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Those looking for a home-cooked turkey dinner and good local company can visit St. Ann’s Parish Hall this Thanksgiving. For this year’s Thanksgiving Day, which is Nov. 28, Platte Valley Helping Hands will sponsor its 18th annual free Thanksgiving Dinner to all looking for a homestyle feast. Gertrude Herold, PVHH Board of Directors member, said the dinner is free of charge and open to all who are interested. “It is open to everyone in the community, and we’ve had people come from Encampment and R...
Nominations are now being accepted for the fourth annual statewide Wyoming Office of Tourism REACH (Rare and Exceptional Achievements in Customer Service and Hospitality) Awards. The REACH Awards recognize businesses and individuals that have demonstrated outstanding service in the tourism or hospitality industry, and have enhanced Wyoming’s reputation as a first-class visitor destination. The four nomination categories include Customer Service Organization of the Year, Customer Service E...
A wreck about 18 miles north of Saratoga Monday looks like a game of "Pick Up Stix" after a tractor-trailer hauling lumber rolled on east side of Highway 130 because of strong winds. The driver, Timothy Woodward from Michigan, was carrying lumber from Saratoga Forest Management to Grand Island, Neb., and suffered only minor injuries. The Saratoga Volunteer Fire Department and a Wyoming Highway Patrolman were on clean up duty....
Carbon County residents interested in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) can soon learn more about who can be helped and affected by the program. On behalf of Wyoming Senior Citizens Inc., two Carbon County presentations on the ACA will take place. The Platte Valley presentation is at 11 a.m. on Nov. 22, at Saratoga’s Carbon County Library (503 W. Elm in Saratoga). An earlier presentation is at 1 p.m. on Nov. 21, at Rawlins’ Carbon County Library (215 W. Buffalo in Rawlins). Wyoming Senior Cit...
Nine Platte Valley student athletes received All-State or All-Conference recognition for their 2013 fall sports season performance. Athletes who received All-State included Saratoga High School cross country runners Cameron Collamer and Ben Falk, Saratoga High School golfer Braxton Schwartzkopf and Encampment High School volleyball player Alyssa Barkhurst. All-conference placers consisted of Barkhurst, Jenny Morgan and Sierra Loftice, of the Encampment volleyball team. The Saratoga Lady...
As a natural helper and sports enthusiast, Hanna-Elk Mountain-Medicine Bow graduate and athletic trainer Sonnie (Palm) Neiman is making sure injured high school student athletes get back on the field right away. Neiman, who graduated from HEM High School in 2003, is now a certified athletic trainer for the three high schools in Hulett, Sundance and Upton. She moved to Hulett three years ago to work around student athletes, with hopes of getting the injured back to their healthy, physically...
Candidate for US Senate Liz Cheney made a stop in the Platte Valley Oct. 25 during her exploratory campaign tour of Wyoming. Cheney spoke at Encampment's Sagebrush Senior Center and the Saratoga Senior Center, to let the community know of her vision for Wyoming and validity as a 2014 senatorial candidate. During both gatherings, Cheney spoke to the entire crowd, mingled with locals on a one-on-one level and listened to and addressed their concerns. Cheney, daughter of former Vice President Dick...
To raise money for the Wyoming March of Dimes, dedicated Saratoga High School FBLA members plan to walk for awareness and collect more than $1,000 in town. This year the March of Dimes celebrates 75 years of raising money to support programs that help mothers have healthy, full-term pregnancies, and the program also funds research to find answers to the problems which threaten babies. The school's FBLA group, which includes close to 20 Saratoga High School students, plans to collect money...
A traditional piece of art owned by a retired Saratoga couple is now sitting on the lawn of the Albany County Courthouse. Bill and Carole Ward donated their large steel sculpture depicting four pronghorn, known as 'Movin' Out Pronghorns,' to the Albany County Courthouse lawn. A dedication ceremony for the placement took place Oct. 15. The 7-foot-tall, 7-foot-long sculpture sat in the yard of the Ward's Saratoga home since 1987, but now rests easy on the south side of the county courthouse, near...
After a seven-year absence from the Wyoming State Volleyball Tournament, Encampment's Lady Tigers fought their way back with a vengeance this time, clawing to fourth place of out eight participating 1A teams. The girls played four games Thursday through Saturday at the state tournament, held at the Casper Events Center in Casper, and scored two match wins against Little Snake River and Upton. The two match losses for the Tigers both came from Hulett and lasted three games each. State and...
After the boys placed second at the state meet, Saratoga cross-country coach Rex Hohnholt looks back on a season filled with improvement. Saratoga's 2A boys' team placed second out of nine 2A boys' teams that ranked at state, which took place Oct. 26 in Sheridan. The team earned 58 points with a total time of 1:15:11.20, and an average finishing time of 18:47.80. The winning 2A boys team was Wyoming Indian, with 20 points and a time of 1:11:18.02, and third place was Lovell, with a time of 1:15:...
With the local fall sports season done as far as home games are concerned, I can’t help but feel a little depressed. It’s the same feeling you have when you graduate from high school and know you have to leave behind fun memories or activities that you won’t be doing again anytime soon. Well, in my case I was actually quite happy to be through with high school when I graduated, but when speaking for the majority of the public, I’m sure you get what I’m saying. I’m kind of sad that I won’t be co...
The Saratoga Lady Panthers wrapped up their 2013 season with an overall 16-12 season record. The Panthers lost their two games against Big Horn and Sundance at last weekend's regional tournament in Wright, but won four more games than they lost for 2013. Coach Shayley Love said her group of girls had a great season overall and finished strong. "They met some goals they set for themselves and improved their record from last year," she said. "As far as regional tournament, they had up and down...
The Saratoga Panthers football team ended their 2013 football season on a high note Thursday, putting a stop to HEM's Miners with a close 69-66 triumph. With the results of what was their last home game, Saratoga ended their first season as a 1A six-man team with 5-3 overall, and 3-3 within the 1A six-man East Division. The Panthers got off to a rough start early on in Thursday's game, and with close to eight minutes left in the second quarter, the Miners were already up 32-0. It wasn't until la...
Platte Valley community members geared up for next year’s festivities at the Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce-sponsored Leaders Luncheon, held last Wednesday at the Platte Valley Community Center. The luncheon, catered by Lollypops, was led by Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Stacy Crimmins. Those in attendance included Mayor John Zeiger; Town Clerk Suzie Cox; Platte Valley Christian Center Pastor Gene Smith; Encampment Town Council Member Mary Martin; C...
Two Saratoga High School football players have organized a raffle to help an ailing respected teacher get back on his feet. The raffle, organized by students Tate Stinson and Ryan Malone, was put together to benefit physical education teacher Burt Willford, who has become ill with cancer and cannot teach at this time. As highly athletic students with a love for football, Stinson and Malone expressed a desire to help a teacher who taught them so much. “My best friend, Ryan Malone, and I have t...
Encampment’s Lady Tigers are heading into volleyball regionals as third-place qualifiers, after a back-to-back loss-win against Little Snake River and HEM. The Tigers beat the Lady Miners Saturday with 25-16, 25-10, 25-13, but lost to the Lady Rattlers Friday with 16-25, 10-25, 13-25. Encampment’s overall season record is now 16-7-1, which includes a 1A southwest conference record of 7-3. “Our first game will be against the No. 2 placed team from the north,” said coach Robin O’Leary. “We need to...
The Lady Panthers didn’t let a double-loss last weekend get them down, and instead looked ahead to regionals as a third-place ranked team within their conference. After Saturday’s loss against Southeast (28-26, 18-25, 25-22, 21-25, 5-15) and Friday’s lost against Burns (19-25, 16-25, 16-25), Saratoga ended up a respectable third place in the 2A southwest conference. Their record currently stands at 16-10 overall, and 5-3 for conference. Coach Shayley Love said that in order to make it to state t...
With the Wyoming State Cross-Country Tournament just around the corner, two runners from both ends of the high school spectrum are hoping to secure Top 10 finishes. Senior Cameron Collamer and freshman Katie Loose are some of the top performers for the Saratoga High School Cross-Country Team. During their three-mile invitational runs, Collamer has primarily secured times with less than 20 minutes, while Loose has usually finished under 25 minutes in the girls’ races. Collamer, who has run c...
After a nearly unbeatable 2013 season, the Encampment Middle School Lady Tigers pulled in a respectable second place win at the season-closing Hanna Volleyball Tournament Saturday. The girls wrapped up their season at 11-1, with their 25-21, 25-22, 25-14 tourney loss against Little Snake River standing as their only loss of the season. Out of the six teams that competed in the tournament (Saratoga, Encampment, HEM A, HEM B, Little Snake River, Desert School from Wamsutter), Encampment came in...
After six years of planning and hard labor, the original power line right-of-way clearing project on the National Forest was officially completed last month. Chuck Larsen, general manager with Carbon Power and Light (CP&L), said the No. 1 goal for the project, which involved clearing multiple trees, was to prevent the possibility of the company’s power lines starting a forest fire and incurring the liability associated with that. Second in importance, he said, was insuring service reliability a...
Since 1980, Carbon County residents could take all their questions about Wyoming weeds, pests, bio-control and herbicides to well-known Carbon County Weed and Pest Supervisor Larry Justesen. However, on Oct. 31, Larry will officially retire from the Carbon County Weed and Pest Control District after 33 years. When Larry began his Weed and Pest Supervisor position March 12, 1980, he had no way of knowing the impact he would make throughout Carbon County. Instead, along with his wife, Judy, and...
The crowd went wild at last Friday’s Saratoga High School football game, as the Panthers made a last-minute squeeze past the Hulett Red Devils with a close 52-50 victory. The Panthers led first in the first quarter, after a field goal kick from Rodrigo Escobedo, which was followed by a touchdown by Kyle Bartlett and a reliable Escobedo point after touchdown kick. Much of the game afterward seemed to be an even flip-flop, with back-and-forth touchdown scoring from both teams, but things got tense...
After beating them twice earlier in the season, Saratoga’s Lady Panthers suffered an unexpected conference loss Saturday against the Lusk Lady Tigers. The match’s scores were 25-18, 11-25, 19-25, 25-21 and 14-16, and put the Lady Panthers at a tie for first place in the 2A southeast conference. Their season record currently sits at 5-2-0 for conference and 16-8-0 overall. Earlier last week, Saratoga came off a win with 25-23, 20-25, 25-22 and 25-23 Oct. 8 against Pine Bluffs’s Lady Horne...
Even after Friday’s win against Farson-Eden, Encampment’s Lady Tigers took in a three-game losing cat-fight Saturday against a different team of Lady Panthers, who hailed from Cokeville this time. The Lady Tigers are still doing well in the state, with season records of 15-6-1 (non-conference) and 6-2-0 (conference), but they lost against their fellow southwest conference cats with 13-25, 18-25 and 13-25. Encampment did, however, win Friday’s match against Farson-Eden with 25-21, 25-22 and 2...