Senator John Barrasso

This morning our telephone rang and it was Wyoming's United States Senator, John Barrasso. (That was a thrill first thing in the morning!) He called to tell me he enjoyed my article in the Kemmerer Gazette last week. You can read the article by clicking here. I'll state what I did in the Kemmerer Gazette article again here, Senator Barrasso is making a heck of an effort to get in touch with the people of Wyoming.

Our household was part of a live town hall meeting Senator Barrasso held a few week's ago, via the telephone. A recorded John Barrasso came on the phone and invited me to stay on the line to join in the live meeting. I was curious so I did and the next thing I knew, I was listening to a "live" Senator fielding questions from all around the state of Wyoming.

This morning when my phone rang, in reference to my article, Senator Barrasso said, "Is this Karla Toomer? This is Senator Barrasso and this is not a recording."
Nice, and he's got a sense of humor too. We had a very short conversation but I hope it's not our last.
Here is a link to Senator Barraso's website.

New To Cokeville? Lincoln County Landfill Hours

This article is first in an on-going series titled, "New to Cokeville?" of informational articles on public services and recreation opportunities offered in or near the town of Cokeville.

This article is a quick reference for new people to our community on how to use the landfill. It is also a place for the rest of us to check if we forget the landfill's open hours.




The town of Cokeville, Wyoming does not have a town trash pick-up. Different people offer different pick-up services at different points in time. You'll have to ask around to see who is currently offering garbage pick-up if you don't wish to haul your own. You can check with the Cokeville Town Hall to see who holds current business licenses and then contact those individuals directly for rates and dates. However, hauling your own garbage is not very difficult. There is no charge to Cokeville residents for hauling a covered load of household trash to the landfill

Garbage generated from people in and around Cokeville goes to a landfill just east of the Cokeville Cemetery, very close to town. At this time, garbage from most of the Star Valley area is also baled and brought to Cokeville.

You can drive up to the dump during the hours of operation, and drive to the far east side of the building. You then drive into the building and unload your garbage by the back south east corner. There are other signs posted inside, for batteries and I think metal.





The landfill doesn't offer many recycling opportunities. Logan, Utah has different spots for many types of recycling and there is metal recycling in Montpelier, Idaho.

For "vegetative matter" there is a burn pile. Check in at the office located in the baling building before placing items in the burn pile.



"UNPOSTED Exception to being open on Saturday" - The Cokeville "dump" (aka Lincoln County Landfill) is sometimes closed on a Satuday preceeding a Monday that is a national holiday. This may change or may not actually be a rule but by experience, there have been multiple Saturday's that the dump has been closed when there is a holiday on the next Monday.

There are probably other rules and anyone with Lincoln County is welcome to clarify, correct or add additional information to this post. Thank you.

Free Space for Candidates

Hey! It's election year and that affects Cokeville in many ways. The most close to home hit is from the Town Council, County Commissioners, and local boards and districts. There's free space available on this site, www.cokeville.blogspot.com to any local/area candidate that wants to share their views and make their pitch! Call or email me and get your message to the people who will be voting.

Coates' House Burns Down

So sad to have the Coates' home burn down today. Very grateful all the family escaped the early morning fire. Please let us know what items you need the most, and the quickest. You can post on this site so we'll know.


Thanks to Kemmerer Fire Department for coming over and helping out. Good job Cokeville EMT'S! And, of course, I have a warm spot in my heart for the COKEVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. It's amazing, this fire was almost a replica of the most recent training we had, except there were flames and a lot more smoke. Also, training doesn't have the heartbreak of watching people lose almost everything.

My 12 year old son took these pictures today.

In Memory of Kevin Wilde

My husband had a few pictures of Kevin snowmobiling from years ago when he helped Kevin with a website. I had a few of my own.

Message from Dee & Vonnie Wilde and Family

The Wilde family would like to thank this wonderful community, friends and family for their love, kindness, caring and for all the visits, fasting and prayers that have gone out to our family. It has lifted our spirits at our time of sorrow. We can't thank you enough for your support. We love you!
Dee, Vonnie and Family

Kevin Wilde Funeral

Kevin Wilde - Funeral 1pm on Monday April 28, 2008. Cokeville LDS Church. Viewing at LDS Church before. Sunday night, April 27, a viewing will be held for Kevin Wilde from 6-8 at Matthews Mortuary, Montpelier.

The previous posts about the search and rescue from the 22nd and 23rd were removed because the search is over and truck information etc. is no longer needed. I was unable to save the comments and didn't have a place to put the other pictures. Please email me if you saw something from those posts that you would like me to email you. (karla_toomer@yahoo.com) The posts were provided as a service to family/friends and to help in the search.

This site is available if any family member has something they would like to post or have posted. It's having over 100 visitors a day at this point.


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Cokeville Spring Boutique

Today from 2:30-7:30 and tomorrow from 10-3:00pm in the Senior Citizens Center (basement level of the Cokeville Town Hall) is the Spring Boutique. I had a flier, it seems like it was a variety of little booths, Avon, crafts, jewelry, etc. This is one of those fun things Cokeville, Wyoming does to celebrate the arrival of (or hope for) Spring after a long winter.

Birds and other fun sights...

Made a trip to Evanston, Wyoming. I stopped at the Cokeville Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. There were a few birds around. Back on the road, my daughter spotted lots of birds and animals, we took just a couple of pictures, didn't want to make wildlife move too much as I've read it stresses them this time of year. Randolph, Utah had a couple of signs that looked fun, no birds though. Then, when I returned back to Cokeville, I saw another Bird.

Woke up to snow

Another reminder we live in Southwest Wyoming. Yesterday I sent my kids to school in sweatshirts and they played outside on the trampoline after school. Today we woke up to snow. The gloves went back on.