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Holy week church services

Easter will be here on April
1, and churches in the area have
shared their plans for services
during Holy Week.
At the Federated Community
Church, there will be a special
service on Thursday, March 29,
starting at 7 p.m.
The Chancel Choir will be
performing during services on
Easter Sunday at both 8 a.m.
and 10:30 a.m.
Risen Son Southern Baptist
Church will be conducting a
sunrise service on Easter Sun-
day at 7 a.m. at 215 Ramsey
Lane, followed by an Easter
Breakfast at the church at
8:30 a.m.
There will also be Sunday
School at 9:30 a.m. and Wor-
ship Hour at 10:45. Please note
there will be no evening service
on Easter Sunday.
St. Francis Catholic Church
will hold Palm Sunday mass
this Saturday evening at 5 p.m.
and again on Sunday at 9 a.m.
Holy Thursday mass will be
at 6 p.m., March 29 with Good
Friday communion at 6 p.m.,
March 30. An Easter vigil will
be held beginning at 8 p.m. on
Saturday, the 31st.
Easter Sunday, mass will be-
gin at 9 a.m.

After school program seeks volunteers

by Mark Dykes
Friday night at Thermopolis
Middle School, the Lights On
Afterschool program hosted a
cribbage tourney, with tables
set up for other games like
checkers and chess. A light
soup supper was also provided,
and players were encouraged to
play against people they didn’t
know and strike up a conversa-
tion during their games.
Julia Scott, the site coordi-
nator with the Lights On pro-
gram, said they are currently
looking for community mem-
bers interested in instructing
a club at the middle school.
Current clubs include art, crib-
bage, cooking, woods, sports,
Makerspace, guitar and Magic:
The Gathering.
Those interested in instruct-
ing a club can choose a topic and
bring their idea to Scott, who
will present it to the students
to gauge how many would be
interested.
Though art is already one
of the clubs, Scott said people
can create clubs for specialized
art styles.
The goal is to have programs
that also provide academic en-
richment. Cooking Is great, be-
cause it takes measurements
into account. Cribbage utilizes
math skills for building hands
and scoring.
Community outreach is one
of the goals for Lights On, Scott
said, and she would really like
to get community members in-
volved to build that relation-
ship with the students so they
can learn about outreach and
community service.
photo by Mark Dykes
Pile it on
People can provide a club for
as little as one day of a particu-
lar week if they choose, but can
also provide that same club one The annual Beer and Brats event at Central Bank and Trust had a good turnout.
day every week. The program Along with the main dish, sides of beans, chips and salads helped the crowd fill
time generally begins around their plates.
3:30 p.m.

Town
a greater burden on the already town is 140db. He likened the area as something of a “pilot” to maintain communications lines, on Broadway the same day, fol- Park and Broadway.
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taxed law enforcement system,
suggesting a $50 fine against
people the first time they have
a chicken at large, a $150 for a
second violation and a two-year
ban on having the animals for a
third. As to them being consid-
ered a nuisance, Butcher point-
ed out there are already people
tying up the system and costing
time and resources, and asked if
the council would ever make a
motion to “ban them.”
Council addressed the issue
of enforcement, with the point
raised about law enforcement
already being stretched. It was
mentioned that if a chicken were
to ever get out of its confined area
it would most likely become a
meal for some animal or person
before it could be captured prop-
erly and returned to its owner.
Another concern Butcher ad-
dressed was the noise, noting
that the sound of a chicken reg-
isters at around 60-70 decibels
(db), where a dog bark is around
90db and a train passing through
decibels put out by a chicken to
a babbling brook or a normal lev-
el conversation between people.
Butcher also mentioned chick-
ens kept responsibly would not
create an overpowering smell
and small backyard flocks have
been shown to actually reduce
the possibility of avian diseases.
Council did present concern
that there would be irrespon-
sible owners who get chickens
simply because they could but
then refuse to take care of them.
As to the pros of allowing ur-
ban chickens, Butcher said it
would increase activity among
the young, those with special
needs and the elderly, help fos-
ter community gatherings sim-
ilar to the farmers market and
community garden. There are
additional benefits as well, he
said, such as organic eggs, high
nitrogen fertilizer weed control,
and low environmental impact.
Though there was indica-
tion the council might approve
of utilizing the small requested
determine if there would be an except where they are restricted. lowing the rodeo. Also during the meeting,
allowance for chickens across Council also approved three Also approved was Resolu- Town Engineer Anthony Bar-
town, council also wanted addi- liquor license applications from tion 451. Mayor’s Assistant Fred nett reported the pre-construc-
tional information before mak- Shorty’s Liquor. One is for the Crosby explained the resolution tion meeting for the water line
ing a final decision. The mat- Rocky Mountain Elk Founda- is a shared process with WYDOT, project has been held and Wil-
ter is expected to be taken up tion Banquet on Saturday, April where the town is within the son Brothers has begun moving
at the council’s second meeting 7 at the fair building, the other 1,500 to 5,000 range and receives in equipment. Ground breaking
in April. two were for the Thermopolis $20 per capita for snow remov- on the project is expected in the
In action Tuesday night, coun- Hot Spot Car Rally, as the event al along Sixth Street, Shoshoni, next week.
cil approved the third and final lasts two days – June 16 and 17.
reading of Ordinance 850, which A street closure was approved
allows RT Communications to
put telecommunications lines
for the PRCA Cowboy Rendez-
vous Rodeo parade at 10 a.m. on
RoundTop Real Estate
Offering services for all your real estate needs
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PUBLIC NOTICE OF READY TO BUILD?
WATER QUALITY ENHANCEMENT
PROJECT GRANT PROGRAM
The Hot Springs Conservation District and Hot
Springs County Planning Office will be con-
ducting a Grant Program for individual water
quality enhancement projects. Qualifying
projects may include, but are not limited to,
the following: exceptional Value: Lots available Crimson View estates.
Lot 3: $29,500, Lots 11 and 12: $34,500 each

Commissioners
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program. More details should be available in the next few weeks.
Lindsey Woodward with Hot Springs County Weed and Pest
requested their second mill from the commissioners in prepara-
tion for mosquito season.
Woodward said the plan is not going to change much from last
season with ground crews, two or three aerial sprays plus ground
fogging in certain areas. Of course, a lot of the work is dependent
on how much water we get through the spring.
If residents are having an issue with mosquitos on their prop-
erty, there are portable foggers that are available for loan from
weed and pest.
In a final piece of business, the commissioners agreed to sign a
letter of support for the Hospital District as they apply for a 30-
year loan from the USDA for reconstruction and building of a new
addition to the hospital.
• Irrigation improvements;
• Ditch improvements; Incredible views from these country lots. All utilities are available in-
• Solar wells; cluding city water, city sewer, and natural gas. Water and Sewer taps
are paid for. Owner financing options are available. Call for details.
• Replacement septic systems.
Crimson View estates
Individual grants will be for no more than fifty
percent of the cost of an improvement, and
each individual grant cannot exceed $2,000.00. When it Comes to Buying or
Grants will be awarded during 2018. Award criteria
will be primarily the project’s ability to improve
Selling Your Home,
groundwater or surface water quality or quantity,
utilizing Best Management Principles (BMPs), and Who You
extra credit will be given to the improvement or
enhancement of protected waters. All candi-
Work With
date projects must be located within Hot Springs
County. MATTERS
This program has been funded by a grant
from the Wyoming Department of Agriculture.
Application forms may be picked up at the
Conservation District Office, 601 Broadway, or

PUBLIC NOTICES... the County Planning Office at 415 Arapahoe

St. (Fourth floor of the Courthouse). Applica-
tions must be received by 5:00 p.m., May 15th,
Mark Manig Broker
Kerri Manig Associate Broker
www.roundtoprealestate.net
READ THEM FOR 2018. For more information, contact Darcy at roundtoprealestate@rtconnect.net
the Conservation District, 864-3488, or Bo at
YOUR PROTECTION! the County Planning Office, 864-2961. 508 ARAPAHOE, Thermopolis, WY 307-864-2252

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