IR Record

Thermopolis
Independent
Town nominated as opportunity zone
by Mark Dykes
During a recent meeting of the Thermopolis
Town Council, Travel and Tourism Director
Amanda Moeller said she did some paperwork
for the State of Wyoming a couple months
ago regarding opportunity zones, noting the
town of Thermopolis was recommended by
the governor to be such a zone.
However, it is still 30 days before the sec-
retary of the treasury will accept the town as
an opportunity zone.
Moeller summarized being accepted as
an opportunity zone acts something like a
new market tax credit program. “If there’s a
large company somewhere else that has capi-
tal gains when they sell their asset, instead
of paying the capital gains [taxes] they can
invest that money into an opportunity zone.
Our community would be one of those zones.”
What this means is Thermopolis could be see-
ing much more investment.
Investments are done through qualified
opportunity funds, which is any investment
vehicle that holds at least 90 percent of its
assets in opportunity zone investments, in-
cluding property within a zone, or stock or
equity in a trade or business that owned or
leased property in a zone.
In order to be eligible, a zone must have
census tracts that show a poverty rate great-
er than 20 percent or median family income
that is less than 80 percent of the statewide
median family income.
Another qualifier is that census tracts must
be adjacent to a qualified low-income com-
munity designated as a qualified opportunity
zone, and median family income of the tract
must not exceed 125 percent of the median
family income of the low-income community
with which the tract is contiguous.
See Town on page 8

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photo by Cindy Glasson

Nothing left
Thermopolis Volunteer Firefighter Rod McQueen at the scene of Tuesday's accident on Hwy. 120, around mile marker 27. The two vehicle, head on collision between a pickup
and a motorhome resulted in the deaths of three adults. According to Highway Patrol, the driver of the pickup, which was traveling in the direction of Thermopolis, for un-
known reasons swerved before over-correcting into the oncoming lane, striking the motorhome. Friends traveling in tandem with the occupants in the motorhome identified
the couple as being from outside the U.S. Highway Patrol has not identified the driver of the pickup as of press time. Small explosions occurred with the wreck as ammunition
from the pickup ignited. Highway Patrol's Crash Response Team was called in to investigate the wreck while the highway was closed for several hours. Road damage at the
scene could take up to a few weeks to repair.

Lawsuit filed against Wyoming Whiskey

by Mark Dykes
In a case filed on Nov. 16 in the Circuit Court
of Cook County, Ill., plaintiff Frank Sacca alleged
that Wyoming Whiskey, as well as Brad Mead,
Katherine Mead and David DeFazio breached a
National Sales Director Employment Agreement.
Though a Wyoming company, the business
has had multiple sales staff in Illinois, directed
considerable efforts to market its product in the
state and has had significant communication
with its employees and other residents in Illinois.
Documents further state Illinois is Wyoming
Whiskey’s second-largest market, with over 1,800
cases sold there in 2016. Additionally the defen-
dants are accused of knowingly and intentionally
directing numerous calls and communications
into Illinois concerning Sacca, his employment,
his compensation and the termination of his em-
ployment, and making decisions regarding Sac-
ca’s compensation and employment that would
affect his job in Illinois.
Therefore the Circuit Court of Cook County
was initially determined to have jurisdiction in
the matter, though the case was transferred to
Wyoming U.S. District Court on Feb. 7. The de-
fendants were served wth Sacca’s summons and
complaint as early as Oct. 14, 2017.
According to allegations in the complaint, Wy-
oming Whiskey and the individual defendants
recruited Sacca from another company in spring
2015, to be the national sales director. Sacca
previously had 27 years experience in distilled
spirits working for other companies, and joined
Wyoming Whiskey in April 2015.
See Lawsuit on page 8

Outdoor Recreation Woman

recommendations
by Cindy Glasson
In the fall of 2016, Governor
Matt Mead asked the Depart-
ment of State Parks and Cultural
Resources to develop an Outdoor
Recreation Task Force to assess,
make recommendations and
address improving Wyoming’s
outdoor recreation sector. Since
that time, the task force, consist-
ing of private business owners,
the Wyoming Outdoor Council,
conservation groups, the forest
service, BLM and others have
created a list of 11 things Wyo-
ming can do to up the ante on
the state’s recreation opportu-
nities. The outdoor recreation
economy has incredible potential
for growth in Wyoming but the
implementation will require lo-
cal leaders to bring businesses,
government agencies, organi-
zations and interest groups to-
gether. The task force realizes
the recommendations they’ve
made are just a starting point
and need to be translated from
suggestions into specific, mea-
surable and attainable goals.
sentenced
to prison
cussion on making this happen.
Businesses are the basis of an
outdoor recreation economy and
attracting and retaining those
entities needs to be a priority. by Mark Dykes
The state will need to look to- Monday in Hot Springs District
ward promoting more geograph- Court, Holly Herrera was sentenced
ically, conceptually and cultur- to three to five years in prison on
ally diverse outdoor recreation each of three counts of child en-
with emphasis on innovation dangerment — exposure to meth-
and sustainability. We need to amphetamine — and one year on a
gather the tools and information charge of second-offense possession
needed for funding and busi- of methamphetamine.
ness development and develop Herrera was found guilty of the
a strategy to recruit outdoor charges in February, which are from
recreation-focused events. Along a July 1, 2017 incident. She and three
with that, we need to maintain juveniles were passengers in a vehi-
and enhance a tax environment cle stopped for not having illumina-
that supports outdoor recreation tion on its rear license plate. Dur-
businesses. Hosting outdoor rec- ing the stop, there were difficulties
reation events can be an impor- in verifying Herrera’s identity and
tant part of growing the indus- the owner of the vehicle. However,
try. Outdoor events, activities a bag believed to belong to Herrera
and conferences will promote was located in the vehicle; inside was
Wyoming as a ‘go-to’ outdoor a pipe that could be used for smok-
destination. ing the drug.
The four prison terms were or-
Recommendation 2 dered served concurrently, and
Wyoming will need to explore concurrent with a four to five year
photo by Dennis Nierzwicki sentence she received in Washakie
and implement innovative fund-

Recommendation 1
Wyoming needs to attract and
retain outdoor recreation busi-
nesses and there was much dis-
ing strategies to enhance the out-
door recreation economy. This
King and queen County for a probation violation.
Herrera was also fined $3,000 on
would include any public and pri- Josi Thurgood was crowned prom queen during grand march Saturday in the each of the three endangerment
school auditorium and using a sombrero in honor of the Cinco de Mayo theme,
Logan Meier was crowned king. See Prison on page 8
See Recommendations on page 8
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On the Record policy
It is the Thermopolis Inde-
pendent Record’s policy that
all people arrested or cited un-
der the “Accidents,” “Sheriff’s
office” or “Police department”
in the On the Record section
are presumed innocent until
proven guilty in a court of law.
Sheriff’s office
Tuesday, May 1
9:06 a.m. Report of a vehicle
passing a school bus.
Wednesday, May 2
4:39 p.m. REDDI report,
though the suspect vehicle was
located and the deputy did not
observe any reason to stop it.
Friday, May 4
8:31 p.m. Report of a vehi-
cle passing a school bus. The
driver was cited.
Saturday, May 5
10:47 p.m. Complainant re-
ported what sounded like gun-
shots. Upon further investi-
gation by Wyoming Highway
Patrol, it was determined the
10:14 a.m. Report of an ag- leaving it. The animal was lat-
gressive dog that chased two er picked up and impounded.
bicycle riders and nipped them. 6:58 p.m. A business pro-
The owner was contacted and prietor reported two subjects
said she had an electric fence acting suspicious.
collar coming for the dog. Thursday, May 3
Monday, May 7 3:33 p.m. Report of a lost
10:11 a.m. Report of a sub- wallet.
ject leaving a business with- 5:26 p.m. Report of a driver
out paying a bill. The subject aggressively passing a vehicle
was contacted and went back south of town and causing a
and paid. rock to fly up and strike the
10:41 a.m. Report of an an- windshield.
telope attacked by dogs. The 7:25 p.m. A subject alleged-
antelope was put down and the ly violated a court order. The
dog owner was warned against matter was forwarded to the
future incidents. county attorney.
12:57 p.m. Report of a sales-
Police department man going door to door offer-
Tuesday, May 1 ing steaks. The subject was
8:59 a.m. Report of a vehicle advised he needed a permit
passing a school bus. However, and he left.
the license plate number pro- Friday, May 4
vided didn’t match the vehicle 1:05 p.m. An officer noticed
description. vehicles were partially block-
12:51 p.m. Complainant re- ing an alley and asked the own-
ported his motorcycle had been ers to move them.
moved. There was no damage 2:06 p.m. A driver was re-
to the vehicle. ported driving at a high speed
5:15 p.m. Report of a two-
vehicle accident in a parking
lot. A state accident report was
completed.
Saturday, May 5
12:25 p.m. Report of er-
ratic driving in the canyon.
The driver was contacted and
spoken to, and warned about
speeding in town.
4:21 p.m. Complainant re-
ported a subject who is intox-
icated. The subject could not
be located.
Sunday, May 6
3 p.m. Officer responded to
a noise complaint regarding a
subject who was drunk and bel-
ligerent in his own yard. The
subject returned inside.
Monday, May 7
12:57 p.m. A trespass notice
was requested and served on
a subject.
5:09 p.m. Report of a male
and female subject who ap-
peared suspicious. The sub-
jects could not be located.
Circuit court
Nathan M. Thomas was
found guilty of driving under
the influence and was sen-
tenced to 13 days in jail was
10 days suspension and six
months unsupervised proba-
tion. Fees and fines are $755.
Marriage licenses
Brett Freese and Kayla
Freese, both of Lander.
Joshua Gambozi and Jen-
nifer Gutierrez, both of Ther-
mopolis.
Birth
Benjamin John Flores was
born Friday, April 27, 2018, at
Hot Springs County Memorial
Hospital to Megan and Rico
Flores of Wyoming.
He weighed 9 pounds, 4
ounces, and was 21.5 inches
long.
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sound was fireworks.
Sunday, May 6
1:57 a.m. Report of a subject
throwing eggs in East Ther-
mopolis. The subject was not
throwing eggs, but was cited
for expired vehicle registration.
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Wednesday, May 2 and passing in no passing
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Exposure determined as cause of death

by Mark Dykes
The body of 66-year-old Da-
vid E. Cathey was found at
w ith the grow
ow
to the time it had been laying. West Gebo, about 6:50 p.m.
The two did not disturb the on Wednesday, May 2. A Hot i
body, notified authorities and Springs County deputy also re-

5:45 p.m. on Thursday, May 3
in the Sand Draw area around
Gebo. According to information
from the Hot Springs County
Sheriff’s Office, Cathey’s body
appeared to have been there
about five to seven days before
it was discovered, and an au-
topsy showed the cause of death
was exposure.
According to the report,
James Mischke and Holden
Hergert were heading through
the area to do some target shoot-
ing when they discovered the
ng
Gr
directed them to where the ceived a call about the vehicle
body was. about a week prior.
A member of Cathey’s fam- However, since the deputy
ily said he had some dementia was contacted directly by a per-
and liked to walk in the area son and not through dispatch
he was found. Prior to Cathey’s there was no incident report.
body being found, a BLM rang- There was no reason to believe
er reported finding a vehicle there was anything suspicious
registered to him parked at about the vehicle.
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Celebrate Mother’s Day

The Second Friday ArtStroll/
Still Strolling Saturday in down-
town Thermopolis, May 11 and
12, will feature art of the hunt art-
ists and celebrates Mother’s Day.
Stroll hours on Friday evening
are from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Art-
Stroll continues Saturday during
regular business hours. This is a
good opportunity to see some new
art and artists and to shop for the
favorite “mom” in your life.
This month’s Stroll also wel-
comes the opening of Sallie We-
saw’s Blue Bison Fine Arts Gal-
lery, at 515 Arapahoe.  Wesaw
works in many media and has
created a new street-level space
to showcase her art. She taught
for many years in Riverton and
her work covers a broad array of
art styles and subjects.
Stop by down the street to learn
about new crafts from kits, in-
cluding Diamond Dotz. See how
to get the look of needle point and
quilting without sewing and see
how people have made their own
clothes and household items. An-
drea Linn and friends will also be
demonstrating knitting and cro-
chet and Susan Langford will be
talking about healing oils
A featured monthly artist this
month is Ronald Roemmich. Ro-
emmich works in metal and
makes models of trucks, min-
ing equipment, and decorative
objects.  He has won awards at
the Fremont County Fair for his
craftmanship.
View Rita Bishop’s painted
feathers and wildlife paintings on
saws, along with Angela Siems,
with new work portraying the
hoodoos just outside of Shoshoni.
Look for the High School Stu-
dent Art Show, curated by Jen-
nifer Emery, the lead art teach-
er for Hot Springs County.  In
Jennifer’s words, “Art education
teaches children that problems
can have more than one solution
and questions can have more than
one answer.  I believe art class
does not exist to produce artists,
rather it celebrates that there are
many ways to see and interpret
the world around us”.  Learning Foundation and Smok-
There will also be a pre-Moth-
er’s Day Bake Sale by the Hospi-
tal Auxiliary to benefit Hot Spring
County Memorial Hospital.  In
addition, there will be jewelry
by Ana Mosser and repurposed
Items by Barb Rice
Still Strolling Saturday con-
tinues the ArtStroll with artist
shows in downtown business-
es.  Stroll to Big Horn Federal
Meeting Room at 2 p.m. for the
monthly Hot Springs County
Historical Association presen-
tation. Mark Harvey will give a
presentation about the Johnson
County War of 1892.  Light re-
freshments will be served and
the presentation is free.
Stollers are encouraged to pick
up a map at any stroll business
to find the location of artists and
musicians. Return the map to the
host business, Blue Bison Fine
Arts Gallery, at 515 Arapahoe, at
the end of Friday evening’s stroll
to be entered to win a piece of art
work donated by the artists.
The Second Friday ArtStroll
and Still Strolling Saturday are
organized by Hot Springs Greater
ing Waters Art Guild with ad-
ditional help from Main Street
Thermopolis, Hot Springs Travel
& Tourism and local businesses.

Proof dinosaurs could

heal from injuries
Ryan J. Clayton of Notting-
ham, UK recently published an
academic paper on a specimen
with some peculiar pathologies at
the Wyoming Dinosaur Center.
Clayton stated he volun-
teered/interned at the center in
the summer of 2013. He started
university to do his undergradu-
ate degree in Natural History in
2014 and in 2017, the final year,
he had to do a dissertation. He
asked the center if there were any
projects he could do and was told
Diplodocus, as well as the second
sauropod, to ever be described
with a disease called Osteomyeli-
tis. Further, this may be the first
dinosaur ever described as hav-
ing enthesitis, or a muscle tear.
Clayton further speculated
this enthesitis may have been
the result of Oozie being stomped
in the crotch. According to the
abstract of his paper, Clayton
stated “the main hypothesis of
this study is that a Diplodocus
was injured, resulting in a vari-
bly being purulent, and the right
pubis shows evidence of healing
after fracturing due to the pres-
ence of a callus. Osteomyelitis photo by Cindy Glasson
may have occurred in a growth
from a pubis and enthesitis on the
Chief for 15 years
left femur, causing an extension Thermopolis Volunteer Fire chief, Mark Collins, was presented an award on Tues-
to the fourth trochanter on the day night as the longest-running chief in the department’s 99-year history. Collins
left femur from muscle strain. has been chief for 15 years. In the background, his children are on face-time so
“The extension of the fourth they could see dad get his award as well.
trochanter on the left femur sug-
gests that the m. caudofemoralis
longus on the left femur was also
damaged by the injury, and the

about some bones with strange
features.
“At first it was assumed this
could be a new species,” Clayton
said, “but my research shows
that this dinosaur was actually
hurt really badly.” The specimen
is referred to as “Oozie” the Di-
plodocus.
Clayton stated his research
shows Oozie might be the first
Gottsche Wellness’
ety of paleopathologies. Several healing process involved fibrous
bones have unusual pathologies, entheseal changes to strengthen
such as a left pubis bone with the muscle attachment site. It
an abnormal growth and a left
femur with an extended fourth
trochanter.
remains unknown if it was dam-
aged in the same impact injury
or from a different, unrelated
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“Pathologies present in these
bones suggest an injury from an
scenario.”
Clayton’s paper, which goes Ears Hot Springs State Park
unknown cause, which the Di- into further detail on his research Questions? Saturday, May 19
plodocus survived. The left pubis and findings, is available online
11-8 p.m.
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The Big Horn Basin Chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
wishes to thank everyone who attended our 14th Annual Banquet.
Special thanks to the following individuals and businesses who supported us with their generous donations.
We couldn’t do it without you! Please help us thank these businesses for their support by giving them your patronage.
When you visit their businesses, thank them for supporting RMEF! Elk country is a better place because of all of you.
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Al Singleton Shooting Sports Services, LLC Tracy Kaness
Bass Pro Shops Jadeco Renegade Guns Trudi Ost
Big Horn Basin Joe and Alice Faye Road Runner Services Tumbleweed Propane
Committee Members Kordonowy and Supply US Bank - Worland
Big Horn Federal – Kennedy Ace RL Hudson, Land Vicklund Pharmacy
Thermopolis Hardware Surveyor White Horse Country
Black Bear Catering Koerwitz, Rumors Sports Store
Bloedorn Lumber - Worland Michel, Bar and Grill WOW Discount Store
BZ Quarter Horses Wright and Russ and Judy Wyoming Whiskey
Cabela’s Assoc. Kaness
Canyon Concrete Mack’s Market Senator John Barrasso Save the dates
Canyon Sporting Goods Mary Margaret Shorty’s Bar • Women for WildLife,
Carquest - Thermopolis Nutter SkillsUSA,
Worland Elks Club,
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You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. Christine Anderson Messenger and Team • Banquet & Auction,
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. Cloud Peak Veterinary Overfield Tanager Hot Springs County
You cannot help little men by tearing down big men. Custom Metal Works Nature’s Corner Beverage Fairground,
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hatred. Dr. Bomengen Owl Creek Ranch Tharp Veterinary
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. Dr. Weyer Foundation The Outdoorsman
You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money. Eddie Wold Owl Creek Veterinary The Shoppe
You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn. Engineering Associates Owl Lumber The Storyteller
You cannot build character and courage by taking away men’s Flying Eagle Gallery Paintbrush Dental Thermopolis Café
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Our view Blast from the Past

Make mom
feel special
This Sunday, we celebrate the ones who brought
us into this world, the matriarchs, the ones who
kissed our booboos, read us stories, gave us treats
and toys when we were good but whose wrath
knew no bounds when crossed. It’s a day for moms.
When considering Mother’s Day presents, there
is plenty to take into consideration. Flowers, can-
dy and jewelry top the list, but it’s important to
make sure the blooms are her favorite color or
type, the chocolates are extra sweet and the gem-
stones and setting are the ones the special lady
of your life prefers — not to mention whether
she likes silver, white gold or traditional yellow.
Then there are the meals to consider, whether
it be taking mom out to her favorite restaurant
for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
While purchased gifts and going out are cer-
tainly a way to tell your mom just how much you
appreciate her, there are other ways to make this
day special. If you can, pop in for a visit, planned
or surprise, and sit around catching up. A phone
call — NOT a text message — to catch up with
what’s going on in each others’ lives even if it’s
been days, months or even years can mean the
world.
Got kids who are a bit unruly? Offer to take
them for the day and give mom a break from the
yelling, hitting, whining, begging for toys, etc.
No kids? Take care of anything that needs to be
done around the house, even those jobs at which
you might wrinkle your nose. No jobs to do? Give
mom a pampering with a foot rub, maybe a spe-
cial outdoor picnic or, at the very least, control
over the Netflix choices for the day.
The point of the day is specifically to make From the May 11, 1995, Thermopolis Independent Record.
moms feel special. While gifts bought at the store
definitely can do that, keep in mind that some-
times just the little things can mean the most. Letter to the editor

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Teacher Appreciation Week
You can go on the internet and find a spe-
cial day or special week for almost anything
these days, from National Hamburger Day to
National Coloring Book Day, but for all of us,
one of the most important should be Teacher
Appriciation Week.
Let’s face it, without a teacher you wouldn’t be
able to read this. Without a teacher, I wouldn’t
be able to write this.
I have had four special educators in my life
that I appreciate on just about a daily basis,
not just for what they taught me in the class-
room, but for the life lessons gained outside the
classroom.
William Malloy was my band instructor. I
not only learned music and a love for jazz and
Dixieland, but learned to work as a team. Sum-
mers marching the streets of Thermopolis are
the best memories I have from my childhood.
help and compassion over the last few weeks
with regard to my property that was stolen. I
really appreciate your help and dedication to
I learned discipline and strength. I learned to
appreciate the joy brought to others through my
performances. All these years later I still have
a hard time not walking in step when I hear a
marching band. “I love a parade. I have to. I’m
in the band.”
Karl Allen taught me civics. I understand
the basis of different religions because of Mr.
Allen’s teachings. I have an open mind and am
not afraid to speak that mind because he showed
me I could be a strong, independent female. The
lessons he passed on, from the Kennedy assas-
sination to Hitler, have molded my views of the
world. “If we do not learn from the past we are
bound to repeat it.”
Dr. Jeb Schenck was my science teacher.
While science wasn’t my greatest subject, he did
teach me an appreciation for things like volca-
nos and why rock formations look a certain way.
the citizens of this community.
Bob Blacketer
My children thought I was brilliant because I
knew what kinds of rocks they were bringing
me...all because of Dr. Schenck. Now, his teach-
ing continues with me as he and I discuss pho-
tography. “Once a teacher, always a teacher.”
Christy Wigren was my speech coach way
back when. She was also my English teacher.
Because of her, I wanted to be a teacher and
a speech coach. Her work with me as a coach
and through drama taught me that I could be
myself, that I could do silly voices and people
would laugh. I could write. While teaching went
by the wayside, I have used that writing skill
to my advantage for 40 years. And I guess I’ve
turned out to be a pretty good speech coach,
too. “You are only limited by your own mind.”
Appreciate those who have brought you to
where you are.
Thank you educators, for all you do for all of us.

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Obituaries
Beth Legg
Beth Legg, 52, of Worland, Wyo., passed away April 30, 2018.
Beth was born May 24, 1965, to James Legg and Ann (Mill-
er) Legg in Vermillion, S. D. She spent her summers in Bartles-
ville, Okla., with her beloved Grandma Dorothy and Grandpa Rip
where she developed a love of roses, cooking, and laughter. Bethy
shared her grandma’s compassion for those who
are hurt, poor, and forgotten. She earned a de-
gree in special education from the University of
Wyoming, and she spent many years teaching
in Wyoming. She believed strongly in being a
teacher and friend to her kids, and she happily
gave her time to many who “nobody else want-
ed.” Bethy also spent many years volunteering
her time as a youth counselor and mentor with
the Episcopal Diocese of Wyoming. She met many
kids over many years that remained her friends.
When looking back over her time, Bethy wrote
“Do something small today, tomorrow, and the rest of your life to
bring a smile to someone’s face, joy to their heart, and kindness
to their soul. Love is abundant.”
On July 21, 2010, she married Gerald Dewey. They made their
home in Worland where they could be always be found laughing
and teasing one another. Beth happily became a proud part of Ger-
ald’s family, and she was grateful for the kindness shown to her
by Jim and Geri, her brother-in-law and sister-in-law in Casper,
in her final months. In her last days, she was cared for and sur-
rounded by her husband, Gerald, and her loving family and friends,
including her two nephews, Tigger and Eli, her “beautiful boys.”
Bethy was a wife, sister, aunt, teacher, gardener, vestry mem-
ber, maker of cookies, artist, writer, storyteller, joke collector, ad-
vocate, counselor, and comforter. She was a gentle soul who of-
ten said love isn’t love unless it’s given. She gave so much love to
so many during her life. She was sustained by her faith in God’s
promise. In her last moments, she asked her brother to recite a
birthday prayer for her, knowing in her beautiful heart the peace
that passeth all understanding would abide all her days. Like her
father, Bethy believed the best way to honor the dead was to take
care of the living. photo by Mark Dykes
Beth is survived by her husband, Gerald Dewey, of Worland;
mother, Ann Legg of Worland; sister, Amy (Scott) Legg-Rogers of
History brought to life
Windsor, Colo.; brother, James R. (Shana) Legg, III of Sioux Falls; Jarek Sorenson as Reginald Punnett and Josiah Butler as William Bateson speak about their role in genetic stud-
nephews, Tigger (James IV) and Eli; and numerous aunts, uncles, ies during the Thermopolis Middle School’s Living Wax Museum last week.
cousins, students, and friends. She was preceded in death by her
father, James.
Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be held at

TMS, HSCHS complete WY-TOPP tests

Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Thermopolis on Saturday, May
19 at 10 a.m.
The family asks that you make a donation to the charity of your
choice in lieu of flowers. Online condolences may be shared with
the family at www.HoranCares.com. by Cindy Glasson teachers and students to famil- pire test, a ninth and 10th grade ing individual student growth.
Students at Thermopolis Mid- iarize themselves with how ev- version of the ACT. “We feel this assessment is
William ‘Bill’ Reed dle School and Hot Springs Coun-
ty High School spent last week
erything was going to go, so there
were no surprises in how to take
Unfortunately, now the teach-
ers have to wait until mid-sum-
more individualized for students
and gives teachers critical feed-
William “Bill” Taylor Reed, 83, of Worland, passed away May taking the latest Wyoming State the tests or their format. mer to find out what student back on the skills and concepts
6, 2018, at Thermopolis Rehab and Wellness Center. Assessment tests, WY-TOPP, Some of the testing sessions scores were. the students learn during the
Bill was born November 2, 1934, in Sheridan, Wyo., to Thom- which replaced PAWS testing were rather long, some taking up The Wyoming Department school year,” she said. “MAP al-
as and Alice (Hebbert) Reed. He attended school in Sheridan, this year. to three hours to complete, such of Education scores all the tests lows students to set individual
Wyo. Bill enlisted in the Navy in 1952 and served with honor on Taken completely online, stu- as math and reading. and then sets a ‘cut score’ on a growth goals and track their own
the USS Iowa and the USS TE Chandler. He spent 38 months in dents had to complete all of the Daniels said next year they bell curve. This means that all progress over the course of the
Korea serving his country.  sections electronically, while may pause the test to give stu- students across the state will de- school year.”
He married Marian (Andrews) on July 27, 1956, in Casper, Wyo. PAWS had been strictly paper dents a break in the middle, but termine the high and low end of Of course, ACT will remain the
They were married for 50 years before Marian passed in 2006. They and pencil the last few years. this year everything was new and the scoring scale and not all stu- focus at the high school.
lived in Casper until 1961 when they transferred with Mountain Every student from fifth to they had no idea how long things dents are going to be considered Ninth and 10th graders will
Bell to Worland. Bill worked for Mountain Bell, 10th grade had to test in read- were going to take. proficient. continue to take Aspire each year
US West, and RT Communications for 40 years. ing and math, while science was “The state had advertised the The school will be using the as a practice test for the ACT
He retired in 1996 from the phone company. They added for eighth graders and 10th time needed as approximately scores to help monitor the curricu- which they will take their junior
opened the DayLight Donut Shop in Worland in graders. 90-120 minutes,” Daniels said, lum and the rigor of its own class- year. The ACT determines their
1974 and ran it until 1983.  For the first time in many “but we found that our students room assessments. WY-TOPP Hathaway scholarship eligibility
Bill liked to hunt, fish, camp and golf. Bill fol- years, fifth, seventh and ninth wanted to give a solid effort and won’t be as useful for monitoring and is used by many colleges for
lowed all his boys to their sporting events and grades had a writing component were willing to take their time to individual progess of individual entrance.
attended every sporting event he could make it as well. PAWS had phased out answer the questions.” students this year because it is “The best part about the test-
to. He continued attending sporting events for the writing test on the high school Being online, some of the as- new, but will be helpful again in ing sessions is seeing the pride our
his grandchildren too. He loved meeting all the level, but WY-TOPP added it back sessment items were more inter- the coming years. students take in their work and
retirees from work at McDonald’s in the morn- in this year. active, with diagrams, allowing Daniels said they still use Mea- their willingness to give a best ef-
ings for coffee. High school and middle school students to write their own short surement of Academic Process, fort,” Daniels said. “We are very
Bill is survived by his sons, Taylor (Connie) of Glenrock, Gorde principal Breez Daniels said over- responses and drag and drop or MAP testing as the nationally proud of our students and their
(Connie) of Worland, and Marty (Pam) of Thermopolis; sister, Jane
(Reed) Weber of Casper; 10 grandchildren; and 8 great-grandchil-
dren.
Bill was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Marian; and
all, the testing sessions went
smoothly.
WY-TOPP had modular and
items, not just multiple choice as
PAWS has been.
On the high school level, Dan-
normed assessment tool for track- academic work ethic.”
#
interim assessments throughout iels said many of the students felt
sisters, Alice and Jean. the school year which allowed this test was harder than the As-
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sat., May 18, 2018,
at the First Southern Baptist Church in Worland. Visitation will
be held at the church one hour prior to services. Burial will follow
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Bobcat teams set records in 1600 meters
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by Mark Dykes Additional girls results include:

Though Friday saw the final regular season meet for the
Hot Springs County High School Track and Field team with
the Bobcat Invite, it was the first meet in which Cullen Becher
was able to compete, having been released to do so. Becher
underwent some minor knee surgery earlier this year.
Coach Ernie Mecca said it was great to see the senior get-
ting to compete, and noted Becher will be competing at Re-
gionals this coming weekend. Becher took 11th in the 800
meters with a time of 2:17.81.
Though Becher is back to competing, Mecca noted anoth-
er senior, Logan Meier, suffered a foot injury and is out for
the season.
Becher’s return to the track wasn’t the only highlight of the
Bobcat Invite, as both the boys and girls 1600 meter medley
relay teams set school records. The girls team of Sesi Jensen,
Haley McDermott, Aspen Jensen and McKenna Bomengen
had a fourth place time of 4:49.12 and the boys team of Jesse
Skelton, Jaxson Jensen, Sean Miller and Kolby George had
a third place time of 3:54.55.
Additionally, the girls 4x800 relay team of McDermott, Tah-
ja Hunt, Olivia Weyer and Aspen Jensen had a second place
time of 10:43.41, which is an automatic qualifier for state.
Eight personal records were made by the girls team as
well, with Ashley McPhie’s 17th place time of 20.54 in the 100
meter hurdles and 19th pace time of 58.92 in the 300 meter
hurdles, Brianna DeVries’ 29th place time of 14.52 in the 100
meters and 19th place time of 30.44 in the 200 meters, Bo-
mengen’s third place time of 5:44.20 in the 1600 meters, and
Dayna Sandberg’s 13th place time of 71.20 in the 400 meters
and 22nd place time of 30.63 in the 200 meters. Sandberg also
had a personal record of 68.66 in the 4x400 relay.
The boys team had eight personal records also, with Jarron
Mortimore’s 13th place height of 5’6” in the high jump, 14th
place time of 20.01 in the 110 meter high hurdles and 15th
place time of 48.30 in the 300 meter hurdles, Ethan Becher’s
fifth placed time of 42.42 in the 300 meter hurdles, Skelton’s
18th place time of 49.05 in the 300 meter hurdles and George’s
fourth place time of 11:15.35 in the 3200 meters.
Skelton also had a personal record of 57.17 in his leg of the
4x400 meter relay and George had a personal record onf2:07.74
in the 800 meter leg of the 1600 medley.
Ashley McPhie – triple jump 10th 29’5”
Sesi Jensen – triple jump 12th 29’1”, long jump ninth 14’4”
Haley McDermott – pole vault second 8’3”
Olivia Weyer – pole vault fourth 7’3”, 400 meters 25th 1:16.29
Halie Weber – shot put 28th 26’4”, discus 33rd 58’8”
Dani Pebbles – shot put 48th 20’10.5”, long jump 38th 9’8.5”
Kaylee DeVries – 100 meter hurdles 13th 19.19, 100 me-
ters 33rd 14.80, 200 meters 30th 31.27
Brianna DeVries – 100 meters 29th 14.52, 200 meters
19th 30.44
Aime Robinson – 100 meters 32nd 14.76, 300 meter hur-
dles 16th 57.03
Sequoia Fishbaugh – 100 meters 41st 15.43, 200 meters
41st 33.34
Tahja Hunt – 1600 meters fifth 6:04.02
Jazmen Jensen – 1600 meters 19th 7:00.77, 800 meters
22nd 3:11.42
Dayna Sandberg – 400 meters 13th 1:11.20, 200 meters
22nd 30.63
The 4x100 team of Sandberg, Robinson, Kaylee DeVries and
Brianna DeVries placed fifth with 56.27. The 4x400 team of
Robinson, Bomengen, Aspen Jensen and McDermott placed
fourth with 4:32.10.
The girls team took fourth place with 47.5 points
Additional boys results include:
Miller – triple jump 17th 35’0.75”, long jump 25th 16’10.25”
Logan Shumway – triple jump 28th 32’7”, high jump 18th
5’4”, 100 meters 41st 13.75
Jensen – triple jump 29th 32’2”, 100 meters 35th 13.14,
200 meters 30th 27.12
Logan Cole – shot put eighth 41’8”, discus 18th 106’8.5”,
long jump 22nd 17’1.5”
Chance Huffstetler – 100 meters 17th 12.38, 200 meters
32nd 27.22
Ethan Becher – 300 meter hurdles fifth 43.21
Cullen Becher – 800 meters 11th 2:17.81
Blake Williams – 200 meters 18th 25.64 photo by Dennis Nierzwicki
The 4x100 team of Huffstetler, Cole, Williams and Ethan
Becher placed fifth with 47.22. The 4x400 team of Ethan Becher, Flying over
Mortimore, Skelton and Miller placed third with 3:45.50. Jarron Mortimore leaps over the hurdles at the Bobcat Invite this
The boys team took 12th place with 26 points. past Friday.

Middle school tracksters headed to Best of the Best
photo by Dennis Nierzwicki
by Mark Dykes
The Thermopolis Middle School Track
and Field team hosted the conference meet
here on Saturday, and coach Stephanie Metz
said the team had a lot of good runs. Fifteen
team members will see action at the Best of
the Best meet on May 8 in Lander.
Among the Best of the Best competitors
are: Dazlynn Hunt in the 200, 400, 800 and
1600; Kaitlin Barral in the shot put; Ethan
Music in the 100 hurdles and 200 hurdles;
Jayci Basse in the 100 hurdles, 200 hurdles,
100 and 200; Lexi Overfield in the 800; Gavin
Shumway in the triple jump; Elijah Skleton
in the pole vault; Julie Johnson in the long
jump and 400 meters; Hallie Martinez in the
1600 meters; Wyatt McDermott in the 1600,
800, 100 and pole vault; Landen Sosa in the
1600 and 800; Matt Music in the 800; Rylen
Davis in the 100 hurdles and 200 hurdles;
and Tristin Brown in the long jump.
Ayden Cox will also be competing in the
4x400, with McDermott, Sosa and Brown
making up the rest of the relay team.
Editor’s note: The results for last week’s
meet are taken from runnercard.com
Sixth Grade Girls
Jayda Griffin – 1600 meters second
6:36.81, 400 meters sixth 1:20.48
Jillian Kyle – 100 meter hurdles sixth
20.82, 100 meters 12th 16.12, 200 meter
hurdles third 37.85, 200 meters 10th 33.88
Joely Mounts – 100 meter hurdles 12th
21.82, 100 meters 10th 15.87, high jump
third 3’10”
Charlee Oliver – 100 meter hurdles 13th
25.27, long jump 15th 9’4.5”
Dazlynn Hunt – 100 meters seventh 15.36,
200 meters third 30.93, high jump ninth 3’6”
Kaia Galovich – 400 meters 11th 1:25.34,
200 meter hurdles seventh 46.09
Kori Linton – 400 meters 12th 1:32.56,
long jump 13th 10’9.5”
Brianna Lackey – 800 meters 10th 4:15.88,
high jump 10th 3’4”
Kaitlin Barral – shot put second 23’1.75”,
discus seventh 50’1”
15th 11’5.5”
Ty Peterson – 1600 meters ninth 6:26.32
Jessen Basse – 1600 meters 11th 6:26.60,
100 meter hurdles 10th 23.39, 800 meters
11th 3:08.51
Ethan Music – 100 meter hurdles first
18.34, 200 meter hurdles 32.81, 200 meters
second 29.19
Kanyon Gerber – 100 meter hurdles ninth
22.48, 400 meters 13th 1:20.43, 800 meters
12th 3:16.83
William Coale – 100 meters eighth 15.25,
200 meters fifth 30.82, long jump first 14’1”,
high jump third 4’2”
Jesse Rodriguez – 100 meters 15th 16.57,
Jesse Rodriguez 12th 41’4”
Luke Breckon – 100 meters 16th 17.26,
400 meters 15th 1:26.86
Seth Needham – 400 meters ninth 1:13.34,
200 meter hurdles fourth 37.47
Chris Bapst – 200 meter hurdles ninth
43.76
Sean Slagle – shot put second 26’2”, dis-
cus third 65’11”
Mason Reese – shot put eighth 19’10.5”,
discus ninth 48’8.5”
The 4x200 relay team placed third with
a time of 2:22.22
Seventh Grade Girls
Jayci Basse – 100 meter hurdles 10th
20.86, 100 meters fourth 14.68, 200 meter
hurdles second 34.33
Lexi Overfield – 100 meter hurdles 12th
21.41, 800 meters fourth 2:47.49, long jump
ninth 11’4”
Brooklynn Cooley – 100 meter hurdles
15th 24.09, long jump 16th 10’, high jump
10th 3’8”
Sydney Jacobsen – 100 meters 17th 16.75,
200 meters 18th 34.90, long jump 18th 9’1.5”
Saraiya Sosa – 400 meters 14th 1:18.78,
shot put 12th 16’4.75”, discus 13th 45’9”
Brooklynn May – 400 meters 16th 1:24.96
Isabella Gerber – 200 meters 20th 37.77,
shot put 15th 13’5”, discus 14th 38’2.5”
The 4x100 relay team placed seventh with
a time of 1:10.91. The 4x200 team placed
Ben Wallace – 100 meters 20th 17.71, shot
put 13th 18’1.75”, discus 14th 46’2”
Elijah Skelton – 400 meters 11th 1:08.66,
long jump 18th 11’11”, pole vault fourth 7’
Gavin Shumway – 200 meters ninth
30.24, triple jump fifth 30’11”, high jump
seventh 4’3”
William Robinson – discus 12th 47’7”
The 4x100 relay team placed fifth with a
time of 1:05.46. The 4x200 team placed sixth
with a time of 2:08.53.
Eighth Grade Girls
Hallie Martinez – 1600 meters fourth
6:09.48, 800 meters sixth 3:00.99, triple
jump fifth 26’4.75”
June Wedor – 100 meter hurdles 14th
26.70
Caydence Becher – 100 meters 17th
16.19, long jump ninth 11’6”, triple jump
sixth 26’2.5”
Julie Johnson – 400 meters third 1:08.65,
200 meters fourth 30.37, long jump third
13’7”, high jump second 4’3”
Shelby Vincent – 200 meters 12th 36.91,
shot put 13th 15’9.25”, discus 13th 50’4.5”
Eighth Grade Boys
Wyatt McDermott – 1600 meters first
5:03.55, 800 meters first 2:14.11, pole vault
second 9’
Rylen Davis – 100 meter hurdles sixth
18.01, 200 meter hurdles fifth 32.05, 200
meters 16th 30.64
Cole Christiansen – 100 meters 10th
13.59, long jump sixth 15’2”
Landen Sosa – 100 meters 11th 13.60,
400 meters sixth 1:00.45
Ayden Cox – 100 meters 13th 13.84, 200
meters eighth 27.40, high jump 10th 4’6”
Matt Music – 400 meters ninth 1:01.26,
800 meters seventh 2:26.46, 200 meters 13th
29.34, high jump ninth 4’8”
Tristin Brown – 400 meters 10th 1:02.21,
long jump third 15’6”, high jump 13th 4’6”
Hazen Thurgood – long jump 15th 12’6”,
shot put 18th 29’9.5”
Austin Barral – shot put ninth 34’5.25”,
discus 12th 86’4”

Lane leader
Xoey Rich – shot put fourth 22’, discus
first 55’2”
Sixth Grade Boys
Jessen Basse keeps ahead of his competition at the middle Ethan Crow – 1600 meters seventh
school conference meet last Thursday. 6:08.94, 200 meters 11th 31.63, long jump
fifth with 2:20.89. The 4x400 team placed
fifth with a time of 4:57.20.
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Tanner Jensen – 100 meters 19th 16.91,
long jump 19th 11’
Carson Kenast – shot put 17th 31’1”, dis-
cus 17th 79’4”
Michael Slagle – discus 19th 60’2”
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time of 3:58.36

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FFA, community members honored at banquet

Monday night saw the 80th an- lection. ers. Ferree advanced on to region- coach the Vet Science team this Johnson, Monte Love, Emme Nor- are inducted in the FFA. This
nual FFA Awards Banquet, with •The Junior High Livestock als but was short of making it to year. This is a new contest and sworthy, Audrey Axtell and Chase year, honorees include Bob and
25 members and 152 guests in Judging team of Morgan Slover, state this year. it is very tough. The amount of White, 3.5-3.9 GPA Carrie Ryan, James and Jessica
attendance. Following a dinner Autumn Brawley, Will Clark and •Jeffery VanAntwerp and knowledge needed Slagle, Cheb and
at the Hot Springs County High Hadley Johnson. They placed Hunter Bartholomew competed to know is unbe- Lola Vialpando,
School ag building, those attend- third at the state contest. in Extemporaneous. VanAntwerp lievable. Rebekah Roger and Ellen
ing traveled to the auditorium for •The Junior High Poultry advanced to the Regional con- Johnson, Barb Kis- Reed, Bruce and
the awards cer- test, but did sel, Kiara Warman Heidi Thurgood,
emony. not make it to and Audrey Axtell Rhyan Schmuck
Among the im- state. Chase were on the team and and Danyell Had-
portant parts of White wrote placed 27th. field, Mrs. Becky
Thermopolis FFA and memo- A.M. Hartwig Martinez, and Dr.
activities and pro- rized a pre- was the very first Kevin Dickey.
grams are com- pared speech. Ag teacher at Hot There are sev-
munity, chapter White was Springs Coun- eral requirements
and student de- third at dis- ty High School in members have to
velopment. Stu- tricts and did 1938. In honor of meet in order to
dents work dili- a great job of his outstanding in- earn their letter
gently all year representing fluence on the Hot and letterman’s
to fulfill the re- the chapter Springs County bar(s). Lettering
quirements of the at Regionals. High School Agricul- in the FFA is in
chapter applica- • T h e ture Education Pro- its third year in
tion. This year the Greenhand gram, those individ- Thermopolis and
chapter earned a quiz bowl uals who have gone it is one of the
Two Star rating, team of Re- above and beyond few programs in
and they are con- bekah John- to help Thermopolis the state. Require-
sistently one of son, Reming- FFA members were ments are: having
the top chapters in ton Ferree, recognized. The fol- received a Green-
the state of Wyo- and Emme lowing individuals hand pin, com-
ming. Norsworthy. will be inscribed on Jeffrey VanAntwerp receives his award for peted at a state
Most of the The team the plaque that will Extemporaneous from Hannah Hurley. level activity, hav-
students’ spring placed 18th hang in the agricul- ing a 2.5 GPA, no
is designated to at state. The ture classroom in the chapter debt, hav-
competing in Ca- Greenhand high school: R
​ yan Brothers Truck- •Hannah Hurley, Hunter Bar- ing attended five chapter activi-
reer Development quiz bowl is ing, Joey Johnson, Bartholomew tholomew, Riley Shaffer, Logan ties, never losing active status,
Events (CDEs). for freshman Well Service, Mr. and Mrs. Van Shumway, Strite Daniels, Kaitlyn and wearing official dress to all
The contests are and sopho- Heule, Nate and Shannon My- Schmuck, John Maier, Cody May- chapter meetings and required
always challeng- mores that ers, and Breez and Troy Daniels. field, Remington Ferree, Chance functions.
ing and competi- Barbara Kissel hands Remington Ferree an award have earned Over the past year, many FFA Huffstetler, 3.0-3.49 GPA Those receiving a letter and
tive. Due to their for ENR. Ferree was also named Star Greenhand their green- members have shown leader- Every year, honorary members one bar were Oakley Bowman,
hard work and hand degree ship in many dif- Emme Norswor-
dedication, the or are on ferent ways. With thy, Remington
Thermopolis FFA was very com- Judging team of McCoy Longwell, track to earn their greenhand all the activities Ferree, and Re-
petitive in these events. The com- Jase Longwell, Anthony Sword degree. The greenhands compet- that our FFA chap- bekah Johnson.
petition in Wyoming CDEs is very and Roedy Farrell. They placed ing in the quiz bowl test their ter has taken on, The FFA
tough; most contests have 40 to second at the state contest. knowledge on the history of FFA. these members Alumni present-
50 schools working to win. •The Environmental and Nat- •Remington Ferree as the re- have shown that ed scholarships
Among those recognized were: ural Resource (ENR) team of cipient of the Star Greenhand they have what it in amounts of:
•The Agricultural Issues team Spencer Axtell, Remington Fer- award. The award is the most takes to be dedi- $750 to Strite
of Kaitlyn Schmuck, Jeffery Van- ree, Logan Shumway and Riley prestigious award one can re- cated to the largest Daniels, $500
Antwerp, Hannah Hurley, Josi Shaffer. At state Convention they ceive in your first year as an FFA youth organization each to Tyne
Thurgood, Mary Ryan, Tyne Vi- placed 17th overall and seventh member. in the country. The Vialpando and
alpando and Lauren Reed. The in the team problem. The team This year Mary Ryan competed chapter strives to Mary Ryan and
team placed second at the FFA high scorer was Ferree. in the Job Interview CDE, mak- develop and train $250 to Koy My-
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•The Meats Judging team of Norsworthy, Kaitlyn Schumuck contest that is set up for a stu- young individu- The newly-
Remington Ferree, Riley Shaffer and Kiara Warman. The team dent to go through a series of in- als have proven elected chap-
and Spencer Axtell. This year the was 27th in the state. terviews and are very similar to to us that they are ter officers were
team placed 18th at State Con- •Remington Ferree and Oak- obtaining a job. destined for great also introduced.
vention, and the high scorer was ley Bowman as the creed speak- Dr. Kevin Dickey helped things. Those re- Among them
Axtell. ceiving pins were are President
•The Live- freshman Rebekah Barb Kissel,
stock Judging Johnson, sopho- Vice President
team of Strite more Audrey Ax- Tyne Vialpando hands Kaitlyn Schmuck her Jeffrey VanAnt-
Daniels, Bar- tell, junior Kiara award for Agricultural Issues. werp, Secretary
bara Kissel, Warman and se-
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Lawsuit
Upon information and belief, the reason Wyo- of dollars owed to them personally. Brad Mead offer from a potential buyer they refused to
from page 1

letter did not set forth grounds

ming Whiskey was recruiting for the position was
to make it more attractive to a potential buyer,
as the defendants had decided to sell the com-
pany. During discussions with Sacca, through
Brad and DeFazio, promises were made of stock
ownership in the business while offering Sacca
to accept lower base compensation than he had
at his previous job. The defendants did not dis-
close the company had been “suffering from sig-
nificant management and production problems
and liquor licensing issues despite having full
knowledge of these facts.”
In negotiations over Sacca’s joining the compa-
ny, DeFazio provided Sacca with a report showing
2014 case sales to show they had already built
some sales pipeline, though Sacca alleges they
failed to disclose the company had millions of
dollars in debt purportedly owed to the Meads.
Under a negotiated agreement, Sacca had an
initial three-year term with an annual salary
subject to annual review with Brad, and an an-
nual sales budget to cover his out-of-pocket ex-
penses and sales staff salaries. There was also
an equity bonus provision for Sacca to receive
ownership shares if certain sales goals were met.
This bonus was a two-percent undiluted share of
the company upon sale of 12,000 bottled cases in
calendar 2015, an additional two-percent share
of the company upon sale of 20,000 bottled cases
in calendar 2016 and an additional two-percent
undiluted share of the company upon sale of
30,000 bottled cases in calendar 2017.
Half of any of the earned shares were to be
vested on Dec. 31, 2016. The other half were “es-
crowed,” but would vest if Sacca were fired with-
out cause. However, the shares would not vest
if he were fired for cause prior to Dec. 31, 2017.
If Sacca were fired without cause in 2016, the
agreement provided he was to receive $150,000
severance pay and any of his earned or vested
shares “shall be purchased by the company.” If
fired without cause in 2017, the company would
not owe severance, but would be required to pur-
chase Sacca’s shares following a protocol giving
Sacca 30 days to appraise the shares using an
ASA-certified appraiser at his own expense.
Sacca also alleges the company and defendants
did not disclose the Meads had leveraged the
company by saddling it with debt in the millions
and his wife, Katherine, each own 32.5 percent disclose to Sacca.
of the company stock, and COO DeFazio owns On March 21, 2017, Sacca was offered a
15 percent, according to the suit. severance requesting that he, after his termi-
At the end of 2015, Sacca states, he sold enough nation and without compensation, assist the
cases to meet his sales targets so he was awarded company with the mediation of an Equal
his two percent share of the company as well as Employment Opportunity Commission
a $30,000 bonus in salary. In late 2015, Sacca (EEOC) discrimination charge by anoth-
learned of delays in securing licensing registra- er employee and proposed that “the com-
tion for the company, with detrimental impacts pany will pay you in exchange for
to 2016 sales. In 2016, he managed to increase your stock in the company.”
sales. At around the same time,
Though budgeted to sell a set number of cas- Brad informed Sacca
es of the Private Stock whiskey initially set to that Sacca had stock in
launch in May 2016, delays kept the product the company.
from launching until August 2016. Sacca also Two days later, Sac-
budgeted to sell a set number of Outryder whis- ca proposed he would
key, scheduled for launch in Aug. 2016, though assist in the media-
again due to delays it did not launch until Octo- tion if he were still
ber. Further delays also kept Double Cask whis- employed by the com-
key from shipping in 2016 as scheduled. pany at the time of
Sacca’s lawsuit further alleges the company, the mediation, and
under direction of Brad and DeFazio, imposed further requested
a commission sales structure on two members copies of any valua-
of Sacca’s sales team in violation of the original tions of, or offers for,
agreement. One team member quit in Nov. 2016, the company in the
while the other’s sales significantly dropped af- previous two years.
ter the decision was made. Brad and DeFazio Sacca also not-
also imposed a moratorium on travel and enter- ed “It now seems
tainment spending by Sacca, in violation of the that you are try-
agreement. The suit alleges these impediments ing to squeeze me
reduced sales, and without the delays and agree- out of the busi-
ment violation Sacca would have sold enough ness to avoid
cases to earn his 2016 two-percent equity bonus. any further
Regarding a potential sale of the company, the equity vest-
lawsuit alleges in late 2016 and early 2017 the ing. So the
individual defendants agreed to explore poten- potential of
tially selling the company, but knew they needed six percent
Sacca gone before they got an offer or else they will not be
would owe him six percent of the company stock. reached un-
It was demanded Sacca and his sales team go less there is
to a commission-based structure, as an effort to an immedi-
trigger Sacca to quit and keep him from receiv- ate liquidity
ing his escrowed shares. Further, Sacca was sent event. Has the
a memo indicating changes to his title, respon- company been in
sibilities and compensation. discussions with poten-
In the early months of 2017, Sacca alleges the tial buyers? If so, what is the status
defendants practically stopped communicating of those discussions.”
with him. On information and belief, the lawsuit According to the lawsuit, nobody responded to
states, the company and defendants received an Sacca’s inquiries, but instead sent him a letter,
signed by Brad, the next day, March 24, 2017,
terminating him on only three hours notice. The
for firing Sacca for “cause” under
the terms of the agreement. As he
was not terminated for cause, he
was entitled, at minimum, to have
his full two-percent of the compa-
ny stock vest he earned in 2015.
The defendants, however, did not
acknowledge this entitlement and
told him they would only recognize
a one percent stock interest.
The lawsuit alleges the defen-
dants had an ulterior motive
in firing Sacca on a spe-
cific day, and knew they
were to receive a writ-
ten offer to purchase
the company from a
buyer on March 27,
2017. By firing Sacca
one business day before
receiving the offer, they
were attempting to keep
him from receiving the
core benefit of the agree-
ment, specifically six per-
cent of the company stock,
while preserving their equi-
ty position in the company.
The lawsuit further states
the company and defendants
benefitted from Sacca’s indus-
try contacts, knowledge and
expertise.
Also alleged in the lawsuit
is the company’s deliberately
preventing Sacca from complet-
ing valuation of his ownership
by knowingly providing incom-
plete and false information and
refusing to acknowledge and con-
firm Sacca’s ownership interest.
In his claims for relief, Sacca’s
lawsuit alleges breach of contract,
breach of the covenant of good faith
and fair dealing, breach of fiducia-
ry duty, fraud, negligent misrepre-
sentation, concealment, interference with con-
tractual relations, promissory estoppel, unjust
enrichment, violation of the Wyoming Wage Act
and Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act,
and civil conspiracy.

Recommendations from page 1

vate financing options to address

a variety of outdoor business
growth needs including venture
tional user groups.

Recommendation 6
information sharing and locally
based decision making. It is im-
portant to foster that communi-
Town from page 1

capital and loans. There would
also need to be a stable funding
source, outside the general fund,
for the Wyoming Office of Tour-
ism to enhance marketing efforts
for outdoor recreation.
Recommendation 3
Wyoming needs to maintain
and expand funding mechanisms
that support access, infrastruc-
ture and conservation. The task
force suggested creating a collab-
orative group to investigate fund-
ing sources, including fee and
donation programs, coordinat-
cation between the public, busi-
nesses, interest groups and the
government.
Recommendation 10
Wyoming should improve, ex-
pand and maintain digital and
physical infrastructure that
There are 33 low-income census tracts in Wyo-
ming, Moeller said, and there are 23 qualified con-
tiguous tracts “which to me says there’s 23 coun-
ties, so we were selected as one of them.”
The county, Moeller explained, is its own zone
and the town is its own zone. She filled out paper-
work for both to be opportunity zones, but only the
area west of the Big Horn River was nominated.
Being an opportunity zone would be a help to
us, Moeller said, if we can start drawing investors
— even to where multiple investors pool their re-
sources to minimize their risk.

Tools and partnerships will
need to be developed to enhance
state and local recreation econ-
omies, infrastructure and plan-
ning. One of the actions the task
force recommended here is a com-
mitment to the improvement of
transportation infrastructure,
especially reliable and acces-
sible air service. Communica-
tions technology will need to be
improved along with its afford-
ability and accessibility, and
work is going to have to be done
to expand volunteer opportuni-
ties as well. Pilot programs for
different communities could be
developed with different desig-
nations based on various com-
munity assets and specific user
ed grant programs, user-funded
programs and state matching
funds. With water in Wyoming
being a major issue, they are
also asking for reauthorization
of the Land and Water Conser-
vation Fund, consistent with the
original intent of the act. Devel-
opment of consistent funding for
access, infrastructure, conser-
vation and everything that goes
with it is, of course, a challenge.
Recommendation 7
Wyoming should use gover-
nance tools to enhance outdoor
recreation, including legislation,
funding and cooperation. Gov-
ernment entities at all levels play
a role in the outdoor economy,
connects communities and local
businesses. People who wish to
recreate in Wyoming should have
the tools to find what they are
looking for, and high quality, re-
al-time information directs them
to the experiences they seek. An
excellent way to accomplish this
is through a best-in-class, digital
user interface that showcases all
outdoor recreation assets in the
state. Expanding the existing
State Parks and Cultural Re-
sources website would be a good
start along with other infrastruc-
ture, capitalizing on youth and
veterans’ programs. Updating
and improving geographic data
for roads to increase access to
public and state lands would be
Prison
charges, but those fines were
suspended.
Also in District Court James
Folsom was sentenced to three
years of supervised probation on
a charge of felony child abuse.
Folsom was originally charged
with second-degree sexual as-
sault of a minor, which alleged
between June 8 and 17 he mo-
lested a juvenile female.
However, on Feb. 26 Folsom
entered a no contest plea to a
modified charge. Though sen-
tenced to three to five years in
prison, that sentence was sus-
abuses and it would be damag-
ing for her to come to the court
to testify against Folsom.
Also in District Court on Mon-
day, Michael Wilkinson agreed
to plead no contest to domestic
battery and strangulation of a
household member. The charges
are from a Sept. 5 incident dur-
ing which Wilkinson allegedly
assaulted and strangled Jacque-
lyn Tuttle after the two got into
an argument.
from page 1
A no contest plea means
Wilkinson is not admitting to
the charges, but is not contest-
ing them either. However, Judge
Skar entered a finding of guilty in
the case. Wilkinson will be sen-
tenced at a later date, though the
agreement stipulates he would
be sentenced to two to four years
in prison, suspended for three
years supervised probation, and
fined $2,500 if the agreement is
accepted.

groups such as rock climbing,
mountain biking, snowmobiling,
fishing and camping.
Recommendation 4
Wyoming need to improve its
access to recreation opportuni-
ties, including improving ac-
cess on private, public and state
land for recreation. Of course,
recognizing the importance of
private lands and private land-
owner rights, it it important to
encourage incentives and efforts
with private landowners to pro-
vide the access. This could be ac-
complished through things like
easements, leases, property tax
breaks and in-kind compensa-
tion. Wyoming has a history of
private landowners providing
guest ranch services, outfitting,
guiding, fishing and hunting
access. Expanding that access
could look something like the
Rocky Mountain Angling Club,
a network of over 50 leased prop-
erties in Colorado, Wyoming and
New Mexico, where members
therefore, the task force would
like to see legislation that sup-
ports the outdoors and work pro-
actively with federal agencies to
increase flexibility and respon-
siveness in the management of
federal public lands. Ultimately,
the task force would like to see a
streamlining of recreational spe-
cial use permitting.
Recommendation 8
We need to dedicate resources
and funding at the state govern-
ment level to provide continuity
and accountability, and to ensure
that the task force’s recommen-
dations are implemented. The
task force feels this is the high-
est priority as states like Utah,
Colorado, Washington and Ore-
gon have recognized the impor-
tance of dedicated state leader-
ship in growing their outdoor
economies. They would like to
see a a renaming of the Depart-
ment of State Parks and Cultural
Resources to prioritize outdoor
recreation, focus on expansion
included as well.
Recommendation 11
Wyoming should promote, in-
crease, enhance and support in-
clusive outdoor recreation pro-
grams and train a qualified and
diverse outdoor recreation work-
force. A workforce with skills in
manufacturing, hospitality, gen-
eral business, experiential pro-
viders, volunteer coordination,
land management and other ar-
eas will be needed. High schools
and higher education, technical
and trade schools, state agencies
and private education can play
a significant role, gearing up to
support the effort. Apprentice-
ships and other non-traditional
education can also come into play.
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pended in exchange for pro-
bation. Folsom was also fined
$3,000, which was also sus-
pended.
Prior to sentencing, Folsom
said the plea agreement for him
should be accepted because he
was trying to protect a mental-
ly unstable juvenile. Judge Rob-
ert Skar noted Folsom had quite
a record, and his benevolence
might not be enough for him to
accept the agreement. Folsom
pointed out many of the charges
on his rap sheet have since been
dismissed.
Prosecuting attorney Mar-
cia Bean said it was in the best
interest of justice to accept the
agreement, and noted the victim
is in a treatment program for
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Recommendation 5
The task force also recom-
mended incorporating the con-
cepts of conservation, sustain-
ability and stewardship into all
outdoor recreation planning, de-
velopment and implementation.
National programs like “Leave
No Trace” and “Tread Lightly!”
have been successful in teaching
outdoor ethics and stewardship
and “Ride On Wyoming,” a pro-
gram developed for off-road ve-
hicles, is successful as well, but
there is room for a more univer-
sal message that reaches addi-
of opportunities and identify ap-
propriate staffing. In addition, a
statewide advisory group, includ-
ing outdoor businesses, should be
created to provide oversight and
accountability in implementing
these recommendations.
Recommendation 9
The task force is asking to
create a collaboration fund, like
the Forrest Collaborative As-
sistance Program, to financial-
ly and technically support local
outdoor recreation collaborative
groups. Communication is key.
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Bobcats host golf tourney

The Bobcat golf team traveled school golfing careen with an im-
to Cody last Friday for the Cody pressive 124.
Invitational. Smith said Jeffry Clark, Kyle
According to coach Jacob Roessing and Maddie Stam are
Smith, there were a few stand- continuting to improve their
outs at the tournament, includ- games and are playing well this
ing Hudson Roling, shooting a spring.
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Adult softball begins

Now that the Hot Springs Games will start on Thursday,
County Rec District’s Adult May 10, with One Eyed facing
Co-ed Basketball League has Risen Son at 6:30 p.m. and Paint-
wrapped up, it’s time to hit the brush Dental against the Scrub
grass for the rec district’s sum- Tops at 7:45 p.m. Games will con-
mer softball competition. tinue on Tuesday and Thursday
This year there are eight evenings through June 28, with
teams competing, including One playoffs starting July 10 and the
Eyed Buffalo, Risen Son, Paint- championship on July 19.
brush Dental, Scrub Tops, Rob- Everyone is encouraged to
in Batsman, The Team That We come out to Whitt Field to cheer
Like Most, Slide One In and One on their favorite teams and play-
Stop Repair. ers.

Barrel racing results

The NBHA hosted a barrel Joey Agar 16.870, Chris Eberline
racing competition on Sunday 16.873, Melissa Petersen 17.095,
at Hot Springs County Fair- Bobbi Zupan 17.300 photos by Dennis Nierzwicki
grounds. Results include (in or-
der of finish):
Open 4D: Nick Comes 17.708,
Valerie Stothart 18.233, Donna Dan- Pitch, Hit and Run
Open 1D: Jerrie Slagle 15.519, iels 18.636, Heather Flowers 18.981
Shyla Nichols 15.660, Sammie Buz- Youth 1D: Kaitlyn Schmuck 16.256, Baer McPhie, left, Trysten DeVries, center, andTimothy Lippincott compete in the annual Pitch, Hit and Run on
zard 15.767, Chris Eberline 15.824 Mesa Allen 16.393, Mesa Allen 16.671 Friday. The event had three participants, with two boys in the 7-8 age division and one in the 9-10 division. In the
Open 2D: Nick Comes 16.133, Youth 2D: Emery Jo Nicholas 7-8 division, Timothy Lippincott was the All-Around Champ, the Hit Champ, and took a share of the Pitch Champ.
Becky Sorensen 16.155, Mary Bates 16.986, Siobhan Myers 17.054 McPhie was the Run Champ, and took the other share of the Pitch Champ. In the 9-10 division, DeVries was the All-
16.248, Kaitlyn Schmuck 16.256, Sara Youth 4D: Sami Cooley 19.056, Around Champ, Pitch Champ, and Run Champ. All three are eligible for Sectionals, which are in Worland on May 26.
Colby 16.261, Jerrie Slagle 16.361 Tyne Vialpando 19.080, Delanie Sal-
Open 3D: Siobhan Myers 16.796, zman 19.442

SCHOOL MENU
HSC High School
What’s For Lunch? K-8
MONDAY
RWE: N/A
TMS: Cheeseburger
The
Churches
THS: Chicken Sandwich Thurs., May 10
Sat., May 12
TUESDAY POP Concert,
TMS Breakfast Study Club,
RWE: Cheesy Beefy Nachos auditorium, 7 p.m.
Life Skills Room, 8 a.m.
TMS: Corn Dogs Fri., May 11
THS: Turkey Mon., May 14

of
Golf at Bobcat
3rd & 4th Grade Track Day,
WEEK OF MAY 14-18

WEDNESDAY Invite, Thermopolis Golf

Thermopolis
RWE: Ham & Cheese Sand. high school track, noon
Course, 10 a.m.
TMS: Baked Potato Bar Wed., May 16
THS: Enchiladas May 11-12
3rd-6th Grade Ag Expo,
Regional Track at Douglas
THURSDAY football field, 9 a.m.
RWE: Burritos Mon., May 14 K-2nd Grade Field Day,
TMS: Enchiladas Baccalaureate, football field, noon
THS: Pizza auditorium, 7 p.m.
Thurs., May 17 FEDERATED COMMUNITY CHURCH FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
FRIDAY Tues., May 15 RWE Talent Show, RWE 6th & Big Horn • 864-2524 310 South 6th St. • 864-3171
RWE: Chicken Sandwich Pastor Chuck Cooper Pastor Harvey Seidel
Awards Night, Commons, 2 p.m.
TMS: Chicken Sandwich
auditorium, 6 p.m. Presbyterian-Methodist Associate Pastor Nathan Winters
All meals include vegetable, fruit and milk.
(Menu subject to changes.) May 17-19 Sun., 8 AM Sunday Worship Sun., 9:45 AM Sunday School
State Track at Casper Sun., 10:30 AM
Sunday Worship Sun., 11 AM Sunday Morning Worship
Sun., 10:30 AM
Children’s Education Sun., 11 AM KDNO Broadcast
FDIC
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Sunday Worship (101.7 FM or livestream
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Wed., 6:15 PM
Youth Sun., 6 PM Sunday Evening Service
Wed., 7 PM Bible Study & Youth
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i’m lovin’ it™ HOT SPRINGS CHRISTIAN CHURCH Meetings
643 Broadway • 864-2156
1102 Broadway • 864-3321, 864-5619
Pastor Daryl Lottman HOLY TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Sun., 9:30 AM Sunday School 642 Arapahoe St. • 864-3629
Sun., 10:30 AM Sunday Worship Service Rev. Joe Galligan,
Wed., 6:30 PM Wednesday Evening Rev. Lin Davenport, Rev. Ron Phillips
Bible Study Sun., 9:00 AM Sunday School
Sun., 9:00 AM Holy Eucharist Service
LIVING WATERS ASSEMBLY OF GOD
318 North 8th St. • 864-3677 RIVER OF LIFE FELLOWSHIP
Pastor Mike Muench 319 Broadway • 864-3452
Sun., 9 AM Adult Sunday School Pastors Joe & Rachel Moon
Sun., 10:30 AM Sunday Morning Sun., 9 AM Adult Bible Study
Worship with Sun., 10:30 AM Worship Service
Children’s Ministries Wed., 6:30 PM Bible Study
Wed., 6:30 PM Wednesday Bible Thurs., 9 AM Ladies Bible Study
Study with Thurs., 6:30 PM Home Group
Children’s Ministries (645 Clark)
SET FREE CHURCH OF THERMOPOLIS Sat., 8 AM Men’s Breakfast
810 Park St. • (307) 867-2315 & Bible Study
Minister Frank Robbins ST. FRANCIS CATHOLIC CHURCH
Sun., 9:30 AM Sunday School 801 Arapahoe St. • 864-2458
Sun., 10:45 AM Worship Service sfthermop.droppages.com
Wed., 7 PM Wednesday Bible Study
1st Sat., 8 AM Weekday Mass
Sat., 5 PM Sunday Mass
ST. PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH Sat., 3:30 PM Confession
288 US Highway 20 South • 864-2205 Sun., 9 AM Sunday Mass
Rev. Samuel Needham Tue.-Fri., 8 AM Wednesday Mass
Sun., 9 AM Sunday Divine Service Fri., Noon Confession
Sun., 10:30 AM Sunday School & Bible
Classes THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
OF LATTER DAY SAINTS
RISEN SON SOUTHERN BAPTIST 625 South 10th St. • 864-9452
342 Amoretti St. • 864-4115 Wed., 7 PM Young Men &
Pastor Brian Johnson Women Meeting
Sun., 9:30 AM Sunday School Sacrament Meeting
Sun., 10:45 AM Sunday Morning Sun., 9 AM Owl Creek Branch
Service Sun., 1 PM Thermopolis Ward
Sun., 6 PM Evening Service

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Wed., 6 PM Awana
Wed., 6:30 PM Prayer Meeting
Wed., 6:30 PM Youth Groups
 PAGE 10 www.thermopir.com May 10, 2018
Mortimore announces
plans for re-election
Julie Mortimore is pleased to
announce that she is running
for re-election for Hot Springs
County treasurer.
“During these three years, I
learned about and tackled im-
portant issues,” she said. “I have
made great strides in improving
and providing service to the tax-
payers of Hot Springs County.
“The experience and rela-
tionships that I have built dur-
ing my first term have put me
Cornella will seek third
term as county clerk
Terri Cornella has announced
her intention to run for Clerk of
the District Court in a letter to
the Hot Springs County Repub-
lican Central Committee.
Cornella has been in the field
off and on for more than 30 years.
Born and raised in Thermop-
olis, Cornella graduated Casper
College in the late 70’s and began
working for the City of Casper
police department in the re-
cords division before moving on
Weed spraying getting underway
by Mark Dykes
Around town, particularly in the alleyways,
strips of ground are turning blue-green as spray-
ing is done for weeds.
Mayor’s Assistant Fred Crosby explained the
town contracts with Jim Andreen to spray the
alleys and with Tony Larson to do the thistle
and dandelions in the parks. Crosby added he
wasn’t sure if all the parks would get sprayed,
but Candy Jack would for sure. The spray con-
tains dye so it’s easier for people to see the lo-
cations that have been hit.
In years past, Crosby said, crews used to uti-
lize gas-powered trimmers to keeps the weeds
Filing period opens May 17
Primary election day will be
upon us before you know it and
the filing deadline for elected of-
ficials in Thermopolis and Hot
Springs County is June 1. Fil-
ing opens next week, Thursday,
May 17.
To file for county offices,
please visit the county clerk’s of-
fice, and for Thermopolis, please
see the city clerk at Town Hall.
The primary on August 21
will have the following on the
ballot:
Hot Springs County:
Two County Commissioners
(4-year terms)
Old
Fashioned
Red, White & Blue
Fundraiser for HSC
Republcan Party
Reagan Day Picnic
  Tuesday
HSC Fair Building
Saturday, June 2
$30 Per Person
Tickets available at:
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Thermopolis-Hot Springs
Chamber of Commerce
Storyteller
  WYOMING
 
in a strong position for contin- manner.
ued progress and improvement “It has been a pleasure to
in dealing with the ever chang- serve the people of this county,
ing laws and rules governing and I am humbled by the sup-
the office. port in the past and hope to have
“I have tried my best to repre- your support in the future.
sent the citizens of Hot Springs “I am a lifelong resident of Hot
County. I promise to fairly and Hot Springs County. I care about
impartially administer the Stat- the people and I believe I have
utes of Wyoming, while conduct- the ability in the next four year
ing the daily business of the term to continue working hard
Treasurer’s Office in a profes- for the residents of Hot Springs
sional, courteous and efficient County.”
to the City of Casper’s Munici- Cornella believes her past ex-
pal Court. perience and years in office have
Returning to Thermopolis, proven invaluable in dealing
she began working in the County with the challenges of the ever
Attorney’s Office in 1990 where changing technical aspects and
she was instrumental in develop- rules of the office.
ing the first Crime Victim’s Ad- Cornella said she will contin-
vocate Program, later becoming ue to fairly and impartially ad-
the manager of the office. minister Wyoming laws regard-
In August of 2004 she was ap- ing her office, while conducting
pointed Deputy District Court the daily business of the District
Clerk. She was sworn in as the Court Office in a professional,
District Court Clerk in 2010. courteous and efficient manner.
photo by Dennis Nierzwicki
Rounding the barrel
down. However, there are fewer people on the
Mackenzie Buckner guides her horse through the barrel race last Saturday during
the first gymkhana of the season.
crews and it was found that spraying is less ex-
2018 Gymkhana season opens
pensive.
Every alley in town will get sprayed, Crosby
said, noting the alleys are town property and are
used for utilities as well. Town crews will also
weed spray around the town shops. It’s time for Gymkhana to Key Hole: Peil, Knight and Mackenzie Buckner, Sydney
Every year the weather is the biggest factor get underway again, with the Eckley Nye and Cooper Agar
in when the weed spraying gets started. Crosby opener this past Saturday at Lead Line Poles: Peter, Buckner,
said there has to be good weather with no rain the Hot Springs County Fair- Barrels: Tylee Agar, Scot- Agar, Alix Sorenson, Nye and
forecast and no strong winds. It’s also important, grounds. Events during each lyn Armajo, Casen Eckley, Jordyn Knight
Crosby said, to have weeds in the areas being Gymkhana include barrel Lillyana Reed, Decker Agar Goats: Peter, Sorenson,
sprayed. If the spray were put on bare ground, racing, pole bending, goat ty- and Cooper Nye Abby Flowers, Peil, Buckner
weeds could still easily come through. ing, a flag race, dummy roping Poles: Tylee Agar, Armajo, and Knight
and a fun event, which this Eckley, Nye, Misty Flowers Flag Race: Peter, Soren-
year was the key hole. and Decker Agar son, Buckner and Peil
Results from Saturday’s Goats: Eckley, Tylee Agar, Dummy Roping: Peil, Pe-
event are (in order of finish) Armajo, Flowers, Decker ter, Agar and Knight
Junior Agar and Corbin Dean Key Hole: Peil, Peter, So-
Barrels: Mesa Allen, Allen, Flag Race: Armajo and renson, Knight, Buckner and
One County Assessor (four- year terms) Rylee Knight, Bridger Peil Eckley Flowers
year term) Town of East Thermopolis: and Tymber Eckley Dummy Roping: Nye, Ty- Seniors
One County Attorney (four- One Mayor (four-year term) Poles: Allen, Allen, Knight lee Agar, Eckley and Decker Barrels: Kaitlyn Schmuck
year term) Two Council Members (four- and Eckley Agar took the only three placings
One County Clerk (four-year year terms) Goats: Peil and Allen Key Hole: Armajo, Flowers Poles: Schmuck took the
term) Town of Kirby: Flag Race: Peil, Allen and and Eckley only three placings
One Clerk of District Court One Mayor (four-year term) Eckley Pee Wee Flag Race: Schmuck
(four-year term) Three Council Members Dummy Roping: Peil, Eck- Barrels: Jordan Peter, Key Hole: Schmuck took
One County Coroner (four- (four-year terms) ley, Knight and Allen Hoyt Peil, Jordan Peter, the only two placings
year term) August 6 will be the last day
One County Sheriff (four- to register to vote at the coun-
year term) ty clerk’s office for the primary
One County Treasurer (four- election. You may register at the
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High school students honored at awards ceremony

Last Friday, Hot Springs verance Emme Norsworthy and Math 1400 — Academic Excel- McGinty & Perseverance Dakota Meier Woods — Academic Excellence
County High School students re- Dayna Sandberg lence Jeffrey Van Antwerp, Most US History — Academic Ex- PE — Academic Excellence Hudson Roling, Most Growth CJ
ceived awards for academic excel- Geometry — Academic Ex- Growth Sean Miller, Grit & Per- cellence Jeffrey VanAntwerp, Seth Parker, Most Growth Monte Vialpando, Grit & Perseverance
lence, most growth and grit and cellence Ashley McPhie and Hy- severance Aaron Hanson Most Growth Chase White, Grit Love, Grit & Perseverance Grace Garett Severns
perseverance in various subjects. rum Rich, Most Growth Oran AP Calculus — Academic Ex- & Perseverance Kiara Warman Whitt AG Structures: Welding —
Among the recipients were: Coyne, Grit & Perseverance As- cellence Haley McDermott, Grit American Government — Ac- Health — Academic Excel- Academic Excellence Dakota
English I — Academ- ademic Excel- lence Brianna DeVries, Most Leonhart, Most Growth Garrett
ic Excellence Dako- lence Daniel Le- Growth Josh Roberson, Grit & Severns, Grit & Perseverance
ta Leonhardt, Most onhardt, Most Perseverance Hayden Little Sascha Mobbs
Growth Jazmen Jen- Growth Mya Lifetime Sports — Academic Foods — Academic Excellence
sen, Grit & Persever- Holman, Grit Excellence Kelly Johnson, Most Faith Jensen, Most Growth Aid-
ance Grace Whitt & Perseverance Growth Chase White, Grit & Per- an Ozmon, Grit & Perseverance
English II — Ac- Cameron Cole severance Garett Severns Chris Slagle
ademic Excellence Earth Science Spanish I — Academic Ex- Jazz Band — Academic Ex-
Ashley McPhie, — Academic Ex- cellence Hannah Hu and Josh cellence Cameron Cole, Most
Most Growth Ster- cellence Hyrum Canfield, Most Growth Rebecca Growth Austin Weaver, Grit &
ling Gerber and Ol- R i c h , P a t r i - Clouse and Dayna Sandberg, Grit Perseverance Lane Randall
ivia Weyer, Grit & cia Capelle and & Perseverance Corina Williams Band — Academic Excellence
Perseverance Oran Madeline Stam, and Seth Parker Josi Thurgood, Most Growth Seth
Coyne Most Growth Spanish II — Academic Ex- Parker, Grit & Perseverance Rea-
English III — Ac- Grace Whitt, cellence Stormy Cox and Olivia gan Severance and Kyle Mosser
ademic Excellence KyAnn Calhoun Weyer, Most Growth Jasmine Choir — Academic Excellence
Barb Kissel, Most and Josh Rob- Garcia and John Maier, Grit & Lucas Kraushaar, Most Growth
Growth Aaron Har- erson, Grit & Perseverance Reilly Russell and Mikayla Lanik, Grit & Persever-
vey, Grit & Persever- P e r s e v e r a n c e Kelly Johnson ance Kaylee Shook
ance Kolby George Hayden Little, AG 1 — Academic Excellence Modern Performance — Aca-
English IV — Ac- Ramsay Owens Rebekah Johnson, Most Growth, demic Excellence Chauncey Mor-
ademic Excellence and Kalli Bland- Owen Douglas, Grit & Persever- ris and Ashley Brawley, Most
Hannah Hurley, ford ance Remington Ferree Growth Taydee Landrum and
Most Growth Koy Biology — AG 2 — Academic Excellence Savannah Magelky, Grit & Per-
Myers, Grit & Per- Academic Ex- Audrey Axtell, Most Growth John severance Jolie Nicodemus
severance Rebecca Korinne Thoren strikes a pose with Spanish I award winners, from left: Seth Parker, cellence Ashley Maier, Grit & Perseverance Lo- Awards were also presented to
Clouse Corina Williams, Dayna Sandberg, Rebecca Clouse, Josh Canfield and Hannah Hu. McPhie, Taydee gan Shumway Sara McLendon, Michael Spring-
English 1010/1020 Landrum and
— Academic Excel- Tahja Hunt,
lence Haley McDermott, Most pen Jensen & Perseverance Shianne Yar- Most Growth Sterling Gerber
Growth Tyne Vialpando, Grit & Algebra II — Academic Excel- rington John Maier and Krynn Mc-
Perseverance Jared Little lence Breez Petty, Most Growth Consumer Math — Academic Ginty, Grit & Perseverance
Yearbook — Academic Ex- Kelly Johnson and Darian Ma- Excellence Dalton Ammon, Most Hunter Mounts, Tim Anderson
cellence Krynn McGinty, Most cie, Grit & Perseverance Taydee Growth Jasmine Garcia, Grit & and Cade McLean
Growth Spencer Luce, Grit & Landrum Perseverance Garrett Severns Forensics — Academic Ex-
Perseverance Krynn McGinty College Prep Math — Academ- World History/Geography — cellence Barbara Kissel and
Algebra I — Academic Excel- ic Excellence Cullen Becher, Most Academic Excellence Hannah Kelly Johnson, Most Growth
lence Leam Daniels, Most Growth Growth Alex Russell, Grit & Per- Hu, Most Growth Aspen Jen- Dalton Ammon, Grit & Perse-
Sequoia Fishbaugh, Grit & Perse- severance Wyatt Wright sen, Grit & Perseverance Krynn verance Kolby George
DC Biology — Academic Ex-
cellence Emmy Coyne, Most
Growth Courtney Jeunehom-
me, Grit & Perseverance McK-
enna Bomengen
DC Chemistry — Academic
Excellence Haley McDermott, Britton Van Heule hands awards to Ag Structures: Welding stu-
Most Growth Ames Tschiffley, dents Dakota Leonhardt, Garrett Severns and Sascha Mobbs.
Grit & Perseverance McKayla
Layman and John Harvey
DC Environmental Service — AG 3 — Academic Excel- er, Jaydon Christiansen and Bree
Academic Excellence Courtney lence Jeffrey VanAntwerp, Most Lanik, who were named E3 Plus
Jeunehomme, Most Growth Cul- Growth Colton Dobbins, Grit & Readers for the second semester,
len Becher, Grit & Perseverance Perseverance Kiara Warman for reading the highest number
Savana Meier AG 4 — Academic Excellence of pages. McLendon read an esti-
AP Computer Science — Aca- Mary Ryan, Most Growth Han- mated 5,604 pages, 227 per week;
demic Excellence Ryan Slagle, nah Hurley, Grit & Perseverance Springer read an estimated 3,167
Most Growth Wyatt Wright, Grit Lauren Reed pages, 197 pages per week; Chris-
& Perseverance Lane Randall Exploratory Trades — Aca- tiansen read 2,835 an estimated
Physical Conditioning — Ac- demic Excellence Hudson Rol- 2,835 pages, 212 per week; and
ademic Excellence Jared Little, ing, Most Growth Sascha Mobbs, Lanik read an estimated 2,749
Most Growth Ashley McPhie, Grit Grit & Perseverance Josh Lackey pages, 172 per week.

Cortney O’Connor has a laugh with Foods award recipients Aidan Ozman, Christopher
Slagle and Faith Jensen.

May 21-24 is Spring Clean-Up for Thermopolis!

Mayor Mike Mortimore has proclaimed May 21-24 as Town Spring Clean-Up.
All residents and business-owners are encouraged to clean their property in
preparation for the upcoming tourist season.
The Town will have staff available to assist with clean-up during the week (Monday-Thursday.
Visit Us At Our New Location: A couple of requests during this Spring Clean-Up :

601 Broadway Suite C 1. Property-owners are encouraged to clean the sidewalk in front of their homes, property
or businesses. The town street sweeper will be operating during these days to remove
(In The Remax Building) debris from streets.
2. Please place all debris resulting from the clean-up of your property next to the trash
Dumpster in sturdy boxes or heavy-duty bags so as not to break when picked up.
Materials placed by the Dumpster should be outside a two-feet buffer zone in a manner
which will still allow for normal trash pickup. Large pieces of wood, metal, rocks,
etc. should NOT be placed in the Dumpster as these items may cause damage to
the hydraulic lifts and compaction mechanism on the Town’s sanitation trucks.
3. When you place items by the Dumpster, call Town Hall, 864-3838 or 864-9285, for
a pickup. The Town’s brush truck will be available throughout this time frame
for pickups.
Shingle and Metal 4. The Town landfill is now open 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. If the
resident privately contracts yard work and tree/shrub trimming, it is the contractor’s
Roofing Specialists 5.
responsibility to dispose of the debris by taking it to the landfill.
Disposal of paint cans that still contain liquid should be handled in the following man-
Residential / Commercial / Portable Roll Forming
ner: fill with sand or dirt to absorb any liquid, allow to dry, then place cans in a sealed
Whether you have a new garbage bag before placing in the Dumpster.
construction project or a home 6. Burn permits are NO LONGER available within Town limits.
or business in need of a new roof,
7. The following items WILL NOT be picked up by the Town crew for disposal:
trust Atlas Roofing to get the job done.
a. No appliance containing Freon. An appliance must have a valid Freon-free
certification tag attached before it will be accepted.
We believe you deserve: b. No concrete, gravel or dirt piles.
- a knowledgeable staff c. No construction debris or materials known to be generated by contractors.
- best in customer service d. No containers of hazardous waste (such as waste oil, solvents, liquid paint, bat-
- the up-most attention to detail teries). If unsure, check with the Streets Department at 864-3556.
e. A metals disposal area has been designated near the Town Shop. All private
citizens and contractors can use this area in lieu of hauling appliances or mis-
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Foster families needed

by Mark Dykes The first step in becoming a foster home is to
May is Foster Care Month, and Kristie Collins, call Collins to visit more about the requirements.
the foster care coordinator with the Department There is also a home study and Parents Resource
of Family Services (DFS), said there are 13 or 14 Information Development Education (PRIDE) pre-
homes that provide foster service training, which
care in Thermopolis. is required by all foster
“That sounds like we parents. Collins noted
have plenty,” Collins said, the training is a bit of
but there is definitely a a time commitment, but
need for more. She further provides plenty of infor-
explained there are chil- mation.
dren, some who have his- “The nice thing for
tories of trauma or have parents,” Collins said,
behavior issues, and fos- ”is they get to say who
ter families get full. “We comes into their home”
have really great foster when it comes to fos-
homes in our area that ter kids and they can
are always willing to take give their preferences
kids but sometimes they to DFS. It is not held
get full.” against the parents if
In Wyoming, there is they can’t accommodate
not a space requirement a child at a particular
necessarily for taking in time.
foster kids, Collins said, With most kids, the
but there is a basic home biological parents of
inspection. Kids, partic- children in foster care
ularly those who are sib- Marcia and Mark Nelson share why they have their parental
lings, may want to share foster children. rights, and DFS works
rooms. If a person has their own children, they can to get those kids back home to their biological par-
also share rooms with foster kids, though there ents. “That can be a little intimidating to people,
are set rules regarding age and gender. but that also goes on the parents’ desire as well as
Also taken into account is whether a potential the safety of the children.” Foster parents never
foster parent is able to meet the needs of the chil- have to supervise visits with biological parents,
dren, particularly those with special needs. Col- as they are typically done at DFS, but can sup-
lins said she also listens to what the foster parents port the biological parents in other ways such as
want. “Some people really love to have big fami- helping with their goals.
lies, but for some one or two is plenty.” “A lot of times biological parents really come to
If a home goes over five children — including appreciate the foster parents and all they do for photo by Dennis Nierzwicki
both foster and a person’s own biological children — their kids,” Collins said. “And that relationship
approval is needed from the DFS district manager. grows into almost a mentorship, which is really
Derby gals
Foster children are covered by Medicaid, which awesome to see.” Around 60-80 percent of foster These ladies donned their hats to enjoy this year’s Kentucky Derby at the VFW on
covers things like eye or dental appointments, kids reunite with their biological families. Collins Saturday. From left: Belinda Moore, Elizabeth Accurso, Subrina Bullard, Dolly Dan-
physical doctoring and counseling. Foster parents said normally kids always want to go back with iels and Kim Enis.
also receive a monetary reimbursement. Collins their parents, but that doesn’t mean they lose the
said there is a perception the people take in foster relationship with the foster parents.
children to “get rich,” which is untrue, but hope- As in prior years, the Governor is making a proc-

UW dancers performing May 17

fully the reimbursement means a foster parent lamation for Foster Care Appreciation on May 21
isn’t spending much of his or her own money to at 2 p.m. For more information about becoming
meet the needs of the foster children. a foster parent, contact Collins at 307-548-6503.

Next week, the University of on stage in the auditorium from the immigrant experience. She

HSCHS graduation set for May 20 Wyoming Department of The-

Its hard to believe, but we are
coming up on graduation and all
its respective activities for the
Class of 2018.
Four Hot Springs County High
School students receive top hon-
ors of Valedictorian this year,
Stormy Cox, Daniel Leonhardt,
Haley McDermott and Mary
Ryan. This year’s Salutatorian
is Shianne Yarrington.
The class of 2018 chose a quote
from Lemony Snickett as their
Class Motto, “If we wait until
we’re ready, we’ll be waiting for
the rest of our lives.”
Rascal Flatts’ song, “My Wish”
is the class song, their flower is
the carnation, and their class
color this year is gray.
Baccalaureate will be held on
Monday, May 14 at 7 p.m. in the
auditorium.
Tuesday, May 15 marks the
senior scholarship night which
will also be held in the audito-
rium, starting at 6 p.m.
Graduation this year will be
on Sunday, May 20 at 2 p.m. in
the high school gym.
ater and Dance will present Six
Songs from Ellis at the school
auditorium.
The piece portrays immi-
grants who came through Ellis
Island in the great migration.
The main performance will be
at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 17,
though the dancers will also be
doing hip hop dances for middle
school gym students.
The Humanities Scholar ac-
companying the tour, Patty Kes-
5:45 p.m. to about 6:30 p.m.
Six Songs from Ellis is cho-
reographed and directed by UW
dance faculty member Marsha
Knight and co-directed by Leigh
Selting.
According to a release from
the university, “Millions of immi-
grants and their stories entered
the United States through the
gates of Ellis Island during the
late 19th and early 20th centu-
ries. Today, more than 40 per-
cent of Americans can trace their
conducted research at the Oral
History Museum at Ellis Island,
which alone houses more than
2,000 oral histories.
A seminal production was pre-
sented in 2009, which explored
how immigration and refugee
crises are topics as critical now
as they were 100 years ago, and
how attitudes toward access and
response to need and crisis can
benefit from stories — inspir-
ing, cautionary and human —
of those who helped to build the

Johnson County War presentation

Any Wyoming History buff
has certainly heard the tales of
the Johnson County War, but
this Saturday, May 12, the Hot
Springs County Historical Soci-
ety will be hosting a thorough
program on the subject featur-
ing Mark Harvey.
Harvey wrote his Master’s
thesis on the event and adapted
it to a dramatic on-stage pro-
duction, complete with musical
score, presented by the Univer-
sity of Wyoming’s Fine Arts De-
partment in 1992.
RENTAL
CANYON VILLAGE
SENIOR APARTMENTS,
62+ and/or disabled
HOT SPRINGS SENIOR
APARTMENTS,
62+ and/or disabled
Section 8 subsidy available.
Small pets allowed; utilities paid.
Laundry facility available;
mail delivery on-site.
“EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY”
CALL 307-864-2968
or Wy. Relay 711.
sler, will be doing workshops ancestry to this period of rela- country, Knight adds.
on immigration with the high tively open immigration through During a recent yearlong sab-
school, and will host a question New York’s harbor. batical, Knight’s subsequent ex-
and answer session after the “Knight was so affected by the tensive research of approximate-
The west was never as wild be served. Thursday show. opening of the Ellis Island Im- ly 500 oral histories resulted in
and wooly as in the days of vig- If you have any questions, Also, Hot Springs Dance LLC migration Museum in 1990 that a broader glimpse into possibil-
ilante justice run amok, when please call Ray Shaffer at 864- students aged over six have been she began to consider the possi- ities for her piece, with 88 in-
the new State of Wyoming ex- 2678. invited to attend the warmup bility of creating a work about dividuals represented to date.”
perienced a struggle for personal
freedoms, pitted against money,
power and station.
Harvey chronicles the events,
the myths and legends leading
up to the Johnson County War Don't Forget
of 1892 starting at 2 p.m., down- Mother's Day!
stairs in the Big Horn Federal
Meeting room. May 13
The event is free and open to
the public and refreshments will Fresh
Flowers
& Plants
Salt City
Candles
Paisley Patch
Creations
Healthy soil will be more
productive, improve nutrient
use efficiency, allow water to
infiltrate, add nutrients to the
food we eat, break down or
capture pesticides and other Floral & Gifts
contaminants, resist wind and
116 S. 6th St.
864-3721
water erosion.
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 May 10, 2018 www.thermopir.com
PUBLIC NOTICE ticularly described as follows: Beginning at the pro-
tracted CN 1/16 comer of said Section 23 (the North-
Pursuant to the Wyoming Administrative Pro- west comer of said SW1/4NE1/4), situate at Wyo-
cedure Act and the Wyoming Public Service Com- ming West Central Zone coordinates x=607,368.71
mission’s (Commission) Procedural Rules and Spe- US feet, y=l,099,773.01 US feet, North American
cial Regulations, notice is hereby given of the Ap- Datum of 1927, of record by that certain State of
plication of Rocky Mountain Power (RMP or the Wyoming Corner Record bearing cross-index No.
Company) requesting authority to increase rates "0-19, 43-96" filed on the 20th day of May, 2002,
on deferred Net Power Costs (NPC) pursuant to reception number 443870, at the office of the Hot
Tariff Schedule 95; and to increase rates pursuant Springs County Clerk and Ex-Officio Register of
to Tariff Schedule 93, Renewable Energy Credits Deeds, from which the protracted center quar-
(RECs) and Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) emission allow- ter corner of said Section 23 bears S 00°05'04" E,
ances, as more fully described below: based on geodetic meridian computed at the clos-
ing corner common to said Section 23 and Section
RMP is a public utility, as defined in W.S. §37- 26 on the West boundary of the "Ten Mile Square'',
1-101(a)(vi)(C), providing retail electric public util- 1,320.00 feet distant, said quarter corner situate
ity service under certificates of public convenience at said datum coordinates x=607,376.94 US feet,
and necessity issued by the Commission. RMP is y=l,098,453.43 US feet; thence from said protract-
subject to the Commission’s jurisdiction pursuant ed corner, S 00°05'04" E, a distance of 262.98 feet
to W.S. §37-2-112. to a point on the Northwestern right of way line of
said County Road No. 25, marked by a rebar with
On April 16, 2018, the Company submitted an aluminum cap stamped with corner identification,
Application together with testimony, exhibits and LS 519 and 2006, and hereinafter designated "a
revised tariff sheets requesting authority to revise typical monument"; thence continuing S 00°05'04"
and change rates pursuant to two different rate E, a distance of 42.13 feet (305.11 feet, total) to an
schedules: [i] its Energy Cost Adjustment Mecha- unmonumented point on the center line of said road
nism (ECAM) Tariff Schedule 95, requesting ap- right of way, designated Station 126+33.56; thence
proval to increase rates by $2.72 million to recover N 45°19'06" E, a distance of 324.39 feet to Sta.
deferred NPC; and [ii] its REC and SO2 revenue 123+09.l7, the unmonumented point of tangency of
adjustment mechanism (RRA) Tariff Schedule 93, a curve to the right, having a radius of 270.69 feet
requesting approval to increase rates by $889 thou- and a long chord bearing N 67°40'06" E, 205.87 feet
sand to reflect the sale of RECs and SO2 emission from which a typical monument bears N 44°40'54"
allowances. The total ECAM deferral from calen- W, 30.00 feet distant; thence Northeasterly along
dar year 2017 was a credit of approximately $3.4 said curve, through a central angle of 44°42'00",
million which the Company proposes to refund to an arc length of 211.18 feet to the unmonumented
customers over a 12-month period from July 1, point of curvature of said curve; thence N 00°01'16"
2018, through June 14, 2019. RMP requests that E, a distance of 0.31 foot to a point on the protract-
the Commission approve the proposed increase on ed North line of said aliquot part of said Section;
an interim basis, effective July 1, 2018, subject to thence S 89°47'35" W, a distance of 131.35 feet to
further review and hearing. a typical monument on the N orthwestern right of
way line, lying on a curve having a radius of 300.69
Pursuant to Tariff Schedule 95, RMP proposes feet, a central angle of 18°47'57" and an arc length
to refund an approximately $3.4 million comprised of 98.66 feet, from which point aforedescribed right
of total deferred NPC including embedded cost dif- of way point bears S 54°43'04" W, 98.22 feet dis-
ferential (ECD) adjustments during the deferral tant; thence continuing S 89°47'35" W, a distance
period, deferral period interest, and residual bal- of 290.18 feet (421.53 feet, total) to the point of be-
ances from the 2017 ECAM. The Company proposes ginning as previously recited.
to revise Tariff Schedule 95 by removing the cur-
rent refund to customers of approximately $6.16 NOTICE is further given that the Application
million (adjusted for load) and adding the refund for Decree of Distribution is hereby set for hearing
of approximately $3.4 million, for a total increase at ¬¬¬¬8:30 A.M. on the 21st day of May, 2018, in
of $2.72 million, or 0.40%. the District Courtroom of the Hot Springs County
Courthouse, Thermopolis, Wyoming, at which time
Pursuant to Tariff Schedule 93, the Company the Application shall be heard and determined. All
proposes to refund to customers approximately interested persons in the estate and proceedings,
$248 thousand to account for calendar year 2017 including creditors, heirs, and devisees, are hereby
balancing account adjustments and 2018 forecast given notice of the Application. If no objections are
sales revenues for REC and SO2 products in the made to the Application prior to the above hearing,
market. From the currently approved $1.14 mil- an Order will be entered accordingly.
lion surcredit, this results in an overall increase of
$889 thousand from current rates. Dated this 30th day of April, 2018.
This is not a complete description of RMP’s Ap- /s/________________
plication. Interested persons may inspect the entire Terri Cornella
Application at RMP’s Wyoming offices and at the Clerk/Deputy Clerk
Commission’s offices in Cheyenne, Wyoming, during of District Court
regular business hours. The Application may also
be reviewed on line at http://www.pacificorp.com. Pub. May 10 & 17, 2018 No. 8319
Anyone desiring to file a public comment, state-
ment, protest, intervention petition or request for ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
a public hearing in this matter must file with the
Commission in writing on or before May 29, 2018. Hot Springs County Rural Fire District, Ther-
Any intervention request filed with the Commission mopolis, Wyoming will receive sealed bids for Burn
shall set forth the grounds of the proposed interven- Building Site Construction, Phase I. These
tion or request for hearing as well as the position improvements are generally described as follows:
and the interest of the petitioner in this proceeding.
Earthwork, Site Work, and Water System In-
If you wish to intervene in this matter or request stallation to serve a training facility located in
a public hearing that you will attend, or you wish Dusty Acres Subdivision, Lots 2 and 3, Thermopo-
to file a public comment, statement, or protest, lis, Wyoming.
and you require reasonable accommodation for a
disability, please contact the Commission at (307) Sealed bids will be received at PO Box 171, Ther-
777-7427, or write to the Commission at 2515 War- mopolis, Wyoming 82443 until 2:00 p.m. local time
ren Avenue, Suite 300, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002, on June 8, 2018 or hand delivered to the bid-open-
to make arrangements. Communications impaired ing prior to 2:00 p.m. local time on June 8, 2018.
persons may also contact the Commission by access- The bids will then be opened and read aloud at the
ing Wyoming Relay at 711. Please mention Docket Hot Springs County Rural Fire District Fire Hall.
No. 20000-535-EA-17 (Record No. 14975) in your
communications. All bids shall be submitted in accordance with
and on the forms included in the Project Manual.
Dated: May 1, 2018. Bids shall be submitted in a sealed envelope ad-
dressed to:
Pub. May 10 & 17, 2018 No. 8320
Hot Springs County Rural Fire District
Attn: Burn Building Site Construction, Phase I
STATE OF ) IN THE PO Box 171
WYOMING ) DISTRICT COURT Thermopolis, Wyoming 82443
) ss. ing minutes from April 3 and 17, 2018.
COUNTY OF ) FIFTH JUDICIAL Contract Documents, including proposal bid
HOT SPRINGS ) DISTRICT forms, drawings and Project Manual, have been
placed on file and may be examined at the office of
Altitude Land Consulting, P.C., 500 W. Lott
IN THE MATTER OF ) Probate No. Street, Buffalo, WY, and Public Works Depart-
THE ESTATE OF ) P18-16 ment in City Hall, Thermopolis, Wyoming as
) well as the following plan rooms:
DONALD O. FORD, )
) Billings Builder’s Exchange, Billings, Montana
Deceased, ) Wyoming Bid Network
___________________________________
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR DECREE
Contract Documents may be obtained on or after
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Bank of May 18, 2018 at the office of Altitude Land Consult-
Stockton, as Successor Trustee of the Ford Survi- ing, P.C., 500 W. Lott Street, Buffalo, WY, at the
vor’s Trust, has filed an Application for Decree of non-refundable cost of $50.00 per set.
Distribution of Property in the above Court. Don-
ald O. Ford departed this life on or about the 22nd A PRE-BID CONFERENCE (not mandatory)
of July, 2016, and at the time of his death he owned will be held on May 31, 2018 at 10:00 A.M. local
as his sole and separate property, the following de- time, at Hot Springs County Rural Fire District
scribed real property, to wit: Fire Hall, 400 South 14th Street, Thermopolis,
Wyoming 82443.
EXHIBIT 'A'
Contractors, in submitting their respective bids,
That portion of the Southwest Quarter of the acknowledge that such bids conform to all require-
Northeast Quarter (SW1/4 NE1/4), Section 23, ments of Wyoming State Statute. Each bidder must
Township 43 North, Range 96 West of the Sixth include a bid security with the bid, payable to Hot
Principal Meridian, Hot Springs County, Wyo- Springs County Rural Fire District, in accordance
ming, lying North and West of the center line of with the Instruction to Bidders.
Hot Springs County Road Number 25, also known
as Missouri Flat Road, said land being more par- No bidder may withdraw its bid after the sched-
Public notices
uled time of the bid opening. Bids are to remain
open for 60 days after the bid opening.
The Owner reserves the right to reject any and
all bids or parts thereof, and to waive any irregulari-
ties of any bid. The Owner also reserves the right
to award the contract to such responsible bidders
as may be determined by the Owner.
Hot Springs County Rural Fire District, Ther-
mopolis, Wyoming
By:__________________
Ken Smith
Hot Springs County Rural
Fire District, Chairman
Pub. May 10 & 17, 2018 No. 8323
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
THE FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
IN AND FOR HOT SPRINGS COUNTY
Docket No. P 18-17
In the Matter )
of the Estate of )
) apprehension of a Kansas fugitive.
ELISABETH N. HOLMES, )
) ing to add at this time Codes Administration and
Deceased. )
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
FOR SUMMARY
DECREE OF DISTRIBUTION
OF REAL PROPERTY
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a sworn ap-
plication has been made for a decree in the Fifth
Judicial District Court in and for Hot Springs Coun-
ty, State of Wyoming establishing in Susan Elliot
Holmes, in her capacity as Successor Trustee of the
Elisabeth N. Holmes Revocable Trust dated April
6, 2011, the right and title to the decedent’s inter-
ests in all oil, gas, coal, fissionable materials and
other minerals, whether herein enumerated or not,
including without limitation all fee interests, work-
ing interests, royalty interests, overriding royalty
interests, production payments, net profits inter-
ests, and other payments out of production, situate
in Hot Springs County, State of Wyoming. For a
complete listing of such identified lands, a copy of
the application may be acquired at the Hot Springs
County District Court, Docket No. P 18-17.
If no objection to the application has
been filed within thirty (30) days of the first date of
publication of this Notice, the Court shall enter a
decree establishing the right and title to the afore-
mentioned property located in Wyoming.
Susan Elliot Holmes, in her
capacity as Successor Trustee
of the Elisabeth N. Holmes
Revocable Trust dated April
6, 2011, APPLICANT
 
ATTORNEYS FOR APPLICANT
Thomas N. Long
Long Reimer Winegar Beppler LLP
P.O. Box 87
Cheyenne, WY 82003-0087
(307) 635-0710
Pub. May 10 & 17, 2018 No. 8322
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
The Thermopolis Town Council met in regular
session May 1, 2018 at 7 pm at Town Hall. Present
were Mayor Mike Mortimore, Council members Tony
Larson, John Dorman Sr., Bill Malloy and Dusty
Lewis. Also present were Mayor/Codes Administra-
tive Assistant Fred Crosby, Public Works Director
Ernie Slagle, Police Chief Steven Shay, Town En-
gineers Heath Overfield and Anthony Barnett and
Town Attorney Mike Messenger.
AGENDA: Following the pledge of allegiance,
Dorman made a motion, seconded by Lewis and
carried to approve the agenda with the addition of
a catering permit under citizen participation and
a shutdown order under Town Engineer.
MINUTES: Malloy made a motion, seconded by
Dorman and carried to approve the Council meet-
BILLS: Malloy made a motion, seconded by Lar-
son and carried to approve the General, Enterprise
and Special Fund bills for April 2018. Dorman, Mor-
timore and Lewis abstained on the approval of the
bills to their businesses.
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION: MAIN STREET
THERMOPOLIS-UPDATES: Howie Samuelson
gave a quarterly update on the organizations ac-
tivities.
TRAVEL & TOURISM – SURVEY UPDATES:
AMANDA MOELLER: Moeller presented 2017 re-
sults from the travel and tourism study. Discussion
ensued on updating lodging facilities, promoting
area attractions in the winter, studies, new signs
at the Town entrances and possible Opportunity
Zone status.
JASON CIZ: GOLF COURSE ISSUES: Golf
Course Board member Jason Ciz, noted the 1962
irrigation pipe from the river to the golf course is
leaking. Currently they are able to get water for
the course. Mayor Mortimore directed the Town
Engineer to prepare estimates to replace the pipe
and bore under the highway.
COWBOY STATE BREWING: CATERING PER-
MIT: Dorman made a motion, seconded by Morti-
more and carried to approve the catering permit for
May 19, 2018 from 9 am to 10 pm for the Gottsche
kickoff to summer at the State Park. Permission
was received from the Town of Glenrock for the
retail and microbrew liquor license holder to cater
outside of Glenrock.
PAGE 13
TOWN ENGINEER: PAY ESTIMATE #1: Mal-
loy made a motion, seconded by Larson and carried
to allow the Mayor to sign pay estimate #1 on the
water line replacement project.
SHUTDOWN ORDER: PIPELINE REPLACE-
MENT PROJECT: Larson made a motion, seconded
by Malloy and carried to shut down the 6th street
alignment portion of the water line replacement
project until the fall of 2018.
OTHER: Crosby noted the results from the joint
water testing with the Town of Thermopolis, the Owl
Creek Water District and the South Thermopolis
Water & Sewer District at vault 101 were received.
Each agency uses a different lab for testing. Both
tests had acceptable results; however the lab used
by the South Thermopolis and Owl Creek district
was approximately 10 parts per billion higher. Ad-
ditional discussion ensued on DEQ evaluation, or-
ganics, water temperature and chlorine.
Barnett noted two contractors are preparing bids
for the Fremont Street drainage issue. The recent
12” water transmission line break at Canyon Hills
Road was discussed. Mortimore made a motion, sec-
onded by Malloy and carried to declare the matter
an emergency (it is one of three transmission lines
that provide water for the Town).
DEPARTMENT REPORTS: Police Chief Shay
and Public Works Director Slagle presented April
reports for their departments. Appreciation was ex-
pressed to Shay and his department on the recent
OTHER: The following agenda items had noth-
Town Attorney.
ADMINISTRATION: Mortimore noted he and
Crosby would be visiting with a business, approved
by the National League of Cities, to provide water
and sewer line insurance to residents. Discussion
ensued on procedures used in neighboring towns
and changing town code. Crosby was directed to
look at changing the code so that the Town could
be responsible from the water main to the curbstop
or to the property line.
MAYOR & COUNCIL: OTHER: Mortimore made
a motion, seconded by Lewis and carried to appoint
Malloy as the WAM voting delegate during the June
convention. The meeting adjourned at 8:30 pm.
The next Council meeting is May 15, 2018 at 7 pm.
BILLS; A & I Dist., Oil, $689.80; AFLAC, Insur-
ance, $411.92; Ambiente, Pump, $24,826.51; Amer-
ican Welding, Rental, $47.32; Applied Ind., Parts,
$5,147.90; Balco Uniform, Pants, $178.00; BCN
Telecom, Service, $38.11; Big Horn Water, Service,
$29.50; Brenntag, Lime, $10,548.72; Bureau of Rec-
lamation, Contract, $3,680.00; Carquest, Supplies,
$1,199.09; Caselle, Maintenance, $500.00; Cham-
ber of Commerce, Fireworks, $1,500.00; Energy
Lab, Service, $1,857.00; Engineering Associates,
Service, $32,108.85; Environmental Resource, Ser-
vice, $523.31; Ferguson Waterworks, Parts, $241.03;
Gottsche, Membership, $310.00; Great West Trust,
Retirement, $2,030.00; HSC Treasurer, Tax Col-
lection, $15.55; Hawkins, Parts, $20,440.23; High
Plains Power, Service, $113.07; HS County, Phone,
$57.98; HS Vet Clinic, Contract, $955.00; HSC
Weed & Pest, Supplies, $276.88; HSCSD #1, Fuel,
$3,629.73; Independent Record, Service, $1,061.86;
Indoff, Supplies, $1,120.18; Insurance Trust, Pre-
miums, $43,515.00; Jack’s Truck, Parts, $4,621.39;
Jadeco, Service, $1,331.19; Jerry Walsh, Refund,
$90.00; Jim’s Electric, Service, $1,800.00; Ronald
Jurovich, Judge, $825.00; Laird Sanitation, Service,
$50.00; Legion Golf Club, Funding, $20,000.00; Lo-
cal Government Liab., Insurance, $13,046.00; Mi-
chael Mascorro, Reimb., $132.49; Master Plumbing,
Service, $810.00; Messenger & Overfield, Service,
$4,852.70; Mike Mortimore, Service, $600.00; Mon-
tana CSED SDU, Child Support, $906.00; Mur-
doch Oil, Diesel, $509.01; Napa, Parts, $639.52;
NCPERS, Life Ins., $256.00; OSLI, Annual Pay-
ment, $34,250.00; One Call, Locates, $12.75; O’Reilly
Auto, Parts, $381.02; Owl Lumber, Supplies, $3.88;
PMI, Crack Seal, $35,000.00; Pitney Bowes, Rent-
al, $105.00; Postmaster, Postage, $798.86; Re-
ese & Ray’s, Supplies, $24.00; Rocky Mt. Power,
Service, $14,188.48; RT, Service, $543.11; Scrub
Board, Service, $150.00; Serlkay, Service, $58.00;
Sherwin-Williams, Paint, $5,380.24; Shopko, Sup-
plies, $66.55; Smith Oilfield, Rental, $630.00; Spe-
cialty Towing, Service, $60.00; Thermopolis Hard-
ware, Supplies, $54.82; Police Dept., Petty cash,
$36.30; TOT General, Acct’g & Collection, Streets
Labor, $20,246.50; TOT Office, Petty Cash, $12.00;
TOT, Depreciation & Intergov Water, $82,062.32;
Tractor & Equip., Parts, $6,161.83; TCI, Service,
$321.86; Unum, Life Ins., $115.63; UPS, Freight,
$17.35; Verizon, Service, $158.79; Visa, Supplies,
$1,077.47; VSP, Insurance, $880.28; WAM, Reg-
istration, $225.00; Wilson Brothers, Pay Est. #1,
$457,148.95; WY Workforce, Ins., $6,152.66; WY
Forensic, Registration, $200.00; WY Gas, Service,
$1,980.45; WY Public Health Lab, Postage, $72.00;
WY Retirement, Retirement, $18,972.14; Wyoming
Supreme Court, Fees, $505.00; Payroll, $83,590.94;
Payroll Taxes, $26,597.99.
ATTEST:
__________________ ________________
Tracey Van Heule, Mike Mortimore,
Clerk/Treasurer Mayor
Pub. May 10, 2018 No. 8324
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
Gottsche Rehabilitation Center in Thermopolis
Wyoming is inviting the public to attend a public
hearing to review the submission of a grant to the
Wyoming Business Council for the purposes of
retaining grant funds for ADA entrances within
the Gottsche renovation project that is slated to
begin summer of 2018. Public hearing will be
held May 10, 2018 at 5:30 pm in the Gottsche
cafeteria at 148 E. Arapahoe. Please attend to
ask questions and give citizen input regarding
the project.
Pub. May 3 & 10, 2018 No. 8318
Public notices
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Hot Springs County Bid Form. The bidder must supply all information re-
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY AIRPORT quired by the bid or proposal forms and specifications.
TERMINAL AREA DRAINAGE PROJECT Each bid must be accompanied either by a certified
FAA A.I.P. NO. 03-56-0043-10-2018 check, payable to Hot Springs County in the amount
STATE PROJECT NO. AHSG06A of five percent (5%) of the bid, or by a Bid Bond in a
like amount and executed by an approved surety com-
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS pany. The check or bond will be retained by the Owner
as liquidated damages if the successful bidder refuses
Sealed Bids for the construction of project, will or fails to enter into contract and performance bond in
be received by Hot Springs County, at the office of accord with his bid within fifteen (15) days after date
the Hot Springs County Clerk, at 415 Arapahoe, of notification of award.
Thermopolis, WY 82443, until 2:00 pm local time The Issuing Office for the Bidding Documents, con-
on May 15, 2018. The bids will be publicly opened sisting of Project Manual and Plan Set, is: GDA Engi-
and read aloud in the presence of Bidders at 2:15 neers, 502 33rd Street, Cody, WY 82414. Prospec-
pm on May 15, 2018 at the Commissioners Cham- tive Bidders may examine the Bidding Documents at
bers in the County Annex Building located at 117 the Issuing Office or at the Office of the Hot Springs
North 4th Street, Thermopolis, WY 82443. County Clerk, 415 Arapahoe, Thermopolis, WY 82443,
The project includes approximately 340 LF of 12” on Mondays through Fridays between the hours of 8:00
HDPE pipe, 4 inlets, erosion control rock placement, and 5:00, and may obtain copies of the Bidding Docu-
drainage ditch grading, and minor grading. ments from the Issuing Office as described below.
No bids will be received after the specified hour and Printed copies of the Bidding Documents may be ob-
date, and may not be withdrawn after the time fixed for tained from the Issuing Office, during the hours indi-
opening them. The Owner reserves the right to waive cated above, upon non-refundable payment of $50.00
irregularities in the bids and reject any and all bids. No for each set. Checks for Bidding Documents shall be
bids will be considered in which the Proposal, Specifica- payable to GDA Engineers. Upon request and re-
tions or any provisions have been modified. ceipt of the document payment indicated above plus a
Bids will be received for a single prime Contract. non-refundable shipping charge, the Issuing Office will
Bids shall be on a unit price basis, as indicated in the transmit the Bidding Documents via delivery service.
The date that the Bidding Documents are transmitted
by the Issuing Office will be considered the Bidder’s
date of receipt of the Bidding Documents. Partial sets
of Bidding Documents will not be available from the Is-
suing Office. Neither Owner nor Engineer will be re-
sponsible for full or partial sets of Bidding Documents,
including Addenda if any, obtained from sources other
than the Issuing Office. Interested parties may regis-
ter and view the Bidding Documents online at www.
gdaengineers.com. Online contract documents are for
use by subcontractors and suppliers in preparing quo-
tations to prime bidders. All prime bidders must pur-
chase a hard copy of the Bidding Documents prior to
the date of the bid opening.
The Bidder is advised that construction site aviation
safety is of paramount importance. There is a Con-
struction Safety Phasing Plan that is part of the project
requirements and the Contractor will need to conduct
his/her operations in strict accordance with this plan.
There are penalty provisions outlined in the Construc-
tion Safety Phasing Plan for noncompliance by the Con-
tractor’s personnel. All costs associated with the Con-
tractor’s compliance with this operational plan will be
considered incidental to and included in the prices bid
for the actual work items of the bid schedule.
Hot Springs County, in accordance with the provi-
sions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat.
252, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000d to 2000d-4) and the Regula-
tions, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirma-
tively ensure that any contract entered into pursuant
to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enter-
prises will be afforded full and fair opportunity to sub-
mit bids in response to this invitation and will not be
discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or
national origin in consideration for an award.
The Bidder is hereby notified that this project is sub-
ject to FAA Federal Contract Provisions, including, but
not limited to: Buy American Preference, Davis Bacon,
Affirmative Action, Government-wide Debarment and
Suspension, and Government-wide Requirements for
Drug-Free Workplace.
A pre-bid conference will be held at 2:00 PM local
time on May 3, 2018 at the project site located at
1047 State Highway 120, Thermopolis, WY 82443.
The site is approximately 10 miles northwest of Ther-
mopolis on Highway 120. The meeting will commence
at the airport parking lot.
Attendance at the pre-bid conference is strongly
encouraged.
Owner: Hot Springs County
By: Nina Webber
Title: County Clerk
Pub. April 19, 26, May 3 & 10, 2018 No. 8312

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Garage Sale
PATIO sale. Canyon Village
Apartments #3. Kitchen
items, computer and coffee
table, gardening supplies.
Thurs., Fri., and Sat., 10
a.m.-3 p.m. 5/10
294 Red Canyon Rd., Sage
Valley Subdivision, 2nd
house on the right. Fri.,
Sat., and Sun., 8 a.m.-5
p.m. Hand tools, generator,
furniture, too many items to
list. 5/17
SAT., May 12, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Backyard 219 Sunset. King
mattress and box spring,
kitchenware and other
misc. items. 5/10
WOW Store - $10 balloon
bouquets. Handmade gifts,
$2-$3 reading glasses/
sunglasses. New selec-
tion of engraving art, 50%
off Wilton icing and edible
dough, 20% off ladies slip-
pers, fabric $4.99 per yard
- fleece, $7.49 per yard.
Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
864-3921. tfc
TUESDAY Tacos: At the
VFW, 5 p.m.-7 p.m. Beef
or chicken tacos, soup and
dessert only $7. See you
there! 5/17
YAMAHA electric keyboard
with bench. $75 OBO. 2-
oak desks, desk with filing
cabinets. Singer antique
sewing machine, $150
OBO. 864-3385. HOT Springs County His-
5/17
MOTHER’S Day is Sun.,
May 13. White Horse
County Store has Montana
Silversmith for 20% off.
Find the perfect gift here. product, service, company
Vehicles
PAYING for unprepared
iron. Buying junk cars.
Will pick up. Selling quality
used cars and trucks. 347-
2528. tfc
2001 Dodge Ram 350 die-
sel, flatbed, dually, winch,
welder, exhaust break,
60,000 miles. 1999 Ford
F-450 utility truck, 116,000
miles, air compressor, 3
ton hydraulic lift, dually,
diesel. Both in excellent
shape, taking offers. (307)
272-3291. 5/10
Pets
HEAVEN Scent Grooming
is offering a bath and blow
dry and trim nails starting
at $20 and up. Call Andrea
at 921-9567. tfc of Wyoming notoriety as the
FREE kittens to good
home. Two males, six
weeks old, no shots, house
broken. Two females, one
year old cats with shots,
not tame, one Siamese.
921-9541. 5/10
Personals
Alcoholics Anonymous
meeting schedule: (Sunday
Step Study, Wednesday
open discussion, 7 p.m.,
cottage – 1020 S. Sixth);
(Monday lunch bunch –
closed/noon, Friday book
study, 8 p.m., church – Big
Horn/Main). 7/26
NARCOTICS Anonymous
meetings Tuesdays, Sat-
urdays, 7 p.m., water treat-
ment cottage, 1020 S.
Sixth. 921-2393. 6/21
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tact Sage Storage ASAP.
864-4222. 5/10
Miscellaneous
29th Annual Wyoming
Weapons Collectors Me-
morial Day Weekend Gun
Show, Fremont County Fair-
grounds, Riverton, Wyo.,
May 26 & 27, Sat. 9:00
a.m.-5:00 p.m.,Sun. 9:00
a.m.-3:00 p.m. Admission:
$5, children 12 & under
free with an adult. No one
under 18 admitted without
with out an adult. For info
call (307)742-4630. 5/24
THE Johnson County War of
1892 found power and mon-
ey pitted against freedom
and the “American Dream”,
and brought the new State
center of vigilante justice.
Mark Harvey weaves the
talk of myth and legend,
fact and fancy on May 12,
2 p.m., at Big Horn Federal
meeting room. HSC Histori-
cal Society. Refreshments
served. 5/10
Miscellaneous
HSC Republican Party
fundraiser. Reagan day
picnic, June 2, $30 per per-
son. Tickets at Storyteller,
Chamber of Commerce
and White Horse Country
Store. 5/10
DINNER and a movie,
Thurs., May 10, 6 p.m.,
HSC Library. Movie: Grey
Gardens with Drew Barry-
more and Jessica Lange.
Free and everyone wel-
come. 5/10
Wanted
SEEKING old sheep wag-
on, fixer upper. Reasonable
price. (540) 272-5270. 5/10
ATTENTION Wyoming
antler owners. Petska Fur
buying antler/finished fur.
All grades, no lot too lard/
small. Fair grading, com-
petitive prices. www.perts-
kafur.net. Antler routes,
(308) 750-0700. 5/10
Opportunities
FARM and Ranch Auc-
tion. Sat., May 12, 10
a.m., Meeker, Colo. Nice
line of John Deere equip-
ment, trailers, etc. Steve
Claypoole, CP Auction
Service. (970) 260-5577.
www.cpauction.com. Call
us about a sale for you. work all shifts. Stop in for System. Applications are
torical Society is pleased
to host Mark Harvey for the
May program, “The John-
son County War of 1892”
Meeting May 12, 2 p.m.,
Big Horn Federal meeting
room. Bring a friend and
come enjoy an afternoon
of history with like-minded
folks. Open and free to
the public, refreshments
served. Questions? Call
Ray Shaffer, 864-2678. customer contact experi-
DINNER and a movie,
Thurs., May 10, 6 p.m.,
HSC Library. Movie: Grey
Gardens with Drew Barry-
more and Jessica Lange.
Free and everyone wel-
come. 5/10
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COMPUTERS and network
services. PC and Macs.
Virus and malware removal,
hardware upgrades, 25
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Services Employment Employment Employment Rentals
ARE your ATVs and UTVs LAS Fuentes is looking for NEED Extra Cash? Days HOT Springs County ONE-bedroom house for
ready to go this season? a server to join our team. Inn is looking for a bartender. School District No. 1 is rent or sale. Large yard.
If not The Mower Shop in Pick up an application at Applications can be picked accepting applications for $425 plus security deposit.
Thermopolis can service 530 Arapahoe. tfc up from the front desk. 5/10 the position of technology Pets extra. 864-5392 or
and repair all makes and specialist. This is a year- (307) 480-0012. 5/17
models excluding Chinese DAYS Inn Safari Club is WE have an excellent ben- round, 20-hour per week
brands. Please check us hiring a bartender. Pick up efit package (insurance, position. This individual LARGE 1-bedroom apart-
out on Facebook or call an application at the front retirement, sick leave, should have knowledge of ment with storage unit.
921-0395. tfc desk. 5/10 paid vacation days) for full- Windows and Mac based Newly remodeled, very
time positions. Now hiring operating systems, experi- nice, includes dishwasher,
YARD clean up. 921- THE Town of Thermopolis full-time, part-time, long ence in wired and wireless washer/dryer. Walking dis-
4040. 5/10 is accepting applications term substitutes, summer networking hardware, and tance to Hospital & Gott-
for an anticipated perma- substitute staff (teachers computer troubleshooting sche. $575/month plus
I mow lawns all summer nent, full-time position with & aides) for a variety of procedures. Familiarity with utilities, Deposit required.
long. If you want your lawn the Landfill/Street Depart- shifts. Recent salary in- iOS device management 6 month lease. Snowbirds
done, give Ted a call at 921- ment. The position performs crease. Training provided. and Google Apps Domain may inquire about further
2710. I charge $20-$25 per skilled work in the operation Additional information at Management is favorable. options. No pets or smok-
job. In town only. tfc of equipment and machinery 864-2171; 250 E. Arapa- Submit your application ing. Call for more details
used in landfill activities. Po- hoe, Thermopolis; www. online at www.hotsprings1. 864-2146. 5/24
sition also requires manual nwboces.com). Must be at org, Employment Tab.
labor on Town street-related least 21 years of age, have EOE. 5/17 HOUSE, unfurnished. One
projects. Successful ap-
Employment plicant should have experi-
a high school diploma or
GED, and pass background WYOMING Whiskey is
level, three-bedrooms. No
smoking, no pets, near
ence operating at some middle school. Double ga-
checks. 5/31 seeking 2 part-time Tour
DAYS Inn is hiring a wait- of the following: back- rage. Yard requires tenant
Guides/Retail Assistants at
ress/cashier. Come by the hoe, front-end loader, road maintenance. One-year
WELLSPRING Counsel- our Whiskey Shop in Kirby
front desk for an applica- grader, scraper, large gar- lease. References required.
ing is looking to hire a for the summer season
tion. 5/10 bage collection truck and/ Call 864-3367 for more
full-time clinical therapist. (May-August). Will require
or other heavy equipment. Must possess a mental some Saturdays. Must be information. 5/10
COMMUNITY Home
Employee will work under health professional license 21+ to apply. Please drop off
Health Services is hiring
the general supervision of in the State of Wyoming or email resume to Brianna
for P/T and F/T nursing
the Street Superintendent/ or be able to be licensed at bre@wyomingwhiskey.
positions. The qualified
applicant must possess
Landfill manager. Must have provisionally. Training and com. 5/10 Real Estate
the ability to learn and follow experience with children
supervisory skills, be able
standard safety practice and and adolescents given
to travel the Big Horn Basin OFF-grid, 5 acres, solar
on a daily basis, and work
written and oral instructions.
Must possess or be willing
preference but a general panel system. Three bed-
independently. Previous
to obtain Wyoming com-
understanding of clinical
therapy, mental illness and
Rentals room, 2-bath. $287,000.
Home Health experience Call 867-2777. 5/12
mercial drivers license. The substance use recovery a
a plus. Please stop by 717 CONVENIENT one & two-
Town of Thermopolis offers must. Salary and benefits FOUR-bedroom, 2 bath
Broadway for an applica- bedroom apartment. Laun-
a superior benefit pack- are negotiable. WellSpring home. Approximately 1,800
tion. 5/17 dry facilities on site. Owner
age including life, medical, provides an array of medi- sq. feet. Well built log home.
pays water. Starting at
QUALITY Inn of Thermopo- dental and vision insurance cal and dental benefits and $450. Call (307) 462-6886 712 Broadway fixer upper,
lis wants quality front desk coverage and contributes to lucrative paid time off. We for more information. 1/10 not too much. $115,000
clerks. Must be willing to the Wyoming Retirement are a CARF accredited OBO, possible owner fi-
facility and an EOE. Email APARTMENTS, clean and nancing. 921-1417. 6/28
an application or call 864- available at Town Hall, 420 resume to cstewart@well- ready to move into. Outside
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Wyoming 82443, or contact the office at 121 S. 4th animals accepted. Accepts By owner. Riverview motor
PINNACLE Bank is now the Mayor’s Office, 307 864- Street, Thermopolis, WY credit cards, manager on home garage, 2-bedroom,
hiring a full-time teller. 9285 for application or addi- 82443. 5/17 site. Call 864-5588 or 921- 2-bath, craft room, more.
Responsibilities include tional information. Applica- 1389 for more information Appraised $203,500. Call
developing customer rela- tions will be accepted until FREMONT County School and prices. tfc (928) 581-1740. 5/24
tionships, receive and pay position is filled. The Town District No. 25 Riverton,
FALL River County S.D.
money, maintain accurate of Thermopolis is an equal Wyo. Position open imme- NOW accepting applica-
Ranch on Cheyenne River.
record keeping of deposits opportunity employer. 5/10 diately: Second mechanic tions. Pebble Creek Apart-
at bus garage. If interested sells at absolute auction
and withdrawals, nego- ments, 2-bedroom and
tiable instruments, other HOUSEKEEPERS needed in obtaining information or 2-bedroom with den. All May 31. 829 acres, excel-
bank transactions and at the Days Inn. Pick up applying please contact: Ri- electric, large storage area, lent improvements, wildlife
other duties as assigned. an application at the front verton Workforce Services, laundry facilities on-site. haven, horse property.
Prior cash handling and desk. 5/10 Riverton, WY 82501. (307) Call Betty at 864-3232. tfc Details at www.bradeen
856-9231. Applications auction.com (605) 673-
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ence is a plus. Please apply RED Gulch Stash or Stay.
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Stop in for an application lineapp/ Fremont County
or call 864-5515. 5/10 School District #25 is an STORAGE units available.
TACO John’s is hiring! We Equal Opportunity Em- River Storage, 104 Warren.
have full-time & part-time FULL-time, part-time, and ployer. 5/10 Call 307-259-0683. tfc
openings. Please stop in substitute positions open
for an application & ask for at NW BOCES. Recent
Kristi. tfc wage increase. Variety of
shifts available: afternoon,
FREMONT County School evening, overnight, and
District No 25 Riverton, weekends. Work with youth Is Accepting Applications For
Wyo. Positions open for in a school and treatment Heavy Equipment Operators
the 2018-2019 school program. Training provided. For Our Thermopolis Location
year: Learning Resource Work with a team making
Teacher at Rendezvous a difference in the lives of
Pre-Employment Drug
Elementary. (Must have or at-risk youth ages 5-14. Testing Required
able to become dual-certi- Application available at 250 Benefit Package Includes
fied in Elementary Ed and E. Arapahoe or online www. 401K Retirement Plan,
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in obtaining information or least 21 years of age, have Vacation Pay
applying please contact: Ri- a diploma or GED, and pass
verton Workforce Services, background checks. Call For Application Please Contact
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are received electronically Lovell, WY 82431
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Town spring clean-up scheduled

May 21-24 marks this year’s annual
Spring Clean-Up. Each year the town choos-
es a week residents can set certain items by
the dumpsters for pick up.
Property owners are encouraged to clean
sidewalks in front of their homes, proper-
ties or businesses. The street sweeper will
operate during the clean-up to remove de-
bris from streets.
Debris resulting from property clean-
up should be placed next to dumpsters in
sturdy boxes or heavy-duty bags so as not
to break when picked up. Materials placed
by dumpsters should be outside a two-foot
buffer zone, to still allow for normal trash
pickup. Large pieces of wood, metal, rocks
and the like should not be placed in dump-
sters, as such items could cause damage to
hydraulic lifts and compaction mechanism
on sanitation trucks.
After placing items by dumpsters, call
Town Hall at 864-3838 or 846-9285 for
pickup.
The Town landfill is currently open 9
a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Saturday. For resi-
dents who privately contract yard work and
tree/shrub trimming, it is the contractor’s
responsibility to dispose of debris by taking
it to the landfill.
Disposal of paint cans that still contain
liquid should be handled in the following
manner: fill with sand or dirt to absorb any
liquid, allow to dry then place cans in a sealed
garbage bag before placing in the dumpster.
Burn permits are no longer available
within Town limits.
These items will not be picked up by the
Town crew for disposal: appliances contain-
ing Freon — appliances must have a valid
Freon-free certification tag; concrete, gravel
or dirt piles; construction debris or materi-
als known to be generated by contractors;
containers of hazardous waste, such as oil,
solvents, liquid paint or batteries — if un-
sure, check with the Streets Department
at 864-3556.
A metals disposal area has been desig-
nated near the Town Shop. Private citizens
and contractors can use the area in lieu of
hauling appliances or miscellaneous metal
debris to the landfill.

photo by Dennis Nierzwicki

Candidate speech
Mary Throne, who is running for governor, address-
es the Hot Springs County Democratic Convention.

Democratic
convention
by Cindy Glasson
Hot Springs County’s De-
moctatic Party held their
local convention last week-
end, hearing from a few of
the democratic candidates,
choosing their state repre-
sentatives and adopting a
two-year platform for the
party.
The local democrats were
joined by Jeff Dockter who is
running for the State Audi-
tor position, Mary Throne,
candidate for Wyoming
State Governor and Travis
Helm, the only democrat
challenging incumbent Liz
Cheney for her House seat.
In addition, Dean Fer-
guson, director of the par-
ty for Wyoming was in at-
tendance.
The group voted to send
Howie Samelson, Levi Shin-
kle and a third, yet un-
named delegate to the State
Democratic Convention as
well as adopting their plat-
form for the next two years.

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