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How many times have you needed a spare key for your car or your front door, had it cut and got all the way home, only to find that it doesn't work? Well, once the CR Key Checker hits hardware stores and locksmiths around the country, that frustration will be a thing of the past. Hot Springs County native Craig Redland, owner of CR Locksmith, has invented a small device that will check the newly cut key against the original key to verify if it will work or not. Redland says sometimes its just a...
Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital staff members Peggy Hyslope, Annie Bloomquist, Stormy Southwell, Ronda Haun, Marta Scott, Kayla Wood, Bethany Barna, Daniel Hemann, Mitchell Volin P.A.-C., Michelle Westman, Ellen Reynolds P.A.-C., Dr. Mattson Mathey and Paula Clifford completed the Advanced Cardiac Life Support Provider Program. Jeffery VanAntwerp, Barbara Kissel, Kiara Warman, Colton Dobbins and Dusty Barnes have earned their State FFA degrees. Bobbi Jennings earned a Bachelor of Science, and Christina Porath earned a Bachelor of Arts and...
Ashley Jurovich and Jack Martin made the President’s List at Central Wyoming College for the fall 2018 semester. Jessica Morris made the Dean’s List at CWC for the fall 2018 semester. Kameron Olsen has been named to the Dean’s List at George Fox University for the fall 2018 semester. Joe Doak, a member of the Northwest Officials Association, has been selected by the Wyoming High School Activities Association to officiate the 1A West Regional Boys and Girls Basketball Tournament at Lander Valley High School on Feb. 21-23....
Chloe Galovich has been named to the Southeast Missouri State University Dean’s List for academic achievement during the fall 2018 semester. Stormy Cox has been named to the President’s Honor Roll at Montana State University for the fall 2018 semester. Wyatt Wright of Thermopolis has been named to the Dean’s Honor Roll at MSU for the fall 2018 semester. Melissa Ward has been named to the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture’s Dean’s Honor Roll for the fall 2018 semester. Kayla Gilbert and Sampson Rich have been named to the Dean’s Li...
Hot Springs County rancher, Arnold Pennoyer has had a well deserved year of recognition, his latest coming with the Archie Lauer Award, presented to him at the Wyoming Weed and Pest Conference in Casper. First, Pennoyer received his 35-year service pin, having been appointed to the Hot Springs County Weed and Pest board in 1983. At the Saturday night banquet, Pennoyer was then presented with the Archie Lauer Award. Initiated by the Wyoming Weed and Pest Council in honor of Archie Lauer, a Weed...
Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital staff members Shelby Bozner, Carole Jones, Wendy Shelp, Shayna Goff and Shelby Jarrard completed the Advanced Cardiac Life Support Provider Program. The program was supported by the American Heart Association of Colorado and Wyoming. Hospital employees Michelle Smith, Travis Bomengen, Justine Ahumada, Trina Slover and Mattson Mathey recently completed a Pediatric Advanced Life Support Program supported by the American Heart Association. Hospital employees Bree Christiansen, Bridget Truempler, Alyssa...
Craig Reese attended elementary, middle and part of high school in Thermopolis. His parents Dale and Kay were also teachers in the community, with Dale teaching at the high school and Kay teaching throughout the district. Lieutenant Colonel Reese graduated from the University of Wyoming and was commissioned through the Officer Candidates Course, completing Officer Candidate School, the Basic Officer Course and Infantry Course from January to December 2002. In January 2003, Second Lieutenant...
The Pennoyer family, Arnold, Donna and Jessie, attended the 91st Annual National FFA Convention last week in Indianapolis where Arnold was recognized by the national organization as well as the Ram Truck brand as one of three finalists in "The Farmer in All of Us" program as an individual who has made an impact on the agriculture community. To commemorate and celebrate of the fifth anniversary of Ram Truck's iconic Super Bowl commercial featuring Paul Harvey's speech "So God Made a Farmer" Ram...
Joe Doak has been selected by the Wyoming High School Activities Association to officiate the Class 4A semifinal football game between Cheyenne East and Natrona County High School. The game will be played on Friday, Nov. 2 in Casper at 7 p.m. at Dick Cheney Alumni Stadium. Jim Pehringer, formerly of Thermopolis, was recently inducted into the 2018 University of Sioux Falls Athletics Hall of Fame. Pehringer was a federal trapper in Hot Springs County before moving to Cody in 2003....
Tuesday, Oct. 2 marks the final day the Honorable Judge Robert E. Skar will serve as a District Judge of the Fifth Judicial District. Skar announced his retirement in June, and earlier this month Governor Matthew Mead chose to appoint Bobbi Overfield to fill the vacancy. Overfield will see cases in Hot Springs District Court Oct. 15, with her official robing ceremony set for Thursday, Nov. 8 at 3 p.m. This year also marks Skar's 40th as a practicing attorney, having earned his Juris Doctorate...
National FFA Organization announced on Friday, Aug. 4 that Jessie Pennoyer of Thermopolis was selected as a national finalist for the National FFA Proficiency Award in Beef Production-Placement. Pennoyer is one of only four people chosen to compete for this award at the national finals to be held at the 91st National FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis Oct. 24-27. The proficiency awards recognize outstanding student achievement in agribusiness gained through establishment of a new business,...
As of last Thursday, Trenda Moore has been named director of the Hot Springs County Senior Center. Moore said the decision came from the board, though she had been serving as interim director since the resignation of Lisa Pierce earlier this year. After things got a bit settled, Moore said, she chose to apply for the director position. Moore has been with the senior center for 16 years, starting as a sub in the kitchen, then being a janitor for a year and then a case manager. She has lived in Th...
Amanda Dinsmore and Darren Leonhardt were named to the 2018 spring semester President’s Honor Roll at the University of Wyoming. Chloe Crosby, Bailey Fisher, Eric Herold, Haylee Hoffman, Erin Kreho, Jake Maksin, Margaret Ryan, and Courtney Yarrington were named to the 2018 spring semester Dean’s Honor Roll at UW. Dana Bjorhus, Charles Patterson and Zoe Stone were named to the 2018 spring semester Provost’s Honor Roll at UW....
Local attorney Michael Messenger was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association convention in Cody on June 21. Messenger is finishing his 43rd year as a practicing attorney, all of which have been in Thermopolis as he came here during the Pageant Day weekend in 1975. Except for four years as the Hot Springs County and prosecuting attorney from 1978-82, he said, he's "always been on the criminal defense side of that part of the law." Otherwise, he's...
Raymond Malek, Jack Martin and Katyana Springer were named to the Spring 2018 President’s List at Central Wyoming College. Everett Woodward will be doing his post-graduation residency through the UW Family Residence Program in Casper. Mandy Eckhardt, a recent graduate of Sulphur Springs High School and daughter of Todd Eckhardt of Thermopolis, was named to the Spring 2018 Dean’s List at Austin College....
The Judicial Nominating Commission for the Fifth Judicial District has just announced the retirement of Judge Robert E. Skar, effective October 2. The state’s nominating commission will be accepting expressions of interest from qualified applicants to replace Skar through July 9. Once the commission narrows the field of applicants down to three, Governor Matt Mead will appoint one of them to fill Skar’s position which covers not only Hot Springs County, but Washakie and Big Horn counties as well. In order to serve as a District Judge, one mus...
Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital employees Sandra Place, Michelle Westman, Ingrid Larson, Justine Ahumada and Bethany Barna recently completed a Neonatal Resuscitation Provider Program. The program is supported by the American Academy of Pediatrics. The purpose of the program is to acquire current information to improve newborn deliveries. Noah Schwalbe has been selected to play for the North in the 2018 Wyoming Shrine Bowl Football Game. Joe Doak and Matt Ryan, members of the 307 Football Officials Association, have been selected to...
Erin Kreho of Thermopolis was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines, at University of Wyoming. Kreho is among approximately 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year. Membership is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors are eligible for membership. Graduate students in the top 10 p...
Thermopolis Volunteer Fire chief, Mark Collins, was presented an award on Tuesday night as the longest-running chief in the department's 99-year history. Collins has been chief for 15 years. In the background, his children are on face-time so they could see dad get his award as well....
Patti Tonn receives congratulations and a fond farewell from Postmaster Susan Linko on her 24 years of service to the post office. Tonn has retired and will be spending some time in Phoenix with her children....
For Dr. Will Robinson of Paintbrush Dental, providing care for people's teeth in Thermopolis is just part of his practice. Under the Mission of Mercy, he explained, a team of physicians and dentists go to different areas in Honduras - usually in a three- to five-year span before they begin repeating areas - doing medical missions "all in the name of Christ." His most recent trip was March 10-20. The missions provide people with medical care where they're at, Robinson said, whereas they might...
A good crowd attended the 97th Annual Chamber of Commerce Banquet on Saturday night at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds. "An Evening with the Stars" included dinner, entertainment by local musician Eric Kay, a raffle, guest speaker and the awards for Business of the Year, Non-profit of the Year and Citizen of the Year. Chamber Director MeriAnn Rush said they sold 163 tickets for the banquet, but at press time they were still compiling figures to come up with final numbers on how much was... Full story
On March 22, Joe Doak of Thermopolis was honored by the Wyoming Chapter of the National Football Foundation with the Ox Zellner Football Official Career Achievement Award. Doak, who is in his 41st year officiating football and basketball in Wyoming, said he was nominated by Kermit Sweeney of Worland and Heath Hayes of Douglas, and being named an award recipient was a very humbling experience. Doak began his officiating career in 1977, when he became a Wyoming High School Activities Association...
After 24 years of working at the Thermopolis Post Office, Patti Tonn is bedding farewell. Postmaster Susan Linko said Tonn started out as a carrier and later became a clerk. She started under Postmaster Rick Smiley, then Fred Crosby, before Linko took the position in 2009. Tonn, Linko said, “is one of my greatest assets. She will be very missed.” She added Tonn is very focused on customer service, the customers love her and she knows people by name. Having been in charge of the post office box... Full story
Hot Springs County High School senior, Andrew Yarbrough, was recently named one of 615 students across the country that are recipients of the 2018 Horatio Alger State Scholarships. Recipients are each awarded up to $10,000 to apply toward the tuition of their selected college or university, and Yarbrough recently signed to play football at Mayville State in North Dakota. Providing individual scholarships valued at up to $10,000, the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, Inc....
