Three swimmers earn all-conference
Mead wins diving, Anderson and Getzfreid also honored
By Nathan Oster
Greybull-Riverside didn’t achieve its goal of finishing among the top four, but still left the Absaroka Conference Meet in Worland with three all-conference performers in Ariel Mead, Hope Anderson and Amber Getzfreid and the conference’s assistant coach of the year in Vickie Lowe Collingwood.

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Hospital board discusses mental health issues
State examines flaws in holding process for mentally ill

By Brenda TenBoer

What happens when a person suffers a psychotic break and is placed on an involuntary hold for health and safety reasons?
Administrators, board members and health care providers at the South Big Horn County Critical Access Hospital say that under current guidelines the system fails poorly when it comes to meeting the needs of the mentally ill.

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Schools look at renovations for security

By Karla Pomeroy

Cloud Peak Middle School is looking into modifications to the front of the school for security and energy efficiencies.
Principal Kyle Gunderson reported to the Big Horn County School District No. 4 Board of Trustees at their regular meeting last Tuesday that Plan One Architects personnel have visited the school and are developing options for a possible double-entry at the main entrance of the building for energy efficiency, electronic doors for security and office renovations.

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Each week newspapers perform a balancing act

Occasionally newspapers receive calls from readers demanding that we only cover certain subjects and demanding that we stop covering others. That is not what the role of the newspaper is. By its very name, a newspaper covers the news, we are not publicity agents for certain organizations or certain areas.

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Dennis Ray Love
Oct. 8, 1973 - Sept. 30, 2008

A celebration of the life of Dennis Ray love was held Oct. 3 in the Lovell High School Gymnasium. Dennis, 34, died Sept. 30 in Lovell.

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Vivian Brown Neves
Oct. 15, 1919 - Oct. 15, 2008

Funeral services for Vivian Brown Neves were held Oct. 20 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Burlington. Vivian, 89, died at her home in Burlington Oct. 15.

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Nadine Lois Saldana
March 12, 1934 - Oct. 16, 2008

Memorial services for Nadine Lois Saldana were held Oct. 21 at Grace Fellowship Church in Greybull. Nadine, 74, died Oct. 16, at her home in Greybull.

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Wayne E. Randolph
Nov. 21, 1917 - Oct. 15, 2008

Graveside services for Wayne E. Randolph were held Oct. 22 at Fort Gibson National Cemetery in Oklahoma. Wayne, 90, died Oct. 15 in Broken Arrow.

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Lady Rebels take top seed into
West Regional tournament

Go in undefeated

By Marlys Good
The Lady Rebels are the top seed from the Northwest going into the 2A West Regional Volleyball Tournament in Lander this weekend, and will take on Big Piney, the fourth seed from the southwest in a match at 11:30 a.m. Friday at the Lander High School Field House.
This is the first time in 10 years that the Rebels have gone undefeated in conference play. They did win the conference title six years ago, but they had one loss on their record.

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Rebels shut out by Wind River

By Karla Pomeroy

The Riverside Rebels ran into a hard-hitting, physical Wind River defense that shut out the Rebels offense Friday night as the Rebels suffered a 37-0 conference loss with one more game to play in the regular season.

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Conference meet next for swimmers
By Nathan Oster
Greybull-Riverside recorded eight personal-best swims in its final tune-up before the Class 3A West Conference meet this weekend in Worland.
Minus one of its top swimmers in Leah Hoblit, who was ill, the team was unable to beat either Rawlins or Worland, finishing third with 86 points.

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Lady Huskies in the hunt for Regional crown; open against  Encampment at 1 p.m. Friday By Marlys Good Jerry Patrick and his Lady Husky volle...

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Drug card program on hold

By Karla Pomeroy

The Big Horn County Commissioners are taking a step back from applying for a new prescription drug card program through the National Association of Counties.
After making a motion to move forward with an application in an earlier meeting this month, the commissioners heard concerns about the program.

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4-H Leaders Council suggests changes for fair
Fair board eyes grant money for improvements

By Brenda TenBoer

The October meeting of the Big Horn County Fair board of trustees Monday night focused on planning for next year and improving the grounds.
The main item of new business addressed at the meeting was some suggestions made to improve the fair by the 4-H Leader’s Council. Minutes of the August 4 4-H Leaders Council meeting list five main suggestions for the fair board. The first suggestion was that all show rings should be shaded or in a barn with lots of seats.

















   

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Patricia Ann “Pat” Pryor
March 21, 1942 - Sept. 27, 2008

Memorial graveside services for Patricia Ann “Pat” Pryor will be held Saturday, Oct. 18, at 11 a.m. at Mount View Cemetery in Basin. Pat. 66, formerly of Basin, died Saturday, Sept. 27, in Fresno, Calif.

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Benjamin L. Bader
July 27, 1927 - Oct. 10, 2008

Funeral services for Benjamin L. Bader were held Oct. 14 at the United Methodist Church in Ten Sleep.  Ben, 83, died Oct. 10 at the Washakie Medical Center in Worland.

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Lady Rebels nail down conference title

By Marlys Good
It wasn’t easy but the Lady Rebels did it. They kept their conference record spotless with a four game 25,22, 20-25, 25-19, 30-28, victory over the Lady Bobcats in Thermopolis Friday.
Riverside had to overcome poor serving, 80 percent as a team, to seal the win. “We missed 19 serves in the match — that’s pretty much one whole game,” said Coach Lindsay Schaffner. “We were down 0-5 in the first game but found a way to win it. In the last game we were up 24-21, before Thermopolis made a run and tied it at 24. It could have gone either way several times. We were very happy, very lucky, the ball bounced our way.”
While poor serving was definitely a negative, winning in spite of it was a positive. “That part of our game was not there, and coming back and being able to win, put a positive spin on the negative aspect.”

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Swimmers brace for homestretch
Team’s final tune-up before conference Friday in Worland
By Nathan Oster
The swimming and diving season is entering the homestretch, with only a single triangular meet Friday in Worland standing between Greybull-Riverside and its conference and state competitions.

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At last – Huskies solve Cokeville puzzle
By Nathan Oster
Friday was a day of firsts for the Burlington Huskies.
Never — not even during its championship years — had a Burlington team ever hung a loss on Cokeville. But with a 7-6 squeaker on a wintery afternoon in Burlington, that streak finally came to end.

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Lady Huskies piling up conference wins; close out with Dubois, St. Stephens By Marlys Good The Lady Huskies needed just six games to add two mo...

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Alisha Wardell was decked out in her pirate outfit Tuesday to celebrate Burlington’s Homecoming.

County applies for free prescription drug cards

By Karla Pomeroy

A new prescription drug card program will give at least 25 percent of Big Horn County residents 22 percent off of prescriptions.
The Big Horn County Commissioners voted unanimously last Tuesday at the regular meeting to apply for the National Association of Counties (NACo) Prescription Drug Discount Drug Program.

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C-130 dedicated "Thermopolis"

By Brenda TenBoer

The C-130 officially dubbed the “Thermopolis” during an Oct. 1 dedication ceremony is one of four new additions to the fleet of eight the Wyoming Air National Guard received in 1993.

 

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Karla’s Kolumn
Hunting interrupted by World Series

By Karla Pomeroy

This week the Basin Republican Rustler, Greybull Standard and Lovell Chronicle have joined efforts to offer Big Horn County residents the annual Hunting Edition. The special edition is included in this week’s publication and includes some local features on meat processing and local turkey hunting as well as a look at some general hunting tips.

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Felipe Gutierrez Garza
May 26, 1921 - Oct. 5, 2008

Funeral services for Felipa Gutierrez Garza will be held Friday, Oct. 10, at 10 a.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Burlington. Felipa, 87, formerly of Pharr, Texas, died Oct. 5 at

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Ferrel Hopkin Riley
May 5, 1922 - Oct. 4, 2008

Funeral services for Ferrel Hopkin Riley will be held Thursday, Oct. 9, at 10:30 a.m. at the Burlington LDS Church with Bishop Richard Wardell presiding. Ferrel, 86, lifelong Burlington resident, died Oct. 4 in an accident while helping gather cattle on the Big Horn Mountains south of Ten Sleep.

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Burlington edges Riverside for rival win

By Karla Pomeroy

The Burlington Huskies came to Basin Friday night and came out the victors in a hard-fought battle with the Riverside Rebels, 19-13.
Rebels Coach Michael McGuire said, “It was two evenly matched teams. They made a few more plays than we did.”

 

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Pushing forward
Coach working team hard in practice, seeing positive effects

By Nathan  Oster
Coach Beth Magstadt continues to push her Greybull-Riverside swimmers in practice — and the results continue to be positive.
Magstadt has yet to reach the point where she is satisfied enough with the conditioning of her athletes to begin “tapering” workouts so they are fresh and thus capable of posting their best times in competition.

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Lady Rebels roll through tourney

By Marlys Good

The Lady Rebels scored a perfect 10, no make that a perfect 11, in last week’s volleyball matches. They disposed of conference foe Greybull in three games Thursday, 25-15, 25-15, 25-20, then went 10 for 10 in the Riverside/Greybull net tournament Friday and Saturday.
Falling to the Rebels in the tournament were Snake River, 25-18, 25-17, the Lander JV, 25-7, 25-9, Tongue River, 25-21, 25-18, Wyoming Indian High School, 25-20, 25-12, and Dubois, 25-13, 25-11.

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Huskies sweep six opponents By Marlys Good After losing the first game of a four-game match to 2A Shoshoni,  the Lady Huskies of Burlington...

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Bail out will impact local banks with increased regulations

By Karla Pomeroy

The House of Representatives failed to approve the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 on Monday that was designed to try and prevent more brokerage and investment banks from closing and provide a boost to the economy. Local bankers are waiting to see what Congress will do next and what impact a bail out will have on their banks.


 

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Law enforcement in four counties want to share information
$3 million grant may pay for network

By Brenda TenBoer

Law enforcement officials across the Big Horn Basin have joined forces in support of the Big Horn Basin MDT (mobile data transfer) project. The project, if funded, will allow any police department or sheriff’s office in Big Horn, Washakie, Park or Hot Springs counties access to a common database of criminal information.

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Action, tough decision required of Congress

At least Rep. Barbara Cubin got it right. Now I can’t say that I have read the more than 100-page Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, but I do know if Congress does not do something soon we could be headed back to a Depression.

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John Chester “Chet” Mercer
Nov. 27, 1913 - Sept. 23, 2008
Funeral services for John Chester “Chet” Mercer of Hyattville were held Friday, Sept. 26, at 10 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Basin. Chet, 94, died Sept. 23.

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Rebels’ goal-line stand secures win

By Karla Pomeroy

The Riverside Rebels edged the Rocky Mountain Grizzlies 8-6 Friday in Byron in a hard-fought contest that included two impressive goal line stands.
“I was proud of the way we played,” Coach Michael McGuire said in his weekly interview Monday morning. He said while the Grizzlies did a good job of moving the ball against the Rebels defense, Riverside made big plays when they needed to. “We had a bend but don’t break defense Friday night,” McGuire said.

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Personal bests in final home meet

By Karla Pomeroy

The Greybull-Riverside swim team had a busy weekend, which will provide them experience for conference and state meets later in the season.

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Huskies roll over Hanna

By Karla Pomeroy

It was over before it began with the Burlington Huskies scoring early and often in a dominating performance over the Hanna Miners Friday at the Burlington High School Field.


 

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Lady Rebels continue to cruise in conference play

By Marlys Good

The Lady Rebels served a season-high 91 percent to fuel their four game, 27-25, 25-18, 23-25, 25-22 victory over Burlington in a match in Basin Sept. 27 then stayed in the conference driver’s seat with a four game, 25-21, 25-16, 23-25, 26-24, hard-fought win over the Lady Blue in Shoshoni Friday.

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Lady Huskies up record to 4-0

By Marlys Good

Burlington split two non-conference matches last week, losing to Riverside in four games Thursday, 25-27, 18-25, 25-23, 22-25, and beating Rocky Mountain in Byron Friday, 20-25, 25-21, 25-17, 25-11, then  upped its conference record to 4-0 with twin road wins over Dubois, 25-14, 25-19, 25-5, and St. Stephens Saturday.

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