Community Calendar: November 17, 2017

Posted 11/17/17

Community events happening around Goshen County

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Community Calendar: November 17, 2017

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GoCo Historical Society changes meetings

TORRINGTON – Changes are being made to the regular monthly meetings of the Goshen County Historical Society as the group goes forward with a reorganization.

Regular society meetings will be held on the fourth Tuesday of the month, September through May, beginning at 7 p.m. The meeting place is also changing to the Community Room of the Platte Valley Bank branch office, 2201 Main St. in Torrington.

For the December meeting only, the group will meet on the second Tuesday, Dec. 12, at 7 p.m. in the Platte Valley Bank Community Room.

New officers for the reorganized Historic Society are President Mary Houser, Vice-president Russell Zimmer, Treasurer Ross Burmaster and secretary Jennifer Lanier. The group’s Board of Directors are Chuck Coleman, Pat Ellis, Don Hodgson, George Zeimens and Vickie Zimmer.

Goshen County Democrats

TORRINGTON – The Goshen County Democratic Party invites and welcomes interested county residents to their monthly meetings, held on the fourth Tuesday of every month, 6 p.m. at the Goshen County Library Annex, 2017 East A St. in Torrington.

GoCo Quilters meetings changed

TORRINGTON – The regular meeting place for the Goshen County Quilters group has changed.

Monthly meetings will still be on the second Saturday of the month, but will be hosted in the Bethel Baptist Church gymnasium, 2980 East D St., in
Torrington.

The group does not meet during the months of July and August.

Contact Jane Dorn, (307) 640-4002, for questions.

Overeaters Anonymous

TORRINGTON – The Torrington chapter of Overeaters Anonymous hosts two meetings Tuesdays locally. The organization is a 12-step group designed to help stop compulsive eating and food behaviors while working toward attaining and maintaining healthy body weight.

Call or text (307) 338-0622 for more
information.

Discussion group invites public

TORRINGTON – The Political Discussion Group of the Goshen County Democratic Women invites interested area women to a series of round-table meetings.

GCDW has organized the sessions to discuss local, state and national issues. The next meeting will be at 10 a.m. Nov. 15, with additional meetings scheduled for Nov. 29 and Dec. 13, at Garcia’s Restaurant at the intersection of U.S. Hwy. 26 and U.S. Hwy. 85 in Torrington.

For more information, call (307) 532-5966 or (307) 534-4609.

Community Thanksgiving

LINGLE – No one should be alone on Thanksgiving and two local families want to make sure that doesn’t happen.

The Harshberger and Miller families will host a free Community Thanksgiving Dinner from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Lingle American Legion Hall in honor of the holiday. All are welcome to an assemblage of “food, family and love,” according to a release.

Interested parties are asked to respond with intention to attend by Tuesday, Nov. 21, to ensure the families lay in enough food for everyone. For additional information, or to donate food or volunteer to help, please call (307) 575-0719 or (3007) 575-9177 or email to julsmiller40@gmail.com.

EWC holiday hours announced

TORRINGTON – Eastern Wyoming College will close at noon on Nov. 22 and will be closed through Nov. 24 for the Thanksgiving holiday. The Fitness Center will be closed Thursday and Friday, Nov. 23-24, only. The Fitness Center will open for its regular hours on Saturday and Sunday. College offices will reopen for regular business hours on Monday, Nov. 27.

Search and Rescue Pet Portraits

TORRINGTON – The Goshen County Sheriff’s Dept. Search and Rescue team will be offering pet portraits with Santa Clause again this year.

Photo day is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18, at the Bomgaars store on South Main Street in Torrington. Cost for the photo day is $15, which guarantees a minimum of 15 images on disc.

All pets are welcome, including large animals, but must be on a leash at all times. This is the eighth year the team has hosted the holiday pet
pictures event.

All proceeds from the photo day will go to the Search and Rescue team to assist in covering the costs of training and community-wide programs.

Lions host annual Christmas dinner, auction

LINGLE – The Lingle-Fort Laramie Lions Club will host its annual Christmas Dinner and Gift Auction, beginning at 6:15 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 4, at the Fellowship Hall of the Lingle Community Presbyterian Church.

Cost is $12.50 per plate and includes hors d’oeuvres, main dish, beverage and dessert. All of the funds raised will be donated to the Allen H. Stewart Blind Camp on Casper Mountain for visually impared children.

Please R.S.V.P. by Dec. 1 to (307) 837-2551.

Sugar tour set for Dec. 5

SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. – The Scottsbluff/Gering United Chamber of Commerce AgriBusiness Committee will host its annual Sugar Tour at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5. The tour is a fund raiser for scholarships awarded to eligible students pursuing Ag-related careers. Cost is $30 per person and includes a tour of the Scottsbluff sugar factory, an educational presentation and supper. The meal is provided by Western Sugar, BetaSeed and WESTCO. 

For reservations, call the Chamber of Commerce office at 308-632-2133. Please respond quickly as tickets are limited. 

Participants must be 18 years of age, and are encouraged to wear flat-heeled, closed-toe shoes, as there is walking and stairs involved in the tour. For safety and food production purposes, jewelry, dangly earrings and necklaces, rings, and watches, are not allowed to be worn.

Author, columnist to speak

TORRINGTON – Retired journalist Bill Sniffin, author of the popular “My Wyoming” columns, which appear periodically in the Telegram and other publications around the state, will be the special guest at several events next month.

Sniffin, of Lander, is  the author of several books based in the Cowboy State, including High Altitudes, Low Multitudes,” and a trilogy of coffee table books, “Wyoming’s Greatest Natural Wonders.” The visit will include several book signing events as well as talks about his work.

He will be special guest of the Goshen County Cattlewomen during the group’s annual dinner, scheduled for 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10, in the Brand Room of the Goshen County Rendezvous Center on the fairgrounds in Torrington. The following day, Monday, Dec. 11, Sniffin will speak to the Torrington Rotary Club during its regular meeting at the Cottonwood Country Club here.

Sniffin will be signing books and talking about his experiences since moving to Wyoming in 1970 at 6 p.m. Monday evening at the Torrington Library Annex, 2017 East A St. in Torrington. His whirlwind tour will conclude with a presentation to the Goshen County Historical Society at its regular meeting, set for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 12, in the Platte Valley Bank Community Room, 2201 Main St. in Torrington.

The Torrington Telegram welcomes submissions for the weekly Calendar of Events.

To have an event or activity placed on the calendar, please email the editor at abrosig@torringtontelegram.com.

Groups and organizations are responsible for alerting the Telegram to any changes, updates or cancellations in event schedules, location or contact information.