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The block of Broadway in front of Thermopolis Town Hall was full of participants in the Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce Halloween Costume Contest last Thursday during Moonlight Madness. Results, in the order of first, second and third places, include: Group category: Toy Story, Minions, Aladdin; under 1 category: Dalmatian, Fox, MSB; 1-2 year old category: Scarecrow, Curious George, Spider; 3-4 year old category: Cop/Sheriff, Ariel, Butterfly; 5-6 year old category, the winners...
The Hot Springs County School Board received a department update from Maintenance Director Jere Apland on Oct. 20, starting with the new bus pickup and dropoff zone project that began at the end of May, and managed to stay on time and on budget. “The contractor and engineer did a great job,” said Apland, who added that the middle school’s lockers have also been remodeled. “We tore them out to nothing. We replaced all the fixtures and piping, and added new, taller partitions. They went closer to the floor, so they’re way more private. Next year...
Kent and Stacy Hessenthaler are long-time Thermopolis figures known for their sweet corn and pumpkins. Kent retired from teaching high school math and Spanish about five or six years ago. “Time runs together and as you get older, you know that,” said Kent. However, more changes are coming for the Hessenthalers as they have decided to stop planting pumpkins, but they will continue farming their sweet corn. Kent explained, “My wife hasn’t liked doing pumpkins for a long time. Because she wants t...
Recently in the Hot Springs State Park, the fish feeders at the cooling ponds have been vandalized. Representative Meri Ann Rush said, “Friends of Hot Springs State Park and Legend Rock applied for a grant to install the fish feeders over five years ago. Since then, at least one fish feeder, if not all four of them, has been vandalized. Due to the recent vandalism that was discovered on October 2nd. We have taken them down and we are looking at ways to improve the security and hope to have them up and going again in the spring. Meanwhile, if p...
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. Correction In last weeks edition, Kimberly M. Barlett’s name was misspelled in some places in the candidates questions section. In the Meet the Candidates Forum II section, her answer to the question “What is the fairest way to...
The Odd Fellows will hold their Glitter and Gold Gala scholarship fundraiser at the Fair Building on Saturday, November 12 from 7-10 p.m. Tickets are $20 each. The attire is formal. The event will have finger food and a dance. Shorty’s will be catering. Event organizer Bradyn Harvey said, “The original order for the lodge used to do a winter ball, and the funds from that went to the Pioneer Home. We decided with bringing the lodge back we wanted to keep the same tradition and do a winter formal, but we’re going to do it for a schol...
All veterans are invited to join in a parade in honor of you on Thursday, Nov. 10 at Ralph Witters Elementary. Enter the RWE loading zone/parking lot off of Springview Street near the administration building at 9 a.m. Students and staff will be outside from 9-9:20 a.m. to celebrate our local veterans as they drive through the parking lot loop. After the drive through, come inside for donuts and coffee in the school cafeteria. The parade is being held in addition to the annual Veterans Day assembly on Friday, Nov 11 in the Hot Springs County...
Representatives for the Hot Springs County High School Class of 1973, Dixie Vialpando and Norma Smith are seeking ideas for the class reunion celebrations held each year on the third weekend of July. The meeting will be at the VFW on Thursday, November 10 at 6:30 p.m. Vialpando and Smith want to invite all HSCHS class members to come. Vialpando proposed that the coming class reunions can be all day on Saturday of the reunion weekend. Each class can take a different area of the Hot Springs State Park and there could be food trucks, a craft...
Tuesday, November 8 is 2022 General Election voting day. Some will vote absentee prior to Tuesday, but many will be voting that day. Locally, we have a few very important races that will be decided. We have two candidates running for Town of Thermopolis Mayor, three candidates running for two seats on the Thermopolis Town Council, two candidates running for the single House District 28 seat and eight candidates seeking three seats on the Hot Springs County Board of Trustees. Kirby and East Thermopolis also have a few important races going on...
I was disappointed with a few of our candidates who are running for school board trustee. They seem to feel they do not have to answer questions from the public because the questions came from Republicans. Interestingly, many of the candidates who would not answer questions publicly stated they would be willing to answer them privately. Why is that? I realize the school board trustee is a non-partisan race, but people who run for public office answer to the public. Republicans are voters, many are taxpayers and all are obviously part of the...
In the October 20 issue, the newspaper ran an editorial about the local school board race. First off, I would like to make clear that I am addressing some issues about that race that involve a committee from the Hot Springs Republican party. I am a Democrat and have nothing personal against Republicans. I have been married to one for over 40 years. And in my 35 years of living in Wyoming, I can say I like and respect many Republicans and have voted for some. I think we can disagree and have civil discussions without being hateful or divisive. I...
To all the candidates who attended the Thermopolis School Board Candidate Forum hosted by the Republican Party: “Thank you for your courage to come and answer the questions asked of you.” The position of school board trustee is incredibly important to our schools, our teachers, our students and our community. This forum provided a very public opportunity in regard to where each candidate stood on various subjects. Sometimes these forums ask questions that may cause frustration or may cause people to be uncomfortable. However, the goal was to...
Sharon June Fink, 74, went to be with our Lord on Sunday, October 23, 2022. She was surrounded by her family at the time of her passing at her home in Issaquah, Wash. Sharon succumbed to her illness of the past few years with COPD and congestive heart failure. Sharon was born November 12, 1947, in Laramie, Wyo. She was born to Saul O. Larson and Albert Jene (Spinus) Larson while Saul was attending pharmacy school. She spent most of her childhood in Thermopolis, Wyo., where she graduated from... Full story
Dorothy Wanita Sigman was born in Gillette, Wyo., January 29, 1934, to Henry Rader and Ruby Blankenship. She grew up around Hulett, Wyo. She met her husband, Darrell Sigman, at a dance in Hulett, Wyo. On March 18, 1950, they were wed in Sturgis, S. D. To this union was born four children; daughter, Donna, and three sons, Thomas, Lee and Ron. They lived in Gillette, Wyo., for 30 years. Dorothy's favorite employment was working for Campbell County School District, where she worked in the kitchen... Full story
The Thermopolis Middle School Lady Cat basketball teams have jumped right into their season with multiple games already under their belts. Coach Ashley Cleare said, “The girls are playing hard and are showing a lot of heart. They hustle and never give up.” The girls’ teams have had games against Worland and Buffalo already this season. 8A score vs. Worland was 20-23 with a close loss for the Lady Cats. The score vs. Buffalo was a 11-35 loss for the Lady Cats. The 7th grade teams also had games against Worland and Buffalo. 7A team scores vs. W...
Thermopolis Middle School Lady Cat volleyball players have completed their season. The 8A Lady Cat volleyball team recently ended their season. Coach Kylie Corpening said, “The girls went into our end of season conference tournament ranked low only winning two conference games during the season. They came back in the post season to place 4th out of 8 teams and playing the best they had all season. They collectively played the best they had all season to finish their middle school volleyball careers off amazing.” The 7A Lady Cat volleyball tea...
The varsity Lady Cats finished off their season at the 3A Regional Volleyball Tournament last weekend. The girls went up against Mountain View and Lander. Coach Shannon Hill commented,” Every year the inevitable morning after the last match comes. This year as with many years before, I feel like we needed more time, that we weren’t quite finished, that we had so many more gains to make, but unfortunately our season has to come to an end. I truly enjoyed every moment of coaching these amazing athletes and to see them fight with pure grit and...
The Thermopolis Middle School wrestling team attended their first tournament in Powell on October 22. Teams included at the tourney were Laurel, Mont., Powell, Cody, Lovell, Worland and Rocky Mountain l. Coach Toby Emery said, “This was our first tournament and first competition of the season. Only 10 of our 15 wrestlers competed at the tournament. Overall, I felt the wrestlers did very well. The kids were on the attack and their conditioning was better than most opponents. We ended the day with the highest win percentage (63.64%) out of the se...
Joe Doak and the Worland Officials Association have been selected by the Wyoming High School Activities Association to officiate the class 2A semi-final football playoff game between Cokeville and Lovell. The game will be played on Saturday, Nov. 5 in Lovell at 1 p.m....
by Joshua Wolfson Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Inflation rose in Wyoming over the past year at its highest rate since 1981, driven primarily by soaring transportation and food costs, a new state report shows. Statewide inflation jumped 10.1% between June 2021 and June of this year, according to the Wyoming Economic Analysis Division report. To find a higher rate, you’d have to go back to the third quarter of 1981, when inflation rose 11.8% in Wyoming. Rising costs here mirror increases nationally. The U.S. inflation ra...
The Hot Springs County High School Boys and Girls Golf Team was honored before the school board on Oct. 20, as the husband-and-wife team of Brandon and Catelyn Deromedi extolled the students’ virtues. Catelyn Deromedi, who serves as principal of Hot Springs County High School, introduced both the team and their coach, Hot Springs County School District Activities Director Brandon Deromedi. “They hit an all-time high as far as state championships,” Catelyn Deromedi said. “They are now being celebrated for their fifth state championship in a ro...
On October 18, the Hot Springs County Commissioners held a brief meeting at the Annex building. Chairman Tom Ryan was absent, therefore Vice-chair Phil Scheel presided over the meeting suspending Robert’s Rules protocol. Barb Rice gave the Youth Alternative report and said that they have 16 juveniles, which include nine males and seven females. In September they had seven 16-17-year-old waivers for high school equivalency and now they signed up five new kids. Rice said that the students go at their own different paces and it takes about six mon...
Campaign finance complaint against Vogelheim dismissed JACKSON (WNE) — The Wyoming Democratic Party’s campaign finance complaint against Republican legislative candidate Paul Vogelheim has been dismissed, according to Jennifer Martinez, the office’s assistant elections director in the Wyoming Secretary of State’s Office. Martinez said on Monday that she was not able to elaborate on why or provide documentation of the dismissal before press time. Vogelheim is running against Democrat Liz Storer to represent House District 23 in the Wyoming...
by Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com There are no quick or easy ways to protect Wyoming customers from price spikes at the fuel pump, according to a new state report. Trends in regional oil-refining capacity and fuel storage are moving in the wrong direction. A state fuel tax holiday would be too costly — an estimated $120 million annual drain on state revenue — while exerting a “minimal impact” at the pumps. “Even producing substantially more crude oil would not immediately impact the supply of gas or diesel,” according to the report commissione...
The Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce held its annual costume contest during Moonlight Madness last Thursday. Numerous families and children participated dressed up in a wide variety of outfits. The Chamber handed out 195 Halloween bags, and the contest was funded by the Wyoming Children's Trust Fund. Central Bank & Trust sponsored a scavenger hunt during the evening and the Thermopolis Independent Record sponsored a pinata bash....
