Teaching 8th-graders about the election process

WORLAND - Wanting to take advantage of a busy statewide election this year, Worland Middle School social studies teacher Joe Winkler invited two of the four governor candidates to speak to his eighth-grade students and the public.

Winkler said he invited "progressive" candidate Mary Throne and "conservative" candidate Mark Gordon to come and speak to the students. Throne has accepted the invitatio...