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What do you do when it's nine below zero and you are at the state line on the Hog Park Road at 10 p.m.? If you're Landon McGuire, you turn the snowcat around and finish the last 27 miles of trail grooming for the night. Grooming and patrolling McGuire, a Saratoga resident, has been grooming trails as a U.S. Forest Service employee for the last eight winters while he has worked on the fire crew in the summertime. He also patrols the trails during the daytime along with Tyler Christen. "Interface... Full story
Keith Annan, 94, formally of Riverton and Thermopolis, died Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014 at the Deseret Health and Rehabilitation Center in Saratoga. A funeral service was held Friday, Jan. 2, 2015 at Davis Funeral Home. Burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery. Keith Leonnel Annan was born on Jan. 2, 1920 in Coin, Iowa to Bryan and Grace (Heller) Annan. In 1935 the family came to Pavillion, Wyo., to farm on the land in the Midvale area, that his grandfather, Lewis Annan, had homesteaded. He...
Evelyn Mae Beitel, 81, was called to heaven Dec. 28, 2014. She was born Evelyn Mae McCart on March 17, 1933 in Alliance, Neb., to Clifford and Mae McCart and married Warren Beitel Aug. 21, 1951 in Conrad, Mont. She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Clifford and Dale; and one son, Randy. She is survived by her husband, Warren, of Riverton, Wyo.; sons Ronald (Mary Beth), of Encampment; Gary, of Riverton; Terry, of Green River, Wyo.; and Danny (Cindy), of Tucson, Ariz.; sister Hazel (Edward) Ballard, of Encampment; and brother Don...
Patsy A. "Pat" (Payne) Faust, 85, of Saratoga, Wyoming went with the Lord on Dec. 24, 2014, from damaging results of several strokes. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Jan. 7, 2015, at the Valley Chapel in Saratoga. Interment will follow in the Saratoga Cemetery. Pastor Michael Hamm will officiate. Pallbearers will be Will Pederssen, Chuck Payne, John Payne, Russ Payne, Kevin Cook and Ed Howe. Viewing and visitation will be Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, between 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. at the...
Maynard "Buck" Hoem passed away at the Deseret Health and Rehab Center on Jan. 3, 2015. Buck was born in Blair, Wis., the second of seven children to Iver and Tiller Hoem. Buck enlisted in the Navy in 1944 and served in the South Pacific during World War II. Upon a return from the war, he married Ardyce Mae Drangstveit in 1948 in the Plentywood, Mont. Buck and Ardyce moved to the Platte Valley for the first time in 1950 with the first two of their five children. Buck worked on the Lucas and Mowr...
The fee for registering trailer houses increased effective Jan. 1, 2015. Cindy Baldwin, Carbon County Treasurer said campers, horse trailers and toy haulers with living quarters increased from a flat $15 state fee to a variable state fee, which could be up to $60 per year. This is the same fee scale that is already used for other trailers. The fee will be based on the manufacturer’s published weight, if available. Carbon County Clerk Gwynn Bartlett said the Clerk’s office will require a weight before issuing a title for trailers, to help the...
4-H shooting sports are slated to begin Wednesday, Jan. 14. The first meeting will take place at 6 p.m. at the Saratoga Library. Louis Braun, the 4-H instructor is signing up children ages 8 to 18 who are interested in shooting sports. Braun said there will also be a short meeting after registration....
The Saratoga and Encampment Libraries are sponsoring the program “Snowbound? Snow Problem!” which offers activities for children 0-12. Today, the children will be making snow dough at the library, where they can mold, sculpt and squash the dough. In Saratoga the program is from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. and in Encampment the program is from 4 to 5 p.m. “Pop Open a Book” is the theme for young readers 5-12 years of ages, who are invited to open one good book after another and enjoy popcorn while reading. From 4 to 5 p.m. on Jan. 14, the Encampm...
Happy New Year! With a New Year comes resolutions. I am a resolution person. I make resolutions every year, some I break, some I partially succeed at and some I am successful with. I decided to do some research to find statistics on resolutions. The University of Scranton. Journal of Clinical Psychology conducted research on Jan. 1, 2014. Here is what they found according to http://www.statisticbrain.com/new-years-resolution-statistics/. 1. Lose weight The No. 1 resolution was to lose weight. No...
“Together we are stronger!” That was the theme of the fundraiser for fire-stricken Dubois, Wyo. put on by the Encampment School during last Saturday’s basketball games. Job well done Encampment. You raised $1,273 for the Dubois Fire Fund that the Rams basketball teams could take home to their chamber of commerce. That’s more than $2 for every man, woman and child in town. As the fundraiser theme suggests, we in rural America are stronger together. Dubois has a population just under 1,000 people, about double the size of Encampment. The two tow... Full story
The Carbon County School District No. 2 Speech next meet will be held at Kelly Walsh High School in Casper on Jan. 16. The next meet is Jan. 9 and 10 at Cheyenne Central. The Saratoga Sun staff apologizes for the error....
Dana Little, Member Services Manager for the Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce reports that, as of last Friday, the ice on Saratoga Lake thickened to seven or eight inches. "It should be a wonderful derby," Little said in anticipation of the 32nd annual Saratoga Ice Fishing Derby to be held Jan. 17 and 18. Vince Hytrek confirmed the thickness of the ice last Friday. Holes he augered Monday afternoon near the boat ramp went through 10 inches of ice. Hytrek moved his fishing shack onto...
Carbon County Undersheriff Archie Roybal stated that a loader was stolen from the Thompson Logging sawmill in Encampment early New Year’s Day. The incident was reported to police at approximately 2:30 p.m. on Jan. 1 after the driver of the loader lost control, damaged a residence and got the piece of equipment stuck in a ditch near 4th Street and McFarlane Avenue. Roybal said the driver fled the scene on foot and the incident is being investigated by the Carbon County Sheriff’s and the Enc...
Fishermen registered for the 32nd annual Saratoga Ice Fishing Derby will have a chance to catch one of three Trophy Fish that could be worth $5,000, $10,000 or $20,000, according to Stacy Crimmins, Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce executive director. Those who are not lucky enough to nab the Trophy Fish still have a chance to net other prizes including the $2,000 first place prize for catching the largest fish of the two-day event. The annual derby begins at 7 a.m., Jan. 17 at Saratoga Lake and boasts over $6,000 in guaranteed cash...
Even though the Encampment boys finished strong, coach Clint Bromley said he thought both teams were a little out of sync coming out of Christmas break. The basketball game between the Tigers and Rams was close through the first half, but the Tigers came on strong in the last four minutes of the second quarter with 9 unanswered points. They closed the half with a 25-15 lead. Bromley said that he thought both teams did not play their best in the first half, but Encampment did a better job in the...
Saratoga High School Girls’ Basketball coach Scott Bokelman is happy with the performance of his players over the holiday. The Lady Panthers (4-4) took third place at the Fremont County Tournament held Dec. 29 and 30 in Riverton, Wyo. “The kids responded well to (the win),” Bokelman said. The girls are improving, Bokelman said. In the first game against the Wyoming Indian Lady Chiefs, the Lady Panthers lost 53-69. They shook off the loss to beat the Riverton Sophomores 47-29 and then playe... Full story
Led by junior Cassidy Little's 16 points, 11 rebounds and four assists the Encampment Lady Tiger's basketball team pulled off a sound win against the Dubois Lady Rams. Other players draining buckets at Saturday's game include senior Courtney James with 14 points, junior Alyssa Barkhurst with 13 points and four assists, freshman Micaiah Pantle with 8 points and five assists and freshman Konnar Knotwell with 3 points. The Lady Tigers exhibited strong fundamentals on the court to bring home the...
It took a couple of games at the Fremont Tournament last week for the Saratoga Panthers (2-5) to shake the holiday break, losing two games in a row. By the last game of the tournament, the team was playing the way they wanted to and had a solid win against Fort Washaskie 55-13. “The [winter] break hurt us,” Panther head coach Joe Johnston said. The team had 32 turnovers against the Wyoming Indian Chiefs (8-3). “You can’t have a turnover when playing against the Wyoming Indians,” Johnston...
Reprint of this story from the January 12, 1900 issue of The Grand Encampment Herald brought to you courtesy of Grandma’s Cabin, Encampment, Wyoming. Preserving History - Serving the Community. Crowded with Orders for Months Ahead. Good Opening for Large Sawmills. A Building Boom Imminent. The past few weeks of spring like weather have been very favorable for building- operations and it is needless to say that the time has been well improved. The only restraint upon constructing buildings in Grand Encampment is the inability of the mills in t...
There were four here for Bridge this week. We were open New Year’s Day and had a pretty good turnout for lunch. We delivered lunch to our homebound people as well. I think everything is going to settle down now so I am hoping people are going to start coming up again. We have sure missed having a big count. It has been fun working with Jane again. She keeps me on my toes. It was fun to visit with Scott and Lisa Forbes and LeAnn Sedman on Friday. Scott and LeAnn are Madaline Forbes’ grandchildren. Scott and his wife Lisa live in Juno, Ala...
From Dec. 29, 2014 through Jan. 4, 2015 the Saratoga Police Department responded to 122 calls including the following classifications: 5 day check notice (2); 911 hang up (1); abandoned vehicle (1); agency assistance (1); alarm (3); ambulance (1); animal problem (1); bar check (13); business checks (46); citizen assist (23); civil assist (1); dog at large (1); barking dog complaint (1); fireworks (1); hot pool check (6); larceny (1); lockout (4); traffic accident with damage (2); record check (2); reddi (1); threatening (1); traffic complaint...
