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Wyoming Republican Party Secretary Charles Curley has had his duties suspended following an allegation of assault on February 23. According to a press release from the party, the Wyoming Republican Party Executive Committee met via teleconference on March 7. The committee is comprised of the state party officers plus seven State Central Committee (SCC) members from around the state. The Executive Committee followed Robert’s Rules of Order to conduct the meeting. Two motions were made. The first was a motion to suspend the duties, powers, and r... Full story
Members of the Thermopolis Police Department came Friday afternoon to Thermopolis Middle School to assist with the lock late activities. Ethan Crow winds up to test his speed while Sergeant Pat Cornwell uses a radar speed gun to measure the velocity of the thrown tennis ball. Each student participating had an opportunity to best their speeds with three tries....
Monday afternoon, State Representatives Nathan Winters and Wyatt Agar visited the Thermopolis Independent Record and spoke about this year’s Legislative session. Winters said he, Agar and Mike Greer have developed an excellent working partnership that has been apparent on the floor of both the House and the Senate, particularly with the discussion of the bill concerning privatization of the Wyoming Pioneer Home and Wyoming Retirement Center. “We had a real team effort with this bill,” Winters said. He and Agar put in the extra time to ensur...
Friday evening, law enforcement and emergency personnel responded to a one-vehicle accident in Hot Springs State Park, at the three-way stop intersection of Park and Buffalo. Wyoming Highway Patrol Trooper Regina Schulmeister reported a white van belonging to the Set Free Church and driven by John Welch was travelling eastbound in the westbound lane. While travelling across the bridge leading into the state park, the van struck the barrier between the street and sidewalk. The vehicle continued...
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. Sheriff’s office Tuesday, March 6 9:14 p.m. A call from a female subject who was highly intoxicated and wanted a drink of water. The subject was warned about misuse of the emergency call system. Thursday, March 8 12:30 p.m. Report of goats on the highway. The animals were put back. Fr...
Sometimes, luck has nothing to do with it. Drunken-driving and related fatalities spike on St. Patrick’s Day. The number of drunken-driving fatalities on the nation’s roadways doubled on St. Patrick’s Day in 2016. Twenty-nine people died each day in 2016 in crashes involving a drunken driver. On St. Patrick’s Day, 60 were killed according to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration. The fatalities in 2016 represent nearly a 15 percent increase on average over the four previous years. From 2012-2016, 269 people were killed in cr...
With the start of 2018 just over a few months past, you might have made resolutions concerning your health. It’s a topic that’s never too soon to think about, and the annual Kiwanis Community Health Fair is great place to receive information. This year, the fair is scheduled for Saturday, March 24 from 8 a.m. until noon at the Thermopolis Middle School gymnasium. The theme for this year is “Get Screened in 2018.” Results from blood draws will be available at the fair. Over 50 booths will be...
Thermopolis Middle School Lights On will host its first ever cribbage tournament on Friday, March 16 at the middle school gymnasium and commons area, beginning at 5 p.m. Elisa Daniels said the tournament is open to everyone, no matter what their skill level in the game. Boards will be available but people can bring their own if they chooses. Daniels recommends those bringing boards make sure they’re labeled so they don’t go missing. There will be divisions for students and adults, with first, second and third place prizes in each. Daniels add...
Kathy Sorenson and Brandi Collins will be hosting a benefit dinner and cookie jar auction for Tracy Loughlin at the VFW on Friday, March 23 beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tracy has been dealing with serious medical issues since the middle of February. Medical bills are mounting fast as he was in the ICU in Billings for two weeks and continues to be under doctor’s care at the hospital in Billings while they determine the best way to move forward. There will be pulled pork sandwiches with all the fixings and a dessert bar. The cost of dinner is by d...
The Thermopolis Gymkhana Series will host its Bucks for Buckaroos event this Saturday, March 17 at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds, beginning at 6 p.m. There will be a chili feed as well as a silent auction. Adults are $10, and kids 12 and under are $5. There will also be a shorty team roping jackpot and a stick horse barrel jackpot with divisions of Peewee (six and under), Youth (ages 7-14) and Open (14 and older) in each. In the team roping jackpot, entry fees are $5 per man. Bring your own kid rope, and every team gets three head to run...
The Theremopolis Middle School Commons will be home to a fundraiser to help the school’s Water for South Sudan project on Tuesday, March 20 beginning at 6 p.m. The project began over a year ago in the student family groups of Jacob Strenger and Eric Kay, inspired by “A Long Walk to Water” by Linda Sue Park, which gives an account of Sudanese girl Nya and her ordeal in travelling rough terrain for miles jus to draw water for her family from a pond. The students decided to help raise the $15,000 to sponsor a well in Sudan, but there is still...
Hot Springs County School District Superintendent Dustin Hunt honors teacher Aimee Kay as the fourth and Bobcat Champion for Children. Kay joins those in the running for Teacher of the Year, which will be announced later this school year....
As with many things in life, the 2018 Wyoming Legislature is here and gone already. Our local representatives, Nathan Winters and Wyatt Agar, have done well in keeping us informed of what’s been happening in Cheyenne during this budget session. Though the political game is one that often sees hard-drawn line of House vs. Senate or Democrat vs. Republican, Winters and Agar recently shared that they worked together on items such as bills related to the state budget, education, agriculture and bit coin technology. This type of partnership, w...
I was thinking the other day about a certain family member with whom the scales are decidedly out of balance to the tune of thousands of dollars in his favor. It’s been more than a year since I last saw him even though he has been in this locale several times during that period of time. Occasionally his image pops up in my consciousness, and negative thoughts fill my mind of what I’d like to say to him. Then a strange realization creeps in under the blackness of that bitterness, and the question arises — Do you think he’s giving you a thought...
Being a good Irish girl, my ancestral time for drinking and frivolity arrives this weekend. It is accompanied by corned beef and cabbage along with Irish soda bread. And yes, I may imbibe in a Bailey’s Irish float or two. One side of my family is Irish, the other side Scottish, so cabbage in all its possible forms was a staple in our house and I truly do love the sound of Scottish bagpipes. They will bring tears to my eyes every time. I think one of the funniest stories my grandmother ever told...
Eugene Roland Kuhman, 75, passed away at his residence in Hot Springs County, Wyo., Tuesday, March 6, 2018, after a period of declining health. Born July 28, 1942, in Yorkville, Ill., he was the son of Frederick and Eileen (Briggs) Kuhman. Graduating in 1960, he joined the Air Force serving from 1960-1964. In June of 1967 Gene married Laura J. Holstein in Yorkville. Moving to Colorado in 1970, he established his own construction/remodel business, which he operated 30 years. In 1973, he... Full story
Shawn Renee Noel,56, passed away on February 5, 2018, surrounded by her family. She was born in Fulton, N.Y., on June 25, 1961. On that day her parent's, Dave and Ruth, were blessed with their oldest of 4 children. Shawn was followed by her brother, David, sister, Tracy and brother, Gary. When Shawn was young, the family moved to California, where she blossomed from a cheeky smiled little girl to a beautiful and outgoing young woman. While in California, Shawn was blessed with her daughter,... Full story
James "Jim" Harold Hughes, 85, and Edith "Carol" Hughes, 83, passed away peacefully, within hours of each other, on March 3, 2018, at their home in Colorado Springs, Colo., surrounded by their loving family after 64 years of marriage. Jim was born in Kirby, Wyo., on January 12, 1933, the fourth of seven children, to Harold and Lillian Hughes and raised in the coal-mining town of Gebo. Carol was born on October 2, 1934, to Richard and Lillian "Irene" Clark and raised in New Castle, Pa., the... Full story
Saturday, March 3 was the 100th anniversary and the 106th meeting of the Big Horn Basin Master's Club, held at Malta Lodge No. 17, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Wyoming. There were 31 Masons from Basin, Powell, Cody, Shoshoni, Thermopolis and Riverton as well as guests from Casper. The Grand Master of Masons of Wyoming, Mark S. Young, also attended the meeting. The meeting opened at 10 a.m. by Dennis Wilson, master of the Malta Lodge here in Thermopolis, with business and election of...
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department will conduct six open-house meetings throughout the Bighorn Basin with one final meeting in Worland to discuss 2018 hunting season proposals for game birds and big game. During the open houses, Game and Fish personnel will be available to discuss the proposed 2018 hunting seasons for local hunt areas. Locally, the meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 21, starting at 6 p.m. in the meeting room at Big Horn Federal. The final formal meeting, during which statewide seasons may be discussed, will be held...
Emergency Management coordinator Bill Gordon attended a meeting last week in Riverton which included information on river flows from the Bureau of Reclamation’s Casper Control Center. Gordon said the bureau has determined there will be no flushing of the Wind River this year. After the high flows in 2017, the Wyoming Game and Fish requested no flushing flow be sent downstream this year. Currently, the release from Boysen Reservoir is at 2000 cubic feet per second (cfs). The bureau had to wait for the last of the ice to clear out in Big Horn C...
The family of Bob Carey is pleased to announce the 2018 winners of the Bob Carey Memorial Award. This award is very prestigious as he was instrumental in giving the sport of girls' basketball the recognition it deserves in the state of Wyoming. This award is given to senior basketball players only. This award seeks to honor the outstanding girls' basketball player in the state of Wyoming, with one award in Class 1A/2A divisions and one award in Class 3A/4A divisions. In order to be nominated...
Hudson Roling was recently named as a 3A Boys’ Basketball All-Conference selection by the Wyoming Coaches’ Association. Coach Kevin Gerber stated, “I am very pleased to announce Hudson Roling receiving All-Conference for a second consecutive year. Hudson was an all around great player for us.” Roling was in the top 10 in the 3A East in the following categories: No. 10 in scoring with 11.7 points per game, tied No. 10 with 5.6 rebounds per game, No. 5 with 2.7 assists per game, No. 8 with tw...
Carquest came close to toppling Red Rock Family Practice this past week during the Hot Springs County Rec District’s Adult Basketball League, missing a victory by just one basket in the 51-50 matchup. Red Rock’s record remains untarnished, however, at 6-0, while Carquest is at 0-6. Top scorers were Kevin Simpson with 15 for Red Rock and Joe Mounts with 20 for Carquest. Merit added another victory with a 69-44 game against Hoosier Daddy, bringing their record up to 3-3. Hoosier stands at 1-5 Top scorers were Zac Wagon with 14 for Hoosier and...
Monday morning at Hot Springs county High School, three seniors signed letters of intent for college....
