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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...
Anthony Vargas helps his daughter, Matea, sort through her winnings from the Easter egg hunt sponsored by the Lions Club at Hot Springs State Park Sunday....
Cooper Holman and his dad, Scott, enjoy breakfast and learning at the Lights On Dad's & Daylight event at Ralph Witters Elementary Friday morning....
Relay for Life of Hot Springs County will host the first ever Drift and Drive Tournament, in memory of Helen Davis and Eddie Brister April 30-May 1. The tourney allows for two-person teams made up of two adults, two children or one of each. However, the top prize of $1,500 and runner up of $500 are only available to teams of adults. The junior prize of $250 is for teams of kids only, and the pals prize of $250 is for mixed teams. The first day of the tournament, April 30, is for fishing. Participants can fish anywhere between Wedding of the...
Sandi and Maynard Bills will be holding a Cookie Jar Auction for their grandson at 6 p.m. April 16 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. “It’s a rare blood disorder, usually a 60-year-old man would get it,” she said. “They have me...
At the monthly session of the Thermopolis Friendly Duplicate Club three and 1/2 tables were in session. Results for the day included Varnie Striplin and Rex Clothier finishing 1st, Dorothy and Earl Knighten 2nd, and Jeannette Porter and Gary Bingham 3rd. Sessions are played at the Senior Center on the third Friday of every month with the next duplicate session scheduled for tax day, Friday, April 15. For more information about duplicate or bridge in general, contact Clothier at 864-9368....
Friends of the Library will be hosting a spring book sale Saturday, April 2 from 8 a.m.-noon at the Armory. Those attending the sale can take home a bag of books for $2. Bags will be provided or you can bring your own. There will be coffee, tea and homemade goodies available at the “Starbooks Café.” All proceeds for the event benefit the Hot Springs County Library. For more information, contact Becky Hudson at 864-3028....
The VFW 2281 Auxiliary April Garage Sale will be Saturday, April 2 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Coffee and donuts will be available starting at 9 a.m. with sloppy joes and chips available beginning 11 a.m. Tables are still available at the cost is $20 per table. Contact Karen at 921-1247 or Nancy at 349-2573 to reserve your spot....
The Hot Springs County High School Robotics Team attended a Super Regional competition in Oakland, Calif. over the weekend, where they placed 32 out of 36. Coach Steve Radabaugh said he was proud the robotics team made it to the competition. "I'm personally really proud that we were able to go," he said. "We went and we saw what the best teams do. Next year, we can go in doing what all the best teams were doing and compete at that next level." The Super Regional is a competition between all of... Full story
The team is made up of eighth graders Breeze Petty, Hannah Hu, Katie Burrows, Jazy Steadman, Erica Meier and Naomi Bishop. The Pretty Little DI'ers won second place. They were first place in their instant challenges, but their central challenge pulled the team down to second place. Two of the best second place teams were given the wildcard and given the opportunity to go to the Nationals, Destination Imagination coordinator Sarah Cox said. Cox said that Destination Imagination is a program...
Children participating in the Spring A New Leaf 5K Kids Run Saturday morning launch forward from the starting line. The run took place at the Hot Springs State Park and helped raise money to acquire new equipment for The Shop....
Children enjoyed an Easter egg hunt, food and prizes at the Thermopolis Rehab & Care Center on Sunday....
Thermopolis Middle School teacher Jacob Strenger guides a blind folded student to a piñata during the PAWS celebration Friday....
The Hot Springs County High School handed out academic letter awards on Monday night at a ceremony at the school. Cortney O’Conner, high school counselor, said in order to qualify for an academic letter, students must be on any of the three honor rolls for two consecutive semesters. For the ceremony, students who lettered from the Spring 2015 and Fall of 2015 honor roll lists were honored. There were 76 students who qualified for the award. Both students and parents attended the ceremony to e...
Colten Blakesley, TJ, Jayssie, Cassie and Talon Owsley, Bethany Webber and Morgan Blakesley cheer on their favorites during the mechanical pig races at the Big Game Banquet and Auction sponsored by the Big Horn Basin Chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. Preliminary numbers from the event show 232 in attendance with a net raised of $44,260. Highlights of the evening included a $4,500 donation from the Trinchera Blanca Foundation, the PBR package selling for $2,200, the banquet rifle...
The 12th annual Big Game Banquet and Auction will be Saturday, March 26 at the Hot Springs County Fair Building. The event is sponsored by the Big Horn Basin Chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF). A social hour featuring games and raffles begins at 5 p.m. The silent auction will begin at that time also. Dinner will be served at 7 p.m. with a live auction following. Gary Nash will donate his auction services. The banquet will feature a variety of firearms and other merchandise that can be won or bought at auction. Tickets are $70...
