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First, I would like to thank Mr. Pierce and Mr. Wychram for their responses to my letter to the editor. I still have some problems with your answers. Mr. Pierce referred to the Bible which I did not do but since he brought it up, I will refer to it also. He stated that no one knows how long a Genesis Day is but the Bible clearly states that it is morning and evening of Day one, two, etc. The Hebrew word clearly relates to a 24-hour day. We know that the Earth turns 360 degrees in 24 hours. To say that it could be 24 million years means it would...
Transgender bathrooms are not something that most people like to talk about. In the news, we see that people are going to start bringing the law into transgender people using the bathroom. A lot of people don’t see the big deal with it. There are no laws on transgender bathroom using. But people or owners of businesses can complain because they aren’t using their actual gender bathroom. North Carolina passed the bill for transgenders to use the bathroom you see them as. But people are saying how it makes them uncomfortable or how they don’t bel...
Last week, Thermopolis resident Tom Anderson stopped by the IR office to tell me how he couldn’t believe a major company actually listened to a person from our little corner of the world. Anderson explained his fence pliers had become worn with age, to where they could not cut two lines of fence simultaneously anymore. Having about 60 miles of fence to take care of, this was obviously a problem. Though he recently had the tool fixed to where it’s cutting again like it should, Anderson also suf...
In a recent letter to the editor, Duane Richter questioned how the Wind River was able to start at the top of the Owl Creek Mountains in order to carve out the Wind River Canyon. The answer to this perplexing question is that it didn’t. The Wind/Bighorn River is a classic example of an antecedent stream. An antecedent stream is defined as a stream which pre-existed local uplift and maintained its original course and grade by incising its channel at approximately the same rate as the topography was rising. The Wind River Canyon is correctly r...
I couldn’t help comparing the two letters to the editor printed last week. To say they were “different” would be like comparing a blinding snowstorm at night, to a bright, sunny, summer day. Since I was unable to attend either meeting, I can only take the writers word for what transpired. I will note, however, that one candidate seems to have much broader support of the blue-collar, working class, libertarian type of people who are tired of the same old thing. We are for less government, less oversight, and more “let me do my thing, and you...
The following are facts I have compiled about Hot Springs State Park. The state did not develop the Master Plan, the Steering Committee did and both pool owners were part of the committee. The Big Spring produces 1,527 gallons per minute. Two fountains use 20 gpm each, Days Inn uses 25 gpm, Plaza uses 30 gpm, State Bath House uses 85 gpm, Teepee uses 280 gpm and Star Plunge uses 350 gpm. That leaves only 717 gpm to flow over the terraces. This is the visual icon of the park and should get the needed water before concessionaires. This would...
With Mother's Day on May 8, I thought I'd share a rather humorous and very true anecdote that exemplifies the amount of love a mother has for her children. I spoke with my mother via text message on Saturday around 10 a.m. On Sundays, my mother usually calls around 1 p.m. or so to catch up. On this Sunday, however, I decided to go to Riverton to go shopping for a few household items that I needed. Plus, I always enjoy driving through Wind River Canyon, and this was the first time I got to do so...
Why Cruz got 14 delegates and Trump got zero. The answer is real simple, because Ted Cruz people participated in the process and Trump people did not. The caucus and convention system is not hidden from the people in Wyoming It started when republicans elected committee people in the last republican primary. My wife Toni and I were elected committee man and woman in Hot Springs County precinct #2. Our precinct caucus was February 27 and was advertised well in advance by law. Due to low attendance, we were short a few delegates to the HSC...
As a delegate to the Wyoming State Republican Convention this year, I was disillusioned. It appeared to me some of the events that occurred in the process could be considered fraudulent. Transparency only occurs with windows, not in elections, so I will present the facts and allow you to make your own decisions. Most importantly, the state chairman is supposed to be neutral, representing the “entire” republican party and all candidates, while avoiding the appearance of using his position to further his own agenda. The state chairman was see...
On our way out of town last weekend, my wife and I had one of those "deep" discussions. It started as we were headed through the canyon and I told my son how many of the rocks were around when dinosaurs were. This led to the question, from my wife Louise, of what I thought of dinosaurs' origins. Now, I was born and raised Catholic, and continue a strong belief in the traditions of that faith. At the same time, I know there's plenty of evidence to show dinosaurs and other species evolved over...
Donald Trump is boiling over more than usual from the frustration of watching past victories being eroded by curious math formulas that seem to deny the validity of voter preference. Bernie Sanders draws huge, enthusiastic crowds but would have to achieve nearly 65 percent in electoral victories to even close the gap on Hillary Clinton's lead. Our own Independent Record headlines "Democratic caucus evenly split" (Apr 14) when even a quick scan of the article reveals that Bernie Sanders won a double digit victory over Hillary Clinton state-wide...
I want to again show my support for a locally run, full care hospital and encourage others to share their support, which is also a show of support of the survival of our community as we know it. I was recently in the hospital for four nights and it was such a blessing to have the hospital here for me and my family (the hospital was full). The doctors and other workers took very good care of me. It would have been a terrible burden if I would have had to be taken by an ambulance to an out-of-town hospital. It would have been a hard burden for...
I would like to bring up a couple things about the upcoming election. First, I have seen and heard all the plans about "getting our land back from the feds." This is one of the worst things that could happen to our great state. It wouldn't be long, the state would need some money, (they ALWAYS need money) and there would be someone with deep pockets standing on the doorstep, waiting to buy "just a little bit." The trouble with that is, all the individual needs to do is purchase the access point, or road leading in, and there goes your chance...
A banner headline sensationalizing a, "crisis," at the library should have been followed by the Five Ws. You failed to speak with the library director and failed to explain my position was not arbitrarily added. It was merely a retirement replacement. If the budget, "was prepared with incorrect numbers," I accept her honest mistake and do not blame the director. A certain commissioner's "disconnect," can be solved by him looking back at the ad for the library position. It ran for three weeks. Ironically, it ran alongside ads for other county...
Regarding Duane Richter's letter, I do not argue with or dispute anyone's religious beliefs. I do believe that religion and science are not mutually exclusive. You can believe that God created all things on His own time frame, and science mainly explains the what, where, when and how of what we can physically observe or theorize. No one on earth knows how long a Genesis "day" is when God created everything in six days (resting the seventh). It could be 24 hours or 24 million years. It is a scientific fact that the rotation rate of earth is...
There’s nothing quite like an equilibrium shift to put everything into perspective. Saturday evening, after a long day of covering local events — which were all enjoyable — I decided to hike up Roundtop Mountain. It was an area in town that I had yet to explore. Plus, after hearing Joe Doak’s “Growing Up in Thermopolis” presentation at the Hot Springs County Museum, I was even more curious about the mountain that my daughter constantly proclaims is a “volcano.” Doak mentioned how as a youth,...
My first experience in Thermopolis I can barely recollect if I concentrate hard enough. Of course, that was when I was eight years old, and most of my memories center around yelling my heart out at the exhilaration I felt going down a spiraling slide that went in and out of a tower, as well as eating at a restaurant filled with animal heads. Had the dinosaur center been around at the time, it certainly would've been added among them. Twenty-five years later and a few feet taller, my perspective...
I remember that one time after the Wind River Canyon Boat Race, Hollywood came to Thermopolis. Bob White won the boat race that year in a canoe with an outrigger. He tipped over once and did a 360 degree turn. When he came back up, Bob still had his cigar in his mouth. At some point people from Hollywood asked him to canoe the rapids in the Columbia River for the movie "The Wild North" starring Stewart Granger and Cyd Charisse. Bob did a great white water scene. The movie played here at the Tepee Theater. The canoe was displayed in front of...
I enjoyed reading about the canyon in the Independent Record. Having lived here for 40 years, I've driven through it countless times through hot, cold, wet and dry seasons. The wettest I can remember was in 1979 when landslides blocked it seven times on one side and five on the other. I don't remember which was which. Even in the wettest season it never dug small canyons like it did the last time the road and railroad were blocked. Those, I understand, were dug in two days or less. Also on Mt. Saint Helens in 1982, two years after it first blew...
This recipe for Tangy Chicken Tacos is the entree ProStart competitors from Thermopolis made for the state competition. Ingredients: Boneless, skinless, chicken breast-1 lb Hickory Smoked bacon-4 slices Sea salt-½ t Black pepper-½ t Coca-Cola-1 ½ c All-purpose flour-1 t Sugar-¼ t Cider vinegar-1 T Dijon mustard-½ t Extra-Virgin olive oil-2 T divided Cabbage-½ c Granny Smith apple-¼ c Slivered almonds-2 T Mint-1 T Yellow onion sliced-1/3 c Orange bell pepper sliced-1/3 c Firm Sheep Milk Cheese-4... Full story
It wasn’t until I moved to Wyoming that I discovered Native American radio and music. Subconsciously, I knew it existed. But I never really thought about it. Music moves me in ways few other things can, and I have quite the eclectic taste. I love everything from Bob Dylan to Neutral Milk Hotel to The Notorious B.I.G. There isn’t really a genre I dislike. My vinyl collection alone is evidence of this wide variety of artists I absolutely love. Now, I have discovered something new or new to me any...
We have needed the services of our local health care facilities recently. This has included our local doctors, Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital, Home Health Care, EMS and Gottsche for home physical therapy. We would have to say that “better care” anywhere in the country would be hard to find. Everyone involved in the medical field, from support services to doctors and nurses, have gone way beyond what is expected. Most of us don’t really know what we have until we need it. We feel the hospital board and health care professionals are doing t...
Last week, we took our time cruising through that amazing labyrinth known as Wind River Canyon between Shoshoni and Thermopolis. The narrow towering walls staring down on you _sometimes through the sunroof _ can make a person feel pretty small. It took Mother Nature millions of years to carve that gorge through the Owl Creek Mountains, sometimes gouging out less than an inch a year. Over time, you get this impressive cut in the mountains. And how important is this cut? It is a primary route for folks trying to get north or south through west,...
Coming from Louisiana, over 1,400 miles southeast of Thermopolis, I had no idea what to expect when I accepted the reporter position at the Independent Record. Prior to moving here, the furthest north I had been was Denver, Colo. I had never been to Wyoming. The only knowledge I had of Wyoming or Thermopolis was what I found via Google. The images alone made me yearn to live here. I must admit, the small population of Thermopolis worried me a bit. I had never lived in a town so small. I worried...
When I was a boy, I once walked near a wasp nest in a clothes line pole at which time one pesky inhabitant took umbrage and stung me on the jaw. I swatted him away but he evidently thought once was not enough and returned to sting again slightly below the initial attack...another swat and a third attack. Now, there were two very angry parties involved in a unpleasant dialogue, and I doubt that that wasp understood that crazy entity chasing it around the yard until he landed and met his doom. Somehow the end game took some of the sting out of...
