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Hot Springs County School District #1 has announced two of the four Champions for Children this year, Nichole Ciz and Brandon Deromedi. Each year the district chooses four champions and one of those lucky four will be selected at the school district’s Teacher of the Year for 2019. Ciz comes to Thermopolis from Wheatland with her Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education from Chadron State College along with a minor in vocal music. She began her career at Ralph Witters Elementary in 2010 and taught kindergarten for four years before moving on...
The nights are getting colder and some folks may need a little help paying their heating bills through the winter. The Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) is available throughout Wyoming as a federally funded program open to homeowners and renters alike. The program helps cover the costs of electricity, natural gas, propane, wood, diesel heating oil, coal and pellets when used to heat the home. There are income guidlines that must be met in order to qualify for the program and the application process is simple. The folks at the...
It’s less than a week before we flip the calendars and try to remember the correct year to put on our checks. The New Year holiday is one where people typically make resolutions about what they hope to accomplish in the next 12 months. Among those, exercising more and losing weight are among the more prominent. Dean Despain with Gottsche said fitness resolutions are “huge around January,” and when working with someone “I try and reinforce that the decision to get in shape and be healthier needs to be a decision they’ve made for themselve...
From the sounds of things, the Christmas shopping season and the year, overall, has been pretty good for Thermopolis businesses. Owl Creek Graphics said they are definitely up for the year when it comes to sales. Foot traffic during the week has been about average for them, but they said the weekends have been very busy. The items that seem to be selling best this Christmas are women’s hats, gloves and scarves. Owl Creek Graphics has been constantly adding new University of Wyoming and Bobcat me...
Students and teacher Britton Van Heule are using the former auto shop space in the Vocational Building to build a new kind of gardener, a "farm bot." Van Heule explained the bot uses a grid system for a vegetable garden, with the programming done by the student. The bot plants the seeds, waters them, and even pulls and kills weeds. Van Heule noted the bots can be ordered from a company in California, and even NASA is considering using them on some of their projects. As for the assembly, Van Heul...
Following the General election in November, Rose DeSyn was voted in as the next Hot Springs County Clerk, replacing Nina Webber, though Webber is proud of her contributions to the county and excited what the future will bring. Webber first came into the position when it was vacated by the previous clerk, and was encouraged to apply by the Hot Springs County Republican Committee. Following an interview process by 10-15 people — though she noted at the time it felt like a hundred — she was cho...
The Hot Springs County School District’s Board of Trustees met on Tuesday and as their first order of business, elected new board officers and distributed the various committees amongst the board. The officers for the coming year actually remained the same as last year with Clay VanAntwerp continuing as board chair, Jennifer Axtell stays on as vice-chair, the clerk remains Joe Martinez and board treasurer is Nichole Weyer. In other business, the board approved a bus stop off of 393 Highway 1... Full story
The Hot Springs County Commissioners met on Tuesday afternoon with Ed Luhm, the incoming magistrate for Hot Springs County, parts of Park County and Washakie County. Luhm, an attorney out of Worland, wanted to assure the commissioners he plans on advocating for a full-time magistrate for Hot Springs County. He will have a large area to cover and does not feel the rights of those arrested will be served fairly if he is not able to get to Thermopolis in a speedy manner. His feeling is the...
At a special meeting last Thursday, the Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees signed documents to issue revenue bonds for the purpose of financing the addition and renovation of the hospital. Hospital CEO Margie Molitor explained the bank will officially close on this Thursday, Dec. 20, and the USDA, architects and construction staff are doing pre-construction meetings this week. Following those steps, she said, construction on the project could begin at any time. It’s the f...
During their Tuesday night meeting, the Thermopolis Town Council approved renewing a 40-year contract with the Bureau of Reclamation, for water storage at Boysen Reservoir. The current contract runs out on May 8, 2019. The motion approved last night is for a memorandum of understanding to pay the bureau $15,000 for all the work in getting the contract renewed, sending a check off and budgeting for it. Mayor’s Assitant Fred Crosby said the $15,000 for a 40-year contract is about $370 per year. C...
Shortly after 8 a.m. last Friday, a vehicle rear-ended a school bus. There were no injuries reported and the kids on the bus were accounted for. Damage to the vehicle was more than $1,000 and the driver was cited for following too closely and non-exercise of due care by a driver....
Recently, WellSpring Counseling welcomed two new staff members to its family of clinicians. Joseph Stringer was hired in June as a staff therapist and is licensed as a professional counselor. He has experience in both mental health therapy and substance use disorder treatment. Stringer graduated from Colorado Christian University with his Master's in 2009 and had worked prior to that as a caseworker for the Arapahoe County Department of Human Services. He is also a certified addictions...
Josh Schmidt, a former U.S. Marine and veterans service officer from the Wyoming Veterans Commission, will conduct community outreach services in Thermopolis on Thursday, Dec. 20, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Hot Springs County Senior Citizens Center. Schmidt is available to meet with veterans and their families to discuss state and federal veterans’ benefits, Department of Veterans claims or VA healthcare. He can also help veterans and their families apply for benefits, file claims or request healthcare. Appointments with Schmidt can be scheduled b...
The Thermopolis Head Start center has been busy this year, welcoming new staff members including teacher Jill Van Heule, teacher aide John Martinez and cook Laura Dockter. These three share a love for children and roots in the community. Dockter said she was becoming bored with retirement and the job was open. Van Heule said her husband has lived in this community for 16 years and supported the program, and the two want to raise their children in the county. Martinez started in February as the...
After nearly 40 years of service to Thermopolis and Hot Springs County, a very familiar face is celebrating his retirement this week. John Lumley began working for the Thermopolis Police Department in 1979, working as a dispatcher. By the next year, 1980, he was hired by Sheriff Walt Harvey to work cases with his office until Harvey was defeated in the election of 1982. Lumley was retained by the winner of that race, DeLoyd Quarbeg, and remained as an investigator for the next eight years. When...
There is nothing more special than the sound of a child’s laughter playing with their new toys at Christmas. Something we may not think about though, are the children who are in need of adaptive devices just to exist, much less enjoy something so simple as a toy from Santa. Adaptive technology is out there, but the costs of such toys are often prohibitive for families. A simple toy like a “Tickle Me Elmo” may be $25 in the store, but in order to make Elmo adaptive for a special child, that cost can climb to $100 or more. One Hot Springs Count...
Two hearings have been scheduled in Hot Springs Circuit Court in regard to a drug bust on Nov. 24. Raymond L. Norcutt Jr. of Casper, who attended Hot Springs County High School in the early 2000s, is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on Dec. 21 on 11 felony charges including six counts of possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine, one count of possession of meth and four counts of possession with intent to deliver various substances including oxycodone, methadone hydrochloride,...
The Wyoming Coaches Association recently named Thermopolis cross country coach Stephanie Metz and golf coach Joey Johnson as Coaches of the Year for the 2018 fall sports season. This is Metz's sixth year with Hot Springs County School District No. 1, and she was an assistant swim coach before moving to Wyoming. She taught third grade her first year in the district, and during the past five years she has been teaching eigth grade math. One of the years she taught seventh and eighth grade math.... Full story
At their Nov. 29 meeting, Thermopolis Town Council approved the audit of the financial statements for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, with much appreciation for the time and work Koerwitz, Michel, Wright and Associates put into preparing it. Among the highlights listed in the audit, the town exceeded its liabilities at June 30, 2018 by $28,567,974 (net position), compared to $27,705,536 in 2017. Of that, $7,463,589 can be used to meet the government’s ongoing obligations to citizens and c...
Over the summer, a rash of vandalism started happening in Hot Springs State Park, including damage to trees, lights taken and wires cut on the Swinging Bridge and damage to the fish feeders. Park Superintendent Kevin Skates noted two juveniles have been cited for throwing hatchets and knives at the trees around the Big Spring, and during the Gift of the Waters Pageant some juveniles were spotted breaking into the fish feeders and taking the money out. A couple saw the juveniles, he said, and made them return it. The bridge lights haven’t b...
Friday marks the last day you’ll be able to see one of the smiling faces you’ve come to expect in the County Assessor’s Office as Judy Carswell begins her retirement. She began working in the office in 1997 when Shelley Deromedi hired her. “She was a wonderful person to work for and made the job easier,” Carswell said. “She had a plan to put Hot Springs County on GIS (Geographical Information System) and thought I would be the one to help her do that.” Carswell was a mapper for 25 years before coming to the assessor’s office, so she was the...
There are several openings for various boards in Hot Springs County and the county commissioners would like to get them all filled as soon as possible. The positions are open to anyone within Hot Springs County. There is one opening on the Fair Board, which is a five year term. The Predatory Animal Control Board is needing one Sportsman member for a three year term. That representative must be a resident of the county not engaged in raising sheep, goats or cattle and must hold or have held either a valid Wyoming fishing or hunting license or a...
Not every community in Wyoming has a Public Health office, so we, in Hot Springs County are very fortunate to have this health resource available. In addition to things like immunizations, Public Health is involved in the local emergency drills as well as other drills throughout the Big Horn Basin. According to Hot Springs County Nurse Manager, Tricia McPhie, the department has 29 residents involved in their Chronic Disease clinic, eight involved in the communicable disease program as well as 15 referrals from long term care services. The...
Though people can find themselves typically facing a judge in circuit court or district court, another arena is provided through drug court, also referred to a family treatment court. Though currently not available in this county, it is available in the surrounding area and there is a desire to get a court here. Fifth Judicial Circuit Court Judge Thomas Harrington explained the county never had a “drug court,” but does have what’s referred to as a family treatment court, which originated as a ju...
As students returned from their Thanksgiving break their parents were informed of a new system being used district-wide that added a new level to the security at each of the buildings. The Raptor Visitor Management System allows the schools to better screen visitors, contractors and volunteers at the various buildings. A form of identification, such as a driver’s license, is scanned or manually entered into the system and Raptor will check to ensure no registered sex offenders are entering t...
