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by Oakley Bowman, seventh grade Jessie C. Thompson award first place story, submitted by teacher Eric Kay Hot Springs County has a long history of hospitals. Since we have had so many little hospitals the most talked about are the bigger hospitals. Hot Springs County has had many great doctors, some of which are still alive. Many have sadly passed away. This is the history of hospitals in Hot Springs County. To begin this journey let’s start with the Carter Sanitarium. ln 1896, Dr. C. Dana Carter came to Wyoming settling in Basin. He was the f...
The proposal by the Hot Springs State Park to limit or deny the two private swimming pools use of the thermal waters, which flow through the park, should outrage every single person in the state and beyond! The proposal is to have these swimming pools convert to using potable, chlorinated water to lessen the demand on the “diminishing thermal flow from the springs.” Aren’t these two facilities the main reason that the park has visitors throughout the year? What is park management planning on doing with this water if it is not used for the s...
The Labor Department recently determined folks should be paid for the time they work, increasing the salary ceiling under which overtime must be paid. This caused some hand wringing, including from the National Newspaper Association, which threatens, “The impact upon news coverage will be felt immediately.” A former newsman and IR employee, I appreciate the bind. Media in general, and newspapers in particular, are the fulcrum between the proverbial rock and a hard place. Most newspapers, and especially the smaller outfits the NNA rep...
Our town and county leaders wisely built the first county hospital on “hospital hill” overlooking Hot Springs State Park. They realized from experience that the floodplain of the Bighorn River was subject to flooding on a semi-annual basis. Locating a hospital on the floodplain would subject it to periods when it could not be used due to flooding and potential ruin. The building of the Boysen Dam during the 1950s has provided many great benefits including limited flood control. Consequently, the current hospital was built directly on the flo...
Most of us have heard the saying “If it isn’t broke, don’t fix it.” Believe me, Hot Springs State Park is not broke and does not need fixing. Maintaining, yes, but what needs fixing? Our park is a treasure as it is and that is why people have been coming to enjoy it and the Star Plunge, Teepee Pools and Bath House for up to a hundred years. To make these pools cold water only would finish them off as a business owner. People come here for the therapeutic and healing effect of the mineral water. It was said that the elimination of the Star Pl...
School is almost out for the summer and I, as a crossing guard, want to thank all of you for helping me keep the children safe. Without your help, my job would be impossible. Your children are wonderful. I have never had a child or adult cross with me that didn’t say “thank you.” Have a great summer....
Dearest Lady Liberty, It is with a heavy heart and deepest regret that I write you on behalf of the American people. Your light shown over our country brightly for all to see and served as an ever present reminder of what our forefathers held in highest esteem, freedom. For you they cast off the shackles of rulers, kings and tyrants. They longed for you as a lover longs for her soulmate because they lived in a darkened, authoritarian world that didn’t have your light, but now our country has grown tired of your light. Through our lethargy a...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
For some months now I have been following the debate regarding the creation of a Hospital District and feel compelled to share my opinion on this important matter. My company is one of the largest private employers in the county, and, I am a frequent consumer of health care services myself as a stage four cancer survivor. I am concerned that lives may be on the line if both sides continue to view the issue simply in terms of local control and higher taxes versus the affiliation or merger with a larger health care entity. Our community leaders s...
Thermopolis and Hot Springs County people should be bursting with pride at the honors accorded to the Hot Springs Greater Learning Foundation at Gov. Matt Mead’s Arts Awards Gala Friday night. In front of hundreds of people in attendance, the Foundation and five individual Wyoming artists received their 2015 Governor’s Arts Awards. The Thermopolis portion of the ceremony featured a video prepared by the state that showed just a few of the many events and activities the Foundation sponsors for people of all ages at sites ranging from the pos...
As a crossing guard in Thermopolis I would like to thank all of you who are slowing down on Sixth Street and making it a safer highway for everyone. A young boy came from school to the crossing this past week. I thanked him for crossing where it was safer. He said, “We need to lead by example. A little child may be watching!” We could all learn from him. Dorothy Knighten...
We want to express our support of our local hospital, hospital board members and the county commissioners. They have worked tirelessly looking at various options to improve our hospital and update it to meet the needs of the community. From what we read in the Independent Record and talking to board members, we feel they are on the right track. We feel it is very important to keep local control of the hospital and health care facilities in this community. Giving up control to an outside entity means their main interest is for themselves, not...
Gee, may I sit on your knee to be enlightened by blissful mores stories of yore? Dames knew their place, coloreds held on the back of the bus by police dogs and fire hoses, queers judged, scorned, and invisible. Sarcasm aimed at you trivializing the concerns of others makes you no martyr. Stop feigning victim like a lily-livered liberal. Your Daily Caller conveniently made my point. Simply yeller journalism click-bait founded yesterday by a guy making easy money planting seeds of paranoia and fear while donning bow ties for pseudo-intellectual...
Perhaps Mr. Williams could supply the exact numbers to clarify the issue about how much the hospital spends on management and CEO wages. The point is, how can we manage our hospital without the expensive overhead and administrative fees? In our neighboring community, the company leases the hospital, and these fees are paying for the 15-year construction bond. There are options, and the board needs to explore them. The hospital’s community assessment in 2013 was on obesity. The news was hardly news to anyone. One third of Americans, and T...
