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A native of Greece but daughter of Wyoming, Elizabeth Ann "Betsy" Peck Christensen of Encampment died early Christmas morning, Dec. 25, 2018, at the Davis Hospice Center in Cheyenne of complications resulting from a three-year battle with cancer. Betsy was born Feb. 27, 1953, in Volos, Greece. At the age of 3 in 1956, she was welcomed into the loving arms of her new parents, Roy and Margaret Peck, in Riverton, Wyo., becoming the little sister to one-year-older John...
In their first games following the winter break, the Encampment Lady Tigers saw a split weekend as they hosted their Valley and conference rivals, the Saratoga Lady Panthers and saw a 34-30 win before traveling to Hanna on Saturday to face the Hanna, Elk Mountain and Medicine Bow (HEM) Lady Miners where they lost 42-46 in overtime. Lady Tigers vs. Lady Panthers The seven-member Encampment girls, who are still finding their feet on the hardwood, kept control of their court and...
The Saratoga Panthers had a split weekend as they saw a conference loss against the Encampment Tigers (58-77), but saw yet another home court win after facing the Rock River Longhorns (84-53). During the game against the Longhorns, Saratoga started with an early lead as they ended the first quarter with a 21-point lead. Saratoga vs. Encampment Going into the winter break, Saratoga had an overtime victory over the Hanna, Elk Mountain and Medicine Bow (HEM) Miners while Encampme...
"Encampment is a good basketball team," Cliff Jones, Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School head basketball said. "They are ranked number one and are undefeated. That isn't a 'maybe the team is good', they are good and proved it again today." Jones said he was pleased how the Miners did overall against the Tigers. "I thought, except for about a six to seven minute stretch, we played with them," Jones said. "We played well, other than the second quarter where we...
Last February, students from Encampment K-12 School aided the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) in collaring five sheep of the Encampment River herd with Global Position System (GPS) collars under the guidance of Jordan Seitz, Encampment 6th grade classroom teacher and 8th grade Earth Science teacher, along with Saratoga Wildlife Biologist Will Schultz and Habitat Biologist Katie Cheesbrough. The intent in collaring the five sheep was to provide credible estimates for...
Going into a new year often means new changes and the Saratoga Branch Library will certainly have that going into 2019. Frequent visitors of the library will now be greeted by an updated circulation desk thanks to the Saratoga Friends of the Library (FOL). Approved by the Saratoga FOL in February 2018, Custom Builders began working on updating the fixture in December. These updates included reducing the height of the desk overall, making it easier for the young patrons to see...
The Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber is seeking nominations from its membership for positions on the nine-member Board of Directors. Directors are elected by ballot at the Chamber’s Annual Dinner on Feb. 7 with a three-year term beginning in February. According to Stacy Crimmins, CEO of the Chamber, the terms due to expire currently are held by Jim Copeland, Shannon Fagan and Jonathan Schnal. All three directors have expressed interest in serving another three-year term and will be added to the ballot. In addition, there are t...
During recent health care meetings a call for more and expanded physical therapy services was raised. Laramie Peak Therapies (LPT) in Saratoga has recently expanded staff and equipment in an effort to fulfill these needs. New Faces The therapeutic clinic, housed adjacent to the Saratoga Care Center, has been in business for over a year and a half but has just recently added Chelsea Pantel as a speech/language therapist (who also holds a certificate of clinical competence) and...
"It was a game where you didn't want to see either team lose," Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) girls head basketball Jackie Jones said. "Both teams just laid it out there. It was a great basketball game." The game, played on Saturday at HEM, went into overtime and the Lady Miners came out on top, 46-42. The Lady Tigers scored first in the game and in the first half got ahead of the Lady Miners by 10 points, but HEM fought on to stay in the game. The Encampment team...
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) wrestlers went to the Shane Shatto Tournament on Jan. 4-5 in Douglas. Head wrestling coach Lyle Richardson entered his team in the JV division. “The JV tournament in Douglas is a good tournament to get some quality mat time for our relatively green and young team,” Richardson said. “We took seven to the meet.” He said Seth Blakeman needs more confidence because he works hard but lacks experience. Blakeman went 0-2. Richardson was ple...
The Saratoga wrestling team went to Wright for the New Year’s Dual that included the teams of Wright, Deadwood, Sturgis and Sundance on Jan. 4. “We got four duals in that day,” Zach Schmidt, Panther head wrestling coach said. “We started off the day against Wright who is number six ranked in the state in 2A and we did well against them.” Schmidt said four wrestlers had to stay home and that led to a hole in how much the Panthers could compete. “We came off Wright 4-2, so if...
The Saratoga Lady Panthers had a rough weekend as they just barely went 0-2 following a loss to the Encampment Lady Tigers (30-34) on Friday evening and falling to the visiting Rock River Lady Longhorns (45-50) on Saturday. Both games were hard lessons for the Lady Panthers, who had trouble following through on rebounds and struggled with their defense. Saratoga vs. Encampment The varsity game between the Lady Panthers and the Lady Tigers (5-5, 1-0) started off the evening as...
It was standing room only in Tiger Nation on Friday evening as the Encampment Tigers hosted their Valley and conference rivals, the Saratoga Panthers (77-58). Starting out with a 12 point lead in the first quarter, the Tigers kept a double digit lead on Saratoga until the end of the game. Encampment continued their winning weekend as they traveled to Hanna to face-off against the Hanna, Elk Mountain and Medicine Bow (HEM) Miners (69-52). The two victories over the weekend...
It is the beginning of January and winter is now here. I have to admit, I am not thrilled to deal with this time of year because of the snow. Not because I don’t enjoy winter sports, but because I live 40 miles away from my workplace. Let me tell you, there are times I feel like northern Carbon County is the Antarctic’s little brother. I don’t drive the most snow worthy car either. It gets great gas mileage, but once the roads get more than three inches, I am taking my life...
The last building block in the Economic Development Tiers is “New Business Recruitment”. This gets people really excited when they think about community and economic development. “All of our problems would be solved if we just had a business relocate here and hire 125 people.” “If we had more retail shopping, we could keep people from leaving town.” “We just need to get someone to build a new motel.” These myths have haunted community leaders for decades. In reality, growth comes from within a community. Instead, we nee...
For the 36th year, the Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce (SPVCC) invites everyone to compete in the Saratoga Ice Fishing Derby. Taking place on Jan. 19 and 20, participants will have the opportunity to win the $2,000 first prize by catching the largest fish during the two-day derby. There are also over $6,000 in cash prizes and up to $35,000 in additional prize money available, according to a press release from the SPVCC. Those catching the second and third largest fish during the derby will win $1,000 and $500,...
Platte Valley 4-H is gearing up to start their shooting sports again this year. Starting Jan. 16 from 6-8 p.m., parents will be able to bring their children to the Platte Valley Community Center Multipurpose Room where the children can begin their participation in the program. Those wishing to get their kids involved can do so by contacting the University of Wyoming Carbon County Extension Office at 307-328-2642....
The annual blood drive sponsored by the Valley Service Organization (VSO) is slated for Tuesday, Jan. 15 at the Platte Valley Community Center. The drive will be held in the center’s Great Hall from noon to 5:30 p.m. in conjunction with Vitalant (formerly United Blood Services). Appointments are now being taken through phone calls from VSO committee members or online at vitalant.org, according to Roxie Baldwin, chairman for the project. “Once you’re at the website you can just follow the prompts to make your appoi...
The Saratoga Town Council met a little after 6 p.m. on Jan. 2 at the Saratoga Town Hall. Mayor Ed Glode, council members Steve Wilcoxson and Richard Raymer were in attendance. Council member Will Faust was absent. The agenda and minutes from Dec. 18 were quickly approved as well as the financials which totaled $121,778.38. After approving the financials, Glode gave the oath of office to the new mayor, John Zeiger, and new council members, Bob Keel and Jon Nelson. When the...