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Jeff Strong mixes up the raffle tickets before drawing for a winner during the Bill McCormick Memorial Scholarship fundraiser Friday evening. Assisting him are past scholarship winners Dawn Jones and Belinda Moore. Raffle winners were Madonna McIntosh and Dave Weber. Amanda Dinsmore and Eryn Robinson presented their speech duet "A Piece of My Heart" to the audience....
The Hot Springs County Pioneer Association will hold their annual meeting Saturday, April 23 at 1:30 p.m. at the Hot Springs County Museum and Cultural Center. Following the business meeting, honey bee experts Dr. Jack States from Lander and Don Bryant of Bryant Honey will present an interesting and educational program on the history, present challenges and future of the bee/honey industry in Wyoming and the world. The public is invited to attend. Refreshments will be served....
Author, historian and working attorney John W. Davis, of Worland, presented his research on Tom Horn at the Hot Springs County Library on Thursday. Following the presentation, Davis signed copies of his books The Trial of Tom Horn and Wyoming Range War: The Infamous Invasion of Johnson County. "Horn is one of those people that is not admirable by any means but fascinating nonetheless," he said. "Horn did kill men - there's no doubt about it. He was a killer, but he had a remarkable amount of...
Hot Springs County Extension Service is hosting a Home and Garden Workshop Thursday, April 28 from 5:30-8 p.m. in the meeting room at Big Horn Federal. A variety of presentations will be given including: fermentation, pumpkins, landscaping with native plants and gardening without a rototiller. Light refreshments will be served. Everyone is welcome....
Risen Son Christian School fourth grader Jeffrey Lewis shows off one of the many items up for bids during the spaghetti dinner and auction fundraiser Saturday. Auctioneer Shawn McWilliams is in the background and Phil Scheel is watching for bidders. The event raised $22,729, with 100 percent going to the scholarship fund. When added with new monthly tuition pledges, the scholarship fund came to $24,500 on Friday....
Antiques Roadshow star John Sollo visited Thermopolis on Saturday at Broadway Bygones where he appraised antiques brought into the store by local residents. Sollo said he was invited to do this event by his friend, Barb Heinze. "We've done all kinds of fun things today," Sollo said. "We've done a little bit of furniture - a little bit of everything to tell you the truth. I haven't found anything yet that people will be able to retire from - no Rembrandts, but I did see a lot of nice stuff and I... Full story
Hot Springs County held its Democratic Caucus on Saturday at the Hot Springs County Library, resulting in one delegate representing Bernie Sanders and one delegate representing Hillary Clinton at the Wyoming Democratic Convention on May 28. Local delegates and alternates who will represent each candidate at the state level will be announced later this week, after receiving approval from the state. There were no votes for Roque “Rocky” De La Feunte and no uncommitted voters at the county cau...
The Thermopolis Middle School Destination Imagination team recently was chosen, during State Competition at Casper, for a Wild Card position at Globals, but the team — made up of eighth graders Erica Meier, Jasmine Steadman, Katie Burrows, Breeze Petty, Hannah Hu and Naomi Bishop — needs some help from the community to get there. Known as the Pretty Little “DI”ers, the girls have already done some fundraisers involving cabbage burgers, cinnamon rolls, fried rice and sesame chicken, and were pa...
Hot Springs County Library will sponsor a free presentation by John Davis on Thursday, April 14 at 7 p.m. “The Trial of Tom Horn” explores the hard-fought battle against vigilantism in Wyoming. It presents every twist and turn of a fascinating trial, and his account illuminates a larger narrative between the power of wealth and the forces of law and order. John Davis is a published author who graduated from Worland High School in 1961 before receiving his law degree from the University of Wyoming. He retired after practicing law in Worland for...
Terry Sani participated in the ArtStroll Friday evening with his Cardbirds & Creations. Sani said he has lived in Thermopolis for eight years. Originally from California, Sani built his first cardbirds in 1995 to use as dove decoys for dove hunting. His artwork has evolved from there. "I put the dove decoys on a barbed wire fence and hunted dove over them," he said....
The Hot Springs County Library kicked off National Library Week on Tuesday night with a Dinner and Movie event. The library served chili with garnishes and beverages, and showed the 1971 classic drama "The Last Picture Show."...
Longtime Thermopolis resident, Joe Doak, presented "Growing up in Thermopolis" as part of the Hot Springs County Historical Society meeting on Saturday at the Hot Springs County Museum. Doak said as a referee he was not used to giving presentations. "I'm not used to talking to people like this," he said. "I'm used to people yelling at me." When he was growing up, Doak said everybody knew everybody and everybody knew his father was Alvy Doak. "It was quite interesting how many businesses this sma...
Ralph Witters Elementary will hold kindergarten registration for the 2016-17 school year on Thursday, April 21 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the RWE library. To be eligible for kindergarten, students must be 5 years old by Sept. 15, 2016. Parents need to bring a state certified birth certificate as well as immunization records for any students they are registering for kindergarten. For additional information on the kindergarten registration, call RWE at 864-6561....
The Hot Springs County High School Music Department will present its annual Pre-Festival Concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 14 in the school auditorium. The high school band, concert choir and show choir will perform along with individual soloists and ensembles. Admission is free....
Hot Springs County Commissioner John Lumley invited several county employees to visit in the Emergency Operations Center, next to the Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department. Lumley said he wanted county employees to tour the facility and be aware of equipment available in the event of an emergency as well as discuss what is still needed. The EOC is in dire need of a generator to power the building in the event of a power outage. There was also discussion of who might need keys to the building as...
Risen Son Christian School will be holding a Spaghetti Feed and Auction Fundraiser Friday, April 15 at the Hot Springs County Fair Building. Dinner and a silent auction will begin at 5:30 p.m. followed by a live auction at 6:30 p.m. The event will also feature Thermopolis’ Second Annual Cupcake War. Competitors will bring their best looking and best tasting cupcakes. Donations will be accepted toward each baker’s cupcakes and at the end of the event a winner will be announced based on the cupcakes bringing in the most money. Auction items inc...
Sandi and Maynard Bills will be holding a Cookie Jar Auction for their grandson Saturday, April 16 beginning at 6 p.m. at the VFW. Sandi works locally as a substitute teacher for the Hot Springs County School District as well as helping with the People for People Backpack Program. She also attends St. Francis Parish Catholic Church. Sandi said her grandson Ty Miller has Stage 3 Polycythemia Rubra Vera with JAK2 mutation. Ty was diagnosed with the disease at age 8 and is now 13. At Stage 3, Ty...
Every Tuesday and Thursday after lunch at the Hot Springs County Senior Center, a little known game called Hand and Foot is being played. While there are a few regular players, they are also plenty of empty seats available for those who want to give it a try. Though rules might vary slightly, depending on who's playing, what follows will familiarize people with the basics. The object of the game is to accumulate points by laying down sets (4's, 5's, 6's, etc.) of like cards to make books (seven...
The Thermopolis Trike-A-Thon to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will be held 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, April 16 at Hot Springs State Park Pavilion. In inclement weather, the event will be at the the fair building. "We are doing this as a fundraiser for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, which is a cancer research hospital for children," Sandy Dittmer, coordinator of the Trike-A-Thon and physical therapist at the Children's Resource Center, said. "The hospital doesn't charge...
Ash Whitt and Jeanne Waring hosted a ranch sorting event April 2-3 at the Hot Springs County fairgrounds. Sorting involves two-person teams who must sort numbered cattle into a pen in order. The weekend saw competition on horseback, as well as stick horse. Whitt and Waring hold monthly events beginning in November, which bring in people from across the state to stay in town for the two-day competition. Results from the weekend event are as follows: Saturday, April 2: Enter Up 1st - Scott Ratliff and Laurie Gardner; 2nd - Scott Ratliff and...
Dalton Basse keeps ahold of his stick horse as he works to sort out cattle in numerical order Sunday at the ranch sorting event....
The Thermopolis Trike-A-Thon to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will be held 10 a.m. - noon April 16 at Hot Springs State Park. "We are doing this as a fundraiser for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, which is a cancer research hospital for children," Sandy Dittmer, coordinator of the Trike-A-Thon and physical therapist at the Children's Resource Center, said. "The hospital doesn't charge families for any of the care they provide for the kids. The Trike-A-Thon is one way we...
This week, the Hot Springs County Library joins libraries in schools, campuses and communities nationwide in celebrating the dynamic changes that are happening in today's libraries. April 10-16 is National Library Week, a time to highlight the changing role of libraries, librarians and library workers. Libraries today are more about what they do, for and with library users as opposed to what they have for patrons. Libraries aren't only a place of quiet study, but also creative and engaging community centers where people can collaborate using...
Though scheduled for June, the time for bucking broncs and roping steers will be here before we know it. Gayla Mead-Ellis said sponsorships are already coming in for the annual Thermopolis Cowboy Rendezvous Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) Rodeo, this year scheduled for June 23-26. The cost for the event is $73,000, Mead-Ellis explained, and that money goes to pay for stock and professional positions such as a secretary, timers, an announcer and pick up men. Because the rodeo is...
Over Memorial Day weekend, Thermopolis will be home to the Hot City Summer Slam 3-on-3 basketball tournament. While the Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce has hosted a 3-on-3 since 1994, this year’s tourney is headed up by the Bobcat Boosters. The Boosters partnered with the Hot Springs County Recreational Department, Hot Springs County School District Activities Director Brandon Deromedi said, with the rec. department purchasing baskets and the Boosters providing coaches, along with pa...
