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Seventeen candidates have tossed their hats in the ring to fill just five positions for the Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital District Directors, to be elected upon district formation approval in the general election . Two positions are open to fill four-year terms. Those candidates include Bill Williams, Dean Stone, Joseph Casciato, Bradyn Harvey, David Koerwitz, Josh Conrad, Allan Braaten and Jim Wilson. Three positions are open for two-year terms. Candidates listed for the November ballot... Full story
County Commissioner Brad Basse attended the Wyoming Airport Operators Association meeting in Cheyenne last weekend, accepting an award on behalf of Hot Springs County. The Aviation Achievement award was given to the commissioners for the hard work and dedication they put in over the years to ensure the county had an airport not just for the present time, but for the future as well. With cooler evening temperatures, residents will be happy to know Hot Springs County Fire Warden Dion Robbins...
Tuesday evening, the Thermopolis Town Council approved the second reading of an ordinance regarding fees for construction and demolition trash and the disposal of tires. Prior to approving the second reading, the resolution was amended to include language stating an appropriate permit must be paid for in advance. The fee schedule was also revised, to $3 for car tires, $5 for truck, $10 for semi and $15 for tractor. Mayor Mike Mortimore also brought up the point of including in the resolution...
Main Street Thermopolis will be putting on Oktobrewfest in downtown Thermopolis 11 a.m.–9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24. Shorty’s Liquor will provide 16 different beers along with two kegs — one with Bud Light, one with Coors Light. The microbrews will come from Ten Sleep, Red Lodge and possibly other locations. Shorty’s will provide wristbands with the help of Becky Mortimore who will check IDs. The price of a mug will be $10, filled with beer. Each beer after will be $4. Wyoming Whiskey will also be there, providing a sample of the whiskey...
Scouts rappel down from the water tower during the Boy Scout/Cub Scout Jamboree Saturday. The activity was one of several stations during the event that brought hundreds of boys and their families to Thermopolis....
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. Sheriff’s department Wednesday, September 14 11:24 a.m. Report of a damaged tire on a fifth wheel. It appeared two small holes on the tire were caused from the roadway. 12:25 p.m. A student reported there was a fight planned in the Hot Springs State Park. Students were arguing, but there was no physical co...
On Sunday at 9:48 a.m., the Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department was called out to respond to a grass fire near mile marker 8 on Highway 120. The wind driven fire involved 18 acres, along with multiple structures and equipment. The department responded with four wild land engines, two water tenders, a structure engine and 18 personnel. While battling the blaze, Chief Mark Collins said, the wind changed direction and caused a firefighter to receive burns and blisters to his hands, arms and...
Darlene Doak, a traveling nurse currently working in Thermopolis, has submitted her artistic quilt in the Row by Row quilt contest and it is on display at Gooseberry Garden Quilt Shop. The Row by Row Home Sweet Home Experience is like a shop hop for quilters. Participants visit any of the participating shops and receive a free pattern for a row in a quilt. Quilters then combine eight of the rows to create a unique quilt that represents the fun they had traveling around throughout the summer...
7 graduate of Hot Springs County High School, Tori Anderson, will soon be seen on the small screen, having been cast in the new ABC television series, “Downward Dog.” Anderson is currently attending college at the University of Pittsburgh after transferring from the University of Wyoming. She is handling a double major, one in theatre and one in English writing, all while rehearsing for the school’s fall production as well as filming for the television show. Anderson said, “I realized the inc...
Laughlin Potvin and Ryan Drake were married Aug. 27, 2016, at Sunburst Lodge on Casper Mountain with the Rev. Nabil Nour officiating. The bride is the daughter of Larry and Barbara Potvin, of Payson, Ariz., and was given in marriage by her parents. The groom is the son of Guy and Beth Drake, of Chandler, Ariz. The bride is a 2009 graduate of Payson Unified High School in Payson and a 2014 graduate of Northern Arizona University with a BS degrees in dental hygiene and biomedical sciences. She is... Full story
Though enacted in August of 1956 by Dwight D. Eisenhower, via a congressional resolution petitioned by the Daughters of the American Revolution, Constitution Week was not officially declared until 2002, by George W. Bush. Though not a federal holiday, the purpose of the week is to promote study and education of the Constitution. It officially kicks off annually on Sept. 17, in commemoration of the original adoption of the Constitution in 1787. We encourage people who have never given the Constitution a read to do so, and even those who know...
This is my favorite time of the year. Autumn, with warm days, cool nights and the smell of leaves changing color in the air. It means football and bonfires, pumpkin spice everything, and Homecoming. Next week the Bobcats will celebrate another Homecoming with dress-up days, Powder Puff football, dodgeball and a parade. The band will take to the streets to learn how to march. Windows throughout downtown will be decorated in purple and gold, and spirits will be high. I remember the excitement of H...
A local church marque said: “Nothing ruins the truth more than stretching it.” Truth is like a rubber band. The stretch breaks and snaps back in the face of the person doing the stretching. A deceiver weaves tangled webs, a person who lacks integrity and morality. Ethics are the fine line between right and wrong, and governs what laws shouldn’t have to. Deception has no code of ethics. A lie by any other name is a lie. Call it whatever you want, but stretching the truth is a lie. Some things are black and white, and truth/lie is one of them....
Ricquelle "Rici" Katherine Giannino passed away at her home on Monday, Sept. 12, 2016, in Cheyenne, Wyo., after a long battle with a rare disease Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP) that lead to heart and kidney failure. Rici was born Nov. 9, 1992, in Thermopolis to Richard Giannino and Pamela Nebel (formerly Spatol-Giannino). She was the girl with the most infectious smile and personality that left a lasting impression on everyone she met. Born a free spirit she would never allow any... Full story
Dorothy Lee Dorman, 92, passed away Thursday, September 15, 2016, at the Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Care Center. Born June 24, 1924, in Enid, Okla., she was one of eight children of John and Christina (Parizek) Semrad. On December 26, 1940, she married Calvin “Bud” Dorman in Sayre, Okla. The couple farmed in Texas and Oklahoma. They moved to Mangum, Okla., where they owned and operated the ambulance service and Western Auto Store in addition to farming. An amazing woman, Dorothy, in her early 80’s, was still hand mowing five acres and 4... Full story
Jerome William “Jerry” Clark, Jr, 75, passed away Sunday, September 18, 2016, at the Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Care Center where he had resided the past three years. Born June 19, 1941, in Aberdeen, S. D., he was the son of Jerome and Lorraine (Miller) Clark, Sr. Following high school in Minnetonka, Minn., he joined the US Marine Corp in 1960, serving six years. Following his discharge he remained in the Marine Corp Reserves. Jerry was a sales representative for his father’s tool business until a snowmobile accident in 1974. He enjoy... Full story
Saturday night's Friends of NRA banquet grossed nearly $40,000. Net proceeds from the event will remain in Wyoming to be awarded as grants for local gun clubs, 4-H shooting clubs, and other organizations that support and encourage safe firearm use. An estimated 143 people attended the banquet. Although there were 150 total tickets available for the event, with the new venue, the room was packed lending an air of excitement. The highest selling item of the night was the Ruger Precision Rifle in...
This week, the draft Region 6 multi-hazard disaster mitigation plan is being reviewed at the Wyoming Office of Homeland Security. A public comment period on the draft was conducted Aug. 30-Sept. 7. County Emergency Management Coordinator Bill Gordon said there was very little comment, though Jeff Brislawn, whose firm has been helping with the draft, said that is typical. There were a few minor technicalities, Gordon said, but the Hot Springs County Mitigation Plan Committee handled those. There were no negative comments, he added, and no...
Hot Springs County resident Ralph Joseph “Joe” Campbell has been named as a 2016 inductee into the Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame (WCHF). Honorees, family and friends are invited to an induction ceremony Sunday, Sept. 25 at the Parkway Plaza in Casper. Tickets are $20 per person. A mix and mingle will be held Saturday evening at 6 p.m. also at the Parkway Plaza. The class of 2016 includes forty-nine men and four women from across the state of Wyoming. Next week’s Thermopolis Independent Record will feature a detailed story on Campbell’s Wyoming...
This week, award-winning author Steven W. Horn will be at Storyteller for a book signing. Horn is the author of “Another Man’s Life,” as well as the first two books in the Sam Dawson mystery series — “The Pumpkin Eater” and “When Good Men Die.” “The Pumpkin Eater” was a 2014 Benjamin Franklin Gold award winner in the Mystery/Suspense category and a category finalist for the Eric Hoffer Book Award the same year. “When Good Men Die” was a 2016 category finalist for the Eric Hoffer Award. Horn uses...
Last week at the Hot Springs County Museum, several attended a free brownfields workshop hosted by Thermopolis-Hot Springs County Economic Development Company (EDC), the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality and Technical Assistance to Brownfields (TAB) program at Kansas State University. Amanda Moeller, the CEO for EDC said the workshop went very well. One of the highlights was from Mark Walker of the TAB program, who presented a photo slideshow of town properties that could be...
Local resident, Shawn Goodman, 42, was seriously injured in a work related accident in the Big Horn Mountains on September 14. At 8:45 a.m., Goodman was cutting trees to be shipped to Oregon for a log home when one of the trees fell on him, breaking both femurs at the hip. A fellow worker from Shoshoni, Jason Kinnigy, has been commended for saving Goodman’s life, getting him as comfortable as possible before going for help. Goodman was left alone for nearly four hours before help arrived. He w...
In August, Thermopolis Town Council officially passed Ordinance 843. The ordinance, which took effect Sept. 1, outlines opening and closing times for municipal parks. Mayor’s Assistant Fred Crosby noted Candy Jack, Family Park and Glade Edwards Park are now closed from 10:30 p.m.-5 a.m., and signs posting the hours have been ordered. The ordinance was brought about as the result of several vandalism in the parks, including, but not limited to, damage to restrooms and grill areas, broken f...
Construction on the Hot Springs State Park pasture road could cause minor delays and detours for approximately the next month according to the Wyoming Department of State Parks and Natural Resources. Visitors should also expect increased construction traffic in the area. Asphalt pavement maintenance overlay has begun and is expected to last until approximately October 20. Synapse Inc. of Lander is the general contractor for this project, which is funded by major maintenance funds. There will also be road construction on the Tough Creek Road in...
Saturday's Scout Jamboree brought with it several stations including canoeing along the Bighorn river. Thermopolis Boy Scouts Jaxson Jensen and Austin Barral canoe with scout leader Ryan Gevas....
