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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....
For a few years in the late '40s and early '50s, Wind River Canyon was more than just a scenic spot for fishing. It was home to the annual Memorial Day Wind River Canyon boat race, with competitors braving a 12-mile stretch of white water. Among them was John Wells. Wells, who lived at Timberline Ranch north of Dubois for 89 years except for the three years he was in the Navy during World War II, noted his grandmother lived here for a short time, and they had the races for three or four years...
On Saturday, the Wyoming Republican Party State Central Committee nominated three people to fill the vacant Secretary of State office. Among the names that were forwarded on to Governor Matt Mead are Ed Buchanan of Torrington, Darin Smith of Cheyenne and Richard George of Cody. The three will be vying to fill the spot left vacant by former Secretary of State Ed Murray who resigned after two women accused him of sexual misconduct. There were initially eight applications for the position,...
Born in Worland on Sept. 11, 1939, Willard Allred spent the first few years there, lived south of Ten Sleep for the first few years of his life before moving Ten Sleep for five to six years and spending some time at lower Norwood. After graduating from Ten Sleep High School, Allred's first job was with Wyoming Game and Fish. He noted he also worked with the department off and on during school, maintaining the grounds and taking care of the fish. After high school, he was on the distribution...
Cory Gilbert was named Fireman of the Year during the annual Thermopolis Volunteer Fireman's Banquet Saturday evening at the fire hall. Firemen recognized for their milestone years of service include: Obadiah Bishop and Forrest Coleman-Weisz, 5 years; Chris Paris, 10 years; Dion Robbins, 15 years; John Fish and Mark Collins, 25 years and Opie Love, 30 years. The firemen then attended their annual ball at the VFW Club. The Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department is made up of 30 members that all... Full story
Joe Doak, a member of the 307 Officials Association, has been selected by the Wyoming High School Activities Association to officiate the 1A West regional boys and girls basketball tournament Feb. 24-28 in Lander. Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital staff members Jennifer Paris, Debra Ackerman, Christopher Paris, Ingrid Larson, Lindsay Simpson, Sadie Ingram, Bree Christiansen and Connie Hart, and Med Student Stephen Asay completed the Advanced Cardiac Life Support Provider Program. The program was supported by the American Heart Association...
On first meeting Katy Jane Vines, one might assume nothing special about this Pioneer Home resident. However, after sitting with her a while you'd find that under her sweet smile and personality there's quite a story to be told, about her and about the town. Born in Thermopolis in 1931, Vine described herself as "a local, in more ways than one" and has called the town home nearly her whole life, except for a 20-year stint in Casper during her marriage to Van Irvine. She describes him as a very...
On Jan. 13, Dr. Howard Willson was honored as Wyoming’s 2018 Physician of the Year by the Wyoming Medical Society. Willson was recognized during a ceremony in Jackson. According to a tribute from Senator John Barrasso in the Congressional Record on Jan. 11, Willson worked tirelessly during his medical career to improve healthcare in Wyoming. His contributions in medical education, quality improvement and public health touched countless patients. Outside medicine, he served Wyoming as a member of the University of Wyoming’s board of tru...
Pat Schmidt, longtime owner, editor and publisher of the Thermopolis Independent Record, was inducted into the Wyoming Press Association Hall of Fame during the association's annual convention in Casper over the weekend. Schmidt worked at several Wyoming newspapers as a reporter, editor and publisher, running publications that earned recognition for their high-quality reporting and commitment to excellence. He served as editor and publisher of the Lovell Chronicle from 1975-84. In 1978, Schmidt...
Among the residents at The Pioneer Home is Elsie McMichael. Now 90 years old, McMichael came from a family of 15 and was born in McLaughlin, S.D. Though her mother passed away when she was just a baby, her sister-in-law took her in and raised her in Isabel, S.D. McMichael attended school for eight years in the small community, then had a bit of high school before she quit. She worked a bit in Isabel, doing a bit of farming, but noted the "time were rough." 1970 saw McMichael's coming to...
by Mark Dykes Among the residents of The Pioneer Home is Al Jackson, who has spent the majority of his life living in Wyoming. Jackson was born in Burlington, Wyo. He got one year of high school before moving 15 miles up the south fork of the Shoshone River. "We had no bus up there," he said. "That was back during the Depression days and there was no bus running." The move, he noted, was because his parents wanted a bigger place. His brother, Edward, already had himself a larger home and his...
"I'll tell you right now, this is a great place. I hope they don't ding it up," Jerry Schlager said, speaking to the recent talk of possibly privatizing The Pioneer Home. Schlager was born in Scottsbluff, Neb. in 1935. His grandparents lived there, he said, so that's where he was born, before going home to Hawk Springs with his parents. In 1942, the family moved to Torrington, then on to Casper in 1949. He explained his father, Walter, was a farmer and had just bought a different place....
As he looks upon a picture of his platoon when they were in Korea, or at the Purple Heart he received during his service, one knows how important the military has been in the life of DeWain Raasch. Currently a resident at the Pioneer Home, in 1930 Raasch was born in Wauwatosa, Wis., a suburb of Milwaukee. A flag featuring the Green Bay Packers hangs behind his bed at the home. He came out to Wyoming in 1976 after leaving his job of installing and repairing passenger and freight elevators. When...
One of the first things one might notice upon visiting Kay Bjorklund's residence at the Pioneer Home is the abundance of pictures decorating her walls. Some are framed, while others are stuck up with pins or leaning against stands on desks. Above her bed is mounted a quilt with screen printings worked into the design. But, with three children, eight grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren, it's easy to see how she would have plenty to put up. Born and raised in Newcastle, she graduated high sch...
Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital employees Robin Walker, Trina Slover, Phillip Reints, Jennifer Paris, Dawn DuBeau, Lindsay Simpson and Linsey Brooks 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....
Joe Doak and Matt Ryan, members of the 307 Officials Association, were selected by the Wyoming High School Activities Association to officiate the first round Class 1A football playoff game between Upton-Sundance and Rocky Mountain Friday, Oct. 27....
David Leonhardt received his Master Of Science Degree from the University of Wyoming. Megan Mortimore received a Bachelor of Science from UW as well. Both were accorded their degrees at the completion of the 2017 summer term....
Over the weekend, two Thermopolis residents were inducted into the Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame during a ceremony in Laramie. Carl Obe Dockery was born on Owl Creek in 1936 and raised there by parents Clifford and Edna. During his childhood, he said, much of time was spent going places with horses, except for the quarter-mile trip to school, which he walked. The family ranch had 15-20 mares at the time, as well as some saddle horses. The main trip they took was going up the creek to pick buffalo...
Russ Dowdy has retired from the Wyoming Department of Transportation after 24 years with the Thermopolis maintenance crew. "It's been a good run," Dowdy said at his retirement luncheon on Sept. 21. Dowdy was born in Greeley, Colo. He graduated from Hot Springs County High School in Thermopolis in 1973. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1973-77 at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Okinawa, Japan, and Camp LeJeune, N.C. He was honorably discharged as a sergeant. Dowdy joined the Wyoming Department of...
Bobbi Ingram has the Red Dirt Master Gardeners' Garden of the Month for August. In addition to space for the colorful plants outside her home. Ingram also built an indoor space for them to weather the cold....
Wyoming State Parks have had a program in place for six years that allows the different parks across the state to bring in volunteers to work in their areas for the summer season. Budget and staffing cuts across the board called for some kind of help to keep the parks in tip-top shape, so a volunteer coordinator for the state was hired in Cheyenne to gather a list of volunteers and where they would like to help out. This year, Hot Springs State Park hosted four such volunteers, Glen and Arlene...
This past Saturday, Jim Wilson received the 2017 Kurt Bucholz Conservation Award, presented by the Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust (WSGLT) during a ceremony at Elk Mountain Ranches. Wilson said the ceremony during which they presented the award, which includes a bronze statue sculpted by Wyoming artist Jerry Palen, was attended by about 225 people. Prior to the ceremony, there was a tour in the afternoon of the conservation easements WSGLT has on the ranch. Other activities included a picnic...
The Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust (WSGLT) recently announced that Jim Wilson will be the recipient of the 2017 Kurt Bucholz Conservation Award. Wilson was born and raised in Thermopolis, leaving for only a couple years to attend Panhandle State College in Goodwill, Okla. He continues to live in Thermopolis, where he ranches with his wife Teri. The Wilsons are known for their practical and progressive agricultural practices and management techniques. The couple has led the way in the conservation of the Greater Sage Grouse, elk, deer and...
