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At the most recent Town Council meeting, the members approved a transfer of a liquor license from Tony Deromedi to Jennifer Fisher for her new business OEB Saloon at 500 South 6th Street. Fisher is just getting started on plans for the new business but says they include selling bar food, such as pizza and chicken wings. Town Engineer Anthony Barnett was not present at the meeting. Heath Overfield took Barnett’s place for the evening to report. Overfield said that they are continuing the d...
Cathy and Terry Titmus, owners of Performance Auto Wash, have recently upgraded their equipment to their facility and already business has increased. Their car wash equipment was outdated for some time and with customers using credit cards in addition to carrying cash, they needed their equipment to work with current technologies and payment methods. All their new equipment now takes credit cards for paying. Cathy Titmus said, "We also upgraded our automatic washer. The nice feature of it is...
Jerry & Shelly Deromedi are celebrating their 50th Anniversary. They were married on August 28, 1970, but have known each other all of their lives. Shelly grew up in Kirby, and Jerry grew up in Gebo. Both their grandparents were miners in Gebo, and grandfathers were best friends. They happened to be high school sweethearts. When Jerry was a sophomore, his family moved to Kirby in 1966 and they lived across the street from Shelly's family. While they were teenagers Jerry asked her if she wanted...
During the Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital board meeting, CEO Margie Molitor praised both Nina Landis and John Gibbel for their leadership during the recent roof leak. Molitor was on vacation during the leak which was caused by a major rainstorm. She said they kept the hospital operational even though they had to divert trauma patients that needed CT scans for a short period of time. Molitor noted that the hospital still admitted patients during the event. The construction still continues...
At the August 18 Thermopolis Town Council meeting Darren Butcher came in front of the council to present an updated request for a revision to the town’s ordinance to make chickens legal within the town’s borders. Butcher has been making his case, along with other allies, for about three years so far. Butcher said he “was originally going to seek a test case scenario within a certain designated property, however, it has already been proven that chickens can be kept in town without being defined a...
During a major afternoon rainstorm on Friday, August 7, water poured down through the roof of an old part of Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital that was under construction. The leaked water reached a room where the CT and MRI equipment was. Hospital CEO Margie Molitor was out of town and in her place Nina Landis handled the situation. Landis said, “As you know it rained on Friday and we are in the middle of construction so the roof is being redone and we ended up with a little water in the b...
The Thermopolis Chamber of Commerce recently reviewed their bylaws and made a variety of housekeeping changes. Mostly the language was cleared up, removing confusion or unnecessary verbiage. However, they did make a significant change to their calendar of terms and this was passed after a vote. Prior to this change, the calendar for the fiscal year and the start/end dates of the terms of the members of the board were at different times. The fiscal year is July 1 to June 30, but the terms of the...
Big Horn Basin Nature and Discovery Center’s Toddi Darlington came to the Town Council requesting a signature on a letter of support for an application to the National Endowment of the Arts for the Our Town Grant their joint powers board will be applying for. Darlington explained that they had been struggling over the years to apply for grants because they are a joint powers board and they have been borrowing the nonprofit status of the Greater Learning Foundation. They decided that the best way...
Not much more than a year ago Dusty Lewis and Wade Lippincott were sitting in Lewis's shop and said they should start a nonprofit organization with the vision of developing trails for the Thermopolis and Hot Springs County area to bring in more tourism and outdoor recreation. Since then, their efforts have snowballed into a greater increase of success and community support with their nonprofit Hot City Alliance. Hot City Alliance held an open house on August 3 seeking community input on what...
Hospital CEO Margie Molitor gave her report and updated the board on the construction and many other functions of the Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital during their July board meeting. The old emergency room complex should be completed by the end of August. The pharmacy should be done by mid-September. The specialty clinic should be done by October. They are also in the process of re-roofing. They are working on paving the back parking lot and then continue paving all around the campus. They...
With travelers and tourists making their presence known in Hot Springs County, many RV parks and local motels have positive things to report. Business is booming at the moment. Eagle RV’s Dennis Jaussaud said, “We’ve been absolutely just crazy busy. Which is good. We started out the year, usually, we start getting reservations in December, even the year before. But most of them start coming December, January and when they announced the virus we got tons of cancelations. Usually, Memorial Day sta...
During the July 21 Thermopolois Town Council meeting, Danielle Yarrington of Elle’s Restaurant & Bar requested permission to have tables on the sidewalk on 6th Street in the shade of the awning. There was some confusion at first of whose jurisdiction the request came under. Yarrington said she had already spoke to WYDOT, but they recommended that she speak with Town Council. After some discussion, the council voted to approve Yarrington’s request to have tables outside as long as they meet the...
When the Chamber of Commerce decided to not host their annual Demolition Derby, Bradyn Harvey called up his brother Bryce and they decided they could put on the derby themselves. “We decided to give it a try,” said Bradyn. Bradyn and Bryce brainstormed on how the derby was done in the past as they had helped in previous years. They told the drivers to keep building their cars. “We decided we’re not in it to make any money. We will probably lose money. We need something in the community that wi...
Danielle Yarrington recently opened her new restaurant Elle’s Restaurant and Bar in the former location of Thermopolis Cafe. Her journey to get to this place has been full of hard work and perseverance. When Yarrington graduated high school in 2015, she left Thermopolis and went to school in Casper for three years and graduated with two associate degrees. Yarrington has been working in restaurants since her sophomore year of high school. She came back to Thermopolis and began the process to b...
The Farmers Market is starting soon and is now managed by Douglas Nelson. Nelson said that he is looking for more vendor participants to add their wares to the market. He added that he thinks with the more global shortages of food that people would be more interested in shopping locally. Currently, there are five vendors signed up, however, Nelson is optimistic that more will show up closer to the opening time. He said eight to ten vendors are typical for the season. Vendors must provide their...
In the Travel and Tourism Board’s financial report of the Annual Lodging Tax Revenue Comparison, the data showed some positive information. The total revenue for the 2019-2020 year was $181,497.51, higher than the previous year. The total revenue for the 2018-2019 year was $172,170.04. Even though the revenue for the final three months of the fiscal year, April, May and June were significantly lower than the previous year due to the COVID-19 situation, they showed an overall increase. The L...
Town Engineer Anthony Barnett brought up a pressing budgeting issue in regard to chip sealing Thermopolis streets at the recent Town Council meeting. Town Clerk-Treasurer Tracy Van Heule had budgeted $515,000 for one-cent sales tax revenue, which is approximately $43,000 per month. May’s distribution was $49,000. Van Heule wondered out loud if this is an expense that can be put off until next spring and was not sure if this is feasible weather-wise. She said, “It’s one-eighth of our total of the...
Chamber Executive Director Meri Ann Rush gave a report for their fireworks stand at the latest Chamber of Commerce Zoom meeting. Rush had just finished their final inventory and said that the goal was to sell a gross of a quarter-million dollars. Rush said, “We bypassed that.” Even after selling fireworks with huge discounts, sometimes up to 80% off, they made a lot of gross revenue. Rush said that leftover fireworks will be taken to other stores that are open. For the next year, there will be...
Margie Molitor Hospital CEO reported on their efforts to acquire a COVID-19 rapid testing machine and other activities to advance their progress during the June Hospital Board Meeting. They are trying to decide between two different kinds or brands of rapid testing systems. There would be a three-month delay in acquiring one because they are back-ordered due to the high demand. She said that they have a rapid testing machine from the state but it is not as reliable as they would like. Anyone the...
Audrey Axtell was recently appointed as Wyoming FFA State Treasurer. Due to the COVID-19 situation, the application process was different this year. The application for state officers is usually due at the end of March and then in-person interviews are in April at the state convention. However, because of the COVID-19 situation, the deadline was pushed back to later. Axtell mailed her application two weeks later than the set deadline because it was pushed back. There wasn't a set date for in-per...
On Saturday, June 27 at approximately 5:30 p.m., Amanda Hicks, of Worland, lost control of her vehicle at milepost 145 on US 20 (two miles north of Kirby). The vehicle Hicks was driving rolled over at least two times and came to rest on its passenger's side blocking both lanes of travel. Hicks had left Thermopolis earlier with her two dogs. She had came to get ice cream and was headed back home to Worland. She had her seat belt on and was going about 70 mph which was the legal speed limit....
On the night of Tuesday, June 24, some juveniles allegedly entered the Hot Springs County Recreation District Garage and caused damage. They also painted graffiti at the skate park. Inside the garage, the subjects spray painted a John Deere Gator side by side with an obscene image. A five-gallon bucket of paint was dumped all over the floor. The investigating officer could tell the Gator was driven because there were tire tracks through the paint. Signs hanging on fences were spray painted, the...
Wyoming Hot Springs State Park (HSSP) has volunteers from all over the country who come with their RVs and help with the maintenance of the park. All of them feel extremely fortunate to spend their retirement years collaborating in gardening and upkeep. The relationships of the volunteers have become quite close and collegial. For the volunteers that come to HSSP, their work is done out of the goodness of their hearts and for an RV spot. They agree to spend 20 hours per week helping out. The...
Austin Barral has been nominated for Junior Ham Operator of the Year for the state of Wyoming. The award is for ham operators 18 years or younger. Zieb Stetler nominated Barral and said he is “One in a Million.” Barral, 16, has a General License. He originally joined the Boy Scouts and got his radio merit badge under Stetler’s counsel and guidance. Barral took two tests for an operator’s license, both at the technician level and the general level, on the same day and passed both tests. Stetler...
The Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department will be doing their annual fireworks show for the July 4th Independence Day celebration, according to Fire Chief Mark Collins. He said that they are about $5,000 short on funds for the show compared to what they normally collect in previous years. They usually budget between $12,000 to $14,000 for a typical show. However, even though the funds raised this year are lower, John Fish, head of the fireworks committee, reports a pyrotechnician will come in...
