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During some of the summer events in town, security will look a bit different with Thermopolis Police Officer Bobbi Byrd on horseback. Byrd explained when she lived in Tennessee, she had a close friend in law enforcement who did the mounted patrol. "It sort of perked my interest, watching him do that." She and Officer Ken Smith went to a class last year and got certified on their horses, then kept going. In June, Byrd finished her 2019 certification during a weeklong training in Riverton. The...
Monday night the Thermopolis Town Council approved a bid from Dave Loden Construction, in the amount of $82,885, for a new roof on the old fire hall, with the condition that the completion date be extended from Oct. 30 to Nov. 30, though in a letter to the council Erick Loden stated he is 90 percent sure he can have it done before Oct. 30. Also during their meeting, council approved a bar and grill liquor license for the property at 942 Shoshoni Street, most recently known as the Raptors...
Following a two-day trial last week, Raymond W. DeVries Sr. was found guilty of five misdemeanor counts of theft and one misdemeanor count of criminal trespassing. The charges are from an Aug. 30, 2018 incident in which DeVries brought onto the property of Linsey Brooks a truck and forklift, marked to his company, with the purpose of taking five large landscaping rocks. During removal of the rocks, one of them cracked and a portion of it was left on Brooks’ property. Brooks’ pasture was als...
Those who stop in at the Hot Springs County Senior Center on a Friday might spot Mary Jo Mason off of the main dining area, providing blood pressure readings. "I come every Friday," Mason said, "and I'm here from 10 until noon." She described the center as "the neatest place. The food is good and the people are wonderful. They have all kinds of events." Born in Arlington, Texas, Mason moved to Thermopolis in 1991. She had a portrait studio here - Picture This Photography - for seven years, and...
The Red Dirt Master Gardeners' Garden of the Month for June is at the home of Ruth Clare Johnson. Among the blooms at the house there are lilies, piennes, blue allium and even a few poinsettias...
June 23-28, Jeff Clark, Will Clark and Remington Ferree, along with Dillon Romero of Cody, took aim at the 4-H Shooting Sports National Championships in Grand Island, Neb. Participants can only compete once in their career in a particular discipline, Kari Ferree said, and the boys competed in shotgun, with her husband Charlie coaching. They were selected by the state 4-H, Ferree said, and they had to fill out applications including whether they shot at the state shoot and how they did, and essay...
During their June 25 meeting, the Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees reviewed and approved the 2019 Community Health Needs Assessment, presented by Miranda Nelson, a social worker with the hospital. Nelson noted the assessment involved a lot of collaboration with the community and the Hot Springs County Community Prevention Coalition. The assessment is required every three years, and the last was done in 2016. The full assessment will be available via the hospital’s website....
A line of cars sits west of town as drivers wait for the pilot car to lead them through the area being chip sealed on Highway 120. The stretch of road being sealed is 32 miles and the work is expected to be done by mid-July....
by Mark Dykes Independence Day is one of several days throughout the year where we have the time to reflect on what it means to be an American, the freedom we enjoy and the soldiers who made that freedom possible. Jeff Strong enlisted in the United States Air Force in January of 1971. The first three quarters of the year, he said, were various kinds of training at locations including Sheppard Air Force Base, Brooks Airfield and Lackland Air Force, undergoing jet engine training and helicopter...
A walk up the stairs at Mortimore Funeral Home calls to mind scenes from timeless silver screen treasures such as Back to the Future and Hook, but for Mike Mortimore, there's riches of another kind in his clock repair shop. Mortimore said he wants to work in the arena of clock repair, and between his shop and his home he has 80-100 clocks that he plans to sell. He's gone to shops in other towns and seen that they sell for $400-500, but he plans to sell them for half that price. The clocks in...
Eva Shafer cools off during a special day of fun water activities during the Lights On Adventure Camps. The second session of camps kicks off Monday, July 8....
A hearing scheduled for June 26 in Hot Springs District Court regarding the sentence of James Wiley has been cancelled, following the dismissal of Wiley’s motion to correct an illegal sentence. In his motion, Wiley alleged that the sentence imposed on him as a juvenile violated established constitutional standards. Special Deputy Hot Springs County Attorney Michael Blonigen filed a response to Wiley’s motion, arguing that his sentence does not constitute one of life without parole and that he...
Brandley Peabody of Billings, Mont. holds on tight during the bareback bronco event at Saturday's rodeo competition. Cowboys from all over the country came the Thermopolis last weekend to test their mettle against broncs, steer and bulls. See more action from the rodeo on Page 9....
The Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund board awarded $293,293.29 to 36 projects around the state at their recent grant review meeting in Thermopolis. Awards were given to a wide variety of projects, from historic preservation, archaeological research, and petroglyph preservation and education to art exhibition, museum storage equipment, choirs and orchestra programming. In Hot Springs County, $10,000 was granted for the Big Horn Basin Nature and Discovery Center Joint Powers Board, for a petroglyph...
Following proceedings on Friday in Hot Springs District Court, a trial for Justin Spence will be set at a later time. Spence is charged with incest, a felony charge that alleges on July 4 or 5, 2014, he molested a juvenile female. Should the case go to trial, it will be the fourth for Spence on the charge. His first trial was cancelled due to a holiday conflict. His second was again rescheduled, after his defense attorney expressed concern he had not received all of the taped interviews of the...
The public is invited to attend Father Joe and Ellen Galligan's retirement barbecue on Saturday, June 29 from 11:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. on the lawn of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. Joe Galligan was born and raised in the Episcopal Church, in a number of different dioceses around the country. He further explained he was born in Connecticut and was a member of the church growing up and while in the service. He and his wife married in 1969 when he was on assignment to a naval academy as a...
Guys and gals have a new place to get a trim, style or even a hot shave, as Kristen Monasmith opened the doors of Smoking Waters Barber Shop. She officially opened her current spot at 316 Broadway, No. 3 on June 18, though she had previously rented some space from Twisted Mane Salon and Spa starting on May 2. She decided to open a barber shop because she had been doing hair for a while and kept hearing people wanted a barber shop. Her husband, Raymond, is the junior vice commander for VFW Post...
If you were anywhere around town this past weekend, you knew where all the action was, as the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds was again home to the Thermopolis Cowboy Rendezvous PRCA Rodeo. As much fun as the rodeo is each year — it always has a way of taking me back to rodeos with my folks when I was a kid — the true spectacle is watching how our local fairgrounds transforms into a spectacle of people from all over North America, and the parking lot takes on the look of a bazaar with all of the...
Runners get moving at the Tour de Wish Thermopolis 5K, Saturday morning. The event helps generate awareness and donations for Wyoming Make-A-Wish....
Following a brief public meeting during which there was no comment, Thermopolis Town Council approved the budget for the 2019-20 fiscal year, as well as Resolution 552 to adopt it. According to the budget, revenues for the upcoming fiscal year include: $3,992,540 in the General Fund, including a $1,289,510 cash carry-over; $3,184,580 in the Enterprise Fund; $1,795,300 in Enterprise Fund-Depreciation Reserve for transfers, loan, grant and cash carryover; $804,800 in Insurance Trust Fund; $5,500...
The Hot Spot Car Rally this past weekend saw a total 111 vehicles registered and the Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department flying the U.S. flag high. Awards and winners from the show include: People's Choice: Jenni Cook of Thermopolis, 1946 Olds Series 66 Off-Road: Johnny Dorman of Thermopolis, 1978 Jeep CJ5 Motorcycle: Gage Maser of Thermopolis, 2003 Harley Davidson Softail Deuce Rat Rod: Dave Marlatt of Riverton, 1929 Chevy Sedan Street Rod: Shane McKinny of Lovell, 1926 Ford Model T Truck:...
It's hard to miss Prepsteader Bob and Mrs. B's home as the bus converted into a recreational vehicle makes it's way down the highway. But more than just a tenement on wheels, the remodeled bus gets the couple from one point to the next as they film The Self Reliant Roadshow, a YouTube channel featuring adventures in homesteading, prepping and do-it-yourself. The idea for the roadshow came last October, Bob said, and it was for them to travel across the United States and Canada to help...
During the second June meeting of the Hot Springs County Commission, two agreements with the Town of Thermopolis were approved, those being the Joint Law Enforcement Agreement and a landfill agreement. The landfill agreement was presented to the commissioners at their June 4 meeting, though it was not signed at the time as they felt it deviated from the previous agreement. The commissioners did approve a revised copy of the agreement that had some slight changes. Among them were language...
Monday afternoon in Hot Springs District Court, Cindee Reynolds was sentenced to 2.5 to four years in prison, with 303 days credit for time served, after her probation was revoked. Reynolds was initially sentenced to three to five years, suspended in exchange for five years probation, on Aug. 15, 2016 for possession of methamphetamine and unlawful possession of meth. That probation was revoked and reinstated on Jan. 8, 2018 and again on Nov. 5, 2018. It was noted in court Monday that even...
If you’ve ever been to one of the ArtStrolls on the second Friday of the month, stopped out to hear some acoustic or Bluegrass at Southside or been to a live concert at the state park, chances are you’ve seen John Brooks play. Brooks was born in and went to high school in Denver, then went to Powell and worked with Marathon Pipeline on the summer crew and remained there, attending college at Northwest. His wife, Trudi, is from Powell and the two recently celebrated their 49th anniversary. As...
