Independent Notes: A Name on the Wall
The first time I saw the Vietnam Memorial was in Washington D.C. I had a break in morning meetings and made a quick trip over to the site. I was overwhelmed by the 58,000 names. While I had concern…
Independent Notes: Riding Behind Richard Petty
“Pull in behind Mr. Petty.” “Sure!” That’s what the person advised as SVI pulled up to line up for the Alpine parade. My wife Kim and I lined up the SVI 25th float behind Richard Petty, Grand Marshal for the…
Independent Notes: Great-grandparents and Nuclear power.
On Monday, just outside of Kemmerer, I watched as they turned the first shovelfuls of dirt for the TerraPower Natrium Reactor 1 Demonstration Project. My mind was on my great-grandparents, not necessarily on nuclear power. I was thinking about…
Independent Notes: Numerous awards and honors for staff and students of Lincoln 2.
Over the years, I have been repeatedly impressed with the continual accomplishments from the Star Valley and Cokeville Schools—what I call Lincoln 2. They place high in the areas tested, receive top ratings in music and art, while bringing…
Guest Editorial: Star Valley Winters
By Julie Dockstader Heaps The air was crisp and clean. The skies were blue. The snow sparkled like diamonds. I had just shot a photo of a trail on the Greys River Bench that seemed to show the sun in…