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Two Saratoga High School students placed fifth in the nation at the 2013 Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) National Leadership Conference June 27-30. Incoming senior Shelby McGuire and 2013 graduate Dillon Boydstun, working together as a team duo, received their fifth-place ranking for desktop publishing at the conference. The event took place at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif. Jared Mason, advisor for the Saratoga High School FBLA Club, said 10 of the school’s FBLA s...
Potential Wyoming gubernatorial candidate Taylor Haynes made a stop in Encampment last week during his exploratory tour of Wyoming. Haynes, who ran as an Independent candidate in 2010, spoke at Encampment’s Sagebrush Senior Center July 2 to let people know of his vision for Wyoming and validity as a 2014 candidate. Haynes, a urologist and former University of Wyoming trustee, is running on a platform that includes property rights, local control and opposition to sales tax. “I’m here to protect t...
A work of art from Encampment High School incoming senior Jennifer Morgan is now on display at the “Artistic Discovery” art exhibit, held at the Barrett Building in Cheyenne through July. The exhibit features work from high school students across Wyoming and is on display this month from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday, at the Barrett Building, 2301 Central Ave. in Cheyenne. Morgan’s piece of a print of a skeleton with a scarf and other small details was also one of 25 submi...
The upcoming Breast Cancer Walk is ready to hit the Saratoga Golf Course Saturday, with one team in particular gaining much local support. This participating team known as “Team Diana” is dedicated to Diana Raymer of Saratoga, who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer earlier this year. Husband Randy Raymer is grateful for the growing support of his walking team, which he said boasts about 40 people. “Diana was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in January, so obviously this is a subject that is close...
Keeping in tradition with the town’s Independence Day festivities, the Saratoga Volunteer Fire Department is sponsoring its annual free pancake breakfast on Fourth of July morning. The breakfast takes place at Odd Fellows Hall, 121 South River in Saratoga, located across the from the town firehouse. It runs from 7 to 10:30 a.m. on July 4. Fire Department Treasurer Brad Cary said the breakfast is meant to show thanks to the community, and has become a regular town tradition at each Fourth of July...
The Fourth of July parade is getting ready to make another fun and lasting impact for Saratoga’s 2013 Independence Day Celebration. Deb Clark, Sergeant at Arms for the American LegionPost 54, said the parade begins at 11 a.m., and line-up begins two hours before then at Walnut Street and Highway 130. Clark has helped with the parade for the past four years. “The checking in and lining up starts at 9 a.m. at the old AmeriGas building across from Aspen Sky (Merchant Mall),” she said. “The length...
Eleven artists will show their creative works at the Blackhawk Gallery-sponsored “Art in the Valley 2013” show this Fourth of July in Saratoga. Gwen Gorton, organizer of the event, said this is the fourth year the Blackhawk Gallery, a Saratoga art gallery, presents its show on the Fourth of July. “The town always had one on the Fourth of July, but once the arts council quit doing it, we started doing ours on the Fourth,” she said. “We used to do ours on Labor Day, but not on the Fourth, j...
The Fourth of July Craft Show is returning to Saratoga this year, presenting a variety of homemade, handcrafted items for show and sale. This year will mark the first year the town is sponsoring the craft show, after Laura M, a Saratoga boutique and women’s clothing store, had sponsored the event for four years. Lisa Burton, organizer for the craft show, said she is currently trying to get as many people signed up as possible. “Right now we’re just hoping to get more interest, and I’m trying...
Those looking to experience and better understand different cultures are welcome to gather for “A Celebration of Custom and Culture,” held at the Saratoga Museum grounds Saturday. The celebration is an all-day event on the museum grounds and pavilion. It starts at 9:45 a.m. with friends of the museum memorial. The names of Donald Erickson, Debbie Chastain and Ada Jackson will be added to the memorial garden. Roy Pilcher, of Devils Tower, will be sculpting wood with a chainsaw. Pilcher began his...
Operating the only law office in Saratoga, Attorney at Law Jonathan Schnal is keeping busy with clients and making his presence known well here in the Platte Valley. Schnal said his office officially got up and running full-time at its 217 N. First Street location in Saratoga in January. He still has a practice in Loomis, Calif., near Sacramento, where he used to work before moving to Saratoga and making his office in town his principal one. “My focus is here, but I still pick up the slack o...
Carbon County Fire Department officials hauled equipment out of Medicine Bow Saturday in response to a tightening county budget. “This is not very good,” said Jim Colman, Medicine Bow Fire Department treasurer who was present when officials were moving out equipment. “We’re adding 40 minutes to an hour in response time, and that’s not good.” The officials wheeled out four fire-response vehicles, breathing apparatuses and other equipment owned by the Carbon County Fire Department. County offi...
Platte Valley residents gathered for a party atop Highway 70 Friday, celebrating the highway’s designation as a scenic byway and 2013’s first day of summer. John Farr, organizer of the event, said he was quite pleased with the turnout at the celebration, which took place at a parking lot along Highway 70, also known as the Battle Pass Scenic Byway, at the highest point between Encampment and Baggs. Attendees were treated to a barbecue beef dinner and surrounding natural mountain and forest scene...
A local wind farm project that received a permit from Carbon County 14 years ago and was never developed could be revived. The Cheyenne-based renewable-resource energy company Terra Moya Aqua Global Wind first obtained a conditional-use permit for the wind farm project, which was proposed for Simpson Ridge, located just east of Rawlins. Although the project never broke ground, Carbon County officials say the permit issued back then is still good. “Back in 1999, this county issued a c...
Community members learned more about the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act (PPACA) at the Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce-sponsored Leaders Luncheon, held June 12 at the Platte Valley Community Center. The luncheon, catered with pizza by Del Rio, was led by Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Stacy Crimmins. Mike Cote, Senior Sales Executive of Wyoming Health Solutions, in Cheyenne, gave a speech and PowerPoint presentation about the changes in the new...
Due to a lack of statewide supporter signatures, the referendum to repeal Senate File 104 will not be put on the ballot for 2014. The State Central Committee of the Wyoming Republican Party passed a resolution to endorse the referendum to appeal SF104 on April 6. The referendum sought to repeal 2013 Senate Enrolled Act No. 1 (the law resulting from the passage of SF104), which amended the duties of, and transferred specific duties from, the state superintendent of public instruction to the newly...
An aged Old Baldy Club home that could have been demolished is now a newly-renovated, on-the-market modern house located in southwest Saratoga. The home was remodeled by Custom Builders in Saratoga, and currently sits at 201 Sunset Lane in Saratoga, in the neighborhood behind Valley Foods. According to Rory Grubb, partner for Custom Builders, the house was once situated at the Old Baldy Club, but new owners of the property wanted to build a newer and larger home in its place. Instead of being...
With plenty of life stories to tell family and friends, Merl Aydelott recently celebrated his 97th birthday Saturday at Rick Martin Memorial Park in Riverside. Aydelott was surrounded by many friends and family members who helped celebrate with an outdoor barbecue at the family-oriented park. He spoke about various jobs he worked, which included driving a fuel truck and a gas truck in the 1930s, and how he became a college grad nearly 70 years ago. “I graduated from college in 1945 and moved b...
With school out and the warm weather in full-swing, several Saratoga youths have been hitting the diamond for some fun summer baseball action. According to coach Stacy Morton, the Saratoga Recreation League for baseball consists of one majors team and one minors team, and there are three or four T-ball teams. The teams are grouped according to age and open to boys and girls who play together on one team, and the season, which began the last week of May, runs through to the end of this month....
An early-morning accidental fire broke out at the the Saratoga Forest Management’s sawmill Sunday. Saratoga Volunteer Fire Chief Randy Sikes said the unexpected blaze started at around 5 a.m. Sunday, scorching and blackening several long logs in the process. The fire, located in the northwest corner of the mill, was extinguished by 7 a.m., and no persons were injured or killed during the blaze. “We had someone call us and say there was a fire going on, and we were able to put it out in two hou...
At the Encampment Town Council meeting on the evening of June 13, council members spoke about fixing a leak and placing a fan in the Grand Encampment Opera House, in addition to handrail repairs for outside of the building and fixing the venting system underneath it. Director of Public Works Jeff Goolsby and the council also discussed purchasing supplies needed to repair the inside, outside and underpart of the opera house building. The council also planned to write a “thank you” letter to Enc...
Carbon Power and Light, Inc. invites members to the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Membership Saturday at the Platte Valley Community Center. Marcy Knotwell, Carbon Power and Light Staff Assistant, said the company, which started in 1941, has the meeting on the fourth Saturday of June each year. For this year’s meeting at the PVCC, 210 W. Elm in Saratoga, registration begins at 10:30 a.m., with a complimentary lunch at 11 a.m., Bingo at 11:30 a.m. and the business meeting at 12:30 p.m. Knotwell s...
The Riverside Town Council approved the sale of the 1977 firetruck once owned by the town at their most recent meeting June 13. The firetruck had been sold to the A Bar A Ranch in Encampment for $8,500. It was then approved that the money from the sale would be used to purchase a brush cutter for $3,659.98, with the remaining money going back to the Encampment/Riverside Volunteer Fire Department. The license renewals and special permits for Encampment Hospitality (Bear Trap Café) and the Mangy...
Grand Encampment Museum Vice President John Farr has some high hopes in mind for Carbon County. While focusing on the county’s several museums and abundant history, Farr said he has dreams of turning Carbon County into the “history county” of Wyoming. He said with the county’s close Interstae 80 access and by changing up exhibits, Carbon County’s museums in Saratoga, Encampment, Hanna, Medicine Bow and Sinclair could bring even more tourists to the area. Farr focused on working with those fiv...
After 30 years of teaching in Carbon County, Pam Kraft is stepping down from her position as art teacher for the Encampment K-12 School. Kraft has become quite the fixture at the school, teaching students from first grade through 12th grade for three decades. A Detroit, Mich. native, Kraft first taught art for a year-and-a-half in Gross Pointe, Mich., but said she began teaching in Encampment in 1977. At that point in time, she only taught for one year in Encampment before moving to Phoenix,...
After four decades of teaching kindergarten in Encampment, Linda Kraft has reached her point of retirement this year. Kraft, a Laramie native, said she began teaching kindergarten with Encampment School in the fall of 1972, after previously teaching fourth grade at Ellsworth Air Force Base in Rapid City, S.D. While in Encampment, where her husband Jerry grew up, she taught either half-time or full-time kindergarten during different periods of her career. Kraft said she viewed her profession as...