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Fifteen months into their amendment with the Industrial Siting Council, DKRW’s Medicine Bow Fuel & Power LLC reported on their key events during the first quarter of 2015. Medicine Bow Fuel and Power LLC is planning to build a coal-to-gasification plant near Elk Mountain. In December of 2013, the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Industrial Siting Council approved a 30-month amendment submitted by DKRW Advanced Fuel Company. One of the conditions of the amendment is to provide a...
Whether you like a fast boat or are an adrenaline junkie, make a stop Tuesday at the Saratoga Resort & Spa to see the fastest racing boat in the world. Dr. Mike Janssen, the owner of Saratoga Resort & Spa, owns the racing boat, which is the Snowy Range Brewery racing boat. "This is the first time the boat is going to be west of the Mississippi [River]," Janssen said in an interview. The racing boat has broken so many speed records that last year parity restrictions were set on the boat. "It's...
Long distance runner Katie Loose lead the girls team with a first place finish in the junior varsity 3200-meter run Friday at the Okie Blanchard Invitational in Cheyenne. Her time was 14 minutes 34.39 seconds. Alex Ziegler placed first in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24:37 which was .49 faster than his time at the March 21 meet in Casper. Ziegler also placed sixth in the junior varsity 300-meter hurdles with a time of 48.27. Several other track and field competitors placed after a two-week...
The Wyoming Game and Fish (Game & Fish) hosted a meeting March 23 at Saratoga Town Hall to discuss changes in the hunting seasons for big game. Will Schultz, wildlife biologist for Game & Fish, told the audience in the nine years he has been involved with the hunting season in the area, this is the fewest changes he has seen. Hunter area 50 the 2015 Antelope hunting season is reducing the Type 6 limited quota licenses for doe and fawn from 100 to 25. “We are still in recovery and trying to b...
A familiar face was on the mats during the USA Wrestling Tournament in Rawlins March 14. Thomas Ingraham has been wrestling since he was in the third grade and finished fifth at state for his high school wrestling team. But that Saturday, Thomas wasn't wrestling; he was refereeing. His youthfulness was obvious on the mats, since most of the referees that day were in their 30s or 40s. At 16 years old, Thomas is the only youth referee from Saratoga. It's his way of giving back to the sport. "I... Full story
High school seniors are busy filling our scholarship applications, but for the at risk student, it can be difficult to qualify. That is where Susan Thomas is filling the gap with the Craig and Susan Thomas Foundation. Susan Thomas stopped in Saratoga last month to visit with Dan Marquart, the Saratoga Middle/High School Counselor to tell him about the scholarship that at risk students can apply for. Craig Thomas was a U.S. Senator for the state of Wyoming. He passed away in 2007. Susan Thomas...
Currently, there are four medical practices in the state of Wyoming that are Patient Centered Medical Homes (PCMH). Thanks to the Corbett Medical Foundation, the Platte Valley Medical Clinic is one of them. The staff at the Platte Valley Medical Clinic has taken advantage of a pilot program that was offered to them in 2012 and funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid through a grant awarded to the Wyoming Institute of Population Health. In three short years the Platte Valley Medical... Full story
Easter Sunday is April 5, and along with it comes many celebrations throughout the Platte Valley. Several churches are having special services, while others are having an Easter sermon during regular service times. Three public Easter Egg Hunts are planned for children in the Platte Valley on Saturday. Thursday services At 5:30 p.m., Thursday St. Ann’s Catholic Church is hosting Holy Thursday with Mass. At 6 p.m., Thursday, the Encampment Presbyterian Church is having a Candlelight Last S...
Ellie Schwerdt had 10 inches of hair cut March 24 to donate it to Wigs for Kids in memory of Kirsten Campbell. Ellie is only 4 years old. Her older sister Audrey had her hair cut to donate it to Wigs for Kids in the memory of Delaney Wadsworth two years ago. Kirsten passed away in 2014 and Delaney passed away in 2011. Kathleen Campbell was with the Schwerdt family to witness the donation in honor of her daughter, Kirsten....
As the sun rises over the Cow Creek, Jim Miller has already checked on the calves, made a few phone calls and is putting hay in the feeder for the heifers. Jim and his wife Shirley run a 300-head cow/calf operation. The steer calves are shipped to Kansas in the fall where they are eventually marketed to Japan. With calves getting shipped to Japan, Jim is meticulous in recording when the calves are born, tagged and inoculated. Jim said he feels fortunate to have found the niche market in Japan...
The Saratoga High School Track team did not have any placers at their first meet in Casper Friday. Coach Rex Hohnholt said he was missing two-thirds of his team because of spring break – some of the students had left Thursday for the European trip. “Some bright things happened for us and we have a lot of things to look forward to,” Hohnholt said. In the pole vault, Andrew Oiler had an 11-foot vault. Oiler also participated in the 400-meter dash and ran it in 59.52 seconds. Hunter Mason participa...
On March 17, Barb Beck with Beck Consulting, presented the draft of the Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan of Carbon County (MHMP) to the Carbon County Council of Governments (COG). The meeting, held in Sinclair, was to familiarize the COG members with what was in the MHMP and what kinds of hazards the county faces. The MHMP is now available for public review on the Carbon County Clerk's website and the town of Saratoga's website, or a hard copy can be reviewed in each of the 10 communities clerk...
Saratoga Middle/High School math teacher Brandon Ray challenged the Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD#2) Board of Trustees to a math exercise March 16 to prove a point about how math is learned by most students. Ray who attended a College Preparatory Math (CPM) Education Program in February presented a challenge to the school board to find chronological numbers placed randomly on a sheet of paper. The board members were challenged to perform the task three times. The board members partne...
All over the town of Saratoga, manholes are being painted white by the town streets crew in preparation for the LiDAR survey. Once all of the conditions are perfect for a flyover to do the LiDAR survey, it will be done, Craig Kopasz, with PMPC, reported at the Saratoga Town Council meeting March 17. A helicopter will fly in from Cheyenne and fly low over the town for the survey. Thirty days after the flyover, the survey will be provided to the town. The LiDAR survey will be used by the town of...
The parking lot at the Saratoga Branch Library was full of cars during the noon hour Monday. That was because after 16 years working at the Saratoga Branch of the Carbon County Library, Ruth Hackett is moving on. She won't be going far, though, as she is the new special education aide for the ExCel and HeadStart preschools in Saratoga. Ruth has seen a multitude of changes in the library system as it has grown to meet the technological and reading needs of the community. When Ruth started in...
The Saratoga Resort and Spa (SRS) is committed to sponsoring the golf program for Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD#2) for one more year, CCSD#2 Superintendent of Schools Jim Copeland told the board of trustees at their March 16 meeting. The problem is the team does not have a coach. Copeland talked to Scott Randall, general manager at SRS and they are willing to fulfill the needs including paying for a coach. CCSD#2 has advertised two different times for a coach, but have not had any...
For those who are waiting for the fencing ordinance to be finalized, they are going to be waiting a little bit longer. The Saratoga Planning Commission met March 10 to discuss the new fencing ordinance that had been rewritten by planning commission member Tom Knickerbocker. Discussion went on for nearly an hour before the board decided to remove most of the wording to simplify the ordinance. The ordinance is to be amended with the changes and presented to the board for next month. The reason...
Saratoga Town Clerk Suzie Cox was recently appointed to the Joint Power Insurance Committee board. An unexpired term opened and Cox was asked if she would be interested in filling the board position. Her first meeting is March 26-27. The board oversees a self-insurance pool through Blue Cross Blue Shield. Sixty-five communities belong to the insurance pool, which allows municipalities to get a group discount. The board is responsible for overseeing the changes and keeping the municipalities info...
Saratoga High School Head Coach Rex Hohnholt has 34 athletes signed up for track this spring. Half of those athletes are returning from last season, which gives the coach a good idea of the potential of the team. Hunter Mason is the only boy on the team to have participated all four years. Veronica Lincoln and Kelsie Samson are the four-year participants for girls. Mason's 4-by-400 meter relay team broke the school record last spring at state. The fact they placed first at state was icing on...
Currently, there are mule deer initiatives occurring across the state; however, the two mule deer initiatives that have taken place in recent years in Wyoming are in the Wyoming Mule Deer Initiative near Pinedale area and the other is the Platte Valley Mule Deer Initiative. Katie Cheesbrough, with the Platte Valley Habitat Partnership (PVHP), said what makes them so interesting is that in Pinedale, it is mostly on public land, but in the Platte Valley it is on private land. Both of these mule...
When ranchers are in the midst of calving season, or cleaning ditches getting ready for the summer irrigation, they don’t have time to think about disaster management. That is where Kellie Chichester, with the University of Wyoming Extension Office in Albany County, comes in. Recently, Chichester was invited as a guest speaker at the Saratoga-Encampment-Rawlins Conservation District (SERCD) Winter Workshop to guide ranchers through the process of developing a disaster plan. Chichester p...
When people think about water, most turn on a tap at their kitchen sink and think nothing of it. For the people who live in Wyoming, it is much more complicated. Water is a valuable commodity and it takes a group of people like the Upper North Platte Water Users Association (Water Users) and the Upper North Platte Valley Water Conservation Association to keep landowners and water users apprised of what is happening with their water and water rights. Jeb Steward, who is considered by many to be...
Abby Perry began her new position as the range specialist at the University of Wyoming Carbon County Extension Office Feb. 16. Although her office is in Rawlins, the area she is responsible if far beyond Carbon County. She works with a group that serves Goshen County, Platte County, Albany County, Laramie County and Carbon County. With just a little over one month on the job, Perry has been busy meeting people. The position, which was vacated by Mae Smith last year, has been vacant for nearly a...