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October 27, 2016

4-H Achievement night set

Community members are

invited to attend the 2016 4-H
Achievement Night Banquet and
Awards Program on Saturday,
Nov. 5 at the Hot Springs County
Fair Building. The banquet begins at 5 p.m. and the awards
program will follow.
The Outlaws, Mustangs, Cowpokes, Hot Springs Hotshots

and Unbranded 4-H clubs will

be featured.
Each family attending is required to bring two side dishes,
such as salad, vegetable/casserole or dessert and place settings for family members, including plates, silverware, napkins
and cups.
There will be door prizes for

4-H members in attendance

who have completed their record book.
Senior members who are interested in helping emcee the
program are asked to call the Hot
Springs County Extension Ofce
at 864-3421 or Sharon Cordingly
at 864-9352. Set up will begin at
1 p.m. Saturday.

Barrel racing winter series begins

Leonhardt 15.923, JoDawn Leonhardt

16.015; 2D Riley Addington 16.166, Della Epler
16.419, Carrie Basse 16.559; 3D RaeLee Coyle
16.637, Jen Fernandez 16.681, Dusdee Shepperson 16.739, Missy Christian 16.836, Kelly Fisher
16.849, Gail ONeal 17.283, Randi Perry 17.363,
Kaitlyn Snelling 17.371, Kaylee Leseberg 17.408,
Karen Wilkes 17.454, Kandance Lumbardy
17.546, RaeLee Coyle 17.579; 4D Crystal Chapel-Schmuck 20.417, Valerie Stothart
21.849.
Pole Bending Mesa Allen 22.836, Kaylee Leseberg 23.144, Kelly Fisher 24.278, Maddie Fantaskey 24.472, Dusdee Shepperson 25.728, Carrie Basse 31.470.

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Thermopolis

The Hot Springs County Barrel Racing winter season kicked off Sunday, Oct. 23 at the fairgrounds.
Results include:
Youth
1D Riley Addington 15.631, Aspen Leonhardt 15.857; 2D Riley Addington 16.166,
Kaitlyn Schmuck 16.564; 3D Kandance Lumbardy 17.159, Megan Wineld 17.233, Kaylee
Leseberg 17.408, Taylor Malcom 17.4698; 4D
Madison OMeara 18.993, Megan Wineld 20.075,
Kaylee Leseberg 21.856.
Open
1D Shyla Nichols 15.591, Riley Addington
15.631, Jody Whiteman 15.708, Bailey
Gibbons 15.819, Brenda Sims 15.880, Aspen

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MUSIC
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As seen on RFD-TVs Larrys Country Diner!

Shooting Blazathon

Sat., Nov. 5
7 PM

photo by Dennis Nierzwicki

Spotter Bill Parker and Timer Paul Garbin watch as Rick Tudor makes his way
through the course during the Hot Springs County Practical Rimre Long Range
Blazathon at the Bob Milek Memorial Range Saturday.

Change
pays.
Ken Westphal, Agent
Bus: 307-864-5501
Bus: 307-347-9233
www.kennywestphal.com

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Senior Center
LunCH Menu
october 31-november 4

MondAy
Pork Riblets, Squash, Tossed
Vegetable Salad, Rolls, Fresh
Fruit, Fruit Crisp
TueSdAy
Hot Roast Beef Sandwich. Winter
Blend Vegetables, Tossed Green
Salad, Fresh Fruit
WedneSdAy
Chicken Strips, Sauces, Tater Tots,
Pickled Beets w/Onions, Bananas
ThurSdAy
Pork Chops, Mashed Potatoes
w/Gravy, Green Beans, Russian
Salad, Fresh Apple Cake
FrIdAy
SouP & SALAd BAr
Sloppy Joes, Potato Salad,
Marinated Vegetable Salad,
Applesauce, Peaches
& Cream Bars
Menu subject to change without notice.

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Preserving the Wyoming LifestyLe

Paid for by Agar for State Senate

641 Warren St. 864-2153

People are needed to help protect the livelihood of our community.

Our Hospital delivers an impressive array of services; it is the sole provider of outpatient surgery,
radiology, and clinical laboratory services.
The value of our hospitals extends well beyond direct patient care. It is also a powerful economic driver.
Our Hospital accounts for 15% to 20% of all jobs in our community (both primary and secondary
employment).
The presence of one physician accounts for 8.4 jobs in our local economy.
Health services and schools are the most important quality-of-life factors attracting businesses, new
residents, and retirees.
Some of the economic drivers are more indirect, but no less important. For example, it is estimated that
every healthcare dollar spent locally recycles through the community one and one-half times.
What happens if our hospital has to reduce services?
Certainly, patients feel the impact. Without a local provider, you would have to drive a long distance
to receive primary, and specialty care. This would present significant obstacles to a patients ability to
receive timely health care services. It may also increase the patients out-of-pocket ability to receive timely
health care services. It may also increase the patients out-of-pocket costs for ambulance services, personal
transportation lodging, and meals.
Losing a financially viable rural hospital also hurts the local economy. Besides the immediate loss of
hospital jobs, the closure of a sole hospital in a rural community results in an average 1.6% increase in the
local unemployment rate and a 4% reduction in per-capita income, concludes a Health Services Research
study. Shutting down a rural hospital ripples throughout the local economy in other ways. For example, the
city and county may lose property and other tax revenues previously generated by physicians and hospital
employees who have moved away. Local businesses suffer, too, from the loss of purchases by the hospital,
as well as personal spending by displaced employees. Indeed, a closed rural hospital can mean as much as a
20% loss of revenue to the local economy.
Successful communities take care of their churches, their schools and their hospitals. The reason for this
is fundamental and obvious. How we care for these institutions is a reflection of how we care about each
other.
The choice is ours whether we secure a known future by voting yes for the hospital district and special
purpose tax or continue to gamble with an unknown future.
Paid for by Sharon Skiver