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The Medicine Bow Town Council met on December 13 at the Medicine Bow Community Hall, with all council members and Mayor Sharon Biamon present. After the agenda and minutes from the regularly scheduled meeting of November 8 were approved, Town Clerk/Treasurer Karen Heath read the bills to be ratified. Biamon said she would like a printout of the credit card statement and petty cash book pages when asked to pay those bills. The council approved the financials. Braeden Hyde of Sunrise Engineering...
The Carbon County Visitors Council (CCVC) Board met on December 8 via conference call and Google Meet. The board had not met in November and the meeting was a combination of both months. Five board members were present and four were absent. CEO Leslie Jefferson started the meeting by introducing guest speaker Brook Kaufman, CEO of Visit Casper. Kaufman spoke about the CCVC having a Destination Marketing Association of the West (DMA West) Membership. Visit Casper has been a member for six years...
Lenny Powell, the owner of Skinny's Beer Garden in Hanna, has been pouring drinks for customers for 30 years. Then Covid-19 came on the horizon and like many bars in Wyoming, he had to close. "All of a sudden I had all this time on my hands and I wanted to have some sort of purpose," Powell said. "So he decided to start working with wood." Powell said he started looking at YouTube programs on woodworking and started to try his hand at making furniture. He had plenty of wood to work with because...
The Hanna Recreation Center was the site of a Sip and Paint party which, had over a dozen participants, on December 18. According to Director Vivian Gonzales, the Town of Hanna had some office workers who asked if a Sip and Paint party could be held at the recreation center. Gonzales thought it would be great to try. It had originally been scheduled for December 10, but weather delayed the get together. A permit for the event was approved the Hanna Town Council on December 14. What is a Paint...
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Miners played their first game on December 13 to a home crowd against the Wheatland sophomores. The Miner basketball team is down to six boys and player Rayce Ward was starting the game with a nagging injury which had the coaches careful how much they used him. "With the first weekend tournament cancelled (Carbon County Classic) we started the season with Wheatland's Sophomore team," Head Coach Cliff Jones said. "It is nice to start the season with a...
The first game of the season for the Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Lady Miners had the girls basketball team come out on top against the Wheatland sophomores. The Lady Miners have eight players and Head Coach Jackie Jones knows that other teams can rest players while she does not quite have the same luxury. To come out with a win the first game, especially since she has a young team with only one senior, was a good feeling. The Lady Miners beat the Wheatland sophomores 34-21. Then it...
On Thursday the Hanna, Elk Mountian, Medicine Bow (HEM) Miners wrestlers traveled to Saratoga for a Triad meet with Laramie JV and North Park . The HEM Miners had been scheduled to go to an invite in Lusk the week before, but the weather forced the Miners to cancel the trip. For their first outing, the wrestlers did well according to Head Coach Robert Riddle. "Anthony (Solaas) was 2-1," Riddle said. "McKaylee Widdison was 0-2, but she wrestled out of her weight class for both matches." The other...
After two tournaments in two weeks, the Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Rattlers are 3-3 this season. “Maybe, we did play a tougher schedule than needed our first outing,” Head coach Jack Cobb said. “But I would rather play a team much stronger in the early part of the season to see what we need to work on than a team we can beat by 20 points and learn little.” This weekend proved the Rattlers learned something as they won all three of their games at the Wrangler Invite in Shoshoni. Two of...
Several kids from the north of Carbon County got a treat from law enforcement agencies based in Wyoming, Carbon County and municipalities. Local children participated in the Shop-with-a-Cop annual program carried out by the Wyoming Highway Patrol Association which sends out funds to all of the Wyoming Highway Patrol Divisions to assist with this event. Shop-with-a-Cop is a national program that can found in throughout the United States. This event started in 1989 when a small group of officers...
The Hanna Town Council met at 6:30 p.m. on December 14 at Hanna Town Hall. The mayor and three council members were present. Council member Jayson Nordquist was absent. The Council in a matter of moments approved the agenda and the minutes from the regularly scheduled meeting on November 9 and the special meeting on November 29. Public Works director Larry Korkow reported the snow that had fallen in the past few weeks had been removed as quickly as possible, but due to the strong winds that...
I was told the other day Christmas seems to get more commercial every year. Maybe it is true, but I am not sure I am the guy to hear that. Christmas means something in America in a way not all places embrace other than the gift giving. I come from a background where my father was really strong in making me understand it is the celebration of the birth of Christ, thus Christianity. It is probably one of the reasons I love having Nativity scenes set up throughout my home. My father let us enjoy... Full story
The Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Rattler basketball team was able to escape the weather which closed down many tournaments in the state, and make the Lyman Tournament on December 10. The Rattlers first faced the Mountain View Buffaloes. The 3A Buffaloes stomped the Rattlers 61-26 and Head Coach Jack Cobb knew he had to talk to his team for them not to lose spirit as the tournament continued. “We played a better second half but, in the locker room after the game, I could tell by the way t...
The South Central Wyoming Emergency Medical Services (SCWEMS) organization has a new face. Stayton Mosby hails from Colorado and took the position of director this past week. Mosby finds Carbon County very similar to where he recently left, Craig, Colorado. "I was born and raised in Craig, Colorado and then I moved to Denver for five years for college and lived in the metro area," Mosby said. "Then I moved back to Craig to get closer to family and also be near those things I like to do like; fis...
April Avery started her business Wild Vision, which is based in Hanna, almost by accident. She was developing some pictures and her husband's grandkids asked her to make some postcards. "I had been a scrimshaw artist for about 20 years, but the detail needed became too difficult to continue because of my arthritis," Avery said. "So when the kids asked me put photos on postcards, it started me to learn different computer programs that allowed me to layer my photos. Then I started designing the...
The Carbon County Visitors Council (CCVC) did not meet in November but did have a meeting in on October 13. All board members were present with the exception of Casey Shinkle, the Carbon County CCVC representative. The meeting was held a week early due to the Tourism and Hospitality Fall Summit which several board members attending on October 21 to 22. The Carbon County Visitors’ Council is currently out of printed recreation maps designed in 2018. Additionally, the county geographic i...
"I was born and raised in West Virginia," Ted Kranenberg Jr., the new Hanna Marshal said. "After high school, I joined the military." From the military, Kranenberg found himself in demand as a location scout for events like Lollapalooza. "They didn't want the traditional venues, so that is what I did for them for about two and half years," Kranenberg said. "It was a blast and I got to meet so many musicians. Its funny, when people look at me and learn of what I did, they ask with a real...
Last weekend I went to see my step-dad, who is in assisted living. They had just lifted the ban on visitors at the rehabilitation nursing center he lives at in Fort Collins. Earlier in the week my sister was informed his health was declining. Stuart is now in a wheelchair and has been getting a bit frail recently according to the staff. COVID-19 precautions have really limited my ability to visit. I am fortunate, when the message came in about his health, my co-workers, Josh and Dana,... Full story
Rose Dabbs came to Hanna 10 years ago from Oregon where she had been born and raised. She was a missionary and was a care person for the elderly. "I did live-in 24 hour care," Dabbs said. "I loved doing it. There was real joy in what I did. It felt good to be able to help people stay in their own home. People do much better when they are in an environment that they know." Dabbs said when she got married, the family moved to Nebraska for a time. She has two sons, one daughter, four grandchildren...
At 1 p.m. on Friday, the Hanna Elementary School (HES) hosted a culinary activity not often seen in Carbon County, and Wyoming for that matter. HES teachers and staff created a learning experience for all its grades using food. 6th grade teacher Jackie Jones said the staff wanted to have a learning lesson to promote a sense of competition and teamwork. Often this done with athletic activities. The teachers wanted to try something a little different to still use creativity and yet be...
“Shane come back… Shane… Come back…,” child actor Brandon De Wilde shouted out at the mysterious cowboy who rode into the sunrise after saving the boy’s town from bad men. It is the last words of the movie “Shane”, which was filmed entirely in Jackson, Wyoming. That was 1955 and it was the last major studio production filmed in the Cowboy state. There have been a few big budget movies, such as “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”, which have shot some scenes in Wyoming but the state is not us...
The Hanna Town Council met on November 9 at Hanna Town Hall with Mayor Lois Buchanan present, along with council members William Dys and Sam Sikes. Council members Tracy Fowler and Jayson Norquist were absent. After the agenda and minutes from the October 12 regular meeting and October 25 special meeting were approved, a new marshal was sworn in. Ted F. Kranenberg Jr. took the Oath of Office in front of his family and the people in attendance for the meeting. Public Works Director Larry Korkow...
The Medicine Bow Town Council met on November 8 for their regular monthly meeting at the Medicine Bow Community Hall with all council members present with the exception of Dawndee Yocom. Mayor Sharon Biamon was also in attendance. After the agenda and minutes from the regular meeting of October 11 were approved the town went onto financials. Town Clerk/Treasurer Karen Heath went over the bills item-by-item for a sum of $60,666.84. The council ratified the total. Kay Embree, Medicine Bow Clinic...
The Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Rattlers went to Laramie undefeated and stayed that way. The team faced the Encampment Tigers, a team they had faced earlier this season, and won 65-24. The 1st quarter it was the Rattlers who scored first, with a pass from Zane Matheson to Jerick Martinez. The Tigers had a kickoff return from Caysen Barkhurst which put Encampment ahead 8-7 and it looked like the game was going to be a roller coaster ride. The Rattlers quickly dispelled that idea in the 2nd q...
The Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Rattlers faced off against the Meeteetse Longhorns and came off with a close win of 47-46. Head Coach Jack Cobb was obviously happy with the outcome. “It was one of the best games I’ve been a part of in our 13 year history, although it might have taken some years off my life,” Cobb said. “I am so proud of our boys.” Cobb said, after the game was over, he hadn’t thought the Rattler team played all that well. “When I looked back at the film, I realized that Mee...
The 2nd Annual Urban Agriculture Workshop put on by the Medicine Bow Conservation District (MBCD) was held at the Medicine Bow Community Hall on October 16. It attracted a good crowd, with participants coming from as far away as North Carolina. The event was organized by Anelyse Perue of the MBCD. Malea Heward, a local Carbon County rancher, started the workshop by going over the self-sustainability practices in Wyoming ranching communities. She lives out at Shirley Basin. Heward said she grew...