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The annual Christmas Tree and Wreath Festival will be Thursday, Dec. 3 at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center. Dinner starts at 5:30 p.m. with the auction to follow at 6:15 p.m. Red Rock Family Practice and the Wyoming Dinosaur Center will be hosting the event. There are 20 trees and 13 wreaths decorated by local businesses and groups to be auctioned off. All proceeds will go to the Thermopolis Community Fund. Over the last year the Thermopolis Community Fund has given funding to several different...
The Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital Board approved Nov. 24 the hospital’s 2015 Medicare Cost Report, which details information about the facility and is necessary for critical access facilities like HSCMH. The report, which is “tax-like” in its structure and is over 100 pages long, was presented to the board in a condensed slideshow. The purpose of the report is to determine reimbursement to the hospital and is also used to update hospital payment rates. Payment rates are expected to chang...
The Hot Springs County Board of Commissioners sat Tuesday for their monthly day-long session which heard updates on the new county airport from both GDA Engineers and airport FBO Nate Messenger, updates about the future Black Mountain Road project and Barb Rice’s monthly report from Youth Alternatives. Updates on the new airport were the first order of business with GDA CEO Dustin Spomer informing the board about new airport business. A hydraulic gate, which is not functioning properly, was a...
Ashley Jackson was the winner of the puzzle drawing and was awarded $200 in Chamber Bucks. Connie Fachrneisen was the winner of the second place drawing, winning one of the Main Street Thermopolis ornaments which depict the historic Klink Building. After the tree lighting, carols were sung and families moved to Hazel n Pearls for a special visit with Mr. and Mrs. Claus....
On the Record policy It is the Independent Record’s policy that all people arrested or cited under the “Accidents,” “Sheriff’s office” or “Police calls” in the On the Record section are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Fire department Responded to a equipment fire at 540 Buffalo Creek Secondary. Sheriff’s department Monday, Nov. 23 9:00 a.m. A female received an email that she was delinquent on her Payday loan and if she did not pay there would be a warrant for her arrest. The victim paid over $275 before becoming s...
A Relay for Life fundraiser will be held at the VFW on Saturday, Dec. 5 featuring vendors, food and fun for the whole family. The fundraiser is for the Relay for Life being planned for August 12, 2016. The craft fair will feature 27 vendors of fine and handmade goods, pictures with Santa from 10 a.m.-noon and lunch available for purchase. Come and support the fight against cancer, get your Christmas shopping done and have plenty of holiday fun at the VFW at 302 Broadway Street....
Sign up sheets for the annual Elf Tree are available at the H.O.P.E Agency at 426 Big Horn Street or the Department of Family Services at 403 Big Horn Street. Parents of children ages newborn to seventeen must have their slips signed and returned to either of the two agencies no later than Monday, Dec. 14 to be included on the tree. The tree is on display at Storyteller. People are encouraged to pick an “Elf” from the tree. Gifts for the Elf Tree should be wrapped and the elf tag attached to the outside for identification. The last day to pic...
The Hot Springs County Historical Society, Pioneer Association and Hot Springs County Museum Board, staff and volunteers are holding their annual Christmas Dinner Sunday, Dec. 6 at 12:15 p.m. in the Big Horn Federal meeting room. Meet, potatoes, rolls, drinks and condiments will be provided. Please bring a potluck dish such as dessert, vegetable or salad. Also bring your own table service. Historical Society memberships will be available. Renew or sign-up to be entered into a special raffle. Everyone is welcome. Bring a friend and enjoy the...
The Thermopolis Gun Club is holding a Turkey Shoot Saturday, Dec. 12 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Bob Milek Memorial Range. Contestants should bring their own firearm of choice. There is a $5 entry fee. Winners will receive a turkey. The range is located 7.5 miles west of Thermopolis on Highway 120. For more information about the shoot, contact Paul Garbin at 921-8303....
Eli and Holt Ready are all smiles after they told Mr. and Mrs. Claus all of their Christmas wishes....
Over the next few weeks, Christmas trees will be welcomed into many American homes. The time honored tradition of decorating with an evergreen goes way back. The tradition of decorating with trees and various evergreens in winter started long before the introduction of Christmas. Before the advent of Christianity, plants and trees that remained green all year had a special meaning for people in the winter. Ancient people would hang evergreen boughs over doors and windows. Ancient people would often mark the occasion of the winter solstice in...
I received the Independent Record of November 26 and was interested to read the letter regarding Syrian refugees written by Ron Jones. I would like to comment on his article. I think Americans have "put their chins into the wind" enough regarding Muslim visitors, students, and refugees. I was able to observe the Boston Marathon Bombings as they happened. I also viewed the Twin Towers take-down as it happened. One of my fellow New Hampshire residents was beheaded on video by these loving people. Do you realize the Paris bombing was centered on...
Regarding a recent letter concerning Syrian refugees, I do not agree with, or accept, the liberal mantra “We are better than that!” My knees are certainly not “knocking in fear of the possibility that a terrorist may be among the Syrian refugees.” That possibility has already become reality, a fact pooh-poohed by the liberal left. I do not fear for myself, as the Second Amendment allows me to arm and defend myself and my family. I do fear for some of my family living in sanctuary city San Francisco, inhabited by gunless, hapless, liberals inten...
Daphine Huckman, 95, passed away peacefully on November 22, 2015, at her residence, in the Wyoming Pioneer Home. Born April 13, 1920, in Frost, Texas, she was the daughter of Jesse and Linnie (Cagle) Cleveland. She grew up helping support her family by picking cotton during the Great Depression. In 1939, she graduated from high school in Dawson, Texas. She married John A. Huckman, Sr. in 1941. To this union was born five children whom she loved unconditionally. After the death of her husband in...
Glenna Wood Tippets, 100, died November 27, 2015, at Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital in Thermopolis. Glenna Wood was born on August 31, 1915, in Hurricane, Washington County, Utah to Orin Wood and Harriet Flanigan. She was the third child and only daughter born to this union. Her mother died during childbirth with a ruptured appendix when Glenna was 2 years old. Her father Orin was killed in a horseback accident when she was 8. She and her brothers were raised by Anna Jennings, their...
Jessica Lippincott signs a copy of her new book "Wyoming Dinosaur Discoveries" at Storyteller Saturday....
Students from the Hot Springs County High School Woods Class braved bitter cold and snow flurries Monday morning to put the final touches on their first big class project of the year: a wooden enclosure that would reroute some traffic from the emergency room during remodeling for a new MRI and the installation of glass doors. The project, which was started three weeks ago by the woods class students, is slated to be finished Dec. 1, but teacher Thomas Koehler hopes that the lessons students...
The Foods II class at Hot Springs County High School is putting together a cookbook. The money raised from the cookbook will be used for the class to take a field trip to Jackson Hole, where they will get to experience the world of culinary preparation and service. The class has worked hard as a team developing the cookbook, overcoming many unique challenges group projects often face. The class has used the experience to develop a rapport with the community and hope to continue it as they sell...
A crew member of Central Wyoming Tree Service hangs new Christmas lights on the tree in the Bicentennial Park before Saturday's lighting ceremony....
It is that time of year again, the season of merriment and joy. What better way is there to experience some merriment than through the joy of music. The Hot Springs County School District students will be putting on several concerts in December. The fifth through eighth grade band and choir concert will be at 6 p.m. in the school auditorium Tuesday, Dec. 8. The ninth through twelfth grade band and choir will be performing at 7 p.m. in the school auditorium on Thursday, Dec. 10. Students will be...
The Risen Son Christian School is putting on a musical in the spirit of the Christmas season. Students preschool through seventh will be performing the play “Christmas in Black and White.” Take a visit to the Polar Pet Park with Miss LaToe from the Blue Spruce Middle School for a fun “holiday” school trip. There, the kids learn the true meaning of Christmas from some unlikely sources, penguins. The Students have spent several months working hard for this one night of performance. The play is open to the public and will start at 6 p.m. Monday,...
The Bobcat Invitational Speech and Debate Tournament is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 12 at Hot Springs County High School. If you are interested in judging for the tournament, there will be a brief training on Monday, Dec. 7 in the auditorium at 7 p.m. The training will take approximately an hour and will give judges the tools they need to comfortably handle any event. While our Bobcats will not be competing at their home tournament, schools from the Big Horn Basin as well as Kemmerer and Torrington are scheduled to compete in the single-day...
Thermopolis youngsters gathered Friday night at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center to watch "The Goonies" and eat ice cream as part of Night at the Museum....
Obstetrics lead registered nurse RoxAnne Arnett presents two new fetal heart monitors during the Chamber Meet and Greet at the Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital. In October 2014, the Hospital Foundation Board challenged the community to raise half of the $30,000 needed to purchase a new fetal heart monitor, and in just over a year residents raised more than $17,000 for the purchase of one of the state-of-the-art machines. Arnett surprised those in attendance when she revealed the hospital...
A clothing drive is planned for Dec. 16 and 17 in the commons of Hot Springs County High School. The clothing drive has been set up for people to donate their clean, gently used clothing before Thursday, Dec. 10. On Dec. 16 and 17 anyone can come to the commons and pick out clothes for themselves from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. You can pick up clothing even if you have not donated clothes. There is no limit on the number of items that can be taken home from the clothing drive. Volunteers will be around to help people find clothing and correct...
