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Halloween returns this weekend, and businesses in Saratoga are hosting events for families to celebrate the holiday. The Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce will host the annual Halloween Walk on Thursday from 3:30 to 5 p.m., for which local businesses hand out candy to children and families that attend. Reservations have been taken and are handed out in a flier to local children. “It’s a well attended family event. Parents and children come down to downtown and trick or treat. We’ve had...
The planning commission ordinances regarding fences and home occupations were read for the second time at the Oct. 20 Saratoga Town Council meeting. While the fencing ordinance No. 2015-831 passed the second reading, the home occupation ordinance No. 2015-832 had no motion on it. The fencing ordinance was subject to questions about grandfathered fences in the case of repairs at the last reading. The planning commission agreed that there was wording in existing ordinances that state that fences...
Jesse Mendoza, of Boy Scout Troop No. 152 in Rawlins, recruited the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for his Eagle Scout project. Mendoza's project involved the help of BLM wildlife biologist Mary Read in order to install reflectors for sage grouse. The importance of the project, Mendoza explained to the group of 12-14 people that joined him, was to keep the sage grouse from flying into fences on ranch land, which can kill them. The area where Mendoza's project took place, off county road 385, is...
The Saratoga Lady Panthers (4-4, 12-9 overall) improved their game against the Southeast Cyclones (4-4, 16-7 overall) this weekend, winning the match (21-25, 25-22, 25-22, 25-22) despite the absence of starter Haley Soles, who sprained an ankle during warm-up on Friday. With this win against Southeast and a loss (25-20, 17-25, 13-25, 18-25) against Pine Bluffs (8-0, 14-8) Saturday, the Panthers were tied for the No. 2 seed going into regionals. The tie-breaker came down to games against...
The people of Saratoga have spoken in the surveys for the master plan, and Saratoga Mayor Ed Glode saw the biggest problems named by residents—cleaning up the junk in yards and flood control. “We have a nuisance ordinance on the books and we’ve talked to the town attorney,” Glode said of noticeable trash around town. “I think we’re going to revise that before we start a huge campaign. That’s next on our list. We just hate to do too many ordinances at one time.” In order to re-word the ord...
The ordinance draft regarding new tap fees was brought to the Saratoga/Carbon County Impact Joint Powers (Water and Sewer) board for discussion on Oct. 14. The ordinance as it sits now will charge a fee of $3,500 to “any permit issued to make connection or tap with a water main.” The town will supply materials (including meter pit, corporation stop, bedding, tapping saddle) tapping, trenching, service line and “all necessary appurtenances, only” for a 3/4 inch service line. This fee applies...
Encampment sophomore Cody Cor began working on his Eagle Scout project in July. The artificial nest for a golden eagle, a wooden box roughly four foot by four foot, took him about two weeks to build. Cor's nest was not his first choice for an Eagle Scout project-originally, the 15-year-old wanted to build a guzzler for wildlife until he learned of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) need for an artificial eagle nest off Hwy 789. Cor's project required permitting and working with the system in...
Popular books may be bought at the Saratoga Elementary School (SES) Scholastic Book Fair, and the profits will be returned to the SES library for projects and books, according to Addie Fletcher, library aide. If they reach their goal of approximately $2,000, Fletcher said, they will be able to keep 50 percent of the profits otherwise, they receive a credit for 25 percent of the profit that may be used for Scholastic books. "That's how I fund things throughout the year," Fletcher said. Some...
The Saratoga Lady Panthers (3-3, 11-8 overall) could enter regionals in second place, according to head coach Shayley Love, providing they do well in the big conference matches this upcoming weekend. "That would be a huge advantage for us." The netters will face Southeast (4-2, 15-5 overall) once more on Friday, after suffering a four-set loss to the Cyclones last Saturday (26-24, 7-25, 13-25, 14-25). "We're just going to refocus as a team this week and get ready to put a full, solid match up...
Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD#2) is getting to know their new elementary math curriculum, and according to curriculum director and facilities manager Larry Uhling, the teachers still have some concern. Uhling said that in order to help educators, a trainer from Math In Focus, the curriculum adopted this year, will visit in November. Uhling has put together a committee to work on a new English Language curriculum, looking at the top two scoring districts in Wyoming, Sheridan County...
Legal matters, whether civil, criminal or family, can be complex and detailed even when trying to understand it in the news or situations involving those close to us. The Saratoga Sun sat down with attorney Jonathan Schnal to determine some basics of the legal system. If John Doe was arrested and taken into custody for a misdemeanor, Schnal explained that he would be arraigned, or called before court on criminal charges, within 24 hours. The next typical step is bail, which is essentially an...
In every instance of desperate boredom, a National Geographic waits around somewhere for the reading. Over the weekend, all I had to read was a stack of National Geographics from the late 70s, opting to read an issue about the our national parks—July, 1979. Old magazines might be some of my favorite things to read. Before the advent of the internet, much of the best nonfiction to be read was in the pages of a magazine, and National Geographic was no exception. The articles in this particular i...
Two new ordinances were read at the Saratoga Town Council meeting on Oct. 6. The ordinances, a fencing ordinance and a home occupation ordinance, are subject to three readings each. The fencing ordinance, No. 2015-831, was met with some opposition from those who do not like deer in town and believe that the problem is the deer and fences are not the solution. The opposition sees a problem with aesthetics, arguing that a lack of uniformity regarding fences will not serve the town well. The...
After facing a loss earlier this season against Lusk (1-4, 4-16 overall), the Saratoga Lady Panthers (3-2, 10-7 overall) caught the Tigers in their net on Saturday at home (25-8, 28-26, 25-19). The match was the second three set win of the weekend, as the Panthers beat the Burns Broncs (1-4, 4-14 overall) on Friday (25-18, 25-18, 25-20). Though winning in the home gym is exciting, head coach Shayley Love said the Burns game was, to her, better. "I felt like Friday night was a very consistent...
Jeremy Detterer ran a minute and a half faster-17 minutes and 56 seconds as his time-on Friday than he did at the Cheyenne Invitational last year, said Rex Hohnholt, Saratoga Cross Country Head Coach. In fact, almost all of the runners improved their times once more, placing them in good standing for the State Championship meet on Oct. 24. "I just think the kids are running phenomenally," Hohnholt said. According to Hohnholt, this past race at Cheyenne bodes nicely for the runners and the team...
Saratoga Mayor Ed Glode met with Elizabeth Ridgeway, owner of Tomorrow’s Promise in Rawlins, on Friday to get the ball rolling on a daycare center in Saratoga. So far, a group has been assembled with specific tasks assigned to get the daycare implemented “sooner than later,” Glode said. Glode is interested to see what kind of revenue is possible in a town like Saratoga, and would like to see this accomplished by private enterprise. Currently, in order to keep the daycare private, the group...
Newly hired Saratoga Director of Public Works, Jon Winters, only started his career in public planning on Sept. 15. Winters comes from a long background as an environmental health and safety manager for various mining companies, working on permitting, compliance and reclaiming, among other duties. "It's a big learning curve, but that's okay," Winters said of his new position. Winters, currently of Douglas, has lived in many different cities, states and countries and is working on selling their h...
Autumn Olson, of Saratoga, was named Miss Wyoming USA to compete for the title of Miss USA in 2016. She believes that entering into the Miss USA pageant, she will have different point of view than others. "I think I bring a sense of community. Wyoming is very unique in the sense that bigger states, where you have large cities that are more separate, Wyoming is viewed as a whole state. So it's nice that I get to represent the whole state," Olson said. In order to prepare for the competition, she...
Ron Brown, task force leader and engine boss on wildland fires for the Wyoming State Forestry Division, was called out to fight two fires in California over the summer, with the first lasting 21 days and the second 18. The second fire was held at just under 30,000 acres between Reading, Calif. and the Pacific Ocean. "It's funny to say, but it was all in all a good fire," Brown said. There were no major injuries or property damage on the fires he fought. "Considering the fires that are going on...
Breweries at the Saratoga Resort and Spa were: 1933 Brewing Company, Rickon Brewery, Equinox Brewing Company, Lander Brewing Company, Jackson Hole Brewing Company and Mahogany Ridge Brewery and Grill...
The Saratoga Lady Panthers (1-2, 8-7 overall) played two tight matches last week, winning against Lingle-Fort Laramie (11-6) in five sets on Friday (25-16. 20-25, 25-19, 20-25, 20-18), then losing to Pine Bluffs in three sets. The team played with concentration against the Doggers, though their communication became hard to hear in the midst of it. Alicia Zaragoza, junior, is playing full games now and showed strength in digs and kills, with high energy on the court. Shaelee Hamann, junior,wore t...
Jeremy Detterer took home first place at last Thursday's Lyman/Mt. View Invitational. According to Head Coach Rex Hohnholt, this was a smaller meet which lead to high placing, but the placements are not misleading of the team's progress. According to Hohnholt, those on the team last year ran faster overall this year, showing improvement yet again. "Our kids are doing really well right now, progressing nicely," Hohnholt said. The four boys leading the Saratoga pack were Detterer, who took first...
In the art room at Encampment K-12, junior and senior high students were instructed to come up with a place that mattered to them, then another, and then to find the line between them. The lines, called ley lines, are related to the most recent project of Harvey Hix, professor of poetry and philosophy at University of Wyoming (UW). Hix visited Encampment on Monday to instruct students before heading up the line to Saratoga to give a similar presentation at the Platte Valley Community Center....
Bruce Hellbaum has taken over as president of The Rawlins National Bank, with Richard Chenowith, former president, stepping down in retirement. Starting in 1986, Hellbaum practiced law for 13 years in Wheatland, Wyo. During that time, he was asked to sit on the board at First State Bank, who he would eventually work for. Hellbaum switched his career over to banking and worked as their Chief Financial Officer and Chief Credit Officer and president. "I've done it all within the banking industry...
The incident of shooting a deer with a projectile in town will be an isolated one, according to the planned actions of mayor Ed Glode. Saratoga Police Chief Tom Knickerbocker says there is no ordinance that says you cannot hunt in Saratoga. The code says that one may not discharge a firearm or firework, but Knickerbocker says that a BB gun, a pellet gun, a bow or a crossbow may be discharged within town limits providing the projectile does not leave the property. An incident of hunting in town...