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Alumni community members are working to reinstate the reunion committee and start fresh for the annual Hot Springs County High School class reunion weekend. Representative Shasta Shafer said that they will hold a planning meeting via Zoom on Thursday, December 1 at 6:30 p.m. They welcome all class members to bring ideas. At this time, they are planning to have the Saturday night all-class get-together at the VFW and the Sunday morning, afternoon picnic in the Hot Springs State Park. For those who want to participate in the Zoom planning...
Sign-ups are being taken for Christmas Baskets from now thru Thursday, Dec. 8 at Public Heath, 864-3311 or the Help Center, 864-3851. Pickup and delivery will be Saturday, Dec. 17 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Holy Trinity Perish Hall, 7th and Arapahoe. Volunteers are needed for box packing, carrying out and cleaning up on Thursday, Dec. 15 from 6-7 p.m., and Saturday, Dec. 17 at 1 p.m. at Holy Trinity Perish Hall. For more information, call 864-3629 and leave a message....
At the November Thermopolis - Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce board meeting, CEO Meri Ann Rush and the board continued their discussion about creating a succession plan when the CEO vacates the position. Rush emphasized that she has no plans of leaving her position, but making such a plan will “make the Chamber stronger”. President Howie Samelson added that the plan would involve structure and people and that they are moving forward with it. In old business, Rush reported that the Chamber Banquet was “great” and that they surpassed what th...
Unofficial results have been released for the 2022 Hot Springs County General Election. In Hot Springs County, there were a total of 2,213 votes cast. A new Mayor will be the taking over for the Town of the Thermopolis. Adam Ryan Estenson received 650 votes winning over incumbent Mike Chimenti who received 552 votes. For the Thermopolis Town Council race, Rachel Hughes received 612 votes to edge out incumbent Tony Larson with 598 votes. John Dorman, Sr. received 748 votes and will retain his seat on the council. In the eight person race for...
At the November 1 Hot Springs County Commissioners meeting, Brian Clarkson and Maddie Ross of T-O Engineers gave the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) update and said in September they used septic documents from 1998 and 2000 up to 2021 to attribute septic permits in the GIS database. They added 79 previously unmapped septic permits and linked documents in cloud storage. They finished mapping county road easement and right-of-way descriptions and linked historical documents to easement...
Thermopolis Middle School students were honored with awards at the National FFA Convention on October 25-29 in Indianapolis, Indiana. There were over 66,000 students in attendance. FFA Advisor for the Big Springs Chapter, Becky Martinez said that there were six students who qualified, but only three traveled to the convention. Those who attended are 8th graders Chloee Owsley, Haden Johnson and Alec Martinez. They are part of the top 10 in the nation and were welcomed onto the stage for the...
The Backpack Program will hold its annual fundraiser “Cheep Houses for Sale” on Saturday, November 19 at the Thermopolis Middle School, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. in conjunction with the Beta Sigma Phi Holiday Affair/Craft Show. Backpack Program Coordinator Judy Carswell said, “This year is anything birdhouse… So be looking for anything bird house related. And of course, we will accept other items for our auction as well. Such as chairs, trees, etc. We are having a silent auction to help raise money for our local backpack program, which provides...
Owen McCumber was selected as one of 14 youth around the state who participated in Wyoming Hunger Initiative’s Fair to Fork Program in its inaugural year. First Lady Jennie Gordon’s Wyoming Hunger Initiative, in partnership with Wyoming 4-H and FFA, recently piloted a new program under the Food from the Farm + Ranch banner called Fair to Fork. Thanks to a grant from the Hughes Charitable Foundation, Wyoming Hunger Initiative was able to purchase and process 14 hogs, then distribute them locally as yet another avenue of providing protein to loc...
Main Street Thermopolis’ Great Until 8! monthly late shopping event takes place Saturday, November 12. This second Saturday event spotlights the businesses in town who are staying open until 8 p.m. or later. There’s something special about strolling around the Downtown Historic District on this busy weekend where one can browse, shop, eat and visit with friends and neighbors at the same time. Shoppers can win $100 in Chamber Bucks by entering a drawing with their purchases made from 5-8 p.m. Bring your receipts from the participating bus...
All veterans are invited to join in a parade in honor of you on Thursday, Nov. 10 at Ralph Witters Elementary. Enter the RWE loading zone/parking lot off of Springview Street near the administration building at 9 a.m. Students and staff will be outside from 9-9:20 a.m. to celebrate our local veterans as they drive through the parking lot loop. After the drive through, come inside for donuts and coffee in the school cafeteria. The parade is being held in addition to the annual Veterans Day assembly on Friday, Nov 11 in the Hot Springs County...
Retired Lieutenant Colonel Justin Budd will be presenting The Recovery of Missing World War II Personnel during the Hot Springs County Historical Society meeting on Saturday, Nov. 12 at 2 p.m. at the Historical Museum. The program is about the recovery of a pilot who had been missing for over 70 years and his remarkable return to his family. Budd is a graduate of Hot Springs County High School. He received a BS in biology from the University of Wyoming, an MPPM with an emphasis in security studies from the University of Pittsburgh, and...
Hot Springs Freedom Riders, the local Christian Motorcycle Association Chapter 104 is hosting a community chili cook off on Saturday, Nov. 12 beginning at 6 p.m. at the Hot Springs County Search and Rescue Building. Entry fee is $10 with money going to first and second place winners. To sign up or for more information contact Bobbi Watkins at 307-921-3323 or Travis Moore at 307-921-2333....
The Holiday Food Drive is underway with scouts, youth alternatives and other volunteers putting out bags and picking up filled bags in the community. Bags were placed on doorknobs of Thermopolis homes last Saturday. Fill the bags with canned or dried food and leave it by your front door for pickup on Saturday, Nov. 12 from 8 a.m.-noon. No perishable items or home canned products please. If your donation is not picked up or you need assistance, call 864-3629 and leave a message. You can also leave your donations in the entry of the Holy Trinity...
The Hot Springs County School Board received a department update from Maintenance Director Jere Apland on Oct. 20, starting with the new bus pickup and dropoff zone project that began at the end of May, and managed to stay on time and on budget. “The contractor and engineer did a great job,” said Apland, who added that the middle school’s lockers have also been remodeled. “We tore them out to nothing. We replaced all the fixtures and piping, and added new, taller partitions. They went closer to the floor, so they’re way more private. Next year...
Kent and Stacy Hessenthaler are long-time Thermopolis figures known for their sweet corn and pumpkins. Kent retired from teaching high school math and Spanish about five or six years ago. “Time runs together and as you get older, you know that,” said Kent. However, more changes are coming for the Hessenthalers as they have decided to stop planting pumpkins, but they will continue farming their sweet corn. Kent explained, “My wife hasn’t liked doing pumpkins for a long time. Because she wants t...
Recently in the Hot Springs State Park, the fish feeders at the cooling ponds have been vandalized. Representative Meri Ann Rush said, “Friends of Hot Springs State Park and Legend Rock applied for a grant to install the fish feeders over five years ago. Since then, at least one fish feeder, if not all four of them, has been vandalized. Due to the recent vandalism that was discovered on October 2nd. We have taken them down and we are looking at ways to improve the security and hope to have them up and going again in the spring. Meanwhile, if p...
The Odd Fellows will hold their Glitter and Gold Gala scholarship fundraiser at the Fair Building on Saturday, November 12 from 7-10 p.m. Tickets are $20 each. The attire is formal. The event will have finger food and a dance. Shorty’s will be catering. Event organizer Bradyn Harvey said, “The original order for the lodge used to do a winter ball, and the funds from that went to the Pioneer Home. We decided with bringing the lodge back we wanted to keep the same tradition and do a winter formal, but we’re going to do it for a schol...
All veterans are invited to join in a parade in honor of you on Thursday, Nov. 10 at Ralph Witters Elementary. Enter the RWE loading zone/parking lot off of Springview Street near the administration building at 9 a.m. Students and staff will be outside from 9-9:20 a.m. to celebrate our local veterans as they drive through the parking lot loop. After the drive through, come inside for donuts and coffee in the school cafeteria. The parade is being held in addition to the annual Veterans Day assembly on Friday, Nov 11 in the Hot Springs County...
Representatives for the Hot Springs County High School Class of 1973, Dixie Vialpando and Norma Smith are seeking ideas for the class reunion celebrations held each year on the third weekend of July. The meeting will be at the VFW on Thursday, November 10 at 6:30 p.m. Vialpando and Smith want to invite all HSCHS class members to come. Vialpando proposed that the coming class reunions can be all day on Saturday of the reunion weekend. Each class can take a different area of the Hot Springs State Park and there could be food trucks, a craft...
by Joshua Wolfson Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Inflation rose in Wyoming over the past year at its highest rate since 1981, driven primarily by soaring transportation and food costs, a new state report shows. Statewide inflation jumped 10.1% between June 2021 and June of this year, according to the Wyoming Economic Analysis Division report. To find a higher rate, you’d have to go back to the third quarter of 1981, when inflation rose 11.8% in Wyoming. Rising costs here mirror increases nationally. The U.S. inflation ra...
The Hot Springs County High School Boys and Girls Golf Team was honored before the school board on Oct. 20, as the husband-and-wife team of Brandon and Catelyn Deromedi extolled the students’ virtues. Catelyn Deromedi, who serves as principal of Hot Springs County High School, introduced both the team and their coach, Hot Springs County School District Activities Director Brandon Deromedi. “They hit an all-time high as far as state championships,” Catelyn Deromedi said. “They are now being celebrated for their fifth state championship in a ro...
On October 18, the Hot Springs County Commissioners held a brief meeting at the Annex building. Chairman Tom Ryan was absent, therefore Vice-chair Phil Scheel presided over the meeting suspending Robert’s Rules protocol. Barb Rice gave the Youth Alternative report and said that they have 16 juveniles, which include nine males and seven females. In September they had seven 16-17-year-old waivers for high school equivalency and now they signed up five new kids. Rice said that the students go at their own different paces and it takes about six mon...
Campaign finance complaint against Vogelheim dismissed JACKSON (WNE) — The Wyoming Democratic Party’s campaign finance complaint against Republican legislative candidate Paul Vogelheim has been dismissed, according to Jennifer Martinez, the office’s assistant elections director in the Wyoming Secretary of State’s Office. Martinez said on Monday that she was not able to elaborate on why or provide documentation of the dismissal before press time. Vogelheim is running against Democrat Liz Storer to represent House District 23 in the Wyoming...
by Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com There are no quick or easy ways to protect Wyoming customers from price spikes at the fuel pump, according to a new state report. Trends in regional oil-refining capacity and fuel storage are moving in the wrong direction. A state fuel tax holiday would be too costly — an estimated $120 million annual drain on state revenue — while exerting a “minimal impact” at the pumps. “Even producing substantially more crude oil would not immediately impact the supply of gas or diesel,” according to the report commissione...
by Nathan Oster Lovell Chronicle Via Wyoming News Exchange LOVELL —The plaintiffs who allege wrongdoing in the 2014 sale of Tri-County Telephone (TCT) say they are disappointed but by no means deterred by a recent district court judge’s ruling that went against them. “This case is not over and may have a long way to go,” said William (Bill) Loveland, a former TCT board member, who suggested in a statement that he and Barbara Campbell intend to appeal the ruling to the Wyoming Supreme Court. Loveland admitted that he and Campbell were disappo...
