Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
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The Northeast District Wyoming High School Honor Choir and Band performed in Buffalo on November 19 and 20. The band performed Amparito Roca by Jaime Texidor, The Witch and the Saint by Steven Reinke and Rain by Brian Balmages, while the choir performed Salmo 150 by Erani Aguiar, Lunar Lullaby by Jacob Narverud, Lay Earth's Burden Down by Paul Caldwell and Sean Ivory, City Called Heaven arranged by Josephine Poelinitz and Be the Change by Laura Farnell. Pictured are Parker Speidel, tenor...
U.S. Senator John Barrasso opened the Veterans Day musical program at Sundance Elementary School last week with a speech about the importance of those who serve and Wyoming's contributions to the defense of America. Barrasso brought "challenge coins" with him for every veteran present and spoke to the fact that all Wyoming's veterans are also cowboys, which means they keep on going and never complain. He told the audience that his father fought during World War II and was involved in the Battle...
Mrs. Hansen’s class Maya – For Thanksgiving, I will get my turkey from the store. I don’t think we season it or stuff it with anything. We will cook it in the oven for 14 minutes on hot. I like to enjoy my turkey with soy milk. I will eat it at our house on our table with my grammy (Terry), mommy and daddy. I like to eat Thanksgiving turkey for dinner. Jayden – To get our Thanksgiving turkey, I will go hunting for it. We will use seasonings to dress it and put more seasonings on the inside. We will cook it on the grill or smoker. I think w...
Veterans and members of the public are welcomed to enjoy a program from the Sundance Junior High and High School Band and Choir this Thursday, November 11. At 7 p.m. on Veteran’s Day, the free concert will honor our veterans under the direction of Mrs. Teresa Preisner. The program will begin with the Presentation of Colors from American Legion Post #45 and VFW Post #4311, followed by a rendition of the “Star Spangled Banner”. Additional music will include “Song for the Unsung Hero,” “Still a Soldier,” “Have You Forgotten?” Soldiers Hallelujah,...
SHS Student Council members participated in the Trick-or-Treat Food Drive on Oct. 26. Fifteen students collected six boxes of food to donate to the Crook County Food Pantry. Shown above, left to right: SHS Student Council Adviser Jen Jungwirth, seniors Nate Schommer, Brook Hofland and Bailey Hofland....
Seventh Grade Elijah James Cortez Joshua James Crews Taylor Ann Dailey Aidan Phillip Garcia Brooke Lynn Garman Brady Boone Garoutte Lyman Merle Halverson Jake Edward Krell Tel Chase Marchant Averie Marie Moeller Arianna Lee Neiman Maddison Marie Neiman Kellie Blair Phillips Phoebe Jacqueline Skeens Maria de Guadalupe Villegas Porter James Watt Eighth Grade Reed Edward Banker Taigon Ray Barber Kendall Jo Crago Corbin Ray Crowder Isabelle Grace Curren Catch Delaye Downey Madeline Savina Fleenor Blakely Breanna Gill Jax David Gustafson Halden Dean...
Sundance Elementary fifth and sixth graders will be honoring our veterans on Wed., Nov. 10 at 2 p.m. Songs will include Those Who Served, Star Spangled Banner, Yankee Doodle’s Pony, Tribute to the Armed Services, Fifty Nifty United States and Thankful for the USA. Following the performance, veterans are asked to join the students to answer questions about their service. The community is welcome to come and celebrate community members who have served in the armed forces....
Treat-getters and treat-givers alike were dressed for the occasion on Saturday as little ones enjoyed their first Halloween party of the season. The "Trunk or Treat" event took place in the high school parking lot, where locals in their spooky best - and a few in their official uniforms - waited to hand candy to well-attired youngsters before they headed inside to the carnival....
The public is invited to a free presentation by the Northeast District Junior High Honor Band and Choir this weekend. The concert will take place on October 29 at 4 p.m. and will be held in the Sundance School Gym. The Honor Band will perform the Star Spangled Banner, followed by “Lightning,” “By the Sword” and “Angry Beavers.” The Honor Choir is set to perform “Hi! Ho! The Rattlin’ Bog,” “Pie Jesu,” “The Canoe Song” and “Nine Hundred Miles.” The band includes a number of Crook County students, including Tylla Gerry and Annika Haugen on first f...
A successful Homecoming Week came to a close on Friday with the annual parade through town before the big games. Above, well-wishers wave to the kids, who respond with showerings of candy. Below, the class of 2032 make their joyful way down Main Street. For more about the Homecoming games, see pages 13-14....
Sundance FCCLA members joined 450 other Wyoming students at the Pave the Way fall conference in Casper. Members participated in workshops on developing leadership skills, membership and the AT&T It Can Wait program, which focuses on the dangers of texting and driving. For a community service project, members created dog toys to donate to the local animal shelters in Casper. Keynote speaker, Ashley Brinton, presented the message "Although life isn't always easy, life can always be fun, and you...
The SHS marching band performs during the Homecoming parade on Thursday....
Rebecca Maupin photos This year's Homecoming royalty were crowned on Monday night as the annual week of sporting celebration began, followed by the traditional Burning of the S. Court members Gunner McLaughlin, Nate Schommer, Brook Hofland and Bailey Hofland joined King Levi Rudloff and Queen Briska Johnson on the stage along with their crown bearers, Jhett Olson and Riley Maupin. Homecoming Week continues with a BBQ lunch for students and staff on Thursday, followed by the Bulldog Olympics....
The Sundance seventh graders are starting the annual Watkins fundraiser. The fundraiser will run from Sept. 27 through Oct. 13. Products should be delivered by Nov. 15 unless a backorder occurs. This has been a valuable money-maker for this class for two decades. Watkins has been in business for 150 years. The product line includes spices, extracts, seasonings, sauces, soup bases, liniments, lotions, health supplements and cleaning solutions. Please contact any Sundance seventh grader, Lance Hofland, Lisa Dutton or Susan Wilson at Sundance...
From beams to barrels and tires to pallets, the kids of Sundance Elementary School tested their skills on Friday against a plethora of bespoke obstacles on a course made extra messy with the assistance of Sundance Fire Department. For more, see p14....
On September 17, the kids of Sundance Elementary school weren't studying but, instead, were running through the fairground arena, covered in mud. The obstacle course consisted of balancing on wooden beams, running across growing tree stumps, leaping over hurdles of barrels, crawling under spider webs of yarn, climbing over pallet-made teepees and finally racing through dozens of tires. All covered in mud thanks to the Sundance Fire Department. The course was assembled by third through sixth...
The annual Crook County Bus Drivers Clinic was held in Hulett on August 19, with 40 drivers attending. Drivers completed their six-hour, state mandatory training, while refreshing their loading and unloading practices, evacuations and district policies. Trainers from the Campbell County Transportation Dept. were on site to help with all trainings. Local area businesses provided much appreciated door prizes. Several bus drivers were recognized for their years of service driving for Crook County...
With the new school year underway, the kids of Sundance will be welcoming some familiar and not-so-familiar faces to their faculty. Three new members of teaching staff will be joining Sundance High School, while the elementary campus is welcoming two. Sundance Elementary School Alex Johnson, Counselor Alex Johnson has been a school counselor for six years, first serving elementary students and most recently kids in grades 7 through 12 in Perkins County, Nebraska. "I'm so excited to be in...
To conclude the first week back to school at Sundance Elementary, four buses filled with 220 students and 40 staff embarked on an excursion to the Sundance White Ranch Park on Thurs., Aug. 26. The main purpose of the outing was to celebrate the start of a new school year and to have fun together building on the team community the school has established. It was a great way for students and staff to enjoy some time together outside at a new beautiful venue for outdoor exploration. There were lots...
s the bell rings the start of the new school year, the situation within the county’s educational buildings is set to remain largely the same as it stood at the end of May in terms of pandemic guidance. Though signs of social distancing will still be in evidence, Crook County School District is aiming for as normal a school experience as possible. Good news too for sports fans as the fall season begins: spectators will once again be welcomed in full numbers to every home game. “Our plan is to go into the school year the same way that we end...
Over 300 students were named to the Sheridan College honor rolls for the spring 2021 semester, including Tyson Bjornestad of Sundance, who was named to the President’s Honor Roll. Laramie Holst, Justice Simpson and Christian Velder, all of Sundance, were named to the Vice President’s Honor Roll. For full-time students to earn a place on the President’s Honor Roll, they must maintain full-time enrollment by completing 12 or more college-level credit hours with letter grades of A or S and a semester GPA of 4.0 for all classes. Credits count...
The Sundance Class of 1971 is planning their 50th reunion on Sept. 3 and 4. Activities scheduled include get togethers at the Sundance Country Club on Friday from 3 to 6 p.m. and at the Longhorn Restaurant on Saturday from 3 to 5 p.m. A tour of Old Stoney is also planned Saturday at 1 p.m. Friends of the class are invited to stop by on Friday. Those classmates we are still trying to contact are Jana Henschel and Eleanor Oudin. Anyone who has questions, would like more information, or can help in locating these classmates, please contact Mary...
The University of Wyoming accorded degrees upon the following students from Crook County at the completion of the 2021 spring semester: Cort Ingalls (Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering) and Richard Logan Stefanich (Bachelor of Science) of Beulah; Sarah Wade (Master of Arts) of Moorcroft; Aspen Harris (Bachelor of Science) of Pine Haven; Haley Grace Marchant (Bachelor of Science in Nursing); and Jonas Pridgeon (Bachelor of Science) of Sundance....
The College and Career Readiness Center of Eastern Wyoming College (EWC) celebrated the 2020-2021 HiSET high school equivalency graduation for five Crook County residents on June 24. The ceremony was a combined in-person and virtual ceremony including the EWC main campus in Torrington with graduates from that area. Involved in the ceremony were local instructor Janet Lake, Program Director Callie Allred and College President Dr. Lesley Travers. Lake, who covers Sundance and Hulett, instructed...
Several young women from Crook County were elected to participate in Girls State this year and achieved numerous accolades during the week-long experience. FaithHoney Anderson, delegate from Devils Tower, was elected for Paintbrush Water Commissioner, Federalist Party Election Clerk, House Chief Clerk, Committee Chairman and Girls State Governor. Rhianna Heaster, delegate from Sundance, was elected while at Girls State for Antelope Water commissioner and Nationalist Party Leader. Her city was...
