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Monday mornings Tricia McPhie, the maternal child health nurse with Hot Springs County Public Health, regularly meets with four moms to provide information and discussion through a program called Baby Steps. McPhie explained Baby Steps began about a year ago as a breastfeeding support group for mothers, then as the kids got older it "blossomed" into an hour of education, support and socialization for moms. She is also on-hand to connect mothers with the community resources available to them....
Residents should have received invitations and packs of tickets in the mail for the 2018 Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department’s Fireman’s Ball. The event will be Saturday, Feb. 10 at the VFW Club from 9 p.m. until 2 a.m. This year the department is mixing things up a bit and will present Jerry Ward of Corpus Christi, Texas to provide 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...
A group of students at Hot Springs County High School is currently working on a "tiny house" as part of the school's new Trades class. Teacher Britton Van Heule explained an Industrial Arts teacher could not be found, so Principal, Breez Longwell Daniels, asked him what he could do. Thus the Trades class was created this past fall. In preparing to build the tiny house, students looked at various examples and did some research as to costs of building the house on skids compared to building it on...
In their second meet of the season, the Hot Springs County High School Speech and Debate team brought home a solid third place finish from the Jackson tournament over the weekend. The key, of course, is getting speakers into the semi-final and final rounds as that is where team points come into play. This weekend, all but one of the students made it into semi-finals, and the single competitor who missed semis, Lane Randall, missed it by a single point. “Its been kind of rough on Lane (Randall),” coach Cindy Glasson said. “He’s putting in the wo...
The Messiah’s Mall at Risen Son Christian School will have a clothing sale/fundraiser Saturday, Feb. 3 from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. There is clothing of all sizes available, and all proceeds will go to the scholarship fund at the school. Messiah’s Mall is located at 342 Amoretti....
Josh Schmidt, a former U.S. Marine and veterans service officer from the Wyoming Veterans Commission, will conduct community outreach services in Wyoming cities through February, with two stops in Thermopolis this month. Schmidt is available to meet with veterans and their families to discuss state and federal veterans’ benefits, Department of Veterans claims or VA healthcare. He can also help veterans and their families apply for benefits, file claims or request healthcare. Schmidt will be available in Thermopolis on Thursday, Feb. 8, 11 a.m.-...
This past week, workers wrapped up the majority of the new roof at the Hot Springs County Senior Center. Flashing for the roof will be done when it's warmer....
Mark your calendars for Sunday, Feb. 18, when folks will be gathering to clean up the river starting at the Wedding of the Waters. Adiposse, a group affiliated with Wyoming’s Trout Unlimited, will be getting together at 9 a.m. at the Wedding of the Waters to begin the clean up. If you would like to participate, you can bring along your boat, your waders or work along the shore in the public access areas. Trash bags are being supplied and R&C Trucks/Big Horn Reddi Mix is providing a dump truck again this year to collect everything. Everyone i...
Mark your calendar today for a special Daddy Daughter Dance coming up Friday, Feb. 9 at 6 p.m. at the Community Hall. There is no age limit, but you must call to reserve your spot as space is limited for this event. Just $10 will get father and daughter dinner for two, a corsage for the daughter, a professional photo and the dance. Additional daughters are $5. All proceeds go to benefit Hot Springs Dance LLC and its students. Call 307-431-0999 to reserve your spot for the evening....
Tickets have again sold out quickly for the second annual Brenna’s Banquet on Feb. 10, but people can still contribute to the scholarship in Brenna’s name if they choose. Brenna Michelle Rankin passed away on March 16, 2016, after a battle with cancer. One of her favorite activities was going along to drop off and pick up her brother, Raylan, from the Risen Son Christian School because she got to see all of the students and even spend some time with teachers. Her excitement grew when she was approaching three years old, as she knew she wou...
Just before the sun breaks over the horizon, the ice-covered terraces in Hot Springs State Park take on a blue tint. The ice adds to the natural mineral formations, and create a contrast to the warm water running over them....
The second annual Brenna’s Banquet will be Feb. 10, but tickets sales have already begun. The event is in memory of Brenna Michelle Rankin, who passed away on March 16, 2016, after a battle with cancer. Brenna’s mom, Sara Ford-Rankin, explained orders are being taken for tickets, but they are on backorder due to a printing issue. Tickets are $50 for singles and $75 for couples. This year, the event will be at the former Stones Throw restaurant. The menu will feature prime rib, a wedge sal...
This past weekend, Thermopolis was home to the 2018 Wyoming Farm Bureau (WFB) Young Farmer & Rancher Conference. This year's theme was "Springing Outward and Upward." According to information from Kerin Clark, media and member relations director for WFB, the conference had 45 attendees from around the state. The purpose is to provide a conference for young farmers and ranchers in Wyoming to network with other like-minded individuals and learn through educating and motivating workshop sessions....
The Hot Springs County Pioneer Association (Pioneers) recently announced the launch of a new project to engage the community in a historical effort to document family histories. The Pioneers have previously published a work called “Hot Springs County Memories from the Past” in 1996, and a supplement to that effort in 1998. The purpose of that project was to afford families that have deep roots in the area to share their family histories and then compile them for posterity to reference and enjoy. Those publications are still available at the...
They say the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, but they sometimes forget to tell you the way to a woman’s heart is...chocolate. The Hot Springs County Friends of the Library will be holding their annual Chocolate Lovers event on Saturday, Feb. 10 at the Hot Springs County Library. From 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. you can fill your plate for just $5 from a variety of chocolate delights sure to make you smile. Enjoy yourself with your chocolate and a cup of coffee, tea or hot chocolate and chat with friends and neighbors, or take your pla...
A Hunter Safety Course is getting ready to begin on Monday, Feb. 5 with instructor Jim Lash. The course will run through Feb. 15 and is free. Classes will be held from 6 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. in the CRC room on the ground floor of the administration building at the Hot Springs County High School. Registration may be completed online by visiting https://wgfd.wyo.gov/HunterEdRegistration/frmCourseList.aspx. If you have questions or need more information, please call Lash at 864-5402....
If you have been inside Hot Springs County High School recently you may have noticed signs in the commons area that read “Cell Phone Free Zone” and wondered what was going on. According to Principal Breez Daniels, concerns from parents during the first semester were that students were using their cell phones too much at school and they were concerned the phone use was distracting students from learning. The biggest worry for parents, however, was bullying via cell phone text messages and soc...
Ralph Witters Elementary teacher, Toby Emery, gets a few high fives from school staff after being named the second Bobcat Champion for Children for the 2017-18 school year. The recognition also puts Emery in the running for Teacher of the Year....
Zieb Stetler picks a banjo during an acoustic jam session at Southside Travel Center. The jam sessions are a regular event at the business....
After August’s spectacular solar eclipse with the moon passing between the Earth and the sun, its time to return the moon’s favor with a total lunar eclipse on Wednesday, Jan. 31. Again, Wyoming is blessed to be a prime viewing area and in Thermopolis we’ll just have to get up a little earlier than normal to appreciate it. The eclipse is unusual, this type not actually seen for 35 years, as it falls in line with the Blue Moon phase (a second full moon in a month) as well as the Supermoon phase w... Full story
Shoji Kameda of On Ensemble shows his approval to high school students learning Taiko patterns during a workshop Tuesday morning, while Masato "Maz" Baba (behind) directs. The group, which also includes Eien Hunter-Ishikawa and Abe Lagrimas Jr., gave a public concert Monday evening that was enjoyed by a large crowd....
Thermopolis Middle School came out on top in the Challenge of the Books held at the armory last week, competing against seven teams, to take first place. Begun in 2004, schools from around the Big Horn Basin compete against each other in a question and answer forum for six rounds. Points are calculated for correct answers as well as answers your team could answer correctly when your opponent could not. Questions come from a list of 12 books selected from the Soaring Eagle and Indian Paintbrush...
With the start of 2018 just a few weeks past, you might have made resolutions concerning your health. It’s a topic that’s never too soon to think about, and the annual Kiwanis Community Health Fair is already in the works. Blood draws for the health fair are scheduled for March 1-3 from 7-10 a.m. at Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital. No appointment is necessary for the draws, and walk-ins are welcome. Lea Schoenewald, the Kiwanis health fair chair, said the blood draws are very much like a f...
Residents should have received invitations and packs of tickets in the mail for the 2018 Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department’s Fireman’s Ball. The event will be Saturday, Feb. 10 at the VFW Club from 9 p.m. until 2 a.m. This year the department is mixing things up a bit and will present Jerry Ward of Corpus Christi, Texas to provide 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...
Hot Springs County High School’s Speech and Debate team started their season with an excellent showing at the Kelly Walsh meet in Casper last weekend, coming home with a fourth place finish in 3A. “I’m sure other coaches feel the same way,” said head coach Cindy Glasson, “that you’re not quite sure on that first outing that your team is ready. I have to say, these kids stepped up and proved they were more than ready.” All students become varsity in speech and debate as of Jan. 1, so even the two newest members of the team, Lane Randall and Kris...
