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With a call to order Mayor Mike Mortimore began the Town council meeting Tuesday night with the Pledge of Allegiance and the meeting was soon under way. A review of Mac's Bar request for a catering permit for their Customer Appreciation Bash to be held on September 12 had a few concerns about noise levels but the council was assured they would be kept at decent levels for the evening. A motion was passed in favor for the permit. Heath Overfield, the town engineer, had several updates to report.... Full story
Phil Scheel scoops up winning turtles during the Great American Turbo Turtle Trek Saturday while turtle owners eagerly watch the races. Top winners include: Grand prize - $1,000 in cash - Suzanne Samelson, 2nd place - $500 in cash - Pinnacle Bank, 3rd place - Rifle – Dick Hall, 4th place - Weekend stay in Casper - Sean Miller and 5th place - Red Pole Lodge stay - Laura Loughlin. The turtle trek is sponsored by the Thermopolis Rotary Club....
Thursday evening held the first Main Street Thermopolis meeting in the new office at Central Bank and Trust and proved to be very productive. The meeting started with a review of pending bills which included an invoice of $70.69 from Print Zone for Art Stroll maps and Oktobrewfest posters, an invoice of $400 from Tegeler and Associates for liability insurance for the upcoming brewfest, and various receipts for the set-up of the Central Bank and Trust office. The board approved the payment of all...
Vendors are lining up for Main Street’s upcoming Oktobrewfest event to be held Saturday, September 26. Six non-food vendors have made commitments and will feature handmade crafts and gifts, jewelry, Scentsy products, and 307 Beard products. Additional sponsor booths will line the streets along with seven food vendors providing guests with everything from brats to kettle corn and German chocolate funnel cakes to caramel apples. Main Street Thermopolis board president, Stefanie Gilbert is still e...
On the Record policy It is the Independent Record’s policy that all people arrested or cited under the “Accidents,” “Sheriff’s office” or “Police calls” in the On the Record section are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Correction There was an error in the Aug. 27 front page story about the Hot Springs County Budget. Emergency Management requested $28,400 and received that amount instead of $14,400 as reported. There was an additional line item in the budget for a an Emergency Management Performance Grant for $14,000 whi...
Ronald Lee McLendon, 52, registered within Hot Springs County as a convicted sex offender. He is 5'08" tall weighing 320 lbs. with brown hair and blue eyes...
"Everyone has a creative passion," says new business owner Susan Turnbull, "they might not know what it is yet, but everyone has it and they need to use it." Quilting became Turnbull's creative outlet 30 years ago when she took a class with a friend. Since then, quilting has become her way to express herself, have fun, make friendships, and relax. The quilt shop has been a dream of Turnbull's for years and after a local quilting shop closed their doors, Turnbull investigated the opportunity a...
Glenna Tippets thanks Ellen Galyan for coming to her 100th Birthday Party Open House Saturday. Tippets welcomed a steady stream of well wishers throughout the evening....
8 has been interesting. We welcomed in the New Year with an ice jam which had the potential to create great damage and evacuations, but fortunately a temperature increase during the second night, to -15, reversed the growth of the jam and the day was saved. Memorial Day weekend it rained…and rained and rained. Flash Flood Warnings were issued from both sides of our county, and several occurred. The heavy rains which were seen here in Hot Springs County were also seen in the Wind River high country, soaking into the snowpack. Predictions for...
In the August 27, 2015, issue of the Independent Record there appeared a picture and article about the removal of the yellow rose bushes, expect for a few from the south end of the Bicentennial Park. These bushes have added beauty and protection of users of the park from dangers to which they were exposed to along the alley going next to the south end of the park. The park was established in honor of the Bicentennial of our Nation. It was and is for the enjoyment of adults and children alike. There is a children’s play park elsewhere. This p...
Earlene Cox Carey, 74, passed away at her home in Thermopolis, Wyo. on September 1, 2015, surrounded by her family. On July 06, 1941, Earlene was born to Earl Gividen and Mable Taylor in Thermopolis, Hot Springs, Wyo., in a little shanty not far from the river. Her father had deserted her mother, her sister Laura, who was 4 years older, and Earlene at this time. Mable and the two girls moved to Lovell, Wyo. Here Mable met Basil "Brig" Cox. They married and "Brig" was always Earlene's dad after... Full story
Ronald "Ron" J. Boiles, 73, of Thermopolis, Wyo. went to be with the Lord on August 24, 2015, at the Billings Clinic Hospital in Billings, Mont. after a short illness. He was born January 18, 1942, in Vidor, Texas, the son of Jerry and Rudell Boiles. He was the second oldest of five children. His parents moved to California in 1952 and he went to school there. After school, he worked in construction with his father. Later, he owned his own construction company. He did residential, but mostly... Full story
Marjorie Mae Pebbles, 87, died Saturday, August 29, 2015, at Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Care Center after a period of declining health. Born March 7, 1928, in Galeton, Colo., she was the daughter of William K. and Harriet (Osbaugh) Moyer. The family moved to Newcastle, Wyo., then Thermopolis where Marge attended Lucerne School and graduated from Thermopolis High School. In 1945 she married Robert "Bob" Pebbles in Billings, Mont. The couple lived in Thermopolis until moving in 1970 to Oregon... Full story
Judith "Judie" Carol Moore, 76, died August 31, 2015, at Worland Health Care Center. Judie was born February 23, 1939, in Peabody, Kan. to Odessa & Charles Reamer. In the early 40's she moved with her family to the Greybull and Basin, Wyo. area where she went to school and worked as a waitress at a local diner. On July 15, 1956 she married the love of her life Raymond Alfred Moore. They lived the life of ranchers and outfitter guides. She would often tell stories of being the camp cook during... Full story
This yard at 435 Warren is our featured pride in property yard for the week....
Being in touch with nature is a beautiful thing. Books, songs, and poems have been written about it and people still photograph, draw, and paint the beauty of the outdoors on a regular basis. This love of the outdoors is something that should not be available to the lucky few, but open to anyone. The White House has taken a step forward to help more families afford to visit our nation’s national parks and lands with the “Every Kid in a Park” initiative. Sponsored by the National Park Service and...
Hot Springs County Barrel Racing results from Sunday, August 30. Youth Barrels Division 1D: 1st, Elsie Campbell, 20.020; 2nd, Morgan Sanderson, 20.290. Division 4D: 1st, Katelyn King, 22.951; 2nd, Taylor Nuttall, 27.473. Open Class Barrels Division 1D: 1st, Makayla Seeley, 19.245; 2nd, Gloria Philp, 19.489; 3rd, Laurie Johnson, 19.742. Division 2D: 1st, Laurie, Johnson, 19.864; 2nd, Nicole Baggs, 19.878; 3rd, Elsie Campbell, 20.020; 4th, Missy Givens, 20.182; 5th Elaine Hollings, 20.202....
The 15th annual Fall WYO Quarter Horse Ranch Sale is scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12 at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds. The fall sale is the second of two sales each year featuring the horses of Bill and Carole Smith, Jack and Becky Wipplinger and Dr. H.B. “Woody” Bartlett. The “Parade of Geldings & Two-Year-Olds” video display will take place at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11 at the fairgrounds. A performance preview is scheduled for 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 12. The auction this year fe...
Crews work on demolition of the old Pizza Hut Thursday in preparation for a remodeled Pizza Hut building and parking lot....
Left, Damien Oliver, co-owner of One Eyed Buffalo Brewing Company at 528 Broadway, gives a tour of the brewing process during their grand opening on Saturday. Taproom attendant Drew Carroll prepares an order for one of the many guests who attended....
Kaili Johanson takes her turn teeing off during Bobcat golf action in Worland Friday....
Attacking the wilds of Cody's cross country course the Thermopolis Bobcat Cross Country team participating in their first meet of the season tore the terrain up. Jules Ward came in 2nd with a time of 20:52. Stacy Lewis finished 16th place clocking in at 25:40 and Liz Rhodes came in 23rd place with a time of 28:01. The Bobcats are heading to Billings next on Friday starting time at 4 p.m. TMS The Thermopolis Middle School team rose to the challenge as well. With 47 girls and 31 boys...
The Lady Bobcats opened their 2015 volleyball season at the Douglas Invitational last weekend. Saturday the Lady Cats went 1-2 beting Lander in 3 sets. They lost to Kemmerer in 2 and also to Glenrock in 2. According to coach Shannon Hill the team has a lot of growing to do this year but she is confident she has the right girls for the job. "They are competitive, coachable and very athletic so I know we will just keep improving," said Hill. Hill said the competition was tough at Douglas and the...
The Hot Springs County High School Bobcat boys’ golf team opened their season August 20-21 at the Powell Invitational. According to coach Jacob Smith, the tourney was a great start to the season with each golfer improving from the first day to the second. “For some it was more an exercise in knocking off the dust and rust of summer, but good debut,” said Smith. Hudson Roling started his sophomore season strong with a two day score of 159 (84/75). Cameron Cole (117/88) had a fantastic secon... Full story
The Bobcat football team took on both Greybull and Shoshoni last Friday night in Greybull for a pair of scrimmage games used as a tune up for opening game Friday, Sept. 4 against Pinedale at home. According to head coach Rob Anderson, the games are a good indicator of where the team is now and what they need to work on. “We had a few penalties that hurt us a little but nothing that we can’t fix,” said Anderson. He said the team learned a lot during the two games to help prepare them for the c...
