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The monstrous seeds were planted in Riverside. As a boy, Max Weiland would listen to his brother, Erik, scare him to sleep with tales from H.P. Lovecraft, a renowned horror writer of the 1920s pulp fiction era. Max loved the stories and would be frightened as his brother would shout "Look!" and point at luminous eyes passing by his window. Though the eyes only belonged to deer passing by, their eyes lit by reflected houselights, the effect still chilled him. A Dream Begins Max eventually...
The first Encampment Town Council meeting of 2019 saw what could be a record finish as it took less than 20 minutes from beginning to end, including the swearing in of new council member Shannon Fagan and returning council member Gary Stull. Council member Bill Craig was the only one absent as the governing body quickly went through the short agenda. The council approved Resolution 2019-01, provided by the Board of Carbon County Commissioners, which codified the Town of Encampment's support for...
A memorial service will be held for Betty Lou Larsen, April 29 1926 - December 21 2018. Please join us in a celebration of her life at 1 p.m. on Saturday, January 19 at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Saratoga.... Full story
Patsy Ann Koos died Jan. 6, 2019, at Community Care Center in Torrington, Wyo. Patsy was born on July 7, 1933 in Saratoga. She graduated from Platte Valley High School in Saratoga in 1941. After high school she attended a trade school then went to work for United Airlines, where she worked for many years. She married Forrest Richard (Dick) Koos in 1975. Patsy and her husband operated a hotel in Custer, S.D. for a time, where Patsy worked as the Executive Secretary for the American Bison Association. They later moved to Cheyenne, where Patsy... Full story
The Sons of the American Legion are raffling a two-person ice hut complete with auger, a pair of ice fishing poles, a lantern and a heater off at the 36th annual Ice Fishing Derby this weekend. Proceeds from the raffle will go to the Sons of the Legion scholarship fund. Tickets cost $10 each and are available at the American Legion Post 54 at 403 E. Bridge St. where participants can also view the hut. The drawing will be held at noon on Sat., Jan. 19 at the Legions/Sons concession trailer at...
It was a successful takeoff for the Saratoga Airport Board during their January meeting held at 1 p.m. on Jan. 9 at the Saratoga Town Hall as they welcomed new town council representative Jon Nelson and discussed a variety of topics including snow removal equipment, hangar leases and updates from fixed based operator (FBO) manager Bob Maddox. One of the initial pieces of business that the airport board covered was that of a credit card rate between the Town of Saratoga and Saratoga Jet Center....
The Hanna council met at 6 p.m. on Jan. 8 at the Hanna Town Hall with mayor Tony Poulos and council members Bob Patton, Pat Gregory, Traci Fowler and Linda Schisel in attendance. It was business as usual with the call to order, pledge of allegiance, roll call, approval of the agenda and approval of Dec. 11 meeting minutes. Once this was all accomplished, Poulos gave the oath of office to new council member Sammy Sikes and re-elected council member Fowler. He next gave the oath of office to the...
Our local youths can be at their best when they play sports. They sacrifice their time and sweat to practice. They keep their grades up. They give their heart and soul to their team and the prospect of winning. They learn sportsmanship and teamwork. They also learn respect. In short, our student athletes learn all kinds of valuable lessons from the game. It is a shame that they also learn how petty adults can be. Not in our Paper The Saratoga Sun Facebook page bore a glaring example of that pettiness and poor sportsmanship lately. On our...
The first meeting of the new year for the Carbon County Impact Joint Powers Board (CCIJPB) at 6 p.m. on Jan. 9 saw few changes as the board members welcomed new town council representative Jon Nelson and returning member Richard Raymer, now serving strictly on the CCIJPB. Officer elections were held, with few changes, and board member Roger Cox, along with Nelson, provided an update on the water and sewer line project at the United States Forest Service (USFS) Brush Creek/Hayden District...
It was a split weekend for Saratoga as the Panthers and Lady Panthers ventured down to Walden, Colo. to take on the North Park Wildcats and Lady Wildcats. The Saratoga boys were able to add another victory to their season as they defeated North Park with a nearly 20 point lead. Saratoga’s girls, meanwhile, suffered another loss as they fell to the Lady Wildcats by 7 points. Lady Panthers The Lady Panthers suffered an 0-2 weekend before their journey across the border as they suffered losses t...
The Lady Tigers and Tigers of Encampment took to the road on Saturday where they were hosted by conference foes, the Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Lady Rattlers on Rattlers on Saturday. Descending into the Rattler Pit, the Lady Tigers succumbed to a nearly 30 point loss. The Tigers, meanwhile, remained undefeated as they pounced on the Rattlers with a 6 point victory - the closest game they've had so far this season. Lady Tigers "We didn't get off to a good start in this game," said Clint...
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Lady Miners kept up their winning ways against the Rawlins JV Lady Outlaws on Jan. 8 in Rawlins. The Lady Miners came out on top 27-21. “Our effort was much better the second half, and we finished strong,” HEM Head Basketball Coach Jackie Jones said. She said the Lady Miners were tested by the size of the Rawlins JV team because the Lady Outlaws were a much larger team. The Lady Miners are a team with only one senior, Jessica Nelson, and no juniors. “W...
Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School Head Boys Basketball Coach Cliff Jones said the Miners had a good game against the Rawlins JV basketball team on Jan. 8 in Rawlins. “We played a team that had hungry players,” Jones said. “The Rawlins varsity basketball team had close to four dozen players try out, so you have these good athletes auditioning for that 11 and 12 spot on the team.” The Miners were not ahead at the end of the first quarter, trailing 13-11. “The game never got away...
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) high school wrestling team went to Walden, Colo. to wrestle with three teams and traveled to the Don Runner tournament on Jan. 11-12 in Wind River which had 16 teams attend. “It was the busiest week of the season travel wise and competition,” Lyle Richardson, the head coach of the wrestling team, said. “Thursday night we went down to Walden to wrestle with North Park, West Grand and Middle Park and most of our kids got a couple matches.” He said th...
“I saw some of the brightest moments of our wrestling team this season at Don Runner,” said Saratoga High School Wrestling Head Coach Zach Schmidt. Panther wrestlers went to the Don Runner tournament in Wind River where they faced 16 different teams on Jan. 11-12. “John Powell would be, hands down, my wrestler of the week,” Schmidt said. “For a kid who only two weeks ago had his first high school win, went to being only one round away from placing in one of the, historically, toughest weight cl...
Coming off of winter break, the six-member Saratoga Speech and Debate Team headed to Casper to compete in the Kelly Walsh Invite where just one of the team members broke into the semi-final round in both Poetry and Program Oral Interpretation (POI). “Kelly Walsh was a bit of a punch in the gut for us,” said Head Coach Johnny Mercer, “but there were some valuable lessons learned. Coming off of a long break and getting back into the groove of Speech was a tough hill to climb this week.” Kaylyn...
With the 36th Annual Saratoga Ice Fishing Derby set to take place this weekend, the Saratoga Sun decided to take a look through our archives. This year, the Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce (SPVCC) will be offering $41,000 in total prize money including $2,000 for catching the largest fish during the two-day derby and three Trophy Trout that could be worth $35,000 combined. With the prizes in mind, the Sun saw fit to see what other prizes have been offered in the past starting with...
The Saratoga Planning commission met for their regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday, Jan. 8. Committee members Jim Beckmann, Chris Duke and Tom Westring were in attendance as Commission Chairman Jon Nelson called the meeting to order. Will Faust and newly-appointed council representative Bob Keel were absent. A motion was asked for to approve the past agenda and with minimal changes the agenda was approved. Nelson then asked if there were any nominations to fill the chairman’s seat he was v...
University of Wyoming School of Pharmacy students, and their counterparts from Howard University College of Pharmacy, have been participating in the Health Equity Leadership Program, an innovative exchange program. The initiative, funded by the 23rd Annual National Chain Drug stores (NACDS) Foundation Scholarship Program, is geared toward challenging students to get "outside of their comfort zone" to learn first-hand about both urban and rural healthcare access and equity issues....
Families in Wyoming who are dependent upon the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will be receiving their February benefits early, but will not be receiving anything else until the end of the partial government shutdown. In a press release from the Wyoming Department of Family Services (DFS), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) requested states provide an early issuance of the February benefits to utilize available funding. The press release also stated that it...