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BASIN — At Northwest College, the sales team was fourth with Jordan Jochems fourth high Individual, according to advisor Jared Boardman. The meats team was fourth with Morgan Haley fourth high individual. The livestock team was second with Jordan Flitner, Dasha Kelso and Emma Mercer all placing in the top 10. The horse team was third with Ky Sorensen and Scotty Flitner both placing in the top 10 individually. In Casper, the sales team was fourth and Jochems was third high individual. The livestock team was third and Mercer was the second h...
Curtis wins Regional Star in agribusiness Vance Curtis, a senior at Worland High School and a member of the Chief Washakie FFA chapter has been selected as the Wyoming FFA Regional Star in agribusiness and is in the running for the Wyoming FFA State Star in agribusiness. Curtis runs Curtis Customs, a T-shirt making business. He started the project when he was in the ninth grade and was looking for some type of SAE (supervised agriculture experience), which is required of all FFA members, advisor Grace Godfrey said. Curtis asked Godfrey, his...
WORLAND – Chip and Bonnie Newton, owners of the Alpine Medical store in Cody, which opened in April 2014, opened a second store in Worland Feb. 13, to meet the orthopedic needs of the community, with a third store to be opened in Powell about a month for now. “It’s called a DME (durable medical equipment) store. We do home oxygen, a lot of bracing, sports bracings and prosthetics. We work mostly with the orthopedic surgeons in the northwest corner of Wyoming,” Chip Newton said. “I think that we are the only locally owned company that does this...
WORLAND — Of the 16 students selected to the 2017 All-State Jazz Choir, seven were from Worland High School — Kyra Klinghagen (sophomore), Jaycee Page (junior), Courtney Woolery (senior), Nathaniel Nelson (sophomore), Chris Nicholas (sophomore), Dane Bennett (junior) and Dalen Brazelton (senior) were selected from auditions throughout the state. The students met as part of the University of Wyoming Jazz Festival and rehearsed over a two-day period last month. The choir was led by guest conductor Kelsey Shiba, a Cheyenne East alumus and cur...
BASIN — The eight-member Riverside High School speech and debate team proved it’s about quality not quantity when it came to placing at the State Meet in Green River earlier this month. As a team, Riverside captured second place (reserve championship) in 1A/2A and boasted state champions in public forum with Alex Rasmussen and Brenna Robertson. State was in Green River this year. Christina Kampman was second in poetry and Sabrina Taylor and Skylar Smith paired up in duet to take second in that category in 1A/2A. “They had a very succe...
WORLAND — Six members of the Worland FCCLA (Family, Career and Community Leaders of America) Chapter traveled to Cheyenne March 21-24 for the Wyoming State FCCLA Convention and Competition and four qualified for the national convention. While in Cheyenne, the members participated in service projects and workshops and heard a great keynote speaker, Houston Kraft on the “Choose Love” movement which focuses on encouraging people to be kinder to one another, said advisor Brenda Trippel. Wyoming State FCCLA members also elected new district and s...
CHEYENNE— The Wyoming FFA Association has announced the recipients of the 2017 Wyoming State FFA Degree, the highest award the state can bestow on its members. A total of 215 members representing 47 Wyoming FFA chapters earned the degree, including five from Chief Washakie FFA, seven from Lovell FFA, one from Meeteetse, nine from Paintrock FFA, one from Rocky Mountain, three from Ten Sleep and five from Thermopolis. These members will receive their degrees on April 6, as part of the Wyoming FFA Convention, held in Cheyenne each year. “The Sta...
Keeping the Wyoming Poison Center number handy can help families stay safe and prevent poison-related tragedies, according to a Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) representative. Wyoming Poison Center help can be reached by calling 1-800-222-1222. “We want people to keep this number visible in their homes and workplaces and to also consider programming it into their phones,” said Andy Gienapp, WDH Office of Emergency Medical Services manager. Shireen Banerji, Wyoming Poison Center clinical manager, said “Poisonings can happen anywhere, anyti...
The value of agriculture to the state of Wyoming cannot just be measured through the direct economic impact to the state of Wyoming. While the agriculture sector brings a significant direct economic impact, the value of open spaces, heritage, wildlife conservation, and more provide immeasurable positive impacts for the citizens and state of Wyoming. Because of this, the goal of the Wyoming Department of Agriculture is to do everything we can to ensure the strength and vitality of the agriculture industry in the State of Wyoming. As part of...
WORLAND – Worland High School speech and debate students Dalen Brazelton and Taelor Nielsen qualified for the National speech and debate tournament last weekend during the national qualifying tournament in Casper. Brazelton qualified in dramatic interpretation and Nielsen qualified in congress and foreign extemporaneous. Unfortunately, Nielsen will not be able to represent Wyoming in congress and foreign extemporaneous due to prior obligations. “Taelor is not going to be able to go to nationals because she is also the Distinguished Young Wom...
While state meat plant inspections may not be the first thing you think about when you hear about the Wyoming Department of Agriculture, it is an important part of the work the department does for citizens and the agriculture industry in Wyoming. As the buying local movement continues to grow, the need for a safe and quality product from Wyoming producers becomes even more important. Considering that cattle is the biggest sector of Wyoming agriculture accounting for more than half of all cash receipts, the ability to send livestock to state...
WORLAND – Every year during the months of March and April the Worland High School Student Council raises funds for the Make-A-Wish Foundation to help make a child’s wish come true. “We have raised around $1,500 each year for the last two years,” Worland High School student council advisor Christy Vickers said. The Make-A-Wish Foundation grants the wishes of children with cancer and other terminal conditions. According to the Make-A-Wish Foundation website, “We grant the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich th...
WORLAND – Dressed in crazy costumes, area residents will jump into freezing cold waters and become “below zero heros” to raise money for Special Olympics Wyoming athletes. This fundraiser is a family-friendly, community event bringing together local residents, friends from neighboring towns, as well as brave individuals of all ages representing caring companies, civic organizations, local schools and law enforcement. Jackalope Jumps are open to the public, and all spectators are encouraged to come out to cheer on the brave jumpers. All proce...
CHEYENNE — Wyoming residents are invited by the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) and other partners to share thoughts and ideas for addressing Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias at a series of statewide listening sessions. A task force is developing a state plan to address Alzheimer’s disease in Wyoming. WDH is joined on the task force by the Wyoming Alzheimer’s Association, University of Wyoming Center on Aging, St. John’s Medical Center and St. John’s Hospital Foundation and AARP. “We see these listening sessions as a great opportu...
CHEYENNE — Lauren Haiar of Sundance Secondary School is this year’s winner of the Wyoming State Poetry Out Loud competition held in Cheyenne Monday. Taelor Nielsen of Worland High School was named as runner-up with Carlos Gonzales of Buffalo High School receiving third place honors. Nielsen was runner-up in 2016 as well. Chase Marple of Western Heritage Lutheran Academy in Riverton, Austin Brownrigg of Moorcroft High School and Ivan Baez of Summit High School of Jackson were recognized with honorable mentions. As this year’s state champ...
TEN SLEEP – Ten Sleep resident and historian Marcus Huff will present a lecture on the “Top Ten Gunfights of the West” on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. at the Ten Sleep Senior Center. Sponsored by the Ten Sleep Library, the program will feature a look at the technology and circumstances that led to some of the more notorious altercations of the Old West, and will feature stories of Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, Wild Bill Hickok, and others, including the only known female versus female gunfight. Huff, the former editor of True West magazine and a histo...
WORLAND — An audition will be held for the Missoula Children’s Theatre (MCT) production of “The Tortoise Versus The Hare” on Monday, March 13, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Worland Middle School Auditorium. Those auditioning should arrive at 3:30 p.m. and plan to stay for the full two hours. Most of the cast members will be asked to stay for a rehearsal immediately following the audition. Among the roles to be cast are the wise Tortoise — Coach Shelley Bowlback, the conceited Curly Hare, Esther and her daughter Little Bonnie Bunny, the rasca...
THERMOPOLIS — The Second-Friday ArtStroll in downtown Thermopolis, March 10, 5-8 p.m. will feature the works of schoolchildren and adult artists. The event continues on Still Strolling Saturday during regular business hours. “This month’s Stroll invites all members of our community to show their stuff,” ArtStroll coordinator Toddi Darlington said. “Creativity and learning are inherently tethered to one another,” a quote from Rebecca Mahony, chief marketing officer of video streaming services company TEADS, underscores how important it is for o...
WORLAND – On March 1, Banner Health Washakie Medical Center respiratory therapist Matt McPherson was surprised during the annual employee of the year luncheon to learn that he had been voted by his peers to be the 2016 employee of the year. The employee of the year receives a plaque with his picture on the wall of the hospital and a $150 gift certificate. McPherson stated that when he first started at the hospital he saw the plaques and knew that earning employee of the year was a goal that h...
WORLAND – The Worland Senior Citizens Center is having the March for Meals event from 10 a.m. – noon, March 25 on the bike path located at the junction of 15th Street and Washakie Avenue to help sustain the Meals on Wheels and senior lunch programs. “We are just doing kind of a fun, raise awareness, get together with the community March for meals. The proceeds will go to the meal programs,” Worland Senior Citizens Center Executive Director Wendy Fredricks said. “We are going to do a walk on the bike path weather permitting. If the weather i...
CHICAGO (AP) — As Republicans try to unite around a replacement for the Affordable Care Act, one of the most popular parts of the law will be among the most difficult to replace: the guarantee of health coverage for people with pre-existing conditions. The challenge of providing insurance for Americans who have no other alternative has some congressional Republicans considering whether to ask the states to reboot high-risk pools, an option with a rocky history. In the past, the pools served as insurers of last resort for people in poor h...
WORLAND – Worland High School speech and debate team won first for small schools at the Riverton tournament last weekend finishing second in the tournament overall behind Cheyenne East. “They booked 1A, 2A and 3A all together as small schools and then they put the 4As by themselves,” Worland High School speech and debate coach Rick Dorn said. “We were up against Starr Valley and Cody which is a good test for us because those are two of the schools that have beaten us in state before,” he added. WHS students individually placed as follows:...
CHEYENNE — A Wyoming veterans service officer from the Wyoming Veterans Commission will conduct community outreach services in Wyoming cities throughout March. Brad Cline is available to meet with veterans and their families to discuss state and federal veterans’ benefits, Department of Veterans Affairs claims, or VA healthcare. Cline can also help veterans and their families apply for benefits, file claims or request healthcare. His office is staffed in Cody, at 1026 Blackburn Ave., Suite 1, and he will also be available at the following loc...
WORLAND — Elizabeth Martinez, a local Worland High School senior and Chief Washakie FFA member, was selected by the Wyoming Section of the Society for Range Management (SRM) to participate in the High School Youth Forum (HSYF), meeting that was held in St. George, Utah, Jan. 29-Feb. 2. This year’s meeting theme was “Red Rock and Rangelands.” The SRM is an international organization that strives to promote public awareness of the importance of sound management and use of rangeland, the world’s largest land base. In 1966 the SRM recognize...
WORLAND - Students at Worland Middle School worked hard last week to complete their History Day projects in time for class presentations Wednesday and Thursday this week. Following class presentations, the students will fine tune their projects in preparation for parent night next Tuesday, Feb. 28 and judging on March 1. Parent night at Worland Middle School will begin at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. Judging will be from 8 a.m. to noon. The largest category on History Day is group exhibits with 47 between...