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Dr. Bob Krisko chooses from one of the appetizer offerings at the Dinosaur Gala at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center Saturday night. With soft lighting and a string trio playing softly in the background, diners experienced a very special night amongst the pre-historic displays....
Hot Springs County High School's Lady Cats had their last two games before the Regional Tournament this past week, dropping both games in straight sets to Buffalo and Douglas. The girls went head to head with Buffalo in an away game last Friday with Buffalo coming out on top, 3-0. "Buffalo is the number one team in our conference and our girls really gave them a run on Friday night," head coach Shannon Hill said. "We stayed with Buffalo at the beginning of games one and two, but they pulled...
Hot Springs County Clerk Nina Webber shows one of the computer chips that are sealed inside the voting machines prior to the election. Webber and members of the clerk's office ran a test of the machines on Oct. 17 before securing them. There is limited access to the secured area where the machines are kept and a "fob" system is used that records every person, time and date of entry into the area....
Wyoming State Treasurer Mark Gordon stopped into the offices of the Independent Record on Saturday morning to discuss Amendment A, an issue that will appear on the ballot Nov. 8. Currently, Wyoming’s funds are split into two areas – permanent funds and non-permanent funds. The Wyoming Constitution allows permanent funds to be invested in equities. According to Gordon, Amendment A would allow legislature to invest non-permanent funds in the stock market as well, as long as there is a two-thirds a...
Elizabeth Lucas and Megan Kraushaar worked quickly to assemble the paper lanterns to fill the lawn at Thermopolis Middle School during the Lights On Afterschool Celebration. Parents and children lit the lanterns, creating a beautiful glow on the school grounds....
Ruth Quinlan, Helen Roncco and Trudy Lance were just some of the folks enjoying a delightful array of soups for the Veteran's Soup Supper at the VFW on Saturday....
by Cindy Glasson As anticipated, oil and gas production numbers and the money that production will bring into Hot Springs County is lower than it’s been in years. The value per barrel pulled from the ground is down $12.14 from 2015, coming in at $24.28 for 2016 and $36.42 per barrel in 2015. Nationally, we hear oil is coming in at $50 or so per barrel, however, in Wyoming it costs more to pump out and more to refine, keeping our gas prices higher than other areas of the country, and our price pe...
by Cindy Glasson In 2014, the Hot Springs County Commissioners, in conjunction with the Wyoming County Commissioners Association, Wyoming Department of Transportation and the State Transportation Innovation Council, authorized a study of county roads across the state. The results of the study have been recently released and our county roads in Wyoming are in pretty poor shape. Hot Springs County has 32 segments of paved county roads totaling 77 miles. We have just three percent of the county...
by Cindy Glasson The Hot Springs County Commissioners had a brief meeting on Tuesday evening covering program funding for Youth Alternatives, sage grouse issues, the status of hangars at the new airport and a discussion regarding Gooseberry Road. Barb Rice, director of the Youth Alternatives program approached the commissioners regarding an extension of the contract between the program and Volunteers of America (VOA) and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). VOA and...
by Cindy Glasson I’m pretty comfortable in the evening, sitting in my chair at my computer with my big monitor and a glass of tea. I love opening my fridge and seeing everything from eggs and cheese to a bottle of wine and sliced pepperoni. I stay warm at night under my electric blanket with my two kitties snuggling around my feet. I can walk out to my car, turn the key and go just about anywhere I want to. I have beautiful children and a simply adorable grandson. And yet, I’ve had some of the d...
New ADA compliant swings were recently installed through a joint effort between the Rotary Club and Friends of Hot Springs State Park. They are dedicated to the memory of Tyler Homi. Pictured, bottom row (l-r): Karen Sinclair, Mikey Gerber, Shurie Scheel and Mike Messenger. Middle row: Belinda Willson, Jacque Michel, Suzanne Samelson, Sam Needham, Allan Bratten and Meri Ann Rush. Back row: Barb Vietti, Margie Molitor, Barb Heinze, Bobbi Overfield, Sharon Skiver, Phillip Scheel, Michael Wright,...
by Cindy Glasson Hot Springs County High School's Lady Bobcats are heading into their last week of regular season play. Last Saturday, the Lady Cats traveled to Rawlins to take on the Outlaws, losing three games to one. Thermop won the first round 23-25 before dropping the next three 25-23, 25-20 and 25-20. "We are very evenly matched with Rawlins," coach Shannon Hill said. "Each game could have gone either way, it was just for a few errors on our part making it so we couldn't quite pull out the...
by Cindy Glasson Whether we realize it or not, most of us use mathematics almost every day and Jessica Hostetter, the new high school math teacher, is there to get our students ready. Hostetter came from Texas originally and attended college at Laramie County Community College and the University of Wyoming. Her student teaching was completed in Gillette. She and her husband Drew were married just a few months ago and the search was on for where they wanted to be and where Hostetter wanted to...
by Cindy Glasson Fall is in the air and leaves are on the ground, the perfect time to get a little help with your yard from students at Thermopolis Middle School. The annual Yard Clean-up Day will be held on Monday, Oct. 31 in the afternoon. If you would like the students to come rake the leaves from your yard, simply call the middle school at 864-6551 to get placed on their list. There is no charge for the students to come rake your leaves. If you know of a friend or neighbor that could use...
It may still take several months to work through a suit filed in District Court by the Town of Thermopolis and Thermopolis Police Department against the Board of County Commissioners regarding “who pays for what” when it comes to Title 25 patients. Title 25 refers to patients who are detained by law enforcement who may be a danger to themselves or others and are made to undergo involuntary psychiatric treatment (WY Stat 25-10-110). The Town is requesting reimbursement for police officers’ time s...
The recent rains experienced in Hot Springs County have made many of us wonder if we were going to need webbed feet before it was all over, but Brett McDonald with the Riverton office of the National Weather Service gives us a glimmer of hope. According to McDonald, the type of rains we’ve been having during September and this first part of October are quite unusual. Generally, we get a majority of our moisture in the spring months, particularly March and April. Weather has been plotted in H...
The Episcopal Diocese of Wyoming recently awarded the George B. Storer "Outstanding Mission" award to the Help Center created by Holy Trinity Episcopal Church here in Thermopolis. According to Rev. Ron Philips, the driving force behind the Help Center, the Diocese has a foundation that looked over all the projects they have been helping fund for the past year. They determined our Help Center was the best mission of 2016.Philips said when they started this project they wondered, "how do we...
Lady Bobcat Volleyball has had a busy couple of weeks, playing last Friday in Wheatland, turning around and playing Saturday in Torrington, then hitting the nets again on Tuesday night against Worland. The games in Wheatland on the 7th were exciting to say the least. The Lady Cats split the first four games with Wheatland before coming out on top in the fifth game, 15-12. "Our serve/receive was on point for this match, which helped our offense," coach Shannon Hill said. "I was very proud of my...
All of us get to an age where maybe we aren’t quite as steady on our feet as we used to be or as flexible as we once were, but Tai Chi may be the answer you’ve been looking for. Dixie Vialpando, Tai Chi instructor, will be teaching a 12-week course designed to assist seniors with improving their balance and flexibility. “I did yoga previously,” Vialpando said, “but because of physical constraints, I had to give it up. That’s when I found Tai Chi.” Vialpando took a course through the Wyoming Depa...
Caleb DeCroo, center, signs his letter of intent to play golf for Multnomah University in Portland Ore. He is flanked by his mother, Stacey and father Randy while HSCHS athletic director Brandon Deromedi, left, and golf coach Jacob Smith, right, look on....
The Hot Springs County School District was recently included in a statewide emergency situation that was eventually determined to be fake. However, that does raise some questions as to how secure our own schools are and what plans are in place in the various buildings. “First, let me say student safety is our top priority,” said Superintendent Dustin Hunt as we began our discussion on school security. The district currently has a crisis plan in place, but with upcoming changes to the phy...
Thermopolis residents, June Litizzette (waving) and Bev Adams had the unique opportunity to take a fabulous hot air balloon ride over the terraces last Saturday morning. For Litizzette, it was the thrill of a lifetime and one more thing checked off her "bucket list." Adams had a slightly different take on the experience. For her, it was like getting "back in the basket again" after crashing in a balloon in the California desert some 15 year ago. At the time, she and two other passengers were...
Absentee ballots are now available from the County Clerk’s office in the Hot Springs County Courthouse. In order to use an absentee ballot, you first must be registered to vote. You may go to the courthouse to request the absentee ballot or call the office to request it be mailed to your residence. If you go to the courthouse to request the ballot, you may vote at that time. If you ask to have it mailed to your home, you must return the ballot to the clerk’s office by election day, Nov. 8. Abs...
Our recent heavy rains have caused some issues the Hot Springs County Commissioners had to deal with during their meeting on Tuesday. Thermopolis received around two inches of rain on Sunday and Monday. Nate Messenger, FBO at the airport, let the commissioners know there were some water problems around the shop at the new airport. The rains have caused some pooling on one side of the shop so the road and bridge department brought out a load of gravel and spread it in the area to help alleviate...
I recently read an interview conducted by a colleague, Kerry Drake, with Gerald Gay (R) who represents House District 36 (Natrona County) at the State Capitol regarding the wage disparity between men and women, an issue that affects not just Wyoming, but our country as a whole. On average, women earn just 69 cents of every dollar their male counterparts make. “Women are always going to take their full maternity leave and there’s the dependability issue about whether they’re going to show up for...
