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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....
The high school band and choir returned from their Music in the Park competition in Denver this week with a second place finish for the band and a fourth place finish for the choir. But music director Dustin Olsen said the groups were much closer to winning then they appeared. In each category teams are scored points from two judges. Each judge can give a team up to 95 points, for a total of 190 possible points. Thermopolis’ band finished with 189 points. “Cody High School won with 189.5 points,” Olsen said. “We were only half a point away from...
The Thermopolis Future Farmers of America Chapter will be having their annual banquet Monday, May 18 at Hot Springs County High School. Dinner will be served in the high school agriculture shop at 6 p.m. with an awards presentation to follow in the school auditorium. FFA Advisor Britton Van Heule said a big part of the night is recognizing people who have helped. “We use the banquet to thank the community for what they do,” he said. Students run the banquet and decide on the awards, Van Heule said, making the event a focus on the tee...
Thermopolis Middle School band and choir members perform at their Pops Concert....
Hot Springs County High School teachers and staff showered students with felicitations during the Excellence Awards Friday in the high school auditorium. Students were recognized for their work ethic, intelligence, attention to detail and athletic skills. The following awards were given: Top English I Student: Stormy Cox. Honorable Mention: Emmie Coyne, Haley McDermott, Wyatt Wright, Shianne Yarrington, Mary Ryan and Daniel Leonhardt. Outstanding English II Student: Shayna Bauer. Excellence in...
Graduating seniors for the Class of 2015 gathered in the high school commons on Tuesday evening for the annual Scholarship Night. Over $160,000 in scholarships were awarded from local organizations, businesses, colleges and individuals. In addition to the scholarships, Darby Abbott was named Outstanding Girl, 2015 and Logan Kay, Outstanding Boy, 2015. Student Council: Logan Kay, Avery DeVries Wyoming Chapter of the National Football Foundation: Logan Kay Eastern Star: Logan Kay Lions Club:...
