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BHC growth continues to outpace rest of state

Published by admin on Thu, 03/21/2024 - 2:48pm

Now ranks as fourth-fastest growing county

SD#3 OKs staff changes, passes accreditation test

Published by admin on Thu, 03/21/2024 - 2:46pm

With the end of the school year in sight, the Big Horn County School District No. 3 board of trustees dealt with a number of personnel items at its March 12 meeting.
Resignations were accepted from the custodian Debie Weidenhaft, elementary interventionist Helaina Landers, high school life skills teacher James Armel and elementary paraprofessional Mayra Jenness.
Landers and Armel will move into new roles next school year.  Landers will be a fifth-grade teacher at GES while Armel will step into the special education classroom now led by Rob Nuttall, who is moving into the administrative role that will open with the retirement of Dee Robertson.
Other new hires included Daryl Shiplet, as a custodian, and Jennifer Furnell, who will drive a school bus and be a rotational employee helping where it’s needed most during the school day.

Local couple faces charges of nearly starving child to death

Published by admin on Thu, 03/21/2024 - 2:46pm

By Nathan Oster

Community Calendar

Published by admin on Thu, 03/21/2024 - 2:44pm

RECURRING EVENTS
THE SHACK
Open for two hours (3:30-5:30 p.m.) after school Monday through Thursday and three hours (1-4 p.m.) after school Friday for grades 5-12.
Open Friday and Saturday nights, 7 to 10 p.m., for middle and high school students only.
GREYBULL MUSEUM
Open Tuesday through Saturday.  Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 16 through April 30.
GREYBULL PUBLIC LIBRARY
Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday.
Story Time: Thursday, 11 a.m. to noon.
Book Club meets last Wednesday of every month, 5 p.m.
HERB ASP COMMUNITY CENTER
Roller Rink Skating: Fridays and Saturdays.  Family Skate (All Ages): 6:30 to 7:15 p.m.   Open Skate (All Ages): 7:30 to 9 p.m. $2 with own skates, $3 to rent.
Pickleball:  Monday and Friday 9 to 11 a.m., Tuesday and Thursday 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Rec Briefs

Published by admin on Thu, 03/21/2024 - 2:42pm

Easter Skate set for March 30
The annual Easter Skate will be held Saturday, March 30 for children age 12 and under.  Bring your favorite basket or a bag to the Herb Asp Community Center at 6:30 p.m.  Skates will be checked out to guests and the hunt on wheels will begin promptly after everyone gets their skates on.  There will be candy and prizes for all.  
The fee is $3 per person, which includes skate rental.  For more information call the Greybull Rec District office at (307) 765-9575 or email greybullrec@gmail.com.    

Greybull High School has released its third quarter honor roll for the 2023-24 school year.

Published by admin on Thu, 03/21/2024 - 2:42pm

A HONOR ROLL
Freshmen — Perla Rodriguez-Davila, Wyatt Whaley, Brooklyn Allen, Sy Schlattmann, Landen Craft, Bennett Sanford, Ethan Preetorius.
Sophomores — Shayne Cheatham, Lucian Hoffman, Carter Jacobs, Caden Thacker, Caden Hunt, Dakoby Bentley, Bradin Ewen, Yandel Hernandez, Camila Acuna Vaquera, Caiden Sorenson.
Juniors — Aleksey McColloch, Julie Lopez, Grainger Russell, Fatima Chavez, Ashtyn Chapman, Maddee Paxton.
Seniors — Caroline Boyer, Laura Carmona, Noah Gorski, Mackenzie Klitzke, Kelsie McColloch, Julia Paul-Blazquez, Tyler Searfoss, Brandon Burns, Iris Gard, Jayson Araiza, Chaise Benasky, Ashley Gomez-Davila, Katie Murph, Juan Acuna, Cadence Fostervold, Madelyn Robertson, Carlos Rodriguez-Davila, Xavier Stevens.
B HONOR ROLL
Freshmen — Garrett Dalin, Kalli Russell, Tawny Bertolini, Marlee Henson, Carter Peasley, Elizabeth Holloway, Jaxson Hunt.

FBLA students excel at state, advance to nationals

Published by admin on Thu, 03/21/2024 - 2:41pm

Greybull High School saw several of its students reach finals and qualify for nationals at the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) State Leadership Conference held last week at the University of Wyoming College of Business.
Coach Mark Sanford took 16 of his business students who competed in 50 different events.
Finalists included Kelsie McColloch, Aleksey McColloch and Juan Acuna in Marketing, Sports and Entertainment Management; K. McColloch, A. McColloch and Chaise Benasky in Business Ethics; Cole Wisehart in Hospitality Management and Bennett Sanford, Landon Craft and Caden Hunt in Intro to Business Presentation.
Several earned a trip to Orlando, Fla., the site if this year’s national FBLA convention.
Bennett Sanford qualified in Intro to Business Concepts, Intro to Marketing and in Intro to Business Presentation along with Craft and Hunt.  Benasky also qualified, making it in Spreadsheet Applications.

GMS, GHS students honored at regional History Day

Published by admin on Thu, 03/21/2024 - 2:39pm

The Region I History Day competition held March 12 couldn’t have gone better for Greybull’s middle and high school students.
In addition to earning first place in multiple categories, every one of them qualified for state competition April 29 in Laramie.
In the senior (high school) division, Jack Pharaoh’s exhibit on Wounded Knee won first place in individual documentary, while Juan Garcial-Padilla, Cord Edeler and Anthony Chacon took first in  group website with “9/11: A Trigger for the War on Terror.”
GMS students made an even stronger impression in the junior division, placing in multiple categories.
In group website, Tell Edeler, Baron Eichelberger, Grey Wipplinger and Cruz Sorenson placed first with “The Battle of the Little Bighorn”; Joey Boyer and Ella Keisel placed second with “Elizabeth Blackwell” and Caitlyn Hunt and Ashlyn Chacon placed third with “Chemical Warfare (WWI).

Extension to host season extension, food production conference

Published by admin on Thu, 03/21/2024 - 2:38pm

University of Wyoming Extension will host Harvest Wyoming, a one-day conference on season extension and small-scale food production, at Sheridan College Saturday, April 6.
The conference, which is supported by the Wyoming Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Program, is part of UW Extension’s Harvest Wyoming initiative. Event partners include the Barnyards & Backyards team, Wyoming Food Coalition, Sheridan College and UW’s Growing Beginning Farmers and Ranchers program.
“This conference is for anyone who is curious about how to maximize their growing season,” says Micah Most, a UW Extension educator and co-organizer of the event. “This will be an excellent opportunity for folks to come interact with experts, to ask their questions and to connect with other individuals in the community.”

Legion post, Elks announce Easter egg hunt details

Published by admin on Thu, 03/21/2024 - 2:34pm

Greybull will once again have an Easter Sunday egg hunt in the park this year, thanks to Greybull Elks Lodge and American Legion Post 32. By popular demand, the two community organizations revived the event last year.
This year’s hunt will be held Sunday, March 31, with kids up to 4 going at 2 p.m., kids 5 to 7 going at 2:15 p.m. and kids 8 to 11 going at 2:30 p.m.
Participants will have a chance to win some great prizes.  Two free bicycles and six Easter baskets will be given away in each age group to kids who find the eight golden eggs scattered around the park.