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In the hours after the polls closed, mayoral candidates Ed Glode and Don Sherrod met for drinks at the Hotel Wolf. Though they knew only one of them could win the mayoral seat, both candidates were supportive of each other. It was Ed Glode who ended up taking 53.77 percent of the 703 votes cast in Saratoga. Glode beat Sherrod by a margin of 137 votes. "I am elated, I am excited" Glode said after the results were announced. "I look forward to doing the job." Glode's victory was anticipated by man...
Local resident Berk Hotchkiss said his time in the Army gave him an opportunity to become an adult. Hotchkiss served in Army's 101st Aviation Battalion, which is part of the 101st Airborne Division, from 1960 to 1963. As a young man from New England, Hotchkiss said he enlisted in the Army after high school with the hopes of attending college afterwards. However, he said it would have been difficult for him to finish college if he attended right out of high school. "I knew I would've dropped out...
Willis Greenwood's time in the Air Force provided him opportunities to succeed inside and outside the military. As a younger man, Greenwood enlisted in the Air Force because he felt the training he could receive in that branch was second to none. "I got into the Air Force because it was the one branch of service that offered quality training," Greenwood said. Serving from 1961 to 1969, Greenwood was one of the few people at that time who had training in typing - a skill he learned in while...
"I graduated High School, and the next thing I knew I was in the Navy," Dick Ament said of how he joined the military. "There wasn't any choice back then, everyone was going into the service." Ament served in the Navy from 1943 to 1946 during the peak of World War II in the Pacific. He said he served as a (Relief Man) and worked as a mortar machinist mate. "I did all different kinds of things on different ships," Ament explained. He said he was on a Patrol Craft Support (PCS) most of his...
On Jan. 1, 1944, Bob Herring Sr. was 18 years old and working in Encampment when his boss told him he would not have to go into the military. He had Herring deferred - Herring would not have to join the conflict which had already taken the lives of several of his friends and neighbors in Encampment. While this would typically be a message of relief for most people, but it was different for Herring. No one, not even his boss, was going to keep him from joining the war effort. "I unloaded on him...
The Platte Valley Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is a veterans’ organization which works to enhance their community and works to better the lives of veteran. Veterans who are eligible to participate in the group are those who served overseas in conflict zones. These conflicts include World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, the war in Afghanistan, the Iraqi War among others. Commander of the Platte Valley VFW, Liz Wood, said their organization puts on several e...
Possible contamination caused the town of Saratoga to close the Hot Pool last Thursday. Town officials say the hot pool was closed after an individual, who had been admitted to the hospital for the Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcis aureus (MRSA) infection, had reportedly visited the hot pool. The individual had reportedly been to the hot pool on more than one occasion, but town officials could not confirm when the visits to the hot pool were made. "Crews are working hard at the Hot Pool...
Discussion of the noise ordinance resulted in heated discussion at the Saratoga Town Council meeting on Oct. 21. Ordinance 9.20.050 reads “no person shall between the hours of ten [10] p.m. and seven [7] a.m. maliciously or wilfully disturb the peace and quiet of any neighborhood or family within the town limits by loud or unusual noises or by tumultuous or offensive carriage, threatening, quarreling, challenging to fight or fighting.” Todd Hughes, who was issued a citation for breaking the ord...
The bank stabilization project will not move forward, Saratoga Mayor John Zeiger said. The project, which was intended to clean the cement rip-rap on the river bank behind the town of Saratoga shop and pay for the river bank protection adjacent to the Veterans Island Bridge, was suspended due to increased costs of the project. The money provided to the town for that project has been returned to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Zeiger said the initial costs of the stabilization...
Wyoming's head of tourism did some traveling herself last week. Diane Shober, the Executive Director of the Wyoming Office of Tourism, visited Saratoga community members at Sweet Marie's on Oct. 29. Shober said her visit was a part of an outreach with stakeholders in the state-run Wyoming Office of Tourism. Representatives of the Carbon County Visitors Council were also in attendance. The Wyoming Office of Tourism is the only state-wide organization dedicated to growing the state's tourism...
The Saratoga town council elected to postpone the ordinance which would increase sewer rates in town at their Oct. 21 meeting. Ordinance 828, which will raise sewer rates to pay for the Saratoga Wastewater Outfall Project, was postponed after residents encouraged the council to take more time to examine the fees. This was the second time the ordinance was delayed since it was introduced at the Sept. 2 meeting The initial ordinance states residential dwellings may increase up to a maximum of...
Election day: the one day every two years where we drive to the fire station and overthrow the government — and there is not a policeman in the street. I love election day. I love the fact every two years, we have an opportunity to improve our country. I love the fact for one day, I have the same voice as anyone else. I don’t want to sound overly patriotic with this column, but with election day coming up, I feel like there is something I need to address. By all means: go vote next Tuesday. Is t... Full story
If you asked the Saratoga Panthers football team to describe their season, they would probably point towards last Friday night's 53-12 win over the Wyoming Indian Chiefs. They didn't play in front of thousands of fans. There was no trophy waiting for them at the end of the game. A door to the playoffs wasn't opening for them. Instead, the game took place in Ethete, Wyo. in the shadows of the Wind River Mountains. They played in front of a modest audience, who trickled silently into the... Full story
Even though the town of Saratoga completed their first major step with the setting of the pedestrian bridge, there is still a lot of work to be done until it is finalized. Mayor of Saratoga John Zeiger told the Saratoga Sun the ramps leading up bridge ,which spans from Veterans Island Park to an inlet near the Saratoga hot pool, would comply with ADA (Americans with Disability Acts) standards. “I know there has been some comments on whether or not the ramps will be ADA accessible and yes they w...
Thirty-seven year-old, Tony Seahorn, of Saratoga, was arrested by the Saratoga Police for possession of marijuana, possession of methamphetamines and child endangerment. The arrest was made Thursday afternoon. Carbon County Sheriff, Jerry Colson said two of his officers assisted the Saratoga Police Department with a search warrant on Oct. 16. No further information was provided from the sheriff’s office. The Carbon County Attorney’s office would not comment because the case in pending inv...
The Saratoga Planning Commission continued to hash out fence heights at their Oct.14 meeting, and are now turning to the public for guidance. The debate, which began at the April planning commission meeting, addresses the current fencing ordinance, which states any front-yard fence more than 42 inches high must have 50 percent visibility. The ordinance was addressed because most fencing material come in increments of 36 and 48 inches. However, the discussions on fence height opened up a variety...
It was nearly a year-long debate, but the Saratoga Planning Commission finally voted on and approved their bylaws at their Oct. 14 meeting. The discussion of bylaws has taken place at nearly every planning commission meeting since the changes were first proposed at the Jan. 14 2014 meeting. The bylaws were addressed because they were a mere two-pages long and were initially developed “years ago”, according to board chairman Rory Grubb. The commission adopted many bylaws from similarly-sized mun...
The Saratoga Community Garden Board welcomed many members of the community to enjoy their crops this year during their thank-you lunch for the community. Board members prepared cakes, treats and other items for the community made with ingredients from their garden. Additionally, there were other vegetables available for residents to take home with them. "We wanted to throw a 'thank you lunch' for the town and the town council for helping us initiate the whole [greenhouse] project as well," commu...
The Saratoga Panthers football team played in front of a packed house last Friday for their homecoming game and senior night. But even with the support of the town behind them, they could not pull off the win. The Panthers fell in a 6-34 loss to the Wind River Cougars (3-3, 3-4). The loss drops the Panthers to 0-7 overall and 0-6 in conference for the year. But head coach Scott Bokelman said he is still pleased with his improving team. "I thought we played better," Bokelman said. "I thought we...
From atop of the newly-set pedestrian bridge, a beaming Chuck Bartlett looked upstream towards the autumn-kissed aspens resting on the side of the riverbank. "I mean, look at that view ... it's incredible," he said. It was a project which took four years, but the long-anticipated Veterans Island to the hot springs pedestrian walkway project has finally seen its first major step with the setting of the bridge across the North Platte River. Bartlett saw the setting of the bridge as a tremendous...
One of the town’s noise ordinances is a problem for local businesses, Saratoga councilman Steve Wilcoxson said at the Oct. 8 town council meeting. Ordinance 9.20.050 reads “no person shall between the hours of ten [10] p.m. and seven [7] a.m. maliciously or wilfully disturb the peace and quiet of any neighborhood or family within the town limits by loud or unusual noises or by tumultuous or offensive carriage, threatening, quarreling, challenging to fight or fighting.” Wilxcoson believes ordin...
The Airport board feels as if adding an extra set of eyes to the airport may not be a bad idea. At their Oct. 9 regular scheduled meeting, new airport board member Arlen Hughes, proposed the idea of placing cameras at Shively airfield. After the plane wreck on Sept. 20 in Saratoga which took the lives of two Casper residents. The two who were killed in the crash apparently stopped in Saratoga, but investigators are unclear exactly when they left. A camera could also keep an accurate record of... Full story
A new ordinance has several residents questioning sewer fee increases. Ordinance 828, which would increase the sewage fees in Saratoga in order to pay for the Saratoga Wastewater Outfall was amended to charge residents a monthly fee of $22.73 a month. However, the ordinance now states every residential unit — including mobile homes and apartment units — must pay the same rate. On July 1, 2015, rates for sewer can increase as much as $7.20. The annual 3 percent increase every calendar year beg...
The Saratoga residents may monetarily benefit from the Saratoga Volunteer Fire Department’s good work. The Insurance Service Organization (ISO) rating for the town of Saratoga has dropped from 6 to a 4. With the highest rating being a 1 and the lowest a 10, this is a significant jump in the town’s rating. Saratoga Mayor John Zeiger explained at the Oct. 7 town council meeting the ISO drop arrived from the local volunteer fire department meeting specific standards. An ISO evaluation for fire pro...
The town of Saratoga did not necessarily get all the money they requested from the Carbon County consensus funding meeting on Oct. 10, but it was good enough for Mayor John Zeiger and Town Clerk Suzie Cox. The town of Saratoga originally placed a request from for $400,000 to fund the 2015 street improvement project. The project will go towards repairing potholes and chip sealing on various town roads. However, after the meeting of Carbon County municipalities on Friday in Rawlins, it was determi...