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Jean Skelton’s third monthly address in a row to the Hot Springs County School Board on March 16 saw their differences of opinion devolve into angry outbursts on both sides, after she’d asserted the board had failed to live up to its stated collective commitments to maintain respect, transparency and honest communication. “What I witnessed at the last school board meeting was one board member attacking another board member because of a differing opinion,” Jean Skelton said. “There was no respect or dialogue in that exchange, no striving...
Payton Straley gets whipped cream thrown at her face by Cason Johnson while playing one of the many games at the Shamrock Shuffle held at the Thermopolis Middle School last Thursday. Whoever pressed their button faster moved the arm towards their opponent which resulted in them getting whipped cream thrown at their face....
During the March 7 Hot Springs County Commissioners board meeting, Paul Galovich had requested time to discuss pubic comments at commissioner’s meetings. Current procedure at commissioner’s meetings is to allow public comments, with proper recognition by the chair, on agenda items. Public comments on non agenda issues is typically not allowed. Chairman Tom Ryan started the discussion by saying, “Commissioner Galovich asked to have a public comment discussion be added on. I think it’s a great d...
Last Tuesday, East River Road had to be closed to thru traffic when snow, water and mud slid onto the road due to warm temperatures and fast melting. The Hot Springs County Road and Bridge crew stayed busy working to clean up the road and had it reopened by Thursday....
The Hot Springs County Rural Water Joint Powers Board (HSCRWJPB) met on March 16 at the Annex building. In old business, there was a discussion about the assessment of funding and how much money each entity would contribute. The Hot Springs County (HSC) Commissioners have already contributed $5,000. There was discussion about using EDUs to gauge the different district’s contributions, but it was also noted that HSC does not have any existing customers and therefore there are no EDUs from them t...
Four Wyoming teachers – Emmy Hergert, Rick Simineo, Charity Penn, and London Jenks – have been selected as the 2023 state finalists for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). PAEMST is the highest recognition that K-12 mathematics, science, or computer science teachers can receive in the U.S. Nominations and awards are facilitated by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the National Science Foundation. Hergert teaches seventh-grade math at Thermopolis Middle School and...
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. Sheriff’s Office Monday, March 13 2:13 a.m. A deputy helped a male who was unable to get up from his chair. Tuesday, March 14 8:12 p.m. A child was bit in the face by a dog. The dog was taken to the vet clinic for quarantine. A...
The Silver Stitchers have created 16 more quilts, this time it's for young boys at BOCES, kindergarten to seventh grade. These lap quilts are for use in front of the television. Pictured here L-R are Marilyn Braaten, Carol Bivens, Colleen Anderson, Trudi Brooks, Linda Kowlok, Kathy Peterson, Arlene Heinrich, Tammy Redland, and Joan LaFave. Not pictured-Marla Kalal and Marilyn Vass. BOCES boys are back row, Dominic and Isaiah and the front row, Kurtis and Joseph. Also, Joan LaFave helped out and...
Two performances of a musical offering for the Lenten/Easter season, God So Loved, will be held Sunday, March 26 at 10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. at the Community Federated Church, 244 N. 6th Street. Choir and orchestra are made up of musicians from the church and the community at large. This is an ecumenical musical offering of the power of what Jesus Christ did for the world through his life, death and resurrection....
Local author Lea Schoenewald has a new book proposal approved by History Press, a part of Arcadia Publishing. Schoenewald’s book will be about historical narratives of the Gebo, Crosby, and Kirby mining camps from the early 1900s. Schoenewald hopes to complete the book by the middle of October of this year. She has an editor working with her through the entire process and will send photos as well as they work through the chapter. The book will finally be published in the spring of 2024. S...
Thermopolis First Baptist Church's Caleb Howe was ordained on Tuesday, March 14. Twenty-five other pastors and ministers from Wyoming, southern Montana, Idaho, northwest Colorado, and Utah all joined the meeting. Howe described the ordination as "Where I make public God's call on my life, and our local church here, First Baptist Church, recognizes that calling. They organized this ordination meeting. The church wanted the ordination, and I wanted to seek that. And so these men came in and...
The Hot Springs County Senior Citizens Center is turning 50 this year and will be celebrating on Monday, April 3. There will be an open house at the center, 206 Senior Avenue, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. with festivities beginning at noon. Everyone is invited to join the fun and reminisce about fifty years of memories with friends, old and new. Cake, ice cream, mints and nuts will be served. For more information, contact the senior center at 864-2151....
by Stephen Dow, Cody Enterprise The Wyoming Legislature took some meaningful steps toward long-term reform of the state’s property tax system during its recently completed general session, but the immediate financial relief many Wyoming residents needed was in frustratingly short supply. Let’s start with the positives. The body approved a bill allocating $50,000 for a study on the changes necessary to convert the property tax system to an acquisition-based model, and another letting voters decide in 2024 whether they want to separate res...
If you are a Veteran in crisis or concerned about someone who is, help is here. In January, the new COMPACT Act went into effect across the U.S. The COMPACT Act is the Veterans Comprehensive Prevention, Access to Care and Treatment legislation. The Act allows all honorably discharged Veterans who are experiencing a suicidal crisis to go to ANY mental healthcare facility for no-cost treatment. Veterans do NOT need to be enrolled to use this benefit. This provision makes critical, and potentially life-saving, support available to our dedicated...
Dr. Ronnie Lee "Ron" Forgey died peacefully March 14, 2023, at home, surrounded by his family. Ron was born September 1, 1946, in Burke, S.D., to F. P. "Sam" and Phyllis (Redies) Forgey. He spent time growing up in South Dakota, Nebraska and Waltman, Wyo., where his parents ran the store and Ron became proficient in customer service and prairie riflery. At age 7, Ron was diagnosed with polio. He was not expected to walk again, but defied those odds with extraordinary perseverance and... Full story
Thermopolis Wrestling Club hosted Wrestleopolis on Saturday and walked away with 14 two style champions and several other one style champions. As a team, Thermopolis came out first in both folkstyle and freestyle competition from a large field of teams. Style Champions in both categories were Carter Enis (4U 33-38), Nash Bowker (8U 45), Gabriel Ryan (10U 49-53), Aksel Polson (10U 56-59 & 10U 63), Ben Farrell (10U 120-120+), Hayden Robinson (10U Girls 65-70), Fischer Lewis (12U 67), Tanner Myers...
Fifth graders - The fifth grade boys traveling basketball team won the Silver Bracket at the 33rd Annual Casper Youth Basketball Tournament last weekend. They went 3-0 on Saturday and started Sunday with a tough 36-32 loss to the Saratoga Panthers. The boys defeated Rawlins in a 32-22 win to advance to the championship game, which was a rematch against Saratoga. They were able to claim the championship with a 42-36 victory. Showing off their bracket are, front row, l to r, Logan Stewart, Soren...
The Bureau of Reclamation, in collaboration with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGF), has scheduled a flushing flow in the Wind River downstream of Boysen Dam, according to Wyoming Area Manager, Lyle Myler. The current reservoir content is above average, and the spring runoff is anticipated to be above average,” said Myler. “Reclamation will retime operations and provide the flushing flow with the expectation that excess water will need to be released this spring.” Flows in the river below Boysen Dam will be incrementally incre...
Hot Springs County Emergency Management uses a color coding system to inform the public of awareness levels of the Bighorn River and area streams in Hot Springs County. These have been used in previous years. As we head into spring, here is a reminder of the awareness level of each color. The levels appear each week in this newspaper and are featured on social media. Complete information can be found under the Emergency Management Department tab at www.hscounty.com. Level GREEN will be in effect...
