10 seek school board seat By DAVID MARTIN M ar Sanders. Those three face tion bid. P u blis e challenges from Cristy elham, Three residents have also R obbie . de eur, anielle filed for re election to another While the rimary lection Salas, ennifer igenser, avid four year term on the Castle season concluded with last Y oung, ebra Barton and aniel R oc edical Center s Board wee ’ s election, candidates have L . lom. of Trustees. Chairperson Bob filed for the upcoming eneral P elham was a member of G ordon, ice Chairperson isa E lection in ovember. the board in the past, prior to R obinson and eed obbins This time, several positions becoming executive director of have filed for re election to the on local boards and manage the Sweetwater County Child board. ment districts are up for elec D evelopmental Center. F or the amestown R io ista tion. ne of those boards is R egina Clar registered to F ire istrict, ames einard the Sweetwater County School see re election to her position and avid Buller have filed for D istrict o. 2 Board of Trustees. on Western Wyoming Commu election. or the amestown R io Ten people have registered for nity College Board of Trustees V ista Water and Sewer istrict, election, including incumbents for SWS o. 2. D avid Shillcox, aniel Shedden Brenda oosa, Steve Core and She is unopposed in this elec and elbert oll have filed. ednesd y August 6 , 0 2 0 3 0 t e r 4 t Issue Green River Y 2 9 3 5 Address ervic e Re uested 1 . 0 All West questioned about change P l n s o d op t r a di io a l V se v i e n n o n c ed By DAVID MARTIN P u blis e All West Communications updated the Sweetwater County commissioners about its activities, which resulted in a company representative getting questioned about plans to drop traditional television service. The company recently announced plans to discontinue its traditional television service to customers on ov. . According to a letter from the company, All West stopped offering the service to new customers last year, but decided to discontinue the service because of outdated infrastructure being more diffi cult to maintain and improve. Spea ing to the commissioners last wee , ac Wal enhorst, director of strategic partnerships said the number of traditional television customers has declined by about 0 since buying Sweetwater Cable T nearly three years ago. “ The cable T mar et is changing very rapidly,” he said. H e said the costs continue to increase with traditional television and its content providers while a variety of internet based options have grown. “ P eople get their entertainment in a lot Ready for a new year of different ways now,” he said. Commissioner Wally ohnson claimed seniors in the area haven t been happy Adia Scoggin, a sixth-grade student at Lincoln Middle School, adjusts her backpack as she navigates the school’s hallways. with the service All West provided, saying Star photo by David Martin people have gotten used to when they want to watch T , they push a button and the T comes on They re very, very concerned as to where their T is going to come from, he said, believing the company overloo s Ward II nominates candidate the fact that it serves a large number of By DAVID MARTIN uring the rimar lection fi ling Wally ohnson will be leaving the group seniors within the county. P u blis e period, residents within the ward did not in 202 . “ They re not happy,” he said. fi le for the ouncil seat, leaving onl the J ohnson fell behind incumbent auren J ohnson also claimed the company s With nine votes, residents in Ward I write in selection available to voters. n Schoenfeld and challenger ary Thoman decision to discontinue traditional T nominated Brian ughes to campaign for total, 7 write in ballots were cast. in the epublican primary. services went against what All West told L isa aes seat on the reen iver City O ther reen iver City Council Thoman and Schoenfeld were initially customers after purchasing Sweetwater Council last wee . positions were not impacted by the only separated by one vote at the end of Cable T from the Carollo family nearly As of Tuesday morning, ughes hadn t P rimary lection. the election, with Schoenfeld receiving three years ago. accepted his nomination. lection results I n Ward , Sherry Bushman received 2,6 4 and Thoman receiving 2,6 3 “ Broadband is really the driving were certifi ed b the weetwater ount 4 4 votes to incumbent Tom urphy s according to unoffi cial results. owever, force and that s what people want,” lerks ffi ce rida. 400, though both proceed to the eneral choenfelds offi cial tall was changed to Wal enhorst said. H ughes received 1 .6 % of the write in E lection in ovember. Bushman s tally 2,620. Thoman s total represented 0. 5 % e said in the last fi scal uarter, 2 votes tallied in Ward I . thers collecting represented 5 .0 % while urphy of the votes tallied while Schoenfeld s million customers discontinued their more than one write in vote were eorge received 44. 9 % . amounted to 0. 8 % traditional T services and an additional 2 J ost with four votes, aes with three votes I n Ward I I , obert Berg, running J ohnson received , 1 8 votes, 2 .22 million eligible for those services declined and Carol oss, aniel Wilson, Sherry unopposed, received 0 votes, of those tallied, while reen iver resident to purchase them, which has will lead to a Bushman Willy Cargile, itchell aser, representing 8 . 8 % of the votes tallied. M ar eterson ended the election with 7 - 8 % yearly decline if the trend continues. D ean . Bowers, osanna arch William 1 ,4 7 , or 6. 7 % of the total votes. R . ewis and icholas astert receiving S weetw ter County Co m issioners Continued on A2 two votes. Sweetwater County Commissioner Continued on A2 Final plat of Ranch View subdivision approved By DAVID MARTIN could not have horses or P u blis e livestoc on their property under the oning regulations. The final plat for housing The preliminary plat was development west of amestown approved by the county in was approved last wee M ay of 20 9 , with a variance by the Sweetwater County approved for hase ne which commissioners - paving the way allowed for one acre properties. for the development of homes Construction will occur in near olling reen Country three phases, with the first Club. phase focusing on 2 lots located The development north of the country club encompasses nearly 42 acres property. north of nterstate 0 off of The second phase is planned G aensselen oad. The area for the northwest section of is oned as a single family land ad acent to the country residential subdivision. ric club, while the third phase will Bingham, director of the be located south of the second county s land use office, said the phase. z oning is the most restrictive Bingham said a construction z oning, only being open for date on the second and third the development of residential phases has not been determined. homes. H e said property owners Continued on A2 A2 www.greenriverstar.com Wednesday, August 26, 2020 Green River Farmers Market Company seeks to educate Wednesdays, 4-7 p.m. th transitioning customers Through September 9 F ro A H e said access to All of the commissioners distancing guidelines. M eanwhile, the West television services meeting, saying All E xpanding on company connected more requires an All West West hoped to host live Wal enhorst s comments than 600 customers to its internet connection. e demonstrations at local about increasing internet services in the last also said the company s senior centers, but the costs, Carollo said the year. employees have wor ed pandemic ended that idea. broadcasters have driven Wal enhorst said the to help people learn how Another idea she higher costs to providers. alternative All West is to learn the new systems, mentioned was hosting “ We can t control those offering its customers though he admits it s web based tutorials to costs, we either ta e the requires an All West more diffi cult due to the help customers, but said program or we don t,” he internet connection, which pandemic. many traditional television said. he said many seniors don t H owever, he said customers don t have H e said the company have. customer service internet service. carries local stations from representatives have M arty Carollo, the Casper and tah and wor ed to assist customers governmental relations while broadcasters can over the phone. and strategic partnerships be tric y to deal with, City Council meeting Su anne St. ierre, representative for All they want to ensure they the company s mar eting West, said the company provide local stations to and public relations opened its oc Springs customers. Sept. 1, 2020, 7 p.m. specialist, responded to the offi ce hours to 1 p.m. “ O ur intention is to eep commissioners comments on wee days to help on with Salt a e and the City Hall Council through a text window on customers in person and Casper channels on All the ouTube live stream follows appropriate social West T ,” Carollo said. Chambers is is a tentative agenda subject to change.