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Union Wireless has completed construction of their high-speed fiber optic network in the downtown Saratoga area and the service provider said, in a recent press release, that it is now online and ready for customers to sign-up. With the downtown area complete, the next phase of the project for the Wyoming based phone and internet provider is to install fiber optic in the residential area north of town. “Saratoga is unique in that it is one of the few areas that we serve that is suitable for Fiber to the Home,” said Union Wireless Chief Customer...
Churches around east Carbon County are preparing for the highlight of the Christian calendar. Many houses of worship will be offering special Christmas Eve or Christmas Day services. Saint Ann’s Catholic On Dec. 24, Saint Ann’s Catholic Church at 211 West Spring St. in Saratoga will be holding Christmas Eve Mass at 10 p.m. The church will also be holding their Christmas Mass at 10 a.m. Christmas Day. Saint Joseph’s Mission Church On Dec. 24, Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church at 3 Heather Dr. in Hanna will be holding a Christmas Eve service...
Five contestants competed in the Carbon County Make It With Wool (MIWW) district competition held at the Jeffery Center in Rawlins, on Sunday, Nov. 4. Winners were announced at the end of the fashion show. Winners in the Junior Division (age 13-16) included Katie Dugger, Encampment, first place. She modeled a blue/pink plaid jacket and navy blue slacks. Siobhán Lally, Savery, received 2nd place. She modeled a plaid bolero jacket, ivory top, and blue pants. Dugger and Lally represented the Distri...
The Healthcare Sustainability Project Subcommittee (HSPS) will be holding their monthly public meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 12 at the Platte Valley Community Center Great Hall. An email from HSPS board member George Haigh stated that the meeting will include introduction of new staff members at the Platte Valley Clinic (PVC) and their roles and an update from Health Management Services President Karl Rude on physician recruitment for the PVC. The HSPS will also continue to take questions from the public in regards to access to healthcare in...
The Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce has begun selling tickets for the annual Reverse Drawing. Tickets are $10 each and only 300 are sold. Unlike the usual raffle procedure, the very last ticket drawn is the grand prize winner in this drawing. “The winner receives a $1,000 chamber gift certificate which can be redeemed at chamber member businesses only,” said Chamber Director Stacy Crimmins. “You could go out to dinner, buy toys for the kids and have your car serviced.” The first, 50th, 100th, 150th, 200th and 250th tickets draws w...
Following the Christmas parade Saturday, Dec. 1, Valley residents are invited to attend what has become "a long-time holiday tradition" according to a press release from the Valley Service Organization (VSO). Winter Wonderland, which will be located in the Great Hall of the Platte Valley Community Center, will return this year. According to the press release, the VSO's "annual Christmas gift" will feature a free chili and hot dog feed for everyone, along with cookies and hot chocolate. The...
The 2018 Giving Tree, a project of the Valley Service Organization (VSO), is still up at Town and Country Realty, but it won't be there for much longer. There is still time for people with kind hearts and souls to take a tag from the tree and make a child's Christmas even brighter. Kassey Westring, the Giving Tree Chairman for the VSO, explained the tags in a recent press release. The tags, while providing information on the children, does not include names and all information is destroyed...
The Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce will be hosting the "Festival of Trees Gala and Auction" for its 16th year on Friday, Dec. 7 at the Platte Valley Community Center. Decorated trees and wreaths, gift baskets, centerpieces and other holiday decor and gifts are donated by individuals, organizations and businesses and then auctioned. Proceeds of the evening are to benefit the Chamber and local volunteer fire departments. Anyone wishing to donate a decorated tree, gift basket,...
The annual Lighted Christmas Parade will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 1 and will begin at Bridge Ave. and River Street as it goes through historic downtown Saratoga. While waiting for the parade to begin, residents and visitors are encouraged to take advantage of local retailers and "shop small" this season. The parade will end at the Platte Valley Community Center, just in time to welcome Santa and Mrs. Claus at "Winter Wonderland." The parade announcer and entertainer each year is...
The ladies of the Saratoga Branch Library are inviting kids of all ages to take part in several Christmas-themed events throughout the month of December that will include crafts, a holiday party and a visit from Santa himself. On Dec. 7, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., the jolly old elf will visit the Saratoga stacks to listen to children’s Christmas requests. Later that day, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., patrons can join their local librarians making “Gifts in a Jar.” While the sign-up deadline has passed, people are still invited to attend and take part....
Staff Report Due to miscommunications with organizers there were a few errors in announcing the upcoming Platte Valley Helping Hands (PVHH) Thanksgiving Dinner. Fortunately the Saratoga Sun can get you the correct information before the event. The traditional meal with turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, gravy, ham, sweet potatoes, cranberries, relishes, peas, rolls and pumpkin pie will be served between 12:30 and 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 22 at St. Ann’s Parish Hall in Saratoga. The 23rd annual meal will be prepared by PVHH volunteers and the H...
The 23rd annual Platte Valley Helping Hands (PVHH) Free Thanksgiving Dinner is coming. The dinner will be held from 12:30 to 2 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day-Thursday, Nov. 22-at St. Ann's Parish Hall, 218 Spring Ave., Saratoga. The Thanksgiving menu includes the traditional turkey and dressing along with baked ham, mashed potatoes and gravy, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, green peas, relish trays, dinner rolls, beverages and pumpkin pie for dessert. Take-out dinners will be available, and those...
According to a recent press release from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD), the body of a cow moose was recently discovered around Jack Creek on Oct. 26. By the time the body was discovered by Laramie/Glendo WGFD Game Warden Becca Lutz, however, the meat had spoiled and was unable to be donated. “We realize people make mistakes and I would rather receive a call about a mistake and have been able to donate the meat to a less fortunate family than to see the meat abandoned and spoiled,” said Lutz. “It was a waste of an entire moose...
The deadline for parents to return forms for their children’s tags to be on the 2018 Platte Valley Giving Tree is tomorrow (Thursday, Nov. 15). Kassey Westring, Giving Tree chairman for the sponsoring Valley Service Organization (VSO), said the forms have been distributed through Valley schools, preschools, day cares public health and Big Brothers/Big Sisters for the tree which again will be located at Town and Country Realty starting Nov. 20. Thursday is also the deadline for Valley organizations to indicate their desire to “adopt” an entir...
Friends of the Saratoga Library invite all interested persons to "hop aboard the stage coach rolling through the Upper North Platte River Valley" at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, in the Saratoga Branch Library at 503 West Elm Ave. The program is open to the public free of charge. "Driving the stage" is valley historian Dick Perue who will present an hour-long slide program entitled Riding the Stage and features views from aboard the stage as seen by a 16-year-old bride traveling to Saratoga by...
Friends of the Saratoga Library invite all interested parties to experience what is was like to ride the local stagecoach. Dick Perue will present an hour-long slide program featuring views a passenger would enjoy while riding the stage from Walcott Junction to Pearl, Colo., in the early 1900s. The slide show features more than 100 historic photos of the Valley. Perue has also published a book, "Riding the Stage" which features the same photos with descriptions. The program begins at 7 p.m....
A cookbook, “Favorite Recipes from the Snowy Range CattleWomen”, was published this week and will go on sale at the Craft Fair Saturday at the Platte Valley Community Center. More than 300 favorite recipes submitted by members and friends of the organization were compiled by Leanne Correll and appear in the 130 page book, plus 26 pages of Upper North Platte River ranch and valley photos, stories and history compiled by local historian Dick Perue. Those wishing to obtain a cookbook may do so at the Craft Fair or by contacting Leanne Correll at...
The Saratoga Council of Catholic Women is sponsoring a community blood drive on Tuesday, Nov. 6 from noon until 5:30 p.m. at St. Ann’s Parish Hall. According to Vitalant (formerly United Blood Services), more people would donate if only they knew the importance of blood. Doctors use blood only for one reason: to sustain life. And, there is no substitute for blood. It cannot be manufactured. It is the ‘gift of life’ that only human beings can give to one another. “Blood donors save lives,” organizer Val Larscheid said. “Several of them, in fa...
The Wyoming Public Lands Initiative (WPLI) Committee for Carbon County met October 15 at the Harshman Building of the Carbon County Higher Education facility to hold a single topic meeting on the recommendations made for the Encampment Wilderness Study Area (WSA) (See “Recommendations Made” on page one of the Oct. 3 Saratoga Sun). After the meeting, Carbon County Commissioners unanimously passed the recommendations for all four WSAs unchanged. The recommendations now proceed to the Wyoming County Commissioners Association for review before bei...
The Valley Service Organization (VSO) is sponsoring the election forum for Saratoga mayoral and town council candidates at 6 p.m. tonight (Wednesday, Oct. 24) at the Platte Valley Community Center. Candidates expected to attend are mayoral candidates, Incumbent E. J. Glode and former Mayor John Zeiger, plus town council candidates, Incumbent Will Faust and challengers Jon Nelson and Bob Keel. Each candidate will be given a short time to introduce himself and his reasons for running, which will be followed by questions from VSO and the...
In a public statement from the Healthcare Sustainability Project Committee in conjunction with Health Management Services, LLC (HMS) it was recently announced that HMS has opened a temporary medical facility at the Platte Valley Community Center (PVCC). In their efforts to create a smooth startup and meet their commitment to ensure healthcare services in the Valley, HMS is starting ahead of schedule. Under the new management of HMS, the Platte Valley Clinic has opened a temporary medical facility at the PVCC, operating Monday to Friday from 8...
The Saratoga High School NHS and FBLA chapters will be trick-or-treating for canned goods in Saratoga on Halloween (Thursday, Oct. 31) from 7-8 p.m. All donations collected will go to the local food bank. The members will be dividing up into groups, and then going door-to-door in different parts of town. Everyone’s support will be greatly appreciated....
Wyoming businesses seeking new markets for their products and services have a new resource at their disposal thanks to a revamped Trade Show and Market Expansion Grant program through the Wyoming Business Council. The new program expands the grant-eligible activities to include networking at industry-specific trade shows and conferences and traveling to attend meetings with potential buyers, in addition to displaying and selling products and services at traditional trade shows. "Wyoming is...
Rocky Mountain Power, in partnership with Sinclair Wyoming Refining Company, is proud to announce a combined grant of $20,000 to relocate the historic Como Bluffs Fossil Cabin to downtown Medicine Bow. Each company provided $10,000 for the project. The cabin, built by Thomas Boylan in 1932 as a US 30 roadside attraction, is located five miles east of downtown Medicine Bow and made entirely of fossilized bone. Historic records indicate Boylan used around 5,800 dinosaur bones to construct the...
Look for witches, goblins, ghouls and a few princesses to be walking the streets of Saratoga the afternoon of Halloween. For a safe and convenient way to trick-or-treat, preschool and elementary-aged kids (and their parents) can stroll downtown Saratoga on Wednesday, Oct. 31 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Many businesses will join in the fun by handing out treats to participants. Look for the bright orange sign on the door or window of participating businesses. Businesses wishing to participate in the Halloween Walk are invited to register online or call...