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At the April 4 Thermopolis Town Council meeting held at Town Hall, Mayor Adam Estenson during citizen participation brought up the second reading of the Limited Urban Agriculture ordinance. Town Attorney Marshal Keller read the ordinance to the public. Next, Mayor Estenson asked for public comments. The main proponent of the ordinance, Darren Butcher, requested some amendments that would make the ordinance based on his original model and research. First, he asked that the two species limit be removed, so that all listed species could be an...
Oliver Turbyfill runs to find as many Easter eggs as he can during storytime at the Hot Springs County Library last week. Other Easter events were held around the community including the annual Lions Club Easter egg hunt held in Hot Springs State Park on Sunday....
At the April 4 Hot Springs County Commissioners board meeting, Chairman Tom Ryan was absent. Therefore, Vice Chair Phil Scheel suspended Robert’s Rules of Order for the meeting and Commissioner Paul Galovich was present. Brian Clarkson and Maddie Ross of Ardurra Engineering gave the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) update and said they have finished scanning septic permit documents, and processed and uploaded permit files from 1981 to 1978 to cloud storage. They also started the Hot Springs County (HSC) Open Data/GeoHub tutorial for the c...
The Hot Springs County Republican Party hosted a town hall event with Wyoming's US Representative Harriet Hageman speaking at the County Museum on Monday, April 10. The first subject Hageman spoke about was the election of Kevin McCarthy to the House Speaker position and how there were changes to the rules of the House. Hageman contrasted McCarthy to previous House Speakers, particularly Republican Speaker John Boehner, and Democrat Nancy Pelosi, and how they ruled. The new rule changes include...
The Wyoming Dinosaur Center is holding its Dining with Dinosaurs Fundraiser on April 22 at 6 p.m. at their main building at 110 Carter Ranch Road in Thermopolis. The last time they held this event was in 2017. Angie Guyon, President/Executive Director of the Wyoming Dinosaur Center, said, “As you may know, the Wyoming Dinosaur Center is a tax-exempt 501(c )3 organization and education is the core of our existence. We have a unique teaching opportunity for children, teachers, and people of all ages to gain a more complete understanding of the r...
The Hot Springs County Friends of the Library are hosting their Spring Book Sale Friday and Saturday, April 14 - 15, at the Armory building. On Friday the hours will be 4-7 p.m. and Saturday hours are 8 a.m.-Noon. Volunteers are needed on both days to help set up and take down the sale. If you would like to help, call Cindy Toth at 864-2060....
Jackson Morris, a first grader at Ralph Witters Elementary, feeds one of the sheep at the FFA petting zoo held at the Ag Shop last Thursday....
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, April 3 2:55 p.m. Report of approximately 20 head of cattle that were malnourished, including at least one calf on Lane 12. 10:10 p.m. Two hunters were reported to be missing when they failed to return fro...
To say it has been a long winter would be considered an understatement by many. However, spring seems to have finally arrived and the weather was beautiful over the Easter weekend. Community members were able to get outside and release some long pent up spring fever. Even a typical winter can lead to stress, depression and other issues but the level of misery was raised a bit this year. The length and severity of winter temperatures and snow levels set records around the state. Last week, our community was shaken by the loss of a young life....
At the next city council meeting our new city council is poised to pass an ordinance to allow farm animals in town. Residents of Thermopolis your voices need to be heard. At my parents’ ranch we had all these animals and more. People that were acquainted with my mother (Ellen) knew she was to the ranch what Noah was to the Ark. She had chickens, goats, ducks, geese, pigs and whatever else she could coax in. During lambing and calving seasons, she would leave the ranch in her pickup and show back up with bum lambs and calves riding next to her....
I am constantly amazed at the unprofessional behavior of the Hot Springs County School Board. Most recently, the sarcastic remarks about a concerned citizen / accountant who has spent a large amount of her time the last three months trying to help the board find the half million plus dollars of taxpayer money they seemed to ‘misplace’. I believe that sum of money and the attitude of the board should be a concern to all taxpayers in our county. The auditor sarcastically berated her for 50 minutes before eventually agreeing with her findings but...
I would like to express my gratitude to both Jean Skelton and to Andrea Miller for their presentation to the Hot Springs County School Board during the month of March. If there are those who have not seen the presentation, I encourage you go on the Hot Springs County School website and review those presentations. Both individuals were able to present information to the board and to the community of events going on in our school district. We have seen in the past year a number of families deciding best to home school due to changes being...
by Jill Kruse, DO Johnny Nash may have started his song with “I can see clearly now, the rain has gone,” but what about someone with cataracts. They cannot easily see “all the obstacles in their way”, and there are not “dark clouds that make you blind” like in the song, but cataracts do cause vision clouding. Cataracts is the name given to the clouding of the lenses in the eyes. These lenses allow light to pass through the eye to the retina, where the signal is sent to the brain so we can perceive the world around us. Common symptoms of...
James "Jim" Patrick Flood died peacefully March 30, 2022, at the Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Worland, Wyo., after a battle with burns to his lower extremities. Jim was born February 8, 1938, in Billings, Mont., to Amos and Dorothy (Fry) Flood. His father passed away when he was ten and Ed Relacyk became his new father. He grew up between Roundup, Mont., and Terry, Mont., where his parents farmed. He would drive truck, delivering produce around Red Lodge, Roundup, Bridger and... Full story
Jordan Joseph Christian, 16, died Tuesday, April 4, 2023, in Thermopolis, Wyo. Born September 21, 2006, in Cheyenne, Wyo., he was the first of three children born to Amber DuVall. He attended elementary and middle school in Cheyenne. At the young age of 10 he established PB&J's Peanut Butter Company, attending Farmer's Markets introducing his product. After moving to Thermopolis, he attended Hot Springs County High School where he was on the cheerleader squad, active in the National Honor... Full story
Mickey Sawyer Wallace, 64, passed away at the Thermopolis Rehabilitation Center on March 19, 2023, surrounded by his family and girlfriend, Amanda Wood. Mickey was born on May 27, 1958, in Belton, Texas, to Earl Dans and Nawana Virginia (Sawyer) Wallace. Cremation has taken place and a memorial service will be held at the Hot Springs State Park at 5:30 pm, Thursday, June 22, 2023. Online condolences may be made at www.bryantfuneralhomeonline.com.... Full story
Michele Lynn (Kohn) LaBeau passed away peacefully at home on April 6, 2023, after a long illness. She was a wonderful wife, mother, mema, sister, and aunt with a love for God and children. She was born on November 24, 1962, to Clifford and Elizabeth Kohn in Standish, Michigan. Michele was a stay-at-home-mom for many years, and a babysitter to many of her nieces and nephews and other friends' children. She went to back to work when her boys were grown. She worked as a paraprofessional with... Full story
Trudy Lynn Lance passed away peacefully from natural causes on Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Casper, Wyo. She was born on September 24, 1950, in Thermopolis, Wyom. Trudy was the daughter of Truman Marzette and Doreen "Dode" Dickeson. and Truman Dickeson Jr. Trudy was in the graduating "Bobcat" class of '69 in Thermopolis, Wyo., and loved her yearly trips with her girlfriends, the "Fab Five", from childhood. She was proud to be of the 60's generation and loved the music from that time. "Trud" was... Full story
Community members came out to bid on teams of FFA members as part of their annual work sale auction fundraiser. Above, Kaitlin Barral, Chapter Reporter, and Tucker Lake, Chapter Sentinel, wait for bids from potential buyers....
Six wrestlers represented Thermopolis on different Wyoming teams last weekend in Des Moines, Iowa. The age divisions were all a dual format tournament. The athletes either qualified at state tournaments throughout the year or were picked by coaches. These tournaments bring teams from all over the nation to compete for team titles as well as individual All-American Status based on their performance. This is a great opportunity for athletes to compete with other wrestlers from around the state...
Bobcat Track and Field team members competed against 25 other schools at the D&D Invitational last Thursday in Worland. Results include: Girls Ina King - 100m, 9th, 13.56; long jump, 9th, 14-10.00; triple jump, 2nd, 32-08.00. Jayci Basse - 100m, 14.17; 200m 29.52; 300h, 3rd, 50.78. Brooklynn Williams - 800m, 2:54.28; pole vault, 7-00.00; shot put 23-03.75. Alexis Garrison - 800m 3:09.64; 1600m, 7:10.59. Tera Kraushaar - discuss, 65:03.00; shot put, 24-03.75. Kaitlin Barral - discuss, 67-08:00; shot put, 27-08:75. Camille Rodriguez - discuss, 33...
Thermopolis Wrestling Club will be attending the culminating State Tournament this week, April 14-16, with 37 wrestling Folkstyle, 22 wrestling freestyle and 17 wrestling Greco. The final regular season competition was held in Lander this past weekend with wrestlers competing in three styles. Results from Lander include: Tiger Tough Folkstyle 6U 34-38 - Carter Enis, 1st, 19.5 points 6U 37-40 - Erik Polson, 2nd, 11 points 6U 43-44 - Hudson Snedigar 2nd, 10 points 8U 45 - Nash Bowker, 1st, 20 points 8U 49 - Taysen Neeff, 4th, 9 points 8U 53-56 -...
