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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... Full story
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... Full story
10 saw significantly fewer calls for service for the Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department, compared to 2016. According to information from the TVFD, there were a total 72 calls last year, compared to 108 in 2016. Fire Chief Mark Collins attributed the decrease in calls to people being more cautious, and there were not as many controlled burns that got out of hand. Among the 72 calls, there were 14 for grass fires — 24 total acres burned in Hot Springs County, and 264 acres burned in W...
There were some changes in leadership during the Hot Springs County Commissioners meeting Tuesday. John Lumley stepped down and Tom Ryan was newly elected the chair of the Hot Springs County Commission going into 2018 with Phillip Scheel as the new vice chair. Ryan was not in attendance at the meeting, so Scheel chaired it. The change in roles comes as part of the commission’s reorganization for 2018. Among other reorganization items were keeping the dates of the first Tuesday of the month at 9...
On Dec. 27 at the Hot Springs County Government Annex, several county representatives and people from around town helped County Assessor Shelley Deromedi celebrate her retirement. Appropriately among the cake and other refreshments at the party, were Deromedi's former photo ID card and a Polaroid of her with former assessor Wallace Shaffer at his retirement party. December 31 officially marked Deromedi's last day as the assessor for Hot Springs County. She began working for the assessor's...
With the plethora of online opportunities folks have during the year to get all of their Christmas shopping done early, its nice to find out that our local businesses all appear to have had a good shopping season, too. WOW Discount said they had a pretty good shopping season, although not an outstanding year. The things that sold the most coming up to Christmas was crafting items that grandparents came in to get to keep the grandkids busy during their visit. Down the Street at Owl Creek Graphics, Dan Herdt said they were satisfied with how...
by Mark Dykes Among the residents of The Pioneer Home is Al Jackson, who has spent the majority of his life living in Wyoming. Jackson was born in Burlington, Wyo. He got one year of high school before moving 15 miles up the south fork of the Shoshone River. "We had no bus up there," he said. "That was back during the Depression days and there was no bus running." The move, he noted, was because his parents wanted a bigger place. His brother, Edward, already had himself a larger home and his...
Tuesday evening, Thermopolis Town Council approved replacing the bulbs in the decorative street lights with LED bulbs. Mayor’s Assistant Fred Crosby explained the town was recently approved for the wattsmart® incentive program through Rocky Mountain Power. Through the program, $9,287.40 of the total $22,632 project cost will be covered, leaving the remaining $13,344.60 to be covered by the town. Crosby noted there was $10,000 budgeted to change out the bulbs, and strongly recommended the council...
Despite the extreme cold Monday, several people rang in the New Year with a First Day Hike in Hot Springs State Park. One group walked along the river, while another drove to and walked around the Spirit Hole to observe the steam and moss growing along the crevices....
At their regular meeting on Dec. 19, Thermopolis Town Council approved the audit of the financial statements for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, with much appreciation for the time and work Koerwitz, Michel, Wright and Associates put into preparing it. Among the financial highlights listed in the audit, the assets of the town exceeded the liabilities at June 30 by $27,705,536 (net position), compared to $27,233,636 in 2016. Of this, $6,806,518 (unrestricted) may be used to meet the...
Crimson Diltz is not sure what to make of the man in the big red suit during Storytime at the Hot Springs County Library Thursday before Christmas. Santa and Mrs. Claus came by to hear what the kids wanted for Christmas and give them some candy canes and stuffed toys....
The freshman/sophomore boys basketball team came away with its first win of the season when it took down Fort Washakie 63-52 on Dec. 19. Coach Ryan Shaffer noted there are currently two freshmen - Jesse Skelton and Eli Dickey - and during the Fort Washakie game Skelton was out sick so the majority of the players were sophomores. He added that was okay as this was considered Fort Washakie's JV team. "It was good for our guys," Shaffer said. "We needed a win for sure." The coach is always pushing... Full story
During the Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees’ final meeting for 2017, the board had little action but quite a few informational reports. Hospital CEO Margie Molitor, reporting with regard to growth, that on Jan. 3 and 4 the hospital will have two visiting physicians from the Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho (WWAMI) program to talk about the rural residency program. The WWAMI program is affiliated with the University of Washington School of Medicine, and r...
