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After strong performances at the Wind River District Qualifier Forensics Tournament, two Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD#2) Speech and Debate Team members are headed to Nationals near Kansas City this summer. Kaylyn Wessel and Becca Treat's second-place-winning duet ("My Sister's Keeper" by Jodi Picoult) was the national qualifier, and Wessel's individual drama ("January First" by Michael Schofield), which received fifth place, was the second alternate for nationals. The two...
The Rawlins-Carbon County Chamber of Commerce urges those taking, giving or handling money to pay attention to possible counterfeit $50 bills circulating in the area. According to the Rawlins Chamber, there has been a case of counterfeit $50 bills circulating in Rawlins. The counterfeit bill looks like the newer $50 bill with the American Flag on the front. On March 6, the Bank of Commerce contacted the Sheriff’s office regarding a number of bills that were brought into the bank by various b...
The Encampment Town Council approved $50 for Encampment’s Jr./Sr. Prom for their March 29 post-prom activities. Council member Doreen Harvey said 2014 was a productive year for the Sierra Madre Winter Carnival. She said a new chairperson for the three-day winter festival, which has been going strong locally since 1988, would need to be put into place this summer. “They wound up with a $57.93 surplus budget after all the events, and we had great participation,” Harvey said. “Susan Munson is resi...
The five-year study investigating the impact of seeding storm clouds in the Snowy Range and Sierra Madre Mountains will come to an end next month. During the Upper North Platte Valley Water Users Association’s annual meeting last week, Barry Lawrence, project manager for the Wyoming Water Development Commission, said the study would end April 30. “This was our final year of the project, and we can expect to get final report to the state by Dec. 31,” Lawrence said. Around 60 people, including ran...
With hopes of bringing more recreational activities to Rick Martin Memorial Park, the Riverside Town Council discussed adding a disc golf course at last Thursday’s meeting. To get a better feel for how a disc golf course works, council member Karran Bedwell said she studied different courses in the surrounding area. “I did research on the disc golf, and Washington Park in Rawlins has a disc course,” she said. “They have nine baskets and nine tees, and the one in Craig has six. I think there’s...
A 2009 Saratoga High School graduate, Hayden Hohnholt is juggling competitive running with his love of teaching and working with kids. Hohnholt, who runs both track and cross-country while at Concordia University, most recently ran the 3K in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Indoor Championships, which took place March 6-8 in Geneva, Ohio. "I got ninth place out of 15 runners in the in 3K, but you had to be in the top 8 to get All-American, so I was one off," Hohnholt...
With more than 30 athletes competing this year, the Saratoga High School Track and Field Team is preparing to make another big impact at state. Last year the team boasted six all-state placers, and three are back hoping to repeat history for 2014. They include Ben Falk, who placed for the 400 meter dash (second place at state) and 1600 meter relay (first place at state); Rodrigo Escobedo, who placed for the 1600 meter relay and 3200 meter relay (first place in both relays at state); and Cameron...
Encampment's 2014 track team may be fairly young and low in numbers, but its athletes are big in heart and determination. The new young team currently has seven athletes, consisting of one freshmen, five sophomores and only one senior. KeeGan Johnson, Garrett Dale and Guy Erickson make up the boys, while Alyssa Barkhurst, Randa Sorensen, McKenzie Powell and Karie Russell round out the girls' side of the team. Dale is the team's only senior, and Johnson and Barkhurst, who both went to state last...
Saratoga’s Thatcher Spiering took home a first-place medal from USA Wrestling’s Junior State Greco-Roman/Freestyle Championships in Douglas. The tournament March 7-8 qualified the first-place wrestler in the Freestyle division to be part of the Wyoming Cultural Exchange Team, which travels to Berlin, Germany this year. Wrestlers from across Wyoming were present for the event, which featured both Greco-Roman and Freestyle wrestling, and Spiering and Thomas Ingleby were the two from Saratoga to...
For the second time in two years, the Carbon County School District No. 2 Speech and Debate Team took home a 1A/2A State Champion Trophy from last weekend's 2014 Wyoming State High School Speech and Debate Tournament. The team took first place overall out of eight 1A and 2A teams at the event, which took place Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Western Wyoming Community College in Rock Springs. The state tournament consisted of 31 teams and 353 competitors, and featured around 90 coaches and...
Despite efforts to replenish the number of mule deer in the Platte Valley herd, the population of the local animal is still in decline. Around 30 people showed up at Saratoga Town Hall March 3 for an update from Wyoming Game and Fish (WGFD) on the Platte Valley Mule Deer Initiative. The main presenter was WGFD Regional Wildlife Supervisor Rick King, who spoke about past progress and what the next steps should be. The effort to increase the Platte Valley mule deer herd made with other agencies,...
Carbon County residents interested in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) can learn more about who can be helped, reached and affected by the program. A local presentation on the ACA takes place from 2:30-5:30 p.m. today at Saratoga’s branch of the Carbon County Library, 503 W. Elm in Saratoga. The same meeting takes place from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. today at the Encampment Library, 202 Rankin St. in Encampment. Craig Herd, broker with Cheyenne based Personal Financial Solutions, Inc. will give an overview o...
Although two straight losses put them out of state placement this year, Encampment's Tigers took home a sense of pride and accomplishment from last weekend's 2014 Wyoming High School State Basketball Tournament. Head coach Clint Bromley said simply being at the state tournament after a four-year absence was a great experience in itself. "They got to play in the State Tournament and the Event Center, and see what it takes to get to the final game," he said. "Until you get to see and experience...
Encampment K-12 School's ProStart management team students became state champions at the Student Invitational Culinary Competition March 3. The event took place at the Hilton Garden Inn Laramie, and was put on by the Wyoming Lodging and Restaurant Association Education Foundation. Members of the management team, consisting of Matt Jarrett, David Flauding, Harold Jackson, Brett Ralston and alternate Jacob Wells, all took home first-place medals from the event. Ty Trevillian helped with their...
Encampment's varsity boys basketball team is finally heading back to state. After a long four-year absence, the Tigers finally get to unleash their claws again tomorrow at the state tournament, with tipoff at 9 p.m. The Tigers wrapped up regionals in Lander last weekend with two wins over Hanna-Elk Mountain-Medicine Bow and Cokeville, a team that beat the Tigers twice in the 2013-14 season. The 48-45 win over Coke-ville's Panthers came down to the wire, thanks to a last-second shot made in...
A Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) contractor will begin work on the Saratoga Lake dam crest and dam shoreline this Monday, installing rock rip rap for wave action erosion control on the earthen dam. The construction plan was designed by PMPC Engineering, which will act as the project’s general contractor and supervise all the necessary construction. The WGFD is responsible for maintenance of the dam. “We’ll be assisting them during construction,” said Jon Anderson of PMPC. “I think the...
Reaching nearly $3,000 over their original goal, Saratoga Elementary students raised more than $8,000 last week to support the American Heart Association. The students participated in both "Jump Rope for Heart" and "Hoops for Heart", which are fundraisers that support the AHA. In those programs people contribute a certain amount of money for each jump or shot made into a basketball hoop, and the money goes toward the AHA. Coordinator Shayley Love, a teacher at SES, said the students...
Saratoga’s Panthers may have lost out on going to state this time, but they walked away with their first winning basketball season in five years. With a 14-13 season record, head coach Josh Sandlian said he was proud to see his boys end with more overall wins than losses. “I’m disappointed we’re not going to Casper, but we had a winning season with 14-13, our first winning season in the five years I’ve been head coach,” he said. “We look at the great things we’ve done together, and it’s because...
After two close losses against St. Stephens and Cokeville, Encampment's Lady Tigers left the Wyoming 1A Regional Tournament with a sense of improvement over the 2013-14 basketball season. The girls may have lost 45-49 in their first game against St. Stephens' Lady Eagles, but they bounced back and stayed in the tourney after a 45-35 win over Farson-Eden. However, the Cokeville game blew Encampment's chance for state, with the Lady Tigers losing 27-32 their last day in Lander. In the St....
The Saratoga Panthers’ 2014 wrestling season came to an end Saturday evening, with the team boasting six individual state medal winners at the Wyoming State Championships in Casper. The Panthers finished with six in the top five and placed seventh out of 21 teams in the 2A division. Leading the way were third-place finishers Daynon Mowry, at 113, Hunter Mason, at 120, and Jacob Wells, at 285. Still a young freshman, Thomas Ingleby had a fourth place finish in the 120 weight division. Ending t...
It’s officially that time of the year again. The winter sports season is drawing to an end, and all the regional and state tournaments are just around the corner. Of course, it makes me happy to hear about our local teams making it so far, but I can’t help but feel a little depressed knowing that all the home games are over and done with. As you may be able to tell from my writing, sports is my favorite beat to cover, and I love covering basketball the most. There is just something about bei...
Members of the community met to discuss the future of the Platte Valley Habitat Partnership (PVHP) and the Mule Deer Habitat Plan at the PVHP’s most recent meeting Feb. 19. Voices of the Valley (VoV)Executive Director KayCee Alameda was the presenter at the meeting, which took place at the Platte Valley Community Center. Jim States, VoV board vice president, said the purpose of last week’s meeting was to educate others on the PVHP, and learn about how the public would like to move the org...
To help with the Platte Valley Habitat Partnership (PVHP) Mule Deer Initiative, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department recently assigned Katie Cheesbrough as its new terrestrial habitat biologist. Cheesbrough grew up in Laramie, and has been recreating in the mountains and rivers of the Upper North Platte Valley for most of her life. She began her new position with WGFD Jan. 2, had previously worked in Douglas as a wildlife biologist for the U.S. Forest Service. Cheesbrough obtained a master's...
With a 73-64 Monday victory over Southeast's Cyclones, the Panthers are now officially headed to regionals. When the Saratoga boys learned they were scheduled for a home pigtail game against Southeast, they knew it was do or die. A win meant the Panthers were headed to regionals, while a loss meant their 2013-14 varsity basketball season was over for good. After the first quarter in Monday's game ended 17-8-thanks to a three-point buzzer shot from Braxton Schwartzkopf-there was a sense that the...
The Saratoga and Encampment middle school girls’ basketball teams wrapped up their respective seasons at last weekend’s 2014 Junior High Tournament in Baggs. The Saratoga A Team received third place in the Saturday tournament, with wins over Encampment B (41-6) and Wamsutter (51-23), and a loss against Encampment A (33-38). Encampment A reached second with their win over Saratoga A (38-33), and a loss against Little Snake River (14-41). For the other four placements, Little Snake River took fir...