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The second annual Oktobrewfest, which will feature 10 microbreweries, nine food vendors and 20 non-food vendors will take place Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. in downtown Thermopolis. The event, presented by Main Street Thermopolis, seeks to draw members of Thermopolis and other Wyoming communities to the town’s historic downtown district and will feature German food, music, historic building tours, and games for people of all ages. The ten breweries involved will each present one beer that w...
Hot Springs County Children's Librarian Sue Hurd watches to make sure Matthew Reynolds clears the line of books during one of the events at the Library Olympics Friday. Other competitors Griffin Kreho, Brennun Paxman and Darrick Collins await their turn....
This year’s homecoming activities for Hot Springs County High School will begin on Monday, Sept. 28 and run throughout the week, culminating with Saturday’s Homecoming dance in the high school commons. Homecoming starts early on Monday with class color day. Seniors will wear blue, juniors will wear black, sophomores will wear grey, freshmen will wear orange and staff will wear red. Monday night is community pride night, which features a dinner, pep rally and then bonfire to usher in the week. Tuesday will be movie character dress up day at the...
Hot Springs County Local Emergency Planning Committee has a lot to get done in the next couple of months. Chairman James Coates started the meeting with a need to conduct an exercise for this calendar year. Mary Gordon from Hot Springs County Public Health spoke of a Mass Dispensing Exercise for the Hot Springs County Public Health. She would need community participation, as many people as she can get to make the exercise beneficial. Residents will stand be issued fake medicine and have to fill...
The Hot Springs County School Board began their September meeting as usual with the acceptance of the current agenda and then onto monthly celebrations. Thermopolis Middle School Principal Breez Longwell Daniels addressed the board, giving reasons why TMS secretary Brenda Cornwell was the August Staff Member of the Month because of her dedication to the students and the public. Superintendent Dustin Hunt also had great words for RWE secretary Susan Little, the September Staff Member of the Month...
Jaydon Weaver sizes up the ball on his first swing during Bobcat home tournament....
Korey Smith is ready to strike, preventing her opponents from scoring a point....
The Hot Springs County Treasurer is now taking payments online. The County Treasurer website offers online payment for both license plates and property taxes for Hot Springs residents. “It’s quite an interesting system,” said County Treasurer Julie Mortimore. Mortimore did a soft release of the system in late August in order to keep traffic low to make sure the program worked properly, and thus far she has been impressed with the system. “I still want to see [our residents’] smiling faces at the...
Bobcat football team celebrated their first win of the season against Wright with a final score of 46-14....
The Hot Springs County High School Lady Cats volleyball team is building on a string of huge wins that started Thursday against Rocky Mountain and continued through this weekend's Bobcat Invitational. After a tactical lineup change by coach Shannon Hill, the Lady Cats came out of the gates Thursday with guns blazing and defeated Rocky Mountain in straight sets. "It was a great win for our girls. We had 13 aces as a team including 8 from Maggie Ryan," said coach Hill. "The girls adjusted well to...
Some times a child needs a positive place, a safe place. Good News Club is a place for kids to interact, to learn about timeless themes and moral values. Meetings are Tuesdays at 5 p.m. at the Hot Springs County Library. Ages 5-12 are welcome. The Good News Club has a long history in Thermopolis, many people comment on how they remember the good times they had going to the Good News Club. They remember meeting at the old Middleton School on the intersection of Missouri Flat Road and Owl Creek...
The Bobcat football team beat Wright 46-14 on Friday for their first win of the season. The Bobcats scored on their first play of the game when quarterback Cullen Becher connected with wide receiver Dominic Jensen for a 68-yard touchdown. Collectively the Bobcats had a stunning performance. Clemens Abbot returned an interception for a touchdown and Tyler Cornwell had five carries for 138 yards, averaging over 27 yards per carry. The Bobcats had over 300 yards as a team and kept Wright to only...
Several churches in Thermopolis are sponsoring a community-wide prayer service for healing our nation and community, Monday, October 5 at 12:15 p.m. in Bicentennial Park, next to the Independent Record. The pastors are taking leadership in praying for good stewards of our land and all its natural resources, for peace and harmony among nations that differ in their religious beliefs, and for reconciliation and healing where there is misunderstanding and conflict, especially in our community. The prayer service is timely. The theme of the prayer...
The two-day Bobcat Golf Tournament churned out great results with Hudson Roling and Kristina Nading taking first place. "The girls performed fantastic, setting personal scoring records and shaving tons of strokes from the first day to the second," said Coach Jacob Smith. "I couldn't be more happy with how the younger golfers played. It was a preview of a bright future of Bobcat golf. " This week the Bobcats head to Wright Wyoming to defend their state title. Eager to demonstrate some Bobcat...
Do you have expired or unused medications to dispose of safely? Turn in your unwanted medication for safe disposal Saturday, Sept. 26 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Joint Law Enforcement Center lobby at 415 Arapahoe St. No sharps will be accepted....
A canning workshop will be held Thursday, Sept. 25 from 1-4 p.m. at the Extension Office. The workshop is sponsored by Red Dirt Master Gardeners....
Owen Douglas takes his shot during the Hot Springs County Library Olympics while Monte Love and John Maier wait for their turn....
by Durward D. Jones The Bobcat Cross Country team did well in Lander, the Thermopolis Middle School girls team place 4th overall. The Hot Springs County High School girl's team placed 5th. With two Thermopolis Middle School athletes making the top ten, Tahja Hunt and Kenna Bomengen have worked hard to get there. The High School came in 5th, Coach Brenna Abel had this to say "Our two new boys, Kylar and Adam, had a great beginning race as they are starting to get in shape." Lander results Bobcat...
by Sue Blakey, Director Hot Springs Greater Learning Foundation This week, Thermopolis citizens, almost by accident, created an old-fashioned “Chautauqua.” What’s a Chautauqua? Its history actually goes back to the 1820s, when the first American Lyceum was founded by a traveling lecturer and teacher, Josiah Holbrook. He believed education was a lifelong experience, and he hoped the traveling lyceums would provide lectures, dramatic performances, class instructions and debates to remote rural American communities. For nearly 50 years, these...
Hardy Johnson won the Utah State Golf Championship for the Rocky Mountain Junior Golf Tour held Sept. 19-20 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He won his age division with an 18 hole score of 73 on day one and a 74 on day two for a combined score of 147....
Recently the Wyoming Department of Transportation installed edge-line rumble strips on a section of Highway 20 N. For those living along the highway that have accepted the very high volume of traffic with the accompanying noise, the addition of the rumble strips has drastically elevated the noise level. Three of my neighbors added their names to a complaint I made to WYDOT. WYDOT’s answer was basically that rumble strips have proven to reduce traffic accidents due to inattention and resulting off-road excursions. Basically, we are supposed t...
Carol Anne Ervin, 71, died Friday, September 18, 2015, at Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital after a period of declining health. Born October 8, 1943, in Centralia, Wash., she was one of four children of William and Goldie (Rathbun) Canoy. The family moved to Joplin, Mo., where Carol graduated from high school. She earned her associate degree in hotel/motel management from Pima Community College in Tucson, Ariz. In 1986 she married Michael J. Ervin in Rapid City, S.D. She was employed as a cook for many years. The couple moved from Riverton...
John Lawrence French, 60, died Monday, September 14, 2015, at Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital in Thermopolis. Born January 28, 1955, in Denver, Colo., he was the son of Floyd and Letamae (Adkisson) French. After high school he served in the Air Force from 1974 -1977 then served in the Army National Guard until 1980. Among his many work experiences he was employed at the Pikes Peak Observatory, test drove high-end cars in the mountains for Kitt Engineering, and was a buyer for Mediquip in St. Louis, Mo. He moved to Thermopolis in 2012 and...
Tuesday night's sunset makes a beautiful colored reflection in the cooling ponds in Hot Springs State Park. Virga is dropping from the clouds....
Don Stanley Sailors, 76, of Red Feather Lakes, Colo., died Tuesday, September 7, 2015, at Pathways Hospice Care in Loveland, Colo. Don was born April 19, 1939, in Ouray, Colo., the eldest child of Stanley and Louise Sailors. He grew up in Wyoming and graduated valedictorian from Thermopolis High School in 1956. In 1960 he graduated from the University of Wyoming with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Later that year he married Elizabeth (Bette). After a brief time with U.S. Steel in Provo, Utah, he enjoyed his career with Marathon Pipe Line...
