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Shayla Hansen is the new Gottsche Wellness Director. She graduated from the University of Wyoming with a Kinesiology degree, is an ACE Personal Trainer, and certified to perform Functional Movement Screens. Hansen grew up in Yoder, Wyo. where she participated in numerous sports. Fitness has been a big part of her life and she enjoys showing others how fun and rewarding it can be. She will be offering free personal training sessions at Gottsche through June for limited slots. Her goal is create...
Katherine Spatol of Cheyenne, Wyo. and the late Theodore Spatol and Kenneth, and Lesli Person Fitzgerald of Scottsbluff, Neb., and Robert and Debra Grimes of Lorton, Va. are pleased to announce the engagement of their children. Lisa Spatol is a graduate of Hot springs County High School in Thermopolis, Wyo. and a graduate of LCCC of Cheyenne, Wyo. She is employed with Advanced Dental of Cheyenne, Wyo. as a dental hygienist. Brandon Grimes is a graduate of Sherman E. Burroughs High School in...
Coaches, teams, friends and family gathered last week to celebrate the accomplishments of sports and activities at Hot Springs County High School and witness the induction of the 2015 Hall of Fame. Each sport, from football to volleyball, wrestling and cheerleading as well as the music department and speech and debate team gave a recap of their individual seasons before the Hall of Fame ceremony. Allen Bucher Inducted into the Hall of Fame for Male Athlete, was 1980 graduate Allen Bucher, a...
Last Thursday was a day not only of celebration for fifth graders at Thermopolis Middle School who completed the DARE program, but the last ceremony to be presented by long-time program coordinator, Cindy Magelky. Magelky began her career after graduation from college as a teacher, teaching music in the school district for many years. A change in careers brought her to the Hot Springs County Sheriff's Department. Five years after Magelky started with the county, then sheriff DeLloyd Quarberg...
Hot Springs County High School 2015 graduate, Hannah Channel, will be one of two representatives from Wyoming attending the National Youth Science Camp in West Virginia this summer. The camp honors, awards and encourages excellence in science, something Channel intends to pursue as she plans to go into health and medicine in college starting in the fall. Held at Camp Pocahontas in Bartow, West Virginia, Channel will experience lectures from a spectrum of scientific disciplines, have hands-on...
The “Pretty Little DI’ers” are currently attending the National Destination Imagination competition in Knoxville, Tenn., thanks to the generosity of businesses and individuals throughout Hot Springs County. The girls flew from Denver International Airport on Tuesday for the week-long adventure that will include not just the competition, but additional challenges and learning activities with a twist of fun, all at the University of Tennessee campus. Everything kicks off with an Olymp...
Natasha Kozlowski graduated from United State Coast Guard boot camp May 8 in Cape May, NJ. She finished her degree in December, 2014 from Alaska Pacific University with a bachelors in Marine Biology and because of her degree, she graduated as an E-3 Seaman. Kozlowski will be stationed in Newport, RI. She is currently working to become a commissioned officer. She is a 2009 graduate of Hot Springs County High School....
The American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA) recently honored Tobi Homi, administrator at Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Care Center (TRCC) as a 2015 recipient of the ACHCA Eli Pick Facility Leadership award. Homi is just one of 227 recipients of the award which amounts to the top 17% of administrators in the country. The award has taken Homi three years to win, taking into consideration facility survey data, health care, fire safety and complaint surveys as well as top...
Thermopolis native Lacey Mills has been named Outstanding Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Nurse 2015 in Las Vegas at Centennial Hills Hospital. Mills, a 2002 Hot Springs County High School graduate, was nominated by her coworkers at Centennial Hills Hospital in Las Vegas. Centennial Hills is the newest level three NICU hospital in Las Vegas. Following high school, Mills attended Central Wyoming College to become a registered nurse. After earning her associates degree, Mills moved to Las Vegas with...
Jeff Dittmer is in his 30th year of working as the horticulturist at Hot Springs State Park. "You name it, I grow it," he said. And Dittmer said that he had enjoyed his time working here, at one of the few parks in the state that grows their own flowers. Many parks buy their flowers, and some local areas get the leftover flowers from Hot Springs State Park. In fact, Dittmer said the state park has never bought flowers, having grown our own flowers since the rock wall was constructed in the 30's...
Army Pvt. Jonathon P. Burrows has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Benning, Ga. During the nine-week training period, the trainee received instruction in drill and ceremony, weapons, rifle marksmanship and bayonet training, chemical warfare, field training and tactical exercises, armed and unarmed combat, military courtesy and more. Burrows is the son of Derrick Burrows and Shelly Burrows....
Four generations of the Milek family came to the Thermopolis Gun Club Range Sunday to have a private preview of the new range sign and Bob Milek Memorial Plaque. Pictured, left to right, are Monte Love, Heather Love, Dorothy Milek, Donny Love, Barbara Milek, Colton Blakesley, Karsten Milek, Debbie Milek, Bob Milek Jr., Becky Kersten, Brandon Blakesley, Jennie Blakesley and Morgan Blakesley. A public Open House is planned for July 4....
Members of the Ralph Witters Elementary crew include, left to right, Jessyca Rodriguez, Cindy Wallingford, Heather Jones and Ashley Muller....
Members of the high school staff include Holly Love and Tami Redland....
Thermopolis Middle School staff includes Janalyn Sharp, Cindy Matney and Jean Anderson (picture alone)....
Bruce and Sabrina Thoren of Shoshoni, Wyo., and Pat and Shelley O'Connor of Torrington, Wyo. are pleased to announce the engagement of their children. Cortney Thoren is a graduate from the University of Wyoming with her master's degree in counseling. She is employed with Hot Springs County School District as a high school counselor. Ryan O'Connor is also a graduate from the University of Wyoming with his master's degree in Speech Language Pathology. He is employed with Hot Springs County School...
Thermopolis FFA Alumni Association president Phillip Scheel was recognized with an honorary degree during the State FFA Convention on April 10, in Cheyenne. The Honorary FFA Degree is the highest award the Wyoming FFA can bestow upon non-members. “The Honorary State FFA Degree is a very special recognition for individuals who have rendered outstanding service to the FFA and agriculture education,” explained Jess Oldham, FFA State Parliamentarian. Scheel, of Tumbleweed Propane, Inc., has been involved in FFA since he attended high school in Pin...
As part of the ever-evolving effort to keep medical staff up to date at Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital, radiology technician Sabrina Bullard Stucky has been certified as a national registered vascular technologist. "The vascular board is very difficult, and it's one of the most important ones because I'm like one out of 15 in the state of Wyoming that have passed this board," Stucky said. If the standards insurance companies, including Medicare and Medicaid, start using it to grade...
Several teachers were honored Monday night at Hot Springs County School District #1's Retiree and Teacher of the Year Banquet at the middle school. The district will be losing six long-time educators at the end of the year, all of which will be difficult to replace considering their longevity with the district and years of educational experience. Those retiring this year include Janet Philp, Kent Hessenthaler, Madonna McIntosh, Jim Cramer, Deb Law and Ron Philips, who has already taken his...
Amanda Moeller was recently featured in “40 Under 40” in the Wyoming Business Council’s April report. A native of Thermopolis, Moeller graduated from high school in 1995, finishing her schooling at Casper College in 2011. After spending years in Casper working in community development for the city, Moeller made the choice to return to her home town as the executive director of the Chamber of Commerce. “I’d wanted to come home for years,” Moeller said. “I’m a small town girl. I enjoy the commu...
The local Eastern Star Chapter, Vesper No. 19, is completing their current year with a number of special activities. The Easter meeting honored fifty year members and featured a carry-in Easter hat dinner. Current fifty year members are Jeralyn Brown, Ruth Clare Yonkee, Ona Mount and Delores Loughlin (60 plus years); Louis and Virginia Odde and Charlotte Gourley (50 plus years); Margaret Mecca, newest member; and Victorial Allen, centenerian (holds a record 84 year membership. The chapter will close out the year honoring father’s, mother’s and...
