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Bryce Harvey and Dylan Shaffer move a bench which was dedicated to the late Peggy Shaffer. Peggy Shaffer was a Hot Springs County native from 1946 to 2012. Britton Van Heule said the Ag students at Hot Springs County High School built the bench after Ed Schaffer asked him to do so. The bench rests behind the old school building at the Museum Annex on Broadway Street....
Carl Jones of Ralston recently brought his miniature donkey to Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Care Center to visit with residents....
After weeks of clouds and rain, the sun came up Saturday to shine on the Thermopolis Golf Club for the three-person scramble. Low score and first place for the day went to the team of Ethan Brooks, Bob Ryan and Kevin Skates with a 56. Second place, with a score of 57, went to Matt Mason, Kevin Simpson and Lindsay Simpson. Following in third place was the Bjorhus family team of Dana, her father Donnie and her grandfather Duane, with a score of 64. Brett Bury, Steve Bury and Frank Toth scored a...
Young ladies from Wyoming and surrounding states will be participating in the Third Annual Connie Combs Barrel Racing Clinic this weekend at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds. World champion barrel racer and seven-time National Finals Rodeo qualifier, Combs is the only person to win the WPRA World Championship on a stallion. Combs now spends much of her time training some of the best barrel horses on the rodeo circuit and girls participating in the clinic will be receiving hands-on training...
The Smoking Waters Art Guild is hosting a pallet painting party June 13 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., by City Rags located at 444 Broadway. According to stroll organizer Toddi Darlington, the Big Horn Basin Folk Festival is in need of pallets to be used as festival area dividers. “We thought it would be fun to invite the public, especially children, to stop by and paint a pattern on a pallet”. Wear your painting clothes and come paint a pallet during Still Strolling Saturday. If you’d like to paint a pallet to keep, just sign your name on the back...
Meeteetse Museums will be hosting its free annual tour to Legend Rock State Archaeological Site on Saturday, June 6, as well as a “pre-tour” presentation on June 5. The June 6 tour will be led this year by renowned archaeologist Dr. Larry Loendorf. Loendorf is an archaeologist whose research focuses on the Great Plains, the U. S. Southwest, ethnography, and rock art. The Saturday tour leaves the Meeteetse Museum at 9 a.m. sharp and begins on site (at Legend Rock State Archaeological Site) at 10 a.m. Car-pooling from the museum will be ava...
Kanyon Gerber, Hallie Martinez, Olivia Weyer and Camden Weyer round the corner during the Run with the Buffalo Saturday, sponsored by the Hot Springs County Recreation Department.... Full story
Hot Springs County 4-H held their annual presentation contest last Friday at the Hot Springs County Extension office. Ten youngsters participated in the event including three in the senior division, two in the intermediate division, four juniors and one Cloverbud. Daniel Leonhardt was awarded Grand Champion in the senior division with his presentation on wooden bows. Jeremy Gibbel won Reserve Champion for instructions on cast iron cleaning. Liz Rhodes took home a blue ribbon for her...
Final numbers have been released from Hot Springs County School District No. 1, showing a decrease in enrollment from the end of the year, 2014 to the end of the year, 2015. While overall the decrease is just five students, a few of the classes showed large losses. From the end of the year in 2014 to the end of this school year, the sixth grade class lost a total of 18 students. The senior class showed a loss of 10 students, and the fourth grade lost 11. There are some upswings, though, with...
Pheasants Forever will be having their annual banquet Saturday, May 30 starting at 5 p.m. in the Hot Springs County Fair Building. There will be a live auction, a silent auction, raffles, a special drawing and dinner. All proceeds from the event stay in Hot Springs County. Tickets for the event cost $75 for a couple, $45 for a single ticket, $10 for children age nine to 15 and children under the age of eight are free. Tickets are available at Canyon Sporting Goods, the Chamber of Commerce, Thermopolis Hardware or by calling 864-4215 or...
The inaugural meeting of a Big Horn River club will be taking place Wednesday, June 3 at 7 p.m. in the Big Horn Federal Bank meeting room. Anyone interested in anything related to the river, whether it be fishing or keeping the river clean, is invited to attend. Dick Staiger, who is helping organize the meeting, said there are two goals that the group will start by looking at. “The most significant one would be to provide a comfortable social environment for the sharing of information regarding the needs and uses of the river and the f...
Local runners will compete with Hot Spring County’s largest residents during the Running with the Buffalo event Saturday, May 30 beginning at 7:30 a.m. The race will start on the street outside the TePee Pool and runners will trek through the buffalo pasture and back towards the start. There will be both a 4K run/walk and an 8K run, making it possible for people of all ages to participate. Pre-registration for the event costs $15 dollars and comes with a t-shirt. People can also register for $10 if they do not want a t-shirt. For more i...
TAPS is played from John Hausauer's trumpet during the Memorial Day Service at Monument Hill Cemetery Monday. The holiday started as Decoration Day after the American Civil War in 1868 in order to remember the fallen soldiers....
The eighth annual Hot Spot Livestock Show will be held Friday, June 5 at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds. Youth are encouraged to bring their prospect beef, heifers, swine and lambs to the show, which begins at 1 p.m. Livestock weigh-in and entries for livestock exhibitors begin at 10 a.m. The Joey Mahoney Peewee Showmanship is free to all exhibitors 7 and under. There will be cash prizes for all peewee participants. Belt buckles and cash prizes for champion beef, lamb and hogs will be awarded. Cash prizes go to all class winners. The...
The Hot Springs County Conservation District gave fourth graders Eastern Redcedar trees as a way to promote conservation. Linda Barrett, Darcy Axtell, Dawn Peil and Jim Barrett gave the Ralph Witters Elementary students their trees. "Hopefully they'll get them planted with parents help," Linda Barrett said. The tree donation is usually part of a larger conservation education program, which includes out of the classroom education. "One of the things we do every year is we pick a field day for...
Thermopolis Middle School students were honored Friday for their achievements throughout the school year. Awards included: 5th Grade Math: Wyatt McDermott, Johnnie Christman, Draven Morgan. Most Growth on MAP - Jean-Luc Willson. Overall Top MAP Score - Josiah Butler. Reading: Noah Hill, Kaidy Randall, Autumn Brwley. Most Growth on MAP - Brendon Thomas, Kaden Snooks. Overall Top MAP Score - Eli McCumber. Writing: Kaidy Randall, Wyatt McDermott, Will Clark. Jessie C. Thompson writing contest – 1...
Ralph Witters Elementary students were honored Friday for their achievements throughout the school year. Awards included: Story of the Year - Jackson Reed Writers of the Year – Kindergarten – Lilly Quintanila; 1st Grade – Stone Pebbles; 2nd Grade – Zane Stam; 3rd Grade – Jayda Griffin; 4th Grade – Hadley Johnson. Perfect attendance (full year) – Alyssa Andreen, Christian Arends, Kiyah Oliver. Most Imporoved Reading – 1st grade, Carson Christensen; 2nd grade, Ryan Arends; 3rd grade, Claire S...
Confetti flies and balloons drop as 34 seniors become graduates of Hot Springs County High School Sunday. Danielle Yarrington, who sang the Star Spangled Banner, donned a patriotic mortar board....
Tyelynn Myers grins at Ronda Freel as she moves the tassel from the right to the left side of Myers' graduation cap to show she has received her diploma. Thirty-four graduates of Hot Springs County High School were honored Sunday....
Hot Springs County High School and the Bobcat Athletics Hall of Fame will be honoring all sports and activities for the 2014-15 school year and induct the latest class for the Bobcat Hall of Fame on Monday, May 28. Parents and students will gather for a dinner before the program at 5 p.m. with the program to begin in the auditorium at 6 p.m. Each of the coaches from the various sports and activities will give a recap of their seasons before the Hall of Fame induction. This year’s inductees inclu...
The Gift of the Waters Pageant committee recently announced they have received $1,900 in new donations this past month with Pageant Days Weekend just 10 short weeks away, bringing them very close to the funds needed to put on this year’s historical re-enactment. Now would be a good time to pre-order your Pageant Days t-shirts for 2015. The group sold a total of 155 shirts last year and will be contacting local businesses soon that may wish to purchase shirts for their employees to wear during t...
Jacky Wright, native of England, held a tea at her residence celebrating the birth of Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana of Cambridge. Keeping with English custom, all attendees wore hats and enjoyed an English style tea. "Happy Birthday" was sung for the Princess and a group photo will be sent to the Cambridge family. Pictured are, left to right, back row: Beth Drake, Dorothy Mortimore, Cindy Toth, Arlea McCumber, Bev Koerwitz, Barbara Moeller, Kathy Wallingford, Rachel Miller, Jacky Wright,...
The Hot Springs County Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 2281 has planned a series of services to commemorate service men and women – past and present – for the Memorial Day holiday on Monday, May 25. The day’s activities will begin at 11 a.m. with a service at Monument Hill Cemetery. At 11:30 a.m., a service will be held at Riverside Cemetery, followed by an additional observance at the Park Street Bridge at noon. The public is invited to attend and join the observance of the national holiday....
The inaugural Red Nose Day in the United States will be Thursday, May 21 and Days Inn Thermopolis will be participating to help feed the hungry. Red Nose Day is a fundraising campaign thrown by the nonprofit organization Comic Relief. In the UK, Red Nose Day has been going for 30 years. According to general manager Mary Mills, Days Inn will be donating 10 percent of restaurant proceeds May 21 to the local People for People Backpack Program. The program operates under the Episcopal Church’s non-profit status and provides backpacks of food to s...
