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Dusty Lewis and emergency management coordinator Bill Gordon take a boat along the Sixth Street bridge. Plans are to put a sign on the Eighth Street bridge warning people when the river is too high for a boat to fit under Sixth Street....
Reading is a fundamental building block for all aspects of life, from work to play to school, and the Children’s Resource Center (CRC) in Thermopolis has made great strides in seeing that children of all ages have books to read. The Dolly Parton Imagination Library program was initiated in Hot Springs County in 2011 by CRC. The program delivers an age appropriate book to a child, for free, every month until they reach the age of five. Since then, 178 children have graduated from the I...
Easter will be here on April 1, and churches in the area have shared their plans for services during Holy Week. At the Federated Community Church, there will be a special service on Thursday, March 29, starting at 7 p.m. The Chancel Choir will be performing during services on Easter Sunday at both 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Risen Son Southern Baptist Church will be conducting a sunrise service on Easter Sunday at 7 a.m. at 215 Ramsey Lane, followed by an Easter Breakfast at the church at 8:30 a.m. There will also be Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. and...
The Director of the Wyoming Veterans Commission and a member from the Wyoming Department of Health will hold a public meeting at the Wyoming Pioneer Home to discuss veterans skilled nursing, beginning at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, April 4. The meeting is being held to provide information and accept public comment regarding establishing a veterans skilled nursing facility in Wyoming, the availability of nursing home beds in the state, and the demand by veterans for a skilled nursing facility in Wyoming. For more information, contact the Wyoming...
Along with the springtime, an annual tradition is seeing Girls Scouts going out and selling cookies. This Saturday, March 31, Girl Scout Troop 1100 will have a booth set up at 6th and Arapahoe. More information on where booths are set up is available online at girlscoutcookies.org, and more information on the program is available through Kristi Osterlund at 406-252-0488....
Elementary students from throughout the Big Horn Basin gathered Saturday in Thermopolis for a student music festival. The groups put on a wonderful mixed-student concert in the auditorium that afternoon....
Among the more noticeable structures on the west side of Thermopolis Middle School is the newly added hoop house. Though built last June, teacher Becky Martinez noted she went on vacation soon after and didn't want to plant things that would simply die. This is the first season the students are planting in it. Martinez and the students hope to have some of their crops ready to go by the end of the school year. They are growing things for the school's lunch salad bar, including lettuce, spinach,...
Auctioneer John Gerrels walks a fine cookie jar up and down the aisle at the Cookie Jar Auction Fundraiser for Tracy Loughlin....
The top three from the Thermopolis Middle School spelling bee on March 2 — Josiah Butler first, Hayden Mayne second and Madeline Wagler third — traveled to Rock Springs last week to compete in the Wyoming State Spelling Bee. The state competition includes a 75-word written preliminary round and 27 rounds of oral competition. There were about 60 total participants, and after the first round they took the top 33 for the oral round. All three spellers made it to the oral round, a first for the school, and also made the top 20. The state spe...
Red Rock maintained its winning streak on March 21, in the eighth week of games for the Hot Springs County Rec District Adult Basketball League. The team had a 69-43 victory against Hoosier Daddy, bringing their record to 8-0 for the season. Hoosier’s record is now 1-7. Top scorers were Kevin Simpson and Paul Collamer with 14 points each for Red Rock and Carnell Deere with 11 points for Hoosier. Vicklund Pharmacy had a close 47-43 win against Merit. The win brings Vicklund’s record to 5-3, while Merit’s is 4-4. Top scorers were Steth Danie...
A Hot Springs County High School cheerleader takes the plunge for Special Olympics at the Jackalope Jump held last Saturday. Clouds and wind made for a very chilly dip....
Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital will be holding a Town Hall style meeting to discuss a hospital addition and renovation project as well as a USDA application. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 27 in the Hot Springs County Government Annex building starting at 5 p.m. Comments from the public will be welcomed as they review the hospital’s plan to file an application for Federal Assistance with the USDA Rural Development Community Facilities Loan and a grant program for renovation of the existing facility....
Bridger Peil makes a successful throw on the roping dummy, during the Thermopolis Gymkhana's Bucks for Buckaroos on Saturday evening. The event was a fundraiser for the Gymkhana Series year-end awards. For results see page 6....
Hyrum Rich counts his points in a cribbage match against Rachel Miller on Friday. The cribbage tournament was put on by Lights On Afterschool program....
Ralph Witters Elementary will be home to the Student Music Festival on Saturday, March 24. Over 130 students will be attending, 12 of them from Thermopolis. Music teacher Mary McGillivray said the event is done through the North Big Horn Basin Music District, and area schools bring students to play in Honor Recorder, Honor Choir and Honor Movement/Drumming. Students will begin rehearsing on Saturday at 9:30 a.m., and there will be a public performance at 2:30 p.m. in the auditorium. McGillivray is helping put on the event with band and choir...
April will see the first Friday the 13th for 2018, and what better way to celebrate the “holiday” than with a bit of magic in the air. The Golden Age Club is bringing Butte Magic to Thermopolis. Composed of several Montana based performers and stagehands with a passion for magic, Butte Magic’s show includes simple acts such as juggling and balloon animals to feats such as sword swallowing and fire eating. Erin Garlinghouse with the Golden Age Club said she has plenty of history with the troup...
Kathy Sorenson and Brandi Collins will be hosting a benefit dinner and cookie jar auction for Tracy Loughlin at the VFW on Friday, March 23 beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tracy has been dealing with serious medical issues since the middle of February. Medical bills are mounting fast as he was in the ICU in Billings for two weeks and continues to be under doctor’s care at the hospital in Billings while they determine the best way to move forward. There will be pulled pork sandwiches with all the fixings and a dessert bar. The cost of dinner is by d...
Mark your calendar for a night of great entertainment as students from across the Big Horn Basin gather to show off their talents at the Encore talent show. The show will be held on Saturday, April 7 at the auditorium, starting at 6 p.m. There will be auditions held on Saturday, March 24 at Risen Son Church beginning at 1 p.m. Cash prizes will be awarded to the top three acts in each category – elementary, middle school and high school....
Remington Ferree presents the FFA Creed during the regional competition Tuesday afternoon. Ferree tied for second in Districts, and placed fifth in Regionals. Also competing in this past week's FFA Speech events were Jeffery VanAntwerp, who places third in Extemporaneous in Districts and fourth in Regionals, and Chase White, who placed third in Prepared at Districts and fifth at Regionals. Hunter Bartholomew and Oakley Bowman also competed at Districts, but just missed moving on to Regionals....
Saturday night at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds, the Thermopolis Gymkhana Series hosted their Bucks for Buckaroos event and raised about $1,500 that will go to year-end awards for this year’s Gymkhana series. Amber Armajo stated the event was a huge success and expressed her appreciation to the community for their support of the program. This year’s series dates will be May 5, June 3, July 6, Aug. 10 and Sept. 15. In addition to the chili feed and silent auction at the Buckaroos event, the...
If you happen to drive past the high school on Saturday afternoon and see a bunch of folks in silly costumes, be sure to stop and check it out, its just the annual Jackalope Jump to benefit Special Olympics. Sponsored by the high school cheer squad, this is the only fundraiser Special Olympics has for the year to help with travel, uniforms and meals for their athletes. Coach Tom Olsen and his wife Lauri oversee the program, taking the athletes to area games in the spring, winter and summer, along with the State Games, approximately eight trips...
The Bobcat Speech and Debate team will be making their 16th appearance at the National Tournament in June after Tyler Kay qualified in humor over the weekend in Rock Springs. Overall, the team had a remarkable National Qualifying tournament with several members moving through to semi-finals before finally being eliminated. Katie Burrows and Ashley Brawley finished their season of duet by moving into semis along with Hannah Hu and Breeze Petty, both in oratory. Lane Randall had his second shot at semis this weekend in humor as well. Kay...
Though there was still a bit of the winter chill in the Saturday morning air, several came out for a 5K run/walk on St. Patrick's Day to support the Bobcat Cross Country program....
There is something beautiful about the old languages, Latin, in particular, and students at Thermopolis Middle School (TMS) are keeping that beauty alive with an extra-curricular class in Latin. Laura Stam offered to teach the class after several students expressed an interest in it last year and they are really enjoying learning one of the original languages of the world. Stam was doing Latin with her daughter in an independent study situation last year and was sharing with TMS students. “So m...
