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WORLAND - The security construction fence went up last week and the gates were shut Monday afternoon signaling the official start of the construction project at Washakie Medical Center that will result in a new patient wing and operating room. WMC Facilities Operation Manager Mark Schlattmann said with the gates closed it changes access to the south side of the hospital campus. "The site work will start next week with digging the foundations for the additions that will be added to the current...
WORLAND — All politics is local, and the Washakie County Commission is considering working with the Worland school district to bring that message to student-leaders. At its regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday, the commission met with Worland High School Principal Kevin Smith. The commission discussed having WHS students sit on various boards in an advisory capacity. “Obviously, they’re not going to get a full-blown appointment,” Commission Chair Aaron Anderson said, adding that the non-voting, advisory role would help students underst...
TEN SLEEP – The new student counselor for the Ten Sleep School is Chawna Weichmann. She comes to Ten Sleep with 13 years experience teaching. Over the years she has taught high school math, been a high school math facilitator, a math instructional facilitator and a counselor. She has resided in Ten Sleep for the last seven years. “I was waiting for an opening in Ten Sleep, so I could live and work in the same community,” Weichmann said. She would like to get an elementary guidance program going this year to work on social issues that the kids...
TEN SLEEP - The new music teacher at the Ten Sleep School this year is Karen Loveland. She comes to Ten Sleep with many years of experience with children. She previously worked for the Shoshoni School system as a music teacher. Loveland is the mother of eight children with six out of the nest and her two youngest attending Ten Sleep School. During her first year of teaching she lived with her youngest daughter in Shoshoni and the rest of her family lived in Indiana. This year they are all together again in Ten Sleep, no longer separated by...
DOUGLAS — A Hyattville grower took home best of show and champion alfalfa hay honors on Aug. 11 at the 2015 Wyoming State Fair Hay Show in Douglas. Dave Greer, with his alfalfa, won the annual competition, which is sponsored by the Wyoming Business Council. Other champions included Wheatland’s Kellie Hinman for her mixed hay and Yoder’s Bob Baumgartner for his grass hay. David Hinman, of Wheatland, earned the nod for open hay show premier exhibitor. Forage samples are cored and sent to a lab in Nebraska for analysis of their nutritional value....
LARAMIE – Sometimes there are three, and often there are four. But this season, the University of Wyoming football team has six captains. Redshirt senior quarterback Cameron Coffman, senior running back Shaun Wick and junior guard Chase Roullier are the offensive captains. The defensive captains are senior defensive ends Eddie Yarbrough and Siaosi Hala'api'api, and junior linebacker Lucas Wacha. Those four seniors make up half of the seniors on the Cowboys' roster this season. That total is t...
Marjorie Mae Pebbles, 87, died Saturday, August 29, at Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Care Center after a period of declining health. Born March 7, 1928 in Galeton, Colorado, she was the daughter of William K. and Harriet (Osbaugh) Moyer. The family moved to Newcastle, Wyoming, then Thermopolis where Marge attended Lucerne School and graduated from Thermopolis High School. In 1945 she married Robert “Bob” Pebbles in Billings, Montana. The couple lived in Thermopolis until moving in 1970 to Oregon where they owned and operated Oregon Trail Mot... Full story
Bobby Joe Pickens of Greybull, 64, died on Monday, Aug. 31, 2015, at the Billings Clinic Hospital in Billings, Montana after a long battle with diabetes, COPD, and other complications. He was born June 10, 1951. Per Bobby’s wishes, cremation has taken place, and no services are planned. Atwood Family Funeral Directors assisted the family with arrangements.... Full story