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The grand opening of the 4-H River Bend Bark Park will be held on Saturday, Oct. 10, in correlation with National 4-H Week. The Mustang 4-H Club came up with the idea to build a dog park in town for both residents and tourists to Hot Springs State Park, creating a fenced in area that would allow dogs to run and have fun while allowing their owners to be worry-free. From the park’s inception, members of the Mustang 4-H club have raised all of the necessary funds through fundraising, grants from the Wyoming 4-H Community Fund, Central Bank & T...
The 2015 Hot Springs County High School Homecoming Parade will start Friday at 10:45 a.m. from behind the high school on Senior Avenue and proceed to Arapahoe Street past 4th Street and Springview. The parade will then take a left onto 5th Street, immediately followed by a right onto Broadway. From there the parade will go to 6th Street (at the stoplight), where it will turn around and travel back down Broadway passing 5th and 4th streets before taking a left on 3rd Street where it will draw to a close at the high school. Friday is spirit... Full story
To open the board meeting, Cheri Benander, Director of Compliance Consulting Services from HealthTech, gave a presentation about compliance education. Compliance education, according to Benander, not only protects the care giver, but also those that receive it. In order to prevent costly lawsuits that may prevent the hospital from receiving federal support for Medicare and Medicaid acts, it also allows the hospital to reduce fraud and abuse, enhance operations, and improve quality of care. Among the most important laws Benander covered in her...
The grand opening of the 4-H Riverbend Bark Park will be held on Saturday, Oct. 10, in correlation with National 4-H Week. The Mustang 4-H Club came up with the idea to build a dog park in town for both residents and tourists to Hot Springs State Park, creating a fenced in area that would allow dogs to run and have fun while allowing their owners to be worry-free. From the park’s inception, members of the Mustang4-H club have raised all of the necessary funds through fundraising, grants from the Wyoming 4-H Community Fund, Central Bank & T...
On the Record policy It is the Independent Record’s policy that all people arrested or cited under the “Accidents,” “Sheriff’s office” or “Police calls” in the On the Record section are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Fire department Tuesday, Sept. 22 9:18 a.m. Responded to a car fire at 440 Arapahoe. Sheriff’s office Tuesday, Sept. 22 9:18 a.m. Report of a lost dog. When the deputy responded to the scene, the dog had already been picked up by the owner. Tuesday, Sept. 22 3:19 p.m. Report of a vehicle colliding with an...
The Smoking Waters Art Guild is looking for local artists, young and old, who would like to show their art work during the Young at HeART ArtStroll November 13. Schools, churches, youth groups, clubs and individuals are invited to bring your artwork to an assigned downtown business during the November ArtStroll. The Young at HeART show will be available for viewing to the public Friday evening November 13 and during Still Strolling Saturday, November 14. To enter your artwork, contact guild member Marcia at 307-921-8496. The Second-Friday...
Wyoming will have a rare treat October 7-9 when international award-winning musician Okaidja will perform in Thermopolis. He will be accompanied by Shókoto, whose music and rhythms fuse Ghanian traditional song with drums and other traditional African instruments. The musicians will be conducting a three-day residency in the schools. A public concert will be held Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. in Hot Springs County Schools Auditorium at 415 Springview. The program is sponsored by Hot Springs Greater Learning Foundation with grants from the Western States...
Clarence Glen Hall, 87, from Worland passed away on Sept. 30, 2015 at the Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Memorial services will be held 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5, 2015 at the First Baptist Church in Worland. Burial of the cremains will follow at Riverview Memorial Gardens Cemetery with the American Legion Post 44 in charge of Military Honors. Bryant Funeral Home is assisting with arrangements.... Full story
Mickey J. Simmons, Sr., 82, of Lander, Wyo, died at his home on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015. Mickey was born on Oct. 7, 1932, in Thermopolis, Wyo., to Anthony and Ethel Simmons. He was one of four children, was raised in Thermopolis and graduated from Hot Springs County High School. After graduation he moved to Vallejo, Calif. He was baptized into the Catholic faith and was an active member of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus. While in Vallejo, he married his wife, Dixie L... Full story
A long-awaited decision announcing the West’s greater sage grouse will not be added to the Endangered Species List was announced last week. Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead and other governors stood by as U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Sally Jewell made the announcement along side U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service director Dan Ashe. Mead later announced at a press conference the decision was “a tremendous victory for Wyoming and a tremendous victory for the West.” Wyoming is one of 11 Western states home to around 37 percent of the remai...
Steve’s Plumbing, Julia’s Rentals and Stevie Ann’s Ice will host their 11th annual Customer Appreciation Chili Feed on Saturday, Oct. 3 at 602 Shoshoni Street. A chili and corn bread dinner will be served from 6-7:30 p.m. with live music from the band Blackwater starting at 7 p.m....
Hot Springs County saw its unemployment rate hold steady at 3.5 percent in both July and August. The number of unemployed residents is 87, and the labor force is 2.457, according to information from the Research and Planning section of the state Department of Workforce Services. The county unemployment rate in August 2014 was 4.1 percent, with 102 unemployed residents from a labor force of 2,515....
This year’s homecoming activities for Hot Springs County High School will begin on Monday, Sept. 28 and run throughout the week, culminating with Saturday’s Homecoming dance in the high school commons. Homecoming starts early on Monday with class color day. Seniors will wear blue, juniors will wear black, sophomores will wear grey, freshmen will wear orange and staff will wear red. Monday night is community pride night, which features a dinner, pep rally and then bonfire to usher in the week. Tuesday will be movie character dress up day at the...
The Hot Springs County High School Lady Cats volleyball team is building on a string of huge wins that started Thursday against Rocky Mountain and continued through this weekend's Bobcat Invitational. After a tactical lineup change by coach Shannon Hill, the Lady Cats came out of the gates Thursday with guns blazing and defeated Rocky Mountain in straight sets. "It was a great win for our girls. We had 13 aces as a team including 8 from Maggie Ryan," said coach Hill. "The girls adjusted well to...
The Bobcat football team beat Wright 46-14 on Friday for their first win of the season. The Bobcats scored on their first play of the game when quarterback Cullen Becher connected with wide receiver Dominic Jensen for a 68-yard touchdown. Collectively the Bobcats had a stunning performance. Clemens Abbot returned an interception for a touchdown and Tyler Cornwell had five carries for 138 yards, averaging over 27 yards per carry. The Bobcats had over 300 yards as a team and kept Wright to only...
A new counseling and consultation office, run by a longtime Hot Springs County resident, has opened in Thermopolis. Catherine Crumpler, who has worked in the mental health field for almost 30 years, has recently begun taking consultations at her 6th Street office. Crumpler, who has worked in Thermopolis as a mental health professional for over 17 years, says she has so far experienced "nothing but positive support" during the process of opening her own office. Crumpler says she has loved her...
A Wyoming veterans service officer from the Wyoming Veterans Commission will conduct community outreach services in Thermopolis Thursday, Sept. 24 at the Hot Springs County Museum from noon-2 p.m. Brad Cline is available to meet with veterans and their families to discuss state and federal veterans’ benefits, Department of Veterans Affairs claims, or VA healthcare. Cline can also help veterans and their families apply for benefits, file claims or request healthcare. His office is staffed in Cody, at 1026 Blackburn Ave., Suite 1. Cline can be r...
A representative from the Riverton Workforce Center, a local office of the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, will be available Tuesday, Sept. 22 at Hot Springs County Library from 10-noon and from 1:30-3:30 p.m. The Riverton office of the Department of Workforce Services is also available by phone at 307-856-9231 or on their website at http://wyomingworkforce.org....
Several new teachers joined the Hot Springs County School District for the 2015-16 school year. Thomas Koehler Thomas Koehler, who is starting his first year as an Industrial Arts teacher at Hot Springs County High School, has nine years' teaching experience and a strong background in construction, welding, drafting, and machining. He moved to Thermopolis with his wife, who teaches third grade at RWE. His favorite aspect of teaching is being able to expose students to every opportunity they...
The Hot Springs County Commissioners discussed a variety of issues at their Sept. 1 meeting at the county annex. Sheriff Lou Falgoust told the commissioners he would like to see the sheriff impound lot moved from its current location for security reasons. The commissioners agreed a new location with secure fencing is needed. Falgoust will provide the commissioners with cost estimates for fencing at the new location for their approval. County assessor Shelley Deromedi presented six 2015 tax rebates to the commissioners for their approval....
Fred Lombardi, 53, of Casper was making a turn onto the Wedding of the Waters road north of the mouth of Wind River Canyon Friday. Distracted by his cell phone, Peter St. Clair, 32, of Bar Nunn collided with the backside of Lombardi’s car. St. Clair’s truck was traveling at the posted speed limit when it made contact. The car was sling-shotted across the west shoulder through several fences coming to a stop several hundred feet from the initial impact. Emergency teams responded, the driver of the car had to be extracted. Both driver’s were...
First Baptist Church to hold spiritual renewal meetings The First Baptist Church will host Barry Webb, who will lead spiritual renewal meetings from the 13-18 September. The Webbs will lead services at First Baptist Church this weekend, with Sunday School at 9:45 a.m., the Morning Service at 11 a.m., the Evening Service at 6 p.m., and daily Bible Study at 7 p.m. Webb and his wife, Cheryl, utilize their puppetry and musical skills to present the Bible to churchgoers of all ages. Webb plays multiple instruments and often draws chalk images and...
The 15th annual Fall WYO Quarter Horse Ranch Sale will be Saturday, Sept. 12 at 1 p.m. at Hot Springs County Fairgrounds. The fall sale is the second of two sales each year featuring the horses of Bill and Carole Smith, Jack and Becky Wipplinger and Dr. H.B. “Woody” Bartlett. The “Parade of Geldings & Two-Year-Olds” video display will take place at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11 at the fairgrounds. A performance preview is scheduled for 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 12. The auction this year features 40 broke geldings, 35 started two-year-olds, 9 yearlin...
What if your family was living a busy and involved life, as respected members of the community, businessmen, civic leaders, homeowners, children active in schools. Then suddenly, overnight, everything is turned upside down. You are given a few days to pack what can be carried in a suitcase, rounded up by military guards, and removed from your home to a remote area where you must make a new life surrounded by barbed wire fences, guards in towers watching 24 hours a day. It happened to nine-year-old Sam Mihara in 1942, then living in San...
For hunters looking for additional places to hunt this year, the 2015 Walk-in Hunting Atlas is now available on the Wyoming Game and Fish and Department’s website at https://wgfoapps.wyo.gov/plpwhmprogram/frmWalkinHuntingHome.aspx. The online atlas features hundreds of walk-in areas where hunters can access private lands for a variety of species. The Walk-in program has been responsible for providing more than a million acres of access to hunters annually. It is part of the overall Private Lands Public Wildlife program and is partly funded b...
