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Brian Aikin, 51, passed away on Monday, Dec. 9, 2013 at the Northern Nevada Medical Center surrounded by his loving family and friends. He was born Aug. 5, 1962 to his mother Jane and his father Donald in Las Vegas, Nev. He attended Valley High School where he played soccer and was the starting place kicker for the football team during his senior year. Brian graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno in 1985 with a degree in Accounting. He was employed at the Peppermill Hotel Casino in Reno, first as an accountant and then as an internal...
George Robert Aydelott, 90, formerly of Rawlins, died Jan. 1, 2014, at Life Care Center of Cheyenne. He was born Aug. 18, 1923, in Duluth, Minn., to Vergal and Mayme (Clausson) Aydelott. When he was three years old, his family left Minnesota and settled in Encampment. George graduated from Encampment High School on 1942. In September of that year, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps and was later being detached to the Eighth Air Force Medical Corps. His service career was spent in Central America, mostly Panama, but including Guatemala and...
The Carbon County Library System announced they are starting their Book Discussion Groups this week. Discussion groups are free and open to all adults. The Encampment and Riverside group will meet from 7-9 p.m. tomorrow at the Encampment/Riverside Library to discuss The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. Please call Dawana Martin for more information at 307-327-5775....
In a crowded room at the Platte Valley Community Center, several members of Valley businesses gathered for the Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards Banquet. The Chamber of Commerce gave out four awards to local people, organizations, and businesses including volunteer of the year, organization of the year, new business of the year, and business of the year. This year's volunteer of the year was Cheryl Munroe. A family/consumer science teacher at Encampment High School, she...
The upcoming United Blood Services blood drive was discussed at Thursday’s meeting of the Valley Service Organization (VSO), sponsor of the project. The drive is scheduled from noon to 5:30 p.m., Jan. 28, in the Great Hall at the Platte Valley Community Center. Roxie Baldwin is chairman of the project. Previous donors are now being contacted for appointments through emails and telephone calls, she said. Persons who wish to make an appointment and haven’t been contacted, or who wish to make sure their preferred time is available may also sig...
This past month I’ve had to do a lot of learning. I’ve had to figure out bank accounts, car insurance, how to register as an official Wyoming resident (which is much harder than it seems). In addition to all of the “adult stuff” I’ve had to learn how to do, I have had to learn my profession and all the things that are going on in this area. Basically, there is a lot more to being an adult than I originally thought. But as I was looking through Facebook on Jan. 13, many of my college friends on F... Full story
A fellow employee came into the office last week bearing a package – the sad body of a recently deceased eagle. Not the type of “gift” one might want to receive during the holidays (or ever). The eagle had been struck and killed by a vehicle while feeding on the carcass of another victim of a collision with traffic. While the first fatality might not have been reasonably prevented (suicidal deer or bunnies running into the road, for instance), that of the eagle probably could have been. By most accounts, eagles are graceful, elegant deniz... Full story
In the first Saratoga/Carbon County Joint Powers Board meeting of the year, Board members examined the previous year’s water usage and discussed future projects for the Board. The board said that during December, 9,462,242 gallons of water were pumped in Saratoga. The total water pumped reached 179,030,329 for 2013. The months with the highest usage included June and July with over 50,000,000 gallons pumped collectively. Official approval for the Mineral Royalty grant will be announced tomorrow. Pending tomorrow’s decision, the design por...
The Saratoga Town Council passed two resolutions in their Jan. 7 meeting. Resolution 2013-06 pertains to the Community Development Block Grant and Loan Program which will assist in financing the Saratoga master plan. The cost of developing the master plan grant request is $66,000. Voices of the Valley will contribute $2,500 and the Town of Saratoga is contributing approximately $14,000. The grant application for $49,500 will be submitted to the Wyoming Business Council. Resolution 2014-01 says...
The Carbon County Museum announced they are well on their way to entering their new location at the Ferguson building at the Carbon County Commissioners meeting on Jan. 7. Lauren Hunley, the education and outreach coordinator for the Carbon County Museum said that the success they had in 2013 will only improve moving forward. “Our visitation of 2013 is the highest its ever been in the history of the Carbon County Museum. We have served 5,520 people (last year). A lot of this is because of our d...
In the Dec. 4, 2013 issue of the Saratoga Sun, Encampment School student and guest columnist Jennifer Morgan described her perception of an incident involving the Little Snake River Valley junior varsity volleyball team. What she did not include in her column was that this incident happened four years ago.... Full story
Council member Leroy Stephenson informed the Riverside Town Council at their regular town council meeting Thursday that Heidi Sifford was named the new coordinator of the South Central Wyoming Emergency Services (SCWEMS). This is a paid position, Stephenson told the Saratoga Sun in a later interview. Members of the town council were reminded of the Encampment/Riverside dog clinic taking place in February at Encampment Town Hall. Riverside Town Clerk Jan Cook said the dog clinic would take place...
With local holiday season festivities all wrapped up, Encampment Town Council members were looking forward to more winter fun with the Sierra Madre Winter Carnival. Earlier in Thursday’s town council meeting, council members discussed and approved the prize money for the carnival’s events. Also approved, and brought up by Doreen Harvey, was an agreement signed with Bill Saulcy, which would release him of liability if something happened during the snow sculpture contest. The Sierra Madre Win...
The U.S. Forest Service, Brush Creek-Hayden (BCH) Ranger District, is seeking public input to help develop future proposals for the West Side Snowy Range Travel Management Project. The analysis area for the project is located on the west side of the Snowy Range and encompasses approximately 210,000 acres on the Medicine Bow National Forest. The purpose of this project is to provide safe motorized access to and through the National Forest, minimize user conflicts as well as travel and recreation impacts to natural resources, and to provide...
The Hotel Wolf was standing room only most of Friday night as customers and friends came to celebrate with the Campbells the 120th anniversary of the Hotel Wolf. The Campbells have owned the Wolf for 37 years. The Campbell family made sure there was plenty of appetizers for their guests, filling a table in the front of the bar with food and a table in the back room with a variety of desserts. Doug said Kathy had been working on preparing food for the party since Jan. 7. The couple greeted guests...
After a 19-point loss to Little Snake River last month, Saratoga's Lady Panthers fought back with a vengeance to take down the Lady Rattlers Saturday with a close 50-47 score. The Lady Panthers previously lost 33-52 in their Dec. 20 game against the Lady Rattlers, making Saturday's victory a most welcome comeback in Panther territory. The win was also a nice addition to the Lady Panthers' 2013-14 record, after a six-game losing streak that included Friday's 51-70 conference loss against Burns....
It was an exciting weekend of wrestling for the Saratoga Panthers, as four of them made top-five placements at the 2014 Shane Shatto Memorial Tournament in Douglas. Panthers Thomas Ingleby and Trey Ingleby competed in the junior varsity division, and both secured first place at the two-day tourney, which took place Friday and Saturday. Coach Jared Mason said he was proud of both Inglebys and the varsity wrestlers for their efforts on the mat. "Thomas and Trey, both of whom finished in first...
Encampment High School's varsity boys' basketball team is on a roll this season, winning their seventh game of the season with a 61-52 victory over the Dubois Rams. The Tigers now have a 7-1 non-conference record for 2013-14. Their only season loss came from last month's game against the Saratoga Panthers, who won 80-60. Monday's fast-paced game at Dubois was a close matchup during the first half, with the Tigers on top 14-13 at the end of the first quarter, and the Rams leading 30-27 at the hal...
The Saratoga Middle School Girls Basketball season is now underway, with winning games played against Hanna-Elk Mountain-Medicine Bow (HEM) and Little Snake River. The A Team kicked off the season with a big 45-7 win over HEM. The girls played HEM Friday and Little Snake River last Saturday, in what were their first two game days of the 2014 season. “The team was shooting the lights out right away in the first quarter with 17 points, and at halftime the score was 23-2 with the Panthers in the l...
Saratoga High School's varsity boys' basketball team suffered another home loss Saturday, with a 52-66 bite from Little Snake River's Rattlers. With Saturday's loss and Friday's 35-59 loss against Burns, the Panthers are now at 8-5 (non-conference) and 0-2 (conference). Saratoga's junior varsity team also lost to the Rattlers Saturday, with 19-47. It was a close matchup for most of Saturday's varsity game, with the Panthers leading 22-17 at the end of the first quarter, and the Rattlers leading...
After an even matchup in the first half, Encampment's Lady Tigers proved their power Monday to eventually crush the Dubois Lady Rams for a second time 52-28. The first half of the game at Dubois saw back-and-forth scoring from both teams, with neither getting too far ahead or behind the other. The score was tied 11-11 at the end of the first quarter, and 18-16, Dubois' favor, at the end of the second. However, once the game moved into the third quarter, the Lady Tigers got on a wild scoring...
Snow and snow-covered roads prohibited the Carbon County School District No. 2 Speech Team from traveling to Worland for competition Friday. Results from the Jan. 3 and 4 competition were reported. Head coach Brenda Ostendorf reported that Becca Treat placed fourth in poetry at the Jan. 3-4 competition. Treat and Kaylyn Wessel placed third in duet, with Wessel earning a third place nod in poetry. Nina Ford competed in the Lincoln-Douglas debate and earned fourth place. Aleck Freeman enter the semi-finals in drama. “The exciting part of the comp...
There are three types of people in the world of ice fishing: people who ice fish recreationally, fishermen who habitually head out to the lake ... Then there are the Hytreks. If you look towards Saratoga Lake while driving down Highway 130, you may see an ice fishing hut resting on top of the frozen lake. Chances are, Vince Hytrek will be in that hut with a line sinking into the frozen lake. "Every year, his hut is out there first and he'll be out there last out there," Vince's wife Kimberly...
2 years ago Jan. 16, 1913 Broke leg Paul Hopkins, on Cow Creek, had the misfortune to have his horse fall with him Friday, while handling some cattle, and broke his right leg about four inches below the knee, both bones. Dr. Price was called from here and made a flying trip in a car and gave Mr. Hopkins the needed attention. Mr. Hopkin’s father, W. A. Hopkins came in on the train Sunday from Colorado, where he was notified of the accident. He will undoubtedly be laid up for some time, with the fracture of both bones at that part of his l...