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A Hot Springs County High School cheerleader takes the plunge for Special Olympics at the Jackalope Jump held last Saturday. Clouds and wind made for a very chilly dip....
The Hot Springs County Commissioners met with two representatives from the State of Wyoming’s Public Health Division to discuss changes to contracts the county has had with them for years. While the contracts themselves are not changing much, what is changing is a consolidation of three contracts into one single contract. There are no changes to things like maternal and child care, funding for emergency preparedness or nursing services, just to name a few. Funding for Public Health appears to b...
There will be a few changes at Hot Springs County High School next year with a move to six periods of 60 minutes each rather than the seven periods of 55 minutes they are experiencing now. At Tuesday night’s school board meeting, principal Breez Daniels said not only are they looking at a period change, but a change in the schedules for Fridays as well. “We want to keep everything,” she said, “just concentrate it down more.” Another issue that has arisen is possible damage taking online cl...
There is something beautiful about the old languages, Latin, in particular, and students at Thermopolis Middle School (TMS) are keeping that beauty alive with an extra-curricular class in Latin. Laura Stam offered to teach the class after several students expressed an interest in it last year and they are really enjoying learning one of the original languages of the world. Stam was doing Latin with her daughter in an independent study situation last year and was sharing with TMS students. “So m...
Monday afternoon, State Representatives Nathan Winters and Wyatt Agar visited the Thermopolis Independent Record and spoke about this year’s Legislative session. Winters said he, Agar and Mike Greer have developed an excellent working partnership that has been apparent on the floor of both the House and the Senate, particularly with the discussion of the bill concerning privatization of the Wyoming Pioneer Home and Wyoming Retirement Center. “We had a real team effort with this bill,” Winters said. He and Agar put in the extra time to ensur...
Being a good Irish girl, my ancestral time for drinking and frivolity arrives this weekend. It is accompanied by corned beef and cabbage along with Irish soda bread. And yes, I may imbibe in a Bailey’s Irish float or two. One side of my family is Irish, the other side Scottish, so cabbage in all its possible forms was a staple in our house and I truly do love the sound of Scottish bagpipes. They will bring tears to my eyes every time. I think one of the funniest stories my grandmother ever told...
The family of Bob Carey is pleased to announce the 2018 winners of the Bob Carey Memorial Award. This award is very prestigious as he was instrumental in giving the sport of girls' basketball the recognition it deserves in the state of Wyoming. This award is given to senior basketball players only. This award seeks to honor the outstanding girls' basketball player in the state of Wyoming, with one award in Class 1A/2A divisions and one award in Class 3A/4A divisions. In order to be nominated...
A couple of cracked pipes in the Law Enforcement Center sent maintenance director Anthony Fruciano on a mission to discover what the cause was. The first indication something was amiss happened when water appeared in the ceiling tiles above the judge’s chambers. Fruciano found a two-foot section of pipe with a crack in it, cut that section out and replaced it. Then on Sunday, about 1 a.m., a call came from dispatch that there was not only water, but the smell was unbearable. Fruciano found a s...
In spite of their best efforts, the Bobcat girls basketball team had a rough go-round at the Regional Tournament in Douglas last weekend. On Thursday, they were pitted against the host team, the Douglas Lady Bearcats, who are undefeated for their season. The Cats fell to the Bearcats, 23-62. Coach Cory Sova said, with the exception of a couple of girls, this was the first Regional Tourney experience for the entire team. "I thought the girls did a good job of attacking Douglas early in the...
Hot Springs County Emergency Management is kicking of a County River and Stream Awareness program this week. Emergency Management director Bill Gordon felt keeping the public informed about the water levels in the Big Horn River and surrounding streams could help mitigate any potential emergency rescues from the river as well as help farmers and ranchers in the area to know when waters may rise near their pastures. Using a simple signage system and a series of colors, Gordon can release...
A collective sigh of relief could be heard from Cheyenne all the way to Thermopolis last Friday as word came down that the Senate had killed SF112 and the House had approved funding through the biennium for the Wyoming Pioneer Home. A great effort between Representative Nathan Winters, Senator Wyatt Agar and local residents as well as folks from across the state ensured the home would be safe from privatization and funded through the next two years. The fight really began in the background a...
"This is huge," State Representative Nathan Winters said Tuesday morning. "This is the biggest thing Hot Springs County has faced." Winters is referring to the privatization bill, SF112, that would have allowed an outside company to come in and take over the Wyoming Pioneer Home and the Wyoming Retirement Center in Basin. According to Winters, there was no doubt in anyone's mind the bill was going to pass. "It was going to go through," he said. "There was a lot of pressure to pass it. We are...
Just like everyone else, sometimes my mornings don’t start out the greatest. Maybe I forgot to set the timer on the coffee pot or I woke up later than usual, you know, the kinds of things that make you grumpy right off the bat. I have to say, though, regardless of how my morning starts, somewhere around 7:45 I always have a smile on my face. I don’t know who she is, I don’t know her name, but she is there on the corner by the church, Monday through Friday, rain, snow or sunshine, helping our s...
The Hot Springs County High School Board of Trustees received their annual audit report at their Feb. 20 meeting, courtesy of Michel, Wright and Associates. Michael Wright informed the board there were no problems with compliance with the exception of some minor issues. Compliance audits focus on federal grants. Wright indicated the district needs to work on keeping track of documentation. If there is no documentation on where grant funds were spent, the grantor assumes the money has not been...
The Thermopolis Lady Cats had a busy weekend hosting Douglas on Friday and Newcastle on Saturday, the last home games of the season. Coach Cory Sova said they had received some scouting reports about the Douglas team – they're big and tall, strong, quick, aggressive and skilled – and the reports were true. "Our girls did a number of good things," he said, "but we couldn't keep the pace." The girls led 6-2 after the first few minutes, but Douglas immediately answered to lead by nine after the...
The Land Use Planning Commission met with Mathew and Linda Huckfeldt and Clint Huckfeldt regarding a land use change on property they own at 850 Skelton Road. The Huckfeldts would like to do a small subdivision of the property, selecting a piece of five acres to split from the remaining acreage, leaving a 35.3 acre parcel. Originally split from a larger acreage in the mid-1980's, there is no residence on the five-acre section, however, a mobile home was removed recently and a shop building was...
Forget keeping an eye out for Robins because out West, our first sign of spring is the cattle being moved from winter pasture back to the ranch in time for calving. Last Thursday, a herd was moved up Hwy. 20 north, stopping traffic in both directions as the cowboys brought them home....
DeAnna Myers is all concentration as she works building her ship at the Lego Club, sponsored by the Hot Springs County Library. The club meets the first and third Friday of each month....
It has been a busy week in Cheyenne as the Wyoming Legislature is now in session, but the question weighing heavily on the minds of those in Thermopolis and Hot Springs County is the future of the Wyoming Pioneer Home. The fate of the facility should be on the minds of everyone in Wyoming as the Pioneer Home is available for any Wyoming resident, not just those who reside in the Big Horn Basin. According to Representative Nathan Winters, the bill was once again in the appropriations committee...
The H.O.P.E. Agency in Thermopolis recently acquired a new director, Daisy Torres, who comes from our sister agency in Worland. Torres began her career in 2012 as an advocate in Worland and volunteered as an Americore Advocate and became the director here on Feb. 1. Services will remain the same at the agency, providing advocacy for victims of domestic violence, helping with stalking orders and all the other previous services. Torres brings some grant writing experience to the position, but she...
When Karen and Carl Leyba, owners of the Quality Inn, wanted to create a certain niche at the hotel, they knew exactly who to call – their friend Dan Powell, a retired judge from Colorado. That niche is a vision of the kind of hotels one would find in the 30s and 40s, with a lounge in the lobby for guests where even locals could come in for a quiet drink and a little conversation. From that vision came the Q Lounge. The Q is a place where you can come in and have a quiet drink after work and m...
The Lady Bobcats hosted a make-up game against the Lady Buffs of Buffalo last Tuesday, losing on their home court, 34-73. Head coach Cory Sova said it was an "ugly first half." The Lady Buffs were in the lead, 44-10 at halftime. The girls came out much better in the second half and were competitive, but Sova said they just can't dig themselves out of a big hole. Ashley McPhie got on track the second half, hitting her last five field goal attempts, three of which were three-pointers and were...
The Hot Springs County Commissioners got some new estimates on repair or replacement of the roof on the multi-purpose building at the fairgrounds during their afternoon meeting on Tuesday. Thane Magelky with GDA Associates said the new estimates were calculated based on contractor’s estimates for the job and the cost has come down considerably. According to Magelky, full removal and replacement of the metal roof should run $192,812, much lower than the original $300,000 estimate. Foam i...
This calf appears to be completely ignoring the whoops and whistles of the three person sorting team last Sunday at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds....
So here we are, one of my favorite days of the year – the day after Valentine’s Day. Yes, if you know me, I’m very much a salty, spicy, chips eating kind of girl, but I must confess, I am sometimes a closet chocolate eater. Hence, today is one of the best as everything Valentine’s related has gone into the discount bin and just before closing you may find me at the store sifting through the leftover goodies that other girls in town did not get from their special someone. Milk chocolate is, of...
