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To recognize the entrepreneurial spirit driving teachers to meet their students’ distance learning needs at the end of last school year, SONIC® Drive-In matched all donations to DonorsChoose on Teacher Appreciation Day, giving Carbon Kennington, a teacher at Ralph Witters Elementary, $364. Through Limeades for Learning®, $1 million was given to public school teacher requests across the country on Teacher Appreciation Day – Tuesday, May 5, 2020 – supporting their endeavors to provide students with essential education resources. Kennington’s proj...
Audrey Axtell was recently appointed as Wyoming FFA State Treasurer. Due to the COVID-19 situation, the application process was different this year. The application for state officers is usually due at the end of March and then in-person interviews are in April at the state convention. However, because of the COVID-19 situation, the deadline was pushed back to later. Axtell mailed her application two weeks later than the set deadline because it was pushed back. There wasn't a set date for in-per...
Thermopolis Middle School Volleyball coach, Aimee Kay and high school golf coach, Brandon Deromedi earned Coach of the Year honors from the Wyoming Coaches' Association. The pair received their awards through votes from their peers, and normally, they would have received their coach's rings at a formal banquet. However, this year, as things are definitely not normal, the Coaches' Association did a tour instead, hand delivering the 54 rings in 28 schools in 27 towns across the state. Kay and...
Alpha Phi #1148 Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha held the Annual Awards Ceremony and dinner. Awards Chair Jenifer Grimm presented the awards. Perfect Attendance: Carol Andreen, Brenda Barnes, Kim Enis, Ruth Galovich, Jenifer Grimm, Michelle Herring, Stefanie Ireland, Cindy Magelky and Linda Ziegler. 5 Years of Service: Shelly Brown 10 Years of Service: Brenda Barnes 30 Years of Service: Carol Andreen Jewel Pin earned and Pledge of the Year: Stormy Southwell Woman of the Year: Brenda Barnes Outstanding Educational: Linda Ziegler, “Quilt of V...
Austin Barral has been nominated for Junior Ham Operator of the Year for the state of Wyoming. The award is for ham operators 18 years or younger. Zieb Stetler nominated Barral and said he is “One in a Million.” Barral, 16, has a General License. He originally joined the Boy Scouts and got his radio merit badge under Stetler’s counsel and guidance. Barral took two tests for an operator’s license, both at the technician level and the general level, on the same day and passed both tests. Stetler...
The Hot Springs County School District has another educator to add to their long list of award winning staff – Kinley Taylor, winner of the National University System-Sanford Teacher Award as a top inspiring teacher in Wyoming. Taylor, a kindergarten teacher at Ralph Witters Elementary, was surprised by the announcement and will receive $10,000 in recognition of her work supporting student development and achievement. She now joins the ranks with teachers from all 50 states and the District o...
Jacque and Bobbie Reed recently celebrated their 70th Wedding Anniversary. Also known as the diamond or platinum anniversary, it symbolizes a relationship that is truly once in a lifetime. When they met each other Jacque was working for Mountain Bell Telephone Company. He was a lineman stationed in Wheatland. Bobbie was working at the hospital in Wheatland. They met through mutual friends. When asked how did you know you were meant to marry, Bobbie laughed and said, "Well, I don't really know....
A random act of kindness was performed when envelopes showed up at various local businesses with the above note and a $50 bill enclosed. The envelope had no return address on it. Business owners would like the sender to know the gesture was very appreciated....
Former Thermopolis resident, Laura Vietti, is joining other University of Wyoming faculty, students and alumni in a three-part natural history series, “Prehistoric Road Trip”, to be shown on PBS. The three episodes will take viewers through different time periods, focusing on geology, ecology and the environment, covering paleontology and fossil hunting throughout North America. In her segment, Vietti is covering fossilized teeth and how the minerals they are made of can provide insight int...
Kameron Olsen of Thermopolis was among those who earned dean’s list recognition at George Fox University for the spring 2020 semester. Codi Goffena has graduated from Eastern Wyoming College. Stormy Cox was named to Montana State University President’s spring semester honor roll. Wyatt Wright was named to the Dean’s List....
Although the school year has been an odd one to say the least, the Hot Springs County School District still took the time to honor parents and staff as well as announce the Teacher of the Year for 2020 via their webpage. Throughout the year, the district names four Champions for Children based on nominations with the final, Teacher of the Year, named by a select committee. The four candidates and Champions for Children this year were Mary McGillivray, Carrie Ryan, Cassie Hetzel and Lyle Wiley....
Pam Rangel has been named Driver of the Year by the State of Wyoming Transportation Department. She drives the bus for the Hot Springs County Senior Citizens Center. According to the WyTrans qualifications, the Driver of the Year goes above and beyond his or her job description. The award winner exemplifies outstanding customer service, has a positive attitude, excellent attendance and a professional appearance. The winner must have a clean driving record for the previous year. Trenda Moore, the Center’s Director said that “Rangel goes ove...
The Hot Springs County Pioneer Association is pleased to announce the winners of the Jessie C. Thompson Writing Contest within the schools of Hot Springs County. The contest was established by Mr. J.C. Thompson, Mrs. Thompson’s son, in memory of his mother, who was Hot Springs County Superintendent of Schools for many years. Though response was limited this year, due to the Coronavirus restrictions within the school system, a number of students did participate in the contest and we would like to recognize them for their achievement. The w...
Many students at Thermopolis Middle School worked very hard to receive the honor of Straight A’s this 2019-2020 school year. Fifth grade Tristan Armstrong, Ryan Axtell, Olivia Bledsoe, Autumn Cornwell, Ava Dafoe, Trysten DeVries, Kynzie Frederick, Summer Galovich, Teancum Gevas, Morgan Jones, Davien Martinez, Nathan Willie Sixth grade Mesa Allen, Elizabeth Arcand, Cody Bomengen, Lainie Boren, Sharon Burgess, Nolan Collins, Caden Dodd, Jadeth Elder, Kamryn Farrell, Dallyn Griffin, JolieAnne Herring, Cooper Holman, Taylor Ivie, Kamilla J...
Ralph Witters Elementary presented their end of the year awards online this year as the pandemic prevented them from doing the presentations in person. The following are RWE award winners: Kinder Boost Music, Daxton McLean PE, TJ Miramontes Citizenship, Brycen Jones Most Improved Reading, Levi Logan Math Achievement, Kylie Schenck Kindergarten Music – Landen Tillack, Brooklyn Llabres, Gentry Kimes Science – Mackenzie Jones, Ben Farrell, Karlee Messenger PE – Baylee Bears, Aksel Polson, Willow Mortson Citizenship – Jenny Deromedi Most Improve...
The Wyoming FFA was forced to cancel its convention due to Covid19. The convention was to take place April 15-18 in Cheyenne. It was decided to hold an online celebration, the 2020 Wyoming FFA Jubilee. This way they could recognize members and advisors and their accomplishments over the 2019-2020 Wyoming FFA year. They offered videos and online workshops. Several Themopolis FFA Chapter members were recognized as part of the state jubilee. FFA State Degree recipients are: Audrey Axtell, Spencer Axtell, Hunter Bartholomew, Logan Shumway and...
KinDale Andreen graduated from the University of Nebraska College of Education and Human Sciences with a Bachelor of Science in Education and Human Sciences. Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital employees: Rebecca Cornell and Kevin Ryan recently completed a Neonatal Resuscitation Provider Program. The purpose of the program is to acquire current information to improve newborn deliveries....
Mayor Mike Chimenti, under the recommendation of Town Attorney Mike Messenger, appointed Marshall Keller as the assistant town attorney. Messenger said that Keller has been working on the codes for the past five weeks and reviewing the codebook. He wants him to have some authority if Messenger is not available for Town Council or Town Court. Town Engineer Anthony Barnett reported that there was a substantial completion of the raw water bore for the golf course and they finalized the pay estimate...
A local woman has become something of a celebrity after a parody she sang and posted to Facebook went viral overnight. Jenie Borders had had “one of those days” with her kids during this pandemic, and that evening she sat down and sang her own rendition of a Tones and I song, “Dance Monkey.” In the Tones and I rendition, it repeats a phrase over and over, so Borders took that cue with her kids, ages six, five and nine months, saying “hey mommy, hey mommy, hey mommy can we just go and play with friends today?” over and over all day and added ...
The Messenger Law Firm has recently hired a new attorney, Marshall Keller, a former Navy Seal who also has a background in the mining industry. Keller recently passed the bar exam from the University of Wyoming College of Law. He took his exam on February 24. He spent two-and-a-half years at law school preparing for his law license. He will mostly focus on civil litigation and take on some defense work as well. The Court has already talked to him about taking some court appointments and doing...
One of Hot Springs County High School’s speech and debate team coaches was recently honored by the National Speech and Debate Association for exemplary volunteerism to promote speech and debate. Coach Lyle Wiley not only co-coaches the Bobcat team, he serves on the Wind River District Committee, which oversees speech and debate activities for half of the state. According to a press release from the National Association, “Wiley goes above and beyond in service to the speech and debate community at large. Committee member responsibilities inc...
Clover Cheney is a very fun and adventurous seven-year-old who recently received a special bicycle through a fundraiser for children with special needs. Her mother, Jennifer, explained that Clover was born with a rare genetic disorder called Prader-Willi Syndrome. She said, "It's caused by a missing 15th chromosome. It causes disruption in the brain's hypothalamus, which helps keep the body in balance and working as it should. When the hypothalamus isn't working right, the rest of the body is...
by KARLA POMEROY, Editor Northern Wyoming News WORLAND - Grateful to be alive, Lory August of Worland, Washakie County's first COVID-19 case, shared her story Friday of her recovery, a day after getting home. After a 16-day stay in the Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital in Thermopolis, August was released to finish her recovery at home in Worland. Her message to everyone during the COVID-19 pandemic, "You can beat this, be positive, you can survive." Lory August has been battling cancer on...
A 31-year-old man, with ties to Hot Springs County, has died from injuries sustained in a rollover crash northeast of Thermopolis last week, according to Wyoming Highway Patrol. Jesse Tyler was traveling east in a pickup near mile marker 4 on WY 172, when he encountered severe frost heaves on the roadway. According to the investigation, the vehicle crossed the south fog line and Tyler then overcorrected to the north, losing control of the pickup. Tyler was transported by helicopter from Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital to the Wyoming...
Not many people can say they have spent 26 years doing a particular job these days much less doing it in the same town all that time. Pastor Harvey Seidel and his wife, Lois, came to Thermopolis in April 1994 to become the new pastor at First Baptist Church, and after 26 years behind that pulpit, he is retiring. “When we came our church was an older congregation,” Seidel said. “Pastor Pulis had been here 40 years and it was hard to follow a man who pastored that many years.” Before coming...
