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Among the incumbents on the ticket for East Thermopolis Town Council is Sybil Hannah, who has been on the council for six years. She moved to Thermopolis in 1996, but was born and raised in Basin and is an active member of the Hot Springs County Senior Center. Prior to moving to Thermopolis, she lived in Kemmerer for 32 years. During her time there she was employed in banking for five years and worked 14 years in the tax and license department of the county treasurer’s office in Lincoln County She would like to see curb, gutter and sidewalks o...
Among the candidates for East Thermopolis Town Council is Debra Lackey. A newcomer on the ticket, Lackey said she’s lived in East Thermopolis since she moved here in 1999, and she wants to be able to voice her opinion. “It’s time for some changes,” she said. She’d like to see some revisions of the town’s ordinances and cleaning up the junked up cars out of people’s yard and driveways. She plans to continue running her businesses, which many people know her through already, and thinks it will be an exciting experience being on the council....
For the 2018 election, the Thermopolis Independent Record is running initial candidate announcements for free as we have for decades. Our policy is to allow up to 300 words for candidates to introduce themselves to voters. This free service is mentioned each week in our letter to the editor policy and was also mentioned in our June 7 editorial. Candidacy announcements will run as they are received on a space available basis. Candidates may submit their announcement to news@thermopir.com, drop it off at our office at 431 Broadway or call us at...
Among the candidates for the two town council seats is Joshua Brown. Brown moved to Thermopolis from Oklahoma about 12 years ago, initially coming here on vacation but then deciding this is where he wanted his kids to be from. His first job got him started in the trades and he is now a master plumber. Also, he is a volunteer fireman and a precinct committee person for the Hot Springs County Republican Party. He said he likes to be of benefit to the community, and his job is not so much about the money as it is about meeting people and helping...
Tony Larson is one of two incumbents who has re-filed for his seat on the town council. Larson said he’s been on the council for at least 12 years, pointing out that in years he planned to take off he won as a write-in candidate. “I’m a lifer here,” he said, further adding his wife was born and raised here and they raised their children here. He’s been employed with NWBOCES for almost 15 years and his wife is a Special Education aide at the high school. Larson said the two biggest issues facing the town are the sanitation and the water iss...
John Fish is among the candidates on the ticket for Thermopolis Town Council. Fish has lived in Thermopolis for nearly 40 years, and he’s been employed at Hot Springs State Park for 26 years, 24 of which he’s served in an administrative position. “Managing the park on a day-to-day basis,” Fish stated, “is like managing a city. You deal with people; 1.5 million visitors come through the park annually. We also contend with law enforcement issues, trash and litter sanitation issues, water distribution services, roads and traffic and signage i...
John Dorman Sr. is one of two incumbents on the ticket for Thermopolis Town Council, and is completing his first four-year term. Dorman and his wife have been in Thermopolis for about 40 years, coming in 1978 to purchase a business, though his wife is from Thermop. They have raised their children here and Dorman said they enjoy the town. As for why he’s seeking another term, Dorman said he would like to see some of the recently discussed projects go forward and finished or at least headed in the right direction, particularly upgrading of the w...
Local business owner Krista Raymond has put her name in the running for town council. Originally from Thermopolis, Raymond attended college in Montana before returning and starting a restaurant. She also flew pipeline, owned a local motel, worked with the Youth Alternatives program and also was an EMT and dispatcher here. After moving to Cheyenne, she worked in the brand recording and research division for the State of Wyoming. “I learned a lot about that level of government,” she noted. Another move took her to Colorado and a job with the Lak...
Tom Christensen is on the ticket for Hot Springs County Sheriff, but it’s not his first time running as he was in the 2014 election as well. A native to Wyoming, Christensen graduated from high school in Newcastle. He noted his grandfather homesteaded there, on a ranch now over 100 years old. He moved to Thermopolis in the 1980s and has been a brand inspector for 12 years for District 3 including Hot Springs, Park, Fremont, Washakie and Big Horn counties. He noted he’s also a been a professionally certified peace officer, detention officer and...
Pat Cornwell is among the candidates running for sheriff of Hot Springs County. Cornwell was born in Powell and raised in Cody until he graduated high school. After getting married and having kids, he wanted a job that had good pay and benefits. He worked in the Park County Sheriff’s Department in the detention center and was later promoted to patrol deputy. Following a short move to Gillette, Cornwell began with the Thermopolis Police Department on Feb. 16, 2003. Among his training, Corwell is a traffic accident reconstructionist and is up t...
The Wyoming Department of Transportation this week issued a reminder that advertising signs cannot be placed in the state rights-of-way. “We’ve seen an increase in the number of signs our maintenance crews are having to remove from the right-of-way fence or from the right-of-way itself,” said WYDOT area maintenance foreman Brian Pittman of Basin. “Wyoming law and WYDOT policy prohibit placement of signs in those areas, so when our maintenance crews come through an area, they pick them up and take them to the area maintenance office. Whoever...
For the 2018 election, the Thermopolis Independent Record is running initial candidate announcements for free as we have for decades. Our policy is to allow up to 300 words for candidates to introduce themselves to voters. This free service is mentioned each week in our letter to the editor policy and was also mentioned in our June 7 editorial. Candidacy announcements will run as they are received on a space available basis. Candidates may submit their announcement to news@thermopir.com, drop it off at our office at 431 Broadway or call us at...
Mike Chimenti is among the candidates filed for mayor of Thermopolis. A Wyoming native, Chimenti was born in Fremont County and raised and educated in Dubois. In 1974, he moved to Thermopolis when he accepted a job with the Thermopolis Police Department. He retired from the Thermopolis PD in 2016, and stated he has no other obligations other than serving the people. “After a two-year break I feel it is time to serve again,” Chimenti stated. “Thermopolis is home and I want to do what is best for the community. I am community oriented and ready...
Rosemary Deseyn is one of the candidates filed for county clerk. A resident for 22 years, Deseyn moved here from upstate New York. She was born in Ohio and received schooling at Kent State University. Of her 22 years here, she’s worked for Hot Springs County for 14 of them, having worked in the county clerk’s office, the treasurer’s office and currently in the district court clerk’s office. Deseyn stated, “I feel I have intensive experience having worked in the three offices. I know the behind the scenes workings that so many people don’t get t...
Among the candidates for Hot Springs County Sheriff is Jeremie Kraushaar. Kraushaar graduated from high school here but moved away for a couple years before returning and working for the Town of Thermopolis prior to joining the Sheriff’s Office, where he’s been for a little over 14 years. Kraushaar noted he has over 2,000 hours of Police Officer Standards and Training (POST) certified credit. Among that training, he said, is a lot of drug interdiction and classification, and he is one of only 60 drug recognition experts in the state. He...
On the ticket for Hot Springs County Sheriff is Daniel Pebbles. Pebbles was born and raised in Hot Springs County and lived most of his life here. In 1986, he hired on as a detention officer and was in the position through 1990 before getting into electrical line work. He came back to law enforcement full time at the Hot Springs Sheriff’s Office in 1992. In his experience with the sheriff’s office, he’s have 5.5 years as a detention officer, 14 as a jail administrator, 10 years as a lieutenant/undersheriff and more than 15 years doing crimi...
Among the candidates in the running from Hot Springs County Sheriff is Michael Nelson. A resident of Hot Springs County for the past 10 years, Nelson is the son of the late Donald and Trenna Nelson, who were longtime residents of the town. As requests came in he decided when 10 people asked him he would consider it; when that number reached 16, he registered. He has 13 years of diverse law enforcement experience based out of south western Wyoming. Among that experience being a patrol officer, field training officer, detective, firearms...
In the June 7 edition of The Independent Record, the story “Local races heat up with close of filing period” listed the candidates in various political races, from the town, to the county, to the state. However, the story listed John Winter and Tim Morrison as Democrat candidates for District 28, when they are actually filed as Republican. The Thermopolis Independent Record apologizes for the error....
Current mayor Mike Mortimore has submitted his name for re-election, though his current four-year term hasn’t been his first. Mortimore was elected to a four-year term the town council in 1986, with the term beginning in 1987. He later served a total of five terms as mayor, back when terms were two years each, with a few breaks in between. 2000-2002 was his final two-year stint before getting out for at least 10 years. He then joined the town council and in 2014 was again elected mayor, this time to a four-year term. Mortimore said it’s not...
Among the candidates for mayor this year is Forrest Coleman-Weisz. An independent contractor since he was 19 years old, Coleman-Weisz said he’s been in a service-based industry and knows how to talk to people. Coleman-Weisz said he is a very civically minded person. “I own a business that’s in the public eye and provides a service. I joined the fire department in 2012 because it’s an all-volunteer fire department and I believe in this town . . . I feel like running for town council or, in this case, mayor is the next step in that. I believe...
Among the candidates for Mayor of Thermopolis is Bradyn Harvey. A Thermopolis native, Harvey said he’s wanted to run since he was a senior, and wants to make as big a difference as he can. Though born and raised in Thermopolis, Harvey moved away for college but was excited to come back to town. Having experienced towns outside of Thermop, he noted “the heart here is outstanding. The general community here is better than most places.” The biggest issue he sees is the drug problem, and he wants to assist the police department and sheri...
Michael Leisch has entered the race for one of two Hot Springs County Commissioner seats. Michael Leisch is a life-long resident of Hot Springs County having grown up in Hamilton Dome. Leisch has been a local business owner for the past 20 years as a certified tax professional (not a CPA), but has also worked in farming and ranching, the oilfield, radio and television and as a postal clerk. He also worked for Lockheed Aircraft as a flight test analysis engineer. A fiscal conservitive, Leisch has served as past president of the Wyoming...
Steve Shay joined the race for county commissioner and intends to retire as Thermopolis Police Chief. Steve Shay came to Wyoming in 1977, courtesy of the U.S. Air Force where he was a criminal investigator until his active duty ended in 1981. Liking the law enforcement side of things, Shay was hired by the Thermopolis Police Department in 1981, serving as an investigator, Sergeant and Chief before leaving to work for R&S Well Service in 1997 as their safety director. Shay returned to the force as Chief for two years before returning to R&S. “I...
Sonja Becker has filed for a position as Hot Springs County Commissioner. A fourth generation Hot Springs County native, Becker grew up farming with her father along the Owl Creek Mountains and is the third generation to run the Becker Family Stock Farm. A 1983 graduate of Hot Springs County High School, Becker spread her wings, traveled abroad, lived in several different states, learned bookkeeping, spent four years active duty as a supply sergeant in the U.S. Army and obtained her Bachelor of Science degree. When she returned home to the...
The political races in Thermopolis and Hot Springs County are heating up as more folks waited until the filing deadline last Friday to sign on the dotted line, putting themselves in the race. Some have remained the same on the county ticket as we reported last week, Daniel Webber for County Assessor, Jerry Williams for County Attorney, Terri Cornella for Clerk of District Court, Mark Mortimore for Coroner and Julie Mortimore as County Treasurer. However, your choices for the two open spots on the County Commission are now Tom Ryan, Steven...
