Donald Crank: I really enjoyed the opportunity to join Mrs. Duff’s 4th grade on their trip to Yellowstone. Yellowstone has always been one of my favorite places to visit. The best part of this trip was watching the students develop as the trip went on. I watched students start taking responsibility for their own actions, take on chores without complaint, and grow closer as a class. When some classmates struggled, they all stepped in to help out. Shy students opened up and actively parti

By Paul V.M. Flesher The Thanksgiving holiday is here again. What will we do? We will get together with family and friends and will eat a big meal. And what is the meaning of this activity? Well, the quick answer is that this is a harvest festival; it celebrates the bountiful crops that have been brought in from the fields during the fall. In other words, we eat to celebrate the harvest that provided the food being eaten.If this is so, then Thanksgiving is little more than the equivalent of the a

Western Wyoming. – The Bridger-Teton National Forest announces that Christmas tree permits are available for purchase from any of the Bridger-Teton National Forest District Offices which include the Kemmerer, Big Piney, Pinedale, Greys River (Afton), and Buffalo Ranger Stations.  Permits are also available at the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Kemmerer and Pinedale Field Offices.  Forest and BLM offices are open 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday – Friday.A permit is required to cut Christm

Ask any third grader at Kemmerer Elementary why we celebrate Veteran’s Day and you will discover that they truly know the meaning of this very important and sometimes taken for granted holiday. To many people Veteran’s Day is simply a day off of work, but these third graders know that it is a time to honor all of the men and women that have fought for our freedom in the Armed Forces.     As part of their Veteran’s Day celebration they painted American flags using their hand

By Dr. Mark W. HendricksonWe have a problem. This could be “the big one”—bigger than coping with the Ahmadinejads, Kims, and Chavezes of the world and bigger than our current economic woes. Our republic, our society, may be heading for a crackup. We are bankrupt, both financially and politically.The source of the problem is democracy. Decades of so-called “progressive” thought have led us to abandon the limited-government, constitutional republic established by our founding fathers. In

by Nonie DarwishIn the Muslim faith a Muslim man can marry a child as young as one year old and have sexual intimacy with this child, consummating the marriage by age nine.The dowry is given to the family in exchange for the woman (who becomes his slave) and for the purchase of the private parts of the woman, to use her as a toy.Even though a woman is abused she can not obtain a divorce.To prove rape, the woman must have four male witnesses.Often after a woman has been raped, she is returned to h

Written bids will be accepted at Hot Springs State Park until November 30, for the purchase of 11 bison from the herds at Hot Springs and Bear River state parks.Written bids for the animals will be accepted at the Hot Springs State Park office until 5 p.m., November 30 for the purchase of the following animals: six heifer calves and five bull calves.All animals have all been properly vaccinated.Bids will be accepted for any or all of these bison. The minimum bid is $550 per animal, sold to the hi

Nichole Paulson, with the help of the community, collected enough shoes to fill the back of a pickup truck.  She is pictured with shoes that she collected in the first week that the boxes were out.  These shoes will be sent to Africa too.  Several Rotary Youth Leadership Association (RYLA) participants helped with gathering shoes.  Nichole’s truck load of shoes traveled to their first destination in Lander.  Miss Paulson would like to thank the community for helping with the “Sh

Lawrence, Kansas, December 12, 2008 –  A Kansas farm wife called the local phone company to report her telephone failed to ring when her friends called – and that on the few occasions, when it did ring, her dog always moaned right before the phone rang.  The telephone repairman proceeded to the scene, curious to see this psychic dog or senile lady. He climbed a telephone pole, hooked in his test set, and dialed the subscriber’s house.  The phone didn’t ring right away

Nathan Robert Fox has been called to serve in the Mexico Cuernavaca Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.He will report to the Mission Training Center on December 16, 2009. He will be speaking on November 29th at 12:50 P.M. at the Kemmerer Stake Center at 61 McGovern Avenue.Nathan is the son of Robert and Joy Fox and the grandson of Jean Fox

Washington, DC – You may know that new Medicare prescription drug and health plan choices are offered each year. Medicare’s Open Enrollment period runs from November 15 to December 31. Open Enrollment is your chance to review your current plan – including your original Medicare coverage – compare it with your other options, and make sure you’re getting the best available coverage for your health care needs. Your current health plan may have changed its cost or coverage for 2010,

November 13, 2009 – Two new collections of eAudiobooks, the digital versions of audiobooks, are now available in Netlibrary. The 785 titles in the Children’s & Young Adult Collection include award winners as well as classics and bestselling children’s and young adult series. Each month, five new titles will be added to the collection. To browse the Children’s & Young Adult Collection, go to http://library.netlibrary.com/rb_cya_us.aspx.The second new collection is Audio

Kemmerer Middle School has posted its first quarter honor roll. Those earning straight As, a 4.0 grade point average, were, by class:4.0 Gold5th grade – Karli Jackson and Kodee Vining 6th grade – Abby Brunski,Erik Calleros and Kolbianna Martin 7th grade – Alexis Julian,Seth Messick,Holland Pollard and Jacob Zaragoza 8th grade – Kale Kindschuh,Marie McClaren,Kaisha Nielson,Payton Pratt and Hailey Turner3.75 Silver5th grade – John Caugherty,Abigail Larson,Hannah Nielso

I-80 east was closed at milepost 62 for a couple hours on Tuesday morning, because of a semi truck fire.The semi was hauling vehicles, which caused explosion concerns due to fuel or gas vapors in the cars.The closure was put in place just before 9 A.M. when the fire was reported. The interstate was initially closed due to the truck fire, with a concern for a potential explosion should the fire spread to the trailer compartment with the vehicles inside, where the vapors from fuel in the gas tanks

Cheyenne – Governor Dave Freudenthal said continuing economic drags will impact State revenues through fiscal years 2010-11 and 2011-12. In a telephone conference from Iraq, where he’s visiting Wyoming National Guard troops, the Governor said the Wyoming Legislaturewill have his budget recommendations by the Dec. 1 deadline.The Economic Analysis Division of the Department of Administration and Information reports the Wyoming cost of living index increased at a 7.9% rate in the second

Cheyenne – (November 17, 2009) – In recognition of the 22 million Americans who work on farms or in farm-related jobs, including more than 11,000 ranchers and countless others who work in farm-related jobs here in Wyoming, Governor Dave Freudenthal has issued a proclamation declaring Nov. 20, 2009, “Thank your Farmers and Ranchers” day in Wyoming.Governor Freudenthal noted that the holiday season is a good time to remember that America’s agricultural sector works to provide consum

South Lincoln Medical Center Welcomes baby boyJohann Remington Feeley6 lbs. 4.5 oz. & 21 inches Born November 12, 2009Congratulationsto proud parentsRalyn and Jacob Feeley& attending physicianDr. Jeremy Starr

Five more fatalities have been reported by the Wyoming Highway Patrol.Fatals #110, 111Fatals #110 and 111 died November 5 three miles west of Afton, after an accident on WYO 238. Killed were Bracken G. Erickson, age 19, of Afton, and Michael J. Stank, age 18, of Jackson. Neither was wearing a seat belt.The Erickson vehicle, a 2004 GMC 2500, was eastbound on WYO 238 which was dry, with clear weather conditions, at the time. As the driver was attempting to negotiate a left hand curve in the road

Casper – Perry Livingston, of Sundance, was elected to his fifth term as President of the Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation (WyFB) at the organization’s 90th annual meeting in Casper.  Livingston and his family run a cow/calf operation in Crook and Weston Counties.  “It is a real privilege to continue serving agriculture and Wyoming Farm Bureau members,” Livingston said. “Agriculture’s voice is strengthened by the grassroots work of our organization that began in 1920 and will co

William Dembski, the double-PhD scholar of the intelligent design movement, has had enough with all this (hoopla over Darwin).  His latest article on Uncommon Descent is called “Getting over our love for Darwin.”  In it he quotes Malcolm Muggeridge, who wrote, “I myself am convinced that the theory of evolution, especially the extent to which it’s been applied, will be one of the great jokes in the history books in the future.  “Posterity will marvel that so very flimsy and dubious

By Diana MackinenIn just short of half an hour, the Town of Diamondville concluded its regularly scheduled meeting and adjourned.The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. following an hour workshop by Mayor Pro Tem Annis Nicotera. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Councilman Jim Burnett.Roll call was taken with Councilmen Burnett, Backman and Berger present. Also present were Clerk/Treasurer Teresa Martinez, Street Foreman Chuck Smith and Chief of Police Jim Hahn.The Council’s first actio

By Chuck YoungAt Monday evenings South Lincoln Hospital board meeting, board members voted unanimously to close the Cokeville clinic.The hospital district has operated the Cokeville clinic at a considerable annual expense for many years. Members of the current board felt that clinic operations could not continue unless the residents of the area were willing to step up and be taxed as part of the district to help offset the expenses.The move to close the clinic is in direct response to the failed

A Candlelight Vigil will be held forKelly Davison BurgessThursday, November 19, 2009 6:30 P.M.South Lincoln Training and Events Center

The park road north of the Fossil Butte visitor center will close for the season on November 20, and will reopen when conditions allow during the spring of 2010. Superintendent McGinnis based the annual closure on weather conditions expected in the next few days making travel on the upper road unsafe.The paved section of the monument road from County Road 12-300 up Chicken Creek Road to the visitor center is maintained between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. daily except on winter holidays.The main entr