The Voice of the Community Since 1909, Serving Moorcroft and Pine Haven, Wyoming
The Voice of the Community Since 1909, Serving Moorcroft and Pine Haven, Wyoming
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Moorcroft recently received a $50,000 community development grant from Wyoming Business Council for two separate studies in town. Half of the funding is to be spent specifically on the MTC study, while the other $25,000 is to be spent on a community evaluation. The community analysis identifies potential future economic development, giving the governing body reasonable direction and strategies to continue building and maintaining a thriving environment for local residents and businesses in coming years. Of the three engineering firms...
Crystal Meadows and husband Roger have been residents of Crook County for several decades. Living a few miles east of Pine Haven, the couple was active in supporting the town’s endeavors to become a thriving community over the years. A project particularly close to Crystal’s heart before her unexpected death in 2020 was the municipal community center/senior group. As a memorial to her life, friends and neighbors donated over $15,000 to the newly created center at Roger’s behest. He was pleas...
The Coach Mirich poker tournament held in Pine Haven in January garnered over $14,000 for the town’s volunteer fire department, specifically a new battery-operated “Jaws of Life”. Last Friday night, many in the department joined came together at the fire station to get a “hands on” demonstration of the newest addition to their arsenal. The crew of first responders watched avidly as account manager Roger Crane removed what to the folks assembled was a beautiful piece of machinery. The battery w...
The danger of uncontrolled fires to life and property is very real, making the established guidelines for fire safety imperative, according to Pine Haven Volunteer Firefighter and assistant Chief Don Lancaster, who would like to remind the community to take care as we head into a potentially dry spring and summer. “It was a tremendous fire, we were lucky to get it stopped when we did,” he says regarding the recent 104-acre blaze near Sundance at last Tuesday’s council meeting. In at least two fires reported last week, embers were still alive...
Grave side services for Moorcroft resident, Marion “Eyvonne” Schuricht were on March 15 at the Moorcroft Cemetery with Fr. Cliff Jacobson officiating. Eyvonne, age 91, passed away at Legacy Living and Rehabilitation Center on March 9, 2021 in Gillette, WY from age related complications. Eyvonne was born on April 1, 1929 to Albert and Eva (Bowden) Evans in Gillette, WY. She grew up on the family homestead near Oshoto, WY. Eyvonne attended school in a one room schoolhouse one mile away from the family home. She walked to school with her brothers....
Vanda Kay Steele, 67, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, at the Crook County Hospital surrounded by her loved ones. Vanda was born January 15, 1954, in Newcastle, Wyoming, to Mary Wondercheck (McLeod) and Frank Sipe Sr. She attended elementary in Moorcroft, Wyoming, junior high school in Osage, Wyoming, and high school in Upton, Wyoming, where she graduated in 1972. In 1977 she began working for American Colloid where she met Lynn Watt, who she married on August 19, 1978. During their 14 years of marriage, they had three children...
John E. “Jack” Pridgeon of Beulah, Wyoming, lost his battle with Alzheimer’s, the evening of March 5, 2021, at his home in Red Canyon surrounded by his family. Jack Pridgeon was born on May 16, 1933, in Newcastle, Wyoming, to Henry I. “Hank” and Maxine E. (Foltz) Pridgeon. He lived in Newcastle, Sundance and finally in Upton, Wyoming. He graduated from Upton High School in the class of 1951. He married Clarice B. (Thompson) Pridgeon, on August 11, 1949, in Buffalo, Wyoming. To this union six children were born. Jack was a member of the Wyomi...
Dear Editor, I am responding to Dick Claar’s letter to the editor. Our county commissioners are elected by the people to represent the people of Crook County. Please read that, picturing the entire county. I resent that he is so critical of the Constitutional Representation of our commissioners. I am reminded of the old saying that a lamb, a lion and a wolf sit down to decide what is for dinner. In a democracy the lamb is sure to be dinner, but in a constitutional representative government the lamb is protected from being dinner. Our F...
When government fails, it’s the rare public official who says, “Oops. My fault.” That’s human nature, particularly for officials in the public eye who may have to run for office again. No one wants to be held directly responsible for letting the public down. Case in point is the recent catastrophe in Texas, when unexpected winter storms left four million homes without power, ruptured pipes and tainted the water supply for many. Texas’ energy grid essentially collapsed. While Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was quick to blame frozen wind turbines,...
Wyoming to receive $1B from latest relief package CASPER (WNE) — Wyoming will receive over $1 billion in state aid soon, thanks to the latest stimulus package signed into law Thursday by President Joe Biden. The federal government passed a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package along party lines this week, the third economic recovery act to pass Congress since the pandemic began last year. Wyoming will soon see hefty returns under the sweeping act. In addition to the approximately $1 billion in state aid, the federal government will funnel an ad...
After a year’s hiatus, the Old West Invitational Turkey Shoot (OWITS) will resume for its 11th year! This year’s event will take place April 28 to May 1 at the Greater Hulett Community Center in Hulett. Hunters from all over the country will converge on Crook County and enjoy another great turkey season combined with fun activities and camaraderie. All events will take place at the Greater Hulett Community Center (GHCC) this year, beginning with an opening mixer and team auction Thursday night, competitive hunting all day Friday, barbeque and...
Come on in! Yes, we are open and have a variety of things to do. You can read, check out books, DVDs and CD Books, bring you children to Story Hour and after school craft, join book clubs, kids paint and use our meeting room. Call us at 756-3232 for any questions you might have. Crook County Library System has joined OVERDRIVE, you will need your card number and pin to access this system. We are hoping this system will help with a variety for those that like to read on devices. NEW BOOKS Honeysuckle Season by Mary Ellen Taylor The Right Kind...
At the Moorcroft lagoon, RCS continues to work on the rebar and mechanical work for the new chlorination building as weather permits. Additionally, they continue to work on the contact chambers, installing two slide gates and connecting the future chemical lines into the chambers....
Due to winter weather conditions, the mobile vaccine clinics have been rescheduled for Fri., Mar. 19 in Sundance and Newcastle. Veterans with appointments simply need to come at their previously schedule appointment time, now on Friday. Additional appointments are available. The clinic will be in Sundance from 8-11 a.m. at the CCSD Central Office parking lot and in Newcastle from 12:30-3:30 p.m. at the Gateway Travel Center parking lot. Veterans choosing to be vaccinated will receive the Janssen (Johnson and Johnson) one dose vaccine. In...
Crook County Library is hosting the program “Frozen and Boiled: The Weather Extremes of 1936” by Tim Velder on Friday, April 9 at the library meeting room in Sundance. The program will begin at 7 p.m. and is free to the public. Throughout the history of America’s upper Great Plains, weather is almost always among the top three factors in the success or failure of a people. One harsh winter. One brutal drought. One season of pestilence. Any one of those things happening in one calendar year...
Pat Frolander, local writer and Wyoming’s fifth poet laureate, has been honored with an award from the Western Writers of America. The Spur Awards honor the best in Western literature and are selected by a panel of judges from material that was published the previous year. Spur Awards are given for works whose “inspiration, image and literary excellence best represent the reality and spirit of the American West.” This year, “Baptism,” a poem that was published in Frolander’s Second Wind by High Plains Press, was chosen for the Best Poem award...
Black Hills State University has released the Dean’s List for the fall 2020 semester. A total of 712 students maintained a grade point average (GPA) of 3.5 or higher while taking at least 12 credit hours. Crook County students on the list include: Kaylei Petz (BSED Elementary Education) and Heather Ver Burg (BSED English Education) of Moorcroft and Molly Amann (BSED Elementary Education) of Sundance....
On March 1, police assisted Crook County Victim Witness Coordinator with removal of victim items from a residence. On March 2, police took protective custody of a child due to alleged sexual assault. Investigation is ongoing. Stats: Two house watches, eight extra patrols, 20 business checks, one open door/window found, two traffic warnings, one sexual assault of a minor, three VIN checks, four school zone / crosswalks, two assists to other agencies, two finger printings Citations Issued: Isaac R. Welch, Gillette, WY, No Brake Lights; Blaine R....
Mar. 1 – Eight VIN checks. Two paper services. Eight traffic stops. Civil assist. Subject booked into jail. Business checks. Mar. 2 – Five VIN checks. Two traffic stops. Civil assist. Theft report. Threat report. Fire page. Business checks. Mar. 3 – Six VIN checks. Inmate transported to appointment and back to jail. Two sets fingerprints. Suspicious person complaint. Assist to Sundance Elementary. Civil standby. Suspicious circumstance. Business checks. Mar. 4 – Eight VIN checks. Traffic stop. Civil assist. Two motorist assists. Sundanc...
DOUGLAS — The City of Douglas last week charged the Douglas Budget $37.60 for a copy of City Administrator Jonathan Teichert’s contract, a public document. Later, the newspaper was ironically charged $27.10 for a copy of the 2015 resolution that sets the fee structure for public documents and research cost. Budget News Editor Cinthia Stimson formally requested the contract via email from City Clerk Chaz Schumacher March 5. Stimson then received a city “Public Records Request Form,” in which she had to state her company affiliation, contact...
