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Each of the participating HEM Miners made a top 10 placement and scored at least one medal from last weekend’s Wyoming High School State Track Tournament in Casper. Top-three placers included Trevor Rice, who scored second place in the 800 meter run and third in the 400 meter run, and Haley Clark, who placed third in the discus throw. Coach Jackie Jones said she was glad to see her athletes perform to their full potential and outdo their own personal bests. “The 16 athletes who proudly represent...
Many high school track stars from all over the state gathered at the massive Kelly Walsh Stadium over the weekend, hoping to outdo competitors and top their own personal bests in a variety of track and field events. Our young, fiery athletes from Saratoga, Encampment and HEM high schools competed their hearts out and reminded us older folks of the magic and importance of high school sports from our younger years. Watching our local youth sweat, grit their teeth, smile, cheer and even accept...
Sometimes I ask myself, “Why do I want to write for a newspaper for a living?” or “Why is being a newspaper reporter the best thing I’m good at job-wise?” Friends and family members have always told me that there’s no money in my profession, and that newspapers are slowly dying off because of the internet and poor economy. It also doesn’t help to go online and see articles about newspapers laying off writers or going out of business completely. Adding to the blow, I recently happened to stumble...
With support from the Bureau of Land Management and the Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce, Platte Valley residents will have another chance to learn and give input to the proposed changes that could affect future use of the North Platte River. The meeting was the idea of Mitch Bangert, owner of Harrison’s Guest House and Guide Service, who decided to take it upon himself to educate the community on how residents and businesses rely on the North Platte River. The BLM will give a 2...
Summer celebrations were a hot topic at both Encampment’s and Riverside’s recent town council meetings May 9. At both meetings, John Farr mentioned a summer gathering celebrating the yearly opening of the Battle Pass Scenic Byway, or Highway 70, which runs from Encampment to Baggs. He also gave the Encampment and Riverside councils new Wyoming state maps that more clearly marked the Battle Pass Scenic Byway. “On Friday the 21st of June, the first day of summer, we’re going to have a little...
Platte Valley community members geared up for their happening summer season at the Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce-sponsored Leaders Luncheon, held May 8 at the Grand Encampment Opera House. The luncheon was led by Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Stacy Crimmins. Those in attendance included chamber and board members, and representatives from the Town of Saratoga, the Carbon County Museum, the Grand Encampment Museum, Carbon County Power and Light and the...
After a successful two days at regionals, several Saratoga High School track team members are now mentally and physically preparing for their state meet starting this Thursday in Casper. Coach Rex Hohnholt said several of his athletes are qualified and excited about the challenges that state presents for them. The state meet in Casper runs Thursday through Saturday, May 16-18. “All athletes who placed in the top eight in their individual events are automatic qualifiers for state, and the same h...
A total of eight Encampment High School track stars will make their way to the state meet this weekend in Casper. Waddie Love, Kyle Wessel, Lucas Jarrett, Mandy Harris, Alyssa Barkhurst, Cassidy Little, Gale Jackson, and KeeGan Johnson are the team’s athletes going on to compete against other top athletes from around the state in Casper May 16-18. Coach Kegan Willford stressed the importance of qualifying for state in the competitive world of high school track. “Qualifying for the state tra...
Three of Saratoga High School’s girls basketball team stars honed their coaching skills with local K-6 Junior Jazz last month. Senior Amber Young and junior Heather Oxford coached Team S6 (Saratoga Team 6), made up of fourth and fifth graders, while freshman Cruz Escobedo helped coach Team S5, another fourth- and fifth-grader teams from Saratoga. The local Junior Jazz basketball league, which ended last month, included coed teams from Saratoga, Encampment, Hanna and Rock River, with boys and g...
Platte Valley residents recently heard information on what is happening in their state education system, as several speakers, including state officials, got the chance to express their views on Senate File 104. Taylor Haynes, president and chief medical officer for Mountain Benefit Management Corporation in Cheyenne, spoke at the Platte Valley Christian Center Saturday. Cindy Hill, state superintendent of public instruction, Sheryl Lain, instructional leader and deputy for Hill, and Jen Young,...
Encampment High School senior Waddie Love recently received a four-year college scholarship from the Daniels Scholarship Program, which awards students for their character, leadership and commitment to giving back to the community. Love was one of 21 high school seniors from across Wyoming who earned a place in the Daniels Scholarship Program for their exceptional traits. The Daniels Fund announced the names of the student recipients last month. Love said he heard about the scholarship program t...
Sometimes a good bowl of chili is worth a long flight. On April 27, Carbon County native Dennis Koontz and about 15 pilots and friends from the Denver area flew eight small airplanes to Shively Field with a goal in mind—To sample an amazing, unable-to-be-replicated pork green chili, which has its recipe kept secure at the Hotel Wolf. Although the recipe now sits at the Wolf, the spicy chili originated and was first served by Koontz’ father, Bill Koontz, who owned the “Highland’s Chicken Shack...
Performers from Wyoming Indian schools in Ethete entertained Saratoga students last Thursday with their number of spiritual and sacred Native American dances. The dancing students came from Wyoming Indian High, Middle and Elementary schools, and performed for students from Saratoga High, Middle and Elementary schools in the high school’s gymnasium. The presentation was led by Chico Her Many Horses, a teacher and coach at Wyoming Indian High School, and featured several dances from students d...
Saratoga High School track stars secured more state qualifying times at their back-to-back weekend meets in Baggs and Lander. Ben Gates, Rodrigo Escobedo, Ben Falk and Luke Lineberry scored state-qualifying times in the 1600 meter relay, with a first-place time of 3:38.25 at the Snake River Invite in Baggs, and a second-place time of 3:35.35 at the Shane Brock Invite in Lander. Escobedo, Tate Stinson, Hunter Mason and Ben Falk qualified for state with their first-place time of 46.38 in the 400-m...
The Saratoga Golf Team scored well again at their recent golf meet in Lusk last Saturday, complete with a first-place individual win from Braxton Schwartzkopf. Schwartzkopf placed first for the boys, and Harley Klemola secured a respectable ninth place for the girls. Jerek Bateman was tied for ninth and 10th with two other players, but lost when they matched cards. Complete team results are: Braxton Schwartzkopf - shot a 84 (first place for the boys) Jerek Bateman - shot a 92 Cameron Lehr -...
Although their numbers were few, the Encampment High School track team boasted a five-time conference award winner and three top-five placers at the weekend Snake River and Shane Brock Invites. Out of the five participating track stars, Alyssa Barkhurst proved to be a standout athlete as the one to receive the overall female conference athlete award, as well as four all conference awards for her times in the long jump (15’9.50”- first place), 100 meter dash (13.50- first place), 100 meter hurdle...
High school student writers receive tips from Joshua Wood Aspiring writers from HEM High School shared works and words of wisdom with Saratoga-based writer Joshua Wood at a special literary dinner April 18. Presented at the school by HEM Speech and Language Arts Teacher Brenda Ostendorf, the dinner featured counsel from Wood, who has published works such as the short story “Than Never to Have Loved at All,” and the book “After the Sun Sets and the Moon Rises”. The attending HEM student writers,...
Encampment High School contributed two state qualifiers from the team’s weekend track meets in Rawlins and Saratoga. Waddie Love pre-qualified for state with his first-place shot put throw of 39’9” at the Saratoga Invite, and Alyssa Barkhurst pre-qualified with her Rawlins Invite performances in the the long jump (15’9”), 100 meter hurdles (17.61, first place) and 200 meter dash (28.56, first place). Barkhurst also received another first place in Rawlins with a time of 51.87 in the 300 meter...
Saratoga High School’s golf team scored a good number of individual points at their recent tournament last Friday in Rawlins. The tournament took place at the Rochelle Ranch Golf Course in Rawlins and included participation from six team members. “Unfortunately, there were no medal winners, but I was proud of the kids,” said coach Matt Daubner. “It was a tough golf course and the first tournament of the year. The kids said they did feel good with a lot of their shots.” The team’s remaining m...
Aspiring writers from HEM High School shared works and words of wisdom with Saratoga-based writer Joshua Wood at a special literary dinner April 18. Presented at the school by HEM Speech and Language Arts Teacher Brenda Ostendorf, the dinner featured counsel from Wood, who has published works such as the short story “Than Never to Have Loved at All,” and the book “After the Sun Sets and the Moon Rises”. The attending HEM student writers, including sophomore Maggie Johnson, sophomore Tabitha...
Saratoga High School’s track team boasted four state qualifiers last weekend, according to back-to-back meet results from Rawlins and Saratoga. Ben Gates qualified for state with his second-place time of 52.57 in the 400 meter dash at the Carbon County Invite in Rawlins last Friday. In the relay department, Gates, Rodrigo Escobedo, Ben Falk and Luke Lineberry of the “Saratoga A” team qualified for state with their first-place time of 3:40.82 in the 1600 meter relay at Saturday’s Saratoga Invite,...
HEM High is now the proud school of a national record holder in the sport of wrestling. Senior Justin Irene of Medicine Bow was recently honored with the national record for the fastest wrestling pin in the 285-pound weight division by the National Federation of State High School Association. Irene achieved the record-breaking pin in only four seconds at the Southeast Duals in Yoder on Feb. 2, with a victory over Donald Red Nest of Alliance, Neb. Principal Dale Kari honored Irene at an early...
Stacy Crimmins was recently honored for her 10 years as the executive director with the Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce. Board and chamber members who planned the honorary party advertised it as a regular chamber social, in order to create a surprise party setting for Crimmins as she walked through the door. The event took place at the Platte Valley Community Center, and included several board and chamber members, as well as friends and other community members. Crimmins said she was...
The Community Center audience was treated to a night of laughs, heartbreak and bizarre twists at the Carbon County School District No. 2 high school speech team’s “Speech Night,” held at the Platte Valley Community Center Monday evening. The talented students performed poetic, humorous, dramatic and duet speech presentations from the 2012-13 National Forensic League season. Performing individuals included Kat Hytrek (the poetic “Mirror, Mirror”), Aleck Freeman (the poetic “The Shooting of...
Micayla Crimmins of the Saratoga/Encampment High School Rodeo Team is happy to have the 2013 spring season finally in full-swing. Crimmins, the team’s primary member, and senior Tate Terrill of Encampment High School are the two girls who belong to and help run the four-member team, which is open to and split between Saratoga and Encampment High School students. The team’s two male members are freshmen, Daynon Mowry and Jace Berger of Saratoga High School. The team, so far, has participated in...