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Based on the number of participants the 2015 Saratoga Ice Fishing Derby was a success. Stacy Crimmins, chief executive officer of the Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce, reported there were 879 registered fishermen at the event and about 200 ancillary attendees. This was approximately 250 more entrants than last year. While it was not a record for the event Crimmins said it was "a really good year". Small Fry contestant Kaycee Van Buren from Laramie caught the biggest fish of the weekend. Kaycee'...
In Riverside on Thursday, new mayor Leroy Stephenson and councilman Ed Golden were sworn in for the first time and councilman Fred Lorenz renewed his oath of office at the start of a new term. Councilwoman Margaret Weber retains her seat during a her current term on the council. The first order of new business was to officially seek applicants for the council seat left vacant when Stephenson moved from his unfinished term on the council to the position of mayor. As part of his new...
At the first regular Saratoga Planning Commission meeting of the year Rory Grubb was re-elected chair of the board and Chris Shannon was elected vice-chair. Mayor E.J. Glode said the town planned to appoint Will Faust as the representative to the planning commission. Following election of officers, the board debated the approach that should be taken toward approving changes in fencing and sign regulations. Board member Rusty Rogers noted, “We are kind of back to where we started for an o...
Both the town of Saratoga, Carbon County Impact Joint Powers Board (water and sewer board) and the Saratoga Airport Board did not have sufficient board members available to form a quorum and have official meetings last week. The water and sewer board lacked a sufficient number of board members last week after three members, Ed Glode, Richard Raymer and Will Faust moved to the town council. This problem was remedied by the appointments of Don Sherrod and Dave Christman made at Tuesday’s town c...
New representatives to the South Central Wyoming Emergency Management Services (SCWEMS) Joint Powers Board Donna Pipher and Kelly Ralston attended their first regular meeting of the board Jan. 14. Pipher is the new Carbon County representative, taking Mark Kostovny’s seat. Ralston is taking the seat briefly held by Gary Stull, representing Riverside. The Town of Saratoga had not appointed a representative to fill the vacancy left by Bill Dahlke by the time of the meeting. SCWEMS sought a S...
In two 1A Southwest conference games this weekend the Encampment Tigers boys varsity team lost to the higher-ranked Cokeville Panthers (2-1 1A Southwest, 10-4 overall) and beat the lower-ranked Farson-Eden Pronghorn (0-3 1A Southwest, 3-9 overall). The Tigers (1-2 1A Southwest, 9-3 overall) succumbed to Cokeville in a 44-52 loss on Friday. Coach Clint Bromley said the Encampment boys “played really well for three-and-a-half quarters and then ran out of gas.” He added the bench was shallow and th...
The Encampment Lady Tigers varsity basketball team began their weekend with a loss to Cokeville and ended with a win against Farson-Eden. The Lady Tigers (1-2 1A Southwest, 8-4 overall) were soundly defeated by the 1A Southwest conference leading Lady Panthers (3-0 1A Southwest, 15-0 overall) on Friday. The final score was 26-42. Encampment coach Amy Clay said “Cokeville is a great team and they defend their home court well.” Clay added that the Lady Tigers never gave up, but they turned the bal...
The Saratoga Steering committee has thinned a bit since the end of the Zieger administration with only four people present at the meeting. Mayor Glode, Town Engineer Chuck Bartlett, Councilman Richard Raymer and Dan Gorton were present to discuss the process of updating the town’s master plan. Many of the town planning documents are currently out-of-date. The comprehensive land use plan dates to 1977, the Major Street Plans from 1978, the water and sewer master plan was completed in 1978 or 1...
Near the end of his his first full week in office Mayor Glode sat down with the Saratoga Sun to discuss the progress of the new town council. At the monthly South Central Emergency Services (SCWEMS) Joint Powers Board meeting the fat that the town of Saratoga has yet to appoint a SCWEMS representative. “One of the many things we still need to work on is representation on SCWEMS,” Glode said Glode stated that this issue is his responsibility, and he would like to see SCWEMS take a more act...
Trevor Vorn, 24, of Encampment, Wyo. has been charged with two felonies and one misdemeanor by the Carbon County Attorney in the case of an alleged dog shooting on Dec. 17, 2014. Vorn has been charged with one count felony Cruelty to Animals, one count felony Property Destruction, and one misdemeanor count Depositing or Placing Refuse Matter, Dead Animals and Garbage into Rivers, Ditches, Railroad Right-Of-Way, Highway or Public Grounds Prohibited. According to police records a Bernese Mountain...
Gary Stull was sworn in to the Encampment Town Council as were returning councilwoman Cindy Hamilton and Mayor Gregg Salisbury at Thursday night's meeting of the Encampment Town Council. Major actions at the meeting included the approval of a contract for Carbon County Council of Governments grant funding for the replacements of fire hydrants and valves, and the second reading of Title 9.08 for the town. Title 9.08 is a revision of the Alcoholic Beverages Amendment. Changes in the amendment...
At the Saratoga Town Council meeting Jan. 6, new Mayor Ed Glode, and councilmen Richard Raymer and Will Faust were sworn in and joined councilwomen Judy Welton and Susan Howe on the town council. More than 30 people were in the audience. All three of the new town officials said they hope the public attendance of council meetings continues. "I thought it was great, I wish we could have this for every meeting, because if we don't have people in the audience they don't know what we are doing." Raym...
So, I was gabbing with the folks on the Encampment Town Council before their meeting on Thursday and the topic of kids and childcare in the Valley came up. An undisclosed source said they would be happy running a daycare facility if they actually liked other people’s children. I got a big laugh out of this. I have always loved kids in general, but I find I am very judgmental of “some people’s kids.” My judgment runs the gamut from “worst kid ever,” to “that kid is freakishly well behaved.” The m...
Based on Circuit Court, Second Judicial District, Carbon County, Wyo., records, Eden Ahon Deorio has been charged with felony theft of more than $1,000 from Valley Foods grocery store in Saratoga. The complete affidavit of Sgt. Kenneth Lehr, of the Saratoga Police Department states that, after due investigation, Deorio is accused of theft of $31,257.42, from June 2014 to December 2014, from Valley Foods. Deorio is accused of allegedly claiming false returns on her register at the grocery store...
The Encampment Lady Tigers (6-4) started their weekend with a win against the Walden, Colo. Lady Wildcats (4-2). The Lady Tigers took Walden 51-25 in a game where Encampment held a 23-3 lead at the end of the first quarter. Coach Amy Clay said the team shot 69 percent from the field in the first quarter and played strong defense. "We've been working on our press and it helped us get some early turnovers," Clay said. Team standouts during the game against Walden include junior Cassidy Little (16...
The Encampment boys basketball team doubled the score of the North Park Wildcats and then had their lowest scoring game in a loss to the Little Snake River Rattlers this weekend. Encampment (8-10) handily took down the Walden, Colo., team (1-5) in a 72-36 beat down. Coach Clint Bromley said the Encampment team started slow in the first half which ended with the Tigers up 25-21. "It was pretty much second half ball game for us." Bromley said, adding "We came out in the third and fourth quarter...
"What's down this road?" "I don't know, let's go." This was the discussion between Rich Rosenfeld and Robert "Bo" Edgerton last summer as they put over 4,500 miles on their rental car while photographing some of southeastern Wyoming's most remote spots. Rich and Bo have been good friends for more than 30 years. Both men worked in the auto parts industry before retiring. Rich has Wyoming roots working for NAPA stores in Douglas and Casper before the economy went south in the early 1980s. In...
Editor’s note: We are beginning a weekly dialogue with new Saratoga Mayor Ed Glode, this is intended to become a weekly series of questions and answers. Glode said he was impressed with the turnout at his first council meeting as mayor. “It was a very positive result on the attendance, and we would like to see the room full every town council meeting,” Glode said. He added that one of his goals with the new council is to keep the operations of the town open to the public, and public atten...
What do you do when it's nine below zero and you are at the state line on the Hog Park Road at 10 p.m.? If you're Landon McGuire, you turn the snowcat around and finish the last 27 miles of trail grooming for the night. Grooming and patrolling McGuire, a Saratoga resident, has been grooming trails as a U.S. Forest Service employee for the last eight winters while he has worked on the fire crew in the summertime. He also patrols the trails during the daytime along with Tyler Christen. "Interface...
Dana Little, Member Services Manager for the Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce reports that, as of last Friday, the ice on Saratoga Lake thickened to seven or eight inches. "It should be a wonderful derby," Little said in anticipation of the 32nd annual Saratoga Ice Fishing Derby to be held Jan. 17 and 18. Vince Hytrek confirmed the thickness of the ice last Friday. Holes he augered Monday afternoon near the boat ramp went through 10 inches of ice. Hytrek moved his fishing shack onto...
Carbon County Undersheriff Archie Roybal stated that a loader was stolen from the Thompson Logging sawmill in Encampment early New Year’s Day. The incident was reported to police at approximately 2:30 p.m. on Jan. 1 after the driver of the loader lost control, damaged a residence and got the piece of equipment stuck in a ditch near 4th Street and McFarlane Avenue. Roybal said the driver fled the scene on foot and the incident is being investigated by the Carbon County Sheriff’s and the Enc...
Even though the Encampment boys finished strong, coach Clint Bromley said he thought both teams were a little out of sync coming out of Christmas break. The basketball game between the Tigers and Rams was close through the first half, but the Tigers came on strong in the last four minutes of the second quarter with 9 unanswered points. They closed the half with a 25-15 lead. Bromley said that he thought both teams did not play their best in the first half, but Encampment did a better job in the...
Led by junior Cassidy Little's 16 points, 11 rebounds and four assists the Encampment Lady Tiger's basketball team pulled off a sound win against the Dubois Lady Rams. Other players draining buckets at Saturday's game include senior Courtney James with 14 points, junior Alyssa Barkhurst with 13 points and four assists, freshman Micaiah Pantle with 8 points and five assists and freshman Konnar Knotwell with 3 points. The Lady Tigers exhibited strong fundamentals on the court to bring home the...
Carbon County Sheriff Jerry Colson said they have finished their investigation of a dog being shot near the Blackhall Mountain Road. The dog’s name was Sampson, a Bernese Mountain Dog, and was a family pet of the Vachers of Blackhall Mountain Road. JoElla Vacher reported, “The investigating officer brought Sampson’s body home to us and the investigating officer, we believe is turning in his report (Monday) ... and we are waiting to find out what charges will be filed.” Sheriff Colson said he...
