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WORLAND – On Wednesday, Worland eighth-graders participated in the annual Life R U Ready event. Through a series of activities, Life R U Ready works with students to increase awareness of the consequences of at risk behaviors, decrease the motivation to participate in risk-taking behaviors and provide new opportunities for parent-teen communication. The program is a real life simulation where students learn how to avoid the risky behaviors that can change their lives. On Wednesday, e...
WORLAND — Members of the Chief Washakie FFA had a good showing at the 91st Wyoming State FFA Convention held in Laramie and Cheyenne two weeks ago. With 26 members participating on the state level in one fashion or another and 19 attending the convention, members were recognized for their hard work. Chief Washakie FFA turned in a record number of proficiency applications in mid-march, 74 in total with 13 of those winning state champion honors, 17 state runners up and a total of 45 in the top 3 for $5,700 won by chapter members. The next c...
BASIN — On Thursday, the Riverside High School juniors completed their district assessment for government class with the “We The People” project. According to instructor Stuart DesRosier, the students were broken up into six possible groups including the philosophical basis of the U.S. Constitution, how the founders formed the Constitution and the compromises made at the Philadelphia Convention, how the Constitution has been changed to further the ideals of the Declaration of Independence, how the Constitution shaped American insti...
WORLAND — A state of Wyoming veterans service officer from the Wyoming Veterans Commission will conduct community outreach services in Wyoming cities throughout May. Josh Schmidt is available to meet with veterans and their families to discuss state and federal veterans’ benefits, Department of Veterans Affairs claims, or VA healthcare. Schmidt 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 follo...
WORLAND – Plenty of people have wondered what their family’s backstories hold, and what lies within their history. Mary Jones, a genealogy enthusiast of more than 60 years, has brought this wonder to Worland recently through multiple different websites. Many people have found what, or who, they are looking for with Jones’ help. “I’ve always been interested in genealogy, ever since I was a little kid,” Jones said. “I pestered my parents, my grandparents, just anyone that I knew for more information about my family. It just snowballed fr...
WORLAND — Last week at the 90th Wyoming State FFA Convention, Chief Washakie FFA members showed just how proficient they are by winning 13 state championships in proficiency areas and 17 members who were state runners-up in their respective proficiency areas. According to advisor Grace Godfrey, applications were due and judged by agriculture teachers/FFA advisors from around the state as well as business and community leaders from the Torrington area on March 19 in Torrington. Proficiency applications can be in one of the following c...
WORLAND - Worland High School large groups and soloists performed well at the North Big Horn Basin High School Music Festival last week in Worland. According to choir director Chad Rose, earning superiors (top ranking of I), were the concert choir, Marshazz, Trebelsome, the symphonic band, and jazz band I. Earning excellent rating (II) were the jazz II band and the percussion ensemble. Vocal soloists earning superior rankings were: Nathaniel Nelson, Annalise Newell, Joslyn Alonzo, Lauren Anderso...
LARAMIE — University of Wyoming students have elected Seth Jones, a current junior in communications and political science, from Upton, as president of the Associated Students of UW (ASUW). Alexandra Mulhall, a current junior in political science, from Worland, was elected vice president. Jones will preside over the student government that oversees a budget of more than $1 million, including funding for a variety of student programs. He also will serve as an ex-officio member of the UW Board of Trustees. Area UW students also elected ASUW s...
WORLAND – The Worland High School will be hosting their annual ‘Worland Warriors Pageant’ at the Worland Middle School auditorium at 6:30 p.m. this Friday. The pageant was originally scheduled for Monday but there was a conflict. Student Council sponsors this fundraiser for the Wyoming Make-a-Wish foundation every year, using their funds from homecoming, according to advisor Christy Vickers. The pageant has a male and female student from each class from the high school compete for the title of Warrior and Miss Warrior. Vickers has been the a...
The electronic cigarette, or e-cigarette, has been touted – without proof – as a healthier alternative to traditional tobacco products and perhaps even a method of breaking the tobacco habit altogether. Now a new, related product with the brand name JUUL has entered the market and is especially appealing to teens. An e-cigarette, which looks much like a traditional cigarette, heats a liquid to create an aerosol, called “vapor,” that can be inhaled. It is true that many of the toxic chemicals found in tobacco smoke are not present in the “va...
Rebels edge Greybull for small school state title BASIN — On Saturday, April 7 the Riverside academic challenge team wrapped up its season with an impressive showing at the State Finals competition. The team, which is juniors Adelle Stone and James DesRosier and freshmen Emily Crouse, Haily Rivers, Roger DesRosier, Skylar Tharp and Sam Crouse, battled their way to a second-place ranking overall and small schools state champion. The team played four rounds of competition alternating between 60 questions of toss up and 25 questions of toss up b...
WORLAND – Starting February, Worland Senior Center started holding a Jam Session the second Monday of each month. The Jam Session is held at the senior center at 6:30 p.m. This Monday night, super nachos are to be served with a cost of $5. Dan Garnett is part of the group who turns it up at the jam sessions. The group plays a variety of music with their covers and renditions, including acoustic, country, gospel, rock and roll and more. “We’ve been jamming out together for about three to four years,” Garnett said. “Our venue actually started o...
BASIN — It’s been a busy early spring for Big Horn County 4-H. Showcasing individual projects and knowledge with more than 200 Big Horn County second- and third-graders was on the agenda March 15 at Ag Day. Youth, parents, chaperones and teachers experienced hands on activities at 14 learning stations. Opportunities to learn about furs, ruminant large animals, judging lambs, branding livestock, ear notching swine, many hats of agriculturalists, dirt babies, Cent$ible Nutrition smoothies, noxious weeds, chickens, goats, rabbits and wool were pre...
WORLAND – Worland High School sophomores Jonathan Anderson, Karter Dunham, Caleb Fraser and Talon Anderson have been selected to fill four of the 85 spots available for the UW (University of Wyoming) summer high school institute in Laramie this summer. The UW summer high school institute is a program, which began in 1985, designed to offer intellectually talented high school students a challenging and enriching educational experience. To be selected for the honor, the students sent an application letter, essay and two letters of r...
WORLAND – Worland Middle School students participated in a SmokeScream to demonstrate the ability of healthy lungs and making healthy life decisions last Wednesday. Worland Middle School physical education and health teacher Brittany Miller stated, “There are so many things we could be teaching them that fall under health, so we’ve decided to really focus on how to make a healthy decision. So we are teaching students decision-making model to make healthy choices. We just hope before they encount...
WORLAND — Four Worland High School Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) members qualified for the national convention during state competition last week. As a chapter, Worland also brought home top honors, earning Outstanding Small Chapter, which Advisor Brenda Trippel said is similar to winning a state title. They were also named a Four Star Chapter, the highest award a chapter can receive. During the week of March 20, six FCCLA members, a chaperone and advisor Brenda T...
WORLAND — The Worland High School Science Olympiad teams competed at the state competition last weekend at Casper College. Coach Karen Grzybowski said this year the school had two teams, one a 15-member team and the other eight members with 23 students total competing. PLACERS The students medaled in eight events with three second-place finishes and five third-place finishes. Silver medals were awarded to: •Jaden Mickelson and Jade Hefenieder in optics. •Jonathan Anderson and Braydon Bond in hovercraft. •Emily Brown in rocks and mineral...
WORLAND – The Wyoming FFA Association has announced the recipients of the 2018 Wyoming State FFA Degree, the highest award the state can bestow on its members. A total of 194 members representing 45 Wyoming FFA chapters earned the degree. These members will receive their degrees on April 19, as part of the Wyoming FFA Convention, held in Cheyenne each year. Local recipients are as follows: •From Chief Washakie, Hunter Elliott, Makayla Fulfer, Ivan Perez, Brady Rasmussen, Olivia Scheuerman. •From Ten Sleep, Cole Anderson, Byron Powell and Corey...
WORLAND – The Washakie Hospital Foundation has been giving back to the community for many years, first helping the hospital with patient comfort, now giving monetary gifts to cancer patients and helping with mental health first aid and suicide prevention. According to the United Health Foundation’s 2017 America’s Health Ranking Annual Report, Wyoming is considered the worst state in the nation for suicide with 27.5 suicides per 100,000 people. “Cloud Peak counseling has two courses, they have a mental health first aid for adults and a mental...
WORLAND – The National Forensic League National Qualifiers took place two weeks ago in Lander with Worland High School qualifying two members for the national competition in June. Alongside the qualifiers, they also had two alternates, and one who advanced to round five in their event. Zoe Fernandez and Kimberly Sumida both qualified to compete in policy debate at nationals. Nathaniel Nelson was fourth alternate in humor and Raeth Tolman and Guendylan Byrd was second alternate in duet. Emily Brown had the pleasure of advancing to round five i...
WORLAND — Jim Rannells of Basin, author of the book “A Peace That Passes All Understanding” will be the guest speaker at the Mount Calvary Assembly of God Church, Third and Robertson, in Worland this Sunday at 11 a.m. Rannells and his family live in Basin and are active members of the Baptist church. Before finding the peace he enjoys, Rannells struggled for years with terrible situations, including alcoholism, the car wreck that killed his first wife and the suicide of their teenage son. Humbly and happily, Rannells in his book recalls some...
WORLAND - The Worland Senior Citizens Center is sponsoring the second annual March for Meals event Saturday from 10 a.m. – noon on the bike path located at the junction of 15th Street and Washakie Avenue. The event will help sustain the senior lunch and home delivered meals programs provided by the Worland Senior Citizens Center. This year, participants are asked to meet at the beginning of the bike path at 10 a.m. and there will be no registration fee or registration required. T-shirts will be sold and donations appreciated. “The proceeds wil...
CHEYENNE — A state of Wyoming veterans service officer from the Wyoming Veterans Commission will conduct community outreach services in Wyoming cities throughout April. Josh Schmidt is available to meet with veterans and their families to discuss state and federal veterans’ benefits, Department of Veterans Affairs claims, or VA healthcare. Schmidt 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...
Six seniors and 25 juniors were inducted into the Worland High School chapter of National Honor Society Tuesday night at the Little Theater. They were seniors Joslyn Alonzo, Cherith Ferrett, Jay Grzybowski, Olivia Scheuerman, Morgan Tigner and Casey Wassum; juniors, Emily Baumstarck, Emily Bleicher, Laramie Boward, McKenna Butte, Alexa Caballero, Adrianna Carver, Caitlin Cottrell, Andy Deniz, Andrew Edholm, Karla Gaytan, Porter Harman, Hailee Hunter, Joseph Keller, Joshua Kelton, Leighton...
WORLAND – The Hot Springs County High School forensics team captured fifth place in the Class 3A division at the state meet in Lander last weekend. More than 500 high school students from across Wyoming competed at the state speech meet. HSCHS coach Cindy Glasson said, “We’re a young team, so being just out of the top three is an accomplishment they should be very proud of.” “We had four breaks into semifinals — Hannah Hu in oratory, Tyler Kay in humor, Lane Randall in humor, and Katie Burrows and Ashley Brawley in duet.” Reilly Russell in po...