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The Lady Bobcat's varsity basketball team had a rough time in their game against Worland's Lady Warriors last week, ending the night with a 27-51 loss. Worland dominated every statistical category with the exception of free-throws and their mix of size and quickness bothered the Cats, but coach Cory Sova said the girls didn't play offensively like they are capable. "When we finally would run our offense with aggressiveness and decent execution, we struggled shooting the ball," Sova said. "I was...
The freshman and JV girls basketball teams were pitted against the Worland Lady Warriors, and unfortunately, both teams came up short. The freshman girls came out ready to play, they just couldn’t get any shots to fall, losing to Worland, 29-58. Three of the team members on the Worland squad shot in double digits, and the Lady Cats were having a rough time with free-throws, shooting just 22 percent from the line. “Overall, we just had a tough game,” coach Katie Despain said. “I continue to see...
The Wyoming State Legislature is slated to convene on Monday, Feb. 12 at 10 a.m. in Cheyenne. House District 28 Legislator, Nathan Winters, said in an interview on Tuesday that after three years, the revenue for the state has stabilized. “The decline started in 2014,” Winters said, “but things are at about the $94 million mark again. That doesn’t make up for the $750 million loss over the last three years, but it has at least stabilized. We still need to be very wise with our spending.” With all...
The Hot Springs County Commissioners gave the nod of approval to Emergency Management to begin a county river and stream awareness program to start on March 1. Emergency Management director Bill Gordon, presented the plan to the commissioners that will include changeable signage at the various boat docks along the river and in Hot Springs State Park that will be color coded from green to red to indicate the safety of the river. In addition, each week the Independent Record will run a color...
The Lady Bobcat basketball team spent the weekend away, hitting Wheatland on Friday and Torrington on Saturday, coming home with a 1-1 record. The Lady Cats beat the Wheatland Lady Bulldogs on Friday, 58-31. Coach Cory Sova said the team shot the ball really well from the field and played consistently offensively for the majority of the game, but did struggle a bit taking care of the ball. "A few of the errors were mental and unforced," Sova said. "We also gave up way too many offensive...
The Lady Cats JV and froshmore teams both traveled over the weekend, playing Wheatland on Friday before taking on Torrington on Saturday. Friday’s game against Wheatland’s Lady Bulldogs was a real confidence booster for the froshmore team as they came out on top, 62-30. Coach Katie Despain said the first quarter was tight, with the girls just three points ahead, but they came out in the second quarter ready to play and went to the locker room at halftime, 40-19. “They played hard and communicate...
Shurie Scheel, Dennis and Karen Sinclair. and Phil Scheel line up for dinner before the live and silent auction fundraiser held by the Rotary Club at the VFW on Friday night....
In spite of speculation on social media over the weekend, the sighting of two Blackhawk helicopters over Thermopolis on Saturday was nothing more than a routine training mission out of Cheyenne by the Wyoming Air National Guard. The pair of choppers were headed to Powell on Saturday and stopped at the Hot Springs County Airport to refuel on their way home. The group was a high altitude rescue team that has seen action in both Iraq and Afghanistan. They do rescues at 10,000-11,000 foot...
I have an arrangement with my landlord. I am going to die in this house...because I detest moving. He’s OK with that. We all go through life gathering this and that, not really thinking about all the items we have picked up along the way. That is until we decide to move. While its amazing the things I have found during this latest moving adventure, it is even more amazing to realize the places I’ve been, the connections with family and friends, old photos and assorted trinkets I’ve found. Every...
The Lady Bobcats took on the Lady Outlaws from Rawlins last Friday, battling away, but coming up short as they lost, 35-59. The Lady Cats were only down by four at the half, 19-15, but coach Cory Sova said the game got away from them at the midway mark of the third quarter. Rawlins tossed in six shots in a row from a variety of distances while Thermop struggled with turning the ball over throughout the game, ending with 25 total. "Rawlins has some very athletic girls with nice quickness," Sova s...
The Lady Bobcat freshman and JV teams seemed to be stuck on the number 17 last weekend as that was the final score for both teams against Rawlins’ Lady Outlaws. Due to low numbers for the Lady Outlaws, the JV team was only able to play two quarters, losing 23-17 in Rawlins. “We came out not nearly aggressive enough in the first quarter,” said coach Katie Despain. Rawlins, on the other hand, came out ready to play and scored 15 points in the first quarter compared to the Lady Cats five. The s...
February 14 is a day for lovers and throughout February we see hearts everywhere, from store windows to heart-shaped boxes of candy and cards depicting the most vital organ in our body. But did you know February is also designated as American Heart Month? The American Heart Association wants to help everyone live longer, healthier lives and we all know that starts with taking care of our health. Cardiovascular disease, including heart disease and stroke, remains the leading gloval cause of...
Every day now we’re hearing stories from across the country about the toll this year’s flu season is having on citizens, especially children. We are fortunate to report that as of Tuesday, there have been a total of six cases in Hot Springs County over the last two weeks, none of which have been severe enough to be life threatening or require hospitilization, according to Red Rock Family Practice. Of course, this is probably just the starting edge of the flu season here, so it is a good idea to...
It was a mixed bag for the Lady Bobcat basketball team last week as they topped the Lady Warriors from Worland on Thursday in a nail biter, 53-48, then lost to the Buffalo Lady Buffs on Friday 75-37. Head coach Cory Sova said the Worland game was a great confidence booster for the girls. "This was a total team effort as we played almost the whole overtime period without three starters," Sova said. Ashley McPhie fouled outwith about three minutes left in regulation play, Sesi Jensen with a minute...
The Thermopolis Lady Cat JV basketball team met Worland and Buffalo this past weekend while the “froshmore” (freshman-sophomore mixed) team took on Buffalo. The JV game against Worland was a tough loss (36-22) at home. Coach Katie Despain said it was a learning game for the girls as they only scored five total points in the first half, but rebounded to score 17 in the third. Unfortunately, that wasn’t enough to overcome the Lady Warriors as the Lady Cats were scoreless in the fourth quart...
If you have been inside Hot Springs County High School recently you may have noticed signs in the commons area that read “Cell Phone Free Zone” and wondered what was going on. According to Principal Breez Daniels, concerns from parents during the first semester were that students were using their cell phones too much at school and they were concerned the phone use was distracting students from learning. The biggest worry for parents, however, was bullying via cell phone text messages and soc...
At the start of the school year, staff at Ralph Witters Elementary (RWE) set a few goals and are well on their way to meeting those goals for the 2017-18 school year. The library went under a bit of renovation to create a special space for books dedicated to a reading leveling system. At the beginning of the year each student was assessed as to their placement within that reading system. Once their benchmark was set in the Fountas and Pinnell system, each student worked toward improving where...
After August’s spectacular solar eclipse with the moon passing between the Earth and the sun, its time to return the moon’s favor with a total lunar eclipse on Wednesday, Jan. 31. Again, Wyoming is blessed to be a prime viewing area and in Thermopolis we’ll just have to get up a little earlier than normal to appreciate it. The eclipse is unusual, this type not actually seen for 35 years, as it falls in line with the Blue Moon phase (a second full moon in a month) as well as the Supermoon phase w...
Upon the recommendation of the Hot Springs County Republican Central Committee, the Hot Springs County Commissioners appointed Daniel Webber as the new county assessor at their meeting on Tuesday evening. Webber was sworn in on Wednesday morning to fill the position recently vacated by the the retirement of Shelley Deromedi. A native of Hot Springs County, Webber has been with the assessor's office for 13 years. He is a permanently certified property tax assessor by the Department Revenue. "Shel...
Wouldn’t it be nice to have a peek into your possible future? Maybe you would like to know what things in your past put you on your current path. Is there love in your future? When will your stars align? About 45 years ago, Allison became fascinated with astrology. At first she was skeptical, feeling like the things she was hearing and reading didn’t really ring true, and she began trying to debunk the theories she had heard. That, of course, led to buying books and reading about the sub...
Thermopolis Middle School came out on top in the Challenge of the Books held at the armory last week, competing against seven teams, to take first place. Begun in 2004, schools from around the Big Horn Basin compete against each other in a question and answer forum for six rounds. Points are calculated for correct answers as well as answers your team could answer correctly when your opponent could not. Questions come from a list of 12 books selected from the Soaring Eagle and Indian Paintbrush...
An interesting question came up recently about the weather in Thermopolis. “Did we have more snow when you were a kid than we have now?” I would have to say yes, even taking into consideration that I’m taller than I was as a kid (OK, not by much), I remember huge amounts of snow. For us, snow generally started at Halloween requiring us to have costumes several sizes larger in order to fit over our snow suits. It stayed, sometimes until Easter. I even remember a snow storm in June during Wildc...
The Lady Bobcat basketball team added a pair in the "W" column this weekend, winning first at home on Friday against Lander, 36-30 and then winning in Big Piney on Saturday, 47-33. After losing to Lander's Lady Tigers by 10 before Christmas break, this win was a great one for the girls. The home opener had a great crowd and the girls were a little nervous, but they found a way to stay in the game and dominated in the fourth quarter. Both teams struggled in the shooting department, but coach...
It was something of a hard weekend for the freshman/sophomore girls basketball team as they dropped a game to Lander on Friday, 31-25. The team was just two points behind at the half, but they were out-shot in the third quarter, which really hurt. Coach Katie Despain said the girls struggled to find their rhythm as a team. "Daily we have and will continue to work in practice to improve their skills," she said. "They all have a lot of potential." Elisa Weber led the team with nine points against...
The war is on at Hot Springs County High School as the Student Council pits the classes against each other in the Pennies for Patients fundraiser. Now, through Jan. 26, each of the classes are raising funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The Student Council set a goal of $5,000, however, if they raise $8,000, attendance secretary Jessica Smith said she will shave her head. The winning class will be based on the number of points they have and the class with the most points at the end of t...
