Wastewater Foreman Jassen Correll peers down into one of the plant’s two clarifier pools on Monday, Sept. 22. The city facility, which was built in 1984, is considered 15 to 20 years past its useful life and is likely going to see a multimillion dollar upgrade in the near future. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

Margaret Chicoine, lower left, leads a group of participants during the Flight of Silence as part of the 12th annual 9-11 Grand Stair Challenge held last Thursday morning. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

Z Seneca, 6, offers up a tasty treat to the llama at Serendipity Farmstead. Also pictured in back is young Grayson Fletcher who also tried his hand at feeding the llama. On the right is farmstead co-owner Melissa Holt. Photo by Charity Maness/Fall River County Herald Star

County employees vented for an hour about ongoing payroll problems: Pictured from left is Vince Logue, Edie Jenniges, Carol Boche, Veronica Quintana (at the podium) and Cherelle Hughes. Photo by Beth Bogart/Fall River County Herald-Star

A large crane sits on a floating barge below Angostura Dam as workers come down on a scaffolding system (lower right) as part of a $10.4 million U.S. Bureau of Reclamation project currently underway south of Hot Springs. The main purpose of the project is address freeze-thaw deterioration by removing and replacing damaged concrete on the face of the dam. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

Dustin Twiss stands beside his artwork “Dragonfly Sunset” on N. River Street. A vinyl wrap was applied to the utility box as part of collaboration with Keeping Hot Springs Beautiful. Photo by Katie Merdanian/FRCHerald-Star

Hot Springs’ Curt Lout with Image360 of Rapid City works alongside an employee last month near the downtown stop light as they apply a vinyl wrap to an electrical box featuring the artwork of local artist Dustin Twiss, who is an alumnus of Oelrichs High School. This wrap is one of two such projects funded by Keep Hot Springs Beautiful. Courtesy photo

The local chapter of Westerners International will host the organization’s annual national convention this September (open to the public). Pictured here are members of the local chapter at its August meeting held at the Pioneer Museum. Photo by Beth Bogart/Fall River County Herald-Star

THEN AND NOW: Dick Dryden, above, is pictured at his desk in 1989 after being named the new manager of the Hot Springs branch of Black Hills Federal Credit. Below, Dryden is pictured at his desk last week, just a week prior to his planned final day at the credit union.

Oral native Darren Russell takes on the new position of Fall River County Veteran Service Officer, a job he has dreamed of for years. Photo by Charity Maness/Fall River County Herald Star