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TodaySep 12, 2012 - Staff Deaths ARMSTRONG Joseph R. "Joe" Armstrong, 93, of Riverton, died Sunday, Sept. 9, at his home in Riverton. Graveside services with military honors will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, at Mountain View Cemetery. A reception will follow at the VFW Club in Riverton. Services are under the direction of the Davis Funeral Home of Riverton.
BARTHOLOMEW Ruby M. Bartholomew, 86, died Thursday, Sept. 6, in Mesquite, Nev. Memorial services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, at the Hudson Town Hall with interment to follow at the Hudson Cemetery.
BOHMERT-HERNANDEZ Laura Bohmert-Hernandez, 95, died Saturday, Sept. 8, in Woodruff, Wis. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22. Burial will follow at the Mountain View Cemetery. Services are under the direction of the Davis Funeral Home of Riverton.
HUFF Theron C. Huff, 91, of Lander, died Friday, Sept. 7. A visitation will be at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, in the Relief Society Room of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the corner of Cascade and South Sixth streets, Lander. A funeral service will follow at 1:30 p.m. in the same location.
JONES Nicholas B. Jones, 23, of Lander, died Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012, at Wunder Ranch. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, at the Covenant Presbyterian Church (875 Fremont St.) in Lander. Pastor Vince Wood will officiate.
MILLER Ronald G. Miller, 57, of Cheyenne, died Dec. 23, 2011, in Wheatland. Graveside memorial services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, at Mountain View Cemetery in Riverton. Services are under the direction of the Davis Funeral Home of Riverton.
WHITEPLUME Ora Mae Whiteplume, 86, of Araphoe, died Monday, Sept. 10, at the Help for Health Hospice Home in Riverton. Funeral service with viewing will be at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, at Davis Funeral Home with Ray Price of the Trinity Episcopal Church of Lander officiating. According to her wishes, cremation will follow the service. Services are under the direction of the Davis Funeral Home of Riverton.
WILLIAMS Richard H. Williams, 65, of Riverton, died Monday, Sept. 10, at Riverton Memorial Hospital. Arrangements are pending at the Davis Funeral Home.
Community calendar SEPT. 14 69th One Shot Antelope Hunt is Sept. 12 to Sept. 15 at the north field at Lander Valley High School, 350 Baldwin Creek Road, Lander. For more information, call 332-8190 or visit oneshotpastshooters.com. Jeanne MacKenzie Landscape Plein Air Workshop is 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Headwaters Arts and Conference Center, 20 Stalnaker St., Dubois. The three-day workshop is $275. For more information, call 970-215-9220 or 455-3404 or visit www.headwaterscenter.org. Tonya Hinkle Cancer Benefit Spaghetti Dinner is at 6 p.m. at Riverton Elks Lodge, 207 E. Main St. Tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for children age 5 and under. Rustler Roundup Rodeo is 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Fremont County Fair & Rodeo Grounds, 1010 Fairgrounds Road, Riverton. Tickets are $3 to $5. For more information, call 855-2195.
Emergency calls In Fremont County Sheriff's Office reports Tuesday to Wednesday morning: - Jerald Ellis, 31, of Casper, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear and bond revocation. - Kayla Hebah, 22, of Lander, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear. - Kelsey Garcia, 28, of Lander, was arrested for contempt of court.
In Riverton Police Department reports Tuesday to Wednesday morning: - Clowry Means, 45, of Riverton, was arrested for public intoxication and bond revocation at about 11:35 p.m. Monday in the 600 block of South Federal Boulevard.
Streamflows The Wyoming State Engineer's Office report on stream flows, reservoir levels and canal diversions in the Wind River Basin as of Tuesday, Sept. 11, are as listed in the first column. The readings for Monday, Sept. 10, are in the second column. Measurements are in cubic feet per second unless otherwise stated.
Wind River near Dubois 79 78 Dinwoody Creek above Lakes, Near Burris 169 171 Bull Lake Creek above Bull Lake 131 125 Bull Lake Creek near Lenore 1,200 1,200 Wind River near Crowheart 1,420 1,400 Wind River near Kinnear 345 345 Wind River at Riverton 40 43 Little Popo Agie River near Lander 18 18 Little Wind River near Riverton 40 40 Wind River above Boysen Reservoir 198 186 Fivemile Creek near Shoshoni 352 350 Wind River below Boysen Reservoir 846 850 |