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Thermopolis newcomers Ian Edmiston and Nels Kelley are opening a new business called Lazy Fox Artisan Goods. This past summer at the local Farmer’s Market they tested the waters with some of their products and had a very positive response. Many citizens encouraged them about opening up their own shop. Edmiston and Kelley said they felt a warm welcome from the community. Edmiston said, “We’re opening a full-service bakery and we plan on doing some sandwiches and soups. Not carrying a reall...
At the September Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital board meeting, Hospital Foundation Director Dan Powell reported that they are ready to submit their strategic plan to the foundation board for approval at their meeting on October 28. Powell said that this new strategic plan is more in depth in their plans than they’ve had before. With their Together We’re Better campaign which involves employee participation they currently have eight percent participation and they are looking to increase tha...
At the recent Chamber of Commerce banquet, United States Senator John Barrasso gave his thoughts on his vision in helping the economy of Wyoming in regard to business and tourism in recovering from COVID-19. His number one focus was that people need to get the vaccine for COVID-19. Barrasso said, “The first thing we need is to get the vaccine so people are willing to get on airplanes and come here. Hot Springs County is part of the path on the way to Yellowstone. You see it on the signs and y...
The Thermopolis Chamber of Commerce held its 99th annual banquet at the fairgrounds building this past Saturday. United States Senator John Barrasso, Governor Mark Gordon and County Commission Chairman Phillip Scheel were present to open up the event. All spoke glowingly about Thermopolis and how the town and the community have impacted their lives. They thanked the community for all that they do. Senator Barrasso spoke about introducing a bill to rename the Thermopolis Post Office after former...
Farm Bureau Federation and the Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce, along with help from FFA, held a candidate’s forum Monday night at the Thermopolis Middle School, featuring federal, state and local candidates that will appear on the ballot November 3. Candidates introduced themselves and then were asked some questions. Senate District 20 Theresa Livingston has lived in Worland for the last 27 years and has experience as an Air Force medical lab tech, worked for the BLM for 15 years, has been a special education teacher and has l...
At the Sept. 15 Thermopolis Town Council meeting there was scheduled to be a report on the Thermopolis Golf Course updates, but no representative was present. Mayor Mike Chimenti then moved on to an update from Suzanne Samelson, president of Main Street Thermopolis. She first thanked Tony and Lisa Larson for their hard work on the flower beds in the downtown. She said, “They are beautiful adornments.” Samelson then brought up fall clean-up and asked the council about potentially coo...
During the September Travel and Tourism meeting for September, Matt Hughes, Treasurer reported that he changed the format of the financial reports and reduced redundant work in order to aid efficiency and times saving measures. The board already receives data from their account at Koerwitz et al. and they no longer have to recreate the reports. This saves close to 14 hours of time, and the new format makes the data much easier to understand and digest. Tourism Director Jackie Dorothy updated...
NW BOCES will be celebrating its 50th Anniversary this month of September but they are postponing their planned festivities. Administrative Director Carolyn Conner said that due to the COVID pandemic, they made the decision to wait until the spring of 2021 to wait and see if they can have a big celebration on the grounds. They plan to invite all the people who have helped them: the board members from their 18 different districts, superintendents, special education directors, parents of former...
At the September Chamber of Commerce meeting, the board gave a second reading of their new bylaws and it was passed. They also discussed the Chamber’s work for grant writing and grant making progress. Director Meri Ann Rush said that they are working on getting samples or procedures of grant writing proposals and see how other agencies do it. They want to clear up their understanding of the procedures and plan on having this done by the coming October meeting. They emphasized using the grants s...
At the most recent Town Council meeting, the members approved a transfer of a liquor license from Tony Deromedi to Jennifer Fisher for her new business OEB Saloon at 500 South 6th Street. Fisher is just getting started on plans for the new business but says they include selling bar food, such as pizza and chicken wings. Town Engineer Anthony Barnett was not present at the meeting. Heath Overfield took Barnett’s place for the evening to report. Overfield said that they are continuing the d...
Cathy and Terry Titmus, owners of Performance Auto Wash, have recently upgraded their equipment to their facility and already business has increased. Their car wash equipment was outdated for some time and with customers using credit cards in addition to carrying cash, they needed their equipment to work with current technologies and payment methods. All their new equipment now takes credit cards for paying. Cathy Titmus said, "We also upgraded our automatic washer. The nice feature of it is...
Jerry & Shelly Deromedi are celebrating their 50th Anniversary. They were married on August 28, 1970, but have known each other all of their lives. Shelly grew up in Kirby, and Jerry grew up in Gebo. Both their grandparents were miners in Gebo, and grandfathers were best friends. They happened to be high school sweethearts. When Jerry was a sophomore, his family moved to Kirby in 1966 and they lived across the street from Shelly's family. While they were teenagers Jerry asked her if she wanted...
During the Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital board meeting, CEO Margie Molitor praised both Nina Landis and John Gibbel for their leadership during the recent roof leak. Molitor was on vacation during the leak which was caused by a major rainstorm. She said they kept the hospital operational even though they had to divert trauma patients that needed CT scans for a short period of time. Molitor noted that the hospital still admitted patients during the event. The construction still continues...
At the August 18 Thermopolis Town Council meeting Darren Butcher came in front of the council to present an updated request for a revision to the town’s ordinance to make chickens legal within the town’s borders. Butcher has been making his case, along with other allies, for about three years so far. Butcher said he “was originally going to seek a test case scenario within a certain designated property, however, it has already been proven that chickens can be kept in town without being defined a...
During a major afternoon rainstorm on Friday, August 7, water poured down through the roof of an old part of Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital that was under construction. The leaked water reached a room where the CT and MRI equipment was. Hospital CEO Margie Molitor was out of town and in her place Nina Landis handled the situation. Landis said, “As you know it rained on Friday and we are in the middle of construction so the roof is being redone and we ended up with a little water in the b...
The Thermopolis Chamber of Commerce recently reviewed their bylaws and made a variety of housekeeping changes. Mostly the language was cleared up, removing confusion or unnecessary verbiage. However, they did make a significant change to their calendar of terms and this was passed after a vote. Prior to this change, the calendar for the fiscal year and the start/end dates of the terms of the members of the board were at different times. The fiscal year is July 1 to June 30, but the terms of the...
Big Horn Basin Nature and Discovery Center’s Toddi Darlington came to the Town Council requesting a signature on a letter of support for an application to the National Endowment of the Arts for the Our Town Grant their joint powers board will be applying for. Darlington explained that they had been struggling over the years to apply for grants because they are a joint powers board and they have been borrowing the nonprofit status of the Greater Learning Foundation. They decided that the best way...
Not much more than a year ago Dusty Lewis and Wade Lippincott were sitting in Lewis's shop and said they should start a nonprofit organization with the vision of developing trails for the Thermopolis and Hot Springs County area to bring in more tourism and outdoor recreation. Since then, their efforts have snowballed into a greater increase of success and community support with their nonprofit Hot City Alliance. Hot City Alliance held an open house on August 3 seeking community input on what...
Hospital CEO Margie Molitor gave her report and updated the board on the construction and many other functions of the Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital during their July board meeting. The old emergency room complex should be completed by the end of August. The pharmacy should be done by mid-September. The specialty clinic should be done by October. They are also in the process of re-roofing. They are working on paving the back parking lot and then continue paving all around the campus. They...
With travelers and tourists making their presence known in Hot Springs County, many RV parks and local motels have positive things to report. Business is booming at the moment. Eagle RV’s Dennis Jaussaud said, “We’ve been absolutely just crazy busy. Which is good. We started out the year, usually, we start getting reservations in December, even the year before. But most of them start coming December, January and when they announced the virus we got tons of cancelations. Usually, Memorial Day sta...
During the July 21 Thermopolois Town Council meeting, Danielle Yarrington of Elle’s Restaurant & Bar requested permission to have tables on the sidewalk on 6th Street in the shade of the awning. There was some confusion at first of whose jurisdiction the request came under. Yarrington said she had already spoke to WYDOT, but they recommended that she speak with Town Council. After some discussion, the council voted to approve Yarrington’s request to have tables outside as long as they meet the...
When the Chamber of Commerce decided to not host their annual Demolition Derby, Bradyn Harvey called up his brother Bryce and they decided they could put on the derby themselves. “We decided to give it a try,” said Bradyn. Bradyn and Bryce brainstormed on how the derby was done in the past as they had helped in previous years. They told the drivers to keep building their cars. “We decided we’re not in it to make any money. We will probably lose money. We need something in the community that wi...
Danielle Yarrington recently opened her new restaurant Elle’s Restaurant and Bar in the former location of Thermopolis Cafe. Her journey to get to this place has been full of hard work and perseverance. When Yarrington graduated high school in 2015, she left Thermopolis and went to school in Casper for three years and graduated with two associate degrees. Yarrington has been working in restaurants since her sophomore year of high school. She came back to Thermopolis and began the process to b...
The Farmers Market is starting soon and is now managed by Douglas Nelson. Nelson said that he is looking for more vendor participants to add their wares to the market. He added that he thinks with the more global shortages of food that people would be more interested in shopping locally. Currently, there are five vendors signed up, however, Nelson is optimistic that more will show up closer to the opening time. He said eight to ten vendors are typical for the season. Vendors must provide their...
In the Travel and Tourism Board’s financial report of the Annual Lodging Tax Revenue Comparison, the data showed some positive information. The total revenue for the 2019-2020 year was $181,497.51, higher than the previous year. The total revenue for the 2018-2019 year was $172,170.04. Even though the revenue for the final three months of the fiscal year, April, May and June were significantly lower than the previous year due to the COVID-19 situation, they showed an overall increase. The L...
