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Two suspects who were pursued through Thermopolis on a stolen motorcycle have entered pleas to charges against them, though official sentencing has yet to happen in Hot Springs County Fifth Judicial District Court. Jerome Dunks pleaded guilty to a felony charge of wrongful receiving, concealing or disposing of property, in exchange for a sentence of 2.5 to four years at the Wyoming State Penitentiary, with credit for time served, as well as a $3,000 fine to be suspended. Dunks also pleaded guilt... Full story
This month, Thermopolis is going head-to-head against Worland, in a competition to see who has the safest drivers in the 2016 Battle of the Belts. The challenge focuses on making communities safer places to live, not just for students but for all travelers on Wyoming roadways. Tom Cunningham, the safety education coordinator for Injury Prevention Resources and Safe Communities coordinator for WYDOT District 5, recently performed a series of Seat Belt Observational Surveys, during which he... Full story
Interested Hot Springs County residents are being asked to apply to serve as the county representative on the Big Horn Basin Nature & Discovery Center Joint Powers Board. The Big Horn Basin Nature & Discovery Center JPB meets regularly to work toward the placement of the Discovery Center in Hot Springs State Park. The JPB holds a lease on the piece of property that was the old Rio Drive Inn, next to where the Chamber of Commerce office is located. Members of the JPB served on the steering commit...
Hot Springs County School District #1 has made some changes to the food service program for the 2016-17 school year. The changes include a structural change moving from one food service director to three head cooks as well as using more recipes that are built from scratch to avoid feeding students processed food. The district has also removed considerable paperwork from the duties of the cooks to ensure more of their time is devoted to quality meals for students. Superintendent Dustin Hunt shared the importance of the meal program, “We have t...
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 A story in the Sept. 1 edition incorrectly spelled Dayna Sandburg’s name as Dayne Sandburg. The Independent Record apologizes for the error. Sheriff’s department Tuesday, September 6 8:08 a.m. Caller reported having already warned a subject against trespassing, and wanted it in writing to press...
At least 20 firearms and a number of other items will be on the auction block during the ninth annual Hot Springs County Friends of NRA (National Rifle Association) Banquet on Saturday, Sept. 17 at the Days Inn. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for games and a social hour. Dinner will be served beginning at 7 p.m. featuring baron of beef and ham. Members of NRA and nonmembers are welcome to attend. The evening will include games, raffles, and live and silent auctions that will include firearms,...
There will be an auction the evening of Saturday, Sept. 24 at the VFW, with proceeds going to support Clay Little and his family, as he endures his battle with cancer. Susan Little explained Clay has cancer in his lungs, for which he is currently undergoing injections every three weeks in Billings. The purpose of the injections is two-fold, she noted. They are to help with the lung cancer, and hopefully shrink a cancerous tumor on his kidney and adrenal gland. The treatment takes about three...
Big Horn Basin Foundation Director Jessica Lippincott was recently the recipient of the Henryetta Berry Memorial from the Wyoming State Historical Society. Lippincott explained that the award is given out once a year to those who promote Wyoming history in the youth, and she received it for the dinosaur academy she teaches. In order to be eligible for the award, Lippincott had to fill out an online application. She was not aware of how many others were in the running for the award, and found...
The second annual Interactive Health Fair for Seniors will be from 8-11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 15 at the Hot Springs County Senior Center. Biscuits and sausage gravy, scrambled eggs, fresh fruit and juice will be served from 7-8 a.m. “People should attend this event to experience health education in a hands-on, interactive way,” Hot Springs County Senior Center Director Chanda Waddell said. “This event is fun for vendors and attendees alike and is definitely something to look forward to.” Waddell said when this concept for the health fair wa...
A Thermopolis Community Blood Drive held by United Blood Services will be from 3-7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19 at the Hot Springs County Senior Center. Hot Springs County Hospital Auxiliary member Melene Mierzejewski said 32 units were collected locally during the July blood drive. The goal for each blood drive is to collect at least 25 units. To set up an appointment for the blood drive, individuals can call Mierzejewski at 307-240-1414 or they can do so online at www.bloodhero.com using the sponsor code “Thermopolis.” Individuals can also do the...
Bob Ryan was on of the members of fifteen teams who played in the Smokin' Waters Golf Tournament Saturday. Around $8,000 was brought in for the Hot Springs County 4-H program....
Sports are embedded in American schools all across the county from the smallest towns to the largest cities. In Thermopolis, like so many other places, fans, parents and athletes take youth sports pretty seriously. Parents invest countless hours driving their children to and from practice, washing uniforms and going to games. Often this starts in grade school and usually continues through middle school, high school and possibly into college. These young athletes themselves invest countless hours practicing and playing, all while working to...
It seems that Ms. Kelley’s view of Judge Neely’s duty, as a public employee, has stirred up lots of hard feelings. There is no doubt that the recent Supreme Court ruling allowing homosexual marriage leaves a great many people uncomfortable. Those of us of a certain age and upbrining (me) may very well never get used to the idea. But our discomfort is not the point. My religious and social beliefs are not the point. Each citizen has the right to make lawful choices for himself, whether I approve those choices or not. If that were not true, the...
Another school year has started and as a crossing guard on the highway, I do appreciate all the help you give me in getting the children safely across that road. I find the afternoons are more challenging since I’m on the other side of the road and with so many vehicles parked on the highway, my visibility and those of the drivers of the cars coming onto the highway from RWE is very limited. We rely heavily on all of you. I might add that children who cross with me are asked to wait on the sidewalk until I am sure it is safe. For those of y...
Last week’s letter to the editor from Joseph Casciato - Bible story of Daniel in the lion’s den - is a fairy tale according to some. Millions of others, on the other hand, believe the story. But why? Could it be these millions, like me, have experienced their own lion’s den? Well, maybe not with lions but in life threatening situations only to be saved miraculously in the last moment? After 40 years of following God, not only have I experienced the “Lions Den” many times; so have many of my family. I know dozens of others whose lives were save...
Harvey Seidel has made the enforcement of laws through our legal system a First Amendment issue. His point is that the individuals moral sensibility should absolve him/her from the responsibility of carrying out the intent of the law, but what he really wants to say is that same-sex marriage is morally wrong and should not be allowed on that basis. What he wants to argue is the individual’s right to resist doing his/her duty on the basis ones personal belief of the law’s immorality, but such an argument is like trying to hit a baseball wit...
Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital has a new tool to utilize, after a trailer previously used for storage was converted into a decontamination unit. Griff Hodson, director of Environmental Services and the emergency management coordinator for the hospital, explained the trailer was previously used for storing emergency management equipment. Through the health care coalition - Thermopolis is part of Region 5, which covers Hot Springs County, part of Big Horn County and Washakie County - the...
Richard Clark Bonine, Sr., 79, formerly of Miles City, passed away Sept. 6, 2016, as a result of cancer. He was born July 7, 1937 in Worland, Wyo., to Buren and Helen (Healy) Bonine. Richard (or Dick as he was known to his friends) grew up on a ranch near Volberg, Mont., and later moved to Miles City. He graduated from Custer County High School in 1956. Dick attended colleges in Las Cruses, N.M. and MSU in Bozeman, Mont. On June 28, 1960, he and Jane Donahue were married in Three Forks, Mont.... Full story
Ruth Maloy Sidwell (Cita), 96, of New Horizons Care Center in Lovell, Wyo., passed away Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016. She was born in Bisbee, Ariz., on Dec. 28, 1919, to Marion Delbert Maloy and Elizabeth (Shurtz) Maloy. At the time of her birth Bisbee was the most cosmopolitan city between St. Louis and San Francisco. Ruth married the late William Henry (Bill) Sidwell on July 3, 1943, in Denver, Colo. After the wedding they boarded the train and rode to their new home in northern Wyoming where their first two girls were born. After a stop in Brigh... Full story
Charlene Harvey shows off her great-grandchildren, Bentley and Lizzy, during Still Strolling Saturday downtown....
The annual WYO Quarter Horse Fall Sale saw 91 horses sold to buyers in 20 different states. Carole Smith, co-owner of the WYO Ranch, said 31 geldings sold for an average of $9,185. , 23 two year-olds averaged $4,856, five yearlings averaged $1,670, and 25 weanlings averaged $1,618. The high selling horse was an eight-year-old buckskin gelding, Gold Drift Dun, who went to a new owner in California for $15,000. The top ten geldings averaged $12,100. The high selling weanling sold for $5,700, and...
A representative from the Riverton Workforce Center, a local office of the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, has scheduled a Thermopolis services day for Tuesday, Sept. 20 at the Hot Springs County Library to help job seekers and employers from 10 a.m.-noon, and from 1:30-3:30 p.m. The Riverton office of the Department of Workforce Services is also available by phone at 307-856-9231, or their website at wyomingworkforce.org....
TOPS 215 Thermopolis August weight loss was a total of 34.6 pounds. The best loser was Catherine with 3.6 pounds lost. Runner-up was Monica with a loss of three pounds. There were two honorable mentions and five members with perfect attendance during the month. TOPS meets every Tuesday downstairs in the Community Church at 244 North Sixth St. with weigh-in starting at 8:30 a.m. The meeting starts at 9:30 a.m. At 10 a.m. a variety of interesting programs are presented on health, nutrition, exercise and more. For more information, call Peggy at...
Visitors and locals alike are taking advantage of some of the last days of summer as we head toward the first day of fall on Thursday, Sept. 22....
Thursday evening, the Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce approved a change in the hours at the Chamber office. The Chamber will close from 12:30-1:30 p.m., Monday-Friday. Chamber Executive Director Meri Ann Rush proposed the change, since it was now getting into the “off-tour” season, so there is something like an established lunch hour. She chose the time to still allow people who had lunch hours from 12-1 p.m. and 1-2 p.m. time to stop in. In other board news, the decision was mad...
