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Katherine Spatol of Cheyenne, Wyo. and the late Theodore Spatol and Kenneth, and Lesli Person Fitzgerald of Scottsbluff, Neb., and Robert and Debra Grimes of Lorton, Va. are pleased to announce the engagement of their children. Lisa Spatol is a graduate of Hot springs County High School in Thermopolis, Wyo. and a graduate of LCCC of Cheyenne, Wyo. She is employed with Advanced Dental of Cheyenne, Wyo. as a dental hygienist. Brandon Grimes is a graduate of Sherman E. Burroughs High School in...
Brad Cline from the Wyoming Veterans Commission will conduct community outreach services June 11 at the Hot Springs Museum from noon-2 p.m. Cline is available to meet with veterans and their families to discuss state and federal veterans’ benefits, Department of Veterans Affairs claims, or VA healthcare. Cline can also help veterans and their families apply for benefits, file claims or request healthcare. Please contact Cline at 307-250-3890 for more information, or to schedule an appointment....
Coaches, teams, friends and family gathered last week to celebrate the accomplishments of sports and activities at Hot Springs County High School and witness the induction of the 2015 Hall of Fame. Each sport, from football to volleyball, wrestling and cheerleading as well as the music department and speech and debate team gave a recap of their individual seasons before the Hall of Fame ceremony. Allen Bucher Inducted into the Hall of Fame for Male Athlete, was 1980 graduate Allen Bucher, a...
Public comment is being accepted until June 29, on the Boysen Reservoir Resource Management Plan/Environmental Assessment and Boysen State Park Master Plan draft preferred alternative. The plan and preferred alternative will guide management of recreation and natural resources at the state park. The preferred alternative was developed through a planning process which included a series of steering committee meetings, community meetings, and community outreach. Under the preferred alternative future development is based on a moderate increase in...
Fifth grade students from Thermopolis Middle School held their DARE graduation ceremony last week in the auditorium. DARE coordinator, Cindy Magelky, led her final graduation as she is retiring from the program after 27 years of teaching children to say no to drugs, alcohol and tobacco. The following students graduated from the program: Mr. Strenger's Class Austin Barral Draven Morgan Kael Berg Ryan Mosser Mariah Brooks Kaidy Randall Jim Christensen Gunner Schepker Julie Johnson Michael Slagle...
Emergency Management coordinator Bill Gordon held a conference call on Tuesday afternoon regarding water levels in the Big Horn and Wind Rivers. The river is currently flowing at 5500 cfs (cubic feet per second) and the Bureau of Reclamation hopes to be able to continue that flow for the next two or three days. With inflows into Boysen Reservoir increasing mid-week to approximately 11,000 cfs and slowly subsiding over the weekend, that means the outflow into the Wind River could be raised to as...
Hot Spring County’s unemployment rate decreased slightly between January and February 2015, based on information from the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services. From March to April of this year, unemployment in the county has decreased from 5.1 percent to 4.5 percent. The unemployment rate is back at the same mark it started at in January of this year. Comparatively, from April 2014 to April of this year, unemployment in the county has increased from 4.4 percent to 4.5 percent. The number of potential employees in the county continues to f...
Mama Robin brings lunch to her obviously hungry babies still in the nest. The little ones will be ready to fly on their own in a few short weeks....
An emergency contract totalling nearly $200,000 has been approved for cleanup of mud slides and big rocks near U.S. 20/Wyoming 789 inside Wind River Canyon, according to Wyoming Department of Transportation District 5 maintenance engineer Pete Hallsten of Basin. The $199,200 contract has been awarded to Pab Good Trucking LLC, of Greybull. "This project is scheduled to begin this Thursday, June 4, and will clear the ditches of slide debris and rocks from the highway's clear zone," Hallsten said. "Traffic will be controlled with flaggers, and...
According to information provided by the Bureau of Reclamation, water levels at Boysen Reservoir are expected to rise approximately 2.5 feet in the coming days. The added water will fill the reservoir’s flood pool and will flood some of the reservable campsites at the State Park, as well as several regular and group campsites, especially in the Tough Creek area. Persons with reservations at the affected sites will be contacted by the Division of State Parks, Historic Sites and Trails. The high water level is not expected to require the c...
Mother Nature reared her ugly head over Memorial Day weekend, bringing rain to the Big Horn Basin, which created unstable conditions in Wind River Canyon south of Thermopolis. After a week of rain, things turned loose in the canyon on Sunday bringing rocks, trees and mud, up to eight feet deep in some places, down on the roadway as well as the railroad tracks. According to the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) there are a total of 10 areas along the 13-mile stretch of canyon road...
Things are going to get “shook up” a little at Hot Springs County High School next fall with some changes Principal Scott Shoop reported to the School Board at their meeting last Thursday night. One of the things that will change is the bell schedule for students. In past years, high school students who wished to leave campus for lunch were out at various fast food places at the same time as most businesses were having their lunch hour, too. This sometimes created issues with students being tar...
State Rep. Elaine Harvey, R-Lovell, gave some advice to the Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital Board during their meeting Tuesday. However, Harvey pointed out before she gave advice that she was hesitant to do so. She informed the board that they need to be the ones actively seeking out a hospital district if they want one, as hospital employees do not receive positive responses from the public. “Since you don’t have a hospital district, you need to get one,” she said. As the chairman of the House Labor, Health and Social Services committee,... Full story
Sheldon Skelton used a boat to get down the lane to his house on Kirby Creek Sunday to take his children, Elizabeth, left, and Samuel to the neighbors house during the flooding....
There’s a new coffee roaster in town that is bringing the freshest coffees from around the world to the main street of Thermopolis, and it’s called Jackrabbit Java. Owner/Operator Ellen Reed has been selling coffee, books, and gifts at Storyteller for six years. Her coffee bar offers everything from black coffee to breves and iced coffees to Italian sodas. “Our goal is to bring the freshest coffee with unique flavors from around the world to Wyoming. Drinking coffee should be an experience, not...
Last Thursday was a day not only of celebration for fifth graders at Thermopolis Middle School who completed the DARE program, but the last ceremony to be presented by long-time program coordinator, Cindy Magelky. Magelky began her career after graduation from college as a teacher, teaching music in the school district for many years. A change in careers brought her to the Hot Springs County Sheriff's Department. Five years after Magelky started with the county, then sheriff DeLloyd Quarberg...
The Thermopolis Town Council approved a contract Tuesday to have Carr Coatings of Lovell do painting repairs to the Cedar Ridge tank at a cost of $98,925. Town engineer Heath Overfield recommended the company following their in-state bid rate being lower than the competition. “I’ve never worked with them, but based on their resume they can do it,” Overfield said. Carl Leyba was appointed to the Travel and Tourism Board following a discussion about four applicants for the position. The applicants were Angie Guyon, Rick Tudor, Carl Leyba and B... Full story
Salutatorian Haylee Hoffman had the following to say: Class of 2015, time flew by so fast, and we are now anxiously waiting for that diploma. Congratulations on your achievements and hard work. Like the great rapper Drake once said, "Started from the bottom, now we here." I would like to take this time and thank everyone in the gymnasium today for coming and celebrating the class of 2015. We owe a lot of gratitude to all of you. To our present and past teachers, thank you for sharing your time,...
The Travel and Tourism Board approved offering a renewed one-year contract to Cowgirl Consulting to the tune of $42,500, a five percent increase according to state park superintendent Kevin Skates. Also, the board approved giving $1,000 to the Smoking Waters Golf Tournament for their advertising. “They bring a lot of tourists in,” Skates said. He said the tournament brought in approximately 120 golfers last year. Amanda Moeller explained that most of these people stayed the night after the tournament, many because they decided to celebrate afte...
Tuesday’s meeting of the Hot Springs County Commissioners was an eclectic mix of approvals for various items, continued discussion regarding a fueling system at the new airport, a request from the Hot Springs County Counseling Center and a room filled with folks looking for some changes at the county jail. Hot Springs County Airport One item that is going to be a necessity at the new airport is a fueling system, both for local traffic and for those planes that come in and out of the airport f...
The Hot Springs Count Sheriff’s Office, assisted by the Thermopolis Police Department, recently executed several drug related search warrants. These search warrants were a result of an ongoing criminal investigation. Several arrests have been made and charges ranging from misdemeanor to felony have been filed. The amount of information gained from the investigation, search warrants and arrests will likely result in more search warrants and more arrests in the near future. Law Enforcement has obtained records that indicate names, phone n...
Hot Springs County High School 2015 graduate, Hannah Channel, will be one of two representatives from Wyoming attending the National Youth Science Camp in West Virginia this summer. The camp honors, awards and encourages excellence in science, something Channel intends to pursue as she plans to go into health and medicine in college starting in the fall. Held at Camp Pocahontas in Bartow, West Virginia, Channel will experience lectures from a spectrum of scientific disciplines, have hands-on...
WYO Quarter Horse Ranch had the most successful sale in its 32-year history last weekend at the Hot Springs County fairgrounds with $933,550 brought in at one of the nation's elite quarter horse gelding sales. According to Carole Smith, owner of WYO Quarter Horse Ranch, along with her husband, Bill, said there were buyers from 25 different states with Wyoming being the top state for purchases of the exceptional animals. One of the Smith horses will find its new home in Peru. "It was a great...
The Independent Record office will be closed Monday, May 25 in recognition of Memorial Day. The deadline for classified, display and legal advertising in the May 28 issue is noon Friday, May 22. The deadline for editorial/news content for the May 28 issue is noon Tuesday, May 26....
The “Pretty Little DI’ers” are currently attending the National Destination Imagination competition in Knoxville, Tenn., thanks to the generosity of businesses and individuals throughout Hot Springs County. The girls flew from Denver International Airport on Tuesday for the week-long adventure that will include not just the competition, but additional challenges and learning activities with a twist of fun, all at the University of Tennessee campus. Everything kicks off with an Olymp...
