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Saratoga resident Dick Perue is out to make sure the history of newspapers is never forgotten. Since the early 1980s, Perue, also the former Saratoga Sun publisher/owner and former owner of Perue Printing and Office Products, has been demonstrating how newspapers were printed in the late 19th and early 20th Century on the Grand Encampment Museum grounds. Spectators got Perue’s history lesson during hands-on tours at the “Battle Miner,” the old wood newspaper office building on the museu...
Fran Payne-Rogers, unit president for the American Legion Unit No. 54 in Saratoga, was recently named Unit President of the Year for the 2012-13 year, out of the 43 American Legion units in the department of Wyoming. Payne-Rogers, who was elected unit president for the 2013-14 year in May, received the Unit President of the Year honor at the 92nd annual Wyoming American Legion Auxiliary (ALA) June 26-29 in Cheyenne. She was presented by American Legion Auxiliary Department President Joyce...
Two women from the Platte Valley are out to make sure our overseas soldiers are remembered and loved during their time of service. Stacy Morton, of Saratoga, and Virginia Parker, of Encampment, are looking to provide foods, drinks and necessary or recreational items for the 133rd Engineer Battalion, part of the Army National Guard. Morton’s husband, Charlie, is currently serving in Bahrain, Iran as an engineer with the 133rd, and Parker, a Navy wife of 20 years, has been helping soldiers for abo...
Cowboys looking for wild bucking and throwing action can get their fill at the 2013 Saratoga Bullfest this weekend. Cooperating sponsors for the bull riding event this year are the Carbon County Visitors’ Council and Saratoga Lions Club. KayCee Alameda, a three-year Bullfest producer and promoter along with her husband, Bo, said the 12th annual event includes an $8,000 added purse and 30 top bull riders from across the Rocky Mountain Region. She said this year’s Bullfest includes com...
Historians and homemade art lovers can view a variety of old and new handmade quilts at the Saratoga Museum-sponsored Pieces of History Quilt Show called “Treasured Quilts, Old and New, Let Us Show Them Off for You”, held this weekend at the Platte Valley Community Center. This is the fifth year the show will be presented, and people from all over Wyoming will showcase different handmade and homemade quilts, Susan Speer, Quilt Show Committee Chairman, said. “People from all over the state...
Giving thanks to landowners and a chance for the public to celebrate and learn more, the Wyoming Stock Growers Agricultural Land Trust (WSGALT) is holding its annual Roundup Barbeque in Saratoga Aug. 24. According to the WSGALT, this year’s Roundup Barbeque takes place at Sheeprock Ranch in Saratoga for the benefit of the organization. Hosts Jack and Donna Glode, Joe Glode and Julie Evans welcome guests for an evening in celebration of conservation through ranching in Wyoming. The event i...
Wyoming Game and Fish (WGFD) Department officials caught a large number of trout during their fish population estimate conducting along the North Platte River’s Pick Bridge section. According to WGFD Fisheries Biologist Steve Gale, the total number of trout, both brown and rainbow, captured over three days of sampling was 600, with roughly 60 percent brown trout and 40 percent rainbow trout. Researchers used nets and specialized electrical equipment to catch fish along the Pick Bridge section J...
A work of art from Encampment High School incoming senior Jennifer Morgan was on display at the “Artistic Discovery” art exhibit, held at the Barrett Building in Cheyenne through July. The exhibit features work from Wyoming high school students and is on display through July at the Barrett Building, in Cheyenne. Morgan’s piece, a print of a skeleton with a scarf and other small details, was also one of 25 submissions, out of more than 4,000, that had potential for a Congressional Award after...
The Carbon County Commission approved the county’s final 2013-14 fiscal year budget July 16 during its regular board meeting at the Carbon County Courthouse. Going off original department budget requests made earlier this year, department heads cut more than $8 million in response to Carbon County’s current financial situation. The final expenditure total for the 2013-14 budget was $34,994,061.85. In the general fund, the final estimate of revenue total was $24,269,264.54; the estimated cas...
Local country music fans can expect another superstar performance in Saratoga this weekend. This Saturday, the Lodge and Spa at Brush Creek Ranch, presents “Valley Strong,” featuring Grammy Award-winning country singer Kathy Mattea at the Platte Valley Community Center. Proceeds from the concert fundraiser go to benefit local area non-profit organizations and charities. Mattea, a two-time Grammy winner and Country Music Association (CMA) Female Vocalist of the Year honoree, said she is exc...
The 2013 WHAT Fest music festival is ready to entertain in Riverside for the second time this Friday. According to the lineup list, the two-day free music festival features 37 performing artists from Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana occupying two outdoor stages and an indoor acoustic stage this year. Some performers well-known to the Platte Valley include Jalan Crossland, J Shogren and the Shanghai’d, The Patti Fiasco and the Teka Brock Band. “There is such a p...
With a goal to help inspire, uplift and entertain audiences, the Power at the Pavilion Christian music festival will grace Saratoga for another summer July 26-28. Gene Smith, Pastor for the Platte Valley Christian Center, said the purpose of this interdenominational Christian music gathering is for people of all faiths to give praise to Jesus Christ and be witnesses to the community with the power of music. Power at the Pavilion has been in Saratoga each summer since 1996, and will take place on...
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) officials gave a presentation to the Carbon County Commission July 16 about the TransWest transmission-line project’s visual impact on scenery along Highway 789. Four potential routes were presented during the meeting. Presented was a route that runs through part of eastern Sweetwater County and part of western Carbon County; another that runs through a small portion of southern Sweetwater County and Carbon County and takes the lines closer Baggs; another that run...
Avid outdoorsmen can experience American Old West-style shooting and throwing competition at the Sierra Madre Muzzleloaders Mountain Man Rendezvous. The all-ages, Old West-themed event is sponsored by the Sierra Madre Muzzleloader Rifle Club, and runs July 26-28 in Encampment. The public is invited to all events and activities, and kids’ games take place during all three days. “I have seen little kids from 11 years old up to people in their 80s participate,” said Josh Saier, President of the Sie...
The Medicine Bow Town Council decided not to accept the free fire truck offered from the Carbon County Commission Monday evening. Council members had a special meeting to discuss whether or not they would accept a 1990 Pierce Pumper firetruck, which the Carbon County Commission agreed to offer the town of Medicine Bow for free. The offered truck was one of the county’s older trucks from Hanna. Commission members were not present at the meeting, which took place at Medicine Bow Community Hall. A...
General public feedback prompted the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to consider revising its Recreation Area Management Plan (RAMP) for North Platte River area land and campgrounds. BLM Outdoor Recreation Planner Christopher Jones said the RAMP changes are preferred alternatives not set in stone, and the BLM is considering certain revisions and researching proposals. He said one of the possible changes is that the BLM would provide boundary signs for the designated camping area at the proposed...
Safety and planning for Riverside’s recreational summer events were taken into consideration at the Riverside Town Council meeting Thursday. Council members first discussed the Riverside Party Day set for Aug. 17, and what should be done about catering, cooking and types of food and drinks to be supplied. The town’s WHAT Fest music festival July 26-27 then came into concern because of predicted parking issues. Council members discussed possibly allowing parking on only one side of the str...
Two mid-summer business matters, the Emergency Water Supply Project and Riverside’s WHAT Fest, were heavily discussed at the recent Encampment Town Council meeting Thursday evening. Early in the meeting, the council approved Mayor Greg Salisbury to sign the contract for the town’s Emergency Water Supply Project, now scheduled for work beginning Aug. 1. The project is set to be worked on under PMPC Civil Engineers in Saratoga, and had already been approved at a previous town council meeting. It...
Community-minded individuals discussed the importance of business relations and collaboration at the Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce-sponsored Leaders Luncheon, held last Wednesday at the Platte Valley Community Center. The luncheon, catered by the Hotel Wolf, was led by incoming Chamber Vice President Addie Fletcher, who is also a co-owner at Hood House Bed and Breakfast. Those in attendance included Dana Little, Chamber Administrative Assistant, Alyson Sneddon, owner of Wind Swept...
Five Saratoga High School students received gold and silver medals at the National Future Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) Conference July 7-11 in Nashville, Tenn. Based on a 100-point judges scale, incoming junior Nick Smith and 2013 graduate Micayla Crimmins received gold medals, while incoming senior Harley Klemola, 2013 graduate Rachelle Wilson and incoming sophomore Rodrigo Escobedo all won silver medals. All five students won the right to go to nationals based on their...
Going on its second year in Riverside with growing popularity, the WHAT Fest two-day musical festival is looking at an even bigger and better turnout for 2013. Margaret Weber, owner of the Bear Trap Cafe and Bar in Riverside, said WHAT Fest began as a festival 10 years ago in Cody, but was moved to the Bear Trap last year for space purposes. She said the festival had grown so much with attendees and artists over the years, to the point where a larger space was required. “It began from a bunch o...
A number of local athletes competed and received several medals at the 2013 Wyoming Senior Olympics in Casper July 10-13. Saratoga resident Armand Zahn, 77, took home six first-place wins in the track and field events at the senior olympics. Zahn, a competitor in the senior olympics for more than 10 years, received gold medals in the javelin throw, standing long jump, softball throw, discus throw, shot put and high jump. He also took home a third-place bronze medal for the long jump. The even ol...
Spreading the joy of music among local children, the Elk Mountain Community Youth Choir is rehearsing and looking for more new members who love to sing. The choir is led by director Dawn Kenneda, a three-year Elk Mountain resident who has a bachelor’s degree in music, with a focus in vocal performance. She taught privately for 12 years and publicly for four, and leads worship every Sunday at the Elk Mountain Community Church with the help of her two daughters. Looking to share her love of m...
As part of their three-day public meeting and tour in Saratoga, members of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and Commission honored the 2012 Landowners of the Year at an awards ceremony July 9. Dinner and glass trophies were presented at the Spur Outfitters’ Elk Hollow Lodge between Saratoga and Encampment, where WGFD Director Scott Talbott and WGFC President Michael Healy welcomed and acknowledged those in attendance. According to the WGFD, the 2012 Landowner of the Year award is presented t...
After spending my first summer in Saratoga, I must say I’m pretty blown away by how many events are here in the Platte Valley. As you may recall from a previous column, one of my concerns about moving to a small town with no big cities nearby was the lack of entertainment, or so I thought at the time. After being here for half of a summer, I’m convinced that our Valley has just as many fun summer events going on as any major city across America. The biggest surprise to me is how much we have goi...