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The annual Thermopolis Hot Spot Car Show will be on Father’s Day weekend June 19 and 20. The parade of cars will begin at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, starting at Hot Springs State Park traveling from the Chamber of Commerce onto the main drag, through the stoplight, past McDonald’s moving to Thermopolis Rehab and Wellness, turning north onto 14th Street, past the Fire Hall and then east down Broadway to the downtown area. The parade will have a police and fire department escort. The final des...
Business partners Bob Reardon and Darren Calhoun have opened up a new food truck called WY Smoke Burritos located at 8th Street and Shoshoni Street. They have breakfast and lunch/dinner burritos with smoked pork, BBQ mole prime beef, chicken, vegetable and tater tots with a protein choice. The burritos can also be chimichanga style smothered. Reardon described the creation of the foods and the prime brisket and pork are smoked 12-14 hours. The pork sits on top of beds of pineapple with...
Doctor Travis Bomengen was awarded the 2021 WRITE Excellence in Teaching Award for the Wyoming region. In a letter from the University of Washington School of Medicine, Office of Rural Programs it said, "This award aims to recognize and honor preceptors with a track record of excellence in teaching medical students as well as those that serve as a leader in their community." Nominations were collected from WRITE students across the WWAMI program. WWAMI is through the University of Washington...
At the June 1 Thermopolis Town Council meeting, Darren Butcher presented some concerns to the council. The agenda for the meeting said he was going to speak about lawn waste. However, he quoted some bible scriptures about how the people can benefit those who oversee the land and he wanted to address the mindset of the council to appeal to them his cause about allowing chickens within the town. Butcher said he wanted to help the community who are in need and that chickens would be a benefit by...
Thermopolis residents, Thomas Schoenewald and Lea Cavalli Schoenewald, recently wrote a new book revealing the past and current history of the Hot Springs State Park. During the Covid situation last year the Schoenewalds were hiking around the State Park area seeking out where the old zoo was located. It was a fantastic find and this got them interested in learning about the history of the park. Because they were not able to travel due to Covid, they decided to write a book. The excitement...
Megan Olson is Hot Springs Health's first resident of Thermopolis' Rural Training Track out of the University of Wyoming Family Medicine Program. She was chosen out of 300 applicants because of her physician expertise but also as a spokesperson for the program. Olson is originally from Cheyenne and is starting her second year of residency this July. Her focus is rural family medicine which covers a pretty broad scope from clinical medicine to hospital medicine, which includes deliveries,...
Gottsche Therapy, Rehab and Wellness is excited to introduce their new Physical Therapists. Jonathan Otto is a Doctor of Physical Therapy at Gottsche. Otto was born and raised in Riverton. He received his undergraduate degree in physiology and kinesthetics from the University of Wyoming and his doctorate in physical therapy (PT) from Phoenix’s Franklin Pierce University in 2016. His exposure to PT started after a rock-climbing injury where he fell and dislocated his shoulder while he was in c...
The Hot Springs County Commissioners had a full agenda to get through at their June 1 meeting. Nate Messenger gave his FBO report on the new county airport and said that “May was a good month,” they had decent fuel sales and traffic. There were 130 total recorded operations with three air ambulances and 11 aircraft that were overnight. They sold 934.23 gallons of Avgas and 1,190 gallons of jet fuel. Messenger added that he has seen an increase in fishing traffic, specifically luxury fishermen wi...
At the May 25 HSCM Hospital Board meeting CEO Margie Molitor said, “We are very excited, we are in the final stretch,” of their hospital construction. Planners and architects will be doing a final walk-thru of the property, anything not complete they will document that. Landscaping is coming up next. Molitor said they received a bid that was significantly less than what they were expecting when the project started. Details for landscaping will come next month. The bid came from SWI which has...
At the May 18 Thermopolis Town Council meeting Heather Hayes presented some requests for the PRCA Rodeo Parade on June 25-26 for a partial street closure. The parade is on June 26 at 10 a.m. Additionally, she said that Chancey Williams wants to be part of the rodeo kickoff when he comes back to perform and wants to have a street dance again on Friday, June 25. They also requested a malt beverage permit and already had approval from the Fair Board. Hayes added information about the Chancey...
During the Hot Springs County Commissioners May 18 meeting, County Assessor Dan Webber presented the 2021 Abstract for the Board of Equalization. The commissioners recessed their meeting and called to order their Board of Equalization hearing to listen to Webber. He explained the abstract assessment amount was for $2,269,947. The Board of Equalization passed to approve it. Later they adjourned and went back to holding their commissioners meeting from then on. Webber also presented a memorandum...
At the May 19 Hot Springs County Travel and Tourism Board Meeting, during the financial report out-going Treasurer Matt Hughes said that the transition to the new Treasurer Audra Dominguez is underway. She will prepare and present the next report in June. Hughes also said that the receipts are still tracking ahead of planned income. But they need to average $13.8K for the last two months to meet their income goal. However, it’s not likely, based on historical averages of $9.2L and $8.3K in M...
This last week some construction work was done on Hospital Hill for the new transfer station approach. Noticing this work, some local residents expressed concern about the details of the new transfer station. The Independent Record staff presented these concerns to Fred Crosby, assistant to the Mayor, from Thermopolis Town Hall. Crosby explained that the transfer station is not an open pit landfill in its design, it will be a large building. This covered building will have several ports to it...
As part of the Historic US Route 20 Nonprofit Organization, Alex Simon of Las Vegas is crossing the country on electric scooters traveling from Massachusetts to Oregon. For Simon's inspiration for doing this epic journey, he said "My dad was an agronomist in Brazil. He spent his life dedicated to the preservation of the environment. He passed away in November of 2020. When he died, I started thinking about my own legacy and what I was doing for the environment. I decided to cross the United...
During the May 4 Hot Springs County Commissioners meeting, Chairman Tom Ryan addressed an email from the Independent Record asking for comment on a solid waste district proposal and working with the Thermopolis Town Council. Ryan said, “They (the town) were wanting the county to create a solid waste district or the residents of the town would have to pay a lot more money, which we are very aware of. We’re not really opposed to a solid waste district and when we had discussion with the Town, the...
At the May 4 Thermopolis Town Council meeting, a previously tabled issue involving a home occupation business zoning request from Brad Bercerra and his auto detailing business, was brought back to discussion. Council member Tony Larson repeated his comment that he has never received this many letters of disapproval of a business. He added that not all the boxes were checked in Becerra’s application and he said, “I can’t see to approve it according to policy.” Mayor Chimenti added that not all th...
At the April Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital Board meeting CEO Margie Molitor said, “the exciting thing is that all of our outpatient areas are now open. Everything the patient touches is new or remodeled. They can come in the main entrance and find their way.” Molitor also said that their CT volume is going up and they are hoping their mammography volume goes up too. They are getting good feedback from the speciality clinic from the specialists there. Dr. Nicole Jamieson is confirmed to...
Main Street Thermopolis is holding its annual Brewfest event on Saturday, June 5 from 4-8 p.m. between 4th and 5th street on Broadway downtown. It is their main fundraiser where the entire community and families can participate. Adults 21 years and older can purchase a tasting mug for $25 and try out beer from six or more craft breweries from around the state. There will be a variety of food trucks, vendors with arts and crafts and local musicians, such as Eric Kay, Keith OBrien and Harold...
At the April 20 Hot Springs County Commissioners meeting, the commissioners held a discussion with County Health Nurse Tricia McPhie to discuss rescinding the Incident Command Team they created in March 2020, which was a response to the COVID situation and other aspects to the emergency situation. McPhie said, “I think we’ve learned a lot of stuff over the last year. We are not meeting like we did before. Efforts have obviously changed, too. Testing and vaccinating with a detailed plan, mor...
At the April 20 Thermopolis Town Council meeting, Heath Overfield reported on their waste management situation and the transfer station. Overfield started by saying he wanted to put a placeholder in their budget for money going to the access of the transfer station because they wanted to add a lane. This would be done in accordance with WYDOT. There are a couple of options of how they can do the work and they will decide in the near future. Overfield then provided a priority list of transfer...
Sonja Johansen is the new Golf Pro Shop manager and she will be taking care of the clubhouse. There are plans to reopen the restaurant at the course soon. The menu will include, chicken, burgers, chicken fingers and some diabetic friendly foods. Along with french fries, other side options will be coleslaw, cottage cheese and other low carb options. They will also be serving morning coffee. Johansen will oversee staff, take care of the golf carts and the bar among other duties. The club house...
Dr. Yun Cheng, Ph.D. is a psychologist who recently moved her practice to Hot Springs County and has set up her office at Gottsche. Dr. Cheng provides high-quality, state-of-the-art, private and confidential psychological services. With over 20 years of experience, Dr. Cheng provides psychological testing and treatment services for all ages and for a wide range of issues, including academic performance and developmental issues, neuropsychological, disability and mental health evaluations and agi...
The owners of the new Mexican restaurant Los Cabos, Ricardo Lopez and Tina Ordaz have been experiencing surprising results since they opened on February 5. There was a rough start with acquiring staffing at the beginning but they now seem to be in their stride. Ordaz said, “It’s been going really good. It was a lot busier than we expected. It’s slowed down a bit lately but I don’t know if it’s just the weather, but weekends are especially busy. It slowed down during the week, but not on the we...
Dusty Lewis and his outdoor adventure business called Rent Adventure are preparing for the coming summer season. Lewis said, “We had a super busy year last year.” Last year in July they had almost 500 customers in that month and in August just a little less than that. One particular day they had 90 people on the river. Typical floating trips start with renting the gear from the Rent Adventure shop and then the tourists head to the Wedding of the Waters at the mouth of Wind River Canyon. The...
At the April 6 Thermopolis Town Council meeting, Meri Ann Rush reported Main Street Thermopolis is applying for the Placemaking Grant. They wanted to finish the downtown area with more decorative lighting. She wants to place lights on 5th Street between Broadway and Arapahoe and also on Arapahoe with the approval of the town. Rush also requested to put up an informational board at Bicentennial Park and to paint the picnic tables there. She requested to have banners there year-round which would...
