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The Wyoming Dinosaur Center (WDC) has been successful with its monthly Science Saturday program and they are looking forward to more in the coming months. According to WDC's Education Director Angela Reddick, the Science Saturdays are held on the second weekend of each month, from October to April during their off-season. In December, the WDC held a hot cocoa geology event where they taught kids and their families about the layering of rocks in the earth based on hot chocolate ingredients. Each...
Dr. Danielle Flowers has joined Owl Creek Veterinary Services as a veterinarian. Flowers graduated from the University of Illinois in May 2022 with her veterinary degree. She decided to move to Hot Springs County after visiting for a few summers and said she "fell in love" with the area. Flowers added, "Horses always have kind of been my passion and originally wanted to just go into equine medicine and then changed my mind and decided to practice and see all sorts of animals." Flowers studied...
On January 17 the Hot Springs County Commissioners held an informal discussion with various entities to organize a Joint Powers Water District potentially. Representatives from the Town of Thermopolis, Owl Creek Water District, South Thermopolis Water & Sewer District, and Red Lane were present. East Thermopolis and Lucerne were invited but were not able to attend. Commission Chairman Tom Ryan provided some history for the group discussion saying, “In 2018, we started down this path. We had a l...
At the December Hot Springs Health board meeting, Dr. Mattson Mathey gave the medical staff report and said they passed a couple of policies and updated their circumcision policy. They also discussed their increase in numbers for OB and to make sure they have enough specialty nurses available to absorb and safely care for their increased numbers. Mathey said they have potentially 16 deliveries for January. During the CEO report, Scott Alwin detailed his efforts in physician recruitment. He also...
At the January Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce board meeting, CEO Meri Ann Dorman updated the board about the proposed electric vehicle charging station and said that she is working with Kristen Gunther of Otterspace. Dorman reported that according to Wyoming State Parks District Manager Brooks Jordan, the Chamber is not able to sublease from Hot Springs State Parks. However, Otterspace is in negotiations and could create its own contract. One board member offered that they could...
The HSC Speaker Series, a non-partisan monthly meeting open to the public for informational purposes will be starting Wednesday, January 25 at noon at the Hot Springs County Library. County Assessor Daniel Webber will present information about property taxes. The second meeting will be on Tuesday, February 28 at 6:30 p.m. where information about Critical Race Theory in schools will be given. Following that, the meetings will be held on the fourth Tuesday evening of each month. The specific...
Former State Trooper Sue Knighton has been recognized by her previous supervisor Lieutenant Clay Barker of Cheyenne by giving her a plaque that contains her badge, medals, and pins for her years of service in both the military and the Wyoming Highway Patrol. Knighton grew up in Thermopolis and attended Ralph Witters Elementary School and the Middle School. After that, she moved to Washington State and graduated from high school in 1992. Next, she enlisted in the Army to be in the Military Police...
At the Thermopolis Town Council meeting held January 3 at Town Hall, attorney Mike Messenger swore in Adam Estenson as the new mayor. Additionally, Messenger swore in council members John Dorman, Sr., and Rachel Hughes. Mayor Estenson thanked Messenger for administrating the oaths of office and for Mayor Mike Chimenti for years of service. Estenson also recognized councilmember Tony Larson and Codes Administrator Fred Crosby for their previous work with the council. Mayor Esteson’s first o...
At the January 3 Hot Springs County Commissioners board meeting, Tom Ryan and Phil Scheel welcomed newly elected commissioner Paul Galovich. During the 2023 reorganization, the commissioners elected Tom Ryan as Chairman and Phil Scheel as Vice Chair. They also decided to keep the meeting dates and times the same, the first Tuesday of the month at 9 a.m. and the third Tuesday of the month at 3 p.m. However, the January 17 meeting will be at 1 p.m. to allow for county employees’ travel time for a...
The Senior Housing in East Thermopolis, which includes the Canyon Village and Hot Springs Senior Apartments, recently won some of the nation's top awards as a federally subsidized apartment complex. Lynne Mesenbrink, property manager, and David Mesenbrink, maintenance supervisor, operate these two facilities under the North West Tamarack Property Management Company. The Senior Housing houses citizens who are 62 years and older and disabled people. The residents are independent in their living as...
Dr. Jeb Schenck recently traveled to the continent of Antarctica with his daughter, Jessie Cruickshank, on December 1 and returned on December 11. They first traveled through Buenos Aires, Argentina then took a small cruise ship with almost 70 other professional photographers to the Antarctic Peninsula. Schenck said about their ten days on the sea, "We have never been on a ship before. We were concerned about crossing the Drake, which is the roughest seas in the world and our conditions were...
At the December 20 Hot Springs County Commissioners meeting, Tricia McPhie presented the cash handling policy for review, which has not been updated since 2019. The commissioners voted and passed the approval to accept the policy. The commissioners voted to approve county board appointments, including Ginger Ward for the Fair Board, Jim Lash for the Predatory Animal Control Board, Arnold Pennoyer for Area 2 of the Weed & Pest Board and Dee Hillberry for Area 5 of the Weed & Pest Board. It was no...
Hot Springs County Search and Rescue has a new side-by-side vehicle with snow tracks. Search and Rescue member Casey Freund, said the Polaris Ranger Crew 1000 Northstar edition vehicle was approved by the County Commissioners in 2021. The cost to the county was $23,061.99. The tracks were paid for out of the private fund for the Search and Rescue, which is from donations made to the organization. Freund added that their Poker Float fundraiser earned them money from the community to pay for the t...
At the December 6 Thermopolis Town Council meeting, the council passed a resolution for a budget adjustment that was originally adopted in June. This allowed the council to pass a second resolution that would pay for the extensive asphalt repair and the water project. The money for these costs will come from the general fund. The amounts for these costs were approximately $41,000 for Fremont Street, less than $80,000 for Richards, and $32,000 for 8th and Fremont, Clark. The council voted and...
Wyoming Pioneer Home resident Bobbie Butler recently turned 100 years old and a birthday party was held in her honor with family and friends attending. Bobbie was born in Oakley, Kansas, but grew up in Neosho, Missouri. She remembers being a young girl and traveling for about a month to Neosho in a horse-drawn covered wagon with her family, which included nine kids and her parents Jim and Hazel White. Bobbie was named after her uncle Bob. She had six sisters and two brothers. Along the way,...
At the November Hot Springs Health Hospital Board meeting, Chairman Bill Williams welcomed Aimee Kay to the board. Also, CEO Scott Alwin presented a plaque in recognition of out-going Vice Chairman Heath Overfield. A discussion was held about the recent Service Excellence Conference in Orlando, Florida that some staff attended. In the medical staff report, Dr. Mattson Mathey said the providers are working to get a uniform formalized process in place for their utilization and documentation for...
The Giving Tree, formerly known as the Elf Tree offered by the Department of Family Services, is up at Storyteller located downtown at 524 Broadway Street. Executive director of Safe Haven Kaitlin Stone provided information on how the Giving Tree works and its guidelines and said, “The way we’re doing it this year is that everybody writes down three wants and three needs for each child. Each child gets two separate tags on the tree so that if somebody is purchasing gifts and they only want to ge...
Thermopolis Police Officer Dood Jaussaud has restored a 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air and converted it into a police car. Jaussaud explained that he has been planning this for a long time and said, "I've actually wanted a cop car before I even applied for the sheriff's office and started in law enforcement. When my grandpa passed away, we went to a car show the day after his funeral. I took his truck, my red truck that I have, was his little truck. They were raffling off a police department car in Mill...
Safe Haven is the location to sign up for The Giving Tree, formerly known as the Elf Tree offered by the Department of Family Services. The deadline to sign up children is Monday, December 12. The age cutoff is 18 and each child can only be signed up once. The tree is only residents of Hot Springs County and only the person who completes the sign-up can pick up the gifts. Executive director of Safe Haven Kaitlin Stone said, “It’s a way for the community to come together and make sure that all...
Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) Senior Public Relations Specialist Cody Beers provided an update on the Broadway Bridge construction. According to Beers, the funding comes from a Biden-Harris Administration bill called the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law where $2.3 billion is headed to Wyoming, with 70 specific projects identified. Beers said that this amount of federal funding is 25%-26% more than received typically. Some of the projects include 44 structures that are not directly...
On November 22, the Hot Springs County Commissioners held a public hearing regarding their application to the Wyoming Business Council for a Readiness Grant. The hearing is a requirement to start the process. In 2015, the new Hot Springs County Municipal Airport was opened to replace the original Thermopolis Municipal Airport, which was adjacent to the city of Thermopolis, but was unsuitable for expansion. The airfield didn’t meet federal design standards and was situated in obstructed t...
Wyoming Whiskey is celebrating 10 years since its first small batch of bourbon by having an anniversary party on Saturday, December 3. The party will be at the new location of their Satellite Store at 120 East Main Street in Kirby, the former site of Kirby Bar and Grill. The anniversary party will be from noon until 8 p.m. There will be hayride distillery tours from noon until 3 p.m. Justin Beasley and After the Rodeo Band will provide Live music. Food will be provided by We Got Your Six...
It’s back! The 22nd Annual Christmas Tree Festival will be held on Tuesday, December 6 at the Community Church Fellowship Hall at 5:30 p.m. for food and drinks, and at 6:30 p.m. will be the tree, wreath, and specialty items auction. All proceeds go to the Thermopolis Community Fund. Hot Springs Health and Pinnacle Bank sponsor the event. Spokesperson John Gibbel said, “It’s really exciting. We’re hoping to have over 30 items available for auction. And we just really appreciate those that take th...
Safe Haven is the location of The Giving Tree, formerly known as the Elf Tree offered by the Department of Family Services. Executive director of Safe Haven Kaitlin Stone said, “It’s a way for the community to come together and make sure that all kiddos have a good Christmas. Anyone can sign up. There’s no income restriction. Thanks to our incredible community and donations of time and gifts, we are able to work together to provide a beautiful holiday for anyone who might need a little extra...
At the November 15 Hot Springs County Commissioners board meeting, a public hearing was held for the Crimson View Estates Plat Revision. The applicant Ross Woolley on behalf of the Crimson View Estates lot owners has requested approval of an amendment to a plat changing the road dedication language on the Miller-Schmidt Subdivision Plat (aka Crimson View Estates). The current language dedicated to all subdivision roads, including the northern portion of Lane 14, “to the public’’ would be chang...
