the Big Horn Basin. Fran Scranton stated that Vice President Bush visited Worland on a two-day campaign in Wyoming. His plane landed at the Worland airport where he went to the Worland Elks Lodge for a chili feed with Worland residents. According to the Northern Wyoming Daily News January 27, 1988 edition, Vice President Bush also visited Greybull, Cody,...
TEN SLEEP –Ten Sleep School Security Consultant to the crisis team Kurt Steinke gave students in Ten Sleep sixth, seventh and eighth grade a discussion about bullying Friday morning. The seminar began with the students enjoying a few karate moves with both Steinke and his wife Alana (who both own Kurt's Karate in Worland) before Kurt Steinke started talking to the students about the difference between fighting and self-defense. Steinke explained with a demonstration that fighting is trying to h...
WORLAND – Upon walking into the Northern Wyoming Daily News there is a little Christmas tree on the counter adorned with white lights, silver tinsel and silver ornaments with paper silver bells nestled in between. The Silver Tree is a type of Angel Tree but for senior community members who will be alone for this holiday season. The idea for the silver tree came from Northern Wyoming Daily News Editor Karla Pomeroy. "As a business in Worland we wanted to do something for Christmas to support o...
WORLAND – After advertising for an additional chiropractor through the Wyoming Chiropractic Association, Cloud Peak Chiropractic and Wellness hired David Beauprez. Beauprez has worked as a chiropractor for 29 years with 25 of those years in Wheatland. He graduated from Parker Chiropractic College in Texas with his doctor of chiropractic degree in 1989. Learning from a young age what chiropractors can do to help people, Beauprez knew what career he wanted as an adult. "One of the bigger things I...
WORLAND – In 2012 New York’s 92nd Street Y, in partnership with the United Nations Foundation, founded GivingTuesday which is celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving and the many holiday sales the weekend after. GivingTuesday is a day to give back and help those less fortunate. According to the GivingTuesday website, “GivingTuesday harnesses the potential of social media and the generosity of people around the world to bring about real change in their communities; it provides a platform for them to encourage the donation of time,...
WORLAND – Whatever plans people have for this Thanksgiving weekend; be it staying home, visiting friends and relatives or taking advantage of after turkey day sales, being prepared for snowy weather will be a must. According to National Weather Service Riverton intern meteorologist Brandy Bourque, the Big Horn Basin is looking at a good day Thanksgiving with snow showers and gusty winds arriving to the area late Friday evening/ early Saturday morning ending sometime in the early afternoon Saturday. But those who are planning on heading to the w...
WORLAND – The first annual lighting ceremony, sponsored by RT Communications, for Pioneer Square in Worland is Friday evening 5-7 p.m. with live music, goodies and a special visit from Santa. "RT Communications Vice President and General Manager Becky Dooley wanted to find a way to bring the families together in Worland and at the same time make Pioneer Square, which would be a focal point in Worland, a beautiful place for the holiday season. She has been in Rock Springs during the holidays a...
WORLAND – Worland Church of Christ Church recently hired Dustin Rocha, from Sidney, Nebraska, to be their new minister. Rocha became the lead preacher for the Church of Christ in Sidney about six years ago right out of school. He attended the Bear Valley Bible Institute of Denver which has a four-year program condensed into a two-year program. During his first year at Bear Valley, Rocha studied hard and acclimated to the life of a preacher. His second year he was allowed to visit neighboring c...
WORLAND – Banner Health Washakie Medical Center has received the Community Star award from the National Rural Health Association, specifically highlighting the leadership of Banner Health Washakie Medical Center CEO Jay Stallings and chief nursing officer LeGay Naseath. Stallings explained to the hospital board during their monthly meeting Thursday evening that Wyoming Department of Health’s Kyle Cameron nominated the hospital and specifically Stallings and Naseath after several visits to the facility. He stated that Cameron is responsible for...
WORLAND - Banner Health Washakie Medical Center is hosting a wellness and diabetes prevention health fair this evening at the hospital from 4 – 7:30 p.m. as a way to celebrate National Rural Health Day. “The reason we are doing this is to prevent diabetes type two. One out of three people in the United States have pre-diabetes and we can prevent it going into full diabetes. Diabetes is the eighth leading cause of death in America. It contributes to heart attacks, stroke, blindness, kidney failure, loss of toes, feet and limbs,” Banner Healt...
SLEEP –At their regular meeting, Ten Sleep School Board honored retiring members Jane Thurston and Tess Greet for their service with clear glass awards as a token of appreciation Monday evening. Ten Sleep School Board vice chair Jared Lyman presented the awards saying, "It has fallen upon me to thank, as we go through this transition in the board, we have some newly elected people coming up, unfortunately we are losing Tess and Jane. We want to thank them for everything they have done for u...
WORLAND – The Little Free Library located on the Big Horn Avenue/ North ninth side of Pioneer Square in Worland will be dedicated this evening at 5:15 p.m. in a short ceremony by Friends of the Worland Library president Kathi Morrison, Worland Mayor Jim Gill and Worland City Council members. “The Little Free Library will be dedicated to the community and to literacy awareness,” Morrison said. She added that the Little Free Library helps put a book into everyone’s hand and that since the little library was placed Oct. 17, it has seen much us...
WORLAND – The 64th Washakie County Homemakers Hobby Day is Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Washakie County Fairgrounds located at 501 15 Mile Road in Worland. Hobby Day is a craft fair with a twist. There will not be any commercial items for sale at the event. “We have about 45 tables and all items for sale are handcrafted items,” Washakie County Homemaker Bonnies Schreibeis said. This year’s Hobby Day will have crafters from as far away as Colorado and Montana to local crafters and everywhere in between. Handcrafted items for sale wi...
THERMOPOLIS – The unofficial results are in and the people have spoken, unseating Hot Springs County attorney Jerry D. Williams (R) and unseating Thermopolis mayor Mike Mortimore by a large margin. Independent Jill Logan received 1,399 votes to unseat Williams who received 821 votes in Tuesday’s general election. Mike Chimenti received 754 votes to unseat Mortimore who received 467 votes. Three seats on the Hot Springs County School District No. 1 board of directors were up for grabs with Jennifer Axtell retaining her seat with 1,111 vot...
WORLAND – After the culmination of several years of preparation, the Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital held a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday afternoon, to highlight the start of bringing the hospital up-to-date and ready for future medical needs. “It’s taking 1958 and bringing it up to 2018,” Hot Spring County Memorial Hospital Marketing Director John Gibbel said. He added that the target date for completion is December 2020 The $16.4 million project which will officially begin in December, starting with creating a new emergency room en...
WORLAND – Worland resident Teresa Seidel lived through the most terrifying four hours of her life, Wednesday, Oct. 10 when Hurricane Michael hit Panama City, Florida where her parents, brother and many other family members live. Seidel stated that her parents knew the hurricane was coming and that the night before Michael hit land they received a telephone call stating that there were evacuations occurring. Seidel’s mother called 9-1-1 and was told to call 2-1-1 where she was asked what their address was and upon learning that Seidel’s paren...
WORLAND – Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation has just recently learned that they have earned the silver award from the American Health Association National Center for Assisted Living and a five-star facility rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). “All of this makes me proud to be providing great care to those that need our services. It makes me proud of myself, it makes me proud of my team. Each of my managers are amazing at their jobs and they truly put the residents, the families and the employees first. I rea...
TEN SLEEP – On Tuesday evening the Ten Sleep School Board held a candidate forum at the school for community members to meet the five candidates vying for the two school board positions opening up at the first of the year. Residents will vote on who fills the seats left by board members Tess Greet and Jane Thurston Nov. 6. Current chair Tess Greet was the moderator and asked each candidate the same questions to be answered in 60 seconds. Ten Sleep residents Brant Lyman, Mona Sindelar, Megan Truman, Aishya Gotfredson and CJ Grimes answered 11 q...
WORLAND – With a little over 80 percent of their sugar beets harvested, Wyoming Sugar is pleased with the average sugar content and average tons per acre. "We have a really good crop. Our sugars are holding at just above 19 percent for company average. It looks like we are just under our estimate of 33.5 tons per acre, which given the increase in sugars, that's a good trade-off," Wyoming Sugar Company President and CEO Mike Greear said. During the early harvest, which ran from Sept. 12-30, the b...
WORLAND – Banner Health Washakie Medical Center's mammogram, manicure and massage event Thursday was deemed a success by medical center staff with several community members attending the event. Banner Health Washakie Medical Center chief nursing officer LeGay Naseath stated, "We had 46 people attend the event which is fantastic." She added that the medical center will try to make it an annual event. The event was offered to encourage women to have mammograms, to educate women on the proper w...
TEN SLEEP – Since the onset of hunting season, game check points, manned by Wyoming Game and Fish personnel, have popped up to help both in-state and out-of-state hunters make sure that the deer that have been harvested are free of chronic wasting disease (CWD). “What we have here is chronic wasting disease and that’s basically what we [Wyoming Game and Fish] are doing here now, we are testing for chronic wasting disease. We have to send it in, it usually takes about 10 days to get the results back and then they [hunters] can actually go onlin...
WORLAND – Despite the fresh fallen snow and colder temperatures the Worland-Ten Sleep Chamber of Commerce is pleased with the turn-out for this year’s 23rd annual Hunter Fest and deemed the event a success. According to Worland-Ten Sleep Chamber of Commerce board member and event organizer Bill Fuchs the event usually generates about 500-600 event goers. This year the number of event goers was around 300 with hunters and vendors alike not being able to make it due to the inclement weather. The cold and snow encouraged people to sample the man...
TEN SLEEP – Longtime Shell resident Mary Flitner has achieved what most people dream of, not only writing a book but also getting her book accepted by the first publisher that she sent it to. Her book "My Ranch Too, a Wyoming Memoir" came out at the beginning of September and is already available in local libraries, book stores and major internet sites. "It was kind of a hobby for a long time. I kept journals since the 1970s just for the fun of it. It was mostly trivia about the weather and s...
WORLAND – Worland residents John and Lorene Miller are both celebrating their 95th birthday this year. Lorene Miller turns 95 on Oct. 15 and John Miller turns 95 on Nov. 9. Lorene Miller stated that for about a month every year she gets to be older than her husband which means she gets to be the boss for about a month each year. The Millers grew up in Missouri and started dating during their junior year in high school. They were engaged when John Miller joined the military and they got married on Dec. 27, 1943 when he was stationed in Japan. ...
TEN SLEEP – After a district court judge ruled proper procedure was not followed by Uinta County School District No. 1 in adopting a policy that would allow approved staff to conceal carry firearms, the Ten Sleep School board has delayed any action on their policy. The Ten Sleep School board had their firearms policy polished and ready for its first reading at their August meeting but the Uinta County lawsuit and two absent board members prompted a delay. The Evanston school district that had adopted a policy to allow staff to carry firearms, w...