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Warm weather last weekend had Hot Springs State Park full of people enjoying the sunshine. Jameson Langdon, age 2, is all smiles after Kiyah Oliver gave him a push on a swing. Kenna Harvey and Asher Harvey, age 1, also were enjoying the swings....
The Hot Springs County Fair Building was packed with Bingo players last Tuesday evening for the Senior Class Fundraiser. Kelly Owen, Ranae Baldes and Barb Rice took their chances at the games. Participants could also win other prizes, including the grand prize of $1,000, which won by Vicki Nichols....
Last Thursday, Ralph Witters Elementary Music Director Nathan Gurtler and members of the third grade class presented a patriotic concert at the school auditorium. Gurtler takes a selfie photo with guests Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction, Megan Degenfelder, and her Chief Communications Officer, Linda Finnerty with students and honored first responders and veterans in the background....
At the Discovery Days Cabin Fever Chili Cook Off last Sunday afternoon at the HSC Fair Building Georgia Olsen, left, serves Oatley and her mother Erika Wheeler. The chili contest winners included 1st Place, Shurie Scheel - white chicken chili; 2nd Place, Rochelle Wagner - red chili; 3rd Place, Ken Smith - red chili; 4th Place, Anthony Vargas - spice green pork chili; People's Choice, Lora Staker - red chili. There were 14 entries with nine judges. The entries were numbered anonymously, not by...
A two year old heifer vigorously licks her newborn calf to remove amniotic fluid, warm the calf and establish the cow–calf bond. While calving season for most area ranchers is in full swing special attention is usually given to the two year olds. Before a cow becomes a cow, they are actually called heifers. Heifers are female cattle who have yet to give birth. Heifers generally are more at risk for calving problems such as excessive calf size, inadequate size of birth canal and sometimes even r...
Big Springs FFA members received a Living to Serve grant from the national FFA organization. They purchased flowers locally and brought them to the middle school to teach fifth graders how to create floral arrangements. They also visited the Wyoming Pioneer Home and created flower arrangements with the residents. Students Baer McPhie, left, and William Hensley, right, create flower arrangements with Katherine Boelens and Louise Odde to display in the dining room area for everyone to...
Paul Erickson gets ready to rope a calf with his daughter, Kinley Erickson, trailing behind him during the last Team Branding event of the season at the HSC Fairgrounds last Saturday....
Dan, Lydia, Russell, Jackie, and Charlie De La Mare make dinosaurs in a jar during the Wyoming Dinosaur Center Science Saturday event last weekend. Attendees learned about the flora and fauna of the Mesozoic Era by creating a prehistoric ecosystem in a jar....
Last Friday, the Knights of Columbus held their Lenten Fish Friday at the St. Francis Church Parish Hall. Dr. Jason Weyer, John Holman and Joe Russo served a variety of hungry guests. The next Lenten Fish Fry will be Friday, March 1 and the last one will be March 8, from 5 p.m.-7 p.m....
Student teacher Charlie Patterson gets dunked into frigid cold water during the annual Jackalope Jump at the high school last Saturday. The event is a fundraiser for the Special Olympics and is led by London Jenks....
Last Thursday, visitors arrived in force for a day of fun at the annual FFA Petting Zoo. Top, Annie Luebbe and Jennifer Deromedi watch Baylee Bears attempt to lasso a model roping calf while Khloe Simpson and Chase Herring stand by. Fourth graders Kyle Egger, Hayden Robinson, and Gabriella Hetzel gather around to pet a young donkey....
Couples danced during the Be My Valentine Odd Ball hosted by the George M. Sliney Odd Fellows Lodge #26 held last Saturday evening at the Community Hall. All the proceeds go toward their trade school scholarship program. Sanchez Soundz provided music for the event....
The Hot Springs County Republican Party 2024 County Caucus was held Saturday in the Big Horn Federal Bank community room. The Caucus group separated into Precincts with three of the five Precincts in Hot Springs County participating. A local Caucus is an important part of the foundational and fundamental process of our government. It is where everyday citizens lay out what the government should focus and how, through affirming or amending their party platforms, by-laws and resolutions. These...
Hannah Postma, left, helps Kathy Sorensen and Cali Culp with their projects at the String Art Workshop held at the Hot Springs County Fair Building by The Copper Kestrel last weekend....
A deer jumps across the stream coming out of the Big Spring in Hot Springs State Park on a chilly evening last weekend....
Last Thursday, the Chamber Ambassadors celebrated Dr. Megan Olson as the first graduate of the Thermopolis Rural Training Track program. This training program is for physicians that have graduated medical school and are doing their on-the-job training in rural family medicine. Pictured, left to right, are Jacque Griffin, Melissa Johnson, Dr. Philip Gard, Dr. Bill Williams, Barb Nielson, Dr. Kellan Klubben, Travis Winger, Dr. Megan Olson, Dr. Travis Bomengen, Shurie Scheel, Bev Koerwitz, Dr....
Don and Laurie Harvey purchase chocolates from Kathy Taylor with the Friends of the Library during the Chocolate Lovers and Silent Auction event last Saturday at the Hot Springs County Library. All proceeds from the event go towards library programs for children and adults....
Many people braved the snowy weather last Saturday morning to have brunch at the Hot Springs County Senior Citizens Center....
The annual 4-H and FFA youth beef weigh and tag day was on Sunday at the HSC Fairgrounds. The beef projects must be weighed and tagged with a RFID Wyoming State Fair tag in order to be shown at the county fair in July. The recent moisture made for a muddy mess as Silas Dickey tries to coax his Hereford steer into the chute to be tagged. Fair board member Arnold Pennoyer lends a hand as he was the designated tagger as the other board members each helped in the process of weighing and tagging the...
The Little Sun Singers from Ethete, Wyoming on the Wind River Reservation are from the Northern Arapaho and Oglala-Lakota Tribes. They performed at the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church's event called "Unplugged". The church holds this event on the first Sunday of every month at 5:30 p.m., where participants can "just be" and enjoy a meal. Free-will offerings are welcomed but not required....
Kenneth Woods, grandson of Tawna McQueen, far right, launches a paper rocket through the air during the Wyoming Dinosaur Center's (WDC) Science Saturday. The rockets are made from cups, rubber bands, paper and tape. WDC employee Ali Stedman taught young people how to build paper rockets which represent different science and technologies that NASA has contributed to the world....
Shoppers had their pick of hundreds of guns displayed Friday and Saturday during the Stars and Pipes, LLC Gun Show held at the Hot Springs County Fair Building. Around 1,200 paid admissions came through during the two day event....
Carrie Ryan took her Thermopolis Middle School life skills special education students to P6 last Friday to learn how to make pizzas. Left, Ryan Shaffer helps Gage Young decide on toppings for his pizza. Clover Cheney, right, selected white sauce for her creation....
Myles Cox and Odin Galovich get ready to go down the bounce house slide during the Bounceopolis event at the HSC Armory Building last Saturday night....
Emersyn Strenger skates at the ice skating rink in front of the Pioneer Home in Hot Springs State Park last Saturday afternoon. There is a horse trailer parked next to the rink with skates and equipment for the public to use....
