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No one loves hitting the open road like I do, but after the past few years, I am about to drive myself crazy. I met the love of my life while attending the University of Wyoming. During my fourth year, I popped the question, she said yes and we lived happily ever after. Wrong. Shortly after I proposed to Aya, she was accepted into a graduate school in Aurora, Colo. Committed to making our relationship work, I decided I would drive to Aurora every other weekend, a 151-mile trip from Laramie.... Full story
Although some remember her reappointment to the Planning Commission, the Town of Saratoga cannot find any record of Bev Hempel’s renewal. “We have not found any official minutes from the town council that shows that she was reappointed,” Mayor John Zeiger said. The town will begin to advertise the position on the Planning Commission after the next council meeting, giving people who applied last time a second chance to get on the commission. In the last Saratoga Town Council meeting, Zeige...
The Planning Commission is looking at drafting new ordinances, which could save some Saratoga residents a lot of trouble. Planning Commission members voted unanimously to move forward with drafting new ordinances for Title 18, ordinances relating to zoning for the town of Saratoga. The matter came to a vote after long discussions and a disagreement on how Title 18 defined “home occupation” and how that definition relates to special use permits. The town’s interpretation is residents need a spe...
When education is threatened, community members will stand up to protect it at any cost. At least that was the impression when more than 100 people showed up at the Carbon County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees meeting. The 109 teachers, students, parents and other community members stormed the meeting Monday in the name to protect two full-time teaching positions across CCSD 2. Pending cuts threatened a half-time art teacher in Encampment, a full-time position at Saratoga Elementary...
Town officials and stakeholders got a good idea of how much it might cost to study the North Platte River Friday afternoon. Three representatives from Stantec, the firm chosen by a seven-man selection committee, met with the committee and others from Saratoga to present a projected budget for a river study and also to iron out some details. Stantec will act as the main firm for the study and Wildland Hydrology will assist with the study. Both firms were chosen because of their previous work on t...
A suicide prevention specialist visited Saratoga to give community members some tools. Not hammers and screw drivers, but knowledge and skills to help identify and prevent suicide in Saratoga. BJ Ayers, Wyoming suicide prevention specialist, led a suicide prevention training activity Thursday. Those who attended learned how to identify signs of suicide and help prevent someone from committing suicide. “It’s time for all of us, especially in Wyoming, to wake up and realize suicide is a pub...
The town of Saratoga discovered grease was clogging sewage lines after sending video cameras through the system. “It’s not uncommon, but it’s one of those things you just do not want to find out about,” said Public Works Director Chuck Bartlett. The question is who put the grease there? Bartlett showed video of several grease-clogged areas In a Water and Sewer Joint Powers Board Meeting on March 13. Town officials used rented specialized video equipment to survey the pipes, and covered about 2...
Search and rescue volunteers were all doing something different before they got the call reporting a plane went down on Pennock Mountain March 3. Volunteer Matt Roberts was spending time with his children. Carbon County Sheriff’s Deputy Travis Starck was at a benefit dinner in Encampment. Volunteer Randy Sikes was doing chores. But they all responded to the call in the same way. Roberts, Starck and Sikes, along with several other search and rescue volunteers, dropped what they were doing and r...
The Carbon County Coroner’s Office discovered the cause of death of a California man who died after crashing his plane of Pennock Mountain. Gordon Davis, 63, of Tehachapi, Calif., died due to exposure to extreme temperature, according to the coroner’s report. The report stated trauma was also a factor. Dr. Pat Allen conducted the autopsy. The Carbon County Sheriff’s Department, Civil Air Patrol and several volunteers searched the west and east sides of Pennock Mountain From the night of March... Full story
The school district decided to eliminate half a teacher after receiving a letter of resignation from the Encampment art instructor. After 30 years of teaching and building up the Encampment School’s art program, Pam Kraft decided to retire. She said she wants to stay involved in art, but also wants more time to spend with her family and travel. Kraft will officially retire at the end of the school year. When Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD 2) received her letter of resignation, Superin...
There is a donation box thief on the loose, and the mayor is offering a $250 dollar reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the culprit. A town employee discovered the donation box at the hot springs had been forced open after checking the box for money Friday morning, said Mayor John Zeiger. Saratoga police verified someone had cut the hasp using bolt cutters in order to take the money from the box. The incident could have occurred any time during the week, said Sgt....
Councilman Steve Wilcoxson kicked off the March 5 Saratoga Town Council meeting with comments about how appointments are made on different boards. “In my logical mind what should take place is the mayor will nominate whoever he wants for the appointment and that’s up to us to take and discuss whether that person is the one we want to fill the vacancy,” Wilcoxson said. According to state statutes, the mayor can appoint anyone to a vacant position on the Planning Commission. However, the gover...
“Mom” as some soldiers call her, has always helped military families in need. Stacy Morton, president of Friends of the 133rd, a nonprofit organization that helps military families, has raised funds and helped countless people. When Cpt.Bruce Hays died in combat and the $17,000 he paid a mechanic for restoring his 1959 Apache truck disappeared, Stacy helped fund the unfinished restoration project. When soldiers could not afford to buy Christmas presents for their children, she was there to hel...
A construction company is about to fill a niche for the elderly of Saratoga. Triple D Construction, a company that has operated in Wyoming for six years, is nearing completion of a fourplex apartment building on Bridge Street in Saratoga. The apartments should be ready for renters in May, said co-owner Bryan Drake. The company has 25 years of building experience and has built similar structures in the past, but this one is geared toward the elderly, Bryan Drake’s wife Kathy Drake said. “This one...
A selection committee chose two firms to conduct river studies of the North Platte River running through Saratoga. The seven-member committee consisting of community members and town officials met Thursday to announce Stantec and Wildland Hydrology would study the river running through the town of Saratoga. The study, when completed, will provide information to aid in a possible re-channelization project and two proposed construction projects on banks near Veterans Island, said Public Works...
Thanks to the search and rescue effort of several volunteers, the Civil Air Patrol and the U.S. Military, a helicopter located a crashed plane on the east side of Pennock Mountain. Search parties and the Carbon County Sheriff’s Office, along with other entities, are trying to determine the best course of action in reaching the crash site, said Carbon County Sheriff Jerry Colson Tuesday morning. Gordon Davis, 63, of Tehachapi, Calif., crashed his white Cessna 172 Sunday afternoon after d...
I want to kick off my first column by introducing myself. I am the newest reporter for the Saratoga Sun assigned to cover Carbon County School District No. 2 and the town of Saratoga – not an easy task, although I feel I will find most of my stories enjoyable to report on and write about. I have only been at the Saratoga Sun for a few days, but I have already met some real rich characters, all of them incredibly nice. I can’t wait to start digging into this community and find what kind of new...
Carbon County School District No. 2 students brought home trophies along with new experiences after competing in the Carbon County Spelling Bee Wednesday in Rawlins. The spelling bee was the largest it had ever been, said the bee’s coordinator Stacey Peres. The bee had competitors from almost every school in Carbon County School districts No. 1 and No. 2 including Saratoga, who were first-time participants in the four-year-old event, Peres said. Saratoga brought three competitors, two fifth g...
A luncheon for business leaders may be hitting Saratoga once a month with a new impact. The Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce will host a Leaders Luncheon from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 13 at the Platte Valley Community Center in the White Room. The luncheon is designed to be a round table for business owners, said Stacy Crimmins, executive director of the Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce. For $15, you can get a lunch catered by J.W. Hugus Co., a chance to discuss...
If you’re an elementary school student you may not know, but reading Dr. Seuss books may help you to grow. At least that is the philosophy at Saratoga Elementary School (SES) where students and staff celebrated Dr. Seuss’s birthday Thursday. Dr. Suess’s birthday was March 2. Theodor Geisel, also known as Dr. Seuss, wrote more than 60 children’s books and sold 220 million copies in 15 different languages making him one of the most well-known children’s book authors in history. SES staff and...
The Platte Valley Community Center is bringing Saratoga its second free film festival Saturday. “I wanted to bring something to the Valley that we did not have, especially a larger event during the winter months,” said Stephanie Vines, executive director of the Platte Valley Community Center. This year’s film festival, the Wyoming Filmmaker’s Showcase, will start at 7 p.m. at the Platte Valley Community Center Theater and is completely free to whomever wants to come, Vines said. The festiva...
Bev Hempel remembers being reappointed to the Saratoga Planning Commission, but does not remember when. “I don’t remember details of my re-appointment other than it happened,” Hempel, Chairman of the Saratoga Planning Commission said in an email. “That was about the time my husband died after a long illness, and the focus of my memory from that time is not the specifics of my re-appointment to the Planning Commission. If there was some mistake made, it certainly was not intentional.” There cou...
The town of Saratoga was faced with two options to repair and correct the North Platte River running through Saratoga. The first option was to do nothing, according to a grant application. The second option – fix two eroding sections of the river. The town decided to seek funding, conduct surveys, make a plan to repair two banks and explore rechanneling the river through town, said Chuck Bartlett, town engineer and public works director. Although the proposed date of actual construction is t...
The town of Saratoga will know exactly what they are getting into before they begin to fix erosion problems in the Upper North Platte River near Veterans Island. The town of Saratoga has applied for two Federal Emergency Management Agency grants. If awarded, the money will fund erosion repairs in two sections of the river near Veterans Island. The town is still waiting for grant approval. The town should hear within three to four weeks, said Chuck Bartlett town engineer and public works...
Saratoga kindergartners shuffle into their classrooms after recess just as they always do, but today is a little different. Students quickly hung up their winter coats as they enter the room and quietly take their seats, but they can’t sit still. They’re excited. Saratoga Elementary School Teacher LeAnn Uhling hangs up her coat as well and stands in front of her students. “Who knows what is happening today?” she asks. “One-hundred days of school,” kindergartener Brecken Sandlian replies as...