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The Bess Sheller room at the Rawlins Public Library was full as the Carbon County Library Board convened at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 17 for a special meeting. After calling the meeting to order and performing the pledge of allegiance, board chair Joyce Menke immediately called the board, along with Carbon County attorney Ashley Davis, into executive session. It was expected the board would be discussing the decision made at their earlier regular January meeting. That decision... Full story
Donna Pipher, Hanna Senior Center Director, said when a woman came into the facility, she thought it was to use the bathrooms. "The lady walked around for a few minutes and then came up to me and told me that we had such a nice senior center and that she was very surprised," Pipher said. "We visited and then she went on her way on whatever she was doing in Hanna." The woman was Leslie Blythe, Regional Business Manager for Rocky Mountain Power. Pipher was not sure why Blythe...
Encampment Tigers hosted the Cokeville Panthers and the Farson-Eden Pronghorns over the weekend. While the Tigers were able to dispatch the Panthers on Friday, Saturday found the Pronghorns escaping Tiger Nation with a 10-point lead. Facing the Panthers, Encampment found themselves with a 9-point lead at the half and were able to keep that lead throughout the 3rd quarter. Going into the final quarter of the game, the Tigers had a 17-point lead. Cokeville was able to shorten...
Any group running an event with longevity knows that to keep people interested it has to keep things fresh. Case in point: the Saratoga Lake Ice Fishing Derby. Started in 1983, with two prizes of $25,000 and a 1982 Jeep CJ-5, the annual event is entering its 35th year and has introduced a new competition aimed to make suckers of everyone. The "Sucker Skirmish" is available to all official Saratoga Lake Ice Fishing Derby registrants and encourages them to bring sucker fish...
Encampment Lady Tigers had a split weekend for homecoming, losing their first game against the Cokeville Panthers and winning their second game against the Farson-Eden Pronghorns. With both games seeing the loss of Lady Tiger Paige Powell in the final quarter, Encampment learned to continue on without one of their top players. Friday, the Lady Tigers hosted the Cokeville Lady Panthers. The two teams didn't stray far from each other in points as every basket scored by...
The Saratoga Panthers hosted the Farson-Eden Pronghorns and the Cokeville Panthers in the Panther Den over the weekend. Both days saw Saratoga dealing with losses as the Pronghorns narrowly escaped by 6 points on Friday and Cokeville left with a 16 point lead on Saturday. The weekend also saw Gage Bartlett surpass the 1,000 point mark for his high school career. Panthers defended well against the Pronghorns through the first half and their offense led them to a 19-10 lead...
"We went 3-1 last week," Cliff Jones, Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School head basketball coach said. He was pleased with what he saw with his team most of the games. HEM beat the Rawlins JV team 60-55 on Jan 9. It was an exciting, close game that kept the home crowd on the edge of their seats as the Miners beat the Outlaws. Shane McGraw had 32 points and 11 rebounds. His brother Conor had 13 Points and 7 rebounds "We played well and had the chance to see a lot...
Saratoga's Lady Panthers hosted the Farson-Eden Lady Pronghorns and Cokeville's Lady Panthers over the weekend. Adjusting to the recent loss of their top scorer, Aubrey Berger, the young Lady Panthers struggled against the visiting teams. Friday, the Lady Pronghorns began their game against Saratoga with full court defense that cut off clear passing lanes resulting in a 6-point lead early in the game. Heather Bartlett, head coach of the Saratoga Lady Panthers, called a quick...
The Lady Miners met the Rawlins 10th grade basketball team on Jan 9 at and most players of Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) could not find a way to score against the Lady Outlaws. "I do have to single out Taylar Scott for making 11 of the 14 points," Jackie Jones, head coach of the girls basketball team. The Lady Outlaws won the game 39-14. The Lady Miners didn't have much time to lick their wounds as they found themselves in Laramie at the Little 6 Tournament that was...
“We wrestled a lot better at this tournament,” Zach Schmidt, Saratoga High School head wrestling coach said. “The boys were more focused.” Schmidt was happy to see Jaxon King place first in his weight class of 120 over Quenton Hecker from Lovell. King scored 28 team points. Justin Shotwell is another wrestler that placed at the invite. Shotwell wrestling at 106 weight scored 19 team points from his matches and placed 5th. “The team was better looking as a whole,” Schmidt sai...
Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School wrestling squad was on the road Thursday at North Park, Colo. and Friday and Saturday in Pavilion for the Don Runner Invite. “The Wind River (Don Runner) Invite is a tough mid season tournament,” Lyle Richardson, HEM wrestling head coach, said. “Our guys are growing and working, but we still take our lumps occasionally.” Richardson said Josh Curtis, at 132 pounds, finally saw his first action of the season. “We were plea...
Paul Taylor, an artist and educator based in Laramie, gives multicultural interdisciplinary workshops that incorporate music, art, storytelling and dance into an Australian Aboriginal style product for all ages to enjoy and learn from. Taylor is originally from the Adelaide area in Australia. Two months a year, he goes back to his native land and learns from "mentors" of an Aborigine group that he calls the "Bush University". Taylor teaches all over the country at many...
I have been told by semi-reliable sources (yes, you Carrie) that green is neutral for our school district. I will explain further because that statement is probably a bit confusing. The Encampment Tiger’s colors are red and black; the Saratoga Panthers are zinc and amethyst … oops … purple and yellow (wasn’t that the same somehow?); and the Hanna Miners are blue and orange. When fans here go to a game they may well be rooting for both teams. Around here it is entirely possible...
The first Riverside Town Council meeting of 2018 was very similar to the last one of 2017. The Riverside Town Council did not have a quorum for their regularly scheduled Dec. 14 meeting and had rescheduled for Dec. 19. WHATFest and proposed ordinances for future music festivals composed the bulk of both the December and January town council meetings. Riverside Town Council also addressed correspondence from Dana Greenwood. The letter concerned a press release in December from...
It was business as usual for the Encampment Town Council’s first meeting of 2018. The council approved the expenditures on advertising for the Winter Carnival and prize money for the events, the 5th penny educational campaign, and their membership renewal with the Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce. The council also approved a catering permit for the Mangy Moose to provide a cash bar for the Grand Encampment Museum Casino Night, which will be held on Jan. 27 at the E...
The Hanna Town Council met at 6 p.m. on Jan. 9 to listen to Karl Smith from Engineering Associates speak about the new pipes to be installed in Old Town and Elmo. Pipes became the topic of the night when Mayor Tony Poulos asked Dave Sutter, Water Treatment Plant director, if he had found any leaks. Sutter said leaks were not obvious anywhere. Poulus said the town was losing water from leaks but recognized due to the age of the pipes and how many tunnels were underneath much of...
Gary Innis (Guerney) was born June 19, 1948 and passed away January 6, 2018. He is survived by his sister, Sherry; nephew, Chad; Chad’s son, Logan Powell; and many, many wonderful friends. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him. Gary was a proud veteran serving in the US. Navy for four years. At his request, no services are scheduled at this time. Arrangements are under the direction of Montgomery-Stryker Funeral Home. To send condolences or to sign the online guestbook, please go to www.montgomerys... Full story
"My husband, Mike, and I decided a few months ago we wanted to go to Arizona for the month of February," Lindy Glode, Carbon County Commissioner, said. "And my intention was we would come back a couple times and any meetings I could not be present, I would call in." Glode said as February drew closer she started to have doubts about being away from the County for an extended time. "I decided it was just better for me to retire once and for all, because I really did feel it...