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Ralph Witters Elementary student Natasha Hamrick and a classmate admire a snake during the Thermopolis FFA Petting Zoo last Friday. The local chapter members participated in a week of activities to celebrate National FFA Week....
At the February 18 Hot Springs County School District #1 Board meeting, business manager Chauncy Johnson provided a budget update for the current school year and a look at what 2022 funding might look like. As the Wyoming State Legislature works through bills that will affect school districts, Johnson provided information regarding how budget cuts could look at HSCSD#1 in the coming year. Johnson reported that currently, local revenues are down 31% in Hot Springs County. This translates to a deficit of $1,618,339 for the school district going...
At the March 2 Hot Springs County Commissioner meeting, Public Health Nurse Tricia McPhie gave her report of local COVID vaccinations and her goals of getting more doses available to the public. This would include more new people receiving their first doses and also having others receive their second dose. There are still people on the waiting list. Chairman Tom Ryan asked McPhie, “Do you think you have vaccinated the majority of people over 70 years old?” McPhie paused and then replied, “I...
At the February Hot Springs Health Board meeting, CEO Margie Molitor introduced to the board Caroline St. Charles, who is a Heath Tech consultant working as a Chief Clinical Officer. Molitor said, “She is the guru for all of the conditions of participation and compliance, quality, credentialing, anything that has to do with the patient. She is the expert. She is here and doing a mock survey.” St. Charles said that the last mock survey was approximately three years ago. She explained that hos...
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 Highway Patrol Tuesday, February 23 4:22 p.m. Brook Anastasia Shifflett, 34-year-old female, of Bryson, was arrested for alleged possession of a controlled substance both plant and crystal and for driving without auto insurance....
Public Health Nurse Tricia McPhie gives a Moderna COVID 19 shot to post office employee Betty Tuffner. There were 244 vaccines given that day. The total is 916 for the first dose and 499 for the second dose in the county. There have been 1,415 total doses given in Hot Springs County....
A raffle is being held as a Hot Springs County Senior Class Fundraiser with three great prizes to win. Only 600 tickets are being sold for $20 each, 3 for $50 or 6 for $100. First prize is a Weatherby 6.5 Creedmoor Meateater Edition Rifle ($950 value), second and third prize is 1/4 Wilson beef Grade A, processed with a 5 cubit ft. Magic Chef freezer ($800 value). The drawing will be held on April 9. Call 921-1157 for information on purchasing tickets. All proceeds from the raffle will go to the 2021 graduation celebration....
Red Dirt Master Gardeners will be holding their Plant Swap at the Hot Springs County Library, Saturday, March 20 from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. Participants are asked to bring their extra indoor plans, plant divisions, seeds or just come empty-handed. You can leave with new plant varieties in exchange. Also, the Community Garden Sign Up is beginning March 20, 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. also at the Hot Springs County Library. For more information or to sign up at a different time call Becky at 864-3028, Cindy at 864-2060. You can also text Stephanie at...
Governor Mark Gordon and the Wyoming Department of Health have announced the removal of a health order addressing operations of personal care services, along with a continued relaxing of COVID-19 protocols as Wyoming’s metrics continue to improve. The order mandating statewide use of masks is still in place. As of Monday, March 1, Health Order No. 3, which addresses operations of barber shops, nail and hair salons, tattoo parlors and other personal care services was being eliminated completely. Attendance limits for indoor and outdoor gathering...
It has long been the mantra of parenting gurus for adults to monitor social media posts for the children in their lives and have access to their phones. It was for their own protection, to keep them safe from child predators and the like. As the student got older and developed perception, the basic advice was the oversight could be gradually decreased as the child approached adulthood. But recent events have opened that advice to re-examination. One event was the overdose death of the 16-year-old son of a prominent California doctor who gives...
On Tuesday, February 23, President Biden has one minute of silence, lit 500 candles, and had flags lowered to half staff for the 500,000 deaths due to COVID-19. I wonder if he would plan to do the same for the millions of babies murdered by abortion each year. Sincerely, Michael S. Liesch...
Helen Louise Dowdell, 81, passed away February 27, 2021, at Hot Springs Health in Thermopolis. Born July 14, 1939 in Melrose, Mass., she was the daughter of Arthur and Raney (Carlisle) Sidebottom. The family moved to Kentucky when Helen was three. On August 24, 1957, she married Roger Edward Dowdell in Louisville, Ky. For most of Helen's life she worked in a clerical position for insurance companies. The couple moved to Worland, Wyo., in 1975, later to Colorado and then Illinois where they...
Crew members position an illuminated sign for the main entrance of the newly constructed Hot Springs Health, formerly known as Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital....
by Tom Coulter Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Funding for the state’s K-12 education system took center stage Monday as the House Education Committee continued to work on a school funding recalibration bill and agreed to add a conditional sales tax increase to the proposal. With the state’s School Foundation Program projected to have a roughly $300 million revenue deficit by the end of the current biennium, K-12 education funding will likely be a major topic of debate during the Legislature’s month-long session, with...
JACKSON (WNE) — Rep. Mike Yin, D-Jackson, is filing a bill calling for a flat, 4% personal income tax in Wyoming. The Equality State is one of nine states that do not tax residents’ job-related earnings. Supported for decades by revenues from mineral extraction, Wyoming is notoriously tax-averse. A number of newly-elected Wyoming legislators campaigned on a “no new taxes” pledge, and there are only nine other tax-friendly Democrats in the 60-person Wyoming Legislature. But Yin told the Jackson Hole Daily opposition to taxes “doesn...
by Gregory Hasman Gillette News Record Via Wyoming News Exchange GILLETTE —People in the Cowboy State could legally place bets on a sporting event if a proposed bill gets through the Legislature. In 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a federal law that prohibited sports betting in most states. That prompted states to take advantage of the ruling to legalize the industry or at least entertain the idea. Rep. Tom Walters, R-Casper, is the main sponsor of House Bill 133 that — if passed by the Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Mark Gor...
From mice, to chickens and ponies the Thermopolis FFA Petting Zoo had it all and was enjoyed by many. Top, Trenton Postma gets up close with a little white mouse, bottom left, Charleigh Macie enjoys holding a fluffy chicken and bottom right, Boden Deromedi takes a turn sitting on the pony....
T-O Engineers held their second public meeting at the Hot Springs County Annex Building on February 25 to update on the Master Plan for the new county airport. All three commissioners were present along with a former commissioner, other participating members, and others who are pilots or users of the airport. Traci Hodgins is the project manager of the aviation master plan and presented an hour-long slideshow giving the public a lot of data and showing the process of their methodologies that go...
The Bobcats came home from the 2A State Wrestling Tournament in Casper with four state champions and a fifth place finish for the team, just outside of the trophies. Last Thursday, Bobcats Wyatt McDermott, Roedy Farrell, Logan Cole and Remington Ferree all earned state championships, the most wrestling championships in Bobcat history. Previously, the Bobcats had several seasons with two state champions. "It was a great accomplishment for these four and they all dominated through the entire...
In the Bobcat’s last two regular season games, the boy’s varsity team won one at home and then lost one on the road. The Bobcats won at home on Thursday, February 18 against Newcastle 80-69. “We played really well in this game from start to finish. It was a big night for not just our team, but our community as a whole as we were honoring Joey Johnson’s fight against cancer,” said head coach Shane Corpening. The boys came out and really put the clamps down on Newcastle. “I thought our pressure defense was the major difference in this game a...
The Lady Cat basketball team lost a hard fought contest with Buffalo last Friday night. The girls rallied in the third quarter to overcome a double digit deficit, but in the fourth quarter, turnovers plagued them, and they fell to Buffalo by a final score of 70-52. The girls trailed by a score of 29-20 at the half, but in the third quarter, great defense and offense led to a nice run by the Lady Cats taking the lead late in the third quarter. A buzzer beating 3 pointer by Buffalo gave the Lady Bison a 1 point advantage heading to the fourth...
Thermopolis Middle School Seventh grade boys basketball teams struggled some in their last set of games. In the A game against Worland on February 23, thermopolis pulled out a win 26-21. “We did not play very well in this game and a lot of that was due to how well Worland played. They made a lot of changes since our first game and have improved a bunch. The boys did do a great job of adjusting throughout the game and got things figured out just in time to pull it off. Bridger Peil had a great fourth quarter which really gave us the boost we n...
The Thermopolis Wrestling Club hosted a home tournament on Sunday. Several local wrestlers and others from around the state competed during the day. It takes several volunteers to put on a tournament and their time and energy is appreciated. The Thermopolis Wrestling Club board members for 2020-21 include: President Leif Polson, Vice President Danial Blair, Secretary Thrisha Myers, Treasurer Dusty Lewis, Head Coach Will Farrell, Members at Large Sean Boren, Matt Ryan and Ty Sayler. Results as...
Three turkeys were spotted scratching and foraging on a large stack of oat straw just before the recent snow storm while a rabbit hides out underneath a vehicle during the snow storm. After the storm, a robin was out enjoying the warmth of the sunshine....
