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New Orleans singer songwriter Kerry Grombacher explains to the English III class about inspiration and structure to create a good song....
Several new teachers joined the Hot Springs County School District for the 2015-16 school year. Thomas Koehler Thomas Koehler, who is starting his first year as an Industrial Arts teacher at Hot Springs County High School, has nine years' teaching experience and a strong background in construction, welding, drafting, and machining. He moved to Thermopolis with his wife, who teaches third grade at RWE. His favorite aspect of teaching is being able to expose students to every opportunity they...
What if your family was living a busy and involved life, as respected members of the community, businessmen, civic leaders, homeowners, children active in schools. Then suddenly, overnight, everything is turned upside down. You are given a few days to pack what can be carried in a suitcase, rounded up by military guards, and removed from your home to a remote area where you must make a new life surrounded by barbed wire fences, guards in towers watching 24 hours a day. It happened to nine-year-old Sam Mihara in 1942, then living in San...
Jim and Peggy Kirsch recently met with U.S. Senator John Barrasso in his Washington, D.C. office. The couple visited the nation's capital with the Foster Grandparents of Wyoming organization....
The annual WYO Quarter Horse Fall Sale saw 98 horses sold to 15 different states and three horses sold to Peru on Saturday. Carole Smith, co-owner of the WYO Ranch, said this Fall's sale was "a good sale," and about "on par with last year's Fall sale." 30 geldings, 35 two-year-olds, eight yearlings, and 25 weanlings were sold. The average price of the geldings was $13,425, the two-year-olds $5,212.86, the yearlings $1,131.21, and the weanlings $894. The high selling horse, a 6 year-old buckskin...
An Interactive Health Fair for Seniors will be held Thursday, Sept. 24 from 8:30-11 a.m. at Hot Springs County Senior Center at 206 Senior Avenue. A sensible nutrition demonstration, dining with diabetes class signups, A1C testing and foot checks by the Public Health Nurse, blood pressure checks, ionic foot baths by Natural Health Solutions, fall prevention and senior fitness demonstrations by Gottsche and flu shots through Shopko will be available during the health fair. Representatives from Paintbrush Dental and Wyoming Cancer Resource...
“A Rambling Stretch,” a concert of contemporary jazz music inspired by the beauty of the Cowboy State and its landscape by composer and Wyoming native Tyler Gilmore, will visit Thermopolis Wednesday, Sept. 23. The performance will be at the Hot Springs County School Auditorium at 7 p.m. Tickets are $8 for adults, $6 for seniors and students are free. In the performances, Gilmore explores Wyoming’s landscapes and people with the accompaniment of a 12-piece jazz chamber ensemble. The origins of Gilmore’s music composition can be traced back to...
Student enrollment for Hot Springs County School District is up from last year with 664 total students as of Sept. 15, compared with 613 students enrolled on Sept. 22, 2014. Ralph Witters Elementary is up by 15 students with 239 compared to 224 at this time last year. Thermopolis Middle School enrollment was 204 at this time last year. There are 209 students enrolled this year. Hot Springs County High School has 216 students enrolled compared to 186 at this time last year. The senior class...
The Hot Springs County Commissioners discussed a variety of issues at their Sept. 1 meeting at the county annex. Sheriff Lou Falgoust told the commissioners he would like to see the sheriff impound lot moved from its current location for security reasons. The commissioners agreed a new location with secure fencing is needed. Falgoust will provide the commissioners with cost estimates for fencing at the new location for their approval. County assessor Shelley Deromedi presented six 2015 tax rebates to the commissioners for their approval....
Thermopolis Volunteer Fireman James Coats holds his boot up for approaching motorists to see during the Fill the Boot fundraiser on Labor Day Monday in Thermopolis at the stoplight. Adriana Rivera holds a boot for a driver to drop in her donation....
The Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce discussed Tuesday the recent Demolition Derby and plans for future Thermopolis parades at its latest meeting. The Board declared the recent Demolition Derby, which was attended by over 2,000 people, a smashing success. The board suggested advertising for next year's event earlier, and reviewed prize money for each category. Some members supported the idea of holding two derbies a year like neighboring Riverton, but discussion of the topic was ultim...
A ninety minute work session by the Thermopolis Town Council still did not yield an easy answer for the water rate increase. The council's goal is to make a fair increase and to have a reserve of funds for future maintenance needs of the water plant and system for the town. There was representative of the community in the audience. Margo Skaggs voiced her opinion for the increase. She had several concerns, one that the rate increase will not keep up with future inflation. Another concern she Ska...
Fred Lombardi, 53, of Casper was making a turn onto the Wedding of the Waters road north of the mouth of Wind River Canyon Friday. Distracted by his cell phone, Peter St. Clair, 32, of Bar Nunn collided with the backside of Lombardi’s car. St. Clair’s truck was traveling at the posted speed limit when it made contact. The car was sling-shotted across the west shoulder through several fences coming to a stop several hundred feet from the initial impact. Emergency teams responded, the driver of the car had to be extracted. Both driver’s were...
The Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust awarded Alan Barnett its eighth annual Kurt Bucholz Conservation Award at its Annual Roundup, held August 29 at Warren Livestock Co.'s Pole Creek Ranch outside of Cheyenne. Many Wyoming producers know Barnett through his work with Farm Credit Services but in addition to his career as an ag lender, Alan and his family bought a ranch on Gooseberry Creek at the edge of Hot Springs County. A conservation easement on that ranch was completed in 2005 and led the...
Ann Allen, Zamar Bridges and Tyler Brooks practice cleaning dinosaur bones in teacher Lacey Shaffer's kindergarten class at Ralph Witters Elementary....
Two new reporters have joined the Thermopolis Independent Record staff. Durward D. Jones is a new face at the IR, but not a new face in Thermopolis. You might recognize him from his days at Hot Springs County High School when he used to drive his flat-black, three-quarter ton truck up and down the main street with his friends, or after his 1990 graduation when he worked at Northwest BOCES, taking care of mentally handicapped or emotionally disturbed children. You might also recognize him from...
The final Hot Springs State Park Master Plan open house, which allows community members to voice their opinions on the plan that will shape the next 20 years of Hot Springs State Park, will be held on September 14. The Master Plan is currently in its draft stage, which has thus far has been formulated with input from the Wyoming Division of State Parks, Historic Sites and Trails (SPHST) and the park staff; a steering committee; and the general public. According to the SPHST, the plan...
First Baptist Church to hold spiritual renewal meetings The First Baptist Church will host Barry Webb, who will lead spiritual renewal meetings from the 13-18 September. The Webbs will lead services at First Baptist Church this weekend, with Sunday School at 9:45 a.m., the Morning Service at 11 a.m., the Evening Service at 6 p.m., and daily Bible Study at 7 p.m. Webb and his wife, Cheryl, utilize their puppetry and musical skills to present the Bible to churchgoers of all ages. Webb plays multiple instruments and often draws chalk images and...
Ralph Witters Elementary students enjoy their recess on the playground....
The 15th annual Fall WYO Quarter Horse Ranch Sale will be Saturday, Sept. 12 at 1 p.m. at Hot Springs County Fairgrounds. The fall sale is the second of two sales each year featuring the horses of Bill and Carole Smith, Jack and Becky Wipplinger and Dr. H.B. “Woody” Bartlett. The “Parade of Geldings & Two-Year-Olds” video display will take place at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11 at the fairgrounds. A performance preview is scheduled for 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 12. The auction this year features 40 broke geldings, 35 started two-year-olds, 9 yearlin...
What if your family was living a busy and involved life, as respected members of the community, businessmen, civic leaders, homeowners, children active in schools. Then suddenly, overnight, everything is turned upside down. You are given a few days to pack what can be carried in a suitcase, rounded up by military guards, and removed from your home to a remote area where you must make a new life surrounded by barbed wire fences, guards in towers watching 24 hours a day. It happened to nine-year-old Sam Mihara in 1942, then living in San...
Thermopolis Volunteer Firemen and their families spent Labor Day Monday raising money for multiple sclerosis during their Fill the Boot fundraising drive held at the stoplight....
For hunters looking for additional places to hunt this year, the 2015 Walk-in Hunting Atlas is now available on the Wyoming Game and Fish and Department’s website at https://wgfoapps.wyo.gov/plpwhmprogram/frmWalkinHuntingHome.aspx. The online atlas features hundreds of walk-in areas where hunters can access private lands for a variety of species. The Walk-in program has been responsible for providing more than a million acres of access to hunters annually. It is part of the overall Private Lands Public Wildlife program and is partly funded b...
Friday September 18 is the 8th annual Friends of NRA Banquet. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with dinner served at 7 p.m. There will be good food, games and lots of prizes. Tickets are being sold at White Horse Country Store, Thermopolis Hardware, The Story Teller, and Grumpy’s BBQ or call Paul Garbin at 921-8304. Tickets are limited so hurry to get yours. They are $35 each for adults and $25 each for 14 & under. This is a chance to be part of an event that has been giving back to the community for a...
With a call to order Mayor Mike Mortimore began the Town council meeting Tuesday night with the Pledge of Allegiance and the meeting was soon under way. A review of Mac's Bar request for a catering permit for their Customer Appreciation Bash to be held on September 12 had a few concerns about noise levels but the council was assured they would be kept at decent levels for the evening. A motion was passed in favor for the permit. Heath Overfield, the town engineer, had several updates to report.... Full story
