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Teachers at Thermopolis Middle School presented students with their "Exceeding Expectations" banner the school received during Voices last Friday morning. TMS was one of only three middle schools in Wyoming who received the honor....
Although the Lady Bobcat volleyball team lost both of their matches last week, head coach Shannon Hill says she is still seeing a lot of improvement from the girls heading into Regionals next week. Tuesday, the girls were up against Worland, dropping the match in three, 25-17, 25-15 and 25-20. Wednesday saw losses to Rawlins, 25-17, 25-16 and 25-19. "Compared to the first time we played both of these teams, we showed a lot of improvement on both offense and defense," Hill said. They have been fo...
The fifth, sixth and seventh/eighth grade bands at Thermopolis Middle School took over the auditorium for an evening of great music. Clarinets above are: Cadence Becher, Mariah Brooks, Trinity Mohr and Riley Eldridge. Saxophones below are: Ryan Mosser, Rylen Davis, Ayden Cox and Hazen Thurgood....
Hot Springs County School District #1 Board of Trustees considered a bus stop request by a parent at their meeting Tuesday night. After being told the suggested bus stop would be a safety concern by bus supervisor Jerry Bowman, the parent approached the board in an attempt to have Bowman’s decision changed. The stop in question is one that had been used for years, by the child’s grandparents and father when they were in school. On Fridays, rather than going to her home, the parent is asking to...
Families and friends enjoyed an evening's entertainment as the middle school bands presented their fall concert. Saxophonist Brendan Butler shows nearly perfect embouchure as he plays along....
Last week in the Independent Record we touched on the airport re-use alternatives as presented by GDA Engineers during a recent public meeting. Each of those alternatives were judged by the steering committee before selecting a two-phase final plan that includes a convention center/resort concept as well as re-purposing of the apron, hangars and hangar areas. By combining the two ideas, the committee realized the community could capitalize on short-term efforts to fill immediate community...
Seven Special Olympics 'Olympians' traveled to the fall Area 1 games in Lander the end of September and came home with plenty of medals. During the games, Xander Getzfried and Spencer Luce brought home gold, David Hansen, Ruth Litizzette and Shaylynn Luce picked up silver, and Allen Harsha and Allyssa Simmons came home with bronze medals. The team then went on to the Wyoming State Fall Games in Casper, coached by Lauri Olsen and advised by Tom Olsen. At the state games, Hansen brought home the...
In 1962, President John F. Kennedy proclaimed National School Lunch Week to celebrate the school lunch program throughout the country. This week, Hot Springs County School District and the nation are celebrating School Lunch:Recipes for Success. On Monday morning, students at Thermopolis Middle School learned the new name for their cafeteria after putting in suggestions. They held an unveiling first thing in the morning, announcing "Catateria" as the new name. The lunch crew got a little break...
DeAnna Myers is very serious as she learns about fire safety from Thermopolis Volunteer Fireman, Forrest Coleman-Weisz. While celebrating National Fire Safety Week, the firemen stopped in at each of the schools in the area, including a visit to Amy Ready's Moms and Tots on Tuesday....
As we celebrate National School Lunch week, I got to thinking back on growing up in Thermopolis and the wonderful lunch ladies we had and the delicious meals they used to make for us. You see, in those days, no one left campus to pop into a fast food joint for lunch, you ate in the lunchroom with everyone else. The lunch ladies were awesome. In my young mind they were all “grandmothers” who knew what they were doing in the kitchen. Everything we had was made from scratch, from the giant pan...
With the regional volleyball tournament just two weeks away, the Lady Cats took on Buffalo at home last Friday before heading across the state to Newcastle on Saturday. Friday night's matches against Buffalo honored the senior girls as it was Senior Night for both volleyball and football. "Senior night is always a little rough for our girls," coach Shannon Hill said. They dropped the first game 14-25, but rallied and played well in game two for a win, 25-23. "We needed to prove to ourselves...
National Teen Driver Safety Week begins on Sunday, the perfect time to chat with your teen about things like distracted driving, seat belts, speeding and impaired driving. One of the most common and dangerous distractions for teens behind the wheel are cell phones. Of course, we bought them the phones for emergencies and to keep in touch with us, but they’ve been proven a deadly distraction for all drivers, especially teens. Just the act of dialing a cell phone increases the crash risk by three...
Dusty Spomer and Wade Werbelow with GDA Associates out of Cody held a second airport re-use meeting at the county annex on Monday night to present three possible options for re-puposing the area based on public comment from the first meeting in the spring. At that first meeting, a steering committee was created, consisting of the three county commissioners, Brad Basse, John Dorman, Sr., Kevin Skates, Meri Ann Rush, Donnie Bjhorus, Bo Bowman, Amanda Moeller and Dustin Hunt. The main objectives...
The Hot Springs County Commissioners were blindsided at their meeting on Tuesday when Ron Jurovich, attorney for the Hospital District informed them that as of October 1, the hospital will no longer be accepting Title 25 patients for evaluations and holds. According to an article in last week’s Independent Record, the district board made the decision after nurses and other staff expressed concern for their safety when Title 25 patients that are suicidal or homicidal are brought to the e...
Hunter Bartholomew, Jarron Mortimore, Chase Snooks and Jason Clouse were all dressed up for the season during the Air Band competition as part of Homecoming Week. The quartet performed a little routine to "Jingle Bell Rock" that brought plenty of laughs from the crowd....
Haley McDermott and Hudson Roling were crowned as the 2017 Homecoming King and Queen just prior to the football game Friday night....
National Fire Protection Week begins on Sunday, Oct. 8 and the Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department has a long list of things they are going to be doing in the schools to help students learn “Every Second Counts.” Things will kick off on Monday with the firemen visiting Ralph Witters Elementary’s kindergarten, kinder-boost, first and second grades at 8:45 a.m. As a special treat, the firemen will be serving lunch to the students from 11:30 to 12:45 before heading into the third and fourt...
Lady Cats volleyball had a busy couple of days last week with matches against Worland on Thursday and Homecoming games against Rawlins on Saturday afternoon. It was kind of a rough one against Worland with the girls dropping three, 12-25, 13-25 and 13-25. "We played with effort and intensity," coach Shannon Hill said, "we just couldn't finish any points. We let Worland take control of the match right away and we never could gain it back." Hill added their serve/receive was off as well, and even...
School is now well underway and teachers and staff at Ralph Witters Elementary (RWE) are pressing forward with their goals for the school year, including some changes to reach those goals. In the 2016-17 school year, they embraced two goals, one, that 85 percent of students meet their projected growth goal, plus one point, based on the math MAP assessment, by spring of 2018, and two, that 85 percent of students meet their projected growth goal, plus one point, based on the reading MAP...
The Hot Springs County Land Use Planning Commission met last week to consider a request for a permit for a home-based business, Ty’s Truck and Trailer Repair. Tyler and Chelesa Heimann requested the permit for a business doing onsite repair of heavy-duty trucks and trailers as well as a mobile, 24-hour response service for off-site service calls. The property is located on the northeast corner of the intersection of Webb Road and Hwy. 20 North, about 5.4 miles north of town. The Heimanns w...
Last week the Hot Springs County Commissioners approved the transfer of a liquor license from Stones Throw Restaurant back to the Legion Town and Country Club, dba Thermopolis Golf Course. Since then, lots of folks in town have wondered what the plan is for the building. According to Jason Ciz, chairman of the golf course board, the tentative plan at this time is to move the current pro shop into the restaurant area and continue to sell beer and liquor out of the bar area. In addition, they are...
The Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce is excited to be hosting the Antique Stroll Show with John Sollo on Saturday, October 14 from 10 a.m. til 2 p.m. at the Hot Springs County Museum and Cultural Center. John Sollo is an appraiser for the Antiques Road Show seen on PBS. Sollo’s area of expertise is furniture from the 1870’s to present, although his real love is “modern furniture”. There will be a welcome reception on Friday, October 13 from 6-7 p.m. at the museum. Everyone is welcome...
The Lady Cats volleyball team had a busy weekend hosting the Wheatland Lady Bulldogs on Friday evening and the Torrington Lady Trailblazers on Saturday afternoon. Coach Shannon Hill said it took the girls one match to get things going, but once they did, the girls played great. Wheatland came out with some tough serves and the Cats were struggling a bit with their serves and receive passing during the first game, but once they got a handle on things they were able to set up the offense and get...
With not a lot of business on their agenda Tuesday afternoon, the Hot Springs County Commissioners had a brief meeting. The afternoon started out with a public meeting regarding the transfer of a liquor license from Stones Throw Restaurant and Bar, LLC to the Legion Town and Country Club, dba Thermopolis Golf Course. Per the lease agreement Stones Throw had with the Country Club, if they decided not to continue with their lease, the license would be transferred back to the Club. Since there was...
Hot Springs County School District #1 Board of Trustees held their monthly meeting on Tuesday night, starting things out with a meet and greet of the new teachers in the district. David Duncan and Carrie Ryan were on tap for the district initiatives discussion, telling the board what they are doing to help those students with problematic behaviors in the classroom. Duncan said it isn’t just the students with disabilities they are working with, although some of the students do qualify as s...
