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This Christmas gift-giving season is winding down (less than two weeks before Christmas). The economy is finally improving, and the spirit of the season is reaching new highs (Black Friday, Small Town Saturday, Cyber Monday). With this improvement in spirit goes many opportunities to help our fellow community members. Our community is known for its spirit of helping others in need. Cookie jar auctions, chili dinners, Soup and Bread dinners at a local church, a food bank run by another church, and other activities are all aimed at helping each...
What an honor and privilege to see the display of Nativity scenes as the Community Church welcomed the viewing public to this marvelous collections. What a sight to behold! Thanks to each owner for their generosity in sharing their treasured crèches with all who came to see. ‘Twas a lovely and refreshing scene and a blessing to all who attended; and to be reminded in a very picturesque manner of the birth of Jesus Christ....
The governor of the great state of Wyoming, Matthew H. Mead, has proclaimed that Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017 be designated as Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. It is earnestly recommended by the few remaining veterans in Wyoming, of the attack on Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941 that we all honor the many heroes that fell that day at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and the many that were wounded. It is also requested by the same surviving veterans that all school teachers in the area bring to the children’s attention what happened at Pearl Harbor and that it was the first d...
On November 10 my wife and I attended the Thermopolis Middle School Veteran’s Day Assembly. It was a very rewarding, well-prepared program. I was very impressed with what the school is teaching our youth and wish to thank the Middle School Student Council and their Sponsor for putting together such a special presentation. Thank you very much for honoring veterans with this annual event!...
I would like to thank the Hot Springs County Museum for hosting the Friends of the Library Poetry and Song Writing Contest. We have a real treasure in our county museum, plus the friendly staff — knowledgeable and helpful. If you haven’t taken the time to explore all the interesting displays of Wyoming history, you owe it to yourself to visit our museum....
Everyone talks about the wonderful people we have in Thermopolis. One of our wonderful people stole the cord I plug my car in at night on Wednesday afternoon. I didn’t realize what he had until a short time later. I was going downtown and went to unplug my car and the cord was gone. I’m a senior citizen living on a small amount of Social Security. I hope you are proud of yourself....
I would like to take a moment to thank the Middle School student council for the wonderful program for Veterans Day. I really appreciate the effort everyone made to put it on and thank you to the school district for letting it happen. There were a lot of people there, but I would like to see even more civilians come and participate. We need to give these kids a lot of credit. They are a lot smarter than we think they are. They deserve thanks for putting so much effort into this. Thank you also to the ladies for the beautiful quilts. I love...
I enjoy reading letters selected by the editor for printing in the Independent Record. Not all letters submitted are printed. Some letters contain factual errors which should be corrected. As the letter writer mentioned in Mr. Clothier’s most recent letter (the one who actually read his first letter), I must state that nowhere in my response to his first letter did I mention, as he put it, “every thing from athletes foot to dandruff and everything in between was the fault of liberal foolishness.” I guess Mr. Clothier was attempting to be humor...
A couple of weeks ago, I penned a salute to the liberals who had promoted some of the minor things we have in our country such as free public education, the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, women’s suffrage, Social Security, Medicare, etc. which occasioned a response that in point of fact, every thing from athletes foot to dandruff and everything in between was the fault of liberal foolishness. I felt rewarded that at least someone had actually read something I had written because truth be told, writers, no matter their degree of talent, c...
The Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital administration, Medical Staff and Board of Directors are dedicated to caring for all residents of Hot Springs County and the surrounding area regardless of their diagnosis. There has been a misunderstanding surrounding our position of caring for Title 25 patients, which are patients who have been placed on a mandatory hold due to the fear they may pose a danger to themselves or others. We have always and will always continue to admit any patient to our Emergency Department for a medical screening exam. T...
I read with amusement Mr. Clothier’s recent column detailing many of the wonderful things that “idealistic progressives” have put upon the country. Some are good and were needed. I am the beneficiary of the Social Security and Medicare programs, having dutifully participated (since the law required it) by contributing parts of my paychecks since 1966 to those programs. He even admits that being an idealistic progressive “…probably describes me.” (quote from his column) Unfortunately, the dream worlds of the idealistic progressives of the past...
Wanted: One brave man or woman to help disperse the mob. Murder and mayhem is not new in our country. For fifty years after the Civil War, the KKK pulled blacks and non-Christian whites out of their beds and hung them. A lynching was a festive occasion, with lemonade stands and places for everyone to sit. Mark Twain said people supported such brutality because they wanted to belong. If they stayed at home, they would be ostracized from their friends and family, and that was much worse than watching the slaying of innocent people. He felt one...
How ‘bout them Bobcats? The Thermopolis Middle School football team finished 7 and 0 this season. Wow what a season. I would like to thank all of the kids for their hard work and dedication for pulling together to make a winning team. The coaches did an amazing job with these kids throughout the season. The support that these kids got from family and friends was fantastic. When they were 4 and 0 and started playing on their home field, we decided we would show our support during the home games. We would fire a type of firework called a s...
Please walk your dog on a leash in parks in town that have signs that state “Dogs on leash.” Why? Why have a dog on a leash? Because some of us who are disabled and do not want dog problems can be at a city park too and have “peace” without dogs harassing us or scaring us, or stepping in dog “doo doo.” You get the picture! I recently went to a city park here in town. On three occasions we went, and dog owners did not have dogs on leash. We ended up leaving each time. When I asked “Why?’ to dog owners, the owners’ answers were: “I will whe...
I have some concerns about a couple of articles in the Sept. 21 edition of the paper. At the Town Council meeting discussion of the new taxpayer funded Memorial Hospital, the Board was asking for an additional $1.5 million as there were three “unforeseen expenses.” 1. Due to geotechnical investigation, the hospital addition will need a stronger foundation. We have the “largest mineral hot springs in the world,” and it surprises the engineers NOW that we need special foundations? 2. I think anyone with eyes and a year of college could see the...
Another Labor Day has been here and we take a day off of work, we go to the lake, we have a picnic and no one knows what we are celebrating. Ask 100 people what Labor Day is about and you might get one or two right answers. No one under 30 has a clue. And I bet less than one in a thousand can name one Labor Leader, past or present (and Jimmy Hoffa doesn’t count). For those that don’t know, from late 1800 to mid-1900 the labor movement in the United States aimed at protecting the industrial workers (often women, children, and people of col...
As of this weekend, members of at least 16 teams – fully one-half of the NFL – have protested during the playing of the national anthem, by sitting, kneeling, eating, or raising a clenched fist. The respectful and patriotic practices of standing, covering your heart with your right hand or cap, and maybe even singing, were ignored by these “men.” It should be noted that these “men” collectively earn hundreds of millions of dollars each year playing a game, a game that is not played anywhere else professionally (as far as I know) except in Canad...
With all due respect to the one who wrote the eclipse is not a chance happening. The eclipse is nothing less than a part of God’s great creation, no more and no less. The eclipse is the result of a shadow created by the moon passing between the sun and the earth. Yes, God through the Bible warns us in many ways. Check out Matthew 25:31-40, but it is not up to us to make judgments about each other. Check out Romans 10:5-13. Our basic task in this life is to live according to the two great commandments. Check out Mark 12:28-31. Trust God, live i...
A Thermopolis councilman expressed his concerns about problems residents and tourists might face during the weekend of the eclipse. I thought they were comical. However if he is right and I am wrong we could have problems. We do have a small police force. I know a pastor who always “packed” in church when he preached. One Sunday, I told him “I was ‘packing.’” He said, “good.” I didn’t say “a bible.” A sheriff advised me to “pack” all the time. I asked the police department if this letter is breaking any laws and an officer said, “No problem, it...
Like a lot of other people I am looking forward to seeing the total eclipse on the 21st. I’ll watch it from my back porch. This is not a random chance happening as the evolutionary crowd would have you believe but rather a Divinely created event to show God’s Power, Glory and Love. His Power described in Job 38:4 and II Chronicles 2:6; His Glory described in John 1:3-4; His Love for us described in Psalms 8:1-6. This eclipse was calculated to happen here to the second hundreds of years ago. Anything that can be calculated that accurately doe...
I am intrigued by Hanes W. Hall’s letter, putting forth the concept of the possibility of the imposition of “martial law” by the president. Seems to be another unfounded (and confounding as well) conspiracy theory from a particular political party. Only the current president could impose a national system of “martial law.” I personally have heard nothing - zero, zip, nada - about the president even remotely considering such an action. And I’m curious, why would the president want to do that in the first place? For no reason that I can think o...
I wrote to our local Wyoming House Representative on the subject of cannabis in the Bible and have received zero responses to my multiple attempts at communication. He needs to explain why he refuses to acknowledge the 81 percent of Wyoming residents that want medical cannabis to be made available in this state. Thank you. Have a great week! Editors note: The letter from Sondeno to the house representative can be found online at www.facebook.com/bennett.sondeno/posts/10209437020623068....
If the President declared martial law it would be too late for every voter to notify state and federal government of their own personal needs....
I wanted to say a quick “thank you” to our local businesses for all they do. We all gripe about how expensive everything is here, and how we could buy the same item online, or in a big box retail store much cheaper. I recently had an experience that I hope will encourage everyone to buy locally, and keep our hard earned dollars in our community. Last summer/fall I bought a flashlight from a local business. Sometime last winter it quit working, and as I wasn’t around to go to the store and talk to them about it, I put it out of my mind. I belie...
As part of a planned vacation, I brought my girlfriend to Thermopolis to spend the day, as I had visited the city six years ago. On that visit, I was only in town four hours as I traveled from Yellowstone to Cheyenne on my way back to Topeka, Kansas. I drove through the park, getting out to see things but did not do much else. I wanted to bring my girlfriend to see and try things that I found interesting, including trying the mineral water baths and swimming. We stayed at a local bed and breakfast, which was fantastic. I was glad to find them...
