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Local business owners and other interested community members are invited to attend a “pool party” from noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 14 at the Greybull Elks Lodge.

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American flags held aloft by members of the Overland Riders from Basin and Greybull welcomed guests who walked under the canopy of flags into the newly renamed Donald J. Ruhl Memorial Cemetery for Friday’s dedication of the Donald J. Ruhl Monument.

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District chips in $30K for pool fix
by nathan oster
School officials and steering committee members continue to work on two separate yet equally important fronts in their bid to preserve the swimming program in Greybull.

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by nathan oster
It was the same team, but you wouldn’t have known it by the results.

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by nathan oster
The Worland pairing of Frank Gonsalez and Gary Gilmore posted 19 ½ points to win the rain-shortened Big Horn Redi-Mix Match Play Tournament held over the weekend at Midway Golf Course.

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Testing at the Wyoming Public Health Laboratory has increased the number of laboratory-confirmed cases of swine flu (novel H1N1) virus in state residents to 25, according to the Wyoming Department of Health.

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Mark your calendars. America’s Best Idea — the National Parks — gets even better this summer … it’s free.

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by nathan oster
Greybull Middle School athletes capped the track season with strong efforts in all grade levels at the Big Horn Basin Middle School Conference meet held Saturday at Panther Stadium in Powell.

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By Brad Devereaux
Three Big Horn County schools were honored at a ceremony Wednesday, May 6 at the Lovell Community Center for being listed among America’s Best High Schools in the Dec. 15-22, 2008, edition of U.S. News and World Report.

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by nathan oster
Missionaries from the Rocky Mountain Work & Witness organization will share their talent and love for the Lord when they descend on Greybull over the Memorial Day weekend.
It will be the organization’s third visit to the Big Horn Basin — and also its longest, with three full weeks of activities that will stretch into mid June.

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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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by nathan oster
Midway Golf Club signed up 11 new members during its initial outing of the season last weekend.
Fifteen teams were divided into four flights for the 18-hole scramble. 

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by nathan oster
As he had done an early-season meet in Cody, Greybull track coach Jeff Sukut opted to enter most of the members of his young team in junior varsity competition at the L.A. Kohnke Invitational Saturday in Powell.

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by nathan oster
Months of planning and construction culminated last week with the opening of Greybull’s new Pamida store on Sixth Street.

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Spring is the beginning of the prescribed burning season in many rural areas of Northwest Wyoming, and Wyoming Department of Transportation officials are advising citizens of issues relating to prescribed burns near state rights-of-way.

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The Wyoming Transportation Commission awarded $28.6 million in highway construction contracts last Thursday, including $22.2 million for the first 15 Wyoming road projects to be funded with federal economic stimulus program money.

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Midway Golf Course will host its first event of the season, a four-person scramble, on Saturday, April 18.  The event will be a flighted one, with multiple winners emerging from the competition.

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The State of Wyoming’s Unclaimed Property Division seeks to return $2 million to the owners of unclaimed checking and savings accounts, insurance benefits, stock and other funds, wages, refunds, deposits and overpayments through its Wyoming Windfall program.

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by nathan oster
Big things are happening for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Wyoming.
On the heels of a major victory at the last school board meeting, BBBS is now planning its next family event, a “Pictures with the Easter Bunny” fundraiser set for Sunday, April 12 from 8 a.m. to noon at the Shell Community Hall.

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by nathan oster
The countdown to opening day has begun at the Pamida store in Greybull.

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The judges for the 21st annual Greybull Alliance Church Men’s Pie Bake-off contest went with Jerry Patrick’s caramel apple pie, as the best in the adult division. In the 21 years of the contest, this recipe has received the top honor three times. Patrick is from Burlington.

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by nathan oster
Greybull Middle School track athletes have been working hard in practice and will make their season debut at Saturday’s Worland Invitational.

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by nathan oster
The 2009 track season began in ideal fashion Saturday for the Greybull Buffs and the 14 other teams who converged for the Bill Gerrard Memorial Invitational.

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by nathan oster
As the April 15 income tax deadline approaches, the volunteers who run the Tax-Aide program out of the South Big Horn Senior Center continue to accept appointments from people who require help with their taxes.

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by nathan oster
As one of only two meets scheduled in the state this weekend, the Bill Gerrard Memorial Invitational in Greybull will be a coming-out party for area track teams in search of spirited competition.

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By BRENDA TENBOER

Long-time board member Bill Greer of Hyattville spent a good part of the past three decades working to make the Big Horn County Fair a good experience — and he had a whole lot of fun doing it.

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by nathan oster
Greybull-Riverside put three wrestlers through to the finals, including eventual 160-pound champ Chayce Goton, en route to its best finish since 2003 at last weekend’s State 2A Wrestling Championships in Casper.

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Engineering fees reach limits for hangar project

By Brenda Tenboer
The South Big Horn County Airport near Greybull is slated to receive a nearly $1.5 million boost as a result of the federal stimulus package signed by President Barack Obama.
Grants Administrator Linda Harp said Tuesday that the county is awaiting a contract, but that the amount of $1,458,503 is confirmed.

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by nathan oster
Brett Keisel and the Pittsburgh Steelers are once again the toast of the National Football League, basking in the glow of the franchise’s record-setting sixth Super Bowl title which they earned with their 27-23 win over Arizona Sunday night in Tampa, Fla.

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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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NFL player outfits team with new Nikes

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Business was founded in 1972 by ‘Red’ McIntosh

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by nathan oster

An independent audit of the town’s finances for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2008 produced a “clean” finding and more high praise for town staff members.

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Photo by Karla Pomeroy

Charcoal shows off the chair and stool that will be raffled off for Felines and Friends. Charcoal is one of the kittens that was left in a taped up box behind the chamber office. He and his brothers are doing well.

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There was “fabulous food, a wonderful auctioneer and fun” for everyone who attended The Sitting Pretty in Greybull 2008 Greybull of Commerce fund-raiser Saturday evening at the Herb Asp Community Center.

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By Marlys Good

The Lady Buffs beat the Lady Blue of Shoshoni for the the Silver title at the Saratoga Invitational last Saturday, but had the tables turned on them in a re-match in the Buff gym Thursday night. Greybull lost to the Lady Blue in four games, 17-25, 25-16, 20-25, 25-27.

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Write-in candidate joins incumbents Ross and Johnson and challenger Nordlund

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The public is invited to a dedication of the Wyoming Veterans Memorial Park

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Citing “a variety of reasons,” the biggest being road construction on North Sixth Street, the Patriot Guard Riders have cancelled their five-state rally which had been planned for later this month in Greybull.

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Big Horn County tobacco prevention specialist Sharon Altermatt asked the Greybull Town Council on Monday to consider making the town the fourth municipality in Wyoming to ban smoking in public places and places of employment.

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Volunteers come in all shapes and sizes and they volunteer for dozens of reasons. But those who volunteer for hospice are special. It takes a lot of heart.

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