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The Hot Springs County Rec Department has started registration for Start Smart Sports, including basketball, soccer and baseball. Registration for basketball runs through Feb. 25. For soccer, the registration ends April 1 and for Baseball, registration needs to be done by May 13. There is a $15 registration fee for all three sports. The program is for all kids from three to five-years old and is a non-competitive, one on one with the child’s parent, which focuses on developing fundamentals of each sport to teach the basics. Parent p...
The 11th annual Ice Fishing Derby at Meeteetse will by Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 9 and 10, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day, at the Upper and Lower Sunshine Reservoirs. Sponsored by the Meeteetse Visitor Center, the event allows for up to 100 teams with a maximum of three people per team. The cost is $75 per team, and registration must be complete by Feb. 9. Applications are available online at meeteetsewy.com/events-calendar/applications-forms, and can be turned in at the visitor center or emailed to office@meeteetsewy.com Reports are that the ice...
The Hot Springs County Library Book Club will be meeting on Thursday, Feb. 21 at 6 p.m. The book they will be discussing is Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens. For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gul...
Daisy Torres and Jolan Sikes stop by the Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce Monday for some refreshments served up by chamber board member Deb Tudor in recognition of the chamber's centennial this year....
The Hot Springs County Library invites the community to come out for Dinner and a Movie on Valentine’s Day, Thursday, Feb. 14 from 6-7:30 p.m. This month, the movie will be It Happened One Night, directed by Frank Capra and released in 1934. Opposites attract with magnetic force in this romantic road-trip delight from Frank Capra, about a spoiled runaway socialite (Claudette Colbert) and a roguish man-of-the-people reporter (Clark Gable) who is determined to get the scoop on her scandalous disappearance. The first film to accomplish the very r...
The sweet sounds of the fiddle brought the melody together last Friday night during the Bluegrass Jam at Exxon Southside....
Will Ward leads his steer from the chute after fair board member Arnold Pennoyer tagged it on Sunday. The 4-H and FFA youth of Hot Springs County were required to bring their steers in to be weighed and tagged with a Wyoming State Fair RFID (radio-frequency identification) tag in order for them to be able to show and sell their animals at county fair. This is the first year state fair will be using the electronic ID tags....
Wearing some numerical head gear, Ralph Witters Elementary Principal Catelyn Deromedi helps celebrate the 100th day of school....
Logan Sullivan shows his Pomsky - Pomeranian and Husky - named Zoe to classmates during a special pajama party day for Ralph Witters Elementary first grade students....
The second Champion for Children in Hot Springs County School District #1 was chosen recently, Brandon Deromedi. Deromedi will join three other Champions this year for a chance to be named Teacher of the Year for the 2018-2019 school year. A member of the district's outstanding PE/Health Department, Deromedi is also the District's Activities Director, District Trainer and shares time at the high school and the middle school. A 2003 graduate of Worland High School, Deromedi received his...
Several desserts were auctioned off Sunday evening at the VFW, with proceeds of about $4,100 from the auction and walking taco dinner going to the Class of 2019's graduation party....
This past weekend, Robotics teams No. 4273, Aluminati, and No. 7238, Fistful of Axles, competed at the Montana State Championship in Bozeman. Coach London Jenks said both teams experienced some robot problems — some mechanical, some programming — but the older students team, Aluminati, came away with a 3-2 record and 18th place and the younger Axles team had a 2-3 record and placed 24th. Jenks noted there were 33 teams at the competition. The teams also took home some second place awards, Alu...
Forget about the sugar and the calories, when it comes to Valentine’s Day, all of those things go out the window. True chocolate lovers will be found at the Hot Springs County Library on Saturday, Feb. 9 for the Chocolate Lover’s Event, sponsored by the Friends of the Library. Starting at 11 a.m. pay just $5 at the door and fill your dessert plate with all kinds of decadent chocolate goodies. All proceeds from the Chocolate Lover’s Event will benefit the Hot Springs County Library....
The Hot Springs County Historical Society will meet at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 9 at the Hot Springs County Museum. The program will be “Petrified Wood in the Absaroka Range,” presented by Larry Amundson. This presentation will describe prehistoric high altitude camping and tool making sites in the southern Absaroka Range. Human occupation in these remote portions of the Washakie Wilderness is evidenced by the presence of surface lithic flakes created during tool production using petrified wood. Amundson’s exploration of the region comme...
The 2019 ice fishing derby at Boysen Reservoir this past weekend saw 320 entrants, falling just two short from the previous year. Fishers competed in categories of trout, perch, crappie, walleye and ling, vying for the biggest catch in each. In cases where several people had the same weight, earliest weigh-in times determined placings. Catches, in order of finish with weight in pounds were: Trout — Joshua Lackey, 5.01; Garrett Aldrich, 4:15; Chance Marquette, 4.10; Kelly Britain, 4.01; Kaitlyn Aldrich, 3.15; Brianna Thompson, 3.15; Ronnie S...
Jonah Needham answers a question during the Thermopolis Middle School Geography Bee on Jan. 24. After several rounds of questions about various countries and those who live there, Needham emerged the winner....
The Challenge of the Books was held at the armory last Wednesday with students from Thermopolis Middle School taking fifth with their record and third with their points. Challenge of the Books is a contest for middle school students who love to read and they are expecting to host about seven other schools for the competition. A list of 12 books, which come from the Soaring Eagle and Indian Paintbrush nominee lists, are given to the children to read each August. The students then read each of the books with an emphasis on remembering the...
Heidi Hunt keeps track of brothers Maximus and Davien Martinez while Jameson Dennis remains frozen during a game of "podball," a dodgeball variation....
One of last year's buffalo calves meanders around with a few of the mature members of the herd. Though some of the grass is tall enough to poke through the snow, buffalo also clear eating areas with their noses this time of year....
Tucker Lake holds a recently born lamb while its mother nuzzles close. Lambing season has started for those breeders that raise sheep for show lambs. Some breeders try to catch some of the milder weather before late winter storms bring in bitter cold and snow....
Established in 1919, the Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce provides information about the community and local businesses to those just passing through on a vacation or looking to relocate here. Though the physical location at 220 Park Street provides an open door, helpful staff to answer questions and plenty of informational brochures. In recent years, the chamber has also updated its online presence with a revamped website designed to easily provide information about events and chamber members. Additionally, the Chamber Ambassadors...
You’ve likely received invitations and packs of tickets in the mail for the 2019 Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department’s Fireman’s Ball, scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 16 at the VFW Club from 9 p.m. until 2 a.m. This year Jerry Ward of Corpus Christi, Texas will return to provide the musical entertainment for the evening. Ward brings an array of sounds from country music, to classic rock, to modern hits. He will even take requests. The tickets are the key to an evening of dancing, spirits and gift certificates with values from $50 to $300. Those...
Following a short parent meeting, the Head Start program in Thermopolis hosted a family dinner and game night. Among those playing were Myles Cox and his mother, Cindi, and Natasha Hamrick....
In recognition of National Kazoo Day on Jan. 24, the Hot Springs County 4-H Mustangs Club hosted a kazoo party at the library on Thursday, Jan. 17. Activities included instruction in playing the instruments and Kazoo Twister....
There are a couple upcoming opportunities to help provide for the Class of 2019’s graduation party. A walking taco dinner and dessert auction is scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 27 at the VFS. Dinner will begin at 5 p.m., and there is Bingo following at 6 p.m. For two dinners, the cost is $20. Any extra meals are $5, and extra Bingo cards are $5. A Paint and Sip event will also be hosted at the VFW, on Sunday, Feb. 10 at 2 p.m. The event is hosted by Artisan Alley and there will also be a silent auction. For more information, tickets to the taco d...
