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What began as three small houses has now expanded into a massive village where it's always Christmas. Binnie Murphree explained the start of the town within her home began with her mother, Bonnie Bleak, who would put up three log houses with her elves every Christmas. In about 1987 or '88, Murphree made a gingerbread village and set it up. Of course, she said, when dealing with gingerbread the critters are eventually going to find and make short work of it. Murphree decided to start collecting...
This year, the freshman basketball team will only compete in five games. Coach Ryan Shaffer noted there are only three freshmen out this year — Jesse Skelton, Eli Dickey and James Lindquist — so any time there is a freshman/JV/Varsity game scheduled they can’t play the freshman game because they would be short quarters for everyone else. For the first freshman game on Thursday, Dec. 14 at Lovell, Shaffer said the plan is to take the freshmen and the sophomores which will give them 10 playe...
The conference meet at Hot Springs County High School was the final competition for Thermopolis Middle School Wrestling. Coach Toby Emery state, "We had an amazing finish to the season! The boys came out aggressive and mentally focused. They battled hard and left it all on the mat. I'm so proud of the progress each athlete has made throughout the season. We were able to crown four champs and place seven others in the top four. "It was a great way to end the season, at home, in front of our home...
On Dec. 2, the Risen Son Christian School competed at the Wyoming First Lego League State Competition at the Casper Event Center, returning with a first place award for the research they put into their project. Ryan Shaffer, coaches the kids with their project along with Shannon Shaffer and Brian Johnson, said this was the fifth year they’ve took a team to the competition. “We had, basically, a new set of kids,” Shaffer said. “For the last four years we’ve had the same group of kids. Some of t...
A family discussing the significance of Christmas decorations is the focal point of the Risen Son Christian School program, which will be presented this Thursday, Dec. 14 at 6 p.m. at Risen Son Baptist Church. From left, Mesa Longwell, Maile Mae McCumber, Amelia Roberts, James Whitt, Samuel Johnson and Tate Roberts....
Last week, Spencer Axtell and Chandler Maddock learned more about the process of artificial insemination (AI) during a training session at the armory of the Fremont County Fairgrounds. Spencer Axtell said he attended the training to help out on the family ranch. “We do our heifers in the springtime and dad usually does it by himself and he’s been wanting some help.” He added with a laugh, “Getting out of school was part of it.” The training, which was Dec. 4-6, was not just about AI, Axtell sa...
Hot Springs County School District #1 Superintendent Dustin Hunt embraces teacher, Becky Martinez, who was named the first Champion for Children of the school year....
A rock along the canyon wall flies apart with the help of some explosives on Thursday, Dec. 7. The rock, which Wyoming Department of Transportation geologists determined needed to be removed, was pulling away from the wall. A link to the video of the blast is available on the Thermopolis Independent Record Facebook page....
Tuesday evening, Thermopolis Town Council approved new franchise agreements with RT Communications and Wyoming Gas. The agreements are for 10 years, and each franchise saw an increase in the percentage they pay to the town. While previous agreements saw both utilities paying two percent of their gross revenue, under the new agreements RT will pay five percent and Wyoming Gas will pay 3.5 percent. The figures were suggested at a previous board meeting to match other franchises, as Charter pays...
This past week, Thermopolis Middle School Wrestling competed at a triangular against Cody and Powell in Worland on Thursday, Nov. 30, and the Spartan Invitational at Riverton on Saturday, Dec. 2. Coach Toby Emery stated, “We had a great weekend of wrestling overall. The boys really performed well and had a successful showing. Of the fourteen teams competing at the Spartan Invite in Riverton, we placed 11th overall and had six individual wrestlers place in the top six. Four wrestlers made the f...
When you think of robot competitions, you might conjure up images of metal creations battling it out with saw blades, battering rams, spikes or any other devious implements. But at Hot Springs County High School, the Robotics students are busy building and programming their robots not to battle but to perform tasks. Eric Range explained his team, Fistful of Axles - 7283, is coached up by Curtis Hamer, while London Jenks coaches Aluminati - 4273. This year, Jenks said, they have a new CNC...
JolieAnne Herring puts up a shot during Monday's games for the Hot Springs County Rec. District girls basketball program. The girls' final round of games is Monday, Dec. 11 at the middle school beginning at 6:20 p.m....
Workers were busy this week clearing snow in the parks, streets and highways, as a storm dropped a wet batch Sunday night and into Monday. Along with the snow, the majority of town was without power beginning about 11:30 p.m. Sunday. Crews worked through the night to have the power restored by early Monday morning....
As he looks upon a picture of his platoon when they were in Korea, or at the Purple Heart he received during his service, one knows how important the military has been in the life of DeWain Raasch. Currently a resident at the Pioneer Home, in 1930 Raasch was born in Wauwatosa, Wis., a suburb of Milwaukee. A flag featuring the Green Bay Packers hangs behind his bed at the home. He came out to Wyoming in 1976 after leaving his job of installing and repairing passenger and freight elevators. When...
This past Thursday brought with it many reasons to be thankful, and one of those was the unusually high temperatures seen in the area for the day and leading into the weekend. Tim Troutman, the warning coordination meteorologist from the national Weather Service office in Riverton, said data was not used directly from Thermopolis, but readings from nine miles northeast of town showed a high temperature of 69 degrees, a record high and a temperature that’s 23 degrees above the norm. There was a... Full story
Monday and Tuesday, Thermopolis was home to a meeting of the Joint Transportation, Highways and Military Affairs. Senate District 20 representative Wyatt Agar noted the interim committees meet three times, and each meeting lasts two days, essentially providing six days to discuss the various bill drafts and choose those they plan to pass or sponsor. Agar, who was only able to attend the meeting Monday morning due to other obligations, requested discussion regarding the draft bill 18LSO-0151...
Joshua Hoyer was fined $5,000 and sentenced to 2-4 years in prison for possession of a controlled substance with intent. In August, he agreed to plead guilty to the charge in exchange for dismissal of charges of possession of methamphetamine and delivery. The State of Wyoming, as part of the agreement, would not argue for a sentence of more than 5-8 years. The charge to which Hoyer pled stems from a Dec. 4, 2016, incident during which he was contacted by Autumn Boyle, who asked him to obtain...
Brennen Cornwell gets an up close visit with Santa Claus with a bit of help from his dad, Tanner, while grandpa Pat grabs a photo of the memorable event. Santa and Mrs. Claus visited with plenty of families during a stop downtown on Saturday....
Monday afternoon saw an additional two sentencings in Hot Springs District Court. Arthur Grieve was sentenced to a total seven years supervised probation and five years unsupervised probation in three cases against him. In the first case, Grieve previously pleaded guilty to a charge of felony possession of a controlled substance, methamphetamine. He was sentenced to 4-6 years in prison on the charge, though that sentence was suspended for seven years supervised probation. In the second case,...
The fall cinnamon roll fundraiser at the Hot Springs County Senior Center wrapped up earlier this month, and director, Lisa Pierce, said it went amazingly well and a total of 219 dozen rolls were sold. The total is up from 209 dozen at this time a year ago. The money brought in from the sales totals about $4,000, Pierce said, which will go to keeping the doors open and the lights on at the center. She further explained the state and federal grants they apply for require matching funds, and the m...
Snow Queen Stormy Cox and King Jared Little visited downtown Saturday evening. In addition to taking pictures with the Clauses, the royalty distributed gift bags to children who came to sit with Santa and give him their wish lists....
With the unseasonably warm weather we’ve been having recently, it’s left plenty of opportunity for me to take the kiddos out and about. This past weekend, of course, we had to hit the downtown for their visit with Mr. and Mrs. Claus. The Clauses arrived in a spectacular fashion aboard a vehicle from the Hot Springs Volunteer Fire Department, lights flashing and an eager crowd waiting on the sidewalk to welcome them. Of course, the figure of Santa can be a bit overwhelming. My own kids shied beh...
The Thermopolis Boys Basketball team has hit the court to begin practices and are looking forward to the upcoming season. Coach Kevin Gerber stated, "I am very blessed to be having my assistant coach joining me again this year in Ryan Shaffer. He has been a huge help with off season workouts and camps and planning for the upcoming year. I would not be even close to where I am today preparing for the season if he was not helping me out. We had a lot of boys participating in off season workouts...
This month, students in Thermopolis FFA travelled to Douglas for a two-day conference. While some attended the Finding Inspiration Reaching Excellence (FIRE) conference, others attended the Chapter Presidents Conference. While FIRE presents leadership workshops and helps students get the most from FFA, CPC focuses on helping students be more effective leaders for their local chapters. Both events provide opportunity for local FFA students to meet and work with students from around the state....
The annual holiday craft bazaar at the Days Inn brought in several vendors selling leather crafts, books, jewelry, beauty products and a variety of other items....
