2001
The Flaming Gorge route was one step closer to designation as a scenic back road in Wyoming when the Scenic Byway Committee approved the final draft nomination on March 1, 2001.
The proposed scenic back road included Highway 530 on the west side of Flaming Gorge, Highway 191 on the east side of Flaming Gorge, and Interstate 80, which connected the loop north of the Green River. The loop at the southern end would join the Uintas National Scenic Byway in the Utah portion of the Flaming Gorge.
The proposed scenic stretch of back road was approximately 98 miles and the travel time around the loop was approximately two hours.
By obtaining the scenic side street designation, federal funds would be available for the development and maintenance of the streets and recreational areas. The designation would also promote the tourist opportunities associated with the route.
– Michael McGovern, a second grade student at Westridge Elementary School, attended the American Bicycle Association’s Southern California Nationals February 23-25, 2001 in Ontario, California.
In qualifying for the National Prerace on February 23, 2001, McGovern finished first and in the main event third.
McGovern finished second in his qualifying on February 24, 2001 and second in the main event.
The races were canceled on February 25, 2001 due to heavy rain and a muddy track.
McGovern was also in January 2001 at the Reno, Nevada Nationals, where he finished eighth and fifth in his two national races.
1991
– The Rock Springs Historical Museum featured a rare local exhibit. The museum was the temporary home of the Railroad Trains and Towns photo exhibition, made available by the Wyoming State Archives Museum and the History Department.
Among the photos in the exhibition was a picture of the Green River water tank and sewage treatment plant. Water was essential to running steam locomotives in the 19th and 20th centuries. Without water, the switch to steam, locomotives would not be able to run. The sewage treatment plant in the photo removed impurities from the water that would clog the boilers and grooves in the locomotives. This process reduced maintenance costs and time, and kept the locomotives running.
Another rare picture on display was a view of Rock Springs in the late 1880s. It showed the community transitioning from a small coal store to a town. The photo was taken on a hill just north of downtown. The Union Pacific No. 3 Mine was in the foreground while the rest of downtown was in the center and in the background. The picture was missing such large stone buildings as the town hall, which was only built a few years later.
– The residents of the Sage View Care Center took part in a monthly foreign cooking class.
Staff and volunteers helped residents prepare food from countries such as China, Mexico and Germany.
On Chinese Cooking Day, residents were offered fried shrimp rice, chicken chow mein, pork egg Foo Young, lupia, tortune biscuits, almond biscuits and almond jelly.
During the Mexican cooking class, residents and volunteers prepared turkey tacos, Spanish rice, green chilli, chicken enchiladas, anistaza beans, burritos, and chilli conquest.
The German cooking course offered sauerbraten with spaetzel noodles, kronskis, sauerkraut and strudel.
The class in March 1991 offered Italian food.
According to
Nancy Bigley, Activity Director, the cooking class was a popular activity with residents.
1981
– Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer had set their wedding date.
The couple would get married on July 29, 1981 in a worldwide television ceremony that would break with royal tradition and take place at St. Paul’s Cathedral instead of Westminster Abby.
The engagement of the 32-year-old Crown Prince to Lady Diana Spencer, the 19-year-old daughter of one of Britain’s Primer Earls, was announced by Buckingham Palace.
Prince Charles chose St. Paul instead of Westminster Abby, which is where most of the royal weddings took place, because the 273-year-old church could accommodate more people.
The ceremony was chaired by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Robert Runcie, performed.
– The Utah Symphony Orchestra performed in the Auditorium of Rock Springs High School on March 23, 1981.
During the Abravanel years from 1947 to 1979, the symphony grew from an obscure ensemble to 69 musicians to one of the largest symphony orchestras in the country with 85 musicians.
As on four international tours, the Utah Symphony had distinguished itself in major capitals of the world, including Vienna, Berlin, London, Athens, Madrid, Belgrade, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Washington DC and New York. As one of the most widely traveled orchestras in the country, the Utah Symphony Orchestra was the only professional orchestra to cover more than 3,000,000 square miles of land, covering 15,000 miles each year.
Compiled by Connie Wilcox-Timar. If you have information for the column or would like to contact them, email [email protected].
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