Week of June 20, 2024
Week of June 20, 2024
JACKSON—Naysayers were nowhere to be found Thursday in the Teton County commissioners’ chambers, where residents showered praise on a plan to lease a 640-acre swath of state land on Munger Mountain to keep it open to the public and undeveloped. The occasion was a hearing of the Wyoming Office of State Lands and Investments, which is formally analyzing a 35-year “recreational lease” proposal that Teton County sent the state agency this spring. Accolades followed accolades as one Jackson...
Authorities from across the county met to hear comments and concerns regarding combined dispatch during a public hearing hosted by the Town of Saratoga on June 12. The Saratoga Town Council was joined by Saratoga Chief of Police Mike Morris, Rawlins Chief of Police Michael Ward, Carbon County Sheriff Alex Bakken, Carbon County Dispatch Supervisor Tracy Newbrough, Saratoga Dispatch Supervisor Alex Munson and Rawlins Dispatch Center Supervisor Valeta Rodabaugh. The public hearing was held to hear the public’s opinion on potentially combining...
The Saratoga Lions Club kicked off the summer at the Saratoga Resort Hot Springs Resort with a youth golf clinic on the week of June 4. There were many newcomers and returning kids who have had past experience. The new kids received tips from coaches and advanced kids. Platte Valley youth also competed in the Junior Golf Tournament. Winners were announced at the post-tournament cookout at Veterans Island on June 7. Junior golf players competed in four different age groups. Bob Lauman started...
It's a crazy race with horsepower on four legs, four wheels and a wheelbarrow. The inaugural Carbon County Rubber Check Race will take place at Encampment -Riverside Lions Club Rodeo Arena on Saturday, June 29. Samantha Buffington, event organizer, said this is a relay race with a challenge. “It is a ranch relay which consists of four teams,” Buffington said. “The goal is to get the batton across the finish line as fast as possible. There are two horse riders with a rider on a...
Loud cheers from an excited crowd mixed with the flying dust and dirt at the Whistle Pig Saloon on June 8 as they held the 2nd Annual Snowy Range ATV/UTV Pulls. There were no winners or losers, as it was all about fun and helping the veterans. Spectators watched from up the hill to witness all the action. It was a win-win for a great cause. Event organizer Dan Jones said the turnout was a lot of fun even though there were only a few competitors in the event. He said it was great people still...
The 307 Pub and Grub is a restaurant that does lunch and breakfast in Encampment. The restaurant has a very warm cabin-like atmosphere which made me feel right at home. Complementing the environment was a very charming local feel which made you feel even more welcome. I chose to order their bacon cheeseburger which is made with local beef provided, at this time, by Zeller Cattle with a side of housemade chips. All together, this cost $17. I received my meal in a very timely manner paired with...
It's been one year since I graduated from Northern Arizona University. One of the important things I had to do was complete a graduation capstone project. My capstone thesis was “The Effects of Mental Health Among College Men And College Men Veterans.” In my capstone, I explained the symptoms and the signs of mental health issues. I spent four months writing my capstone and showing evidence for the claim. I also had to meet with my professor and peers weekly to give an update on my project....
“The Holocaust, more commonly known now among Jewish scholars by its Hebrew term, Shoah (i.e.,”annihilation”), refers first and foremost to the systematic destruction of some six million European Jews by the Nazi government of Germany between 1933 and 1945. It also includes the death through disease, medical experimentation, war, and direct extermination of approximately five million non-Jewish victims, especially the physically and mentally impaired; Polish people, whose nation the Nazis hoped to reduce to slavery status; and Gypsies....
The roar of chainsaws filled the air and the sound of axes chopping into logs filled the air in Encampment this weekend at the Encampment-Riverside Lions Club hosted the 63rd Annual Woodchoppers Jamboree and Rodeo. Before the events began, the Lions Club hosted a pancake breakfast at the Encampment volunteer firehouse. Afterward, locals and out-of-towners alike watched the traditional Woodchoppers Jamboree and Rodeo parade with Ken Drain as this year's grand marshall. People watched the speed...
The best way to describe the Colorado-based band Loose Change—which performed at the BearTrap in Riverside on Saturday night—might be from the popular song by Donny and Marie Osmond, “A Little Bit Country, A Little Bit Rock n’ Roll.” Maureen Dailey and her husband, Lee, came from different musical backgrounds before helping to found Loose Change, which plays covers of popular 90s country songs such as Dwight Yokum. “It kind of morphed into a band. [With the] National Western...
Ronald E. Noton was born August 14, 1938 in Hanover, Illinois, a farming community near the Mississippi River settled by his family in the early 1800’s. His father died of cancer when Ron was just 3 years old, so he did not have the typical childhood. Ron worked long hours on the family farm before graduating as valedictorian of his high school class. Ron attended Monmouth College for two years then the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) graduating in 1961 with bachelor’s degrees in...
Sarah Latier was born September 3, 1936 to Harold and Rhuea Latier of Sinclair, Wyoming. She passed away on October 23, 2023 in Glendale, California. She graduated from Rawlins High School in 1954. Sarah received her B.A. degree from Colorado State College. She received her Masters and Doctorate degrees from the University of Southern California. One of Dr. Sarah Latier - Napier’s hobbies were going to USC football games. She also loved traveling the world, especially Africa and India. She...
After 30 years with Head Start in Saratoga, which operates under Carbon County Child Development, Pat Forbes is retiring as director. Forbes had an interesting journey before working at Head Start. While she always loved kids, childcare was not a career she planned on from the start. “I was going to be a stewardess. I had a degree in Spanish and Sociology. In 1974, when I graduated from college the first time, there was a fuel embargo. Everything shut down in the United States, including Pan...
