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The annual Grass Creek Reunion will be held Saturday, July 18 at the Hot Sprigs County Museum from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. A potluck lunch will be available. Bring a dish to share. For more information, contact Larry Marcott at 864-2033....
Pig Wrestling will be held July 28 beginning at 6 p.m. at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds during the county fair. Deadline for entries is Tuesday, July 21 at 5 p.m. There is a limited number of team spaces. Entry fee is $50, $65 for late entries. Rules and entry forms are available at the Chamber of Commerce, Storyteller and Canyon Concrete. For more information, contact Cassie Owsley at 921-9257 or TJ Owsely at 921-0534....
The Kids eXtreme Youth Fishing Derby will be held Saturday, July 18 at Boysen Reservoir, in conjunction with Boysen Lake Marina, Shoshoni Recreation District and Lip Rippers. This event is part of State Parks’ Wyoming Kids eXtreme program designed to connect children with the outdoors. Open to kids 13 years of age and younger, participants can obtain more information and a registration form from Boysen State Park, 307-876-2796, the Shoshoni Recreation District, 307-876-2663, Boysen Lake Marina, 307-876-2772 , or online at www. Srd24.com. B...
Twenty-three Wyoming artists have been juried into the Big Horn Basin Folk Festival Juried Art Show & Sale, in Hot Springs State Park, Aug. 1-2. The show is part of the larger festival, which includes music, demonstrations and hands-on activities. “A juried art show means that the work of the individuals shows a commitment to quality and artistic excellence,” said Annie Hatch, Wyoming Arts Council folk arts specialist. “It shows a high level of craftsmanship, perhaps a creative use of materials and color. It may be true to traditional skill...
Home Town, a trio formed from the original five-piece local band, Prairie Grass, harmonizes with an old-timey sound. The five- and three-piece bands have been busy this summer performing throughout the region in places such as Red Lodge and Cody, and have upcoming performances scheduled for Kirby Days on Saturday and the Big Horn County Fair in late July. Original band, Prairie Grass, has been playing together for over 20 years. Home Town, formed about a year and a half ago, includes Harold...
The 2015 Hot Springs County Fair is coming up and this year’s “Kids ‘N Kritters” themed event has a packed schedule with something for everyone. The fair kicks off with the Peewee and 4-H and FFA Youth Horse Show beginning at 8 a.m. Saturday, July 18 at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds. Watch for a story in the July 23 Thermopolis Independent Record listing the fair events featured July 27-31....
Art strollers watch as spray paint artist Joe Moon demonstrates his detail work on a mosaic graffiti art piece at Storyteller last Friday....
Hallie Martinez and Luke Dickey learn the finer points of canning using a pressure cooker during a canning lab presented by Phyllis Lewis through the Hot Springs County Extension Service....
Looking for some local produce? Visit your local farmers market. Looking for some low-key family fun? Visit your local farmers market. The Thermopolis Farmers Market starts back up for the season on Saturday, July 25 and will feature locally-made products as well as a welcoming forum to visit with neighbors, share recipes, listen to live music, and enjoy a relaxing morning down town. The farmers market, supported by the Master Gardener’s, is preparing to start its fourth season and plans to h...
Bryce McKenzie shows Lexi Overfield some tips on handling her sheep. McKenzie, from Buffalo, was brought in to put on a sheep fitting and showmanship clinic for the youth in preparation for Hot Springs County Fair....
A representative from Riverton Workforce Center, a local office of the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, will be available to help job seekers and employers at the Hot Springs County Library from 10 a.m.-noon, and from 1:30-3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 21. The Riverton office of the Department of Workforce Services is also available by phone at 307-856-9231 or on their website at http://wyomingworkforce.org/....
Men and women alumni from Thermopolis and Worland are taking it to the basketball court, revisiting an age-old rivalry, to find out who still has it at the Has Beens Basketball game. The benefit matchup will be held in the Hot Springs County High School gym Saturday, July 18 at 1 p.m. Doors will open at noon. All proceeds will go to the Hot Springs County Senior Center. Tickets are on sale at the Hot Springs County Senior Center, Chamber of Commerce, Car Quest, Needful Things, Storyteller,...
Park Superintendent Kevin Skates bottle feeds female bison calf, Falina, at the corrals in the bison pasture. Falina is a three-month old calf that State Park employees were able to capture after noticing her mother was not producing any milk. Falina was captured shortly after her birth on April 20 and ever since Skates and a slew of volunteers have been bottle feeding her until she is able to fully rejoin the herd and feed herself. For now, the calf is familiarizing herself with the herd but...
Winners in the Fourth of July parade included Thomas, Sam, Ben and Mike South in the kids division; the Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors in the motorized division and Katie Little and Dawn Jones in the most patriotic category....
Two fundraisers are being planned by the “Pac-Man’s Munch for a Cure” Relay for Life team on the next two Saturdays. During the Ranch Rodeo Saturday, you can take a chance and “Shop in the Slop” to win prizes. A horse trough will be filled with “slop” along with numbered rocks. For $5, you can reach your hand in, rustle around, and hopefully come up with a numbered rock. Each number corresponds with a different prize with the grand prize being two tickets to go white water rafting. Ther...
Cindi Dragon watches as Maryland native and owner of Ewes-ful Fiber Arts, Susan Withnell demonstrates how to spin wool at Monday night's Spinster's Delight spinning demonstration at Hot Springs County Library....
Nikki and Jessie Slagel pitch in by answering someone's Facebook request for help with lawn maintenance. Please submit photos of yards in Thermopolis for consideration to be featured as the pride in property yard of the week in the Independent Record. Email photos to news@thermopir.com or bring them to 431 Broadway....
A celebration of 100 years is being planned for the Town of Kirby on Saturday, July 18. There will be tours of the town available along with history of the area, photos and trips to the jail, which will be on the National Historical Society Register. Former residents and family members of pioneer families will be there with stories and photos from the past. The celebration will be held from 1 p.m. til 5 p.m. with live music, food and soft drinks. The event is free and open to the public....
The Kids eXtreme Youth Fishing Derby will be held Saturday, July 18 at Boysen Reservoir, in conjunction with Boysen Lake Marina, Shoshoni Recreation District and Lip Rippers. This event is part of State Parks’ Wyoming Kids eXtreme program designed to connect children with the outdoors. Open to kids 13 years of age and younger, participants can obtain more information and a registration form from Boysen State Park, 307-876-2796, the Shoshoni Recreation District, 307-876-2663, Boysen Lake M...
There were loads of fun things to do at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center during Night at the Museum from face painting to digging up fossils. They even had a lantern tour of the museum by an old prospector....
Don’t put your hats and cowboy boots away just yet because the Lion’s Club sponsored Ranch Rodeo is coming to town. Full of entertaining and competitive events, the two-night event will be fun for the whole family. This year promises to be a big year for the ranch rodeo as well as the Lion’s Club who is celebrating their 90th anniversary. The ranch rodeo was one of a kind at its beginning in Thermopolis in 1974 and was featured in Western Horseman. The rodeo ran for almost ten years and then too...
Historical romance fiction author, Rhonda Kulczyk will be holding a book signing on Tuesday, July 14 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at Storyteller. Kulczyk, who was born in Montana, writes a period romance series of books with a western feel that flows generation by generation starting with character Alana Peterson in 1858 in the first book, Freedom to Love. The following books in the Freedom Series follow the original character’s daughters in their search for love and freedom. In Kulczyk’s first book tou...
Phyllis Lewis will be at Thermopolis Hardware Friday, July 10, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. to test dial gauge pressure canners for accuracy. She will have the latest USDA canning guidelines available. Lewis is a Nutrition and Safety Educator with the University of Wyoming Extension. This is a free service. Bring your lid with the attached gauge. If the time is inconvenient for you, just drop off the lid before 11 a.m. Friday and then pick it up at your convenience. For more information about this service or about canning, contact Lewis at...
Four young musicians from Thermopolis were recently on a once in a lifetime tour of Europe as part of the Wyoming Ambassadors of Music band and choir tour. Kayla Gilbert, Cameron Igou and Wyatt Wright participated in the band while Korey Smith sang with the choir during the whirlwind tour that included England, France, Germany, Switzerland, Lichtenstein and Austria. The quartet departed Denver on June 15, flying through New York before landing at London's Heathrow Airport. England Their first...
The annual Grass Creek Reunion will be held Saturday, July 18 at the Hot Sprigs County Museum from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. A potluck lunch will available. Bring a dish to share. For more information, contact Larry Marcott at 864-2033...
