iPods bring new innovation to classroom

By KARLA POMEROY

Students at Riverside High School and Cloud Peak Middle School have been making quick use of the 40 iPods purchased with a $12,000 Qwest Foundation grant.

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County moves forward to make Lane 36 ½ a public road

By KARLA POMEROY

The Big Horn County commissioners approved an amended resolution to take a portion of Lane 36 ½ by prescription to make it a county road.

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Farm Bureau organizes against zoning

By BRENDA TENBOER

The Big Horn County Farm Bureau Federation successfully organized a crowd of people with a passion for preserving personal property rights to attend a public hearing Tuesday night in Basin.

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Zoning part of planning for the future

To zone or not to zone appears to be the question of the day.

It was exciting to learn that so many people attended Tuesday night’s Land Planning public hearing on the Land Plan for the county. It’s unfortunate, however, that many of those people waited until near the end of the process to become involved, and many are apparently still uninformed.

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Huskies top Shoshoni, face Riverside at home Friday

By NATHAN OSTER

With just 13 players, and 12 healthy ones by game’s end, the Shoshoni Wranglers didn’t have the firepower to match the Burlington Huskies.

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Swimmers face tough Class 4A competition

By NATHAN OSTER

Greybull-Riverside was no match on paper for the field of Class 4A teams assembled at Saturday’s Riverton Invitational, scoring just eight points on the day.

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Lady Huskies go the distance with Meeteetse; fall to Laramie in tournament finale Saturday

By MARLYS GOOD

The Burlington Lady Huskies had to come from 1-2 set deficit to defeat the Lady Longhorns, 25-19, 23-25, 17-25, 25-9, 15-8, in a  hard fought conference volleyball match played in Meeteetse Sept. 17.

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Lady Rebels down Shoshoni; boost conference record to 3-1

By MARLYS GOOD

The Lady Rebels have given notice to conference opponents that they are a team to be reckoned with. Considered “underdogs” going in, Riverside has reeled off victories over Greybull, Rocky Mountain and Shoshoni, boast a record of 3-1 and are just one game behind Lovell.

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Riverside shut out in Homecoming loss to Rocky

By KARLA POMEROY

The Rocky Mountain Grizzlies spoiled Riverside’s Homecoming celebration by shutting out the Rebels Friday night, handing the home team a 24-0 loss.

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Celebrating wedding and career anniversaries

Anniversaries mark special or memorable occasions. On Sept. 4, I celebrated two anniversaries.

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Lady Huskies tops in pool play; lose to Big Horn in championship

BY Marlys Good

The Burlington Lady Huskies took on all comers at the Big Horn Invitational and brought home second place in the Maroon (winner‘s) Bracket, losing to Big Horn in two sets,  18-21, 17-21,  in the championship match.

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Huskies win conference opener, 18-7 in Saratoga

By NATHAN OSTER

Shawn Christiansen ran for three touchdowns and the Burlington Huskies amassed nearly 500 yards of total offense in an 18-7 win over Saratoga on Friday.

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Rebels thumped by Cokeville in conference opener

By KARLA POMEROY

The Riverside Rebels fell to 1-1 in the 2009 season with a 49-6 thumping by the Cokeville Panthers in the first conference game of the season.

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Swim team encouraged by individual improvements

By NATHAN OSTER

It was a busy weekend for the Greybull-Riverside swimmers, who faced Worland in a dual Friday night before heading to Powell Saturday for the Gene Dozah Invitational.

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Lady Rebels whip Greybull;

boost conference record to 2-1

By MARLYS GOOD

After a first set 13-25 drubbing at the hands of rival Greybull Sept. 10, the Riverside Lady Rebels took the home court much more relaxed and played steady ball in the next three sets to beat the Lady Buffs, 25-18, 25-22, 25-16. The victory over their arch rivals left Riverside with a 2-1 conference record, and dropped the Lady Buffs to 0-2.

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Fair board seeks administrative assistant, hears complaints

By BRENDA TENBOER

The Big Horn County Fair board of trustees met Monday evening in a special work session to determine a job description for an administrative assistant.

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Bike run raises $1,700 to benefit area children

By KARLA POMEROY

The first America Christmas for Kids Bike Run, sponsored by a small group of motorcycle riders from Thermopolis, raised $1,700 that will be distributed to families in Basin and Thermopolis for Christmas.

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Vorhies gets nearly one year for past poaching incidents

By KARLA POMEROY

After changing his plea to three counts of Game and Fish violations and entering a guilty plea on a fourth count, former Greybull resident Gary Vorhies, 47, was sentenced to four years in the Big Horn County Jail with just over three years suspended.

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G-R swimmers show signs of improvement

By NATHAN OSTER

The home opener for the Greybull-Riverside swim team was a productive one, even though the fact that the team came out on the short end of a 98-38 final would seem to suggest otherwise.

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Lady Rebels 1-1 in conference; host Greybull tonight

By MARLYS GOOD

It was a good weekend for the Riverside volleyball team as they went 1-1 in conference matches. They lost to a strong Lovell team at home Thursday, 24-26, 7-25, 18-25, then managed to out-play the Lady Grizz in Byron Friday in four sets, 25-17, 25-20, 19-25, 26-24. Coach Lindsay Shaffner has to be pleased with her young, inexperienced squad.

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Basin man’s drowning appears accidental

Long-time Basin resident Ivan Foster apparently died of an accidental drowning while fishing at Renner Reservoir near Hyattville.

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Council hears from those opposed to smoke-free ordinance

By KARLA POMEROY

After a passionate debate between proponents for private rights and those for a no smoking ordinance the Basin Town Council left the impression that they would not be taking any action on an ordinance.

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Lady Huskies setting the tone; beat Ten Sleep in conference opener

By MARLYS GOOD

The trail to what hopefully leads to the top of the 1A heap, started Friday for the Burlington Lady Huskies as they swept conference foe Ten Sleep in three games, 25-20, 25-17, 25-15, in a match played on the Lady Pioneer’s home court

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Huskies fall to Big Piney in opener

By NATHAN OSTER

With no Week 0 game or scrimmage on the schedule, the Burlington Huskies showed signs of rust in their season opener — just as they did last year in a highly anticipated showdown with Rocky Mountain.

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Turnovers help lead Rebels to victory

By KARLA POMEROY

The Riverside Rebels opened the 2009 season edging Class 2A Pinedale 13-12 at home Friday night with turnovers and a point-after-kick proving to be the difference.

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Remember Sept. 11: Finding a balance of staying safe and keeping our freedoms

Eight years ago lives of Americans were changed forever — for the better or for the worst will likely be debated for years.

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Ivan Leroy Foster

Dec. 25, 1930 – Sept. 4, 2009

Ivan Leroy Foster, age 78, returned to his Heavenly Father on September 4, 2009. He was born December 25, 1930, in Mason City, Nebraska, to Selma Hauck and Charles Samuel Foster. He had three sisters, who have preceded him in death, Berniece Leininger, Louise Foster and Phyllis Wilson.

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Ralph Leroy Letzkus

Feb. 5, 1922 - Sept. 6, 2009

A memorial graveside service and burial of cremains of Ralph Leroy Letzkus will be held Monday, Sept. 14 at 11 a.m. at the Shell Cemetery.

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Virginia “Ginny” Stoneberg Glover

May 1, 1944 - Sept. 2, 2009

A private memorial service for Virginia ‘Ginny” Stoneberg Glover will be held in Thornton, Colo., and the inurnment of ashes will be held at Mount View Cemetery in Basin at a later date. Ginny, 65, died Sept. 2, in Thornton.

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Robert L. Sanderson

Oct. 19, 1923 - Sept. 1, 2009

Funeral services for Robert L. Sanderson were held Sept. 8 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Greybull. Bob, 85, died Sept. 1 at South Big Horn County Hospital after a year-long battle with cancer.

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Oraline J. Earley

Jan. 15, 1946 - Aug. 26, 2009

Services for former Greybull resident Oraline J. Early were held Aug. 28 in the Alternative Choice Chapel in Farmington, N.M. Oraline, 63, died Aug. 26, at her new home in Aztec, N.M., after a two-year battle with cancer.

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Marcella A. Wieland

Dec. 3, 1953 - Aug. 15, 2009

A celebration of the life of Marcella A. Wieland of Laramie was held Aug. 25 at the First Methodist Church in Laramie. Marcella, 55, died at her home in Laramie Aug. 15.

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H1N1 arrives in Big Horn County, schools prepare for cold and flu season

By KARLA POMEROY

While Big Horn County has its first confirmed H1N1 influenza case this week (in Greybull), Big Horn County School District No. 4 School Nurse Teri Stidolph said things have not started much differently for the district.

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Airport board seeks new member, sets public hearing on bylaw changes

By BRENDA TENBOER

The Big Horn County Airport board of trustees at its regular meeting August 28 accepted the resignation of member Roy Harper of Cowley.

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Committee members sought to develop new comprehensive plan for Basin

By KARLA POMEROY

The Basin Planning and Zoning Commission voted last week to develop a steering committee and seek a grant for a new comprehensive plan for the town of Basin.

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School board says ‘no’ to SRO due to financial concerns

By KARLA POMEROY

The Big Horn County School District No. 4 Board of Trustees voted 5-1 (with one abstention) to wait on a school resource officer in hopes that next year the COPS grant will be renewed and that they will have a better idea of its future financial picture.

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