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Linda Butler was approved as the Saratoga Middle High School principal to fill a position that will be vacated by 14-year veteran Larry Uhling at the Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD#2) board of trustees meeting in Elk Mountain Monday night. Uhling was hired by the board as the curriculum director/facility manager for CCSD#2 at the April meeting. Butler is no stranger to Saratoga, as she attended school in Saratoga and her husband is a Saratoga High School graduate....
Marshal Hill had options. Go to the Naval Academy like his brother Wyatt, or go to school in Jacksonville University in Florida. Marshal chose Jacksonville, but the choice does not preclude him from the Navy, as he will be in the Naval Reserve Officer’s Training Corps (NROTC). Marshal was awarded a full-ride scholarship through NROTC to Jacksonville University plus a monthly stipend. Why did Marshal choose Jackson University over the Naval Academy? “I didn’t want the amount of...
Saratoga High School track coach Rex Hohnholt was happy with the fact that many of his athletes had personal bests Friday and Saturday at regionals in Sheridan. Hohnholt said the personal best helps the athletes to get mentally prepared for state. “It’s that cream of the crop that is going to state,” Hohnholt said. That cream includes of all his senior competitors. With some of his athletes getting their personal best even though they didn’t qualify for state, he is hoping...
Encampment Tigers Track coach Kegan Willford wasn’t surprised when McKenzie Powell broke the school record last weekend at the regional track meet in Lander, but he was surprised by how fast she ran. The competition was good, Willford said, and it was windy for Lander – at about 10 to 15 miles per hour. Despite the wind, three school records were broke, one being a record that has been broken twice already this year. Powell missed beating the state record by three sec...
Michaela Uhling took a big step outside her comfort zone to spend a year teaching in El Salvador. Uhling, who graduated from Saratoga High School in 2008 is a teacher in Sheridan. Last year, after going to El Salvador to visit a friend she met at the University of Wyoming, she decided to take advantage of a program teaching English in El Salvador. After visiting with the principal of the school she worked in and the superintendent, she was awarded an unpaid leave of absence...
It's not unusual to see bicyclers traveling through Saratoga, since the town is located on the TransAmerica Bicycle Trail. Unless it is in April. Two bicyclists stopped in Saratoga April 26 and were enjoying some craft beer at the Saratoga Resort and Spa. They really didn't want to bike out to Saratoga Lake Campground after they day they had. Kim and Vince Hytrek overheard them and offered them an option–camp in their backyard. The two young men gladly accepted. On April 2...
Both the Encampment boys and girls track team went home with second place medals from the Burt Willford Memorial Meet Saturday. The boys scored 115 points, while the girls picked up 83 points. As usual, McKenzie Powell led her team with three first place finishes in individual events – the 400-meter dash, the long jump and the triple jump. Ashlynn Johnson added to the score with her first-place finish in the 1600-meter run and the high jump. Cassidy Little picked up a s...
Six students returned from the Wyoming SkillsUSA competition in Cheyenne last month with placings from first place to sixth place in the statewide competition. SkillsUSA Wyoming is a Career-Technical Student Organization serving students in secondary and post-secondary technical, skilled, and service occupations, including health occupations, according to the SkillsUSA Wyoming website. There are more than 100 different contests for students in SkillsUSA to compete in from...
Tuesday morning, it was business as usual at Deseret Health and Rehab. One glaring difference is that the phone is being answered Valley View Healthcare, which is the former name of the nursing home. The nursing home was built in 1975 by Kendall McBride and was operated by him and his sister Carolyn Vyvey for seven years. The Saratoga Lions Club had guaranteed the bond. If the bonds were not paid, the members of the Lions Club would personally be responsible for the loan,...
Saratoga High School Senior Andrew Oiler topped the pole vault record set by Anthony Samson in 2012. Samson had broken the previous 21- year record in 2012 during state competition with a 12 foot 6 inch vault. Oiler's 12'8" pole vault took place on the home field during the Burt Willford Memorial Meet. Oiler tried to break his own record with a 13' pole vault. Oiler made three attempts and managed to clear the bar, but as he came down on the other side his chin clipped the...
For the past four out of five years, Carbon County Emergency Management Coordinator John Zeiger has been preparing communities for floods in Carbon County. This year, there is not enough snowpack to generate significant flooding in Carbon County, according to Jim Fahey, hydrologist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Even though the flood potential is low, Zeiger is still working on flood plans to meet requirements for the Federal Emergency Management...
Scholarship programs in the Platte Valley are most likely seeing an increase in applications this year. Saratoga Middle/High School (SMHS) counselor Dan Marquart has teamed up with SMHS history teacher Jason Williams, who is requiring his students to apply for 10 scholarships. It has been successful, Marquart said, because he is seeing more scholarship applications and handing out more transcripts than he has in the last several years. Completing scholarships can be a...
The Saratoga Middle High School Track team had two track meets last week. The Rawlins Invite was postponed April 17 because of a major snowstorm. The Saratoga team traveled to Rawlins to compete on April 22. In Rawlins the girls track team place fifth, with the boys placing third. On Friday, the SMHS Track team traveled to Douglas to compete. The girls team placed 15th and the boys placed ninth. Considering the fact that at both meets, the team was competing against 3A...
Road work on the First Street Bridge in Saratoga will begin May 4 according to Aaron Spenny with the Woming Department of Transportation (WYDOT). Spenny was on the town of Saratoga Town Council agenda April 21 to explain the work that will be done on the bridge, which is serviced by WYDOT. First Street is Highway 230/130 through Saratoga. Spenny explained a signal light will located on the bridge as traffic will be down to one lane during the construction period, which is...
This newspaper is my 501st issue of the Saratoga Sun. I know this, because we were talking about it the other day and I decided to take the time to add it up. In 19 short weeks, I will have completed 10 years at the Saratoga Sun. I say “short weeks”, because since I started working at the Saratoga Sun, boy does time fly. My weekly joke is if I put out a perfect paper, I will retire. Well, as you can clearly see, retirement will have to wait. Earlier this month as I was taking...
As the town nears the end of its budget sessions with the departments, the Saratoga Town Council will start studying the revenue side, Saratoga Mayor Ed Glode said. For the past three weeks, each department has been meeting with the Saratoga Town Council and explaining to them the needs for each department. “There has been good cooperation and I think the council is enjoying the process,” Glode said. Every department is different, Glode explained. The last session is Thu...
From the outside, the victim of a crime finds solace when a perpetrator is arrested. From the inside, it is a very different story. Their life has been shattered. April 19-25 is National Crime Victims’ Right Week and this year’s theme is “Engaging Community: Empowering Victims”. The Carbon County Sheriff’s Victim/Witness Program has a very important role in the victim’s recovery – from a violent crime or a monetary crime. “It’s a long process, and an emotional one,” L...
The Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD#2) Board of Trustees approved hiring Saratoga Middle High School Principal Larry Uhling as the District Curriculum Director/Facility Manager for CCSD#2 in the 2015/2016 year at its monthly meeting, which was held at Hanna-Elk Mountain-Medicine Bow Junior/Senior High School. Uhling has been the principal of Saratoga Middle High School for 14 years. CCSD#2 Superintendent Jim Copeland recommended Uhling for the position stating that...
Todd Hughes, owner of Hughes Manufacturing, was devastated Monday morning as he looked at the charred building that once housed his business. "It has been here since the 90s," Hughes said. Carbon County Fire Warden John Rutherford was investigating the cause of the fire as Hughes stood by. Saratoga Volunteer Fire Department Fire Chief Randy Sikes said the cause of the fire is still under investigation. Hughes said he received a call from his son, Brian Hughes, alerting him of...
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...
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 a...
LiDAR is an extremely efficient way to topographically survey a broad swath, said Craig Kopasz, a civil engineer with PMPC/Engineering Associates. LiDAR, which stands for Light Detection and Ranging is a remote sensing method used to examine the surface of the earth, according the the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) website. At the April 7 Saratoga Town Council meeting, there some was confusion about what the LiDAR is being used for by a member of the...
