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I saw the ad for the internship at the Saratoga Sun at the beginning of June when I was driving with my dad to Rock Springs for one of my way-too-common knee drain appointments. I had been waiting on another summer job to call me back for a while and was starting to get impatient. I called Liz at the Sun right away and we talked about the position and shortly after, I got the job. Both my dad and I were so excited because we knew this would be the perfect opportunity for me. I got plenty of expe...
On July 16 at 12:05 a.m., Carbon Power & Light (CP&L) had scheduled a power outage for the Valley. The outage did not occur on time which caused concerns, especially for oxygen users. CP&L’s next scheduled outage is set for tonight at 3 a.m. and will be approximately two hours long. Joe Parrie, Director of Member Services and Marketing at CP&L, shed some light on why the outage was late and how they work. According to Parrie, both Tri-State and CP&L crews were located at the Trowbridge Substatio...
The 20th Annual Chili Competition will take place on Saturday, Aug. 15 at Veterans Island Park in Saratoga during the Microbrew Festival. The competition has gradually become more popular each year. Businesses as well as individuals enter the chili competition to share their recipes with the community and to hopefully win a prize. There are three categories in the competition: red chili, green chili and salsa. “It’s an even mix, [there’s] a lot of individuals,” said Mitch Bangert, Chairman of th...
Aug. 15 will bring the 20th Annual Steinley Cup Microbrew Festival to Saratoga. Brewers will compete to win the coveted Steinley Cup and vie for the “People’s Choice” award. The event starts at 1 p.m. and will continue until 5 p.m. at its original location, Veterans Island Park. The Brewfest has taken place at Kathy Glode Park the last four years due to the flooding of Veterans Island and the park not being completely cleaned up. Local crafters will show their hand-crafted creations durin...
On June 3, Saratoga welcomed a new business, Hot Diggidy Dog, to the Platte Valley. Susan Wallace and Ellie Hoyt joined forces to operate their hot dog business together. Hoyt has some experience in the field; 14 years ago, she operated the hot dog shop across from the post office and behind Perue Printing for about three years. Wallace and Hoyt have known each other for quite some time. Hoyt mentioned to Wallace that she was planning on reopening her hot dog business and asked Wallace if she wa...
Being a single parent must be really tough in some cases; however, being a single dad with a daughter must be even tougher. Mine handled it exceptionally well. I don’t think it’s quite possible for me to have grown up with a better dad. He was my superhero — and still is. I admit, he wasn’t very good at braiding my hair or painting my nails. I did get very spoiled though; the town can attest to that. I got called a “spoiled brat” so many times I lost track. When my dad used to work at Carbon Cou...
On June 27, 2015, Laurie Forster was elected as the first-ever female president on the Carbon Power and Light (CP&L) Board. There has only been one other woman on Carbon's Board of Directors besides Forster since the Board has been active beginning in 1941. The first female Board member on Carbon's Board was Jane H. Houston, of Centennial, Wyo. She served on the Board of Directors for 14 years from 1983 to 1997. Forster describes her emotions upon being elected, "It was very unexpected. I was...
Hunter Mason, a 2015 graduate of Saratoga High School, brought home a second place trophy from the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) National Convention in Chicago, Ill. that took place June 29-July 2. Mason explained how he felt during the awards ceremony, "It was pretty nerve-racking. I was surprised they called my name honestly." Students are allowed to compete in only one event at the national level. Mason competed in Computer Applications, an event in which a student takes a site...
The Saratoga High School volleyball team recently came together to help the community of Lusk, Wyo. in their time of need. The small town suffered a big flood in early June that destroyed property and caused residents to evacuate their homes. Our local high school volleyball team organized a way to help Lusk. They gathered up clothes, food, bedding and other basic needs for the town from people who were willing to donate to the cause. They also made personal hygiene kits that included things...
The Fourth of July is an exciting time to be in the Valley. There will be activities for all age groups during the holiday weekend of July 3-5, including the annual parade and fireworks show. All these activities on Independence Day allow the community to stay together and have all sorts of things to do. One event in particular, Togie Days, is being brought back to Saratoga for the Fourth of July. Togie Days is one of the events on the Fourth that is unique this year. From 2 -- 6 p.m. you can en...
The University of Wyoming’s own Larry Nance Jr. heard his name called this year at the 2015 NBA Draft on June 25 as the 27th pick of the first round. He is the first person to get called at the Draft from Wyoming in 20 years. It was a proud moment for Wyoming fans as they were ecstatic to hear his name called in the Draft. Nance Jr. will be number seven on his new team, the Los Angeles Lakers. He is following his father’s footsteps, as Larry Nance, Sr. was also drafted into the NBA back in 198...
Darrell "Whitey" Stewart, born and raised in Wyoming, stays in shape at the age of 87 years old by participating in running events such as half-marathons. Stewart first started running around 1943 while he was running errands and working as ranch help for Ralph Platte in Riverside. His endurance was built up by things he did in the field such as haying. He mostly does race walking in events rather than race running. The difference between the two, according to Stewart, is that a race walker has...
I have been home from college for a couple of months now. Everywhere I go it seems that I run into somebody who is interested in knowing what my first year away from home was like (which I love). It is so nice being from a small community where people are friendly. I figured there is no better place to explain than here. Things went fairly smooth my first year at Central Wyoming College. The biggest challenge for me was being away from home. I missed seeing my dad every night for dinner. When I...
Summer is here, and that means people are spending more time outdoors in the hot sun. While being outside is enjoyable, the public needs to recognize the importance of protecting their skin from harmful sun rays. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States with melanoma being responsible for the most deaths with over 9,000 each year. The CDC reports that an individual dying from melanoma loses an average...
It has been 75 years since Betty (Everist) Vyvey graduated from high school. She attended Platte Valley High School in Saratoga and graduated in 1940. Vyvey was born in a homestead cabin in southern Colorado. The closest school to their home in Colorado was more than 20 miles away. There were no school buses at that time, leaving only horses and her own two feet as options for getting to school. Her family moved to Saratoga in 1936 when she was 13 years old because her uncle owned the grocery st...
This coming weekend the 55th Annual Woodchopper’s Jamboree will take place in Encampment, Wyo. Before this popular event occurs, you might be interested in brushing up your knowledge on the very first Woodchopper’s in 1962. According to the archives of the Saratoga Sun, there was an estimated 1,000 spectators at the event. Of those 1,000 people, about 800 of them attended the barbecue and 500 went to the Woodchopper’s Ball that same evening. Events of the first Jamboree included a parade, log b...