Your source for news in Hot Springs County
Your source for news in Hot Springs County
Sorted by date Results 4240 - 4264 of 4624
People for People will be serving a hot Thanksgiving Dinner, Thursday, Nov. 26 at the Holy Trinity Parish Hall from noon until 3 p.m. A Thanksgiving Dinner will be delivered to the homebound on Thursday starting at 11 a.m. If you would like to receive a delivered meal, or if you want to help deliver meals, call Ann Pederson at 864-4240. People For People is accepting donations of turkeys, mashed potatoes and pies. To make reservations for the noon meal, please call Pederson. All meals are free and are available to everyone....
Cruz Mascorro. top, and Scott Coale take shots at the annual Turkey Hoop Shoot, held at the Armory on Tuesday....
Several uniquely decorated Christmas trees were on display for silent auction at the Holiday Affair at Thermopolis Middle School. The trees were a fundraiser or People to People with proceeds going to the Backpack Program....
Mrs. Haughian’s kindergarten class Hailey Colson: Take the feathers out. Eat it. Jay Emmett: UHHHHHH…. Uh oven. That’s all you need. Abigail Flowers: Probably, on the stove in the oven. Rhiannon Goffena: In the oven, in the pot. Anna Grace Henry: Umm… in a pot or I can take out the guts and put the guts in the garbage because they are disgusting to eat. I can, sometimes I can buy a turkey for a pet, and it can play with me outside because it is not real wild. Oh, I got something: I can kill a turkey, but I don’t have a gun. I think I have one...
Jessica Lippincott will be holding a book signing at the Storyteller Saturday, Nov. 28 at 10 a.m. during Small Business Saturday. Her book, “Wyoming’s Dinosaur Discoveries” covers many of the dinosaurs discovered in Wyoming and their locations around the world. Lippincott had this to say about her book, “There has never been a book written on this topic before and since there is such an abundant amount of fossils from Wyoming that are displayed around the world, I thought this would be a great...
Members of the Hospital Auxiliary are holding a silent auction Thursday, Dec. 3 in the Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital lobby from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Up for auction will be several baskets full of a variety of items. One basket sticking with a theme of the local school mascot will have several items in the colors of purple and gold. Basket donations are still being accepted. The auxiliary is always on the lookout for new members. There is no experience needed to join, just the ability to meet one morning a month and help out with upcoming...
A large number of Vesper Chapter members attended the annual Grand Chapter Session in Casper in August. Tom Smith completed his year as the Worthy Grand Patron of Wyoming. The Grand Chapter awarded fourteen $500 scholarships to Wyoming students who plan to pursue professions in religious fields. Vesper members also hosted the annual Eastern Star golf day in July, which raised over $600 for charity. On November 17, the members of Vesper Chapter hosted the traditional birthday party for Pioneer Home residents. A carry-in dinner was held during...
A caretaker from the Draper Museum holds Kateri, the golden eagle during a presentation at the Hot Springs County Library. Kateri weighs more than 12 pounds....
The Big Horn Basin Foundation and The Wyoming Dinosaur Museum are inviting students in first through eighth grade to come and watch a movie at the dinosaur museum on Friday. The movie is the great classic from the 80s, “The Goonies.” It is about a group of misfit kids who set out on an adventure to find a pirate’s ancient treasure in order to save their homes from being foreclosed upon. The showing will be Friday from 7-9 p.m. and is rated PG. Admission is $7 and includes snacks. Snacks will include Rocky Road Ice Cream (which contains peanu...
The Thermopolis Community Fund Christmas Tree Festival is scheduled for December 3, 2015 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 host the event There will be 17 trees and 13 wreaths to be auctioned off. All proceeds will go into the Thermopolis Community Fund. Over the last year the Thermopolis Community Fund has given funding to several different entities including the Thermopolis Chamber of Commerce, Jr. National...
There were thousands of books to choose from at the Friends of the Library book sale at the armory....
Guitarists Shawn Mc Williams and Rick Phipps strum cowboy songs as shoppers visit...
Jackson Reed leads Tracey Medina's 'family' as Spencer Calhoun, Brendan Thomas, Sydney McGinty, Clinton Harris and Joceyln White follow along as Waldo during the Thermopolis Middle School Battle of the Books Friday. Each 'family' dressed up as characters from the book they were reading....
Beta Sigma Phi will be hosting its annual Holiday Affair on Saturday, Nov. 21 at Thermopolis Middle School from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Featuring a variety of homemade crafts, gifts, food items and home based vendors, the Holiday Affair is the primary fundraiser for the group. The People for People program will be selling decorated trees and wreaths in the TMS commons. Proceeds will go to the Backpack Program which aims to stop hunger in the county’s public schools by sending home weekend meals with students. Over 30 vendors are expected to fill t...
The Thermopolis Community Fund Christmas Tree Festival is happening soon. Red Rock Family Practice and the Wyoming Dinosaur Center will host the event on December 3, 2015 at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center. Dinner starts at 5:30 p.m. with the auction to follow at 6:15 p.m. There will be 17 trees and 13 wreaths to be auctioned. All proceeds will go into the Thermopolis Community Fund. Over the last year the Thermopolis Community Fund has given funading to several different entities. To include the following: Thermopolis Chamber of Commerce, Jr....
People for People will be serving a hot Thanksgiving Dinner, Thursday, Nov. 26 at the Holy Trinity Parish Hall from noon until 3 p.m. A Thanksgiving Dinner will be delivered to the homebound on Thursday starting at 11 a.m. If you would like to receive a delivered meal, or if you want to help deliver meals, call Ann Pederson at 864-4240. People For People is accepting donations of turkeys, mashed potatoes and pies. To make reservations for the noon meal, please call Pederson. All meals are free and are available to everyone....
The Hot Springs County High School National Honor Society welcomed the class of 2014/2015 inductees at a ceremony Nov. 12. The inductees were reminded there is a need for them to be role models for their school and communities. Their actions as youth will shape their future as adults. Guest speaker Hot Springs County High School alumni Jessica Pickett, formerly Jessica Cordingly, had words of wisdom for the new inductees. She reminded them you should never stop learning and growing. New...
Re-enactor Ted Smith stands ready in his period clothing at the flagpole on Veterans Day....
The Hot Springs County High School’s Bobcat speech and debate team kicked off their season Nov. 2. While the team will not be traveling to tournaments until January, coach Cindy Glasson said the next few weeks will be spent choosing pieces for interpretation and writing cases for debaters. In addition to getting the team ready for competition, plans are being made for this year’s Bobcat Invitational Tournament, which will be held on Saturday, Dec. 12. “We didn’t do our annual tournament last year since I’d just been hired as head coach,” G...
Sign ups for the 2015 Community Christmas Baskets are going on now at the H.O.P.E. Agency at 426 Big Horn Street. Last year, the program provided more than 100 boxes of food to families in need throughout the community with the help of volunteers, organizations and businesses in Thermopolis. The last day to sign up for the program will be Friday, Dec. 11 with pickup of the baskets on Saturday, Dec. 19 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Parish Hall at 642 Arapahoe. Nonperishable food donations may be left in the entryway at...
Participants consider their moves at the beginning of the Hot Springs County Library chess and checkers tournament Friday. Prizes were award to overall winners in each game....
Saturday, November 21, 2015 is International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day. Suicide loss survivors around the world gather to share stories, gain insight and find comfort in the knowledge that they are not alone. Survivor Day events will be held across the state of Wyoming, with the closest to Thermopolis being held in Riverton. The day’s program will include the screening of a new AFSP-produced documentary, “Family Journeys” that traces the ripple effect of a suicide through families and communities and explores the challenges we face as we...
Bill Sniffin will be holding a book signing at Storyteller Tuesday, Nov. 24 at 5 p.m. Sniffin recently published the final book in his Wyoming Trilogy, “Wyoming at 125: Our Place in the West.” The book features over 50 historic black and white Wyoming photos turned into modern-looking four-color images. In 2012, Snifin published a coffee table book called “Wyoming’s 7 Greatest Natural Wonders” followed up by “My Wyoming – 101 Special Places” in 2014. The publisher, journalist, author and photographer will also be visiting Hot Springs County...
Braden Cardinell, top, and Ayden Brawley, bottom, take time out of their busy school day to participate in the Ralph Witters Elementary Stop, Drop and Read program. Students could read any book they want and wait to see if their name would be drawn. The winner would stand before the group and explain what their book was about. Prizes were given to the winners....
The Fall Friends of the Hot Springs County Library Book and Bake Sale is Saturday, Nov. 21 at the armory building from 8 a.m. to noon. This is a clearance sale and thousands of books will be available, by the bag or by the box – rummage-sale style. Cost is $2 per bag or $5 per box of books. The bake sale will feature a variety of treats and coffee is available. This event will also be the annual membership drive where you can join the Friends of the Library. Proceeds from the sale go toward the Summer Reading Program and help in bringing a v...
