Serving the Platte Valley since 1888
Serving the Platte Valley since 1888
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Lloyd Buford was the meat market manager for Safeway stores in Nebraska for 11 years but grew tired of the grocery business. At the time, Buford knew he wanted to own a small business of his own and caught wind of a meat locker for sale in Encampment. He was familiar with this area and ended up buying the business. He moved his family to Wyoming in 1983. With three small children, Lloyd and his wife Jan needed more income and some form of insurance. A part-time police officer position, that...
Voices of the Valley (VOV) is an organization developed to keep the best interest of the Valley first. There are several proposed projects in Carbon County and the first of the concerns for VOV is the influx of workers coming into Saratoga for those proposed projects. The second concern is the environmental impact of one of the projects in particular according to Jim States, Vice President of VOV. The Continental Divide-Creston Natural Gas Development Project (CD-C) is slated to increase an alre...
Milo Hunter, a member of the local Scout troop, helped the Webelos participate in the winter Camporee and Klondike race March 2 at the Rendezvous area on the outskirts of Encampment. The local Troop 153 is comprised of Saratoga Boy Scouts and Webelos from around the Valley. Although the local boys who participated were younger than the rest of the troops, the boys of 153 won one of the three competitions and participated in the Klondike race itself. There were three competitions on Saturday incl...
When Scott Bokelman was charged with nominating players for a state-wide athlete award, the choices were clear. Bokelman, head coa ch of the Saratoga Panthers, nominated Waddie Love and Ben Gates for the Wyoming Chapter of the National Football Foundation Scholar Athlete Award. The scholar-athlete finalists will receive a plaque and a $1,200 scholarship to be used at the school of their choice. The awards will be presented at the 19th annual banquet for the Wyoming Chapter of the National...
The last time I walked into the Event Center in Casper was for the State Wrestling Meet exactly 20 years ago. Back then I was a contestant in the meet and all the teams came through the doors in the back of the complex. All the busses for all the teams in the state still line up in this parking lane to drop off wrestlers, coaches and team managers. The meet brings 2A, 3A and 4A classes from the entire state, from as far off as Jackson and Saratoga. The spectators enter the complex from the... Full story
Saratoga Panther, Thatcher Spiering, and Hanna-Elk Mountain- Medicine Bow (HEM) Miner, Justin Irene, both wrestled their way into the finals this past weekend. Both wrestlers earned second place in their weight classes at the state wrestling tournament. Saratoga took 11th out of 21 teams in class 2A. “This year was an exciting one,” Mason said. “We had five medals at state and the most I’ve seen while coaching Saratoga is six. It’s an exciting bunch of kids.” Bradley Bifano and Daynon Mowr...
1 years ago February 27, 1913 Big Jack Rabbit Hunt About seventeen men went out on Jack creek on Sunday morning to rid the ranches in that area of Jack Rabbits which were eating up considerable feed from the stock. The men all lined up at Jack creek lane and started up the creek in a long line spread out taking in the valley, and they hadn’t gone far before the Jacks began to run. Well, run they did, in every direction of the compass. And the cannonading started with a roar that lasted u...
he Carbon County/Saratoga Water and Sewer Joint Powers Board (W&SJPB) met last Wednesday to discuss upcoming and current projects. The new water meter system is still the main issue for W&SJPB. Ten percent of the total bid price was withheld in the case that any original work on the meter relocations needed to be redone. Most of the work between feed lines and the meters turned out faulty and the town will need to re-examine the work. $100,000 dollars is being withheld at this point to cover or...
PMPC Enginneer Ken Schwerdt reminded the Riverside council during Thursday’s meeting that the State Revolving Funds Intended Use Plans for 2013 are due soon. Schwerdt explained that the plan is used as a funding gauge for the year, and that Riverside should keep the active lagoon projects on the list. Riverside has no project planned that would need funding, but keeping Riverside on the list would ensure that if something came up that requires state funding, the town could apply for it later in...
The Encampment Town Council approved paying ex-police chief, Nick Finer, for eight-and-one-half days of accrued vacation, Thursday. During the council meeting, council member Mary Martin said Finer’s contract stated that the vacation days start to accrue from day one, but the employee cannot use vacation until after one year of employment. Martin also pointed out the termination section of the contract states vacation pay will be paid upon termination of the contract. After discussion, the c...
When hunters and anglers hear the word Warden, the Game and Fish, and being checked for game violations is most likely what crosses their mind. If a hunter or angler has a prize animal taken afield, then they might think about going to see the other Warden. Warden Patzer is the proprietor and taxidermist at Trophy Room Taxidermy. Patzer re-opened the Trophy Room three years ago and after revamping his business plan, the flow of customers has continued to increase. Warden still does taxidermy wor...
The state brackets are set up for eight wrestlers per weight class. All 11 Saratoga grapplers will wrestle at the state meet in Casper this weekend. Following is a run down on each wrestler’s result from the regional tournament. At 106 lbs., Daynon Mowery took fourth place. Unfortunately Bradley Bifano wrestled once and re-aggravated a neck injury that has plagued Bifano in the last part of the season. Bifano injury defaulted through the regional brackets but will heal in time for the state m...
Jan. 18 and Jan. 19 The Saratoga Middle School (SMS) girls A basketball team won big in the month of January. The girls defeated Wamsutter by a score of 55-17. The leading scorer was Meredith Lincoln with 17 points. Lincoln also had four rebounds, three steals and four assists. Katie Loose had 8 points, three rebounds, six steals and six assists. Sara Burton, Mycheala Jackman and Melissa Escobedo all had 6 points apiece. Escobedo also had seven rebounds, five steals and an assist. Allison Faulk...
In a game that came down to the wire, Saratoga beat Encampment, 43-41. There were seven lead changes in this game and the score was tied numerous times. Both teams played very well and this was a great basketball game to end the regular season play. It was also senior night in the Panther Den and six seniors were honored with their parents on the floor before tipoff. Ben Gates, Jake Fourman, Daniel Kerbs, Taylor Smith, Amber Young and Taylor Miller will all graduate this spring. In a turn of...
The Encampment girls team never gave up. There is an old adage, “Don’t die with bullets left in your gun.” The Lady Tigers had few numbers and were plagued with injuries throughout the season. With only one substitute the Lady Tigers had no choice but to fight until the end. Little Snake River Valley came to Encampment with three teams worth of players and, as they racked up points and substituted players throughout the A squad, the B squad and the C squad, the six Encampment girls battl...
The water levels at the Pathfinder storage reservoir for the Upper North Platte River are well below the 1,100,000 acre-foot mark. This value represents a full North Platte Ownership supply, and the value for February storage is 705,364. This has prompted the State Engineer’s Office to administer the first call on water rights for the 2013 season. At the start of February, the water and snow water equivalent was below what the Engineer’s Office knows to be a safe flow to meet all the needs of...
After starting the season plagued with illness, Hunter Mason had a flawless weekend taking the top podium spot at 120 lbs. “I’m pretty excited and nervous,” Mason said before his finals match. “This is my first time being in the finals of the Carbon County Invite. I’m really nervous for my opponent and I’m going to try my best.” The Carbon County Invite took place last weekend and Saratoga finished fifth as a team in the 18-team field. The Saratoga grapplers that participated this weekend inclu...
Ben Gates hit 100 percent of his attempts from the 3-point line in Saratoga’s loss to Little Snake River Valley on Thursday. Braxton Schwartzkopf followed the effort from the arc hitting 50 percent of his three-point attempts. Gates was the leading scorer doubling for 14 points, followed by John Brennan with 8 points of his own. Daniel Kerbs and Andrew Oiler both were 100 percent from the free throw line. However, the individual efforts were clouded by the final score of 44-76. The Panthers (...
The Lady Panthers traveled twice last week. First to Baggs to play Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) on Thursday, then to Burns (4-2), (12-6) for the last conference game of the season. The ladies dropped both of these matches, but more positives came from these road games than negative. Justine Fourman was named the player of the game on Thursday in the 34-70 loss to LSRV. Fourman finished the night with 14 points and nine rebounds, a task not easily accomplished against the top ranked team in...
Ron Garretson ran the cutter races for 30 years and Garretson knows that not only does the driver of the team need to be on top of their game on race day, but the team of horses has to be ready to run as well. According to Garretson, the type of horses a team runs depends on how serious the team takes the racing. The horses are the factor on how a team does at the races, and if a team is serious about competing they can spend a lot of money on horses. If a team wants to just have a good time...
Jaden Campbell snowshoes through the fresh snow Friday at Brush Creek Visitors’ Center. Saratoga Elementary School students spent Friday in the Snowies playing in the snow as a reward for meeting the accelerated reading goals for the first semester. See more photos on page 8....
The third vowel, and the sixth letter in the alphabet. Put them together and you have a word, IF. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary the word is a conjunction, putting two ideas together to create a single thought, but one that is dependent on a certain action. A boss of mine once told me “You can’t get anything done IF you don’t get out of bed.” A very correct statement. In the movie “Field of Dreams” the phrase ‘IF you build it, they will come’ kept being whispered by the ghost of sh...
The Encampment men (12-3), (4-1) held second place in the conference despite losing by two points to number one Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) on Friday. Encampment then handily beat Hanna-Elk Mountain-Medicine Bow (HEM) on Saturday. Both games were on the road and the first of the two games was a very close contest that finished with LSRV (17-2), (6-0) on top 36-38. This game proved to be a real a barn burner between two good teams. The game was tied for the duration and this one came down...
Saratoga Elementary Schoolers celebrate completion of their reading goals by spending a day in the snow last Friday....
The Encampment Tigers played two non-conference games last week. The first game, last Tuesday, was a fast-paced game against the North Park Wildcats. Senior Waddie Love played in his last high school game do to a re-injury of his ankle. Love made the decision to have the injury fixed so he can pursue an athletic career after this year. “It’s pretty emotional for me; it’s like watching his last football game” Scott Love, Waddie’s dad, said with a smile before the game. “It’s been a fun ride and...