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The streets of Thermopolis have been a variety of detours this past couple months as the water line replacement project has gotten underway. Work began in Hot Springs State Park but was plagued with delays. According to Town Engineer Anthony Barnett things are a bit behind but they should hit the final completion date fairly close. A second crew has been beneficial, allowing for work on Seventh Street at the same time that work continues on Fifth Street and the 400 block of Warren. Barnett...
Baer McPhie took on summer with a splash at the Water Fun Day put on by Hot Springs Public Health and Safe Kids. The event was held on the grassy area behind the Hot Springs County Library, bringing moms and their kids together for some fun along with information on kid safety. Parents were all entered in a drawing for safety items like door knob covers, outlet cover, corner cushions and even braces to keep flat screen TVs securely fastened to the wall to prevent injuries....
Tuesday evening, the Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees approved a number of policies, including the complaint/grievance policy. The policy is designed to allow handling of all patient and family complaints in a timely manner, and also track and track and trend complaints and grievances so as to implement any necessary changes and process improvements under the direction of Quality Assurance, Risk Management and Patient Care committees. Patti Jeunehomme reported on recent...
Adults and kids alike had a sloppy good time at Pig Wrestling Tuesday night. Results will be available next week....
Monday in Hot Springs District Court, Hugo A. Luna pleaded not guilty — through an interpreter — to felony charges of first-degree attempted murder and kidnapping. The charges stem from a Friday, April 13 incident, during which Luna allegedly attempted to kill a woman who he had been traveling with for several days. The woman was found along the side of the road, and upon being interviewed said she became suspicious of Luna when he wasn’t stopping in populated areas and did not allow her acces...
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, July 24 10:26 a.m. REDDI report, though the suspect vehicle was located and no infractions were observed. Friday, July 27 11:11 a.m. A trespass notice was served. 9:51 p.m. Complainant reported a suspicious male subject getting in a vehicle. The subject was not l...
Last Thursday almost looked like winter in Hot Springs County, as a short but intense thunderstorm came through with wind gusts and plenty of hail that covered yards and streets in a brief blanket of white. Meteorologist Chris Hattings with the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Riverton said the largest hailstones reported were about the size of a quarter and at official reporting stations the largest wind gusts were 35 miles per hour. The combined forces certainly left their mark,...
Brandon Michael Schulte and Lori Annette Ramirez were married on April 28, 2018, in the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony by Father Leon Strieder at St. Michael The Archangel Catholic Church in Houston, Texas. The bride's attendants were her sisters Stephanie Ramirez of Houston, maid of honor, and Amy Ramirez of Austin, Texas, bridesmaid. The groom's attendants were longtime friends and fellow Hot Springs County High School alumni Jay Peterman of Au Train, Mich., best man, and Kyle Lash of Jackson,...
This coming Saturday and Sunday is an enormous weekend for Thermopolis and Hot Springs County. You’ll want to start your day early downtown with a trip to the Farmer’s Market on the corner of Broadway and Fifth Street. Starting at 8 a.m. you can take home a variety of freshly grown, local produce, jams and jellies, breads, cookies and all kinds of delicious goodies. Take a walk through the downtown businesses as you wait for the Pageant Days Parade which will begin at 10 a.m. Natives from the...
The political season in Wyoming is heating up with just a little under three weeks until the Primary Election, August 21. If you have discovered you aren’t going to be in town for the primary, your vote can still count if you do absentee early voting. You will need to contact the County Clerk’s office at 864-3515 to get the absentee ballot mailed to you, or you can stop in the clerk’s office and vote immediately. If you have the ballot mailed to you, it must be back in the clerk’s office by August 21. According to County Clerk, Nina Webber,...
The third annual Thermopolis Fly-In is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 11 at the Hot Springs County Airport. There will be a free pancake breakfast from 7-11 a.m., though people are welcome to stay longer if they choose, and door prizes available. The event is hosted by Owl Creek Aviation and open to the public. In the past couple years, it has provided an opportunity to see a variety of aircraft including several types of planes and even a helicopter or two....
There was a great turn out for the all candidate forum held a few weeks ago. Although with the amount of candidates present only one or two questions were asked of each candidate. Voters who would like more information specifically in regard to the candidates for Hot Springs County Sheriff — Tom Christensen, Pat Cornwell, Jeremie Kraushaar, Mike Nelson and Dan Pebbles — can attend the no host Hot Springs County Sheriff’s Candidates Forum on Monday, Aug. 6 from 7-9 p.m. All sheriff candidates have been invited to attend....
It seems that more and more political signs continue to pop up all over town, supporting one candidate or another for local, state or federal offices. But though the lawn decorations have been going up since candidates announced they are running, the past couple weeks have seen incidence of signs being marred or even yanked out of yards and placed in dumpsters. While hoping everyone shares your opinion, no matter the topic, is something of pipe dream, it doesn’t have to get to the point where vandalism or worse crimes come into play. Not o...
Vandalism is not protected by the government. Free speech, freedom of the press and the right to protest is. To the woman who vandalized my place, please come and talk to me and I will drop this....
As I get older, I realize more and more how everything eventually comes full circle in your life. This weekend is a prime example for me. I remember as a kid, selling programs at the Gift of the Waters Pageant for 50-cents through the Girl Scouts. Granted, at the time it was one of those fun things, meeting people from all over the world, but honestly, other than the fancy Native dancers, I didn’t get much out of it. Later on, it was the Saturday parade. This was the only parade the Wildcat Band...
While watching an old rerun of a late 50’s TV show, I happened upon an old commercial about a soap product that was 99 & 44/100 percent pure. (I always wondered what that .56 percent impurity was and why if it could be measured. Why it couldn’t be removed to reach the totally pure mark?) My memory took me back about 70 years to my last meeting with that particular product. The event started with the words, “I didn’t . . . “ and things went sharply downhill from there to the point that “pure “ had nothing to do with taste. Polite society today...
Mari Lou Irelan, 63, of Wheatland, Wyo., died Saturday, July 21, 2018, at the Davis Hospice Center in Cheyenne, Wyo. Mari was born March 10, 1955, in Sterling, Colo., to Donald A. and Shirley C. (Gillespie) Irelan. She graduated with a bachelor of science in nursing from the University of Wyoming in 1991. Mari loved her nursing career that started in oncology working in Cheyenne. Her nursing career took her many places and into the hearts of many patients. She worked in home health for 16 years... Full story
Roy Arthur Romagno was born on September 18, 1947, in Thermopolis, Wyo., to parents Arthur and Helen Romagno. He attended grades 1-8 at Hamilton Dome School and 4 years of high school at Hot Springs County High School graduating in 1965. He then attended 1 year of junior college at Northwest Community College in Powell, Wyo. In 1966 Roy's father was transferred to Taft, Calif., by Empire State Oil Company. Roy finished up the summer working for Westates Petroleum Company and then drove to... Full story
As of last Thursday, Trenda Moore has been named director of the Hot Springs County Senior Center. Moore said the decision came from the board, though she had been serving as interim director since the resignation of Lisa Pierce earlier this year. After things got a bit settled, Moore said, she chose to apply for the director position. Moore has been with the senior center for 16 years, starting as a sub in the kitchen, then being a janitor for a year and then a case manager. She has lived in Th...
Ralph Witters Elementary (RWE) will be having new student registration on Tuesday, Aug. 7, from 9 a.m. until noon at the RWE office for students kindergarten through fourth grade. If you have any questions about registration, please call the RWE office at 864-6561....
Georgeanne Hammond looks over some of the goodies for sale at the Farmer's Market last Saturday....
The 2018 Summer Wyoming Senior Olympics will be hosted at Laramie Aug. 2-4, and four local residents are among those competing in several events. T.J. Schoenewald said this is his 11th year participating, and with a focus on swimming he will be in the 50-yard backstroke, 100-yard backstroke, 100-yard breaststroke and 500-yard freestyle. Schoenewald said he had known about the events, but it was when Marion Bishop did a presentation at Kiwanis that he decided to participate. Marion and Glenn...
Ranch hands all across Hot Springs County are getting ready to show they’re the best out there with the Lions Club Ranch Rodeo, coming Aug. 4-5 at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds. Gates for Saturday’s events will open at 5 p.m. with the calcutta beginning at 7 p.m. The cowboys will hit the arena at 7:30 p.m. On Sunday, the gates open at noon with the performance starting at 1:30 p.m. Tickets for the Ranch Rodeo are $7.50 for adults, $5 for seniors 60+ and kids under five-years old are free. You may purchase tickets in advance at the Cha...
Results from the July 26 barrel racing at fairgrounds include: 1D- Jerrie Slagle, 1st; Brenda Sims, 2nd 2D- Kaitlyn Schmuck, 1st; Maddie Fantaskey, 2nd; Jerrie Slagle, 3rd 3D- Brenda Sims, 1st, Kristin Good, 2nd 4D- Bobbi Zupan, 1st; Valerie Stothart, 2nd; Tyne Vialpando, 3rd; Heather Flowers, 4th; Kirsty Stewart, 5th; Kristin Good, 6th. Youth 1D- Kaitlyn Schmuck, 1st; Mesa Allen, 2nd; Mesa Allen, 3rd Youth 4D- Tyne Vialpando, 1st; Mataia Henderson, 2nd...
Wyoming DEQ, in cooperation with the Wyoming Department of Health and Fremont County Emergency Management is putting out notice that the Wyoming Dept. of Health has issued a recreational use advisory for Boysen Reservoir due to elevated densities of cyanobacteria at the Marina on the northeast side of the reservoir near the Brannon Boat Ramp. This is an annual occurrence and in any areas where cyanobacteria is present, it can be seen in the water. Be aware that swimming activities in this area are not advised. Do not let that deter you from tak...
