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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...
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...
Rev. Samuel J. Needham will be installed as the new Lutheran pastor at St. Paul Lutheran Church on June 7 at 4 p.m. Pastor Needham grew up in Boise, Idaho graduating from Boise State University in 1995 with a degree in construction management. For ten years he worked in the construction industry, managing projects in Las Vegas, Phoenix, and the Lake Tahoe area. In 2004 he enrolled at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Ind. He served his vicarage at Lutheran Church of the Cross in Port Charlotte, Fla., and graduated from the seminary...
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...
Applications are being accepted for the Big Horn Basin Folk Festival scheduled for August 1-2 in Hot Springs State Park. This will be the first folk festival in Wyoming in 20 years. Vendors have three opportunities to participate. There will be a Juried Art Show & Sale, Kiwanis Trading Post and food vendors. The deadline for applications is July 1. Application forms and a full schedule of events can be found at www.wyomingfolkfestival.com/ Sponsors of the event include the Hot Springs Greater Learning Foundation, National Endowment for the...
The Thermopolis Future Farmers of America chapter had their 76th yearly banquet Monday, where both students and other community members were given awards for their dedication to working with and promoting FFA. FFA Advisor Britton Van Heule said that the students made the night possible. But in addition to the work done by the students in order to make the FFA banquet a good experience, without FFA alumni and other community members help – very few of the activities, events and experiences t...
The last day of school is approaching and there are many events planned to culminate the year including: Thursday, May 14 the Risen Son Christian School will be filling the auditorium for their spring concert. It will begin at 6 p.m. and is open to everyone. Ralph Witters Elementary (RWE) will be having their Field Day on Friday, May 15 at the high school track. Fun and games begin at 9 a.m. The high school music department will be having their annual POPS Concert on Tuesday, May 19 at 7 p.m....
Riley Shaffer, left, and Eric Bleak tear their shirts off to reveal comic book themed T-shirts during the middle school election speeches Friday. Members of Thermopolis Middle School have elected new student council officers for the 2015-16 school year. Results include: President, Tyler Kay; Vice President, McKenna Bomengen; Treasurer, Jarron Mortimore; Secretary, Cole Collins; Historian, Madeline Stam; 8th grade Class Representative, Hunter Bartholomew; 7th grade Class Representative, Hardy...
In honor of "Bobcat Acts of Gratitude Day" (or appreciation day) at Hot Springs County High School, Mr. Taylor and Mrs. Emery worked with a group of students to refresh the peace garden on the North side of the high school. Pictured in the garden are, back row, left to right, Shaynie Bauer, Jesse Taylor, Bret Nicodemus, Keegan Robbins and Aaron Taylor. Front row, Kaili Johansen, Hannah Ozman and Jennifer Emery....
The annual Wyoming Reads celebration for first graders will take place in Thermopolis Monday, May 18. The celebration will include the distribution of books to first graders at Ralph Winters Elementary School, Risen Son Christian School and home school students by Hot Springs County Library representatives. A fairytale about “The Good Queen Sue,” a tribute to Sue Jorgensen, in whose memory the event was established, will be presented. During the celebration, each student receives a hardback book of their very own, donated by the Sue Jor...
Brad Cline, representative from the Wyoming Veterans Commission, will conduct community outreach services Thursday, May 21 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at Hot Springs County Museum. Cline is available to meet with veterans and their families to discuss state and federal veterans’ benefits, claims or VA healthcare. For more information, contact Cline at 307 250-3890....
Destination Imagination team Pretty Little “DI”ers will be holding a Potato Bar dinner Friday, May 15 at 6 p.m. at the VFW. All proceeds from the event will go to pay for travel expenses to help members attend Global Finals in Tennessee May 20-23. The group won first place at the Wyoming State Tournament in Sheridan April 11 with their Scientific Challenge, Making Waves. For more information, call 864-3621....
Abigail Flowers and Bella Hueble sing a song during their graduation from the Children's Resource Center on Tuesday. The graduates will be starting kindergarten in the fall at Ralph Witters Elementary....
TOPS 215 Thermopolis best loser for the month of April was lost 8.2 pounds. The runner-up had a 4.4 pound weight loss. There were seven members with honorable mentions and perfect attendance. TOPS meet every Tuesday downstairs in the Community Church at 244 North Sixth Street with weigh-in at 8:30 a.m. The meeting starts at 9:30 a.m....
Stormy Fanning will be holding a book signing Saturday, May 16 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at Storyteller. Her books, Heart Full of Trouble and Can’t Hardly Breathe, will be available for signing....
Jean-Luc Willson attentively follows the instructions Amanda Roberts gives for creating a origami penguin while Neil Douglas observes his techniques. Origami is the art of transforming paper by folding into a finished sculpture often associated with Japanese culture....
