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by Cindy Glasson The Thermopolis Bobcat golf team hosted their home tournament on Friday at the Thermopolis Golf Course, coming out on top of Lander, Cody and Kemmerer. The varsity boy's team took the first three spots with Hudson Roling taking first with a score of 65. The Cats tied for second place with 83 strokes going to Caleb DeCroo and Jake Maksin. Will DeVries scored 99 for an 11th place tie with Ty Hysell from Kemmerer, and Cade McLean finished out the varsity scoring with a 15th place...
The Hot Springs County School District #1 Board of Trustees released the average daily absences in each of the schools during their monthly meeting Tuesday night. The data is cumulative from August through March, showing how many days of school were held in each building along with the average number of absences each building showed for the month. It is easy to see that January was “flu” month as it shows the greatest number of student absences, primarily due to illness. It is important to not...
Hot Springs County High School's FFA program recently attended their State event in Cheyenne. One of the highlights of the trip was the "booth contest" which the team won through a combination of excellent presentation and a little help from hand-held technology. FFA member Jeffrey VanAntwerp created a Wyoming trivia quiz with an interactive program that was then plugged into a TV in the booth. Those passing by could access the program via their smart phones and play along. Strite Daniels,...
Amy Ready's Moms and Tots class had a secret visitor Tuesday morning who left behind some bright eggs. Apollo Jenks reaches down to pick one up while Tucker Sayler has his eye on a blue one....
Spring golf got underway this past weekend at the Bobcats traveled to Sheridan to participate in a match-play tournament. Coach Jacob Smith said it was a nice change of pace from the constant stroke play tournaments. With it being spring break and many athletes out of town, Smith was only able to take four golfers, Hudson Roling, Caleb DeCroo, Jaxon Davis and Cade McLean. Smith said the two veterans, Roling and DeCroo, performed well. “They didn’t quite play to the level they were hoping to,...
A very vocal Canadian Goose was taking a leisurely evening stroll along the banks of one of the cooling ponds in Hot Springs State Park recently....
Parents, students and boosters have been very concerned about the future status of various activities at both the middle school and high school. A meeting last Wednesday afternoon with the entire coaching staff from both schools, activities director Brandon Deromedi and superintendent Dustin Hunt outlined cuts that will go into effect for the coming school year. Five coaching positions have been eliminated including freshman volleyball, freshman boys and girls basketball, an assistant cheer...
Questions regarding staffing changes at Hot Springs County School District No. 1 have been flying through the community with many wanting to know which educators and staff have been retained and which ones will not be seen next school year. Non-teaching contracts were renewed for Sierra Barber, Lonnie Music, Cortney O’Connor, David Duncan, Ryan O’Connor, Liz Ryan and Brenna Huckfeldt. Initial contracts were granted to Stephanie Boren, Ashlee Burton, Shane Corpening, Katlin Despain, Matthew McP...
Main Street Thermopolis is gearing up for another building assessment on April 5 to discover whether an abandoned building on Arapahoe is viable for use. The former Fair Deal Furniture building at 518 Arapahoe will be looked over by an outside company to determine whether or not it can be renovated or repaired in order to create space for a business or two. Amanda Moeller, one of the Main Street Thermopolis members, said there is already someone with some interest in the building. Another...
A Hot Springs County High School senior has been awarded the prestigious Daniels Scholarship for 2017. Shaynie Bauer received notice of the award last week when the students were all called to Casper for what they thought was another round of interviews. Imagine their surprise when it was announced everyone in the room was a winner and the “interview” had been a ruse set up by the scholarship committee to add a little fun to the announcement. Bauer is one of a select few from Wyoming, Col...
A number of parents and students were in attendance at the Tuesday night meeting of the Hot Springs County School District’s Board of Directors, having heard rumors that certain programs were going to be eliminated for the upcoming school year. Before opening the floor to public comment, board chair Nichole Weyer read a statement from the board asking people to understand that no assumptions should be made about certain programs based on whether or not a teacher is retained or let go. Weyer said...
A number of people decided to spend their Sunday enjoying the Bighorn River....
by Cindy Glasson A second public hearing on the land use change request for a property on Black Mountain Road was held last week with the Land Use Planning Commission. Several surrounding landowners were in attendance including commission member Diane Winter who recused herself from the board for the evening in order to speak as a landowner in the matter. The land use change in question would take property owned by Leslie Branin from residential to commercial. Branin purchased the property with...
The Hot Springs County Commissioners held their second meeting for March on Tuesday evening, approving a resolution for the solar eclipse in August, awarding a bid for concrete work at the new airport and discussing insulation issues in the multi-purpose building at the fairgrounds before hearing an update from New ERA Petroleum. The commissioners approved a resolution addressing land uses, a temporary easing of some aspects, from August 15, 2017 to August 31, 2017, to allow short-term rentals...
After 37 days of very focused work, the Wyoming Legislature has finished the 2017 General Session. Since a General Session is when bills on general topics are brought, a wide range of issues have been addressed over the past two months. Representative Nathan Winters said 204 pieces of legislation made it completely through the process, focusing on diversifying Wyoming’s economy, balancing Wyoming’s budget, addressing education funding shortfalls and passing measures aimed at improving the qualit...
Citizens of Hot Springs County are reminded the new 1 percent specific purpose tax will go into effect April 1. The tax, which was on the ballot in November, adds an additional penny to all purchases in the county to help support the new Hospital District. This will make our sales tax 6 percent, or six-cents on the dollar. Other counties in the state have a similar rate including Albany, Carbon, Crook, Niobrara, Platte, Sheridan, Sweetwater and Weston Counties. The lowest tax rate in the state...
In this day and age security is a major concern on many fronts, from schools to businesses and places like our own Hot Springs County Courthouse. Department heads at the courthouse have been meeting over the last few months to review their offices and come up with a plan for creating a safer environment for themselves and the citizens visiting their offices. They presented their plan to the county commissioners at their Tuesday meeting. The group evaluated each of the offices as well as the...
Aaaah spring! The beautiful season that brings new leaves, new grass and best of all, new babies. I hear friends talking about calving time and lambing season and giraffes. Yes, giraffes. Literally tens of thousands of people all over the world are glued to their computers waiting for the birth of a new giraffe at a zoo in Harpursville, New York. The zoo is running a live feed on the Internet in anticipation of the blessed event. The gestation period for giraffes lasts 15 months. I have to give...
Although they will not be moving on to the State Tournament, the Lady Cats finished their season with great heart and a ton of effort at the Regional Tournament in Buffalo last weekend. The girls took on Douglas in their first game on Thursday, a team they were eager to meet again after a horrible loss to them just a few short weeks ago. Head coach Cory Sova said the girls got off to a very competitive start although they didn't take care of the ball very well. "The score was tied after the...
Mary McGillivray, music educator at Ralph Witters Elementary (RWE) and high school drama director, was recently awarded the Outstanding Young Music Educator for the North Big Horn Basin. Nominated by her colleagues, McGillivray has spent a lifetime in music and theatre, attending Casper College where she was deeply involved in the music and theatre departments before moving on to Black Hills State University where she received a Bachelors in Vocal Music Performance, a Bachelors in Music Educatio...
Matea Vargas seems to think there's nothing unusual about Crazy Hair Day at Ralph Witters Elementary. Students had hairstyles of all shapes and sizes as well as a wide variety of colors to honor Dr. Seuss week....
A group of around 30 citizens met at the County Annex Monday night to discuss possible new uses for the old airport. Dusty Spomer and Wes Werbelow with GDA Engineers conducted the meeting, as their company will be creating a plan for the property based on the public’s input at a number of meetings. Werbelow said there are some things to consider when it comes to the land – short-term vs. long-term use, public, private or mixed use and the long and short term costs associated with any plan. “Toni...
The Lady Bobcat basketball team played their final regular season game last Saturday, dropping a close game to the Lady Dogies of Newcastle, 40-32. Head coach Cory Sova said he thought the girls gave it their all against Newcastle, but they definitely were lacking in concentration and energy. "I'm sure sitting on a bus for over seven hours took a toll on us," he said. "Our game got pushed back three hours because of bus issues and a late arrival." Sova said the girls were not happy with their...
Thermopolis Middle School's seventh and eighth grade girls basketball teams had their final games last weekend, with eighth grade attending conference in Powell and seventh playing here. Seventh grade coach Kent Hessenthaler said his girls played very well, but lost by just three points to Worland in a "barn burner". Their second game of the day was against Riverton, however, the girls lost that one by five points after leading through most of the game. Hessenthaler said they just seemed to run...
The Lady Bobcat freshman-sophomore team finished up their first season in 3A competition with a respectable 8-10 record in spite of a rough tournament in Worland last Saturday. Coach Ernie Mecca said Dani Jo Pebbles had her best game of the season in the 32-15 loss against Riverton Saturday, scoring eight points to lead the team. In their 40-29 loss to Pinedale, Mecca said the girls got off to a slow start, only scoring five points the first half, but came out with renewed intensity the second h...
