The Community Garden is coming along. New beds are being added as well as an underground watering system which will really help. If you are in Thermopolis, visit the Garden. It is located in Hot Springs State Park.

Plans are already underway also for this year’s Farmers Market. The group expects to get started in July, again on Saturday mornings.

Meetings have been scheduled for year-round, now that there is so much to do. The public is welcome at the meetings. There’s always work in the Community  Garden, and helping hands are welcome.

2012 Schedule

Tuesday May 15, Extension offices 4H bldg, Noon

Tuesday June 19, Big Horn Federal, 5:30 PM

Tuesday July 17, Extension offices 4H bldg, Noon

Tuesday August 21, Big Horn Federal, 5:30 pm

Tuesday September 18, Extension office 4H bldg, Noon

Tuesday October 16, Big Horn Federal, 5:30 pm

Tuesday November 20, Extension office 4H bldg, Noon

Tuesday December 18, Big Horn Federal, 5:30 pm

For Information: 921-1593, 864-3488

Manning practiced dentistry in Thermopolis for 41 years. In his spare time, he was a painter, photographer and woodworker. He also wrote a memoir, “Fire Missions and Cherry Blossoms,” about his experiences in the Korean War.

Manning died May 22, 2010, after complications from heart surgery. The exhibit is the first time that a collection of his work has been shown. It includes paintings from his family’s collection; works currently in private collections; photographs; and woodwork. The exhibit will include an unfinished painting on which Manning was working. It shows two of his grandchildren playing on the beach.

“Frank took classes from Rupert Conrad, an artist who lived and worked in Thermopolis for many years,” said Jacky Manning. She and Frank married in 1955.

“It was pretty remarkable that Frank wanted to paint because he was colorblind. And Conrad really stressed the importance of color. I remember Frank explaining what Conrad had told him — ‘If you want a work to be a true depiction, then take a photograph. A painting should add another dimension to the work.’ Frank took that to heart.”

The two-day show is sponsored by Big Horn Basin Nature & Discovery Center Joint Powers Board and the Hot Springs Greater Learning Foundation. Dr. Manning worked closely with the Foundation on the proposed facility in Hot Springs State Park and worked to establish the Joint Powers Board. The Friday night event will include a short presentation on the Hot Springs State Project, with a video featuring artists in the Thermopolis region.

According to Jacky Manning, Manning’s interest in photography took off when he discovered that no store in town carried postcards with photographs of Thermopolis.

Join us – you never know who or what might show up — great fun with friends and neighbors
Bring your voice — your instruments — and your sense of humor!

Visit our Musical Neighbors!
In the Montana area? 1

Community Jams – Molt, Montana

Free!

Jam Sessions Are Held Typically Third Friday of each month
6-8 p.m.

Geographical changes now find James and Donnie living in Southern Oregon and Northern California respectively. Whilst remaining true to their Gaelic roots, Men of Worth have successfully evolved as entertainers. Success breeds success, and a natural progression toward education and travel has sealed the next decade as an exciting and pioneering era for the versatile duo.

Men of Worth are an international act, and have earned much respect and success in two decades of touring. Cultural presentations in Schools have received rave reviews by students and teachers alike. Performing concerts, festivals, and having recorded eleven albums, Men of Worth continue the very tradition from which they evolved.

Together Men of Worth blend their voices with harmony and support their collection of songs with their varied selection of instruments. They have a very simple approach to their presentation, and in keeping with tradition, remain true to the music and story. Their show is a unique combination of humor, exciting tunes, and soulful, heartfelt ballads.

Donnie Macdonald comes from the Isle of Lewis, one of the Hebridean Islands off the west coast of Scotland. Writing tunes and original songs in both his first language Gaelic and in English, Donnie presents the music from his native Scotland with passion and humour. Donnie performs on vocals, octave mandolin, tenor banjo, concertina, and bodhran.

James Keigher comes from Co. Mayo in the west of Ireland. He is a singer, writer and collector of traditional and contemporary folk music. James was raised in Charlestown, a small rural community setting, steeped in traditional music and stories. He performs on vocals, guitar, mando-cello, and bodhran.

While in Thermopolis, Donnie and James will be spending two days in the schools, running a public instrument workshop Saturday morning and a fundraising house concert Saturday evening.

Their residency is sponsored by Hot Springs Greater Learning Foundation, Wyoming Arts Council, Western Arts Federation, Hot Springs County Schools and Broadway Bygones Antique Store.

Join us – you never know who or what might show up — great fun with friends and neighbors
Bring your voice — your instruments — and your sense of humor!

Visit our Musical Neighbors!
In the Montana area? 1

Community Jams – Molt, Montana

Free!

Jam Sessions Are Held Typically Third Friday of each month
6-8 p.m.

The Department hosts open house season setting meetings to provide individuals the opportunity to talk directly with the wildlife biologists and game wardens responsible for managing big game.  One formal meeting, where statewide seasons may be discussed, will be held in Worland on March 27, 2012.

Meetings are scheduled for the following dates and locations:

March 21         Lovell             6-8 p.m.                       Lovell Fire Hall

March 21          Meeteetse       7-9 p.m.                       Meeteetse Conservation District Office

March 21          Powell            6-8 p.m.                       Park County Fairgrounds

March 22          Cody             6-8 p.m.                       Big Horn Federal Bank

March 22          Greybull         6-8 p.m.                        Greybull Town Hall

March 22          Thermopolis   7-9 p.m.                       Museum & Cultural Center

March 27         Worland         7-9 p.m.                       Washakie County Fairgrounds

Interested individuals can submit comments in writing at these meetings or mail them to: Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Attn: Regulations 3030 Energy Lane, Casper, WY 82604. Written comments must be received by 5 p.m. Monday, April 2, 2012. All written comments are given to the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission for their review.

            The State of Wyoming supports the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Anyone requiring auxiliary aids, regarding this Public Notice, should contact the Wyoming Game and Fish Department at 307-777-4586. Every effort will be made for reasonable accommodations.

A baby boy, Asher Rose, warmed with a hand-knit blanket, created by his aunt, Erin Rose. Photo by David Pelham.

The exhibit opens on March 3, and runs throughout the month. The exhibit celebrates the beauty and diversity of the fiber arts, and features over 100 examples of knit and crocheted items by Wyoming artists.

“The exhibit provides a modern day connection to our pioneer past,” said Trails Center interpreter Alex Rose.

Wyoming fiber artists from Casper, Cody, Lander, Riverton, Buffalo, Thermopolis, and Laramie contributed to the exhibit.

Pioneer women knit socks, mittens, even shawls. Today, fiber artists create hats, purses, slippers, stuffed animals, and even knit prosthetic breasts for breast cancer survivors.

“We often buy clothing made in other countries, in factories by machines, by people we do not know, with fabrics that are synthetic and unnatural,” Rose said. “With the fiber arts, people create items, with their hands, that express their love for family, friends and even strangers.”

Some of the items in the exhibit are available for sale, with part of the proceeds benefitting the National Historic Trails Center Foundation.

The following Wyoming yarn shops and organizations helped facilitate the exhibit: Cowgirl Yarn of Laramie, Dancing Sheep Yarn and Fiber of Casper, Fremont Fiber Arts Guild, Jennings Family Fibers of Riverton, Lucy’s Sheep Camp of Thermopolis, Mountain Meadow Wool Mill of Buffalo, and Needlework Paradise of Cody.

Erin Rose, curator of education at Fort Caspar Museum, and a knitting instructor, contributed to the exhibit.

For more information, contact Alex Rose at the NHTIC, (307) 261-7780.

The NHTIC is a part of the BLM’s National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS). The areas of the NLCS are specifically designed to conserve, protect and restore the exceptional scientific, natural, cultural, ecological, historical, and recreation values of these treasured landscapes.

The NHTIC is a public-private partnership between the BLM and the National Historic Trails Center Foundation. The facility is located at 1501 N. Poplar Street, Casper, Wyo. The Center is currently operating on winter hours, and is open Tuesday – Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Men of Worth, a dynamic duo whose members come from the British Isles, will perform on stage Friday, March 2, at 7 p.m., in Hot Springs School District Auditorium, Thermopolis.

Scotsman Donnie Macdonald and Irishman James Keigher blend their voices with Celtic harmony not to be missed. They are as likely to entertain with Irish humor as Scottish ballads, and they bring with them a variety of instruments native to the British Isles, including the bodhran (Irish drum), banjo, guitar, mandolin, button accordion and Irish stringed instruments.

The two have recorded 11 albums, and tour around the world to sold-out concerts. “We are so lucky to be able to get this caliber of entertainment coming to Thermopolis,” said Jacky Wright, owner, Broadway Bygones and school education liaison for Hot Springs Greater Learning Foundation.

Tickets for the concert are $10 in advance or $12 at the door. Students are free. “The program is being sponsored with the help of several organizations, and we are excited to be able to offer all students up through high school age a free ticket.”

The concert will be part of a three-day residency which will include programs in the schools and the community.

An introductory workshop to the Music of the British Isles will be held Saturday, March 3, 9 a.m.-noon at Common Ground. Cost of the workshop is $30. “People pay a lot to attend a concert in Casper and Billings,” said Jacky Wright. “Here you’ll be able to work with them and talk with them for less than a regular ticket in most towns.”

The concert is sponsored by Hot Springs Greater Learning Foundation, Wyoming Arts Council, Western Arts Federation and Hot Springs County Schools.

They will present  demonstrations and workshops for the elementary school and high school choir on Thursday and Friday, March 1-2. A Lights On after-school program will be held 2:15-3:00 p.m., Friday March 2. A house concert on Friday, March 2, is sold out.

The different styles of music of the British Isles was brought with settlers to the Appalachian region of America. Here they mingled together to become folk and early music that is the origin of today’s bluegrass and country music.