July 18, 2019

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Obituary
Joanne L. Rose Walker
Joanne L. Rose Walker, 85, passed after a short illness on July
9, 2019, in Thermopolis, Wyo.
Joanne was born May 28, 1934, in Casper, Wyo.
She loved Thermopolis, the many friends she made
there, and would only ask that they smile when they
think of her. Remember all the good times.
She is survived by three children; three grandchil-
dren; and five great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband; son,
Dale Allen Crabtree; and sister, Loretta, “Connie” Rose Colenbaugh.
Cremation will take place and a Celebration of Life will be an-
nounced.
Mortimore Funeral Home is assisting the family.  Messages may
be offered at www.mortfh.com.

Folk festival music

lineup announced
The Fifth Annual Big Horn
Basin Folk Festival will be held
Saturday and Sunday, August 3
and 4, in Hot Springs State Park.
The music lineup for the festi-
val brings a multitude of talent to
the pavilion stage in the park on
both. There will be performances,
including dancing, from roughly
11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Saturday, and
10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Sunday.
Saturday, emceed by Band and
Choir teacher Drew Brown, has
shaped up with Dan Haley (Wor-
land) who performs blues and oth-
lineup, emceed by our own Eric
Kay, wearer of many hats in our
schools, will bring back members
of the Wyoming Chapter of the
IWMA “V”, the Gypsy Cowbelle,
Almeda Bradshaw, John Sidle and
Ramblin’ Rangers. The Songbirds
(Thermopolis) will share their photo by Lara Love
renditions of spiritual and gospel
music. Connie Dover (Sunshine
Evening drink
Basin) will also take the stage Antelope visit well stocked Anchor Dam for an evening drink. The dam is located around 40 miles west of town.
with her Scots, Irish and Ameri-
can traditional ballads.
There will also be more West-
ern Swing Dancing with Nikole

Farmers Market starts July 27

er favorites; and Dr. Mongo (Ther-
mopolis), with his eclectic covers.
Harold Hutson (Thermopolis) and
friends will also take the stage.
Nikole Wohlmacher (Lander), a
regular host of country western
swing dancing, will perform and
teach.
Members of the Wyoming
Chapter of the International West-
ern Music Association (IWMA)
will be on board to perform. This
will include: “V,” The Gypsy Cow-
belle (Thermopolis) a familiar face
and the organizer of the members
who are participating; Jerry Bell
(Riverton), a longtime Wyoming
cowboy and lover of music & cow-
boy poetry; Almeda Bradshaw
(Huntley, MT), who has performed
at cowboy gatherings throughout
the west for over two decades; John
Sidle (Jackson) who features clas-
sic ‘40s and ‘50s western tunes
from the movies and Tin Pan Alley,
as well as contemporary cowboy
singer/songwriters; and Ramblin’
Rangers (Hot Springs, S.D.) Brad
and BonnieJo Exton, former For-
est and Park Rangers who share
songs and lore of the West.
An equally exciting Sunday
Wohlmacher. Harold Hutson
and Friends will entertain again.
John Brooks with Silvertip Digital
Sound Reinforcement will provide
the sound system.
The festival is open to the pub-
lic without charge. Food will be
available throughout the day on
both days.
The festival is held the same
weekend as the Gift of the Waters
Pageant Days. The pageant tells
how the hot springs were given to
the state by the Native Americans
on the Wind River Reservation. It
will be performed starting around
6 p.m. in the area around the Big
Spring, Saturday and Sunday.
Contact bighornbasinfolkfesti-
val@gmail.com for specific inqui-
ries or visit wyomingfolkfestival.
com. Applications for vendor space
in the Kiwanis Art Fair and the
Trading Post can be downloaded
from the festival website. Appli-
cations will be accepted through
July 27.
Please note, the performer line-
up is subject to change. A more de-
tailed roster of artists, performers,
and programs will be published
closer to the event.
The Farmers Market will be
starting downtown July 27 and
will run through Sept. 28. Sat-
urday Market times are from
8-11 a.m.
If you’re interested in joining
the Market this year, set up be-
gins at 7 a.m. with the street re-
opening at noon each Saturday.
No sales prior to the opening bell
at 8 a.m. are allowed.
Please register at the Master
Gardener Table and submit fees,
$5.00 per market or $25.00 for
season, before setting up. Vehi-
cles will be allowed into the setup
area until 7:45 a.m. after which
time all items must be hand car-
ried in. Vehicles not required for
vending, will be required to park
outside the vending area.
Vendors must provide their
own tables/chairs/booths/and
change. Please leave your pets
at home. This is a non-smoking
space. Please leave the market
area to smoke. You must clean
up your own area and dispose of
any waste.
Products that can be sold: If
imals.
Prepared Foods: As per the
2015 Wyoming Food Freedom
Act, any homemade food (with
the exclusion of meat, except
poultry and farm raised fish)
product may be sold by the pro-
ducer to the informed end con-
sumer. Previously listed “poten-
tially hazardous” foods, such as
canned goods, salsas, raw milk,
raw milk products, and poultry
products can now be sold at farm-
ers’ markets. Food shall not be
sold to or used in any commercial
establishment unless the food
has been labeled, licensed, pack-
aged, regulated, or inspected as
required by law.
If you intend to sell prepared
foods at the Market, in order to
meet the requirements of the law,
you must provide signage inform-
ing the end consumer that your
“product is not licensed, regulat-
ed or inspected.”
Non-Agricultural Products:
Arts and crafts that have been
made by the vendor. Examples:
pottery, handmade soap, hand-

WJRA rodeo this weekend
The public is invited to check
out the younger rodeo competi-
tors at the Wyoming Junior Rodeo
Association (WJRA) Rodeo at the
Hot Springs County Fairgrounds.
Divisions for the event in-
clude: Pee Wee, ages six years
and younger; Junior, ages 7-10;
and Senior, ages 11-15. There will
be awards in all divisions.
Individual events for Pee Wee
include barrel racing, pole bend-
ing and goat tail tying. Junior
boys will compete in goat tail ty-
ing, breakaway roping, team rop-
ing and steer riding. For senior
boys, events will be calf tying,
breakaway roping, team roping
and steer riding.
For the junior and senior girls,
events will ne barrels, poles, goat
tying, breakaway roping and
team roping.
The WJRA Rodeo starts at 10
a.m. Saturday, July 20 and 9 a.m.
Sunday, July 21.
you made it, you can sell it. No
items made by someone else.
Raw Agricultural Products:
Includes fruits, nuts, vegetables,
grains, and plants. Local grow-
ers will have preferential treat-
ment. If a certain type of food is
not available from a local grow-
er, out-of-town produce will be
accepted.
Animal Products: Includes
meats (meat can be sold, if pro-
cessed under inspection in a
state or federal plant), raw milk,
cheese, eggs, honey, wool and
other products derived from an-
crafted furniture, and similar
items including artwork.
Please be sure your prod-
ucts do not require a special li-
cense. All meats, except poultry
and farm-raised fish require li-
censing. If you have questions,
contact our WY Dept. of Ag In-
spector, Jamie George at 307-
347-2501.
The Thermopolis Farmers’
Market reserves the right disal-
low items in question.
For more information on the
Market, please call Sonja Becker
at 921-8456.
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COMMUNITY
Thurs., July 18
CALENDAR
Kiwanis Club, Days Inn, 6:45 a.m.
Commodity Food Giveaway, River of Life Church, 10 a.m.
Help Center, Common Ground, noon-3 p.m.
Nature & Discovery Center meeting, annex, 4 p.m.
Owl Creek Water District meeting, annex, 6 p.m.
Red Lane Water District meeting, Big Horn Federal, 6 p.m.
Bighorn Bowhunters, fair building, 7 p.m.
Fri., July 19 Lego Club, HSC Library, 2:30 p.m.
Acoustic Jam, Exxon Southside, 5:30 p.m.
Open gym, armory, 7 p.m.-9 p.m.
Sat., July 20 WJRA Rodeo, fairgrounds
Take A Hike event, State Park Big Spring Parking lot, 8:30 a.m.
Grass Creek Reunion, Senior Center, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Open gym, armory, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
All-Class Reunion registration, HSC Museum, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
All-Class reunion dance, VFW, 9 p.m.
Sun., July 21 WJRA Rodeo, fairgrounds
All-Class Reunion picnic, State Park Kiwanis Shelter, 11 a.m.
Mon., July 22 Baby Steps, Storyteller, 9 a.m.
Tues., July 23 WIC Services, Public Health Office
Rotary, Days Inn, noon
Help Center, Common Ground, noon-3 p.m.
Wed., July 24 Help Center, Common Ground, noon-3 p.m.
NW BOCES meeting, Children’s Center, 7 p.m.
Open gym, armory, 7 p.m.- 9 p.m.
Thurs., July 25 Kiwanis Club, Days Inn, 6:45 a.m.
Help Center, Common Ground, noon-3 p.m.
Main Street Thermopolis meeting, Main Street Office, 6 p.m.
Conservation District meeting, Big Horn Federal, 7 p.m.
Bighorn Bowhunters, fair building, 7 p.m.
Call 864-2328 to have your community event listed.
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