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The Saratoga Speech and Debate team's winning streak was interrupted in Rawlins this weekend when they took second place to Greybull. "We had a number of our strongest underclassmen home sick this last weekend, which really drives home to me that our success is not just contingent upon the performance of our upperclassmen," said head coach Jake Mickelsen. Still, the seniors did not let the team down with Jacob Dickinson taking first place in Drama, Mariah Scharosh taking sixth place in Poetry...
With recent developments in mind, Saratoga Director of Public Works Jon Winter believes there may be a chance that the Saratoga wastewater sewer outfall may be maintained as is. Winter will meet with the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WDEQ) to continue a discussion on the sewer outfall project, which has been a controversial topic since its initial approval in Sept. 2013. This meeting and discussion could mean that the current wastewater outfall, which involves dumping in Hot...
"We're limping into regionals a little bit with illness, injuries and some wrestlers fighting grades," said Saratoga Boys Wrestling Head Coach Jared Mason. With many of the boys either recovering or currently out of commission, Mason described last weekend at the Carbon County Invite in Hanna as kind of a rough one, with only three wrestlers competing for the duration of the tournament. Daynon Mowry is out on concussion protocol, and Jaxon King struggled through one match Friday afternoon...
Thatcher Spiering took first place at Ron Thon over the weekend, a feat which head coach Jared Mason described as "almost shocking." It is not too surprising because Spiering does everything a champion should as far as extra conditioning, wrestling camps, hard workouts and dedication to practice, Mason said. The huge, well-earned victory comes as a shock because of the position of the Panthers among the others at Ron Thon. Approximately 300 wrestlers show up to the event from 42 schools across...
The Saratoga Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce (SPVCC) Annual Dinner celebrated local businesses, people and organizations once more. The Red Wagon and The Trading Post were New Business and Business of the Year, respectively. The Saratoga Volunteer Fire Department was awarded Organization of the year for the first time in memory and Teense Willford was named Volunteer of the Year. SPVCC provided their annual report, stating that they have 179 members and 23 new members, a 75 percent saturation...
The Saratoga/Encampment Speech and Debate team took their fifth consecutive first place win last weekend in Jackson Hole. According to head coach Jacob Mickelsen, the debaters had a big weekend, with Rowan Ford making it to semifinals for the Lincoln-Douglas debate. The stand-out seniors distinguished themselves again, with Jacob Dickinson taking first place in drama and second in oratory and Mariah Scharosch taking second in poetry. The combination freshman/sophomore duet team make it to semifi...
The Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) decided not to pursue additional funding this year. According to BOCES Coordinator Melissa Donough, at a special meeting on Feb. 2, the board discussed their current funding situation and found that for their activities, the amount is adequate. Because it is currently an election year and the economic situation in Wyoming is less than ideal, BOCES members decided that this may not be the best year to present this idea to voters. Donough said...
Wyatt Phillips, a senior at Hanna-Elk Mountain-Medicine Bow high school (HEM), was told that high school was going to be tough. In the end, he learned that with a little effort, it wasn't as hard as everyone cracked it up to be. Phillips was the Wyoming state winner for the Wendy's High School Heisman Award, which recognizes excellent high school performance in sports, academics and community leadership. He was nominated for consideration for the national award as only one of 100 other students...
The Saratoga Speech and Debate team is currently undefeated in the 1A/2A category, according to assistant coach Kate Sherrod. The Panthers had a big meet in Casper last weekend, where they took first place among 1A/2A schools. Jacob Dickinson, Encampment K-12 School senior, took first place in a very large field for his original oratory on the importance of human touch. According to head coach Jacob Mickelsen, the first place win could be attributed to Dickinson, as the Carbon County School...
The Saratoga Community Garden Board knows what they need to do to take their gardening to the next level, but the age-old concern of how to pay for it prevents immediate action. Money isn’t the only concern—the pollinator mounds that should be up during the spring are paid for by a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grant. Grant funding allows the garden to hire three high school students for science enrichment and paid work. The garden still needs to collect volunteers to set up four tot...
he Star Wars franchise, I’ve heard, is one of the most pervasive cultural reference systems in modern America. I don’t believe you can fully understand that unless you grew up never having seen it, watching the films for the first time in your 20s. That’s what I did. When Luke, alongside Yoda, is trying to use The Force1 to raise a submerged spaceship2 from the swamp3 in The Empire Strikes Back, Yoda famously says “Do or do not. There is no try.” I had no idea that was from Star Wars. Instead,...
The Saratoga Panther wrestlers proved once more they can hold their own against any team. Head coach Jared Mason commended the boys on a successful weekend once more at the Bridgerland Duals in Lyman. Thatcher Spiering, Bradley Bifano and Jaxon King were all undefeated at the duals, a tournament where teams in their entirety go head to head against one another in each weight class. With a small team, the Panthers ended up with several forfeits because they do not have a wrestler for every...
Brian Bock and Rory Simonson Jr., of South Dakota, were located by Carbon County Search and Rescue volunteers after spending two nights out in winter conditions last week. Meanwhile, another search was underway in the Snowy Range, headed by Albany County, which went until Jan. 19 when searchers rescued a 18-year-old son and recovered his mother's body. The woman was 46. According to a press release from the Carbon County Sheriff's Office, undersheriff Archie Roybal was notified by the Jackson...
Saratoga should see some “positive changes” with regards to enforcement in town, according to Saratoga Mayor Ed Glode. This came alongside an announcement of the new clean-up committee at the Jan. 19 Saratoga Town Council meeting. Glode described the concept of the new committee as a collaboration between senior police officers, the zoning officer, director of public works, chairman of the landfill board, council representative to the planning commission and the mayor. Glode says this is the...
Thatcher Spiering grappled his way to first place in the 152 pound weight class last weekend, disrupting top Greybull wrestler Cole Hill’s undefeated season. Spiering won against the tough competition in double overtime, going into the match knowing that if it went into overtime, he would take the win. Head coach Jared Mason described the match as “really exciting,” especially considering it had been a goal of theirs to defeat Hill after losing to him the week before. Five Saratoga wrest...
arrowly, the Saratoga Speech and Debate team placed third at last weekend's invitational in Evanston. "We were lumped in with the 3A schools, and placed third overall by very slim margins. We were only nine points behind 3A winner Rock Springs, and four behind Star Valley," said assistant coach Kate Sherrod."We might not have the hardware this time, but we have the pride." Seniors Jacob Dickinson and Miriah Scharosch placed first and sixth, respectively, in Dramatic Interpretation, while Scarosc...
Last Thursday, Andy Van Tol presented changes to the lease agreement in order to resolve issues of renewal and termination in ways that make sense, especially tax-wise, for hangar owners. The Saratoga Airport Board was satisfied with the language, and as of the Jan. 14 meeting, it had been sent out to the town attorney. The vast majority of the language had been borrowed from the commercial lease, according to Van Tol, with one sentence taken from Fort Collins. The changes, which largely...
The Saratoga Outfall Sewer Project has seen changes since the update at the last Saratoga/Carbon County Impact Joint Powers (water and sewer) Board meeting, according to Heath Overfield, Chief Executive Officer of Engineering Associates (EA). “We’re on hold right now as far as the design goes,” Overfield said. There are serious concerns that the project will not meet the Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) internal April 1 deadline, but since it’s internal, the DEQ has control over it....
Jaxon King took first place in the 120-pound class at the Don Runner Wrestling Invitational last weekend, with four more Panthers placing as well. Saratoga wrestling head coach Jared Mason called the invite another good weekend, adding that it was beneficial for the team to wrestle opponents that they will face later on in the season at state competitions. Saratoga took fifth place overall. King secured the championship by winning a close match against a ranked wrestler from Greybull-in fact, Ma...
The Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD#2) Board of Trustees congratulated the principals and staff in their district for developing campus improvement plans that were accepted and highly regarded by the Wyoming Department of Education (WDE). Not only were the required plans accepted, but according to superintendent Jim Copeland, Bill Pannell, of WDE, said he would have ranked CCSD#2’s improvement plans as one of the top two in the state. Presentations of the improvement plans, d...
A Saratoga resident who lives close to the river, Bob Thrasher, brought concerns about flood control to the Saratoga Town Council at the Jan. 5 meeting, wondering what plans were in the works for 2016. Mayor Ed Glode clarified that the lack of activity was due to the long wait for a ground penetrating radar study, which was determined as an improper tool in November. “Since then, we’ve toured the river with Army Corps of Engineers, and we’re going to tour it tomorrow (Jan. 6) with FEMA,...
The Conditional Use Permit for the transfer station has been passed with little opposition from the Carbon County Planning Commission, according to Upper Platte River Solid Waste District (UPRSWD) board chairperson Randy Raymer. Craig Kopasz, of Engineering Associates, was present at the Jan. 6 meeting to present updates on the transfer station and the State Loan and Investment Board (SLIB) application for funding. According to Kopasz, the possible policy of total project funding for populations...
Breast cancer patients have the option of keeping their hair during chemotherapy, or at least some of it. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced in a press release on Dec. 8, 2015 that they have approved the first “cold cap” for marketing in the United States. Kelly Ralston, of Encampment, used these cold caps before FDA approval for chemotherapy in 2014. While she still lost some hair, Ralston was able to keep half of her hair by using the cooling cap. The FDA mentions the Dignitana D...
he Saratoga Wrestling Team celebrated three wrestlers placing at the Shane Shatto Memorial Tournament last weekend. Head coach Jared Mason described a "tough tournament, to say the least." "The level of competition was really amazing. They said it was the biggest and best tournament they've ever had," Mason continued, adding that they were trying to get seven matches completed per hour on four mats, and the tournament was of "incredible quality all the way through." The Panthers have been puttin...
Carbon County Weed and Pest has had a new assistant supervisor for Saratoga since the end of September, Eric Trumbull. Trumbull, 23, worked at the Grand Teton National Park for four summers while attending college in Chadron, Neb. He graduated last December with a ranch-land management degree with a livestock option. "While I was out there in Jackson, I met some people and my former boss there at Jackson is the head supervisor for Carbon County," Trumbull said of his newest position. Before...