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As Jacob Elder puts up a shot, Darren Elder waits to snag a rebound during the Hot Springs County Recreation District's Turkey Hoop Shoot....
In spite of the snow that was coming down on Saturday, lots of people were on hand to do a little Christmas shopping at the Days Inn....
The Hot Springs County High School Drama team headed out to Rock Springs Wednesday evening to participate in the Wyoming State Drama Festival. The students will perform or present their work from the fall season, including the one act play, “The Lottery”. The festival starts today (Thursday) and finishes up on Saturday. “The students have worked hard and are really excited to go show off their work with the other students in the the State of Wyoming,” coach Mary McGillivray said. This event has over 700 students from across the state partici...
The Children’s Resource Center will host its annual Soup with Santa event on Tuesday Dec. 4. The event provides youngsters an opportunity to visit with St. Nick, and families can check out a variety of soups for dinner and even do crafts together. This year’s crafts include ornaments, plates, signs and towels, and prices vary. Dinner is free, though donations are accepted, and parents are encouraged to bring their own cameras for pictures with Santa. The event is from 5:30-7:30 p.m., and Santa will be stopping by from 6-7 p.m...
Icicles aren't the only things hanging from roofs and rafters, as the weight of frost makes interesting designs out of spider webs....
The Hot Springs County Senior Center is hosting a reservation only spaghetti dinner fundraiser on Saturday, Dec. 8 from 5:15-6:30 p.m., in conjunction with the Golden Age Club Bingo Night. Plates for the dinner are $12 each, for a meal that includes spaghetti, green beans, salad, garlic bread and drinks. For those who want to stick around after the meal and play some Bingo, each dollar per plate will go to a Bingo card. To make your reservation, contact the senior center at 864-2151....
The Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital will host its annual silent auction in the hospital lobby on Thursday, Dec. 6 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Bidders do not need to be present to win, and proceeds will go toward the purchase of two bassinets for the nursery. The event also provides an opportunity to check out the new parking areas at the front of the hospital if you haven’t had a chance to yet, so come on out and show your support for our hospital and auxiliary, and maybe pick up a unique item for your home or a Christmas gift for someone o...
More than 50 people had the chance to "Walk the Dinosaur" last Saturday during the Wyoming Dinosaur Center's annual Dancing with the Dinosaurs. The auction raised $2,120, which will go into the general operations fund for the center. The event featured plenty to eat and drink - including a cash bar and hot chocolate - to help beat back the chill of the evening, a silent auction with items such as baskets of wine and spirits and a week in Cabo, and live music from Drones Over...
Ralph Witters Elementary kindergarten students have provided some creative ideas for preparing your Thanksgiving turkey. You stuff them. Teagan You have to find a turkey and then you cook it on a stove and then you eat it. Brailynn Cut off its head and then cook it in the stove. Ellal I would put it in the oven and put some salt on it. I would put some pepper on it when its done cooking. Grant Put it in a pan. Add some ingredients. And done. Bridger In the pan. Then eat it. Dallis Put it in the oven. Cook it. Put real food on it to make it...
With the Thanksgiving season coming to a close, thoughts begin to turn — if they haven’s already — to the holiday celebrations in late November and through December. There’s plenty happening around town to keep you in a festive mood, beginning this week. Businesses are encouraged to help make Thermopolis look festive for the holiday season with a decorating contest. Participating businesses should have their windows or storefronts decorated by Saturday, Nov. 24, and the community will vote on th...
There will be plenty of holiday greenery with the 18th annual Christmas Tree and Wreath Festival, sponsored this year by Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital and Pinnacle Bank and held at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center. The fundraiser benefits the Thermopolis Community Fund. This past year, grants have been provided through the fund for 4-H projects, the Hot Springs County Library Reading Program, the Yellowstone trip at Ralph Witters Elementary, Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department fireworks and... Full story
The Ralph Witters Elementary Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) is currently working with local businesses to provide baskets for the PTO’s annual Christmas Basket Auction. Currently in its third year, this year’s auction will be during the elementary school’s Christmas program on Thursday, Dec. 20. Though the baskets will be bid on in a silent auction, this year there will also be a live auction after the program, for artwork created by different grade levels. Proceeds from the auction will...
Thermopolis Middle School was certainly abuzz last Saturday, with the gymnasium home to several vendors for the Beta Sigma Phi Holiday Affair and the commons having the People for People's Chair-ity Auction for the Backpack Program. Ranae Baldes with the local Xi Alpha Sigma of Beta Sigma Phi said this year's event seemed a bit slower, though weather may have been a factor. There were a total 33 vendors, and in speaking to them none were unhappy about the turnout. All in all, she said, it was a...
Members of Hot Springs County FFA braved the weekend weather to travel to Buffalo for the annual FIRE/CPC conference. Geared toward younger members or members who want to learn new leadership techniques, FIRE urges the freshman and sophomore members to discover their passions, define their virtues and how to explore them as well as how to distinguish if their decision making skills lead to a virtuous life. They also evaluate the culmination of those passions, virtues and decision making skills to define their character and create goals and...
The Hot Springs County School District’s Board of Trustees and Board Members were recognized during the annual 2018 Wyoming School Boards Association Fall Conference held last week in Casper. The school board, as a whole, was presented with the Standard of Excellence Award. The award is given when a majority of the current board members have received or are eligible for the Certified Master Board Member Award. Trustee Nichole Weyer was presented with the Award of Distinction - Level I and Trustee Joe Martinez was presented with the Award of D...
One of the best ways to get into the Holiday Season is to listen to a little Christmas music, and Hot Springs County schools have you covered. Christmas concerts will kick off with the middle school concert on Dec. 13. It will begin at 7 p.m. at the auditorium. Next on the schedule is the Pre-K concert which will also be held in the auditorium on Dec. 18. Music begins at 7 p.m. You’ll be treated to a double dose of Christmas cheer on Dec. 20 with a pair of concerts. Ralph Witters Elementary will hold their concert in the auditorium at 2 p.m. a...
The annual Holiday Craft Bazaar will be 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 24 at the Days Inn. The event has grown in popularity and number of items over the past few years, and the wares available include known vendors as well as homemade crafts and jewelry. If you’re looking to get a jump start on your holiday shopping with some unique items, stop by and see what you can find....
Hot Springs Dance LLC will present The Nutcracker on Friday, Dec. 7 at 6 p.m. in the Hot Springs County High School auditorium. Tess Williams stated, “This is our third Christmas recital. We have over 100 students performing from Thermopolis and Worland. Practices have been going well — they have been practicing these pieces since October. We have 13 pieces being performed this year (our biggest show yet). Our dancers range from age 3 to 16 and will be performing ballet, tap, contemporary, and hip-hop routines. Sierra Harvey will be sin...
The true meaning of Christmas isn’t the beautifully wrapped presents under the tree, but rather the baby Jesus lying in the manger. On Dec. 1 and 2, you can celebrate the birth of Christ with the 2nd Annual Celebration of the Creches at the Community Hall behind the Community Church on 6th Street. There will be over 500 creches on display, many from all corners of the world. They’re made from everything imaginable, from wood to glass, paper, stone, ceramics and even fabric. You may view the creches from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 1 and...
The annual Christmas cookie and candy sale will be Saturday, Dec. 8 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Community Federated Church Community Hall, located behind the church at Sixth and Big Horn. The sale can help make Christmas preparations a bit easier with a large selection of cookies and candies available at only six dollars per pound. People are encouraged to come early for the best selection....
It is time once again for the Annual Holiday Tour of Homes, presented by the People for People program. This year the event will be held on Monday, Dec. 10, starting at 5 p.m. and will feature four homes plus a couple of special stops. Stefanie and Cory Gilbert have opened their home for the tour along with Jordan and Kevin Gerber, Kelly Andreen and Ashle and Dustin McLean. One of the special stops will be Thermopolis Rehab where Lori Blakesley, Arlea McCumber, Ciley Andreen, Dava Bleak, Binnie Bleak, Shelly Burrows and Judy Carswell have been...
People for People will once again be holding their annual free Thanksgiving Dinner at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church on Thursday, Nov. 22, from noon until 2 p.m. The free dinner is open to anyone of any denomination and will include turkey with all the fixings, mashed potatoes and gravy, green bean casserole, rolls and butter, a variety of salads and sides as well as pies, cakes and other desserts. If you’re alone, or just don’t feel like going to all the work of fixing Thanksgiving dinner, you are more than welcome to come share a meal wit...
Taydee Landrum and Michael Slagle ensure all of the names have been collected as other players gather stones during the Hot Springs County High School Drama Club's one-act performance of "The Lottery" as part of their Fall Showcase....
Members of the Big Horn Basin Riders and the VFW were up before dawn raising the flags at Monument Hill Cemetery, Hawk's Avenue of Flags, on Veteran's Day. The two groups, along with some volunteers, not only put the flags up in the early morning, but were back before sunset to carefully retire them and place them in their storage containers until they are used again....
Monday night was the annual Academic Letter Banquet at Hot Springs County High School, with 99 students receiving their letters and/or pins. In order to receive a letter, a student must have been on the honor roll in the fall and spring semester of their previous year. Prior to the presentation of awards, Superintendent Dustin Hunt expressed appreciation to the parents for helping make education a priority in their children's lives. "Parents are truly our partners," Hunt said, "and by placing...
