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by Suzanne Samelson Main Street Thermopolis has plans for the spring season, starting with Wyo Wednesday on April 7. The first Wednesday of the month is a perfect day to take a look at the shopping here in Thermopolis. As we move into the spring season, there are many reasons to celebrate this time of year. Among some of the special items available at our local businesses, I have seen the new quilting and related supplies along with a sweet line-up of Easter chocolates and cards at some of the wonderful downtown businesses. Gardening supplies...
Reading a newspaper is a good habit to get into that can provide much needed information about politics, economy, schools, entertainment, sports, businesses, commerce, etc. People who read newspapers enhance their knowledge about information while improving language and vocabulary skills. Public notices in newspapers provide a third-party, independent check to government transparency in a permanent record that can not be altered in the future. Newspapers offer readers a single, convenient location to find out a large variety of information...
There are some rumors going around town about my dog and some other things. I talk to my dog when driving my car or truck. I live alone with little Bull Chop, that is her name. Sometimes I call her good girl and she gets a treat and sometimes I call her little girl in a stern way when she does something I don’t approve of. There is a group and others who do not like Veterans who serve God and Country. We bleed, loose arms, legs and give our lives for our country. These groups and others think us Veterans should get nothing for our service, n...
CyberWyoming releases information on recent scam activity. Residents and businesses are reminded to never give out information over the phone regarding identity, bank account into, social security numbers, etc. Unusual Sign On Activity Business Alert: A Sheridan company reported an email spoofed as their own mail administrator claiming that ‘unusual sign-in activity’ was occurring for an employee. However, the link did not lead them to their Microsoft account but instead to https://main.d2ifct1tuplnsi.amplifyapp.com/index.ht...
Although we doubt there is little chance for success because of the current political makeup in Washington, we applaud Wyoming’s congressional delegation in their continuing efforts to delist the grizzly bear. Both Sen. Cynthia Lummis and U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney last month introduced bills in their respective chambers to delist the grizzlies in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem from the Endangered Species act. Cheney’s bill goes even further with the additional language of prohibiting any judicial review on the decision. If that bill passes, it wo...
The Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce has been working on our strategic plan. We have identified three areas to focus on; Member Relations-Retention and Expansion of our membership, Organization-Our staff, board and volunteers to serve our mission, and Operations-Practice good stewardship. Each focus area meets once a month and each board member serves on one of the focus areas. Focus Area #1 - Member Relations have worked on a list of some of the chamber benefits. This list has been sent out in one of our newsletters last fall and ca...
by Bryan Golden Fear has an evolutionary foundation. The emotion of fear was intended to keep you safe. Fear triggered the fight or flight reflex. When you felt threatened, you would either run from the danger, or fight it head on. Fear remains as powerful an emotion today as it was eons ago. Fear is helpful when it prevents you from taking needless risks. However, fear can lead to acting contrary to your self-interests. Fear often leads to procrastination, or following the wrong path. Debilitating fears include fear of failure, fear of...
by Ken Paulson When government fails, it’s the rare public official who says, “Oops. My fault.”That’s human nature, particularly for officials in the public eye who may have to run for office again. No one wants to be held directly responsible for letting the public down. Case in point is the recent catastrophe in Texas, when unexpected winter storms left 4 million homes without power, ruptured pipes and tainted the water supply for many. Texas’ energy grid essentially collapsed. While Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was quick to blame frozen wind turb...
When the 4-H and FFA programs started in 1902 and 1928, respectively, they were intended to help rural youngsters learn production and record keeping best practices. In those early days it was predominantly hands-on work and production agriculture, although 4-H had many so-called girls’ programs, like sewing, cooking and baking. As the years passed and there were fewer and fewer people on farms and ranches, and more emphasis was placed on young people getting a college education, the clubs faded in popularity in many areas. However, there w...
I read with interest the recent articles in the Independent Record regarding the need for some dumpster replacements. In fact, maybe most of them. It seems that the CI (Capital Improvements) monthly fee of $5 per customer which we have been paying for many years now would have accrued quite a nest egg by now. What better use would CI of $5 be than equipment replacement costs such as this. I know I don’t need to point out that the yearly raises in the water, sewer and sanitation are getting more burdensome all the time. Everything we purchase i...
It has long been the mantra of parenting gurus for adults to monitor social media posts for the children in their lives and have access to their phones. It was for their own protection, to keep them safe from child predators and the like. As the student got older and developed perception, the basic advice was the oversight could be gradually decreased as the child approached adulthood. But recent events have opened that advice to re-examination. One event was the overdose death of the 16-year-old son of a prominent California doctor who gives...
On Tuesday, February 23, President Biden has one minute of silence, lit 500 candles, and had flags lowered to half staff for the 500,000 deaths due to COVID-19. I wonder if he would plan to do the same for the millions of babies murdered by abortion each year. Sincerely, Michael S. Liesch...
by Steven R. Peck, Publisher Riverton Ranger, Feb. 18 The cold-weather emergency in Texas is more than a typical case of warm-weather residents shivering when the temperature drops into the 40s. What’s happening there would be cold for Wyoming, too. But it would be pretty ordinary weather, and it sure wouldn’t paralyze us. If there’s one moral to the story from the bursting pipes, frozen infrastructure and widespread power and water outages that are now stretching into their fifth day in that huge state, it’s this: Hope for the best, but pre...
On January 27, President Joe Biden issued presidential Executive Order 14008, “Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.” In that order, the president directed the Secretary of the Interior to “pause new oil and natural gas leases on public lands . . . pending completion of a comprehensive review . . . of Federal oil and gas permitting and leasing practices . . .”. Two days after Biden’s order, Wyoming’s governor, Mark Gordon, responded with an order of his own. It stated that the pause “will cause immediate and considerable...
One can detect numerous fault lines in our nation’s bedrock core disciplines; educational, legal, medical, political, moral, economic and technological. This imported pandemic from Wuhan, exposed multiple chinks in our national armor. Once President Trump left office, the strongest economy in recent history, raised the boats of nearly every segment of citizens in America, plummeted during the liberty-busting COVID, further exacerbated the moment President Biden breeched the threshold of the Oval Office. Biden’s first one-hundred days will be...
Do you want to know what your city, county and school districts are up to? As a responsible taxpayer and citizen of your community, of course you want to keep an eye on what these governments are undertaking. Where do you go for that information? Do you spend your day logging into the county’s website to find what your county commissioners did about county roads at their last meeting, but can’t find anything about it in their meeting minutes? Next you switch over to the town’s website so you can read about changes in garbage pick-up days and r...
In light of the political turmoil right now, I’d like to add a few comments to the letters already printed in this paper. Something to keep in mind in the midst of the brouhaha – the Constitution was NOT conceived by a like-minded group of individuals. It’s crafting was a the product of much civil (and un-civil) discourse, study and rhetoric, soul-searching, angst, and, yes, compromise. I’m sure that, had social media been around at the time, people wouldn’t have listened to each other and we’d still be using British pounds instead of American...
by Bill Sniffin, Cowboy State Daily Using both tight budgets and a Covid pandemic as excuses, the dumb idea of limiting printed public notices in Wyoming newspapers has reared its ugly head again in the Legislature in Cheyenne. Wyoming citizens should be both outraged at this proposal plus the fact that their taxes are paying for the lobbyists who are pushing for it. Crazy. Here is a fact: There are some people in government who like working out of the public’s eye. They do not like reporters or, worse yet, pesky citizens poking their noses i...
by Brian Nesvik, director of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department For decades, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department has stood out for our ability to successfully manage wildlife on the same shared landscape that mineral development occurs. We’ve done this on Wyoming’s terms, working collaboratively with industry to understand specific development impacts to wildlife. Our approach ensures critical wildlife habitats are protected simultaneous to mineral production. However, the new Presidential Executive Order restricting mineral development doe...
In case you’re unawares, this past Thursday the Wyoming Senate committee advanced Senate File 17, a bill that calls for removing some of the public notices that local governments are required to publish in newspapers. Instead, the bill calls for making cities and counties to provide said information on websites. It has the support of the Wyoming County Commissioners Association (WCCA), as well as the Wyoming Association of Municipalities (WAM). The argument is that this is a way for local governments to save on publishing costs amid ongoing b...
The proposed road tax, HB 37, provides me the opportunity to rant a bit about my observations of wasteful DOT operations. As a long-time user of Wyoming’s roads, I have had many glimpses of the DOT in action. But first I would like to pass along a compliment. That stretch of State Route 120 south of Cody was in bad shape and very uncomfortable to drive on. DOT got around to repaving it and now the road is a pleasure to drive on. Thanks! My criticisms include DOT seeming to select stretches of road that seem just fine but end up getting a lot of...
An open letter to Reprehensive Liz Cheney You can fool some of the people, some of the time, and all of the people, some of the time, but not all of the people all of the time. Wyoming Republican Party voted to formally censure Liz Cheney and demands she resign and return all state political donations. She has refused saying; “Look, I think people all across Wyoming understand and recognize that our most important duty is to the Constitution. And as I’ve explained and will continue to explain to supporters all across the state, voters all acr...
For decades, Wyoming workers and the rest of our country enjoyed a mutually beneficial arrangement. Oil workers and coal miners provided the nation with a steady supply of energy. In return, those workers could count on well-paying, blue-collar jobs that offered an opportunity to buy a home, support a family and send kids to college. That arrangement started to fray over the past decade, thanks in part to structural changes in how the U.S. powers itself. Demand for fossil fuels has been tempered by climate change, new technology and competition...
by Catelyn Deromedi RWE Principal Ralph Witters Elementary school would like to expound on last week’s article written in the Independent Record titled “RWE students struggling”. First and foremost it’s important to recognize that it’s not just our youngest students that COVID closures have impacted. Students across the country have been affected. The important piece to highlight though is, what are schools doing to close the learning gaps that have been created? This fall CNBC wrote an article titled “Half of U.S. elementary and high school...
Socialism has never worked anywhere in the world. Cynthia Lummis stood by president Trump, and America, and I will support her in every way I can. We need to get rid of Mark Gordon and send him back to New York. I will do everything in my power to see that Senator Barrasso and Representative Liz Cheney are never elected again. Those that voted for America to become a socialist nation are a disgrace to Wyoming and America. Anyone supporting taking our guns and not following the Constitution should never serve in public office in America again....
