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Laura Morrow believes that her year had a positive start, even though her building, Laura M Gallery, was broken into early New Year's morning. "What a way to start the year, but it is good to have a good team in place and the support of a community," Morrow said. Morrow said she received a phone call around 3 a.m. New Year's Day and just assumed it was a prank call. Then the phone rang again. It was her security alarm network notifying her of a potential break-in at the gallery. Morrow said whil...
Reta Helen Pletcher Lorenz was born on July 9, 1919 in Goshen, Ind. to Mertie Shank Pletcher and Calvin Pletcher and passed away Dec. 31, 2015. Reta grew up on the family farm, learning much over the years about gardening, sewing, cooking and farming. As a teenager, Reta made the decision to give her life to God and to join the Dunkard Brethren Church. Her trust and faith in God was a guiding force to the rest of her life. On Nov. 28, 1937, Reta married Paul Lorenz. Reta and Paul lived for many...
Dutch and Jamie McBride announce the birth of their son, Karson James McBride. He was born on Oct. 10, 2015 at 10 p.m. at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center. He was 8 pounds 7 ounces and 20.5 inches long. He is also welcomed by his big sister and big brother, Kara and Kendall McBride. Maternal grandparents are Alfred and Marlys Heintz of Cheyenne, Wyo. Paternal grandparents are Dauna McBride, of Laramie, Wyo. (formerly of Saratoga), and the late Kendall McBride...
A three-day workshop on grazing will be hosted by the Saratoga-Encampment-Rawlins Conservation District (SERCD) and the Medicine Bow Conservation District next week. This will be the 10th Annual Winter Workshop hosted by the conservation districts for the benefit of local ranchers, according to SERCD Supervisory Resource Specialist Joe Parsons. Along with the conservation districts there will be panels with members of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Bureau of Land Management, Natural Resou...
Jerry Palen, Creator and artist of "Stampede," the largest rural cartoon series in the United States and Canada, isn't letting rheumatoid arthritis stop his creative flow. Jerry and his wife Ann have settled down in their home at the Saratoga Inn subdivision where he now creates his cartoons, paintings and bronzes. Jerry said, "I just can't work under the stress of the deadlines because some days I will be fine and some days I'll be so swollen up you wouldn't even recognize me." He now walks...
I’ve learned a lot about myself through cooking. Some of my fonder memories include sitting around while my dad made dinner, eating grapes and picking up on things through exposure while not really paying attention. When I got a little older, I started helping my mom make things too, which involved “recipe following,” or kind of vaguely throwing things together with the assumption of common sense about how things taste. By some kind of magic, it always seemed to work. When I was diagnosed with c...
Provided by the National Weather Service Wednesday Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Wednesday Night A 20 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 16. South wind around 5 mph. Thursday A 20 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 30. Thursday Night A 20 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 11. Friday A slight chance of snow. Cloudy, with a high near 23. Friday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 6. Saturday A slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a...
Friday night, the Saratoga Panthers host the Encampment Tigers for the first time in the 2015/2016 basketball season and the Saratoga Middle High School Student Council is hoping to pack the gym. It is also the first home game for the Panthers and Lady Panthers. Heather Bartlett, a student council sponsor at Saratoga Middle High School, said the student council is planning two “Pack the Gym” nights. One is for the first home game and the other is for the last home game against Lusk on Feb. 19....
Reprint of this story from the January 5, 1900 issue of The Grand Encampment Herald brought to you courtesy of Grandma’s Cabin, Encampment, Wyoming. Preserving History - Serving the Community. SMELTER, WATER AND LIGHT Companies Organized and Preparing for Business Wyoming Tribune. — Articles of three new incorporations that will operate in the state of Wyoming and assist in developing the resources of the state were filed in the secretary’s office yesterday. The Boston-Wyoming Smelter Power and Light Company organized with a capital stock...
Saratoga Schools Wednesday 5th Grade Menu: Chili and cheese nachos, green beans, fruit and vegetable bar, grapes, milk Thursday Hot ham and cheese sandwich, peas, fruit and vegetable bar, oranges and pineapple, milk Friday 5th Grade Menu: Chicken quesadilla, corn, fruit and vegetable bar, applesauce, milk Monday Cheese pizza, mixed vegetables, fruit and vegetable bar, pineapple, milk Tuesday Sub sandwich, broccoli, fruit and vegetable bar, apple crisp, milk Encampment School Wednesday Chicken noodle soup, crackers, mixed vegetables, grapes,...
Happy New Year everyone! This gives Laura Rettelle, Karen Dibbern, Patty Herring, Connie Beckham, Arleigh Simmons and Nancy Lynch a whole new year to try to solve the world’s problems. Maybe some of them need to run for president. The domino wagers Bill and Madeline Telfer, Lorraine Knotwell, Phil Fleming, Bob and Lois Thompson, Dick Blake and Dot Severns played a few times last week with Bob winning at least once. Nancy Lynch, Lila Walbye and Vonda Wieburg put a few stitches on the quilt to keep it going. Bill and Madeline Telfer worked on t...
The facility’s Activity program is based on residents’ interest and allows residents to achieve a greater level of self-esteem. It provides for continuing contact with the community because of the many volunteers that assist residents in activities. Games provided fun and laughter throughout the week. On Sunday afternoon, six residents played Dominoes with Pat Rust winning. On Monday afternoon three residents played Yahtzee with Pat Rust winning. On Tuesday morning four residents played Uno with Pat Rust winning. On Wednesday and Friday afterno...
Over Christmas break, Alyssa Barkhurst made a huge step in her athletic future and signed a letter of intent to play volleyball for Central Wyoming College (CWC). Earlier in the fall, she had gone on a campus tour with Deborah Burke, the Encampment K-12 school counselor, and had tried out for CWC the week after Encampment won the state championship. Barkhurst received a verbal offer the week before and had been thinking about attending CWC and talking to the coach. It was not the only team she h...
The deadline for the second Saratoga master plan survey, conducted by Community Builders, Inc. (CBI) has been extended to Jan. 15. According to Bobbe Fitzhugh, of CBI, the deadline was extended because of a lack of participation during the holidays. “We want to make sure everyone that wants to fill out the survey has the opportunity to do that,” said Fitzhugh. Right now, CBI has gathered about 75 responses compared to approximately 150 total from the first survey. While the number itself doe...