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Kaili Johnson and Caleb DeCroo were named Prom King and Queen on Saturday night....
Ben Cort speaks last week about marijuana. Cort presentation covered not only the changes in the drug over time, but also it's medical applications....
Wood art will be featured during the Second Friday ArtStroll in downtown Thermopolis, May 12, 5-8 p.m. The ArtStroll theme this month is “One Turn at a Time – featuring the Worland Wyoming Woodturners.” Artists’ receptions will be Friday evening and artists and demonstrators continue Still Strolling Saturday, during regular business hours. Come stroll and enjoy a visual treat from these woodturners. Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 14 and you can find something special for the moms in your life. “I’ll turn just about any kind of wood I can get my ha...
The next meeting of the Hot Springs County Historical Society will be Saturday, May 13 at 2 p.m., at Hot Springs County Museum. The program, presented by Ray Shaffer, is “Blazing the Trails for Western Civilization — Early Mail and Stage Routes and Post Offices Into and Through Thermopolis and Hot Springs County.” The program will look at the routes, reasons and characters who forged a system of communication and travel throughout today’s Hot Springs County, the Big Horn Basin and Wyoming. Those attending will identify many of the landmar...
The time of year seniors look forward to and parents dread, graduation week, is upon us. This year, Baccalaureate will be held on Monday, May 15 in the auditorium. The service will begin at 7 p.m. and everyone is invited to attend. On Tuesday, May 16, seniors will gather for Scholarship Night at 6 p.m. in the auditorium. The seniors are having a fun day on Wednesday, May 17 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Kiwanis shelter in the state park. They are planning games and a delicious BBQ for the seniors. The grand finale will be graduation on Sunday,...
Thursday, May 11 is sure to be a wonderful evening of entertainment in Hot Springs State Park as the Hot Springs County High School bands and choirs will be presenting their POPS Concert at the pavilion. The evening will begin at 6 p.m. and feature a variety of music from Le Miserable and Phantom of the Opera to Disney classics and motion picture themes. Pizza will be sold as a fundraiser to help boost the activities account for festivals next year and will be $2 per slice or $14 for an entire pizza....
An annual tradition in Thermopolis is about to be held, the PEO Tour of Tables Mother’s Day Luncheon. The event will be May 13 in the Thermopolis Middle School commons with tables decorated in a variety of themes. There will be door prizes and entertainment as well as a raffle for themed baskets. The PEO Chapter uses the proceeds from the Tour of Tables to provide scholarship opportunities for local girls. Tickets are on a pre-sale only basis for $12 from any PEO member. PEO International is a philanthropic organization geared toward e...
A Sunday brunch was enjoyed by those attending the dedication of the Federated Community Church Community Hall. The new building is located behind the church, and includes the main hall as well as a kitchen, storeroom and meeting area....
The inaugural Local Youth Hunter Education Challenge hosted by the Thermopolis Gun Club saw 22 participants. Results from the event include (in order of finish) - Junior overall ranking: Destiny Harris, Carson Williams, Trevon White, Hardy Johnson, Hadley Johnson; and senior overall ranking: Eli Jones, Riley Coburn, Adam Christenson, Aaron Strandlien, James Cox....
The 2017 Prom and Grand March certainly had its share of moments....
The auditorium was packed with cheering fans Monday night to watch the wonderful performances by the local Hot Springs Dance troupe during Dancing through the Decades....
The Thermopolis Community Blood Drive is scheduled for Monday, May 15 from 3-7 p.m. at the Hot Springs County Senior Center. The Hot Springs County Hospital Auxiliary is hosting the drive, and the goal is to collect 25 pints of blood. Those who want to save time and make an appointment in advance can go to www.bloodhero.com and enter sponsor code: Thermopolis, or contact Melene Mierzejewski at 307-240-1414. Free cholesterol testing is done every donation, and donors are asked to bring a photo ID and donor card....
The 34th annual May “WYO” Quarter Horse Ranch Sale is scheduled for Saturday, May 20, at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds. The sale is set to begin at 1 p.m., with a performance preview at 9 a.m. Before the sale, on Friday, May 19, the fairgrounds will be home to the “Parade of Geldings,” beginning at 7 p.m. Each gelding will be led around the ring while a video of each horse plays. During the sale this year, there will be 80 head sold, including, 57 broke geldings, 14 yearlings and nine started two-year-olds. Those with questions can con...
The Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital District Board of Directors will have a special meeting at 1 pm. Friday, May 12 in the hospital board room. The meeting consists of an executive session, followed by an action item with regard to real estate. The next Board of Trustees meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 30 at 6:30 p.m. in the board room....
This spring, fourth graders at Ralph Witters Elementary School were once again fortunate to experience two wonderful trips in Yellowstone National Park. Each trip consisted of a four-day, three-night stay in Yellowstone's Lamar Valley at the Buffalo Ranch, the weekends of April 14-17 and April 21-24. Yellowstone Park Rangers immersed the fourth graders in engaging learning experiences on ecology, geology, history, and preservation of the park. Students participated in many activities such as... Full story
Thursday night saw the annual Thermopolis FFA Banquet, with FFA Alumni providing a milk can dinner at the Hot Springs County agricultural building. Following the meal, awards were presented in the school auditorium. Community, chapter, and student development are all very important parts of Thermopolis FFA activities and programs. Students work all year to fulfill the requirements of the Chapter Application. This year the chapter earned a One Star rating. Consistently they are one of the best...
Tuesday evening, Thermopolis Middle School hosted several fine arts activities during the Parent Partner night. Among the activities were a performance from the seventh and eighth grade choir. Autumn Bansemer plays the clarinet during a band concert. The halls were lined with students for the Night at the Wax Museum; visitors could drop coins in jars to make the "wax figures" tell their story. Lee Grimm was well-known landscape artist Bob Ross, and Oakley Bowman was the "peerless lady...
Living in small-town America, we often say, "It can't happen here," but the truth is, an active shooter situation can happen anywhere at any time. Dozens of people in Thermopolis are now better prepared after taking Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter and Evacuate (ALICE) training, a Homeland Security training program. The training was created after the Columbine shooting by Greg Crain, who shows the traditional passive response is inadequate – do nothing, you die. Instructors for the classes w... Full story
Thermopolis Middle School will feature the creativity of its students on Tuesday, May 2, at the Parent Partner night beginning at 6 p.m. There will be a fine arts extravaganza, with blended lemonades, garden tours, and an art stroll among the activities. There will also be a book fair in the Makerspace room, and a concert from the fifth, sixth and seventh, and eighth grade bands, as well as the school’s choir and guitar club. Another highlight is the Night at the Wax Museum, sponsored by the Language Arts teachers. Students will present t...
On Wednesday, May 3 from 4-6 p.m. at the Thermopolis auditorium, Ben Cort will give a presentation as part of his statewide tour. Cort will discuss the harmful effects of marijuana. His presentation will cover the science behind the change in marijuana, what it means for addiction rates, how it is now consumed and increased potency rates, as well as how the drug is being marketed at youth. Rhea Parsons, the project coordinator for the Wyoming Association of Sheriffs and Chiefs of Police, said Cort has a dynamic and humorous way of presenting. S...
Risen Son Christian School Principal Cameron Simeral visits with students donating at the school's spaghetti dinner fundraiser. Among other activities at the event, donations could be made to extend the time Simeral must spend on the roof of a building this Friday, and what equipment he gets to take. Overall, the fundraiser generated an estimated $21,600....
