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Recently, two grants were awarded which will benefit the Thermopolis Middle School Farm to School program. Teacher Becky Martinez said one of the grants, provided through the Wyoming Department of Agriculture and the University of Wyoming, will provide for a hoop house on the west side of the building. The hoop house is a 15-foot by 39-foot structure. Though similar to a greenhouse, Martinez explained it is different in the fact that it is made of rounded PVC pipe and heavy plastic. Though not...
The appearance of a food truck at an empty lot on Sixth Street over the past couple weeks has certainly drawn some attention. The vehicle is home to The Greek Station, owned and operated by husband and wife Georgios and Karine Takos. Karine said before her husband started doing the food truck, he worked at a restaurant in San Diego, Calif., where she was also a teacher. He had previously taken the truck across the country, setting it up at concerts, events and other venues, and Karine said this...
For A.B. Word and Barrie Lynn Bryant, their art is more than just a creative outpouring; it's a true partnership. It's also an interesting collaboration, combining painting with woodworking. The two will have been together for 25 years in October, and though the majority of those years have seen them in Wyoming, Bryant actually started in photography, and Word in graphite portraits, though both worked in Little Rock, Arkansas. Word explained it came to a point when they grew tired of the area,...
People from Thermopolis may already know Pete Weisbeck, have heard of someone who has had a home built by him, or he might even have built their home. However, the past several months have seen a different passion for Weisbeck – building a drift boat. Weisbeck bought the book "Drift Boats and River Dories" by Roger Fletcher a couple years back and "fell in love with it." Fletcher, he said, measured a bunch of old boats from the 1940s. "I had to study this book for two months, to find out how t...
In order to stem any alarm over numbers, Hot Springs County Emergency Management Coordinator Bill Gordon recently explained what is happening with the Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) percentages in the Wind River Mountains. The SWE is the amount of water contained in the snowpack. As of May 15, the SWE was 210 percent. On May 22, is was 304 percent, and on May 29 it was 410 percent. It is important to understand the climbing percentages does not reflect increasing snow depth or SWE amounts. Though...
A brief downpour helped cool things down at the 2017 Hot City Summer Slam 3-on-3 basketball tournament this weekend. During the course of the event, bumping music and plenty of action on the courts kept things lively, and a number of vendors kept players and spectators fed, hydrated and entertained. Though 1994 was the first year for the tournament, this was the second year the event has been hosted by the Bobcat Boosters; the Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce previously hosted it....
by Mark Dykes The Hot Springs County Recreation Department Adult Softball league started May 9 this year, and is currently in its fourth week. Recreation Director Brad Morrison noted there are a total of seven teams this year. Among the competing teams are One-Eyed Buffalo, Slide One In, Sons of Pitches, One Stop Sparkplugs, Risen Son, Robin Batsman and Merit’s Nicest Team Ever. Scores from this past week include: May 23 — One Stop Sparkplugs – 20, Slide One In – 5; Robins BatsMan – 7, Sons o...
Tuesday evening, the Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees approved sending out requests for proposals to five construction firms, in regard to the large renovation and expansion project. The firms selected are Sletten, Groathouse, Erdman, Sampson and Layton; Sletten and Groathouse are out of Cody, Sampson is out of Cheyenne, and Erdman and Layton are from out-of-state. Two additional firms — Dick Anderson of Sheridan and FCI of Cheyenne — were not chosen. The board also app...
The Thermopolis Town Council has approved the first two readings of an ordinance to make all operating hours and days uniform for all liquor licenses. The ordinance repeals town code sections 3-105 and 3-106. Section 3-105 reads, “Any club holding a limited retail liquor license shall be subject to the schedule of operating hours provided in Wyoming statutes, except that said club may extend its hours of operation to 12:00 midnight on Sundays.” Section 3-106 reads, “On all days except Sunda...
Two contractors began cleaning up May rockfall inside Wind River Canyon on Monday, including stability and rockfall emergency repairs of existing canyon walls about 10 miles south of Thermopolis in the area of Big Windy Curve. The estimated cost of the cleanup effort by Wilson Brothers Construction of Cowley and GeoStabilization International of Grand Junction, Colo., is $653,000. Wilson and GSI are scheduled to begin work on the rockslide cleanup effort and slope stabilization beginning Monday...
Monument Hill Cemetery will once again be home to Hawk’s Avenue of Flags this Memorial Day. The memorial was created in 2016 in memory of Airman First Class Donald L. “Hawk” Hawkins by his wife Betty Hawkins and daughter Julie Lehman, but it is for all veterans. The flags flown are the casket flags used at funerals for servicemen and women, but those who want to keep their casket flags can order a 9’x5’ flag. Each flag is displayed on a 15-foot pole, and each pole has a plaque engraved...
Following a 21-minute executive session on May 12, the Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital District Board of Directors approved an offer to purchase property across from the hospital and contiguous to existing hospital property. Acceptance of the offer is contingent upon splitting of the closing costs. There was no information available as to the purchaser’s name or how much was paid for the property, which consists of four lots and a mobile home. The next Hot Springs County Memorial H...
A filing for a change of plea was recently submitted in a case against Kristy Samples, who was scheduled for trial May 18 and 19 in District Court. Samples is charged with burglary, which stems from a Sept. 20 incident during which Samples allegedly stole money and notebooks from her employer after she was relieved of her duties. According to court documents, on Sept. 24 Samples’ former manager met with an officer, and said two other employees had discussed some missing money. The manager f...
This past week I saw my oldest son graduate from his pre-school program, and dealt with a barrage of “why” as I tried to break down why he couldn’t go straight to kindergarten the next day. He has yet to grasp this concept of summer vacation, and I only hope his love for school holds out longer than it did his father’s — I lost it around third grade. For those students who recognize what we’re on the cusp of, it can mean a switch from learning to lounging or, in some cases, working through the...
The 2017 high school track and field season wrapped up this past weekend, with the State Championships at Casper. The girls team was among those in a three-way tie for fifth place at 43 points, and Jules Ward, Chandra Maddock, Haley McDermott and Makayla George were named All-State in Outdoor Track by the Wyoming Coaches' Association. The four girls took first in the 4x400 relay with a time of 4:14.02, coming just short of breaking the 4:13.22 school record. Ward, Maddock and McDermott had...
Reagan Huckfeldt gets ready to throw a rocket as far as she can during the Ralph Witters Elementary field day on Friday. Students enjoyed several activities at the stadium, including bubble blowing, a tug-of-war, hurdles, long jump, playing with a parachute and a race involving rubber chickens....
The Red Dirt Master Gardeners selected Eileen Johnson for the first Garden of the Month this year for the month of May. Among the blooms at Johnson's home are various colors of tulips and iris....
Several preschools saw graduation this past week. At the Children's Resource Center, Brailynn Asay receives her diploma from Lincoln McPhie....
by Mark Dykes The Bureau of Reclamation issued its forecast of the April through July runoff predicted for the Bighorn Basin. According to the report, inflow to Boysen Reservoir is forecast to be 1,500,000 acre-feet (af), which is 278 percent of the 30-year average of 540,000 af. Approximately 132,800 af of the forecasted amount flowed into Boysen during April, leaving approximately 1,367,200 af of inflow forecasted for May through July. Releases from Boysen Dam to the Wind River are scheduled...
A sentencing for Darren Dumas scheduled for Monday has been continued. On April 19, Dumas was found guilty of strangulation of a household member and domestic battery. The charges state he beat Christy Dumas from Sept. 23-26, and impeded her breathing on Sept. 26. During the trial, the jury heard testimony regarding the couple’s relationship, as well as the injuries Christy received, though two different scenarios were presented as to how things got to the point of physical injury. The prosecuti...
by Mark Dykes During Friday’s Shop Local meeting, Economic Development Company (EDC) CEO and Main Street Board Member Amanda Moeller spoke with regard to the former Fair Deal Furniture building and two neighboring store fronts. The properties have sat empty for a number of years, and while structurally sound for the most part there is plenty of junk and debris that needs to be cleaned up, water damage to address and a roof that needs replacing. Moeller said there are two options regarding the b...
Jennie Blakesly holds onto a Husky mix Shi Shi, owned by Todd Davis, as Bill Williams vaccinates the dog during the Hot Springs Veterinary Clinic vaccination clinic last week....
Thursday evening, the Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce approved a motion to gift the Hessenthaler billboard south of town to Hot Springs County Travel and Tourism. The billboard had been an issue of discussion among the two entities over the past couple months. The chamber leased the ground for the billboard from Kent Hessenthaler, and then leased out the billboard to Travel and Tourism. However, the five-year lease with Hessenthaler is up this year so discussion began as to what was...
While there were not enough board members to provide a quorum during the Hot Springs Travel and Tourism board’s Tuesday meeting, Director Amanda Moeller spoke with regard to the upcoming hospitality training, May 31 at Hot Springs County Museum. Moeller has been working with Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Meri Ann Rush to provide the intensive training, presented by Ginny Garner, a hospitality instructor from Casper College. There will be two three-hour sessions, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1...
It’s still a few weeks before the Thermopolis Cowboy Rendezvous Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) Rodeo, scheduled for June 23-24 this year, though the days of bucking and roping will be here before we know it. Gayla Mead-Ellis said this year’s rodeo theme is “Live the Legacy,” and speaks to the rich history the rodeo has here. The first known rodeo took place in 1895. Four men from Big Horn country decided to take a trip to the hot springs, horses packed with fiddles and a telesco...
