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The Hot Springs County Education Endowment Foundation is now accepting requests for funds for 2018. If you or your organization has an educational project that may need some extra funding, please submit your request through the Community Request for Funds tab on their website at hotspringsendowment.org. Requests must be received by June 30. If you have questions, please send your inquiry to hotspringsendowment@gmail.com....
The Hot Springs County Senior Center is planning a special prime rib dinner for Saturday, June 30. The evening will feature prime rib along with baked potato, green beans and rolls along with a full soup and salad bar. Black Forest cake will top things off. Dinner will be served from 5:30 – 7 p.m. and will cost $15 per person. Please RSVP at the center or call 864-2151....
During their regular meeting last Thursday, the Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce Board approved their budget for the 2018-19 fiscal year. According to the report, the budgeted total income is $141,660; the same figure is reflected in the total expenses. In other action, the board approved the resignation of member Toby Homi. According to a letter from Homi, he’s enjoyed the opportunity to be on the board but did not have enough time to commit to it. His term was already set to e...
The Casper Mobile Vet Center (MVC) will be in Thermopolis June 23-24, honoring our veterans, law enforcement and first responders, as well as to provide any veteran, service member, service provider or veteran family member with information on Vet Center services and VA programs and benefits. Staff will be available to answer questions and assist with enrollment in readjustment counseling services, VA health care and other VA and Veteran specific programs. Saturday the MVC will be participating in the Thermopolis PRCA Rodeo parade, then...
Father's Day weekend saw plenty of people attending the annual Hot Spot Car Rally in Hot Springs State Park. There were a total 79 entrants for this year's show, though that is down by about a third and the drop is likely due to the rainy weather. Category winners were: Off Road - John Dorman with a 1984 Jeep CJ-7; Motorcycle - Lloyd and Joan LaFave and his 2007 Boss Hoss Trike; Rat Rod - Heath and Cyndi Brainard with a 1946 GMC Pickup; Street Rod - Sean and Lacy Smith with a 1929 Ford Model A;...
For the 2018 election, the Thermopolis Independent Record is running initial candidate announcements for free as we have for decades. Our policy is to allow up to 300 words for candidates to introduce themselves to voters. This free service is mentioned each week in our letter to the editor policy and was also mentioned in our June 7 editorial. Candidacy announcements will run as they are received on a space available basis. Candidates may submit their announcement to news@thermopir.com, drop it off at our office at 431 Broadway or call us at... Full story
Mike Chimenti is among the candidates filed for mayor of Thermopolis. A Wyoming native, Chimenti was born in Fremont County and raised and educated in Dubois. In 1974, he moved to Thermopolis when he accepted a job with the Thermopolis Police Department. He retired from the Thermopolis PD in 2016, and stated he has no other obligations other than serving the people. “After a two-year break I feel it is time to serve again,” Chimenti stated. “Thermopolis is home and I want to do what is best for the community. I am community oriented and ready...
Rosemary Deseyn is one of the candidates filed for county clerk. A resident for 22 years, Deseyn moved here from upstate New York. She was born in Ohio and received schooling at Kent State University. Of her 22 years here, she’s worked for Hot Springs County for 14 of them, having worked in the county clerk’s office, the treasurer’s office and currently in the district court clerk’s office. Deseyn stated, “I feel I have intensive experience having worked in the three offices. I know the behind the scenes workings that so many people don’t get t...
Among the candidates for Hot Springs County Sheriff is Jeremie Kraushaar. Kraushaar graduated from high school here but moved away for a couple years before returning and working for the Town of Thermopolis prior to joining the Sheriff’s Office, where he’s been for a little over 14 years. Kraushaar noted he has over 2,000 hours of Police Officer Standards and Training (POST) certified credit. Among that training, he said, is a lot of drug interdiction and classification, and he is one of only 60 drug recognition experts in the state. He...
On the ticket for Hot Springs County Sheriff is Daniel Pebbles. Pebbles was born and raised in Hot Springs County and lived most of his life here. In 1986, he hired on as a detention officer and was in the position through 1990 before getting into electrical line work. He came back to law enforcement full time at the Hot Springs Sheriff’s Office in 1992. In his experience with the sheriff’s office, he’s have 5.5 years as a detention officer, 14 as a jail administrator, 10 years as a lieutenant/undersheriff and more than 15 years doing crimi...
Among the candidates in the running from Hot Springs County Sheriff is Michael Nelson. A resident of Hot Springs County for the past 10 years, Nelson is the son of the late Donald and Trenna Nelson, who were longtime residents of the town. As requests came in he decided when 10 people asked him he would consider it; when that number reached 16, he registered. He has 13 years of diverse law enforcement experience based out of south western Wyoming. Among that experience being a patrol officer, field training officer, detective, firearms...
Spectators at the Hot Spot Car Rally get a look at some classic and unique automobiles. The Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department provided a ladder truck to fly the American Flag....
You’ve probably moved from talking about how high your heating bills were this past winter to shuddering at the thought of what your air conditioning bills will be like with these high temperatures coming this summer. Don’t despair, there are some things you can do to not only keep that air conditioner or swamp cooler running well all summer, but even cut your bill a bit in the process. If you happen to have a swamp cooler, its a good idea to check the pads on all three sides to ensure they are...
The Riverton Workforce Center, a local office of the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, has scheduled a Thermopolis services day on Tuesday, June 26 at Hot Springs County Library. A representative will be available to help job seekers and employers at the library from 10 a.m. until noon, and from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The representative can help people register on the Wyoming Dept. of Workforce Services website, wyomingatwork.com, or update contact information and work history. Help can be given to create a resume or to retrieve a...
During J Bow Tag Friday afternoon at the high school football field, a player nearly gets hit with the soft tipped arrow from the other team....
