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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...
Ms. Picket’s letter to the editor in last week's Independent Record deserves a follow up to clarify a few statistics she included in her letter. The board, medical staff, and public are not considering building a 16 bed hospital. The actual number will probably be 10, with two additional OB/delivery rooms. The management company (Health TechS3) fees are considerably less than the $750,000 quoted by Ms. Picket, and those fees include not only the management services and CEO salary, but ancillary services such as recruitment of professionals w...
Thermopolis has amazing paleontological and geological wonders and is host to the 6th best dinosaur museum in the world. This last nomination was made by CNN.com and over the past few years we have been given many accolades, including 100 of the world’s best vacations by LIFE Books. Thermopolis is very lucky to have such a world-class treasure. What makes us unique is the proximity to our dig sites. With one of the wealthiest dinosaur bone finds in the world, we offer many digging programs such as Dig for the Day and Shovel Ready digs. The W...
The State Parks Department has been gracious enough to haul the recycle trailer (located in the armory parking lot) for the last five years. Starting in February, they will no longer be able to take the recycling trailer to Riverton to be unloaded. Riverton is the only viable option to haul our recycling. The Hot Springs County Recreation District does not have the means to transport the trailer, but would hate to see the community without a recycling option. Many people use the trailer daily. If you, someone you know, or an organization you...
I appreciate the opportunity to rebut recent letters regarding my letter concerning the movie The Hateful Eight. Obviously we, and many others who contacted us, were not the target demographic represented by letter writer Mr. Burrows. Having reached senior citizen status, I am familiar with the work of Q. Tarantino. I have chosen not to see any of his previous films save one (From Dusk till Dawn – vampires were all the rage back then). No research was needed as suggested by Mr. Burrows; I was familiar with Tarantino’s work. As stated in my pre...
It doesn’t make sense to build a 16-bed hospital when the average daily census is two or three. That is a little over 10 percent utilization of the space. A business would go broke fast if they only stocked 10 percent of their shelves. And yet, the hospital board wants us to believe that a new 16-bed hospital is just what this community needs. The trend is not toward inpatient stays, but away from them. People are often sent home the day after surgery, whether they are ready or not. Most surgeries are done as outpatient. Urgent Care and 24-hour...
Thanks for supporting our local theatre. I hope the last letter to the editor in the IR criticizing the movie “The Hateful Eight” actually makes someone want to watch it. Next time please do your research before watching a movie by a director known for his explicit and shocking films. Tarantino doesn’t apologize for exercising freedom of speech and he won’t apologize for offending someone with a movie. Some people like George Carlin and Lenny Bruce felt it was their job to offend. Tarantino has never made movies so he can pat himself on the bac...
This past weekend our town had the opportunity to support our hard working students by showing up to the basketball games. I was so impressed with the players, they showed such sportsmanship while playing. I was impressed with our cheerleaders, they have clearly been working hard and it was apparent. I was impressed with the band, as they too have been working hard. What did not impress me was the blatant lack of school spirit or school support for the students from some of the school administration and teachers. I was shocked and saddened...
Anticipating ignorance surrounding Quentin Tarantino, I printed out an article from perhaps the most conservative source available, National Review. I did so for those easily pandered to who would inevitably question seeing, “The Hateful Eight”. In it the author correctly points out, “Conservatives ought to support Tarantino — not because they like him or his movies, not because they agree with any of his political positions or because they are anti-police, but because Tarantino did not call policemen murderers.” The letter in the IR regarding...
In response to the recent letter to the editor titled “Tyranny of the Spirit”, I would suggest that the esteemed gentleman please reread and reconsider the points I made regarding freedom. The validity of the points made are ill-refuted through the use of misrepresentation, straw-man arguments and ad hominem attacks. Addressing some of the points raised in the response: I did not question cultural values but rather reserved my observations for the actions of a government that has made every intent to bend the free individual to the will of the...
To support our local movie theater, we saw “The Hateful Eight.” I wish I had back the three hours and ten dollars wasted on that effort. I wish I had heeded the boycott called for by supporters of police officers nationwide. The movie’s director, Quentin Tarantino, had called officers involved in recent shootings “murderers.” It is surprising that the usual protest groups have not condemned this movie: the NAACP (for using Mark Twain language hundreds of times); NOW (for male violence against women); The Obama administration (for gun violence)...
If Harry Hughes and the “Citizens for Common Sense Health Care” (which is code talk for “Health Care we don’t have to pay for”) is serious about “sustainable” healthcare in our community, then they and the hospital board, and most of the citizens of our community are in agreement. The differences lie in what constitutes “common sense” health care. I suggest that you ask Harry or any member of the PAC what they envision for “common sense, sustainable” health care for our community. Based on their letter and a previous one, it seems to me that th...
Recently the IR printed a column by Victor Morales defining freedom as the absence of any oversight by any individual, organization, or governmental agency. In his essay he questioned both cultural values and economic policies as infringing on our “freedom”. The arguments he puts forward are not new; they’ve been used by anarchists for centuries, and by teenagers (as parents know) since there were teenagers. That tendency to rebel against any control in the name of freedom seems somehow to be a siren’s call to those who see their own personal i...
T’was the night before Christmas in a sleepy little town The delivery driver was taking the last presents around Amazon confirmed what I had hoped in my heart That my great nieces and nephews’ gifts were delivered, and Christmas had a great start! But wait, what is this? Unlike St. Nick and his eight tiny reindeer None of the confirmed delivered gifts ever did appear Where did they go? How could this be? What is the reason for this deceit? Then using all the clues, the answer became increasing clear The Grinches from across the way rec...
I am interested in instating a law for helmet use when riding recreational vehicles. I’m currently staying in Thermopolis with family. I had a very bad off-road accident in August that could have killed me. I was on a 4-wheeler, not wearing a helmet, flipped it, rolled it and I landed 30 feet away in a grove of trees. I sustained massive injuries, broke several bones, collapsed a lung, and have what is called a diffuse axonal injury (aka shaken baby syndrome.) I am 38 years old. I cannot walk, talk and comprehend the same as I did before the a...
Thank you to whomever plowed the road leading up to Spiller Butte the other day. Even though you cannot go past the gate anymore, it is still a special place for people to remember things and what Cal King tried to do. It is nice for people to help maintain things. Thanks again. K.D. Jacobs...
Our Political Action Committee (PAC), focusing on common sense health care for our community, is searching for sustainable health care alternatives. I recently met with a physician and the Vice President of Operations at the Billings Clinic. We discussed the current health care/hospital situation in Thermopolis. The Billings Clinic is actively involved in hospital care at 14 sites in Montana and Wyoming, including 10 critical access hospitals. Their role/level of involvement varies to best match the needs of the local population. I briefed the...
