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At the December 7 Hot Springs County Commissioners meeting, the commissioners held a public hearing regarding Resolution 2021-08, fiscal year 2021-22 Budget Amendment No. 1. The resolution reflected the Big Horn Basin Nature and Discovery (BHBND) WYDOT Tap Grant for $100,000 and also some unanticipated revenue for a jail overpayment for $4,537. There were no public comments, and the commissioners voted and passed to approve the resolution. Sheriff Jerimie Kraushaar presented a request for...
At the December 9 Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce meeting, CEO Meri Ann Rush had the board go through a SWOT analysis. A SWOT is an examination of an entity’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. There was much back-and-forth discussion. There was also a discussion about the chamber’s online presence. Under old business, Rush reported about the Chamber’s Lunch and Learn on November 17, where they discussed estate planning. There were close to 20 guests. Rush said the n...
T-O Engineers, represented by Dusty Spomer and Jared Wingo, held a public meeting at the County Annex Building on December 7 to give a presentation on the Hot Springs County Airport Master Plan progress. The presentation is the fourth meeting regarding this master plan and they are seeking public comments and feedback on their work. The deadline for the comments is January 6, 2022. Jared Wingo, the lead planner, started the presentation and gave some background to the project, which started in...
Christmas came early for Robert James, 82, a resident at Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Wellness (TRW) with the gift of a guitar. The idea started with his sister Donna Becker wanting to help James with his memory issues. Becker said, "I've always experienced that music is a wonderful tool for helping people with memory issues and because he is my brother, I know he used to play the guitar. So, I got this wild idea to find him a guitar. But I am in Texas and so I used the Thermopolis Our...
At the November 30, Hot Springs Health board meeting, Chairman Dr. Bill Williams started the meeting and said, “I call it to order with some sadness… Dan Herdt passed away a week ago today, and I can’t tell you not only the sadness for his family, but the loss of a valuable board member to this group. He always had a perspective that we appreciated, listened to. He didn’t talk very often, but when he did, we listened because he had good points to make and we will miss him immensely on this bo...
The Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce has several activities going on this December to celebrate the Christmas holiday. According to Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce CEO Meri Ann Rush, the Annual Lighted Christmas Parade is Saturday, Dec. 11 beginning at 6 p.m. This year’s theme is Winter Wonderland. Line up begins at 5:30 p.m. on Senior Avenue. The parade route will head west on Arapahoe and turn left on 5th Street and right on Broadway and will turn around at the turn a...
Hot Springs County High School (HSCHS) Math teacher Darren Elder, science teacher London Jenks, English teacher Lyle Wiley and Social Studies teacher Shane Corpening have been working together diligently in preparing high school juniors for the ACT test. Their efforts have helped the students significantly improve their ACT scores. Principal Breez Daniels said, “I am extremely proud of the work our educators have done over the past few years to ensure we have a guaranteed and viable c...
At the November 17 Hot Springs County Travel and Tourism board meeting, the board voted to approve Rachel Moon as the Vice-Chair. Currently there are two board openings that need to be filled. In the financial report, treasurer Audra Dominguez said October was another record-breaking month. Lodging tax revenue for September was up 34% from last year with $25,835.99 in revenue. October’s lodging tax revenue was $34,053.95, which is up 112% from last year as well. The board voted and passed a...
At the November 17 Hot Springs County Land Use Planning Commission meeting held at the Annex building, Wyatt and Beau Haight presented their application. The Haight’s requested the land use be changed from agricultural to commercial to allow an events arena, a 40-unit RV campground, and a 40-space horse trailer camping area. The subject property is a roughly 76.2-acre parcel located in the south half of Section 18, Township 43 North, Range 94 West. Fronting on the northwest side of Highway 20 N...
At the November 16 Hot Springs County Commissioners meeting held at the HSC Annex Building, a public hearing was held to address the Dufour Land Use Change request. County planner Bo Bowman gave a brief description of the property, its history and the applicants’ issues in regard to changing it from a residential property to one for commercial use. The applicants Elyse Dufour and Ryan Collins had met with the land-use change planning commission three times as their issues were evaluated and d...
Julie Hoffman is the new director of the Wyoming Pioneer Home. As the director, Hoffman manages the staff and administers the fiscal assistance from the State of Wyoming. Hoffman's background comes from being a licensed social worker in Basin at the Wyoming Retirement Center where she worked for 7 and a half years. She focused on long-term care and helping residents adapt to the facility, as well as admission, safe discharge and complaints such as reports of abuse or neglect. Hoffman grew up in...
At the November 11 Chamber of Commerce board meeting held at Big Horn Federal, the date for the community Christmas Parade was announced. The parade will be Saturday, Dec. 11 beginning at 6 p.m. For more information, contact the chamber at 864-3192 CEO Meri Ann Rush discussed some old business during the meeting. Rush reported that the October 16 100th Annual Chamber Banquet had 144 people attend and they raised more than the expenses they budgeted for. Rush said they did well and that the...
Belinda Moore and Donna Pennoyer have created a new business called Rodeo 307. Together, they sell a variety of products, such as tumblers, hats, stickers and other products that display their trademarked logo for Rodeo 307. Moore said, “We’re selling rodeo merchandise, promotional merchandise, just for the love of rodeo. It is for rodeo fans, participants and for those that just want to show their Wyoming pride. It was an idea that we came up with kind of on a whim. We were working on a pro...
Dawn Peil is the new 4-H Educator at the UW Extension Office. Peil grew up here in the 4-H and FFA programs and she has always been involved in ag. Prior to this new position, she spent around 19 years at the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Peil said, "when this opportunity opened up, it just seemed like a good fit. Part of Peil's background with the NRCS, which used to be the Soil Conservation Service as a part of the USDA, she was a range conservationist. Some of the work range...
At the November 2 Hot Springs County Commissioners meeting, William Long and Tom Rean attended to tell the commissioners their desires to change the Red Lane Domestic Water and form it into a district. Right now, it is private. The commissioners told them they have no issue with the idea, but they said Long and Rean should get an attorney to properly move forward. The commissioners also said that this change would require a vote from the public to decide. Nate Messenger gave the FBO report and...
CEO Garry Freel is retiring from Big Horn Enterprises (BHE) after being associated with them for around 32 years. Freel started out as a case manager in August 1989, then a year later he became the director of rehab. In 1994, Freel left BHE for three years to work at the Children's Center. During those three years, he became a board member of BHE. In January 1997, Freel became the CEO of BHE. Freel said coming to the job was by happenstance. He had an education degree but couldn't get a...
At the October 26, Hot Springs Health board meeting, CEO Margie Molitor said in the growth report, that they are excited, they added two permanent positions to our senior leadership roster. Verlene Luna has been the interim chief physician clinical officer and has accepted the position permanently. Also, Scott Alwin accepted the position as the chief clinical officer, and he will start on December 13. Molitor continued and said they are expanding their Riverton hours to add a half day on...
Brian Parker is the new Recreation Center Director. He is 25 years old and recently moved from Connecticut, where he was a college student in recreation management and a personal trainer. Parker said he was excited to move across the country. Parker found the job opportunity with Hot Springs County on an online job board and applied. He had been searching for opportunities out west, specifically Wyoming, Montana and Idaho. Parker interviewed and then first visited Thermopolis at the end of July,...
At the October 19 Thermopolis Town Council meeting, in citizen participation, the council voted to approve the golf course minutes. Also, town engineer Anthony Barnett presented the town shop roof replacement estimate change order in the amount of $2,744.25. The council voted and passed to accept the change order. Mayor Mike Chimenti asked town attorney Mike Messenger if he had anything to report. Messenger said they should proceed with action based upon the earlier work session about waste mana...
At the Hot Springs County, Land Use Planning Commission meeting on October 20 at the Annex Building Planner, Bo Bowman presented three applicants. They were Britt Taylor; Daniel and Leila Porath; and Elyse Dufour. All were requesting the change from either agricultural or residential use to commercial so that they may operate short-term rentals of various kinds. In new business, Britt Taylor was not present because she is a landowner from out of state, but a representative was. Taylor wanted...
At the October 19 Hot Springs County Commissioners meeting held at the Annex building, Bo Bowman presented the finalized O’Rourke Subdivision survey map for signing. The commissioners voted and approved to add the signatures of Chairman Tom Ryan and Clerk Becky Kersten. Billie Jo Norsworthy, representing the Hot Springs County Fair Board, was present to discuss the fair building roof. The roof has five spots where leaking is occurring. Some of the insulation is wet and heavy, dripping out w...
The Chamber of Commerce held their annual banquet at the Fair Building last Saturday. The event was keynote by renowned authors W. Michael and Kathleen Gear, who spoke on the subject of censorship. Chamber President Howie Samelson made an announcement that Chamber Director Meri Ann Rush is now the Chief Executive Officer. Rush said about the Gears, "When we were planning the 100th Annual Chamber Banquet and decided on the theme "Hats Off-Dr. Seuss", it was suggested to have Mike and Kathy be...
Montana’s Strongest Man Chad Lowry and Gottsche are holding a Strongman Training event on Sunday, Oct. 24 from 2-6 p.m. at the Gottsche gym. Lowry is from Montana and started his interest in this type of training in December 2020. He searched for a coach in Billings and started working with Ron Wilson, who provided great guidance where they worked well together. Wilson trains out of the Iron Bar Gym. Lowry is an Air Force Veteran and was 300 pounds and overweight from inactivity when he started...
At the October 14 Chamber of Commerce meeting held at Big Horn Federal, during old business, President Howie Samelson brought up the chamber banquet. Director Meri Ann Rush said that the planning for the banquet on October 16 started in the spring. The nominations were also made in January and February. Rush said the goal was to put the event together before the summer. At the time of the meeting, they had sold 131 tickets. Next, the chamber discussed the October 28 Moonlight Madness event....
At the recent Hot Springs County Commissioners meeting, Tricia McPhie of Public Health and Prevention held a discussion with the commissioners about the executive order from President Biden to mandate vaccinations. Chairman Ryan expressed concern over it and the entire board of commissioners opposed the mandate. The mandatory vaccination executive order was proposed by Biden to be administered through OSHA regulations to have all federal employees, healthcare workers, and businesses with more...
