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Sheriff
photo by April S. Kelley
Summer fun
Children in the Lights On Summer program try their hand at roping at the Pavilion in Hot Springs State Park
on Monday. A carriage ride was also a part of the summertime fun.
by April S. Kelley
The Gift of the Waters Pag-
eant is coming up on Aug. 6-7,
and volunteers are still need-
ed to make this year’s event a
success.
Treasurer of the Gift of the
Waters Pageant Committee
BarbViettisaidindividualscan
volunteer in a variety of ways.
A women’s chorus singing
Native American songs is in
need of volunteers, or they can
participate in another part of
the pageant. For those who do
not seek the spotlight, the Gift
of the Waters Pageant Commit-
tee is also in search of volun-
teers to help with programs,
selling t-shirts, building the
parade float and helping to
provide meals for the Native
American participants.
This year will celebrate the
120th year since the signing
of the treaty. The treaty was
signed on April 21, 1986 by
Chief Washakie of the Shosho-
nes and Chief Sharp Nose of
the Arapaho at Fort Washakie.
The tribes sold land almost
ten miles square to the Unit-
ed States for $60,000 worth
of cash, food and cattle. Chief
Washakiestipulatedthatapor-
tion of the water remain free to
the people.
The Wyoming Legislature
set aside the park and speci-
fied one-quarter of the water
from the Big Spring to be free
for public use in 1899.
The play was written in 1925
by Marie Montabe and present-
ed for the first time. Twenty-
five years went by before the
play was revived in 1950, and it
has been presented every year
since. It is performed by the
Shoshone tribes and local resi-
dents in front of the Big Spring
in Hot Springs State Park.
Formoreinformationonhow
you can help with fundraising
or volunteering to help with the
Gift of the Waters Pageant, call
Vietti at 921-1551, President
of the Gift of the Waters Pag-
eant Committee Shasta Shafer
at 307-258-9861 or Secretary
of the Gift of the Waters Pag-
eant Committee JoAnn Myers
at864-2594.Thisyear’st-shirts
are available for purchase for
$17 sizes S-XL and $19 for 2XL
andabove.Topurchaseat-shirt
call Vietti at 921-1551 or Howie
Samelson at 864-3002.
Volunteers needed for Pageant Days
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sons, musicians and storytellers
will come together Aug. 6-7 in
Hot Springs State Park (Ther-
mopolis)fortheAnnualBigHorn
BasinFolkFestival.TheFestival
celebrates Wyoming’s own with
live music, a juried art show and
sales, artisan demonstrations
and hands-on activities for kids
and adults. There is no charge to
thepublictoattendorparticipate.
Newthisyearisa“Storytelling
Circle” featuring regional story-
tellers and poets. It will be open
Saturday, 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m. and
Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The pub-
lic is welcome to join in.
Also new this year is an eve-
ningmusicperformance.Spencer
Bohren, who grew up in Casper
but now lives in New Orleans,
will be joined by The Tremors,
the Casper duo of Cory McDan-
iel and Dale Bohren, Spencer’s
brother, Saturday, at 7:30 p.m.,
in the Pavilion.
Other musicians who will per-
form include Miss V “the Gypsy
Cowbelle,” Kirby (cowboy coun-
try folk); Low Water String Band
with Dave Munsic, Lander (tra-
ditionalstringband);)theShore,
Laramie (traditional folk music
anddance;HeavenBound,Basin,
(gospel); Jeff Troxel (finger-pick-
ing-style guitar); The Tremors
(Cory McDaniel & Dale Bohren),
Casper(eclectic);MikeHurwitz&
the Aimless Drifters, Alta (origi-
nal cowboy country); and Connie
Dover,northernWyoming(tradi-
tional Celtic).
An open-to-all acoustic music
jam will be held Sunday after-
noon around 4 p.m., after the fi-
nal scheduled performance.
The Juried Art Show & Sale
featuresartistsandartisanssell-
ing their own works, including
wood furniture, jewelry, wood-
turned bowls, photography, as
well as weaving, needlefelting
garments and hats. Participants
arechosenfortheirqualityofart-
work and come from throughout
the state. Steve Schrepferman,
Cody potter, is serving as juror
to select qualified artisans.
KiwanisTradingPostareahas
a variety of vendors, from crafts-
men to food vendors and non-
profits. Kiwanis will offer their
burgers and brats on Saturday
at noon. New to the food vendors
this year is Hot Springs County
Senior Citizen Center, which
will be selling their famous cin-
namon rolls.
This year’s demonstrators in-
cluderegionalcraftguildsaswell
as individual artisans. Among
the guilds represented are Wild
West Rug Hookers, Smoking
Waters Art Guild, and North-
ern Wyoming Woodturners. The
woodturners will be demonstrat-
ing pyrography and wood gilding
during the day.
DavidOsmundsen,Arrowhead
Forge,Buffalo,willbeworkingon
hisportableforgethroughoutthe
festival.JackMease,Lander,will
demonstrate rawhide braiding.
Other skills that will be demon-
stratedincludeneedlefelting,hat
making and leather work.
Karl Milner, Gillette, will do
a black powder demonstration,;
his son, Teddy Milner, will dem-
onstrate tomahawk throwing.
Kid-friendly hands-on activi-
ties include beading, leather
work, a make-and-take paint-
ing workshop and Miss V’s mini-
workshop on how to make music
using ordinary household items.
Another special kid-friend-
ly feature this year is a “Color
Thermopolis”muralsponsoredby
Smoking Waters Art Guild and
Thermopolis Community Fund.
The mural is 12 foot long and five
foot high with an outlined scene
of Thermopolis that can be wiped
clean after each session.
Thefestivalactivitiesareopen
to the public without charge be-
cause of our generous sponsors.
The festival is organized by Hot
Springs Greater Learning Foun-
dation and supported by major
grantsfromtheNationalEndow-
ment for the Arts, Wyoming Cul-
tural Trust Fund, Wyoming Arts
Council, Hot Springs State Park,
Hot Springs Educational En-
dowment Fund and Hot Springs
Travel & Tourism. The Storytell-
ing Circle is sponsored by Wyo-
mingHumanitiesCouncilandBig
Horn Basin Storytelling Guild.
Additionalsupportcomesfrom
Thermopolis Chamber of Com-
merce,SmokingWatersArtGuild
(SWAG), Thermopolis Kiwanis,
Las Fuentes, CAPTEL and Pin-
nacle Bank.
Over 4,700 people attended
lastyear’sfestival.Forschedules
and a full list of participants, ac-
tivities and updates, check the
website www.wyomingfolkfesti-
val.com.
BHB Folk Festival packed full of fun
by April S. Kelley
The Bobcat Athletics Hall of Fame induc-
tion will be held at 7 p.m. on Friday, July
15 at the Hot Springs County High School
Commons.
The class of 2016 Hall of Fame includes
athleteWilliam“Bill"McCormick,whowasa
three-sportlettermaninfootball,swimming
and track & field; athlete Nate Miller, who
was a four-year letterman in football and
basketball for the Bobcats; coach/adminis-
trator Alex McDougall, who coached over 25
years in Thermopolis; and the 1971 Swim-
ming Team, who compiled a regular season
record of 9-7.
Bobcat Athletics Hall of Fame Chairman
Mark Whitt said the Hall of Fame was es-
tablished in 2006 as a way to recognize the
manygreatathletes,coaches,teams,admin-
istratorsandcommunitymembersthathave
beenapartofBobcatathleticsovertheyears.
Bobcat Hall of Fame ceremony Friday
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when he called the jail a dic-
tatorship.
“I called them a dictatorship,
what that means is that she
[Price] has the power of intim-
idation,” Robbins said. “If the
inmates don’t think she wants
them to see me, they won’t see
me. That’s probably the way it’s
going to be until I find an inmate
strong enough to stand up to her.
It’sveryrarelythatnoonewants
to see me, but I think that’s go-
ing to be a norm now.”
Price explained what hap-
pened at last Thursday’s visita-
tion with inmates.
“Frank showed up at 8:05
a.m.,” Price said. “When he got
there, someone
else was visiting
with an inmate.
Frankwantedto
visitwithonein-
mate. When we
talked to that
inmate, they re-
fused, so Frank
left.”
Price said the
week before she
had called him
ahead of time
to let him know
that he would
have to share
his time.
“On that day, he showed up
withalistoffivepeoplehewanted
to see,” she said. “Only one per-
son wanted to see him. We split
the time with fifteen minutes for
each inmate. The other religious
group had more inmates that
wanted to see him. I explained
how we split the time up with
Frankandhebecameveryupset.
He stayed seated but got rather
loud and kept saying that this
wasn’ttheagreement.Iremoved
the inmate and I requested an-
other deputy to come down with
her camera. I wanted to record
what was going on so there was
no question later. At that point,
Frank settled down quite a bit
and left.”
There have been problems
with Robbins off and on, Price
said.
“There’s always something
thatdoesn’tpleasehim,”shesaid.
Robbins also brought up how
difficult it has been to get bibles
into the facility.
“I’m not looking for a fight
with other religious organiza-
tions,” he said. “I just can’t get
bibles in there. It’s been almost
impossible. Beth said I couldn’t
get them in under any circum-
stance. Lou said we could get
bibles mailed from the factory
and they would give them out to
inmates at request.”
Robbins claimed that an in-
mate who was recently released
from jail said she asked for a bi-
bleandthejailwouldnotprovide
her with one. Price, allegedly,
said the inmate could have one
of the Mormon bibles that were
already in there.
“Wehavedozensanddozensof
bibles, all denominations,” Price
said. “Inmates can get a bible at
anytime and keep it as long as
they like.”
“We are wor-
riedaboutcontra-
band coming into
the facility,” Fal-
goust said.
Another issue
brought up by
Robbins were the
health conditions
of the inmates.
Robbins said the
health conditions
at the jail are ter-
rible.
“It’s neglect is
what it is,” Rob-
bins said. “There is no nurse.
No one tells her [Price] what to
do. Lou has absolutely no power
over her. They are going to deny
everything I’ve told you.”
Falgoust said the jail does
not have a nurse, but that the
jail takes inmates to the emer-
gency room or the clinic when
necessary.
Price explained that the jail
had a contract with Red Rock
some years ago and they would
sendadoctoroveronedayaweek.
That contract has since run out,
and Red Rock would not renew.
“I tried various different ways
to try to get a nurse in there,”
Price said. “I’ve turned every
rock I can to try to find a nurse.
We are doing the very best we
can with what we’ve got. We are
over at Red Rock at least once a
week with someone.”
Falgoust said the jail is do-
ing the best they can with what
they have.
“They [inmates] get the medi-
cal attention they need,” he said.
“They get the food they need.
We’re doing the best we can with
the resources we have.”
“
”
They are going
to deny everything
I've told you.
– Frank
Robbins