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  • Students join Military Service

    Father Hugo L. Blotsky|Mar 24, 2016

    Three seniors and one junior at Hot Springs County High School have joined military service in recent months while finishing their high school education. Seniors Jessica Schierkolk, Fawn Rush and Cameron Igou, and junior Michael Harvey have been sworn in at their respective Military Entrancy Processing Stations. Private Schierkolk was sworn in the U.S. Army as active duty at the MEPS in Butte, Mont. last September for a three-year hitch. She leaves for 10-week basic training in late June. After graduating in September, she will be going for...

  • Umbdenstock graduates boot camp

    Father Hugo L. Blotsky|Nov 19, 2015

    Pvt. Jerry Umbdenstock of Thermopolis was one of 527 male recruits who graduated from boot camp at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, Calif., on October 30. Boot camp consisted of thirteen weeks of basic training in navigation, fire movements, weapon precision and drills to instill discipline. Umbdenstock, a 2015 graduate of Hot Springs County High School, said that one big surprise at boot camp was that there were over three hundred Texans and one recruit from Cuba in basic training...