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Aime Robinson was featured at Hot Springs County High School Bobcat Pride last Friday presenting her speech piece, "God of Cake."... Full story
The Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital will conduct a class called Safe Sitter Program on Monday, February 17 at 8:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. It will be for children between the ages of 11 and 13. Class size is limited to only eight students. For more information please call 921-3217....
The Hot Springs County Museum will hold a special event for a famous photo coming out of their vault. They will have a big introduction of one of three known copies of the famous photo of Harry Longabaugh and Etta Place Longabaugh is better known as the Sundance Kid who was an outlaw member of Butch Cassidy’s gang “The Wild Bunch”.This infamous gang performed the longest string of successful train and bank robberies in American history. Etta Place was Longbaugh’s significant other and little is known about her. The reveal for the public...
The Lady Bobcats lost a tough battle against number 3-ranked Worland Lady Warriors last week, 46-49. “The team played really well for stretches of the game,” head coach Matt McPhie said. “Give credit to Worland, they made some plays early in the game and sealed the victory late.” McKenna Bomengen led the team against Worland, scoring 13 points. Sesi Jensen added another 10 in the scoring column and Ashley McPhie chipped in nine. Jensen and Kaylee DeVries led the way on the boards with both gi...
Bobcat wrestlers made an early morning trip to Greybull Saturday to compete in their one day tourney with 12 other teams including the returning 2A state champion Moorcroft Wolves. Still missing Remington Ferree from the lineup, and losing Cole Christenson to possible injury during the tournament, put the Bobcats at a disadvantage. The ended the tournament with 91 points taking sixth place Logan Cole, #1 rated in 2A at 220, nipped #2 rated Parker Schlater of Moorcroft by two points again confirming head coach Travis McDermott’s observation e...
The Bobcat boys basketball team lost a tough one to the undefeated Worland Warriors last Friday in Worland, 47-86. “Without a doubt, it was a tough night for us and a lot of things didn’t go our way,” said head coach Shane Corpening. “We could have done a much better job playing team defense and rebounding the ball.” Corpening said those are two areas the team will be working on extensively at practice, moving forward. The team got in foul trouble early, too, which didn’t help. “Jarron Mor...
Thermopolis Middle School’s eighth grade boys basketball teams have been busy playing a number of teams in the area. The A team took on Shoshoni recently and coach Ryan Shaffer said, “We played well in this game as we tried to work on a few things. We still gave away a little too much in the fourth quarter, but other than that, we were able to win every quarter before. “Our defense looked much better and it looked like a good game after coming off a tough loss to Lovell.” In spite of a 25-39 l...
Members of the Thermopolis Wrestling Club have been busy on the road competing. Recent results include: Cowboy State Games January 31 Iron Man Greco Results Intermediate/10U 63 - Briar Lahoe’s place is 4th, 4 team points Novice/12U 92 - Cannon Boren’s place is 3rd, 14.5 team points Iron Man Folkstyle Results Peewee/6U 40 - Fletcher Lewis 1st, 7 team points Bantam/8U 43 - Aksel Polson 6th, 8 team points Bantam/8U 62 - Kade Enis, 4 team points Bantam/8U 70 - Trenton Enis 3rd, 17 team points Intermediate/10U 49-53 - Fischer Lewis 2nd, 23 team poi...
Eric Kay looks on as Eli Dickey explains his presentation during Agri Science Day at the high school. Both middle school and high school students participated....
The Hot Springs County Board of Commissioners is asking Hot Springs County Residents to apply for a Board Position of the Travel and Tourism Board. It is a three-year term and there is one opening. Residents of Hot Springs County who are interested in applying to serve on the Board or position should submit their County Board Questionnaire. This is available on the County website www.hscounty.com or at the Clerk’s Office. Submissions should be submitted no later than 12 p.m. (noon), Friday, February 28, 2020. Applications will be considered a...
Thermopolis Middle School students came home with a second place overall during the recent Mathcounts competition at North West College in Powell, qualifying them to advance to the state competition in Laramie in March. Coach of the team, Stephanie Metz, said, "This is the first year we've had such high individual results." Seventh grader Hayden Overfield placed first with eighth grader Seth Needham placing second. The pair will get to compete at the state level. Brendan Butler, a seventh grader...
Brad Basse, Sharon Skiver and other members of the Rotary Club presented $6,000 to John Gerrells and Jeff Strong of the Thermopolis VFW to help with much needed roof repairs on the building. Members of the VFW have been working to raise funds to fix the roof for some time now. Several community events are held at the VFW each year. Recently, buckets have had to be placed in some locations to catch water that is leaking through the roof....
Cross country skiing enthusiasts in Hot Springs County no longer have to travel 75 miles or more to enjoy your favorite winter pastime. Lloyd Lafave and Tom Anderson put their heads together and created trails for cross country skiing at the Thermopolis Golf Course. Lafave came here last year with plans to retire and noticed some skiing going on at the golf course but knew he could improve it with a little grooming. An avid snowmobiler and cross country skier himself, he started checking around...
Anyone interested in a 2020 membership for the Thermopolis Golf Course should leave a message at 864-5294 and a Board Member will get you on ASAP. There is an unlimited number of open slots. Frank Toth said, “We want to invite everyone to join that wants to do that. April 1st is the official start of the season, weather depending. There are a variety of golf course memberships from singles, couples, juniors to family. Costs will be noted on the membership application. If you have any questions, please contact Frank Toth at 8...
Valentine’s Day makes you think of love and maybe hearts filled with chocolate. Unless, of course, you’re in grade school. We asked teachers at Ralph Witters Elementary to ask their students “What does love mean to you?” We hope you enjoy their responses. Julia Lindquist’s third grade class “Love means giving someone your food, love is passionate.” -- Jack “In my opinion love means giving your life to somebody to save someone.” – Brylee “Love to me is when a man asks to be your valentine.” – Tayci “To me love is a feeling that you have for some...
