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The annual Hot Springs Sheriff’s Office Pumpkin Patch will be Oct. 18 and 19 outside the doors of the Joint Law Enforcement Center in the 400 block of Arapahoe. The patch was started back in 2002 by then-Sheriff Lou Falgoust, and the tradition continues with current sheriff Jerimie Kraushaar. Tickets will be given out to elementary students, but all kids of the same age are welcome. The patch will be open from noon until 6 p.m. on Oct. 18, and from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. Oct. 19....
The Hot Springs County Historical Society will present its first program of the 2019-20 season on Saturday, Oct. 12, starting at 2 p.m. at the Hot Springs County Museum. The opener will feature land surveyor R.L. Hudson presenting on the Woodruff Cabin Site. J.D. Woodruff was the first white man to build a cabin in the Big Horn Basin and established the historic Embar Ranch on Owl Creek. Hudson will retrace the historic path that has been taken in preserving the actual spot of that original cabin, while recording the site with modern surveying...
The Riverton Workforce Center, a local office of the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, has scheduled a Thermopolis services day on Tuesday, Oct. 15 at Hot Springs County Library. A representative will be available to help job seekers and employers at the library from 10 a.m. until noon, and from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The representative can help people register on the Wyoming Dept. of Workforce Services website, wyomingatwork.com, navigate the site or update contact information and work history. Information is also available, about...
The Hot Springs County Library invites the public to welcome and listen to classical guitarist Peter Fletcher. He will be performing at the library on Thursday, October 17 at 7 p.m. He is an American classical guitarist based in Detroit and New York City. He performs over 100 concerts a year, and his recordings on the Centaur Records and Towerhill Recordings labels have been critically acclaimed. Peter offers an audience friendly, solo recital including repertoire that runs the gamut from the Baroque Period through the 20th Century. Highlights...
It may have been a little chilly outside on Saturday afternoon, but that didn't stop folks from dropping in for the Ice Cream Social given by the Community Federated Church. Free ice cream and a variety of toppings were enjoyed by many....
To emphasize his point about positive mental attitude, Trey Ottley has Nolan Collins and Becca Nelson try to mentally move washers attached to strings....
The team of Saraiya Sosa and Chase Moeller take the lead from Hallie Martinez and Jarek Sorensen, during a wheelbarrow race last Friday. Several fun races were part of the high school's weekly Bobcat Pride event....
The Thermopolis downtown area will be happening this month, as Moonlight Madness hits on Thursday Oct. 24 from 4-8 p.m. If you’re looking for more than just candy, stop by Masonic Malta Lodge No. 17 from 4:30-7 p.m. for a taco, or get a special haircut at A Cut Above from 4-8 p.m. The annual costume contest will be at Bicentennial Park, with judging starting at 5:45 p.m. Afterward, take a swing at the piñata bash at Las Fuentes. Those looking for a scare can check out the Gottsche Haunted Bus, or take a haunted bus ride in front of Hazel n Pe...
The 19th Annual WYO Quarterhorse Fall Sale will feature 90 head for sale at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds, Oct. 12. The Parade of Geldings will be on Friday, Oct. 11 at 7 p.m. with a performance preview on Saturday morning starting at 9 a.m.. The sale will begin at 1 p.m.. Buyers will be able to view and bid on 30 broke geldings, all Smith family owned, plus 28 home raised started two-year olds, six yearlings and 26 weanlings. A complete online listing of the horses for sale may be viewed at www.wyohorses.com/online-catalog.html If you...
This Great Blue Heron proves the mineral water in Hot Springs State Park is perfectly relaxing, even for our feathered friends....
A tank at the Ten Sleep Fish Hatchery gets plenty excited with the help of handfuls of food from Ralph Witters Elementary second graders. The students visited the hatchery, as well as Bryant Honey in Worland, on a field trip last week....
The Hot Springs County Public Health Office at 117 North Fourth is hosting an open point of distribution-mass vaccination exercise on Wednesday, Oct. 9 from 7 a.m. until 4 p.m. The flu shot clinic will be used as a full-scale exercise to test the Public Health response to a pandemic flu mass vaccination. Emergency plans, volunteers and incident command will be activated. Public Health Response Coordinator Mary Gordon further explained the exercise will utilize an actual flu vaccine, and there wi...
"It is programs like this that bring the community together. These are the things that make America great. We need more things like this across the country." Those are the words of Michael, a veteran from North Carolina who went on his first antelope hunt this past weekend as part of Hunting with Heroes in Thermopolis. In spite of the cold weather, along with rain and hail, he was very grateful to have gotten the opportunity to come to Wyoming for the hunt. "I had a buddy that told me about the... Full story
National Fire Prevention Week is recognized this year from Sunday, Oct. 6 through Sunday, Oct. 12. This year also marks the 100th anniversary of our local Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department, and the department celebrated the milestone Aug. 3. The date was also declared “Thermopolis Volunteer Firefighter Day.” The department currently has 30 firefighters and a fleet of vehicles that includes four Type 4 wildland engines, three Type 6 wildland engines, two Class A fire pumpers, one medical duty rescue fire and support unit, a 105-foot pla...
The Community Federated Church is making plans for a community Fall Ice Cream Social to be held on Saturday, Oct. 5. Everyone is invited to attend the free social from 2 – 5 p.m. at the Community Hall behind the church. Weather permitting, they hope to be able to spill outside and enjoy some warm fall weather, too. Not only will there be free ice cream, there will also be some fun and games for the kids....
Though the rainy weather kept them from working on-site. members of the Big Horn Basin Nature and Discovery Center Joint Powers Board put together equipment for the learning area indoors. From left: Carrie Estenson, Phillip Scheel, Porter McCumber and Adam Estenson....
The Hot Springs County High School Robotics teams of Aluminati and Fistful of Axles will be taking on the Sky Stone Challenge this year. Where 2018 saw them competing to scoop up minerals, represented by blocks, and place them in craters using their robots, the challenge this year will have them moving and stacking “stones,” also block-represented. A big change to the challenge this year, sponsor London Jenks said, is the advantage to making the robots smaller. Though the maximum height is 18 in...
It may be rainy, wet and cold right now, but before you know it those leaves are going to turn yellow and make their way from the trees to your lawn. For a lot of folks in town raking up those fallen leaves can be a real issue, but not to worry, students at Thermopolis Middle School are ready to tackle the job for you. The students will be doing community service on Friday, November 1, raking up and removing leaves from lawns between 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. All of the students at the middle school will be participating and all you have to do to...
The Saint Francis Annual Harvest Dinner is scheduled for Sunday, Oct 27 from noon until 4 p.m. at the Parish Fellowship Hall in the John Paul II Center, Eighth and Arapahoe. The menu includes roast beef, turkey and all the trimmings. Tickets are $12 for individuals and $50 for families, and can be obtained by calling Katthy Wallingford at 921-1920, Patty O’Brien at 864-2862 or Viola Ryan at 921-1830....
Derek Schmidt proudly shows off his bull elk taken during archery season in hunt area west of Thermopolis 63/64. Schmidt and a friend called the bull within 29 yards so that he could cleanly take it with one shot....
In his new book, “Tinyopolis in Thermopolis,” author Chuck Cooper tells the story of a tiny toy village that inspired big questions in little minds. In the book, a set of twins uses the model town to explore their world and many faith-based questions. “There are 31 images or pictures actually taken in the little village, which will help the students visualize what is going on in the story,” Cooper said. Cooper grew up in Colorado before attending Kansas Wesleyan University and the Iliff School of Theology. He retired in 2008, went back to a pa...
Steam rises off the terraces in Hot Springs State Park on Saturday. A few trees are starting to show some fall color making for a beautiful display of nature....
Silvertip String Ban members Keith O'Brien, Harodl Hutson, Josiah Nelson, John Brooks, Michael Wright and Cal Gandy play at the Rick Phipps Memorial Concert, Saturday night at the VFW. Donations were collected to go to the VFW and the Masonic Scholarship Fund. Other performers were Eric Kay, Kerry Wallace and Cal Winland....
A pair of events are coming up that will benefit two programs in town, the People for People program and the school Backpack Program. Coming up first is the annual fundraiser for the Backpack Program, which will be held at the middle school on November 23. In the past, the fundraiser has been decorated Christmas trees and then branched out into painted chairs and other themed items. This year, the group has decided they will be doing anything wood. Anything you can make out of wood may be donated to the group for the event, which includes a...
The Ralph Witters Elementary Parent Teacher Organization conducted its first meeting of the 2019-20 school year on Sept. 5, during which officers were elected. Officers for the year are: President Amber Cox, Vice President Jackie Dorothy, Advertising Specialist Delina Wille, Secretary Cassy Reed and Treasurer Charlee Enos. The PTO is excited to have new committees to help ease the burdens of the officers and to allow everyone an opportunity to serve. Thirty-eight different parents sign up to help and many signed up for two committees. The new...
