Posted: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 12:00 am
Boy drowns at water park
RIVERTON - A 6-year-old boy drowned last weekend while swimming with a school group at Hot Springs State Park in Thermopolis.
Hot Springs County Coroner Clark Mortimore says the boy's name was Carlos Goodman. Mortimore has ruled the boy's death accidental.
Mortimore says an adult swimmer found the boy face-down in the water at the Star Plunge water park around 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
Attempts to revive the boy failed and he was pronounced dead at Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital. The boy had been swimming with a group from the Arapahoe and St. Stephens schools.
Yellowstone to waive entrance fee
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK - All National Park Service sites, including Yellowstone National Park, will offer free admission on Saturday, Sept. 27, in honor of National Public Lands Day.
National Public Lands Day began in 1994 with three federal agencies and 700 volunteers. It's now the nation's "largest, hands-on volunteer effort to improve and enhance America's public lands," the Park Service says.
In celebration of National Public Lands Day, Yellowstone is looking for volunteers to help with trail work along the Wapiti Lake Trail in the Canyon area. Participants are being asked to meet at the Wapiti Lake Picnic Area parking lot at 9 a.m. on Sept. 27, park officials said.
Free camping is available at the Norris Campground on the night of Sept. 26. To arrange for a camping waiver, call 307-344-2052 before Sept. 24.
Other federal agencies not charging for admittance on National Public Lands Day include the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Reclamation, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Forest Service.
State bar chooses Evanston attorney
CHEYENNE - Evanston attorney Richard Lavery has been elected president of the Wyoming State Bar.
Lavery was born and raised in Rock Springs. He holds bachelor's and law degrees from Creighton University and has practiced law in Evanston since 1981.
Lavery replaces former Attorney General Gay Woodhouse as bar president. Lavery previously was president-elect of the state bar. That job now goes to Laramie attorney William Hiser.
Jackson attorney Brian Hultman has been elected vice president of the state bar.
Campgrounds, lodges to close
MOOSE - Lodges and campgrounds throughout Grand Teton National Park will be closing for the winter over the next six weeks.
The Lizard Creek campground and Flagg Ranch Information Station already have closed for the year. Flagg Ranch will close Sunday, followed by the campground and visitor center at Jenny Lake at the end of next week.
The campground and lodging at Colter Bay also will close Sept. 28. The Jenny Lake and Jackson Lake lodges will close on Oct. 5, followed by Signal Mountain Lodge on Oct. 19.
The Triangle X dude ranch will close Oct. 31.
Teton Park Road and the Moose-Wilson Road will close to motorized use on Oct. 31. The Moose, Moran and Granite Canyon entrance stations also are scheduled to close on Halloween.