Lady Rebels take fourth, relay teams win state titles

By KARLA POMEROY
The fearsome six Lady Rebels raced to fourth place in the 2A State Track and Field Meet in Casper last weekend, bringing home two titles, two second-place finishes, three third-place finishes and two fourth-place finishes.

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Burlington thinclads bring home twin crowns

By MARLYS GOOD
“We were pleased; we had a good weekend,” said Burlington track coach Albert Henderson, in what could be called the understatement of the year, after both his boys and girls teams won the 1A state track and field championships in Casper last weekend.

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State prepared despite no H1N1 flu cases

By KARLA POMEROY
While Wyoming continues to be one of two states without any H1N1 flu cases (swine flu), Big Horn County public health officials say they are ready.

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Family Treatment Court gets people back on track New clients needed in program By BRENDA TENBOER The Big Horn Family Treatment Court is a dynamic...

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DEQ: Lovell landfill won’t buy $1 million liner
Commissioner still pushing ‘risk assessment’ legislation

By BRENDA TENBOER
Big Horn County Commissioner Keith Grant said the state was putting the cart before the horse when it ordered 20-year solid waste plans before water studies were finished — and he was right.

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Love of horses drives UL Ranch breeder

By BRENDA TENBOER
When Mine That Bird closed from last to win the Kentucky Derby by nearly seven lengths and at 50:1 odds, the horse’s breeder felt like the luckiest man alive. David Butz of Greybull knows the excitement of breeding a winning horse, in fact he lives for it.

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A glimpse into parenthood

I wonder how my mother did it, or how any mother with more than one child does it. My mother, at one time, had three children, all under the age of 3.

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Jerry Terrell Mitchell
June 9, 1939 - May 12, 2009

Funeral services for Jerry Terrell Mitchell were held May 16 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Burlington. Jerry, 69, died May 12.

Douglas Robert Farley
Nov. 12, 1934 - May 20, 2009

Douglas Robert Farley died May 20 at the Wyoming Retirement Center in Basin. Internment will be in the Farley family plot in Wenatchee, Wash.

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Council makes more budget cuts; no decision on raises, insurance

By KARLA POMEROY
With the town facing 10 percent reduction from state funding the Basin Town Council went about making more cuts to the 2009-2010 budget and discussed options for raises and health insurance for employees during a work session and special meeting last Wednesday.

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County real estate market surviving despite nationwide crash

By BRENDA TENBOER
Big Horn County property owners who compared 2009’s assessment notice to 2008 had little to complain about for the most part.

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Personnel changes highlight school board meeting

By KARLA POMEROY
Personnel and policies highlighted the Big Horn County School District No. 4 Board of Trustees meeting last Tuesday.

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Lady Rebels finish third; Longshore wins two individual, two relay titles at regional meet

By KARLA POMEROY
The Riverside Lady Rebels, all six of them, captured third place at the 2A West Regional Track Meet in Lander last Friday and Saturday.

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Huskies, Lady Huskies win regional track titles

By MARLYS GOOD
Four hundred five and one-half  — that’s the staggering number of combined points put up by the Huskies and Lady Huskies as they powered their way to their respective 1A West Regional Track & Field championships last weekend in Lander.

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Busy May only gets busier this weekend

While May might be a merry month in the words of poet Richard Barnfield, it is also a busy month, for students, teachers, parents and small weekly newspapers.

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Lorine Seibrecht
Sept. 27, 1947 - May 12, 2009

Memorial services are pending for Lorine “Lori” Seibrecht of Greybull. Lori, 61, died May 12 at Eagle Cliff Manor following a lengthy illness.

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James D. “Jim” Shirran
June 5, 1956 - May 15, 2009

A celebration of the life of James D. “Jim” Shirran will be held May 27 at 11 a.m. at the Atwood Family Chapel in Greybull. Jim, 52, died Friday, May 15.

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The year is 2029; do you know where your garbage is?
Public invited to ask questions, comment on solid waste process

By BRENDA TENBOER
Big Horn Basin residents are invited to attend an open house to see first hand how landfill needs may be met as far in the future as 20 years from now.
“It’s an opportunity for us to tell the public what has been going on for the past two years, tell them the alternatives we’ve looked at and what might be happening with solid waste in this area,” said Inberg-Miller engineer Howard Johnson.

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Four valedictorians lead Riverside’s Class of 2009

By KARLA POMEROY
Riverside High School’s Class of 2009 boasts four valedictorians, the first time a Riverside class has had multiple valedictorians.

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Fire markers help EMTs, firefighters find homes in crisis

By BRENDA TENBOER
When help arrives too late, the outcome can be tragic.
Several years ago one Manderson resident died from a heart attack with two ambulance crews — one dispatched from Big Horn County and the other from Washakie County — frantically searching for his home.

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Public or private: Still no decision on Lane 39

By KARLA POMEROY
The issue of whether to make all of Lane 39 a public road continues to be up in the air but may be resolved with a meeting between the commissioners, Otto resident Mike Scherman and Scherman’s attorney.

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Graduation advice not always logical

By Karla Pomeroy

It’s graduation time in Big Horn County with Riverside and Greybull ceremonies on Sunday and Burlington on Monday. This year’s slate of graduates have witnessed some historic moments during their final year in high school with the election of America’s first African-American president, and a recession that nearly equals the Great Depression in some experts’ opinions.

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Riverside thinclads head to regional meet; relay, Getzfreid post AQ times

By KARLA POMEROY
The Riverside thinclads were few but mighty at the Thermopolis Bobcat Pre-Regional meet last Friday afternoon and at the Greybull Relays last Tuesday with one runner and a relay team qualifying for state.

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Huskies have 35 state qualifiers; head to regionals Friday

By MARLYS GOOD
Going into the 1A West Regional Track meet this weekend the Burlington Lady Huskies already have 17 automatic state qualifiers covering 11 track and field events and the Husky boys have 18 qualifiers covering 10 events — and the total of 21 events does not include the AQ relay teams. So what more could Coach Albert Henderson and his athletes want? Well, more state qualifiers. Henderson said they had a few athletes who could qualify by finishing in the top eight in individual events, and in the top four relays at regionals.

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Judge orders LaMax to stop work at airport, voids contract

By BRENDA TENBOER
District Court Judge Steven Cranfill on Tuesday voided a half-million dollar contract awarded to LaMax Construction of Basin by the Big Horn County commissioners on April 7.

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Council begins cutting budget

By KARLA POMEROY
The Basin Town Council began the difficult task of cutting the 2009-2010 fiscal year budget during a work session last Wednesday.

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Council supports recycling, non-committal on smoke-free initiative By KARLA POMEROY The Basin Town Council appeared to be in favor of a volunteer ...

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Single point of entry aims to help juveniles sooner

By BRENDA TENBOER
The old adage, ‘It takes a village to raise a child’ never held more true than during a presentation in Greybull on Monday morning. Raising a child is a tough job, helping an at-risk kid make good choices is even tougher, but with a well-coordinated support system it is possible, according to former District Judge turned Governor’s Juvenile Justice Policy Analyst Gary P. Hartman.

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All arrests will be published

Per a new policy adopted by the Basin Republican Rustler, names of persons 18 or older who are arrested will now appear in the sheriff’s report and police report. This newspaper feels it is important to strive for fairness, consistency and accuracy, which is why we feel it is prudent to publish all arrests, regardless of the person’s age or the charge. We will report any dismissals.
We feel it’s important for our citizens to know what our law enforcement is doing, as well what the citizenry is doing.

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Sova resigns; will teach/coach  in Rock Springs

By MARLYS GOOD
Next year will be a year of big changes for Cory Sova, who has resigned as  Title  I Reading and math teacher/director for Big Horn County School District No. 4, and head girl’s basketball coach at Riverside High School, to accept a position as special education instructor and head boy’s basketball coach at Rock Springs High School.

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More AQs for the Huskies; Fabricius sets school record

By MARLYS GOOD
Todd Davidson, Spencer Flores, Michelle Fabricius, Alisha Wardell and Brandy Bullinger met automatic qualifying marks for the 1A State Track and Field meet in Casper May 21-23. The AQs came at meets held in Thermopolis Friday and Meeteetse Saturday.

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Regular season ends at Thermopolis

By KARLA POMEROY
Riverside Lady Rebels Ashley Vigil and Chelsea Longshore represented their school well at last Friday’s Wyoming Track Classic in Casper.
Coach Steve Olson reported that Vigil finished third among the competition of the best in the state, with a season-best time of 1:01.92. Longshore was eighth in the 200 at 28.36.

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