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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...
Next week, T.J. Schoenewald will travel to Laramie to compete in the 2017 State Senior Olympics. It's far from a first-time experience for him, having competed in the games 11 years. Schoenewald first heard about the event at a presentation for the Kiwanis given by Marion Bishop, who has also competed at the games in multiple years. Schoenewald, a Kiwanis member, decided he would give it a try when he hit 50 years old, the minimum age for competing. Prior to that, he had been participating in... Full story
Jennifer Cramer received her Bachelor of Science in Education from Chadron State College during the May 6 commencement in the Chicoine Center at the school. Cramer was also named to the spring 2017 President’s List, having earned a 4.0 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale. Korey Smith, Katyana Springer and Elizabeth Rhodes were named to the spring 2017 Dean’s List at Central Wyoming College. Haylee Hoffman was the recipient of the 2016-17 Region IX Academic Award from Central Wyoming College. Gabrielle Leese and Bralter Stewart wer... Full story
The Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame (WCHF) Board of Directors conducted annual business meetings May 20 and 21 in Casper. All current WCHF officers were voted in for another four-year term. Plans were outlined for the fourth annual WCHF Honoree Induction and associated events, and the Class of 2017 WCHF Honorees was selected. Among those chosen from Region 8, which includes Hot Springs County, are Carl Obe Dockery and Ernest Nathan “Nate” Brown. The process of selection was begun by committees in...
On June 9 in Buffalo, at the Wyoming Stock Growers Association Spring Convention, Jim Mischke was presented with his award as Outstanding Range Professional. Mischke was born and raised at Crofton, Neb., a small town of about 500 people. He said he spent a lot of time on a farm and ranch there. Though his parents, Helen and Cyrus, tried to teach him there was a better way to make a living than working a farm and ranch, Mischke strongly disagreed. Mischke said his great-grandfather was one of...
The Wyoming Coaches' Association recently announced the Coaches of the Year for the 2017 spring season, and Brenna Abel was named Assistant Outdoor Track and Field Coach of the Year. Abel, who resigned from the Hot Springs County School District this year, was born and raised in Worland, and has always called the Big Horn Basin her home. "I grew up as a rancher's daughter," she stated, "so Wyoming lifestyle is a way of life." The Social Studies teaching position came open at the high school in T... Full story
May saw a change in staff at the Hot Springs County Senior Citizens Center, Lisa Pierce took over as director. Outgoing director Chanda Waddell, who moved to Indiana, worked at the facility through May. Pierce said she was lucky to have Waddell stay for those weeks, to help her get accustomed to everything before June 1. Since then, Pierce said everyone has gone out of their way to make her feel welcome. The staff has been very helpful, she said, and the clients have been great. Much of the...
The Wyoming Business Report has made their selection for this year's class of 40 under 40, those folks under the age of 40 who are making a real difference in Wyoming. This year, Jessica Lippincott, Education Director at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center was one of those chosen for the honor. The complete list includes those in architecture, hospitality, law, engineering, economic development and more from across the state. A call for nominations went out earlier this year and Levi Shinkle at the...
Hot Springs County High School upcoming senior, Koy Meyers will be heading to the Wyoming High School Rodeo Association (WHSRA) national qualifiers in Rock Springs this weekend after qualifying through 12 rodeos in April and May. Meyers and his team roping partner, Clay Reiner of Buffalo, are currently ranked 11th going into the competition and Meyers is ranked third in saddle bronc. His ranking in saddle bronc almost guarantees a trip to nationals, which will be held this year in Gillette, the... Full story
For A.B. Word and Barrie Lynn Bryant, their art is more than just a creative outpouring; it's a true partnership. It's also an interesting collaboration, combining painting with woodworking. The two will have been together for 25 years in October, and though the majority of those years have seen them in Wyoming, Bryant actually started in photography, and Word in graphite portraits, though both worked in Little Rock, Arkansas. Word explained it came to a point when they grew tired of the area,...
People from Thermopolis may already know Pete Weisbeck, have heard of someone who has had a home built by him, or he might even have built their home. However, the past several months have seen a different passion for Weisbeck – building a drift boat. Weisbeck bought the book "Drift Boats and River Dories" by Roger Fletcher a couple years back and "fell in love with it." Fletcher, he said, measured a bunch of old boats from the 1940s. "I had to study this book for two months, to find out how t...
