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The Hot Springs County Commissioners discussed for the last time the final preparations for the new county airport, set to open on Nov. 7. The airport project, which formally began October 16, 2012, passed Wyoming Department of Transportation Aeronautics Division and Federal Aviation Administration inspections last week “with flying colors,” according to GDA engineer Jeremy Gilb. Gilb added that the inspectors were “very impressed” with the status and function of the airport. One of the last orders of business yet to be completed at the air...
Specialty Towing is the new name for the local vehicle towing service here in Thermopolis . Dennis Leonhardt of Finishing Touches saw the need to keep a towing service in town and purchased what was formally known as Auto and RV Specialties. Leonhardt did not want to see the business leave Thermopolis. With the purchase of the new business, Leonhardt was able to keep the same staff on board. So the towing experience of the staff is still there. While some of the services have changed, the...
Thermopolis local and hometown hero Jayci Mead returned in October from the Million Dollar Bucking Bulls Games with not one, but two bulls in the top 25. Her two bulls, Call Me Trigger and Wyoming Dominator, finished tied for 10th and 18th respectively out of 200 bulls. The 21 year-old Thermopolis native's fate was seemingly sealed when her high school had a career day during which students could explore possible career paths for the future. Mead chose 'bucking bull stock contractor' because of...
The Ag Citizen of the Year and Rising Star award winner will be announced at the Harvest Moon Ball Saturday, Nov. 14 at the Hot Springs County Fair Building at 6 p.m. The Century Award will be presented to the Shumway/Ready families. Nominees for Ag Citizen of the Year are Ray Shaffer, Bobbi Zupan, Cindy Denton and Chip Axtell. Nominees for Rising Star are Darcy Axtell, Justin Reed, Jake Agar and Brian Johnson. The Shumway/Ready families originate back to 1908 when Edith (Ready) Shumway’s father Jesse Ready and his brother Abe settled on Owl C...
Three different events will be held in Thermopolis Wednesday, Nov. 11 in honor of Veterans Day. The Thermopolis Middle School Student Council will host a Veterans Day program at 8:30 a.m. in the school auditorium. The program will honor those who have selflessly fought for our country. Everyone is welcome to attend the free program. The public is also invited to attend services honoring the first serviceman from Hot Springs County to die in battle on foreign soil. The Hot Springs County Pioneer Association, in cooperation with Hot Springs...
A Christmas Craft Fair will be held Saturday, Nov. 7 in the banquet room at the Days Inn from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Vendors will be featuring LuLaRoe, Avon, Scentsy, Tupperware, Younique, wood working, homemade jewelry, baked goods and more....
The Hot Springs County Senior Citizens Center is having its annual fall cinnamon roll sale. The enormous rolls will be $1.50 each or $18 per dozen and ready for delivery on two dates, Friday, Nov. 6 or Friday, Nov. 13. Pre-orders are a must and need to be received on or before Nov. 5 for pickup Nov. 6 or before Nov. 12 for Nov. 13 pickup. Proceeds from the cinnamon roll sale will benefit the senior citizens center. For more information or to order your treats stop by the center at 206 Senior Ave. or call 864-2151....
Sign up now for the Elf Tree at the H.O.P.E Agency at 426 Big Horn Street or the Department of Family Services at 403 Big Horn Street. Parents of children ages newborn to seventeen must have their slips signed and returned to either of the two agencies no later than December 14 to be included on the tree. The tree will be on display beginning November 19 at the Storyteller. People are encouraged to pick an “Elf” from the tree. Gifts for the Elf Tree should be wrapped and the elf tag attached to the outside for identification. The last day to...
The HSCHS senior parents are hosting a night of Bingo, along with a chili dinner, Sunday Nov. 15 at the Hot Springs County Fair Building. Proceeds will go to support the 2016 Graduation Party. The event will start with a chili dinner at 5 p.m. with Bingo beginning at 6 p.m. There will be cash prizes available, including two blackouts worth $200 each. Two dinners and two bingo cards can be purchased for $20 Each extra meal or bingo card is $5 each. For more information and tickets contact Falina Hill (307) 921-9954. Tickets will also be...
Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Care Center was presented with a Nursing home Quality Award from Mountain-Pacific Quality Health during the Wyoming Health Care Association meeting held Oct. 22. TRCC earned the award based on its outstanding performance in giving excellent care. Recipients of this award have to be in good standing with Wyoming's state survey agency, the Office of Healthcare Licensing and Survey and achieve a National Nursing Home Quality of Care Composite score of seven or lower...
Shirley Morgan, president of the Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital auxiliary, describes her service to the auxiliary as a “circle of life”, volunteerism supports the hospital staff, which in turn helps members of this community. However, volunteerism at the hospital auxiliary has been declining so much that Morgan has trouble staffing the hospital gift shop. The auxiliary has about 32 members, but as Morgan says, “Most of us are older,” and participation includes baking sweets for the monthly...
Sign up starting Monday, Nov. 9 for the 2015 Community Christmas Baskets at the H.O.P.E. Agency at 426 Big Horn Street. Last year, the program provided more than 100 boxes of food to families in need throughout the community with the help of volunteers, organizations and businesses in Thermopolis. The last day to sign up for the program will be Friday, Dec. 11 with pickup of the baskets on Saturday, Dec. 19 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Parish Hall at 642 Arapahoe. Nonperishable food donations may be left in the...
Local scout troops will be holding a community food drive on Saturday, Nov. 14 to benefit the Community Food Bank and the Christmas Basket program. Place your food donations in a bag by your front door for pick up. Empty bags will not be distributed this year. They are asking for donations of nonperishable food items so the scouts and other volunteers may pick them up between 8 a.m. and noon. If your donation is not picked up or if you will be out of town that day, you may leave your bag in the entry at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 642...
Community members are being asked to provide names and addresses of local Military personnel who are currently serving overseas so they can be included to receive Christmas boxes being put together for servicemen and women. Contact Lily Hayes at 921-9106 to provide the information. Watch next week’s IR for information about how you can help....
Two for foreign exchange students are attending Hot Springs County High School. They are both living with Dale and Ciley Andreen. Ketaelyn Freitas The world is a big place; it has gotten somewhat smaller through things like television, cellular phones, and Internet. Through those methods we can experience different cultures and see new places that we have never seen before. Sometimes people are lucky enough to experience new cultures first hand. Ketaelyn Freitas is one such person. She has...
Kids costume contest winners Ghost, goblins, princesses, superheroes and other assorted characters invaded Bicentennial Park Thursday evening for the annual Pinnacle Bank Kiddies' Costume Contest as part of the Moonlight Madness festivities downtown. Divided up into age groups from 0-1-year-olds to 11-year-olds and up, the top three place winners in each category are: 0-1-year-olds: third place, Piper Reynolds, sunflower; second place, Boden Deromedi, Monsters Inc.; first place, Deanna Meyer,...
An organizational meeting for the solar eclipse will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 1 p.m. at the Days Inn. The eclipse is on August 21, 2017 but plans are already being made, as central Wyoming is one of the most desired areas to view the eclipse from. Hot Springs State Park & Boysen State Park are working together to determine plans for events to celebrate this rare eclipse. The Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce is involved and anyone else who is interested in planning events should attend the meeting. Local hotels are already...
Lights On sponsored the annual Pre K Eerie Science Lab at the Thermopolis Middle School with the goal for the kids to learn about science. The middle school students started early in the week preparing all the different types of experiments that would be presented. It was orientated in a way that the middle school kids can mentor the prekindergarten kids as they showed the younger students the many fascinating and weird marvels of the eerie science. Many of the experiments had a Halloween flare...
Rosalee Dawn Johnson, 19, of Aurora, Colo., was arraigned earlier this month in Fifth Judicial District Court after allegedly steeling $50, 000 in cash from a Thermopolis residence. According to a sworn affidavit, a Thermopolis resident reported that several of her medications and $50,000 in cash was stolen from her residence in June. Johnson and the victim both left the victim’s house to eat at a local restaurant. The victim reported that Johnson left halfway through their meal. It was days lat...
The Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital has ordered a new fetal heart monitor, a critical piece of equipment to help save the lives of babies in Hot Springs County. The process of acquiring a new fetal heart monitor started about a year ago in Oct. 2014, when the Hospital Foundation Board challenged the Thermopolis community to raise half of the $30,000 price tag. A year later, over $17,000 had been raised, exceeding the $15,000 goal. Over the last year, there have been a number of events...
A number of exciting moves toward the future were made during a busy Main Street Thermopolis meeting on Oct. 22. The meeting opened with discussion about the Main Street Thermopolis ornaments, which depict the Klink Building and are the first of the group’s yearly ornament series, which will feature local historical treasures. A total of 75 ornaments were ordered. About 35 of them have sold so far, and Main Street members will approach local businesses in the hopes that they will purchase and s...
An appreciation dinner for police officers, firemen and first responders will be held Sunday, Nov. 1 at 5 p.m. at the VFW on Broadway Street. Organizers ask that first responders, police, sheriffs deputies, firemen and their spouses arrive for dinner. Community members are invited to join the festivities at 6 p.m. and are encouraged to reach out to Jessica Slagle at 921-9765 with stories of how brave first responders, police officers, or firemen have impacted their lives. “With everything g...
Dusky Getzfreid and her family have been left homeless and without possessions this week after their family home in Greybull went up in flames. Getzfreid said her house and all family’s possessions and vehicles were lost in the fire. The family has been put in an even more difficult position; without insurance, the police will not investigate the fire and none of the family’s possessions will be replaced. “When I woke up, one room was on fire,” said Xamyka Getzfreid, who was present when th...
Cody Hensley has opened a new tire shop in Thermopolis. Rocking Arrow Tire, at 431 Amoretti Street, is setting up shop and is here to take care of your tire repair and purchase needs. Wanting to bring back customers Hensley feels are shopping out of town for their tire maintenance needs, Rocking Arrow Tire is focusing on customer service. They offer pick up and delivery to their customers. If tires are not on hand, there is typically a 24-48 hour wait. Rocking Arrow Tire has tires delivered...
Hot Springs County Library director Tracey Kinnaman appealed Friday afternoon to the Hot Springs County commissioners for stop-gap funding to cover the library’s overdrafted bank account. Kinnaman told the commissioners that the library had expended its cash reserves, and the funding issue was not a budgetary one but simply a cash flow problem. Commissioner Brad Basse agreed, saying of the funding issue, “This isn’t unprecedented, it’s happened before.” Kinnaman said by June 30, 2016, the libra...
