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The sixth annual Harvest Moon Ball is set to be held Saturday, Nov. 12 at the Hot Springs County Fair Building. Each year the ball features dancing, food, and the announcement of the Ag Citizen of the Year, Rising Star award and the Century Ranch. Nominations for the awards are still open. The Ag Citizen nominee must be presently active in the agricultural industry as a farmer, rancher or agri-business person. The Rising Star nominee must be the same, although with ten or fewer years in the industry. The Century Ranch has to have family...
Enrollment numbers for the Hot Springs County School District have remained fairly steady from last year, gaining 15 students since the end of classes this spring. First grade, fourth grade and sixth grade have each gained one student since last spring, while the seventh grade, eighth grade and junior class at the high school have each lost a single student. The biggest jumps in student enrollment are seen in the kindergarten with seven new students, third grade gained five, as did the freshman class. Second and fifth grades each gained three...
Justin Spence, left, of West Yellowstone and Scotty Evans, of Denver, snagged this rainbow trout out of the Wind River near the tunnels. The two had met up with other friends to spend the weekend fishing in the area and shared the photo with patrons at a local business Saturday evening....
Hot Springs County School District No. 1 held their monthly meeting for September on Tuesday, the 20th, discussing a variety of items, including the Jump Start program and major maintenance items that were completed over the summer. Thermopolis Middle School instructor Tom Olsen, reported to the board on the effectiveness of the Jump Start program, formerly known as summer school. "We sit down and collaborate when it comes to who we think should be included in the Jump Start program," Olsen...
Dave Munsick gave students at TMS a few licks of "Amarillo by Morning" on the fiddle as he talked with them about writing music. Students in the seventh and eighth grades wrote their own lyrics and Munsick set them to music during the program sponsored by the Greater Learning Foundation....
Thursday evening at the Green Hills Golf Course in Worland, senior Jules Ward not only took first place during the cross country invite, but her finishing time of 18:12 crushed the former record of 18:31, set by Francine Faure of Worland in 1984. Ward said she was told what the record was before she ran, and that gave her a goal. After crossing the finish line, she assumed she came within a few tenths of a second of beating the record, as she has at past meets, so when she was told her time was...
Hot Spring County High School's golf team brought home a third place finish overall from the 3A State Golf Tournament in Powell last weekend. "We traveled to Powell last week with drive, desire, and hope," coach Jacob Smith said. "We prepared to play our at our best on a course that we have some experience with." The start of the week had been bright and sunny, although a bit windy, but the forecast for the weekend showed rainy and miserable. The team practiced on the course Thursday afternoon...
Friday night, the Hot Springs County High School football team returned to Thermopolis with their first win of the season under their belts, taking Moorcroft 23-20. Coach Mathew McPhie said there wasn't a change in play style or positions that made a difference; it is simply the team is getting better. The players, he said, faced some difficult teams at the start of the season. Additionally, they are learning a new system and there's new staff. But, it looks like things are coming together for...
The Lady Cats volleyball team took on Newcastle this weekend, whipping up on the Dogies 25-17, 25-13 and 27-25. Coach Shannon Hill said it took the girls a minute to settle into their play during the first game. "We let them get the lead first," Hill said, "however, we stayed with them and eventually pulled away, keeping our momentum and finishing strong." That momentum carried them into the second game where they grabbed a quick lead and just kept pushing. At one point, the score was 20-4 and...
Last spring, Becky Martinez and her middle school career and technical class planted potatoes in a small plot near the school. On Friday, the potatoes were dug up, cleaned off, and moved into the classroom to be weighed. Each of the students in Martinez' class made a guess as to the weight of their crop before doing the actual weighing, with the student closest to the mark receiving a prize. One hundred-nineteen pounds of potatoes were pulled from the ground. The crop will be used by the middle...
Both seventh and eighth grade volleyball teams were out of town over the weekend with eighth graders in Cody at their Quad and the seventh graders traveling to Powell for their Quad action. On the eighth grade side, coach Courtney O’Connor said both A and B teams lost all of their games against Cody and Powell. “Our serving was strong in the Cody matches for both teams,” O’Connor said, “but Cody just out played us. We let too many balls drop.” In play against Powell, though, things went a litt...
The final Thermopolis Gymkhana for the season was held September 17 at Hot Springs County Fairgrounds. At the end of the event year-end awards were given out. September 17 results include (in order of finish): Lead Line Barrels: Cooper Nye, Mackenzie Buckner, Talon Owsley, Charlie Harris, Peyton Marsh, Sydney Nye. Poles: Talon Owsley, Mackenzie Buckner, Sydney Nye, Peyton Marsh, Scotlyn Armajo, Cooper Nye. Goats: Sydney Nye, Mackenzie Buckner, Cooper Nye, Casen Eckley, Talon Owsley, Scotlyn Arma...
High school seniors in Todd Helms' college English class are currently working on a unique project, writing and creating profiles using social media as their platform. The assignment accomplishes the requirements for a University of Wyoming College 1010 initiative that requires a project completed using digital or electronic means. Helms said the students are using different resources for the project and skills they may not have tapped before. "This is pretty much student facilitated," Helms...
Boys and girls from six to 15 are invited to come participate in the annual Punt, Pass and Kick competition on Monday, Oct. 3. Registration starts at 6:30 p.m. at LeRoy Hayes Field, with competition beginning at 7 p.m. A copy of the child’s birth certificate is required to participate. Boys and girls compete separately in five different age divisions, 6-7-year olds, 8-9-year olds, 10-11-year olds, 12-13-year olds and those 14 and 15-years old. The competition is free and winners in each age division will advance to sectional competition in R...
During Powder Puff football, Kelly Johnson makes a run up the sideline as Ashley McPhie, Larissa Peters and Olivia Weyer close in for a tackle. Hannah Weyer, sports clothing and jewelry from her great grandmother as part of Monday's "elderly" dress up day. Logan Bartholomew shows some kind of form as he pops the ball back over the net in the Juniors vs. Seniors Buff Puff volleyball championship. Mya Medina sported some wild hair and even wilder clothes for Tuesday's "punk" dress up...
