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Juliann Terry, a biologist traineee with Wyoming Game and Fish, shows the pelts and skulls of various animals to fourth grade students Tuesday morning. Students also learned about plants and mosquitoes, and planted lilacs at the armory....
On Friday, the Hot Springs County High School Track and Field Team competed in Thermopolis for the Bobcat Invite. Coach Ernie Mecca expressed his appreciation to the members of the school community and the town for helping at the meet. It takes a large number of volunteers to have a successful meet, Mecca said, and this one saw 569 athletes from 24 teams, and it took everyone that helped to get it done in five-and-a-half hours. Mecca also acknowledged senior Tyler Cornwell, noting he is the... Full story
The Thermopolis Middle School tracksters competed this past weekend at the Conference Track Meet in Worland. The season is winding down for the school with the Best of the Best scheduled for this Thursday in Lander. Results from the Worland meet are as follows. Where needed, results are listed for heats and finals: 8th Grade Girls — second, 83 points 100 Meter Dash Heats Dani Jo Pebbles — 14th, 17.95 400 Meter Dash Aspen Jensen — fourth, 1:11.94, Olivia Weyer — seventh, 1:16.31 800 Meter Run Tahja Hunt — first, 2:38.68, McKenna Bomengen...
County Emergency Management Coordinator Bill Gordon wants to make sure Thermopolis is prepared in the event the dam at Boysen Reservoir breaks, and over the next year will provide opportunities for residents to get informed about such an event. Gordon stressed that he has the utmost faith in the integrity of the dam, and in the Bureau of Reclamation, and he doesn't want to scare people but wants to make sure the community can get out of the way should something happen. The five-part process...
During April's meeting of the Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees, CEO Robin Roling noted the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have started to provide reimbursement for physicians who provide care for patients with one or more chronic conditions. Examples of chronic conditions include: Alzheimer's disease and related dementia, arthritis (osteoarthritis and rheumatoid), asthma, atrial fibrillation, autism spectrum disorders, cancer, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary...
Last week, several of the Hot Springs County High School music students traveled for competition in Denver. The concert band earned a superior rating, concert choir earned an excellent rating, and the jazz band earned an excellent rating. Hot Springs County High School also earned the Espirit De Cor award for outstanding sportsmanship. This is the second time in 3 years the school has won this trophy. Courtney Yarrington also won a medal for outstanding jazz soloist. On Friday, April 29, the...
In March, the Bureau of Reclamation issued a statement that showed the forecasted runoff from April through July as only 64 percent of the 30-year average - 350,000 acre-feet of the average 548,300. But what a difference a few weeks can make. Though the abundance of gray skies, along with cold rains and snows, can make life a bit miserable and have people longing for consistently sunny skies, it certainly has a measurable impact. In addition to seeing some more green around town and in the...
Recently, Hot Springs County partnered with WyT2/LTAP, the local tech transfer through the engineering department at University of Wyoming. Road and Bridge Supervisor Dave Schlager explained a study was done to establish some engineered speed limits on area roads. Through the study, Schlager said, it was determined East Sunnyside will remain with a posted speed limit of 35 miles per hour (mph). West Sunnyside's speed limit actually increased, he noted, going from 40 mph to 45. Along East River...
Fraud reports are regular occurrences in today's world. The ease of which those with malicious intent can access and exploit personal information means anyone can be a victim, whether it be students going online for research, grandparents looking at family pictures in their email or social media — even a county official. At around 9:30 a.m. Monday, a call came into dispatch from Hot Springs County Treasurer Julie Mortimore. Lieutenant Dan Pebbles with the Hot Springs County Sheriff’s Office sai...
Tuesday evening, the Thermopolis Town Council reviewed the budget for 2016-17. No motion was made to approve the budget at this time, as it was noted information regarding depreciation was currently not part of the document. The Council is expected to approve a first reading of the budget at their May 17 meeting. According to the information presented last night, there is: •$101,250 for Legislative/Executive •$181,600 for Clerk/Treasurer •$10,800 for Judge •$58,200 for Law •$85,900 for Town...
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a disease that affects the central nervous system by disrupting flow of information from the brain to the body. It has no known cause or cure, and symptoms vary from person to person depending on where the nervous system is affected. Symptoms include balance and gait issues, cognitive and sensory problems, fatigue, vertigo and dizziness, visual impairment and tremors. It generally strikes people between age 20 and 50, and women are diagnosed two to three times more...
Last week, Thermopolis resident Tom Anderson stopped by the IR office to tell me how he couldn’t believe a major company actually listened to a person from our little corner of the world. Anderson explained his fence pliers had become worn with age, to where they could not cut two lines of fence simultaneously anymore. Having about 60 miles of fence to take care of, this was obviously a problem. Though he recently had the tool fixed to where it’s cutting again like it should, Anderson also suf...
Despite some schedule shifts, the Hot Springs County High School Track and Field did well at Meeteetse and Casper on Monday. Wyoming Track Classic Jules Ward was the 3200 Meters champion at the all class Wyoming Track Classic in Casper on Monday, with a personal record time 11:49.23. This also gives her the best time in the state so far, in 2A girls. Coach Ernie Mecca said any time students qualify for the Classic is a good thing, as it means they are among the top students across the state,...
This year, Mayor Mike Mortimore has proclaimed May 9-12 a Town Spring Clean-Up. Mayor's Assistance Fred Crosby explained every year the town chooses a week residents can set certain items by the dumpsters for pick up. He noted a brush truck - a rear-loaded refuse truck - will be utilized for collection. Friday is not included in the week of the clean-up, and Crosby noted it's a day when they are typically short-staffed. The event, he said, is an annual thing to try and make the town look...
Home to hundreds of petroglyphs, Legend Rock northwest of Thermopolis is considered a sacred site by many. It was recently named number 7 on a USA Today poll of the best archaeological sites across the country. Hot Springs State Park Assistant Superintendent John Fish said a seventh place finish is fantastic, and he's pleased to see Legend Rock made the final cut. It's very large in terms of petroglyphs, and is one of the best-preserved glyph sites, he added. Volunteers are always needed, as...
The 2016 Hot Springs County High School Prom...
Visitors to the buffalo pasture in Hot Springs State Park might notice a couple smaller additions these past few weeks, as two of the cows have calved. Assistant Superintendent John Fish said buffalo breed in private and calve in private, so seeing a live birth, while not impossible, would certainly be very rare; in 24 years, he has never seen one. The goal is for every cow to have a calf, Fish said, to provide a good calf crop. Currently, there are a dozen animals in the herd, with two adult...
Tuesday evening, the Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees accepted a preliminary budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017. Among the highlights Chief Financial Officer Shelly Larson shared are: an expected increase of 2.5 percent in total operating revenues -$16,477,570 - and an expected two percent increase in total operating expenses - $16,645,830. She noted they are budgeting for an operating loss as well as a net loss. Also included in the budget is a request to the...
Those attending a program Saturday at the Hot Springs County Museum got a look at a business that has more male workers than any other industry. Of course, when it comes to honeybees, one colony alone can have thousands of these male drones in it. Dr. Jack States, a native of Wyoming, spoke Friday about the first incidence of beekeeping, and honey collection and sale. Born in Laramie, States was raised in a beekeeping family in Saratoga. His grandfather began keeping bees in the early 1920s,...
Saturday, Thermopolis Middle School competed against various schools at its home track meet. The meet was a significant one, with 537 students from nine different schools competing. Coach Kent Hessenthaler expressed his appreciation for the community members, coaches and volunteers who helped the meet go smoothly. The weather cooperated, as well as the technology, Hessenthaler noted, and even though the meet was big they were done by 5 p.m. Many of the students, Hessenthaler said, had some "phen...
Following an executive session Tuesday evening, the Thermopolis Town Council, with Councilman John Dorman Sr. absent and Councilman Dusty Lewis voting "no," approved a motion to authorize the filing of a declaratory judgment against the County, for clarification of the County's duty under Title 25 to pay for detention, treatment and transportation of persons in need of mental hospitalization. The judgment will hopefully provide better definition of the state statute. Also during the meeting,...
Though the grand opening is still a few weeks away, Shorty's owner Debra Lackey has no plans to close the door in the meantime. Lackey and her husband, Danny, took over the business April 16 from Cindy Ellison, who had Shorty's for 12 years prior. She expressed her appreciation to Ellison for the business opportunity, and to Amanda Moeller and the Economic Development Committee for information and literature on small business loans. She further added it was nice to work with local banker Minnie...
On our way out of town last weekend, my wife and I had one of those "deep" discussions. It started as we were headed through the canyon and I told my son how many of the rocks were around when dinosaurs were. This led to the question, from my wife Louise, of what I thought of dinosaurs' origins. Now, I was born and raised Catholic, and continue a strong belief in the traditions of that faith. At the same time, I know there's plenty of evidence to show dinosaurs and other species evolved over...
In the coming weeks, students in the Hot Springs County High School ProStart program will get some real world experience around town. Teacher Becky Martinez explained part of ProStart is working in a commercial kitchen. While there is such a kitchen at the high school, from which they serve food, Martinez noted the students are more familiar with the kitchens that might typically be in a home. This past week has seen the girls working at Dairyland, getting the business up and running for the...
The Bobcats saw plenty of State qualifying times and distances when they headed to Riverton for the Roy Peck Invite Saturday, April 16. The team of Jules Ward, Chandra Maddock, Maggie Ryan and Haley McDermott qualified with their first place time of 10:34.68 in the 4x800 meter relay. Elizabeth Rhodes broke a couple personal career records, posting a seventh place time of 30.12 in the 200 meters and a ninth place time of 14.05 in the 100 meters. The girls team won fourth overall, with 71 points....
