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During the first Town Council meeting of the year, Fred Crosby, the town administrator, reported that the city’s property and car insurance premiums with HUB and underwriter Travelers will increase by 9.5%. He noted that Travelers did not pay enough for the city’s hail damage. The city’s coverage will lapse on Thursday, January 9. Crosby asked Gary Bowers, an insurance consultant from HUB, to shop around for other insurance companies, but all carriers declined to give a quote. In 2019 insur...
by Shane Sanderson Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — The Wyoming Supreme Court on Friday overturned Casper businessman Tony Cercy’s sexual assault conviction. Prosecutors will now need to decide whether to take the case to trial a third time. The appellate court ordered Cercy’s 2018 conviction of third-degree sexual assault thrown out because the jury at his Thermopolis trial was not properly instructed on state law governing the charge. Natrona County District Attorney Dan Itzen, who will be responsible for the case when...
The Discover Thermopolis shop located in downtown Thermopolis now has the largest selection of hot sauces in the state of Wyoming, according to owner Howie Samelson. The store has over 700 different flavors and it might be more than in the state of Colorado as well, according to one distributor. Samelson said, "The real goal is to create an additional destination in Thermopolis. The people will come here because of the selection." The idea came to him at last year's Main Street Conference in a...
Greg Willson is a full-service insurance agent at Rams Head Financial which is a part of Big Horn Federal Bank here in Thermopolis. For the last six years, he was an independent insurance agent with New York Life, which is still an affiliate. Willson's services covered life, long-term care, retirement products, annuities, 401k, IRAs, investments, the whole gamut of insurance and financial service. However, as of October 2019, Willson took and passed his property and casualty insurance license,...
Wyatt Christensen is the new manager of Specialty Towing and Auto Care. The owner is still Dennis Leonhardt but Wyatt is working toward purchasing the business hopefully by August. Christensen has over 20 years experience in this type of business. In fact, he helped start this business in 1999 with his mentor Bill Wells, the previous owner of Auto RV Specialities. Christensen wants to follow in his mentor's footsteps and have a family-owned and locally-operated business. Christensen started...
by Seth Klamann Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Wyoming is the only state in America that doesn’t have a local affiliate to the national suicide prevention hotline, and lawmakers were skeptical Monday of a $1 million request to change that. “We can do this a whole lot better,” said Rep. Bob Nicholas, the Republican co-chairman of the Joint Appropriations Committee, which holds the state’s purse strings. “To me, you’re throwing money before you’re throwing your brains at it.” That sentiment was echoed by Sen. Eli Bebout,...
Some of the programs that are available to students in Hot Springs County’s School District as well as other districts across the country can be difficult to distinguish and sometimes difficult to understand. At the December meeting of the school board, Brenna Huckfeldt and Kristin Ryan explained the differences between a Section 504 and the Individual Education Program (IEP). Starting with a Section 504, it is part of the Rehabilitation act of 1973 and is federal law. It is designed to p...
The Thermopolis Police Department recently conducted alcohol compliance checks of area businesses. Every business checked passed and there were no citations issued for any violations. The checks are conducted to help ensure alcohol is not being sold to minors....
As a result of recent elections, the governing board of the Hot Spring County Historical Society starting on January 1, 2020, has been announced. Heading up the group next year will be Sam Marshall who has been elected to the office of President. Following in Sam’s footsteps are Vice-President Rick Hudson; Secretary/treasurer Carolyn Jo Marshall; Historical/Scrapbook Ellen Galyan; and Dick Hall as Media Savant. Board Members are: Ray Shaffer; Outgoing President Barb Vietti; Bonnie Bauer; Ed Shaffer and all members of the organization. The new b...
Clerk of District Court, Terri Cornella, has received the Outstanding Individual Achievement Award as part of the Wyoming Child Support Program. Cornella was nominated by Jodie Thompson, the local child support attorney director. "During her tenure, she has served on the Basin Authority Board of Directors since 2010," Thompson wrote, "a decade long commitment that is still ongoing. In her years as a board member, she has served as the president and has rarely missed a board meeting. "Her...
There will be one less empty storefront in downtown Thermopolis as Western Land Sales, a full service real estate brokerage, will be opening the doors to their new office on January 3 at 500 Broadway. Founded in 1968 by J.R. Kvenild, Western Land Sales specializes in selling farms and ranches all over the State of Wyoming. Life-long Thermopolis resident, Roy Ready, joined the company in 2007 and assumed ownership of the company in 2016. His wife, Amy Ready, has now joined the business as a...
Hot Springs County Taxpayers, pay attention. If you have not made a payment on your 2019 property taxes, you have until December 31, 2019, to pay the total without interest. Please note, you also have the option to pay your first half including interest. Call (307) 864-3616 to calculate the total....
For the Jan. 2 edition of the Thermopolis Independent Record there will be early deadlines. Legal, display and classified advertising deadline is noon on Friday, Dec. 27. Editorial deadline is noon on Monday, Dec. 30. Papers will be available at newsstands Tuesday evening and delivered locally on Thursday. Our office will be closed on Wednesday, Jan. 1....
In Wyoming we’re still very fortunate that live trees abound for us to cut for Christmas and the permits to cut are fairly cheap, but what do you do with that live tree after the holidays? While the Town of Thermopolis doesn’t have an actual tree pick up, they can be left beside your dumpster, but they are not a priority for pick up, so they may still be there for a while. If you don’t want to just trash that Christmas treasure, there are a number of useful things you can use it for. Pine needles decompose slowly, making them an excel...
The December 17 Thermopolis Town Council meeting was very short with only a few items to approve or discuss. The council agreed to two catering permits for Shorty’s Liquor for Ducks Unlimited for the fairgrounds on January 10 and 11 from 5-11 p.m. The council and the mayor had some discussion on a request to move the police impound yard from the Armory, culling deer, the ice skating rink and nuisance tickets for snow on heavily traveled sidewalks. No action was taken. The next meeting will be Tuesday, Jan. 7 at 7 p.m. at town h...
An educator in the Hot Springs County School District has been named one of six finalists in Wyoming to receive the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). Aimee Kay, a seventh and eighth grade science teacher at Thermopolis Middle School, was nominated by Jessica Lippincott. The application process is similar to that for National Boards where Kay had to have a video of herself teaching a class and then reflecting upon it in an 11-page document. The applic...
Racine Morgan, director of the Hot Springs County Museum, filled in the Hot Springs County Commissioners on what is going on at the museum at Tuesday’s meeting. Morgan said they have applied for a large grant that will allow them to do some interesting things with the 1920s school house at the museum annex, including activities that will help today’s children understand what it was like to actually go to school during that time. An interesting opportunity has come up for the museum that inv...
The December meeting of the Hot Springs County School District’s Board of Directors is used to reorganize the board, elect officers and reveal any conflicts of interest board members may have where bills are concerned. Tuesday night, Jennifer Axtell was elected as the new board chair. Sherman Skelton will be her back-up as vice chair. Other officers include Nicole Weyer as clerk and Joe Martinez will be the board’s treasurer. Bobcat pins were passed out to all of the members of the Drama team in recognition of their back-to-back State Champions...
During the first Town Council meeting in December, there were no public comments given prior to the approval on the retail liquor license transfer from Eaglecav LLC (dba Reese and Rays IGA) to Mack’s Market. Additionally, a new restaurant liquor license was approved for GMRG ACQ1 LLC (dba Pizza Hut). Town Engineer Anthony Barnett noted in his monthly report the town’s integrated solid waste management plan (ISWMP) is being updated. Information was prepared to survey the settlement monuments in the closed (western) portion of the landfill and...
Two coaches with the Hot Springs County School District were recently named Coach of the Year for the fall season by the Wyoming Coaches’ Association. Brandon Deromedi was chosen for 2A boys golf and Aimee Kay was chosen as middle school coach for volleyball. The pair were chosen by their fellow coaches during the 2019 fall season. “I was pleasantly surprised with this one,” Kay said. “Having coached for 27 years it is again, nice to be recognized for the time and effort I put in. “What makes it...
If you’re having difficulty this winter with keeping the heat on in your home the Wyoming Department of Family Services (DFS) may be able to help you. DFS has an energy assistance program to help those with fixed incomes and low income to pay their heating bills during the winter months called the Low-Income Energy Assistance Program, or LIEAP. Federally funded, the program gives priority to households that include elderly folks over the age of 60 and those with disabled and/or young children under the age of five. There are income g...
The Christmas tree on display at the Governor's Mansion has some new ornaments this year after First Lady Jennie Gordon began going through the ornaments of Christmas past and wanted to add to the collection. Word went out to all the counties that the First Lady would like a hand painted ornament with something unique from each county. Thermopolis' own Nadja Cavin created a lovely scene to represent Hot Springs County, complete with the terraces and swinging bridge on the hand blown ornament....
If you and your family are looking for something unique to do on New Year’s Day, you may want to check out the First Day Hikes sponsored by Wyoming State Parks, Historic Sites and Trails. This is the ninth year for the First Day Hikes at the state parks around Wyoming with guided hikes and walks offered at 17 different state parks and historic sites. Nearly 300 people participated in the hikes last year. The hikes are led by park staff and volunteers, and average from one to two miles in length with various terrain at the different venues. T...
A new cell site near Highway 170 in Owl Creek is the first of a series of purpose-built cell sites that will help Hot Springs County’s first responders with increased coverage. FirstNet, the company building the sites, is a wireless communication platform dedicated to first responders and public safety community. Mandated by congress, the platform is designed to help first responders get the information they need, especially in remote areas. The Owl Creek site was chosen based on its remoteness as well as the potential need for emergency r...
With the recent resignation of Curt Mayer as the Vice Principal for grades 5-12, the Hot Springs County School District is installing a pair of interns to the position. For the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year Brandon Deromedi and Steven Soderstrom will be interning as principals. Deromedi is the district’s activities director as well as a P.E. teacher at the middle school and Soderstrom teaches social studies at the high school and is the assistant football coach. Holly Thomas, who recently finished her teaching program will begin s...
