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Glenrock’s Miles Wieser stays ahead of a small pack at the Buffalo Invite. (Courtesy photo)
09/06/2023 - 18:19
Friday, September 22, 2023
Glenrock’s Miles Wieser stays ahead of a small pack at the Buffalo Invite. (Courtesy photo)
Meg streaks across the field getting in position to move the sheep according to handler Allison Jarred’s commands. (Phil Hernden / Glenrock Independent photo)
RJ Morgan photo
First-year Glenrock football head coach Zane Perez works with his quarterback and receivers on the passing game during the first week of practices.
Sheepwagons being unloaded at the Wyoming State Fair two weeks ago. Be sure to visit Glenrock this weekend for the Sheepherders' Rendezvous. The fun starts Friday at 2 p.m., in Town Park. (Jackson Day photo)
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Acclaimed musical duo Bettman & Halpin will return to the Converse County libraries for live concerts Sept. 8 in Douglas and Sept. 9 in Glenrock. (Tina Pastor photo, courtesy the Converse County Library)
Meg streaks across the field getting in position to move the sheep according to handler Allison Jarred’s commands. (Phil Hernden / Glenrock Independent photo)
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CARMEN THEEL
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These fourth, fifth and sixth grade Herder basketball players took second place in the City Tournament in Casper March 19 in the sixth grade bracket. The team made big strides in a year after finishing last in 2022. Coach Miranda Haskell (from left), Brylee Anderson, Myah Martel, Miranda Gardner, Aspyn Survis, Breanne Reid, Allison Sarvey, Tiffany McCullough and Marly Haskell grinning from ear-to-ear as they hold up their second-place award.
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The methane plume over Converse County observed by the Landsat 9 satellite Dec. 7. The county airport can be seen in the lower left of the photo.
Clifford Smith photo
Sitting in front of the Safeway gas station, Robert Olson protests the “B.S.” Douglas gas prices which sit over $1 more per gallon than Glenrock’s and Casper’s prices.
Cody and Heidi McCullough receive the Best Dressed Couple award from Samantha Bishop at the Converse Hope Center's Black & White Ball/Cocktail Party Nov. 5. (Cinthia Stimson / Glenrock Independent photo)
Edit: 10:06 p.m. Nov. 8, 2022: The preliminary results will be posted online in the morning (Wednesday, Nov. 9), due to continued delays in tallying the early voter votes. Preliminary results as we have received them will also be printed in tomorrow's Glenrock Independent.
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Due to a glitch in the early voting system at the Converse County Courthouse, the preliminary results may change for election results in Converse County.
More information and the results will be posted as it becomes available.
Courtesy image: This map shows one of the Wyoming State Engineers Office’s designated Green Zones, with Douglas, in Converse County, and Lusk, in Niobrara County on either side of it. Nordex plans to locate a hydrogen extraction/fuel facility in the two counties.
Jan Cundy poses for a photo with Boys & Girls Club CEO Ashley Bright. (Courtesy photo)
Clifford J. Smith / Glenrock Independent photo
Wesston Allen tries to snap his opponent in the hopes of taking the 3rd spot in Freestyle for the 12U 74 lb wight division. Allen places 5th in Folkstyle, 4th in Freestyle and takes 3rd in Greco.
Ethan Weston / Buffalo Bulletin photo
Glenrock High School girls wrestler Lucy Tiknor holds her opponent, Pinedale Lady Wrangler McKinzie Mortensen in a tight grip, fierce determination on the Herder’s face. Despite Tiknor’s impressive first season in the first year of Wyoming girls wrestling, the freshman lost the State title to Mortensen with a major decision 13-2 Saturday, Feb. 25. For more photos and boys and girls event coverage, see page A-11 inside.
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Varsity Herder Megann Farley goes in for a steal against her Panther opponent Friday night during a home game against Wright.
Clifford Smith photo
Sitting in front of the Safeway gas station, Robert Olson protests the “B.S.” Douglas gas prices which sit over $1 more per gallon than Glenrock’s and Casper’s prices.
Converse County Library courtesy photo
This group of enthusiastic children are delighted to spend their Saturday with Santa Claus at the Converse County Library in Glenrock. Miss Rita Heath, children’s librarian, held a holiday party full of treats and stories, and the Big Man himself, for the community’s children.
Pat Fulton photo
Barb Kumpula and Sierra Hamilton put toothpaste, disposable razors and other toiletries into boxes going to U.S. soldiers stationed overseas. The American Legion Auxiliary in Glenrock packs the boxes each year during their Operation Christmas event. The American Legion Auxiliary in Glenrock has been packing boxes for the soldiers for 21 years. The word is that the event started in Joanne Howe’s living room all those years ago.
*See this week's Glenrock Independent print edition for more photos
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Senior Julia Sarvey (front left) digs the ball while teammates Kaydy Potter (back left) and Ann-Marie Young remain ready for a big play.
Brooke Young photo
Inside the Paleon Museum in Glenrock, a plesiosaur model sits beside its respective fossil referred to as Serpentisuchops, which translates to “snakey crocodile-face.” The model represents what this prehistoric and category-defying sea beast looked like in its prime.
Black smoke fills the sky as firefighters battle a dumpster fire at the Black Hills Lignite Plant in Glenrock Wednesday, Sept. 28. (Pat Fulton / The Glenrock Independent photo)
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Herder seniors Ann-Marie Young (left) and Makenzie Partridge team up for a stuffed block against a strong-hitting Bison squad.
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Herder cross country runners Gavin Zeigler, left, and Owen Caldwell run as a pack while climbing the largest hill on the course Friday in Douglas.
Glenrock’s Miles Wieser stays ahead of a small pack at the Buffalo Invite. (Courtesy photo)
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