Library Spring Sale
TORRINGTON – The Goshen County Library Foundation will host its annual Spring Book Sale, April 7 – 21, at the Goshen County Library Annex at 2017 East A St. in Torrington.
Sale hours will be 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays. A variety of quality used books will be on sale, full price, from April 7 to April 14. Shoppers will get the opportunity of “fill-a-bag” with books from among the unsold selections from April 16 – 21.
For more information, call (307) 532-3411.

Kindergarten registration
GOSHEN COUNTY – Early registration for kindergarten for the 2018-19 school year at Lingle-Fort Laramie, Southeast and LaGrange elementary schools will be April 9 – 11.
Registration packets will be available at the respective school offices throughout registration week. Parents must complete the packets and provide immunization records and a certified birth certificate to verify the child’s age. Children must be five-years-old on or before Sept. 15 to enroll in kindergarten.
Contact the respective school offices for questions: L-FL – (307) 837-2254, Southeast – (307) 532-7176, or LaGrange – (307) 834-2311.

Weather spotter class offered
TORRINGTON – The National Weather Service in conjunction with Goshen County Emergency Management will offer a Weather Spotter Class here.
The class will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 10, at the Torrington Fire Hall, 2001 W. C St. in Torrington. Attendees are requested to park on the side streets the evening of the class.
While the target audience is first responders, this class is open to the public.
April 10 has been designated Severe Weather Awareness Day in Goshen County.
Also on that Tuesday, Goshen County Emergency Management will be testing outdoor warning sirens around the county and in the communities of Fort Laramie, Lingle, Yoder, Hawk Springs and LaGrange. Testing is scheduled from 10 – 10:30 a.m.
For more information about severe weather safety and preparedness, visit the National Weather Service website at: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/thunderstorm/.

   

Dinner Bell fundraiser April 14
TORRINGTON – The WyoRing handbell choirs will host their annual fundraiser beginning at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 14, at the St. Rose Catholic Church Social Hall here.
The event starts with a 5:30 p.m. dinner, followed by a 7 p.m. concert by the Platte River Ringers and WyoWest Ringers handbell choirs, under the direction of Joyce Willeke.
“This is our second Dinner Bell fundraiser,” Willeke said.  “We’ve been practicing this music for several months and we think the community will enjoy this variety of musical numbers ranging from Broadway to Ragtime.”  
Advance tickets are available at $20 per person until April 11. Tickets are available from Points West Bank, the Goshen County Chamber of Commerce, Community Drug or from handbell choir members. Proceeds from this fundraiser will go toward WyoRing expenses including music, instrument maintenance, and the annual WyoRing handbells workshop in the fall at Eastern Wyoming College. 
For more information, or to get tickets, call Willeke at (307) 532-2595 or Diona Savoy-McDaniels at (307) 575-6490.

Mobile Food Pantry in Torrington
GOSHEN COUNTY – Torrington will host the Wyoming Food Bank of the Rockies Mobile Food Pantry from 2 to 6 p.m. on Monday, April 16 at the Pavilion on the Goshen County Fairgrounds.
There are no qualifications required to participate in the food pantry distribution.
Volunteers are needed for two shifts, from 1 to 4 p.m. for setup and distribution and 4 to 7 p.m., for distribution and to assist with cleanup. To sign up in advance to volunteer, please go online to www.signupgenius.com/go/5080548afad29a6f58-april1.

Job Expo returns to EWC
TORRINGTON – Eastern Wyoming College will host its annual Job Expo, set for Tuesday, April 17, in the Petsch Center Gymnasium on the campus in Torrington.
The Expo will be open to the general public from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. To register a business or company, or for additional information, contact Jo Ellen Keigley at (307) 532-8288.
EWC will also host a pre-expo job workshop, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 10. The workshop will go over resume planning and writing. Contact Donna White at (307) 532-8323 to register or for more information. The workshop is free and the public is invited.

Women’s self-defense class offered
TORRINGTON – The Community Education Office at Eastern Wyoming College will host a one-night self-defense class geared specifically toward women in April.
The class is scheduled for 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 19. Cost is $20 per session.
The class is designed to increase personal awareness, reducing the chance of being put in a compromising situation at home, in a parking lot or while out. Basic defensive techniques will be demonstrated and opportunity will be provided for practice.
For more information or to register for the class, contact the Community Education office at (307) 532-8213 or (307) 532-8323. Interested parties may also register in person at the Community Education office inside the CTEC building, 3200 West C Street, in Torrington.

Fly fishing banquet announced
CHEYENNE – The Platte Rivers Veterans Fly Fishing group will host its annual banquet on Saturday, April 21, at the Cheyenne Ice and Events Center here.
Doors will open at 4:30 p.m. and dinner will be served beginning at 6 p.m. The event includes dinner, auctions and raffles. Tickets may be purchased through the PRVFF website, platterivers.com.
Highlight of the evening will be guest speaker, PRVFF founder Duane Cook. All proceeds go back to the organization to pay for trips, buy all supplies for fly tying, rod building, and administration fees to run the program.

First aid classes offered
TORRINGTON – The Eastern Wyoming College Workforce Development office will offer a combined CPR/first aid class from 5 – 9 p.m. on Wednesday, April 25.
In addition to basic first aid and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation training, the class will cover use of the automated external defibrillator and Basic Life Support training for emergency situations. Cost for the class is $60 for the CPR/First Aid/AED training and $55 for Basic Life Support instruction.
The class is scheduled in the CTEC building on the EWC main campus in Torrington. For more information, or to register, contact Donna White at (307) 532-8323.

Gear Up Color Run announced
TORRINGTON – The Gear Up club at Eastern Wyoming College will again host a 5K Color Run for the community.
This year’s run is set to kick off at 8 a.m., Saturday, April 28. Runners are asked to meet at the CTEC Building on the EWC campus in Torrington.
Entrance fees are $20 for individual runners and $40 for teams of as many as three runners. Teams with four or more runners can register for $60, with a $5 per person surcharge for each runner on teams of five or more. Registration forms are available at the EWC information center, the Gear Up office or at the campus Fitness Center.
Sponsorship proceeds will go toward funding scholarships for Gear Up students attending EWC.

Art open house
TORRINGTON – The Charcoal and Quill Guild will host an open house and art show from 6 – 7 p.m. April 30 at the Goshen County Public Library.
Charcoal and Quill Guild is a group of young artists working in a variety of media, from drawing and painting to writing.

Author, family to share oral history
TORRINGTON – Surviving members of the family of Native American icon Crazy Horse will be sharing their family’s oral history during a program in May at the Goshen County Library.
Floyd Clown and Doug War Eagle will be accompanied by South Dakota author William Matson for the program, scheduled for 5 – 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 3. Matson is the author of the book, Crazy Horse: The Lakota Warrior’s Life and Legacy based on the oral history of the family of the Lakota warrior.
Matson, Clown and War Eagle will be discussing and signing copies of their book during the program.