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The biggest mill in 400 miles started operating in Saratoga in mid-December and the cold weather over the past few weeks has highlighted the smoke coming out of the stacks above the by-product fed kilns. The mill has been idle for 10 years and the new owners have refurbished existing machines and installed new equipment and brought personnel from the manufacturers of the equipment to help with the start up. “Every day it has been progressing,” Clint George, partner in Saratoga Forest Pro...
The Saratoga Resort and Spa is set to put on their fourth annual snowmobile poker run. The entry for the poker run this year is $25 and a contestant can pick up additional punch cards for $15 each. If a person can’t participate in the run itself, the Resort would like to remind them that they can still buy a hand, and the Resort’s “mules” will have the hand punched at the designated stops. The $25 entry will also include lunch on the route, cooked by the local fire department. The proceed... Full story
Sophia Ashley Borg and Clarence Jason Crosby were united in marriage on Nov. 17, 2012, at Blackwater Plantation, Quitman, Ga. The Reverend Bernard Sonny Mason officiated. The bride is the daughter of Susannah Borg Booth, of Arlington, Tenn., and the late Stefan Borg, and the granddaughter of Nancy Schmoe and the late Charles Woodrow Schmoe, of Quitman, Ga., and Marianne Borg Hansen and the late Ambassador Richard Wagner Hansen, of Copenhagen, Denmark. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry... Full story
Ashley Dahlke of Saratoga, and Luis Lascano, of Rawlins, announce their engagement. They plan to marry on June 22, 2013. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Bill and Margaret Dahlke, of Saratoga. Ashley graduated from Saratoga High School in 2006 and attended Weber State University of Ogden, Utah. She later received her associates degree in Radiographic Imaging. She is now employed as the Area Scheduler for Wyoming for BP America. The prospective groom is the son of Luis Lascano Senior and Kelly... Full story
In celebration of our new website and its attractive new functionality and cool new features at the old site name (saratogasun.com – look at me towing the company line!). I thought I might delve into some fun tidbits about the web that I browsed across. Did I mention that we have a NEW website? We all know the main use of the internet (at least arguably) and GoOgle will get you there, but there are other handy uses for the web too. THE OTHER STUFF: Have you heard about this e-mail thing? T... Full story
Dr. Frances Juanita Bybee went home to be with her Lord on Dec.19, 2012 in Cheyenne. Frances was born in Zwolle, Louisiana on July 5, 1930 to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ebarb. Frances lead an extraordinary life of achievement and educational excellence. She was a career educator and a true leader in her field. She graduated high school at the age of 16, graduated college at the age of 19. She began her teaching career in a one-room school house for children K thru 9. Frances married Air Force Lieutenant Gary A. Bybee, moved from her hometown and began... Full story
At last Tuesday’s Planning Commission meeting, Saratoga resident David Worthington was asked not to film the meeting. Worthington said he has been filming airport board and town council meetings for over a year, when he attends the meetings. The Commission voted against allowing him to film the meeting, Worthington said. “I said as long as I’m not disruptive, I can video (the meeting), but out of courtesy I turned (the camera) off,” Worthington said in an interview yesterday. Board member...
After an executive session to discuss personnel, the Saratoga Planning Commission gained ground on a common understanding of Home Occupations as they are defined in Chapter 18.06 of the Saratoga Municipal Code. Zoning officer Chuck Bartlett requested the board clarify special use permits as they relate to home occupations as a result of what he said were conflicting interpretations of the home occupation definitions. The board voted at its Dec. 11 meeting to require a special or conditional use...
Editor, Well, there is almost a cure for the common cold. I am writing this open letter to the community as a public service to pass on some good news about those pesky common colds. A recent review in 2011 that reviewed all of the current literature on the use of zinc supplementation did show that this product is useful to decrease the severity and length of the common cold. I have recommended this for years based on my personal experience but we now have evidence to back us up. Zinc lozenges (for example Cold-Eeze or Zicam drops) when...
Mayor Ron Bedwell swore in new Riverside council member, Margaret Weber along with returning councilman Leroy Stephenson. Weber replaced Councilwoman Helen Weiland. Stephenson reported the sewer lagoons shouldn’t have to be discharged until May or June. Riverside doesn’t have enough effluent to treat and discharge on a regular basis and generally only discharges for about three weeks per quarter. The council is considering a couple of sewer projects when the weather improves using State Lan...
Instead of the usual seasonal influenza cases in February and March, influenza showed up in the Valley early this year and is infecting more people than normal, according to Dr. Dean Bartholomew at the Platte Valley Medical Clinic (PVMC). The PVMC began seeing above average numbers patients with flu symptoms as early as November. “It’s the most I’ve seen in my fourth flu season in the Valley,” Bartholomew said. Bartholomew said it was rare for two different strains of influenza to be active...
The Saratoga wrestling squad traveled to Pavillion to compete in the Don Runner Invite. The invite had 21 teams and the grapplers faired well in the competition. “We wrestled well this past weekend, placing six of 11 wrestlers,” coach Mason wrote in an email. “We also finished sixth as a team in the 21 team tournament.” Thatcher Spiering and Jacob Wells were the top Panther finishers taking third in their weight classes. Spiering wrestled well at 120 lbs. and Wells cut weight to reach his goa...
At home, Ronda Krouch’s favorite meals are the ones her husband cooks, because she doesn’t have to. At work, though, Krouch likes to cook and will get the chance to do just that in her new role as the site manager of the Sagebrush Senior Center in Encampment. Krouch officially started on Jan. 2 and she’ll have the previous site manager, Dodey Brown on hand to show her the ropes until the end of January. Brown is retiring after seven years with the Senior Center. “This is something that I had m...
After a year with the Saratoga-Encampment-Rawlins Conservation District (SERCD), Joe Parsons is now the Supervisory Resource Specialist for the organization. Parson’s old and somewhat unique position was funded by a partnership among the Game and Fish, the Conservation District, the National Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) and Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Although the list of his employers is now much shorter, the list of his duties is not. “Before I was dealing with sage grouse, workin...
The Carbon County School District No. 2 Speech team competed at Casper last weekend. Saratoga High School seniors Geoff Page and Colton Woolfolk placed in the finals round of duet at the Kelly Walsh Speech and Debate Tournament. The team returned with a second place trophy in the 1A 2A Sweepstakes division. This weekend the team travels to Cheyenne for a competition at the Laramie County Community College. The speech teams consists of students from Encampment, Hanna-Elk Mountain-Medicine Bow and Saratoga High Schools. Brenda Ostendorf is the...
The Lady Panthers hosted Hanna-Elk Mountain-Medicine Bow (HEM) Friday and Saratoga came out on top 57-23. “I was really happy with our play, especially from our bench,” coach Matt Love wrote in an email. “Coach Jones, as always, has her girls playing very hard for her. They never give up.” The game started slow and senior Taylor Smith was again the first to put points on the board for the Lady Panthers. Saratoga came together and the team was playing a full court press that paid off for the Pan...
Jacob Wells is a junior at Encampment with big aspirations. Wells, who wrestles for the Panther squad, has been invited to go “Down Under” to compete and travel to a totally different continent, halfway around the world. Auckland, New Zealand is the scheduled destination for the Down Under Sports Tournament this year, and Wells will proudly represent Wyoming and the nation. Wells and the team from the U.S. will also spend two days in Australia and stop in Hawaii on their way back to the Sta...
With temperatures dropping well below zero over the weekend and projected lows in the teens all week, anglers should have augers ready to drill through thick ice on Saratoga Lake for the 30th Annual Fishing Derby this weekend. Thirty years ago, C.J. Box, Wyoming writer and creator of the fishing derby, had lived in Saratoga for a couple of years working for the Saratoga Sun and knew January was a slow period for the town. In what was then his new role as head of the Saratoga Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce, Box said he had access to the...
Hanna-Elk Mountain-Medicine Bow (HEM) played at Saratoga last Friday night in a game that allowed all of the Saratoga men’s squad playing time. “HEM was a game we needed to win, we played well and won,” head coach Josh Sandlian said. The game started out at a very fast pace, and both teams were up and down the court without much rest in between. The Panthers got out to a good lead early in the game, and held that lead for the entire match. Last week, Sandlian emphasized the need to incre...
Compiled by Joe Elder 100 years ago Jan. 16, 1913 City Administration endorsed The W.C.T.U.(Women’s Christian Temperance Union) as a Society hereby indorse the action taken by certain members of the city council, in trying to better the moral condition of Saratoga – by prohibiting prize-fighting within the city limits. We hope the good work may continue, in the taking up of other affairs important to the welfare of any town – such as gambling, excessive drinking, permitting of young boys to frequent the saloons, etc. etc. For these evils are w...
At Valley View, the Activity Department offers a wide variety of activities each week to meet the residents’ interests, as well as the physical, mental, and psychological well-being of each resident. With the onset of colder weather and inevitability of getting colds or contracting the flu, it is important to take the simple precaution of hand washing to prevent getting and spreading germs. When visitors want to visit residents at Valley View, they should consider not coming, but calling instead if the cold or flu bug has hit them. This c...
Brrr, who forgot to turn up the heat? Thankfully, we are inside most of the day. But, don’t you feel for those cows in the meadow? Someone should build a fire for them to warm their roasts. We have had a good week getting to know Ronda. She has been working on learning folks’ names. It will all come and I won’t even be missed by the middle of February. That’s a good thing! Don’t forget the evening meal this week on Friday at 6 p.m. Call Thursday for reservations and we will enjoy seeing you then. Sorry, I can’t tell you what the entertainment i...
There were just six for bingo this week. Two-dollar winners were Berneil McCord, and Ginny Riddick. There were two tables for duplicate bridge on Monday. High winners were Glee Johnson and Lee Groshart. Second high went to Mary Alice Sjoden and Gertrude Herold. We are always happy to deliver you a meal if you are under the weather or have just been in the hospital. Please give us a call at 326-5564 and we will do our best to help you out. If you are 60, or the spouse of someone 60, you are eligible to join us for lunch for the low donation of...
District Judge Wade E. Waldrip swears in Lindy Glode (left), Sue Jones and John Espy as the new Carbon County Commissioners Jan. 7. Glode and Jones are the second and third women to be sworn in as county commissioner since Carbon County was formed in 1868. The new commissioners are the first to be elected to the five-member commission which was approved by voters in 2010....
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