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The Platte Valley Lutheran Church is starting the new year with a new pastor – Rev. Randolph Schnack. He will be installed at 4 p.m. Jan. 3 at the Platte Valley Lutheran Church. Because of the installment ceremony, there will not be a morning worship. The church works on a call system and when he was asked to come to Saratoga, he had never heard of the town. “When the congregation called me, I looked into Saratoga,” Schnack said. “Everything looked really wonderful and I r...
The loss to St. Stephens knocked the Lady Tigers down a notch on WyoPreps, but only by one vote and it is early in the season. Despite the loss to St. Stephens, the Tigers had a very good weekend of basketball before winter break, according to head coach Amy Clay. “I am pleased with the great attitude each of them display,” Clay said. In the game against Kaycee, Alyssa Barkhurst scored 18 points, Cassidy Little 9 points, Michiah Pantle 8 points, Paige Powell 4 points and Noe...
Well, it is resolution time ... again. And like many others I am a resolution person. I usually break them all. I don’t intend to at the beginning of the year, but it just happens. Last year, I wrote my resolutions based on a top 10 from research done by the University of Scranton. They were the normal – lose weight, get organized, attain financial balance, live life to its fullest, stay fit, learn something exciting, quit smoking, help others with their resolution, more fam...
A person cannot be much more cowboy than Sam Platts, who with his band, sings old time Country and Western music, lives in a town called Pony and works full-time on a ranch. He will bring his country music to the Platte Valley Community Center Thursday from 7-10 p.m. Platts is no stranger to small town living, as he grew up in Saratoga and is returning this week to play at the Platte Valley Community Center for the Valley Service Organization's (VSO) New Year's Eve party. Plat...
The Encampment Lady Tigers lost to St. Stephens this weekend at the Dogger Invitational in Lingle-Fort Laramie 43-55, but brought home two wins from Kaycee 52-37 and Guernsey/Sunrise 55-16. The Lady Tigers are at 5-1 overall, and before the tournament were ranked No. 1 by WyoPreps. They are still holding the No. 1 spot in their conference, with Farson/Eden right behind them with an overall record of 5-1. St. Stephens is also at the top of their conference with a 4-1 overall...
The Encampment boys basketball team suffered one loss over the weekend during the Dogger Invitational, but they are still ranked No. 1 in their conference with a 5-1 overall record. The team, coming out of last week’s Carbon County Classic, had a cancellation against Walden on Dec. 15. They played Kaycee Friday and lost 44-54. Saturday, the Tigers came back to beat St. Stephens 85-50 and then Guernsey Sunrise 57-23. Kaycee is listed third in the 1A Northeast Conference and, b...
Churches in the Platte Valley will be holding Christmas Eve and Christmas services through the holiday weekend. The First Baptist Church in Saratoga is hosting a candlelight service at 6:30 p.m., Dec. 24. The Saratoga Alliance Church is having a themed candlelight service at 7 p.m., Dec. 24. Their theme is “Joy to the World.” The Platte Valley Lutheran Church in Saratoga will have a Christmas Day Service, Dec. 25 at 9 a.m. St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Saratoga is pla...
The Encampment Tigers dominated the Carbon County Classic last weekend starting their season 3-0 overall, beating Rock River 71-8, Hanna-Elk Mountain-Medicine Bow Miners (HEM) 64-55, and Cheyenne South Freshmen 60-33. The Rock River Longhorns had some height on their team, but the Tigers had speed and experience. Leading with four seniors – Guy Erickson, Hunter Hammer, Jared Steward and KeeGan Johnson – the Longhorns did not have a chance on Friday. The teams played at the...
An old saying that has been adopted by the Encampment Lady Tigers Basketball Team is how fate tells the warrior, “You will not survive the storm.” The warrior replies, “I am the storm.” The Lady Tigers took that attitude to the court last weekend with a 3-0 overall record to begin their season. Friday, the Lady Tigers played the Rock River Longhorns at Hanna-Elk Medicine Bow Jr./Sr. High (HEM) gym, 43-20. Saturday morning they played the Hayden, Colo. Tigers and won that game...
Plans to rehabilitate the runway at Shively Field began Dec. 9 with a meeting between Dave Schultz, of Sage Engineering, and the Saratoga Airport Board. There will not be any changes to the position or the length of the runway, Schultz said. The meeting jumpstarted the planning process, Schultz explained. In order to get everything organized, the board needed to hear from the experts at Sage Engineering on steps to ensure they qualify for Wyoming Aviation Capital Improvement...
Last Thursday, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) held an open house to seek public input on the North Savery Project. The project is located in the northwest corner of the Sierra Madre mountain range and was identified by Gov. Matt Mead as priority for treatment because of impacts from insects and disease under the 2014 Farm Bill and the amended Healthy Forests Restoration Act. Part of the project includes vegetation treatments using timber sales. Many of the trees in the area we...
The Saratoga Sun sat down with Mike Glode to talk about John Lunt, the long-time physician, who passed away in November. By the time this reporter had moved to Saratoga, Doc Lunt was no longer practicing medicine. He had retired for the second time and continued to be very involved in the community. When Doc Lunt moved to Saratoga, he had just retired as a surgeon in Denver and bought the Highline Ranch east of town. About the same time, the town of Saratoga had purchased the...
For the first time in years, Encampment Lady Tigers Head Coach Amy Clay will have a deep bench. Seven newcomers are coming into the mix this season and they are not all freshmen, Clay said. With 14 team members and seeing the hard work the Lady Tigers are already putting into the season, Clay is pretty sure she can go eight or nine deep on the bench with the work she is seeing at practice. The team will start off against Rock River at 11 a.m. on Friday at the Hanna-Elk...
Last year’s season ended in disappointment when the Encampment Tigers did not make it through regionals. “It is always our goal to make it to state,” the Tigers head coach Clint Bromley said. With eight players returning and eight new players added to the team, Bromley is still working to get the team playing together. “Things looked a little ratty this week. We are trying to put them together, but not quite there yet,” Bromley said. A huge loss to the team was Luke Pantle, w...
On Nov. 3, it was a normal Tuesday. We were working on the finishing touches of the Saratoga Sun. It was a little different for me as my youngest son Garry was having surgery that day. A simple hernia repair, nothing to worry about. He had put it off for two years, since he couldn’t afford to pay for the deductible. After I had my knee surgery done and had maxed out our out-of-pocket expense, I encouraged Garry to go to the doctor and get the hernia taken care of. His wife t...
The Encampment Lady Tigers were honored for the Volleyball 1A State Championship on Nov. 24 in an all-school assembly. Encampment K-12 School Principal Mike Erickson told the students there are lots of opportunities for them at Encampment School. Academics, the science fair, authors contests, competing in art, music and competing in sports are just a few of the opportunities available to the students. “There are all kinds of things that you can compete in,” Erickson said. At t...
Carbon County Emergency Management Coordinator John Zeiger sent an email to the Saratoga Sun from the National Weather Service (NWS) in Cheyenne stating confidence is increasing the southeast region of Wyoming will see snow accumulations as early as Wednesday evening continuing through Thanksgiving Day. A strong pacific storm is expected to affect the Great Basin on Wednesday before lifting into Wyoming on Thursday, the notice from the NWS said. Snow is expected to develop...
Imagine running 52 miles in the cold and snow. That is exactly what Jeremy Detterer will be doing the Saturday after Thanksgiving. He will not be alone though. Three other young people will be running different routes Saturday, but not as far. The foursome attended a convention in Casper earlier this fall and decided they wanted to help a missionary raise money to purchase a car and an amplifier for his work in West Africa. Jeremy is the strongest of the runners and...
Curt Campbell was 17 years old when he joined the military. The Nuremberg trials were going on and he wanted to be a guard at those trials in 1948. The problem was the military wanted the guards to be 6 feet tall. Campbell was only 5 foot 7 inches. A couple of things were pushing him toward the military, Campbell said. His buddy's number was coming up to enter the draft. At 16, a judge told Campbell he had a terrible temper and asked him if he thought about using it somewhere...
If the Encampment Lady Tigers play at state like they did at regionals, they will be coming home with a first place trophy. The Lady Tigers easily beat St. Stephens Friday morning 25-8, 25-10, 25-9. Friday night they played Cokeville, a team they are familiar with. They lost the first set 21-25, but followed up with three wins 25-20, 25-18, 25-17, for the match. Saturday afternoon, the Lady Tigers squashed Little Snake River Valley in the championship game 25-13, 25-12,...
The Platte Valley fall sports season ended with all kinds of results. Cross Country placed second in the state. Our football team did not make it to the post season. The Saratoga Lady Panther Volleyball team had a great season, made it to regionals and fought hard to stay in. With the luck of the draw, they played the toughest teams in the conference, but they didn’t give up. To take Pine Bluffs to five sets is a real accomplishment. The Encampment Lady Tigers Volleyball t...
Why not us? That phrase has been the Encampment Lady Tigers (5-0, 20-1 overall) mantra this season. And they have lived by that mantra on the court. As a team that has come together through the season with only one loss in their overall record, they are proving that this year, it just may be them. But head coach Robin O'Leary is still playing one game at a time. Friday, the Lady Tigers will compete in 2015 1A West Regional Volleyball Tournament in Lander. Their first opponent...
During their final practice before the tournament Saturday, the Encampment Lady Tigers junior high school volleyball team started saying "Bring it Back." They would huddle with the trophy in the middle and say "Bring it Back," according to head coach Sammy Baysinger. "It set the tone for the tournament," Baysinger said. Going in ranked third, the girls knew they would have to work hard to bring the trophy back. Encampment had a nearly flawless record last year when they brough...
It is no secret that the Encampment Lady Tigers (5-0 conference19-1 overall) have a great support group in the town of Encampment. It should be no surprise when the boys lined up to have their chests painted with letters to spell out Tiger's Den in the last conference game of the season to show their support. It worked. The Lady Tigers went on to a win in three sets (25-17, 25-19, 25-23) with their most competitive county and conference foe, the Little Snake River Valley (LSRV...
Saratoga Cross County Head Coach Rex Hohnholt had words of encouragement for his harriers Friday after they ran to qualify for state. They could spend a long day on the bus and compete in one last race before state or the team could try for their best times in Saratoga. Hohnholt chose to keep them in Saratoga. Friday, they travel to Sheridan before getting a night's rest and competing in the state championship. The team ran two miles, with Jeremy Detterer taking the lead at...
