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*Editor’s note: This is the first of a series on the Valley Village Childcare as it approaches its one year anniversary in their new building.* When the doors opened up in January at the Ray A. Corbett Building, new tenants were getting used to a remodeled building that went from being a clinic which had served the Valley for many years to a childcare facility and preschool that had previously operated in separate buildings. Valley Village Childcare (VVC) became the building owners thanks to t...
Community members are in for a treat Friday as the elementary students will be putting on their first play “North Pole’s Got Talent.” The play begins at 6 p.m. at the Platte Valley Community Center and is sponsored by the Town of Saratoga, Carbon County School Districts No. 2 (CCSD2) and the Platte Valley Drama Club. The play, written by Lavinia Roberts and sponsored by Pioneer Drama Services, is designed for a flexible cast according to pioneerdrama.com. Stage right, is director Marie Chris...
Carbon County Sheriff Alex Bakken hosted an avalanche awareness workshop at the Platte Valley Community Center on December 5, introducing the Carbon County Search and Rescue - Avalanche Observation Team. Bakken introduced websites which have weather forecasts and avalanche predictions in the state. The websites included bridgertetonavalanchecenter.org, ewyoavalanche.org and avalanche.state.co.us. Carbon County does not have a forecast station for avalanches and, with Wyoming being one of the mos...
Packages are lining up the shelves at the Saratoga Post Office and it is bursting at the seams. According to the United States Postal Service (USPS), the busiest time of the year is Thanksgiving to January 1, when people are sending their annual Christmas cards and letters, packages to loved ones and orders from online companies. This year is no different, as the shelves at the Post Office in Saratoga are packed. The only problem is people are not picking up their packages and the post office...
Visitors at Saratoga Middle High School are now greeted by a mural in the hallway before entering the school thanks to Noel Shepard’s art class from last year. It is the seniors’ gift to the school. Last year, Shepard had one student who helped her with the mural, Emily Gonzales. The mural is a brightly colored painting of evergreen trees with everything Wyoming and Saratoga - including Panther Paws. Study it long enough and the state bird, the Meadowlark, can be found. The bright yellow backgro...
Floaters and anglers are aware of the improvements made at Treasure Island, a popular public access on the North Platte River off Highway 230 between Riverside and Saratoga. But, if a person hasn’t been to Treasure Island in a few years, a lot of changes have taken place. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department (G&F) had their annual meeting in Saratoga two weeks ago, and one of the activities included was the improvements at the Treasure Island public access area. Steve Gale, the Wyoming Game & F...
The Carbon County School District Board of Trustees approved a donation made by John H. Perue Living Trust in memory of John’s late wife Linda Fisher-Perue. The trust donated $1,000 for the Saratoga Middle High School (SMHS) Art Program. The donation is for purchase of supplies and equipment. Fisher-Perue was the art teacher at SMHS from 1993 to 2014. John Perue said people made donations in memory of Fisher-Perue when she passed away in April. He decided to use that money in memory of his l...
People hear the word BOCES, but all they know is it has something to do with education. It is much more than that according to Stacey Erickson, the BOCES director. BOCES stands for Board of Cooperative Education Services and was formed in September, 2012 when the Western Wyoming Community College (WWCC) and the Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) Board of Trustees entered into a BOCES agreement. This allows the two entities to provide education services to children and adults including...
One volleyball player from Saratoga and three volleyball players from Encampment made the All-Conference Volleyball Team. Josie Little, of Saratoga, made the list while Kyenna Jackson, Kristie Jordan and Eckerley Pickett, of Encampment were added to the honor list. Jackson also made the all-state volleyball team. All four players are seniors at their respective schools. Little made the all-conference list in 2023 and Jackson has made the all-conference list in 2022 and 2023. Little said she has...
The 2024 Volleyball season is over, but the Carbon County School District 2 (CCSD2) received letters from the Wyoming High School Athletics Association (WHSAA) on the sportsmanship of students in Saratoga and Encampment. For Saratoga, Addie Collins was complimented for “hitting throughout the game and her never quit attitude,” during the SMHS vs Encampment game. Allie Condict in the SMHS vs Southeast game was complimented for “staying focused during a very tough match and her no quit attit...
Encampment K-12 School hosted the Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) November 18, which gave Principal Jake Johnston an opportunity to show off the improvements in the school building. Improvements include new carpet in the office and hallway, a redesign of the front office for visitors and parents to check in and new bleachers. Johnston told the board, all the contractors showed up on the same day, which was a challenge for the newly appointed principal. The final product is beautiful...
These days in the chronically online world, it is easy to click on an app on your phone or go to big box stores, but did you know that the Platte Valley retail stores have a lot to offer? In the Platte Valley, Main Street is still alive with shops all around Saratoga and Encampment. We went shopping before Thanksgiving and found great ideas for Christmas gifts in our advertisers’ stores. Restaurants The Hotel Wolf is the cornerstone of downtown Saratoga and offers gift certificates for their r...
When a student graduates from high school, the goal of teachers, the Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) and the Board of Trustees are to make sure each student is ready for the workforce, military, career or college. That is the purpose of the Postsecondary Readiness, which is used as an indicator to see if they are in fact ready. It measures the progress of juniors in high school and is dependent on students and what they have done to be ready for their next step after graduation....
I was very fortunate to have a dad who was involved in my education. In the third grade, I struggled with math. I had trouble with the times table. Dad was an electrical engineer and worked for the State of Iowa almost all of his career. When I was in the third grade, teletypes were the form of communication back then and dad brought home scrap paper to write out problems for me to work on. Every night he would give me a half page of 8 ? by 11 paper which had several multiplication problems writ...
A volleyball player has to be quick to react when blocking a ball. Sophie Diaz is not only good at blocking the ball, she is the best in the 1A Volleyball Class, and she placed third in the state of all classes. Diaz had 91 blocks during the volleyball season that ended earlier this month at regionals for the Saratoga Panthers. Diaz has been playing volleyball since the fifth grade, when they opened up camps for her age groups. Because of her height and the fact she is a pretty good blocker,...
Vanessa King was the only Cross Country runner to place at state this year - and she is a freshman. King placed eighth place at state, and when she first started running, it was because she was encouraged by her dad who had run cross country. He was placed at state. King didn’t have an interest in volleyball, so upon the urging of her dad, she ran cross country for the first time this year. During the season, she shaved off more than five minutes off her time. She ran the three-mile run in 2...
Senior Josie Little had her 1000th dig toward the end of the 2024 Volleyball season. At the last home game in October, her coach Shayley Love surprised her with a poster. Little admits she checks her statistics after each game, so she can make goals for the next game because she wants to get better. “It’s not a priority for me, but it is fun to see how I did after each game,” Little said. She ended the season with 363 digs, which means she averaged more in the first three years than she did t...
The Encampment Town Council had a full agenda November 14. The most difficult decision was what to do about a resident who had ignored their request to stop building an overhang on his property. The overhang is encroaching on state property and was denied a building permit at the November 1, 2023 meeting of the Encampment Planning Commission. According to the minutes from that meeting, the resident had already begun to build the overhang, but did not provide sufficient evidence in his plan. The...
Last month, the Saratoga Elementary School (SES) Library became a miniature book store, thanks to SES librarian Luke Spiering, and Scholastics Book Fair. The students were able to shop for books they were interested in without leaving the area. Since there are not any bookstores in Saratoga, this gave students an opportunity to browse through books and toys related to books to see if they want to purchase them. The book fair was open during the school’s parent/teacher conference. The book f...
Fall has definitely arrived with this cooler weather. When I think of fall, I immediately think of caramel apples. If you love caramel apples, then you’ll love our desert special: Caramel Apple Bundt Cake. This has quickly become a fall favorite in my house and I’m sure it will be come one in your house as well. Caramel Apple Bundt Cake - 6 apples or 1 can of apple pie filling - 2 C white sugar - 1 1/2 C vegetable oil - 2 tsp vanilla extract - 3 large eggs - 3 C all - purpose flour - 1 tsp bakin...
Saturday morning the chance to place at State Volleyball slipped through the fingers of the Encampment Lady Tigers by 2 points. The fact that this team made it that far is an accomplishment in itself as the team had six starters with only three on the bench. Most of the teams they competed against at State had more players on their bench than the Tigers had on their team. Lady Tigers Head Coach Janice Peterson said she and assistant coach Annie Jordan were very impressed with how the players...
The common room at Hanna Elementary School (HES) is filled with projects from the students who attend the school. From math computations to writing about the Native Americans who lived in Wyoming, the students show off what they have learned. These projects are a result of a collaboration of teachers in the school and Hanna Elementary School Principal Jackie Jones, using a combination of teaching techniques. Jones, who is in her second year as the principal of the school, is very satisfied with...
The athletes and the coaches of Carbon County School District No. 2 should be proud of themselves. We at the Saratoga Sun certainly are proud of them. All three high school volleyball teams went to Regionals. Saratoga and Encampment volleyball players participated in Lander at the Southwest Regionals and Hanna-Elk-Mountain-Medicine Bow competed in the Southeast Regionals in Guernsey. Saratoga qualified for the playoffs in 9-man football with an impeccable season and Encampment was nearly...
“It was a battle, but these girls are warriors and they proved they were ready for the fight,” Head Coach Janice Peterson said. For the first time since 2017, the Encampment Lady Tigers are going to the State Competition in Casper this weekend. “It was an exciting tournament,” Janice Peterson said. “We played 17 games to earn third place and the girls found a way to win.” Their only loss was to the Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Lady Rattlers, who placed 1st in the 1A West Regional To...