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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...
The second and final public comment meeting regarding the Black Mountain Road Study will be held Thursday, Nov. 5 at 6 p.m. at the Hot Springs County Annex Building, 117 North 4th Street. The public is invited to attend the meeting to provide comment and input on the investigation and proposed alternatives for the road. “I would highly encourage participation in this, the final public meeting, for the Black Mountain Road Study,” County Commissioner Brad Basse said regarding the report. “This effort has been carried out thus far with very littl...
Matt Ryan and Joe Doak, members of the 307 Officials Association, have been selected by the Wyoming High School Activities Association to officiate the First Round Class “1-A Six Man” State Football Playoff Game between Normative Services and Snake River on Friday, Oct. 30....
The Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital’s new MRI project is on track according to Robin Roling, the HSCMH CEO. Roling said during the hospital’s monthly board meeting that an invitation for bids was sent to general contractors on Oct. 19, and this week the hospital will have a mandatory walkthrough for all interested bidders. Bids must be presented by the week of Nov. 19, and will then be presented to the board during the group’s November meeting. If all goes according to plan, const...
Most of the United States will revert to standard time at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov.1 with the end of this year’s Daylight Saving Time (DST). Clocks will be moved backward one hour. DST began this year on March 8 at 2 a.m. when clocks were moved forward one hour. For the U.S. territories, DST is not observed in Hawaii, Arizona, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the Common wealth of Northern Mariana Islands...
A variety of events are planned in Thermopolis to celebrate Halloween. After you attend Moonlight Madness Thursday, Oct. 29 there is still plenty of fun to be had. The Hot Springs County Library will be sponsoring a Halloween Party Friday, Oct. 30. Ages 8 and under are invited from 2:30-3:30 p.m. and ages 9 and over are invited from 3:30-5 p.m. There will be prizes award for best costume in each age group. Bring your ghouls and goblins to Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital Saturday, Oct. 31 for trick or treating. Ritz Theater is offering a...
The Hot Springs County Sheriff’s office has issued a number of Halloween safety tips for children while they are trick-or-treating including: •Always use good judgment. Obey all laws. •Young children should always trick-or-treat with an adult. •No children should go trick-or-treating alone. •Plan your route and make sure your family knows what it is. •Wait until your parents have checked your treats before eating them. •Be cautious. Stay at the doorway of homes and never go inside. •Only visit houses with the lights on. •Make sure your costume...
A short rain shower on Tuesday caused a rainbow to appear over Thermopolis....
Pianist Andre Bohren plays a few notes from a classic Star Wars tune, comparing it to the classical music piece he had played previously for the seventh grade Thermopolis Middle School band class....
Wyoming native and former Thermopolis pastor, Dan Molyneux, has published his second book titled “Elias’ Proverbs.” Molyneux served as pastor of the Community Federated Church for over 10 years, from 1986 through 1996. “Elias’ Proverbs” is a collection of poetic proverbs that are philosophical, spiritual, and, above all, inspirational. Elias the Teacher began to teach in the ancient city of Antioch, speaking words filled with power and wisdom Elias was introduced to readers in Molyneux’s first book, “The Angel of Antioch”, a tale of faith, pe...
