This Week in the News&Guide
October 14, 2009
Hospital housing
St. John’s Medical Center backed out of a deal with the Jackson Hole Community Housing Trust after deciding the housing the two planned to build would be too expensive. Hospital officials also said going through with the project would be fiscally irresponsible because it wouldn’t meet the needs of its employees.
Shining senior
Hazel Halling helps out wherever she’s needed, a habit that landed her the honor of 2009 Senior of the Year, bestowed by the Senior Center of Jackson Hole.
Not just for the boys
It’s not often a girl ends up on the Jackson Hole High School football team. And when one does, she’s typically a specialist, such as a kicker. But Heidi Schmillen is changing all that. The freshman is mixing it up in the trenches as a lineman for the Broncs junior varsity football team.
Remembering Coney
Coney, a miniature American Eskimo dog who was the inspiration for the Coney Classic Ski-Jor race that raised thousands of dollars for charity, died Aug. 13 at the age of 16. Take a look back at Coney’s memorable life.
Prepping the pumpkin patch
On Saturday morning, Rendezvous PTA volunteers will unload and sort hundreds of pounds of pumpkins, price baked goods and try to avoid squashing pint-sized punkins and their parents, who can’t resist the rite of fall.