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Main Street Thermopolis held their annual meeting last week and elected a new slate of board directors. Suzanne Samelson remains president of the group with help from vice president Johnny Dorman. Meri Ann Rush is treasurer and Tracy Linko is the Main Street secretary. Others on the Board of Directors include Howie Samelson, John Dorman, Sr., and Deb Tudor. There are some vacancies available on the board and folks are encouraged to attend their next meeting on Thursday, July 25 to see what Main Street is all about. Patrice Frey, President and...
During their June 25 meeting, the Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees reviewed and approved the 2019 Community Health Needs Assessment, presented by Miranda Nelson, a social worker with the hospital. Nelson noted the assessment involved a lot of collaboration with the community and the Hot Springs County Community Prevention Coalition. The assessment is required every three years, and the last was done in 2016. The full assessment will be available via the hospital’s website....
A line of cars sits west of town as drivers wait for the pilot car to lead them through the area being chip sealed on Highway 120. The stretch of road being sealed is 32 miles and the work is expected to be done by mid-July....
On June 24, the Rotary Club of Thermopolis hosted a Pass the Gavel party. The parties are held when the current president passes along the gavel to the president-elect. At a barbecue at Wedg and Kathy Taylor’s, President Phillip Scheel passed the gavel to President-Elect Brad Basse. Family and friends of members are invited and there were about 30 people in attendance. The club will also be “branding the turtles” in late July for their annual Turbo Turtle Trek fundraiser which takes place at the Big Spring outlet in the State Park on Saturday,...
Eight FFA students joined their advisor Britton VanHeule at FFA Leadership Camp in mid-June at the Fremont County Youth Camp near Sinks Canyon. One of the attendees, Spencer Axtell, said one of the things he enjoyed was making new friends. “These are people we’re going to be talking with for a long time,” he said. “I would definitely recommend this to anyone in FFA. I’d like to see more people attend.” The group agreed it was a collective experience as a team along with 135 other attendees. “It built leadership skills,” said Riley Shaffer....
After a very wet spring, most of Wyoming was looking good as far as fire danger, a multitude of counties in the low range with just a couple sitting in the mid range. However, since the last several days of high temperatures and very low humidity along with fairly breezy conditions, we can’t say that anymore. Hot Springs County is currently in the mid range for fire danger according to the Wildland Fire Assessment System (WYFAS). We are looking at very little chance of any rain for at least several more days, which could raise our fire a...
by Mark Dykes Independence Day is one of several days throughout the year where we have the time to reflect on what it means to be an American, the freedom we enjoy and the soldiers who made that freedom possible. Jeff Strong enlisted in the United States Air Force in January of 1971. The first three quarters of the year, he said, were various kinds of training at locations including Sheppard Air Force Base, Brooks Airfield and Lackland Air Force, undergoing jet engine training and helicopter...
Sunday at the Thermopolis VFW, these ladies were busy painting and decorating their planters shaped like trucks, campers and boots....
Folks out in the Cottonwood Creek area will be glad to know the water has receded enough now that Hot Springs County Road and Bridge Director Dave Schlager said work should start on replacing the culvert that failed last month. The road near the “Y” has been closed several weeks after a huge rainstorm undercut the culvert, tearing it from the ground and tipping it on its end. Schlager said the target date to start the work is July 8. He also indicated there are three more culverts down the line where Sand Draw crosses Cottonwood that are in...
The Hot Springs County Senior Center is now available to provide rides for veterans to get to medical appointments. Center Director Trenda Moore said the appointments must be in the state, and the rides are free. Through the Highly Rural Transportation Grants program through Prairie Hills Transit, the center receives reimbursement. Rides will be provided using the senior center vehicles, and at least two days notice is required. To schedule a ride, contact the center at 864-2151....
A walk up the stairs at Mortimore Funeral Home calls to mind scenes from timeless silver screen treasures such as Back to the Future and Hook, but for Mike Mortimore, there's riches of another kind in his clock repair shop. Mortimore said he wants to work in the arena of clock repair, and between his shop and his home he has 80-100 clocks that he plans to sell. He's gone to shops in other towns and seen that they sell for $400-500, but he plans to sell them for half that price. The clocks in...
One of the most devastating but least likely to happen disasters in Hot Springs County would be the catastrophic failure of Boysen Dam. Completed in 1952, the 220-foot tall earthen-filled dam was built for flood control and irrigation along with a 7,500 kilowatt hydroelectric power generation plant. Hot Springs County Emergency Management gives Boysen Dam a unique category in the list of threats to our county as the failure of the dam poses the highest risk of widespread, total carnage in the co...
Eva Shafer cools off during a special day of fun water activities during the Lights On Adventure Camps. The second session of camps kicks off Monday, July 8....
The Hot Springs County Commissioners had a busy meeting on Tuesday, starting with the monthly report from Nate Messenger, FBO for the Hot Springs County Airport. During June, Messenger logged 174 different operations at the airport and sold more than 1,200 gallons of aviation fuel and over 2,100 gallons of jet fuel. He started a deal with a new helicopter operation out of Worland to sell them jet fuel. Because they are planning to use as much as 2,000 gallons each month, Messenger gave them a...
Hot Springs State Park was filled with visitors enjoying the Swinging Bridge and all the other beautiful attractions the park has to offer....
