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Thermopolis FFA, under the direction of Britton VanHeule, has been working diligently leading up to their culminating event this spring, State FFA in Laramie. Some of the students still in the running on the state level include Ally Taylor with the FFA Creed. She is going to state ranked in the top 10. Jeffery VanAntwerp is in the top six in Employment Skills/Job Inter view and four students are in the top three in their category and division in the Science Fair competition, Audrey Axtell, Eli...
The Senior Class Parent Committee will host a Bingo fundraiser on Sunday, April 7 beginning at 5 p.m. at the VFW. Walking tacos will be served along with dessert. There will also be a dessert auction. Tickets are available from any senior parent or at the door. Proceeds from the event will go to the Senior Night event following graduation....
Mark your calendar today to make sure you’re ready for the VFW fundraiser dinner and auction next Friday night, April 13. The VFW building is in dire need of a roof replacement and other repairs. The Rotary Club of Thermopolis received a sizeable grant and have made a deal with the VFW to match the grant money as a donation provided the VFW raises the same amount, basically tripling what the donation would be. To raise those funds, the VFW will be having a “by donation” dinner starting at 5:30 p.m. followed by a live auction. If you would...
The Hot Springs County Library invites the community to come out for Dinner and a Movie on Thursday, April 11 from 6-7:30 p.m. This month, the movie will be It Happened One Night, directed by Frank Capra and released in 1934. Based on Truman Capote’s novel, this is the story of a young woman in New York City who meets a young man when he moves into her apartment building. He is with an older woman who is very wealthy, but he wants to be a writer. She is working as an expensive escort and searching for a rich, older man to ma...
With the snow from the early spring storms finally melting, buffalo in the pasture outside are having no trouble finding some warm green places to munch and lay around. Though there's been no sighting yet of a first buffalo calf for the year, the spring and summer months typically bring a few new members to the herd....
The Hot Springs County High School Drama Club is presenting The Pirates of Penzance, Jr. this week on Thursday and Friday evening at 7 p.m. in the auditorium. The Pirates of Penzance, Jr begins with the celebration of Frederic, an apprentice to the Pirates. It is his 21st birthday and the day he has fulfilled his duty to his apprenticeship. When young Frederic decides to leave the pirate crew, he starts off on a hilarious adventure featuring damsels in distress, pirate raids, a quick thinking...
Joe Moon and daughter Andreanna sing an original song during the March 16 poetry and song writing contest hosted at Hot Springs County Library. The event gives budding writers a chance to present their work....
The Thermopolis Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce celebrated their 100th year last Saturday at their banquet at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds. Chamber Executive Director MeriAnn Rush said Saturday's event was the largest they've had with 222 tickets sold for the evening. The night started out with games for all, followed by dinner and then the featured speaker of the night, Craig Johnson, the writer of the Longmire series, who was very entertaining, recounting his travels and missteps... Full story
It was standing room only last Thursday at the annual Beer and Brats event hosted by Central Bank and Trust....
Thermopolis is in for a treat on April 25 as the Houston based dance group, Soul Street Dance, hits the boards in the auditorium for an amazing night of technical and artistic skill combined with a dollop of humor sure to be a fun night for the whole family. Not only are they dancers, Soul Street members are also actors, athletes and songwriters as well as musicians. Formerly “at risk” youth, the group has found focus through dance and are now working professionals. They have recently completed two tours of the European Eastern Bloc and hav...
Soldiers returning home from Korea and, more notably, Vietnam, were not properly thanked upon their return to the United States from war. A day of welcoming was codified into state law in Wyoming for March 30 of each year, the day our combat troops would have set foot on Wyoming soil after returning home from Vietnam in 1973. All Wyoming veterans, especially those from the Korean and Vietnam Wars are invited to attend a special ceremony and receive their welcome home and thanks from a grateful state, at three events across the state. Military,...
The annual Jackalope Jump, a fundraiser for Hot Springs County Special Olympics will be on Friday, April 5. Those willing to brave some chilly waters can jump into a pool on the high school grounds. Registration begins at noon. Advisor Tom Olsen noted the event is the big fundraiser for the year. There are Special Olympians athletes in the school district and adult athletes, he explained, and the funds go to providing for the adults to go on the trips. In the fall, the athletes go to Riverton for area games and Casper for state games. In...
Students at Thermopolis Middle School celebrated their teachers last Friday during the Middle School Voices presentation....
Though the time change due to Daylight Savings Time can take some getting used to — particularly the lost hour of sleep — it brings with it the promise of a few more hours of sunlight in the day, more time for activities before the sun sets and those still chilly nights set in. Joseph Stringer, a staff therapist with WellSpring, explained that we know from history and research that sports medicine usually has a psychologist attached to it and they really push moving around, getting sunshine and...
Perched in a Cottonwood tree a lone eagle is spotted looking out over a field. During winter months it is fairly common and certainly easier to spot eagles in bare trees searching fields for prey....
Oakley Bowman carries a balloon to her teammates with only her elbows during the high school Bobcat Pride assembly. Inside the balloons were torn baby pictures of teachers, which the students had to re-assemble then guess whose picture they had....
The Thermopolis Children’s Resource Center (CRC) teamed up with the Dolly Parton Imagination Library in 2011 to provide children in Hot Springs County under the age of 5 with a book every month, to provide a resource to build the home libraries of young readers. In order to continue providing the monthly books CRC has to fundraise and staff are looking for your help in their second annual Change Challenge. Change containers can be obtained from CRC, or people can use their own, and the rules are simple — collect change in your container for...
Those attending the Hot Springs County 4-H Junior Leaders dessert auction look over the variety of treats available. In addition to desserts, Junior Leaders who are attending the Washington Leadership Focus were part of a labor auction. The event saw more than 125 people attending and just over $2,500 raised....
The Annual Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce will be Saturday, March 23. This year’s theme is Centennial Celebration, recognizing the chamber’s 100th year. The event begins at the Hot Springs County Fair Building with a cocktail hour and live music by Eric Kay. Dinner will begin a 6:30 p.m., with a chuckwagon style menu of beef brisket, barbecue chicken, baked beans, applesauce, veggies, cheesecake and apple crisp. Guest speaker is Craig Johnson, author of the Longmire series including The Highway Man, and the 2018 business, cit...
Students at Thermopolis Middle School work to solve math equations made by the school's MathCounts team. Those who solved three or more were put into a drawing for a chance to hit MathCounts members with pies....
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF) is planning their annual banquet to be held on April 6 at the fairgrounds. Jill Tonn, one of the RMEF organizers sai the doors will open at 5 p.m. with games and raffles as well as a silent auction. Dinner will be served around 6:30 p.m. followed by a live auction that should start around 7:30 p.m. The auctioneer for this spring’s event will be Wyoming State Auctioneering Champion of 2017, Veldon Kraft. The group will be honoring two of their strongest supporters, the late Danny Love, with a memorial r...
Registration is open for the Hot Springs County Recreation District’s Ready, Set, Run! program. Instructed by Shannon Hill, the program is a character-building running program that trains kids ages 8-13 to participate in a 5K run. The curriculum-based program begins on Tuesday, April 2, and equips kids with the physical training and goal-setting mentality needed to accomplish their running goals. Issues like enhancing confidence and self- esteem, respecting authority, dealing with peer pressure and fueling their bodies through proper n...
Among other things, March is known for Dr. Seuss’s birthday on March 2, also known as Read Across America Day. There were plenty of themed days happening at Ralph Witters Elementary to celebrate Dr. Seuss, and at Lights On elementary students were writing stories. Lights On Coordinator Elisa Daniels noted the students have been working on how to map out a story with a beginning, middle and end, and how to incorporate descriptive words into each section so it fills out the story. The students also created illustrations. Following are a few s...
Students in Lights On program at Thermopolis Middle School and Ralph Witters Elementary enjoy a day of swimming and water fun last Friday...
Billie Jo Norsworthy and her horse work to keep a selected cow from rejoining the herd during CWCC cutting action at the fairgrounds Saturday....
