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At the February 7 Thermopolis Town Council meeting held at the Town Hall, Mayor Adam Estenson said that there was no action taken on the following presentation. Darren Butcher returned to the council and gave another presentation for his advocacy to have chickens be legal within the town’s boundaries. Butcher told a story that highlights a “difference between livelihood and lifestyle.” There were no questions asked after the presentation. A letter to the editor from Butcher appears on page...
At the Hot Springs County Library last Friday, Witni Blair, Anthony Taylor, Jan Olheiser, Paxton Taylor worked together stuffing their animals. Each child attending the Build a Bear workshop got to make and take a stuffed animal home....
At the Hot Springs County Commissioners board meeting held at the Annex Building last Tuesday, Chairman Tom Ryan reported that they were joined by members of the Wyoming Business Council to do a site visit at the old airport property. Ryan said their visit was “productive”. The commissioners welcomed Connie Guntly, the new commissioner’s administrative assistant, replacing Penny Heardt, who is retiring. Brian Clarkson and Maddie Ross of Ardurra (formerly T-O Engineers) gave the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) update and said they final...
Members of the Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department were honored during their annual banquet last Saturday held at the Fire Hall. Three members of the department have a total of 95 years of experience to be proud of. Firefighter John Fish with 30 years, serving since December 1992, was presented with a ceremonial pick head axe. Chief Mark Collins with 30 years, serving since March 1992, was also presented with a ceremonial pick head axe. Firefighter Opie Love with 35 years, serving since...
On the Record policy It is the Thermopolis Independent Record’s policy that all people arrested or cited under the “Accidents,” “Sheriff’s office” or “Police department” in the On the Record section are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. We print the names of all people upon their initial arrest. Sheriff’s Office Monday, Feb. 6 1:44 p.m. Report of shots fired on Highway 20 South. Deputies were unable to locate anyone in distress in the area. 6:20 p.m. Citizen assist involving a motorist. However, nobody was located in or...
Hot Springs County High School Principal Catelyn Deromedi helped honor her husband, High School and Middle School Physical Education, Health and Activities Director Brandon Deromedi, during the Hot Springs County School District Board of Trustees’ Jan. 19 meeting, for his success in yet another one of his titles, that of head golf coach, not only for the golf team winning its fifth state championship in a row earlier this school year, but also for Deromedi himself winning the title of the 2022 golf coach of the year. “Yeah, that’s defin...
The Thermopolis Jackalope Jump fundraiser will be held Thursday, March 9 at the Hot Springs County High School parking lot with registration begining at 1:30 p.m. and jumping starting at 2 p.m. The Jackalope Jump challenges brave Wyomingites at numerous locations around Wyoming to “Be Bold, Go for the Cold!”. It’s a great way for everyone – individuals, organizations, and businesses – to get involved in supporting Special Olympics Wyoming athletes. All funds raised go to support programming and events for local athletes as well as over 1,60...
Dr. Jeb Schenck will present his photography journeys to Antarctica, Patagonia, and the Falkland Islands on Saturday, Feb. 18 at 7 p.m. at the Community Hall. The exhibition will be about an hour and a half long and will finish with a dramatic video. Schenck said, “About 99% of the pictures that we’re going to show have never been seen by the public. We’ll see not only the wild and mountainous terrain of Antarctica and the penguins, but also extruded and airy landscapes from Patagonia. And then a lot of interactions with different pengu...
The Wyoming Chapter of Alzheimer’s Association is hosting a Thermopolis Community Forum virtually through Zoom on Friday, Feb, 24 from 1 to 3 p.m. The forum is to discuss Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia in our community. Participants are invited to share their experiences, discuss community needs, and learn about programs and services that support those who are living with Alzheimer’s and other dementia, their care partners, family members, community leaders, faith leaders, first responders, business owners and agency repre...
by John Malmberg, Cody Enterprise Once again federal wildlife officials are considering surrendering management of grizzly bears to the states. The announcement by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service came last Friday. We hope this time it is successful. This is the Fish and Wildlife’s third attempt in 16 years to drop the Endangered Species Act protection for the grizzlies in the Yellowstone region and turn management over to the states. The population of grizzly bears in the area around Yellowstone is now estimated at more than 1,000 bears. In...
Are we being oppressed? Oppression - 1. dominate harshly: to subject a person or a people to a harsh or cruel form of domination 2. inflict stress on: to be a source of worry, stress, or trouble to somebody 3. suppress: to hold something in check or put an end to it (archaic) That’s a strong word to some, but none of its synonyms are any better, domination, coercion, cruelty, tyranny, subjugation, persecution, harassment, or repression. The word we all love better is the antonym, of liberty. I’m just asking that the townspeople be relieved of...
On behalf of Hot Springs County and the Board of County Commissioners, the Hot Springs County Attorney’s Office would like to make the following statements: 1. The Tipi Retreat, LLC, a Wyoming Limited Liability Company, Michelle Stevens, individually, and Michael Stevens, individually, brought suit against the Hot Springs County Board of County Commissioners on or about January 19th, 2022, Docket No. 2022-03 in the District Court, 5th Judicial District. 2. The Defendant (Hot Springs County BOCC) filed a Motion for Partial Summary Judgement o...
by Bryan Golden Everyone wishes for good fortune and a problem free life. Yet many people are disappointed with their situations. Is wishing effective or is it overrated? The answer is yes to both. So what’s the catch? Wishing alone is unproductive. If you want results, wishing must be followed by action. Wishing without action is as ineffective as leaving your car in neutral. Without being in gear, revving the engine at full throttle will make a lot of noise but won’t move you an inch. Whenever you were told to wish for what you wanted, you...
Katherine Ann Wallingford, 71, of Thermopolis Wyo., passed away February 5, 2023 after a long illness. Born in Thermopolis on October 8, 1951, as the oldest child of Thermopolis residents Norman and Pat (McCabe) Wallingford, ranchers on Buffalo Creek and Copper Mountain. Kathy graduated with the class of 1970 from HSCHS and up and through last July helped out with many Class Reunions. After graduation from high school, she received her associates degree at Casper College. Kathy moved to Montana...
The HSC Senior Citizens Center held a Valentine's Day themed sip and paint on Monday, February 6 at the Senior Center. Sabrina Annand from the Happy Hippy in Worland donated her time and supplies and led the sip and paint....
On Tuesday February 7, the varsity Lady Cats took on Lovell in a conference game. Coach David Villa said, “Our goal for the game was to make sure we broke the press and pushed the tempo. We felt we could use our speed against them. Initially we got a 9-3 lead, and the game was going our way. Our defense and offense looked good. Their star player Kallie Owens had been scoring in double digits all season and our defense held her to 3 points.” Coach Villa added that he “Felt our game plan worked well against her, however Lily Edwards would score...
Thermopolis Wrestling Club members competed in tournaments last Saturday. Results include: Brian Friel Folkstyle Tournament 10U Girls 49-51 - Roxy White, 1st, 6 team points Energy Town Throwdown-Folkstyle 4U 36-37 - Carter Enis, 1st, 20 team points 6U 35-37 - Erik Polson, 3rd, 9 team points 10U Girls 56-60 - Hayden Robinson, 1st, 20 team points 10U 59 - Aksel Polson, 1st, 26 team points 10U 59 - Isaac Haddix, 1 team point 10U 63 - Aksel Polson, 2nd, 21.5 team points 10U 63 - Hayden Robinson, 4th, 17 team points 10U 93 - Joshua Blair, 4th, 3...
The Bobcat wrestlers had three duals in Buffalo last Friday to complete their regular season. The cats went 2-1 on the day. “Against Lovell we gave up 36 points due to unfilled weights. We still managed to win 7 out of 8 matches to tie them with a final score of 39-39. Lovell won based on criteria in which they had fewer forfeits,” said coach Travis McDermott. In the second dual against Wright, the Bobcats won with a 33-18 score. In their final dual, they also got the victory with a 40-12 score. Overall the cats went 16-5 on the day with an...
The varsity boys basketball team took on Tongue River on Saturday, losing in a close 44-48 battle. Coach Shane Corpening said, “We opened this game in the first quarter with the kind of pace that I wanted to see. We were getting good looks at the basket and stringing together defensive stops. We hit a lull in the second quarter and allowed Tongue River to get back into the game and take the lead into half time. In the second half the game was neck and neck. Neither team could really pull ahead. When it had looked like Tongue River was going t...
Thermopolis Middle School boys basketball scoreboard update 8th grade A&B Lovell A (37) vs Thermopolis A (41) “With our slow start in the first quarter, we found ourselves 12 down.Thankfully we had a little grit and determination show up and we held Lovell to 0 points in the second quarter, gaining the lead before halftime. We were able to hold on in this close game, but a great game to see them overcome a very large 1st quarter deficit,” said coach Ryan Shaffer Scoring: Simeral 13, Welch 11, Garrison 10 Lovell B (27) vs Thermopolis B (24) “Th...
The Hot Springs County High School Speech and Debate Team improved on their successful regular season with a first place finish in the 1A/2A division at the University of Wyoming High School Speech and Debate Tournament, held at UW on February 10-11. The competition was another large and competitive venue with 18 schools attending and over 400 total event entries. Senior and co-team captain Karina Lea broke into semifinals in Informative Speaking and nearly broke into finals, finishing in 9th place. The senior leader also completed preliminary...
Thermopolis Middle School has issued a revised first semester Honor Roll due to some students being left off the honor roll that was submitted by the school and ran in last week’s Independent Record. 5th Grade all A – Tiberius Barna, Dayton Basse, Ayden Bohleen, Aiden Borgen, Robert Dafoe, Aliyah Deere, Silvanna DeVries, Lettie Duncan, Trenton Enis, Lillian Estenson, William Garrison, Anthony Herline, Ashlyn Huckfeldt, Alison Ivie, Kimber Jeffs, Apollo Jenks, Carson Johnson, Elena Ketner, Elizabeth Kolson, Briar Lahoe, Fisher Lewis, Jay...
Roberta Norskog and her mother, Cassie, prepare their colorful wires into various shapes to use for creating crystals as part of the Wyoming Dinosaur Center's Science Saturdays....
Thermopolis Middle School Head Wrestling Coach Toby Emery congratulated his student wrestlers during the Hot Springs County School District Board of Trustees’ Jan. 19 meeting, reporting that Thermopolis finished third out of 10 teams in the 2022 Big Horn Basin Middle School Conference Boys A Division, scoring the same ranking they’d earned the previous year. “That’s an amazing feat, especially with the number of kids we have,” Emery said. “There’s 18 slots in wrestling. We filled seven slots this year,” which he deemed as evidence that ...
by CJ Baker Powell Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange POWELL — Concerns about stepping on the toes of local governments and questions about what the bill would do doomed a Cody lawmaker’s attempt to protect rodeos and other animal events and enterprises from activists. House Bill 95, the Working Animal Protection Act, unanimously passed committee but narrowly failed Wednesday on its third and final reading in the House. The act would have barred cities, towns and counties from implementing any ordinance or policy that “terminates, bans or undul...
