Week of November 7, 2024
Week of November 7, 2024
Vehicles have been parked around Thermopolis for months sporting candidate signs, especially for the two Hot Springs County Commissioner candidates. There has been much discussion regarding the legality of the parked vehicles. These two, although near the polling location for Thermopolis Precincts 1-1 and 1-2, were legally parked outside Wyoming's 100-yard Election Buffer Zone for polling...
On October 29, the Wyoming Pioneer Home held a gala art show that culminated eight weeks of art classes for participants. The event featured a variety of painted clay pieces designed by residents of the Pioneer Home and also members of the community who signed up for the program. The art show was well attended, with around 100 people visiting to view the artwork and join in the celebration. The event was also filmed by Cactus Productions, a documentary camera crew from Cody. Leading the event...
The Wyoming Water Development Commission is evaluating options for providing water to Hot Springs County residents. Representatives of the Level II Study, Project Manager George Moser, Jeff Rosenlund of DOWL, and hydro-geologist Ben Jordan held a public meeting on October 26 at the annex building. As part of the project’s scope, the study representatives have gathered information, identified stakeholders, and they reviewed existing information. They also developed population growth...
The Hot Springs County Clerk’s office has released unofficial results from the 2024 General Election and Bob Aguiar (R) narrowly won over Jack Baird (I) to serve a four year term as Hot Springs County Commissioner. Aguiar received 1,306 votes with Baird receiving 1,200 votes. In the highly contested Hot Springs County School Board of Trustees race, the four winning vote earners include Justin Budd with 1,368, Jean Skelton with 1,255, Marshall Keller with 1,115 and Nichole Weyer with 997. Beth Lewis received 974 votes, Clay VanAntwerp 779,...
Progress is being made to replace the Town of Thermopolis’ flagpole that was damaged by a windstorm on September 9. The damage prevented town officials from lowering the flag in recognition of September 11 and the town is unable to fly flags. They received assistance from the Thermopolis Fire Department, which is the only entity that can reach the top of the flagpole, to take the flags down and survey the damage. The pole’s metal is bent and has broken welds. It is not repairable with a load bearing weight on it and therefore it has to be...
Historical Society meeting presentation Tony Abstetar will be presenting the featured program at the Saturday, Nov. 9 Hot Springs County HIstorical Society meeting. The meeting begins at 2 p.m. with the program to follow. From Flying Door Gunner to Flying with Honor is the name of Abstetar’s program. The meeting is open to the public and refreshments will be served. For more information, contact (307) 272-4720. or 864-2678. November library events The Hot Springs County Library is hosting a variety of activities and events during the month...
The Bobcat Roundtop Yearbook earned the Silver Star ranking and All-State Honors with a second place ranking in the 1A/2A division at the 2024 Wyoming Student Media Association (WSMA) Convention held at Casper College on October 28. The Bobcats won these honors with last year's book, which was published through Jostens with the theme: We Are All Stars. It was the third consecutive All-State finish for Bobcat Journalism, advised by Lyle Wiley who was also the acting President of the WSMA Board....
Christ the King Church, of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS), has opened locally for others to join them. They meet at the Big Horn Federal Community Room on Sundays at 9 a.m. for the Worship Service, 10 a.m. Bible Study and on Wednesdays at 6 p.m. for Bible Study. Most of the members currently attending originally knew each other from their previous times in Casper at the WELS church there. According to the members, their focus as a church is “brotherly love and evangelism....
From Wyoming News Exchange newspapers 17-year-old girl hospitalized CASPER (WNE) — Casper police have a suspect in custody following a Halloween night stabbing that left a 17-year-old girl in serious condition at Banner Wyoming Medical Center. Officers responded to a reported stabbing in the 1500 block of North Poplar Street just before 9:30 p.m. Thursday and found the girl with an apparent knife wound to her abdomen, according to a news release from the Casper Police Department. She was transported to the hospital following life-saving...
The Holiday Food Drive will be getting underway soon with volunteers putting out bags and picking up filled bags in the community. On November 7-9 bags will be placed on doorknobs of Thermopolis homes. Place your food donations of canned or dried food by your front door for pickup on Saturday, Nov. 16 from 8 a.m.-noon. No perishable items or home canned products please. If your donation is not picked up or you need assistance, call 864-3629 and leave a message. You can also leave your donations in the entry of the Holy Trinity Episcopal...
The Lady Cats varsity volleyball team competed at the 2A Regional Championships in Lander on November 1 and 2 last week and punched their ticket to the 2A State Championships in Casper this week. On Friday, the Lady Cats played Big Piney – who had finished the regular season in second place in the 2A Southwest. Playing with determination and skill, the Lady Cats swept Big Piney in three games, winning 25-13, 25-20 and 25-15. The Lady Big Piney Punchers defeated Wind River on Friday afternoon, and defeated Kemmerer on Saturday morning....
Capping off an outstanding cross country season, two Bobcat harriers finished in the top ten at the 2A State Championships in Cheyenne and for their efforts each received All-State Honors. After finishing in second place at regionals, outstanding junior Jadeth Elder was proclaimed state champion, finishing the course with a time of 17:43.80. Elder also had a first place finish at the Wyoming Indian event, earlier in the season. For Elder, it is his second straight year to be named All-State. Fellow junior Cole Keller finished in ninth place...
The Thermopolis Middle School boys and girls wrestling team is two weeks into competition for the season. They competed in Cody on October 26 and then travel to Cowley for the Rocky Mountain Invitation last Saturday. Results from both tournaments are: Cody 77-84A - Tucker Sayler, 2nd 91A - Fischer Lewis, 1st 98A - Tanner Myers, 2nd; Ryker Sayler, 3rd 110-115A - Trenton Enis, 1st; Samuel Johnson, 4th 132A - Jack Morningstar, 3rd 138-145A - Tanner Delay, 2nd 64-68B - Talon Owsley, 1st 91-96B - Braxton Delay, 1st 97-100B - Chance Stothart, 4th...
On Halloween evening at the Fire Hall, the Thermopolis Police Department, Search & Rescue, Emergency Medical Services, the Hot Springs County Sheriff's Office, and the Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department handed out candy to a variety of children and their families in costumes. Jeffery Averill, left, and Katelyn Hoffman watch as their son, Abel Averill, dives in to get his candy from Search and Rescue members including Colin...
The unofficial local results from the 2024 General Election appear on the front page of this paper. Unfortunately, due to printing deadlines, we are unable to include complete state or federal results. Our readers may not know it, but our paper is currently printed in Cody. Typically, our finished pages are requested to be uploaded by 5 p.m. on Tuesday evening so our paper can be processed and ready for printing beginning around 6 a.m. Wednesday mornings. To get our local results on our front page we held it to send later on Tuesday night, by...
by Andrew Ellsworth, MD Hearing loss affects millions of Americans. In fact, by age 75 over half of adults will have some form of hearing loss. Signs of hearing loss include having trouble hearing speech in noisy places, finding it hard to follow speech in groups, trouble hearing on the phone, listening makes you tired, or if you need to turn the volume up on the TV or radio while others complain it is too loud. To some, hearing loss may just be a minor inconvenience. If it is more severe, however, it can have a big impact on day to day...
Our beloved Ron Jurovich passed in the early hours of October 25, 2024. He was born in the hospital on Hospital Hill on August 23, 1949, in Thermopolis, Wyo. He was raised in Thermopolis by his parents, grandparents and with his cousins. His family left for a brief time to experience life in Fairbanks, Alaska. He worked through college in the oil field. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Political Science from the University of Wyoming. He attended Law School and read law with Jerry Stack in preparation for the Bar Exam. He was...
On the Record policy It is the Thermopolis Independent Record’s policy that all people arrested or cited under the “Accidents,” “Sheriff’s office” or “Police department” in the On the Record section are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. We print the names of all people upon their initial arrest. Sheriff’s Office Monday, Oct. 28 11:59 a.m. Deputies investigated a possible order of protection violation. Tuesday, Oct. 29 4:01 p.m. Deputies investigated an attempted scam that began with a pop-up on a...
