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As the school year came to a close, several students at Thermopolis Middle School were recognized for their academic accomplishments. 7th and 8th Grade Awards: Jessie C. Thompson Writing Award 7th Grade first - Oakley Bowman, second - Emme Norsworthy; 8th Grade first - Ashley Brawley, second - Dani Jo Pebbles Patriotic Pen - Dakota Leonhardt Outstanding Language Arts Students 7th Grade - Jasmine Collins, Dakota Leonhardt, Tricia Capelle, Bri DeVries and Maia Oliver; 8th Grade - Hannah Hu, Tyler...
Members of the Hot Springs County High School Speech and Debate Team are preparing for their performances at the National Tournament in Salt Lake City, Utah. The duet team of Amanda Dinsmore and Eryn Robinson will depart with coach, Cindy Glasson, on Saturday for the week long tournament. “This is the culmination of the speech season and their speech careers,” Glasson said. “They will be competing against students from all over the country and several foreign countries, across seven venues, for an entire week. It’s stressful beyond imagination,...
Dakota Leonhardt shakes hands with Jeff Strong, upon receiving the Patriotic Pen award. Also presenting the award were Shirley Wildman, center, and Nancy Madrigal....
Enrollment in the Hot Springs County School District has increased from 610 at the end of the 2014-15 school year to 654 at the end of the 2015-16 school year. The enrollment in the majority of grades has also increased. First grade enrollment has increased from 41 students at the end of the 2014-15 school year to 48 students at the end of this year. Third grade has increased from 46 students last year to 51 students this year. Fourth grade has increased from 39 students to 54 students. Sixth...
The Old West Quilt Guild made and donated an alphabet quilt to the Hot Springs County Library. Members of the guild include Margie Jackson, Jackie Connolly, Georgeanne Hammond, Nellie Corley, Liz Smith, Peggy Faler, Tracey Van Heule, Cindy Toth, Janice Dunbar, Marge Slack and Kathy Hammond. Kathy Hammond said it was yearlong project for the guild. "It was our intent to give it to the library," Hammond said. "We like to do stuff in our quilt guild that helps the community. It was truly a group...
Big Horn Basin Foundation Director Jessica Lippincott recently received $1,100 from the Thermopolis Community Fund to pay for 13 children to participate in a local Kids' Dig. The normal cost of the Kids' Dig is $85, which none of the kids had to pay for. The kids are at Wyoming Dinosaur Center from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. They receive a t-shirt, water bottle, lunch and a sample bag to collect surface fossils in the Sundance Sea Formation. They also get to make a plaster cast, dig in the Morrison...
Hot Springs County School District Superintendent Dustin Hunt said the district’s top priority, as far as the recent guidance issued May 13 by the Obama administration, which directs public schools to allow transgender students to use the bathroom matching their gender identity, is to make all students feel comfortable and safe in school. The guidance issued by the Obama administration does not have the full force of law, but it does contain an implicit threat, stating that schools that do n...
Thursday afternoon at the Hot Spring County Memorial Hospital cafeteria, staff waited in anticipation for the guest of honor to arrive. As Robin Roling stepped through the door, it was obvious just how much she meant to the hospital, and how much the staff meant to her. The surprise party helped add a bit of fun to Roling’s last days with the hospital. The outgoing CEO announced her resignation in March. Her family, she said, was originally from southern Wyoming. As is frequently the case her pa...
The Hot Springs County School District decided not to renew partnership with Fremont County BOCES beginning with the 2017-18 school year and approved staffing recommendations at a meeting on May 24. Superintendent Dustin Hunt told board members that Uinta School District and Park County School District have both voted to join the Hot Springs Early Childhood BOCES. Hot Springs County School District could choose to opt out of Fremont County BOCES by giving them a year’s notice. With the v...
Decorated with glow necklaces and bright paints, this group of kids couldn't wait to get moving on the Glow Run Friday evening. The run was planned by Gottsche as a fundraiser and to provide something fun for the town....
Members of V.F.W. Post 2281 performed Memorial Day services at Monument Hill Cemetery, Riverside Cemetery and on the Park Street Bridge. Above, Jeff Strong, Gary Evans, Alton Ramsey, Dick Howe, Rod Slocum and Dave Weber pay tribute during the service at Riverside Cemetery. Hawk's Avenue of Flags, created in memory of Donald L. 'Hawk' Hawkins, were on display at Monument Hill Cemetery. His family members created the memorial to honor deceased Veterans by displaying the casket flags used at their...
County Emergency Management Coordinator Bill Gordon explained mitigation is a process wherein people try to accomplish projects that will lessen the effects of disasters on the community. "You try to determine some places where you can take action ahead of time, to minimize the damage and the threat to the public when a disaster hits." Currently, the Hot Springs County All Hazards Mitigation Planning Committee is developing a mitigation plan. The plan, Gordon said, would be a living document,...
Monday, in Hot Springs County District Court, it was a packed room — physically, and emotionally — for the sentencing of Cody Shinost, who was found guilty in February on a count of aggravated vehicular homicide while under the influence of alcohol and two counts of control of a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol resulting in serious bodily injury. The charges are the result of a May 2014 vehicle rollover accident that claimed the life of Madisen Price, left her sister Delanie in a months-long coma with severe head trauma and cau...
Tuesday evening, the Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees accepted the Community Needs Assessment as presented by Marketing Director John Gibbel. According to the report, which includes all of Hot Springs County - as it is the hospital's service area - 21 percent of people do not have access to health insurance. These people fall under the Medicaid expansion that the Wyoming legislature refused to pass. They don't make enough to qualify for subsidies under Enroll Wyoming. They...
On Friday, May 20 in Casper, one of Thermopolis's long-time businessmen was awarded the Pioneer Award from the Wyoming Trucking Association. Thomas E. Ryan of Ryan Brothers Trucking was nominated for the award by his grandson Matt, who stated his grandfather began driving for his great-grandfather John in the late 1940's at about the age of 13. That operation was based in Douglas, and hauled livestock and general flatbed freight. Thomas noted his father didn't have vehicles other than the...
Dirt floors, plenty of hands-on opportunities and a heck of a view. This is what the office of Sonja Becker looks like northwest of Thermopolis. Becker's grandparents Fred and Marjorie Becker bought 150 acres in 1957. She noted her grandfather was a welder for the Empire Oil Field. "He farmed," she said, "but didn't subsist solely on the funds from the farm." Becker's father Keith came back in 1973 to take over, when her grandfather felt it was too much to handle; he had purchased a couple other...
Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital is hosting a meet and greet for the new interim CEO, Margie Molitor, Monday, June 6 from 5-7 p.m. in the hospital lobby. Molitor has been an RN for 32 years, and has been in rural leadership positions for the past 26 years. She lives in the Big Horn Basin and is familiar with the challenges of rural health care. She will be replacing Robin Roling who has accepted the position of COO at Cheyenne Regional Hospital. Food and drinks will be provided.... Full story
Performer, humorist, columnist, actor, commentator and cowboy, all of these describe Will Rogers. May 25, the Hot Springs County Library hosted "The Wit of Will Rogers and the Woman Behind the Wit, Betty Rogers." The program follows Will's early career from his early Wild West days, through Vaudeville and into his days of radio and the movies - the silent films and the "talkies." As the program was about the husband and wife team, it was fitting that presenters were authors Richard and Mary Matu...
The 2016 primary election date will be Aug. 16, and several local individuals are running for various positions. Running for Hot Springs County Commissioner are Republican candidates Joseph Casciato, Hub Whitt, Mike Chimenti, Phillip Scheel and Joe Martinez. Running for 2016 Republican Precinct Committeemen and Women are Jamie George (Precinct 3/3), Jerry D. Williams (Precinct 1/1), Daniel Bravenec (Precinct 1/2), Jim Collins (Precinct 3/3), Kevin Dickey (Precinct 2/4), Toni Casciato (Precinct...
Ralph Witters Elementary new student registration will be from 9-11 a.m. July 12 for the 2016-17 school year. Any new student should register at this time. Immunization records and birth certificates will be required to register....
Ron Harvey is running for Wyoming Senate District 20. The issues Harvey is most concerned with are the state budget for which he believes essential services must come first, 2nd Amendment rights, fighting against over regulation of federal government agencies, creating jobs in Wyoming through economic development and allowing existing small businesses to prosper and transparency of government. If elected, Harvey said he will listen to the wants and needs of the citizens. "I will take the informa...
The Wyoming Democratic Party forwarded a petition to the Democratic National Committee proposing a change to the state's delegate allocation at the Wyoming Democratic Convention in Cheyenne on Saturday. The petition calls for Sanders to get five district-level delegates and Hillary Clinton to get three. This would represent a shift of one delegate to Sanders. In the state's caucuses, Sanders won with 57 percent of the vote, while Clinton received 43 percent. Both candidates are currently...
Hot Springs County School District Number One announced its participation in the National School Lunch and/or School Breakfast Programs for the 2016 summer school sessions. The National School Lunch and/or School Breakfast Program is/are a USDA federal program(s) that reimburses the district/school for serving nutritious meals to students. According to Food Services Director Cindy Wallingford, the summer food program is open to the public and will be served at Ralph Witters Elementary School. The program is free for all students and $4 for...
If you have participated in a Sip N Paint, you are wanted to display your paintings during the Second Friday ArtStroll June 10 and 11. Sip N Paint painters will be the featured artists during this monthly event which is held in downtown Thermopolis. Friday evening’s stroll, June 10 will be held from 5-8 p.m. with various activities, refreshments, live music and artist shows. Strollers can stop and view the many different canvases created by the Sip N Paint painters. The canvases that have been painted during any previous Sip N Paint will be o...
Eight youth participated in 4-H Presentation Day at the Hot Springs County Extension Office. Jessie Pennoyer's subject was a "4-H Camp T-shirt Story." As part of her presentation she showed a rain stick that she made at camp as well as displaying many of the official camp shirts she has gotten every year. Presentation subject matter ranged from how to clean and load a muzzleloader to National Parks, Historic Sites and State Parks. HSC Fair Certificates and rosettes were presented to winners...
