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As any parent knows, one of the responsibilities that comes with having children is making sure visits from the Tooth Fairy happen. That little pixie had already visited my five-year-old twice, but I guess he wanted another chance to try and spot her so after a bit of amateur dental surgery he successfully removed his latest loose tooth. Now, in the past, the Tooth Fairy has left coins, but this time she decided to go with paper money. She didn’t know Mike is a big fan of shows and movies w...
Last Thursday, several vehicles were parked in the 400 block of Broadway, their occupants in Thermopolis Town Hall for a pre-bid meeting regarding the water line replacement project. Town Engineer Anthony Barnett explained the project had to be advertised to meet the funding agency requirements, and the pre-bid meeting was mandatory so people know what they’re dealing with as this is not a typical water line replacement. The project deals primarily with transmission lines to the water tanks. T...
The Thermopolis Boys Basketball team showed plenty of energy taking to the court this past week against Worland and Buffalo, but came up short with a 57-46 loss to the Warriors and a 77-39 loss against the Bison. Coach Kevin Gerber said of the Worland game, "It was a very winnable game for us, one that I think the boys had in their mind that we could compete and win." Though they played flat in the first quarter, the Bobcats kept up with the Warriors, scoring 13 to Worland's 16. Gerber said one...
Last week, the Thermopolis boys JV basketball team had a rough time with a 58-40 loss to Worland and a 54-29 lost to Buffalo. Coach Ryan Shaffer noted the boys again “gave up a quarter” in the second, as Worland outscored us 21-10. “When you lose by 18,” he said, giving up 11 in one quarter is pretty tough.” Other factors include missed free throws to keep a win within reach. Down by 15 at the half, Shaffer said the team couldn’t really recover. The boys played much better in the second half, he...
Monday night at the Thermopolis Chamber of Commerce meeting, the board approved a motion to get involved as a community liaison for the upcoming Cycle Yellowstone event on Sunday, Aug. 12. Chamber Executive Director, Meri Ann Rush, said there will be 350 cyclists coming through. Starting in Cody, they will take the Gooseberry cutoff and stop at Wyoming Whiskey. Their headquarters will be the Fountain of Youth RV Park, and they are looking for an organization to be the community liaison. Among...
Tuesday night, Thermopolis Town Council heard from Ginger Bennett, who is on the Fremont County Public Lands Initiative Committee, spoke to council regarding Copper Mountain. Currently designated a Wilderness Study Area, the committee is looking at possibly changing that designation. Bennett explained about 18 months ago a group of people in Wyoming decided to look at Wilderness Study Areas and determine what to do with them. In 1991, Congress had areas set aside that were recommended for wilder...
Shoji Kameda of On Ensemble shows his approval to high school students learning Taiko patterns during a workshop Tuesday morning, while Masato "Maz" Baba (behind) directs. The group, which also includes Eien Hunter-Ishikawa and Abe Lagrimas Jr., gave a public concert Monday evening that was enjoyed by a large crowd....
With the start of 2018 just a few weeks past, you might have made resolutions concerning your health. It’s a topic that’s never too soon to think about, and the annual Kiwanis Community Health Fair is already in the works. Blood draws for the health fair are scheduled for March 1-3 from 7-10 a.m. at Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital. No appointment is necessary for the draws, and walk-ins are welcome. Lea Schoenewald, the Kiwanis health fair chair, said the blood draws are very much like a f...
Among the residents at The Pioneer Home is Elsie McMichael. Now 90 years old, McMichael came from a family of 15 and was born in McLaughlin, S.D. Though her mother passed away when she was just a baby, her sister-in-law took her in and raised her in Isabel, S.D. McMichael attended school for eight years in the small community, then had a bit of high school before she quit. She worked a bit in Isabel, doing a bit of farming, but noted the "time were rough." 1970 saw McMichael's coming to...
Robert Stehlin, left, visits with Homey Siems about his woodturning creations during the January ArtStroll....
It was another busy weekend for the varsity boys basketball team, taking on Lander Friday night and travelling to face Big Piney Saturday. Friday night's game went into overtime after a three-pointer from Lander near the end of regulation play tied things up at 42 points. Unfortunately, the Bobcats weren't able to score any more and lost 42-50. Coach Kevin Gerber said it was a great game for Hudson Roling, who had 10 points, and a breakout game for Noah Schwalbe, who had 16. Schwalbe also...
The recent four-game winning streak that the boys' high school JV team had was ended this weekend during their games against Lander and Big Piney. The boys took on Lander at home Friday night, losing 70-44. Coach Ryan Shaffer said it was one bad quarter, the second, that really killed them. Outside of that quarter, he noted, the boys played well. Showing their improvement as a team since they faced Lander earlier this year, the Bobcats kept them to making only four three-pointers rather than...
This weekend saw the season openers for Thermopolis Middle School Boys Basketball, with the seventh grade team taking on Cody and Powell at home and the eighth graders going up against Cody and Powell at Cody. The eighth grade boys’ first game was a 36-33 loss against Cody. Eighth grade coach, Shane Corpening, stated, ” This game was our first game of the season and it looked exactly like that. We made a few too many critical mistakes — turnovers and allowing second chance points — for us to w...
While the seventh grade basketball team was hitting the courts this Saturday at Thermopolis Middle School, down the hall another type of competition was happening, as the school was host to a First Tech Robotics Challenge Scrimmage in the Makerspace Library. London Jenks stated, "As it was a scrimmage there are no specific results or awards selected. Those only happen at qualifying and state tournaments." Scrimmages provide more opportunity for teams to teams able to work out their programming...
During the Tuesday meeting of Hot Springs Travel and Tourism, the board had a visit from Abigail Martin, the brand partnerships manager and film liaison with the Wyoming Office of Tourism. Martin explained an initiative was recently taken up to visit their partners more for lodging tax board meetings, tourism get-togethers conferences and other events. “We just want to make sure we’re out there and getting to know you guys on a more intimate level,” she said, “to make sure we’re addressin...
Friday morning at Thermopolis Middle School, seventh and eighth grade Health/Physical Education teacher, Shannon Hill, received quite a surprise as she was announced as a recipient of the Milken Educator Award and $25,000. The Milken Educator Awards, created by the Milken Family Foundation in 1987, recognizes teaching excellence publicly not only to inspire educators, but students and entire communities about the importance of joining the teaching profession. The prestigious honor, to be...
"I am your father." These four words are well known in the cinematic industry and to science fiction fans worldwide. But for Zenas A.P. Crees, they'll have a lifetime of use. And it's fitting for his two boys, whose names come from "a galaxy far, far away." Crees and wife Amanda Eveland welcomed newborn Ares Dylan Han-solo Crees at 8:48 a.m. Jan. 8. He weighed seven pounds, 10.4 ounces and was 19.5 inches long, with a head circumference of 14 inches. Also welcoming him to the family was his brot...
Monday in Hot Springs District Court, Hanes Hall Jr. was sentenced to five years probation and a year in jail. The probation sentence is on a charge of aggravated assault, and the jail time is for interference with a peace officer. Hall was found guilty of both counts following a short trial in August. According to the charges, on Jan. 15 he drew a firearm, identified as a nine-shot .22 Magnum that was fully loaded, on Hot Springs County Deputy Jeremie Kraushaar. During the trial it was shown...
April 9, 2018 marks the day Anthony Haire’s new trial is scheduled to begin in Washakie District Court. Haire was initially found guilty of involuntary manslaughter on Dec. 10, 2015, and sentenced on May 4, 2016, to 8-10 years with the Wyoming Department of Corrections. The charge stems from an April 13, 2015 incident during which Haire shot and killed his stepfather-in-law, Jamye Don SoRelle. Leading up to the fatal shooting, SoRelle had been invited over to the home of Haire and his wife f...
Friday at 10:06 p.m., the Thermopolis Police Department responded to a call from a local business regarding people in the parking lot who appeared to be loading a syringe with an illegal substance, while in a vehicle. According to call logs, officer Mark Allen responded to the scene. The officer parked the patrol vehicle behind the suspect vehicle, and upon contact the driver backed the vehicle into the patrol unit. The vehicle then proceeded forward and struck a bollard and a pergola at the...
We’re a couple weeks into 2018, a time where I’ve typically reneged on a couple of those resolutions I made in the late hours of Dec. 31. This year, I decided to try a new tactic. Rather than just give up after the first couple failures, I’m looking at the bigger picture and reminding myself that there’s still 354 days to make my goals. While that seems like a long time, I also know those days are already passing quickly and I’ve got to keep my eye on that end goal. But, in looking ahead to...
With all of the snow in the pasture, buffalo have taken to clearing areas the best they can to snack on some grass....
This weekend during the Big Horn Basin Classic hosted at Thermopolis and Worland, the Bobcats came away with two losses and a victory. The action for the boys began Thursday evening as they took on Lovell, coming away with a 58-34 loss. Coach Kevin Gerber said this was the second time Thermopolis faced Lovell this season, having played them right before the winter break. He hoped they would have a better showing, but out of the three games he felt it was their weakest. "I think we are...
The State of Wyoming Department of Audit recently released a report on the cost of maintaining city government for the fiscal year of July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2017. The report provides information in fund revenues and expenses, as well as what the cost is per taxpayer. According to the report, the Enterprise Fund revenue total was $2,655,831, broken down to: Garbage — $464,191; Sewer — $690,283; Solid Waste — $193,515; and Water — $1,307,842. The total Enterprise Fund expenditures were $2,339,...
Three games and three victories is what the JV boys basketball team took home from the Big Horn Basic Classic this weekend. Their first win came Thursday evening when they took on Lovell in an intense back-and-forth match that ended with 55-46 on the scoreboard. Coach Ryan Shaffer noted the last time the boys played Lovell, during the East-West Classic in Douglas earlier this season, they lost 75-67 and being able to hold them to about 30 points less is something to be excited about. The coach...
