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When you’re 72, you’ve owned a lot of cars in your life. I bought my first car when only 14, a 1951 green six cylinder Chevy two-door sedan. I thought it was wonderful. I was almost 15 and sure that the day of my birthday I’d get a driver’s license, so the minor impediment of my age would be quickly removed. And it would have been had it not been for a blankety-blank clerk at the Wyoming Highway Department office. I confidently appeared at the highway department and the clerk threw down a short written test. But then he took a look at me and...
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 — A nationwide movement to bring a voice to those suffering in silence from mental illness, substance abuse and suicide has come to Wyoming. The idea is call Project Semicolon. A semicolon is used when an author could have ended a sentence with a period, but didn’t. Simply put, you are the author —and your life is the sentence, according to a press release from the Prevention Management Organization of Wyoming (PMOW). The semicolon is a reminder to pause, breathe and keep going. Some 5,500 semicolon pins have been distributed acros...
The Wyoming Department of Transportation's Lander office will be closed until further notice beginning Monday following a Sunday morning crash which caused significant damage to the building. "Crews are working to secure the area and board it up today, and a structural evaluation will be completed Monday," said WYDOT Chief Engineer Gregg Fredrick of Cheyenne. "Employees of the resident engineer's office will not be able to access their work stations until it is determined to be safe to do so....
WORLAND – A land transfer from Sunrise Community Resources Inc. to Gottsche Rehabilitation Center will eventually be used to provide services for people with traumatic brain injuries. The three acres of land on South 23rd Street was transferred on Nov. 23 from Sunrise Community Resources Inc. to Gottsche Rehabilitation Center. Sunrise is a nonprofit corporation out of Worland with the mission of providing a facility dedicated to assisting adults with acquired brain injuries, Sunrise board member and psychologist Dr. Bob Bayuk said. Sunrise c...
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Diana L. Brush, 63, of Worland died at the Central Wyoming Hospice in Casper, Wyoming on Saturday, March 5, 2016. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 12, 2016, at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Worland. Bryant Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.... Full story
James H. Sperry, aged 91, of Worland, died at Billings, Montana, March 3, 2016, following a brief illness. He was born in Des Moines, Iowa July 27, 1924. As an infant he moved with his parents to Oklahoma where he lived until of grade school age, returning then to the family farm in Grundy Center, Iowa. He went to school in Grundy Center until the last year of high school when he enrolled in the Kentucky Military School, Lynden Kentucky. Jim served in the US Army in Central Europe and North... Full story
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LAS VEGAS — The University of Wyoming men’s basketball team will have only seven scholarship players available for Wednesday’s first-round game at the Mountain West Tournament. But coach Larry Shyatt said Monday that shouldn’t be a lot of changes when the eighth-seeded Cowboys (14-17) play ninth seed Utah State (15-14) at noon at the Thomas & Mack Center. UW announced Friday five players, including two key reserve players in true freshman wing Justin James and sophomore forward Hayden Dalton, were suspended for the rest of the season due to...
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — His voice cracking with emotion, Peyton Manning said good bye to the game he loved at a news conference packed with friends, family and laughter. He threw in some Scripture, some fond memories and even a dig at Super Bowl 50 MVP Von Miller, whom he thanked for taking a break “from your celebrity tour to be here today.” He ended it with his signature “Omaha!” and then posed for pictures with more than a dozen of his former teammates with the Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos, each of whom he helped win a Super Bow...
GLENROCK – Worland girls basketball coach Mark Mortimer and the Lady Warriors had one goal entering the weekend: Win two games at the 3A East Regional Girls Basketball Tournament to secure a spot in the state tournament. After accomplishing that goal with wins over Glenrock and Douglas in consecutive days, they added another – win a regional championship. They accomplished that one as well and exacted some revenge in the process, too. Worland (22-1 overall) defeated Newcastle (19-4) 50-41 in the...