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There are plenty of opportunities left for a little Christmas cheer in the form of music Enjoy the high school band and choir’s Christmas Concert tonight (Thursday) in the auditorium. Music begins at 7 p.m. The Risen Son Christian School will be having their concert on Tuesday, Dec. 13, starting at 6 p.m. Their program will be held at the church at 342 Amoretti, and their orchestra will also be performing. The littlest angels will be finishing things off with the Ralph Witters Elementary C...
Bobcat high school wrestling is ready to get underway this weekend with the Powell Invitational, starting at noon on Friday. Head Coach CJ Scholl said he has 18 grapplers out for the season, including a good influx of freshman wrestlers. "We're looking at this first meet to see where the boys are," Scholl said. "We're excited to see their performance level and see the way we know they can wrestle." The team has been working hard during practices and Scholl said a lot of the first practices were...
High School girls basketball is about to get underway with their season opener this Friday and Saturday at the Coal Miner's Classic in Wright. Head coach Cory Sova said there are seven seniors on the squad this year along with five juniors, three sophomores and eight freshmen. Six of the returning Lady Cats had extensive playing time last year at the varsity level. "We still have some girls working toward filling varsity spots," Sova said, "but our final varsity roster will take a few weeks to s...
The Hot Springs County High School Drama Team competed in the Wyoming State Drama Competition this past weekend in Laramie, taking fourth place overall in the 3A category. Mary McGillivray, the High School Drama coach, said, “I was very proud of the work the students did, not only at State but also leading up to State. We missed tying for third by two points in the 3A category.” It has been several years since the Bobcats have competed in 3A. “This is a very young team,” McGillivray said, ...
During the Holidays we're snuggled comfortably on our couch with our warm, fuzzy slippers and favorite cup of hot chocolate, surrounded by family and friends. Presents are wrapped in sparkly paper, sitting beneath our tree filled with shiny ornaments and bright lights. Sometime in the 1990's a program was begun to help the families who may not have all the Christmas blessings we're afforded. The Angel Tree was born. Throughout the years the Angel Tree, which has now become the Elf Tree, has...
The Annual Thermopolis Festival of Trees is set for Thursday, Dec. 1 at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center. Everyone is invited to come have dinner at 6 p.m. and then remain for the auction that begins at 6:30. All proceeds from the festival are donated to the Thermopolis Community Fund, which helps various organizations throughout the year. Some of last year’s $18,000 proceeds were given to organizations like the Cowboy Rendezvous Rodeo, Children’s Resource Center, Main Street Thermopolis, the Sen...
Have you done some fall cleaning and find you have a lot of clothing items in your closet that you’re just never going to wear again? All of those used clothing items can be brought to the upcoming clothing drive at Hot Springs County High School. The clothing may be dropped off at the high school before Dec. 7 with the clothing give-away to be held on Dec. 12 and 13. From 4-6 p.m., anyone may come and get free clothing with no limit on the items you may take. All sizes of clean, gently used i...
Are you still looking for that unique gift for that special friend or family member? Well, look no further than the Last Minute Santa Shopping event at the VFW on Saturday, Dec. 3. Presented by Alpha Phi Sorority, from 9 a.m. til 2 p.m., you’re bound to find something among their 31 tables of vendors, with everything from baked goods to vintage items and everything in between. There will be jewelry, Scentsy, crafts of all kinds and chicken and noodles with a roll and brownie for lunch if you g...
“While visions of Sugar Plums danced in their heads.” The Hot Springs County Dance program will be presenting a holiday performance on Friday, Dec. 2 in the school auditorium. Starting at 7 p.m., you will be delighted with the dancers, ages three-years old and up, as they perform tap dances, jazz, ballet, ballroom and even hip-hop. Everyone is invited to join them for dancing, live music and fun. The performance is free, however donations will be accepted to benefit the kids’ dance class schol...
Do you have that one person on your Christmas list that is impossible to buy for? You know, the one who already has everything or is so picky about what they have that you finally give up and just give them a gift card? Yeah, we’ve all got one. Me, I’m pretty easy to buy for. No matter what my kids have bought me for Christmas, I’ve always loved it, even if it was just a drawing they did or the requisite colored macaroni necklace. The snub-nosed .38 and mop I got for Mother’s Day from my ex w...
Now that the dust has settled with election season, Hot Springs County Clerk Nina Webber is able to give us break down as to the voter turnout in county. Webber said her office still has hundreds of new and same-day registrations to put into the Wyoming Registration system. Those votes were, of course, counted in the election, but all must be entered in the state’s registration system within 30 days of the election. The original general election results have now been deemed official by the c...
A Hot Springs County High School senior was involved in a single car rollover on Missouri Flat Road just after 8 a.m. on Monday morning. The teen was life flighted to Casper and according to her parents is off the ventilator and breathing on her own. According to information from the Hot Springs County Sheriff's Office, there is no suspected drug or alcohol use in the accident....
Bronco Lone Bear was extremely lucky Monday night when he missed the corner turning onto the Broadway bridge and slid down the embankment toward the river. If not for the tree he hit, he could have landed in the river. Instead, Lone Bear was arrested for alleged driving under the influence....
Aaron Hansen and Ryan Slagle perform a hilarious duet that shows us what can happen when you press one for English. The pair, along with other members of the Drama Club, will be heading to their State Competition in Laramie on Dec. 1....
The Jolly old Elf is just around the corner and so is the Annual Thermopolis Festival of Trees, Thursday, Dec. 1 at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center. Everyone is invited to come have dinner at 6 p.m. and then remain for the auction that begins at 6:30. Those who have reserved trees may begin decorating Monday, Nov. 28, but must be finished by Nov. 30. All proceeds from the festival are donated to the Thermopolis Community Fund, which helps various organizations throughout the year. Some of last...
Members of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) field office in Worland, WyoBen and members of the public attended a meeting last Thursday regarding the bentonite project, which will commence west of Thermopolis. According to the BLM, they have received just 35 comments to date on WyoBen's draft proposal for extending the mining operations of their 108T pit along Highway 120. The 10-year project will amount to mining approximately 37.5 acres a year for each of those years in their western, middle...
The Hot Springs County Commissioners awarded the bid for the job trailer used at the new airport during their second monthly meeting on Tuesday afternoon. The winning bid was granted to Diamond Point Construction for $15,000. The award is dependent on approval by the Federal Aviation Association. In 2014, the Town of Kirby presented a proposal requesting part of the State Lands and Investment Board (SLIB) monies for a project involving replacing a water line to their storage tank. The tank would...
FFA members, families and alumnus gathered at the fairgrounds Saturday evening for their Annual Harvest Moon Ball and 6th Annual Centurion Banquet. Centurian Ranch The Centurion Award is given to a family that has been on their ranch or farm for a minimum of 100 years. It all started in 1909 when John Grobowski purchased 112 acres of land on the upper Owl Creek. He had a herd of cows and put up his own hay to feed them. He was married several times and had a daughter, Theresa, in 1916. His last...
Maybe it’s an age thing, but more and more I find little things that trigger memories from my childhood. That was the case this week when someone mentioned the old Rio Drive-In. Those of you of a certain age will surely remember pulling up to the post holding the speaker and fussing with the window to get it just right and then having to play with the volume until the scratchy audio was loud enough for everybody in the car to hear. I have vivid memories of seeing every Elvis movie at the d...
The Knights of Columbus Council 2578 and the people of St. Francis Parish have welcomed a new pastor, Father Randy Oswald. Father Randy replaces Father Hugo who was called to Lander to the Catholic College there. Father Randy was born in Kansas City, Missouri and attended college at both the University of Kansas and Avila College. Before attending seminary, Father Randy served his country in the U.S. Air Force and held several jobs, from a meat packer for Armour Meat to driving a forklift and...
Last week the Hot Springs County School District #1 Board of Trustees heard from Amy Ready, director of the Early Childhood program with the district, on some upcoming changes on both the state and local level. According to Ready, the state’s legislators requested a study be done on all the early childhood programs across the state and the results from the first phase of the study has prompted the legislature to move funding from the Department of Health to the Department of Education. Ready b...
Thermopolis and Hot Springs County residents voted in favor of the formation of the Hot Springs County Hospital District through a mill levy and additional one-cent specific purpose tax Nov. 8. The amount raised from the three-mill levy will provide operating revenue for Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital and the specific purpose tax will go toward remodeling and adding on to the hospital. Now the question becomes, “When will my taxes go up and when does the one-cent tax begin?” County Tre...
