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Hallie Martinez gets a face full of whipped cream, courtesy of Bri DeVries, at the Bobcat Pride Assembly Friday at Hot Springs County High School. The school recently had a class competition fundraiser for Pennies for Patients. The freshmen, who collected the least amount of money, had to be on the receiving end of pies delivered by the sophomores, who collected the most. Combined, all four classes generated more than $280....
Senator Wyatt Agar has been keeping busy the past couple weeks with budget negotiations, but reported Tuesday afternoon that it has been finalized and both chambers voted for it. Agar noted the House added about $9 million over what the Joint Appropriations Committee — of which he is a member — had proposed, with the Senate cutting about $20 million from the committee’s recommendation, though following further negotiations both chambers wound up with about the same amount the joint commi...
Around the home of Melba Lee you'll find custom curtains, sheets, chair covers and mink throw pillows – pockets included – all handmade by her. Lee opened her sewing and mending business, Melba Lee Designs, last week and has already been busy with customers. She noted Doris Hurlburt called her last week and chose to refer any calls she gets these days on to Lee. Hurlburt said she officially closed up her shop on Jan. 31, but was waiting for someone to pick it up because she knew there are a lot...
I think I’ve finally reached a turning point with my oldest. I don’t mean he seems to be listening more or fighting less with his brother. This is a bit more subtle — the taste buds. Like many kids I’m sure, Mike used to eat just about everything as long as it was coated in ketchup. It was getting to the point where I had considered starting a massive tomato plantation and manufacturing my own to save on costs and trips to the grocery store. But one day, out of the blue, he declares almost...
With an offense that didn't quit through four quarters and a defense that kept the pressure on the Worland Warriors, the Bobcats earned a 61-55 victory Saturday evening at home, their first against Worland in seven years. "This was a huge win for our program," coach Shane Corpening said. "It's our first win versus a 3A opponent since 2012 and our first win against Worland since 2012. Truthfully, we didn't have a Herculean effort. Our boys just played consistently well for four quarters. I have...
In the main office at Thermopolis Middle School there are four Ball brand jars filling with coins and bills, an appropriate label as the money inside will go toward the purchase of soccer balls for Uganda. Teacher Jacob Strenger said he had an opportunity to travel to the country to do some humanitarian work with an organization, and they like to leave soccer balls behind in the villages after they’ve worked there. Ugandan children will actually make their own balls using plastic bags and old i...
Students and their mothers enjoy a treat before school last Friday during the Lights On Moms and Muffins event. Tables were strewn with books as well, for some family reading ....
Last Friday during their regular Voices assembly, Thermopolis Middle School students and teachers competed in a dance-off, with teams eliminated if they repeated any dance moves....
Bobcat Senior Barbara Kissel was recently chosen as the Wyoming FFA Region 2 Star in Ag Business. Kissel said she has her own club lamb operation, named B Spear Club Lambs after her brand. She kept records and explained her program to a committee, and in the Big Horn Basin the committee thought hers was the best running and best overall. FFA Advisor Britton Van Heule noted there were two other applications, but every student that has an entrepreneurship Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) c...
Thermopolis eighth grade student Karina Lea will be attending the 28th Jackson Hole Writers Conference June 27-29 on a full ride scholarship. Lea said the conference brings together Wyoming writers, to read each others' work and give critiques. It also provides the opportunity to meet with agents, she noted. "Of course, with these kinds of things there's always a fee to get in." Last summer, she went to a camp the Jackson Hole Library offered and was able to speak with authors and get advice on...
Last weekend the Bobcats went up against Powell Friday night with a 57-43 loss, and against Lovell Saturday with a 58-33 loss. Coach Shane Corpening said the boys got off to an extremely slow start against Powell, missing at least three or four layups in the first quarter, and only making four points while giving up 14. "A slow start really hurt us in that game because the rest of the game the scoring was pretty balanced. The scoring was even the second quarter, they outscored us by six in the...
Liam Bohleen gets a close up view of a package in the school district mail room. This week, Pre-K Academy students mailed out special valentines and took a tour of the school mail facilities....
Tuesday evening, the Thermopolis Town Council took action regarding two SLIB grants. Council first approved providing support to Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital’s grant request. Hospital CEO Margie Molitor spoke in regard to a request for the council’s support for a new roof on the current hospital building. Molitor said there new roof was never part of the expansion and remodel project, and while the additional will, of course, have a new roof there is about 27,000 square feet of the exist...
Last week, kindergarten teacher Ashley Cleare showed off her new hairstyle to her class. Though typically sporting dark brown hair past her shoulders, Cleare had a look on Wednesday, Jan. 30 that definitely turned some heads as she rocked a partially shaved head and rainbow colors, as voted on by her students. New to the kindergarten team this year, Cleare grew up and graduated high school in Spring Creek, Nev., then attended college at Dickinson State University in Dickinson, N.D., where she...
Tuesday morning, Senator Wyatt Agar reported House Bill 295 “never made it out of committee and the steam behind the subject seems to have dissipated,” meaning the bill was, in essence, killed for the current session. The bill was introduced last week as another attack on the Wyoming Pioneer Home, which had previously survived two legislative attempts to privatize the facility, and this late session bill took a different tactic with attempting to eliminate its annual state subsidy. The bill was...
On Monday, Judge Bobbi Overfield sentenced Daniel L. Ford to four years supervised probation, with a requirement that he attend inpatient treatment, on felonies of wrongful taking or disposing of property and two counts of possession of a controlled substance, as well as two misdemeanors of use of a controlled substance, second or subsequent offense. The felony charges are from an April 24 incident, during which items including a four-wheeler, leaf blower and gas cans — all known to be stolen ...
LK Essentials and AromaTouch officially opened in January, with Lindsey Bowman providing massages that utilize essential oils. Bowman said she did her first massage here on Jan. 15, though she previously had an office in Casper for a little over a year, doing the same thing, but she moved to Thermopolis more than a year ago. Bowman graduated from the Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) program at Casper College in 2005. She further attained certification in the AromaTouch technique,...
“Ten years” were the two words I both fell asleep ad woke up thinking. It’s hard to believe this time 10 years ago I was standing in a church repeating wedding vows. But that’s the funny thing about time. It can go by in an instant yet leave you with memories that last forever. In that 10 year span I’ve seen plenty. Two kids born with issues that sent them to ICU just hours after I saw them, loss of family, friends and other loved ones, changes on the political scene I never imagined. And don’t...
During the Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees regular meeting, the board accepted the audit report from Michael Wright. Hospital Chief Financial Officer Shelly Larson noted the audit provides a fair presentation of the hospital’s financial statements. According to the financial highlights of the audit, total assets were $13,860,563 at fiscal year end (FY) 2018. It should be noted that this includes the special purpose tax received, though those funds are restricted. Total l...
Thermopolis fought hard against Worland last Friday, finishing with a 53-35 loss. Though only scoring 35 points offensively, coach Shane Corpening said they played pretty close to unstoppable. "We were getting whatever we wanted," Corpening said. " We were hitting shots. We shot our best of the season probably, percent-wise. We were 45 percent from the three-point line, and from the field we were 40 percent. We shot the ball about as well as we have all season but once again the issue was...
Wearing some numerical head gear, Ralph Witters Elementary Principal Catelyn Deromedi helps celebrate the 100th day of school....
Just over a month ago, a bust led to one of the largest drug-related cases in the county. Hot Springs County Deputy Jon Bartlett, who has been compiling information about the initial incident and the after effects, said things began on Dec. 21 and are still ongoing, and there is significant evidence to suggest multiple individuals were involved in conspiracy to transport, distribute and use marijuana, methamphetamine and prescription drugs in and around the county. So far, five subjects have...
Logan Sullivan shows his Pomsky - Pomeranian and Husky - named Zoe to classmates during a special pajama party day for Ralph Witters Elementary first grade students....
Senator Wyatt Agar reported Tuesday morning that he was busy working on the second reading of the budget bill on the floor. Agar noted both chambers did first reading of the mirror budget bill yesterday in which no amendments are allowed, but in this second reading is when changes can be seen within the chamber. “I have spent the morning looking at what the Senate body wants to do with the budget,” Agar stated. “In our body you will see the budget return to the basic Governor’s recommendations,...
Monday in Hot Springs District Court, Jennifer L. Gambogi was sentenced by Judge Bobbi Overfield to three years of supervised probation on a felony charge of possession of meth with intent to deliver. The charge is from a Sept. 17, 2018 incident, during which a vehicle Gambogi was a passenger in was stopped for expired plates. The driver granted the officer permission to search the vehicle, during which he located a glass smoking pipe that tested presumptive positive for meth. While both...
