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Class, integrity and character. These are words not often found in this day and age when describing individuals, but there is a man known by just about anyone who has met him to have these attributes. His name is Dario Soto, but to most-friend, student, player, parent or colleague-he is known respectfully as Mr. Soto. After coaching basketball for nearly 60 years, Mr. Soto finished his coaching career on January 11 at Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School on the court which bears...
Recent reports of property damage and theft across the Valley seem to have some residents on edge. On the Southern end of Carbon County, citizens of Encampment have been faced with property damage in particular. The Carbon County Sheriff’s Department is handling various reports of damage from residents. Encampment Chief of Police Kevin Shue is also on regular patrol and on duty in town. Property damage is defined as some harm inflicted upon someone’s property as the result of another per...
The Encampment Town Council’s January 13 meeting was full of activity, though it all moved rather quickly. Heard at the meeting was a letter of interest for South Central Wyoming Emergency Medical Services (SCWEMS) Joint Powers Board. The 35th Annual Sierra Madre Winter Carnival held four spots in the new business section of the agenda, along with 2022 recreation board ideas appearing on the list as well. Designated depositories, official newspaper and posting places were decided. Advertising fo...
On January 11, the Hanna Town Council meeting was nearly cancelled due to lack of a quorum. At 6:30 p.m. there was only Mayor Lois Buchanan and Councilmember Sam Sikes. The mayor waited 15 minutes and, with no other council member showing up, went over the board reports. Public Works Director Larry Korkow said snow removal had been the focus of his team for the past month and everything was running fine. Vivian Gonzales, director of Parks and Recreation, said the pool was at a good temperature...
Who does and who does not have a conflict of interest was at least one highlight of discussion during the January 12 meeting of the Saratoga-Carbon County Impact Joint Powers Board (SCCIJPB). As the relationship between the Saratoga Town Council and the joint powers board appear to grow strained month-after-month, tensions have risen in the monthly meeting of the water and sewer joint powers board. During the most recent meeting, accusations regarding conflicts of interest were levied at the...
Mayor Sharon Biamon called the Medicine Bow Town Council meeting to order at 7 p.m. on January 10 at the Medicine Bow Community Hall. Councilmembers Lucinda Schofield, Cynthia Chace, and Sharon Kahl. Others present were Town Clerk/Treasurer Karen R. Heath, Acting Public Works Director Hayden Bricker, Town Marshal David Redding, and Fire Chief Robert Maddox. Heath read the bills to be ratified. Kahl asked where the Chase bil credit card was. Heath said an amount was reimbursed which took care of...
Carbon County is blessed with seven museums. They range in size and what they offer to the public. All of them share the goal of archiving and saving the culture of the area around them for future generations. Being a director of a museum is not an easy job. There is a lot of responsibility in receiving, cataloging and displaying items when they come in. It takes a special person to be a director and recently the Saratoga Museum had to go on a hunt to find one. It took a little time, but on...
The Saratoga Lady Panthers clawed into the competition in this week. First winning their non-conference game against the Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Lady Miners 52-27 on the Lady Panthers home court, the Lady Panthers traveled to Rock River where they took home a non-conference win against the Lady Longhorns, 51-38. "We had two really good games this weekend. I was pleased with how the girls played, especially in the Rock River game,"said Head Coach Heather Bartlett. "Whitney...
"The girls play hard and with heart," Jackie Jones, Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Lady Miners head coach, said. "But quite frankly, after playing well and hard, they just ran out of gas." Jones is talking about the two losses the HEM Lady Miners suffered against the Saratoga Lady Panthers (52-27) and the Farson-Eden Lady Pronghorns (33-22). "We are never looking for sympathy, but our kids are playing to the buzzer and they don't complain and just keep working," Jones said. "On the...
“They changed the Don Runner Invite from a bracketed tournament to a dual tournament and, only having four or five kids, an invite like that doesn’t benefit us very much,” Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) wrestling coach Robert Riddle said. “So we were able to switch to the Thomas-Jackman Tournament in Green River which was a round robin bracketed tournament which lets the kids have more matches.” Before going to Green River on January 15 and 16, the team also went to the North Park Tria...
The Saratoga Panther wrestlers traveled to Pavillion to participate in the Don Runner Memorial held at Wind River High School. Unfortunately for the Panther wrestling team, only three wrestlers could attend the event due to illness. Wrestling at 113 Brian Smith, came in 1-3. At 182, Silas Vannett wrestled 2-3. Finally, wrestling at 192, Quade Jordan was 3-2 for matches. With only three wrestlers, the Panthers were unable to secure a single dual. Head Coach Jared Mason said, “It was a rough w...
The Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Lady Rattlers are back from their winter break and biting into the competition. Traveling north to Encampment, the Lady Rattlers were hosted by the Encampment Lady Tigers. This was the first game for the Lady Rattlers after winter break. The conference match was hard fought between the two teams. The Lady Tigers clawed into the first two quarters fiercely but the Lady Rattlers were ready, matching every point. Playing hard both defensively and offensively...
The Saratoga Panthers stretched their legs this past weekend as they took on two non-conference opponents at home and on the road. Both games provided the Panthers an opportunity to get some time on the court and some points on the board ahead of this weekend's games against two conference foes. On Thursday, Saratoga hosted the Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Miners at the Panther Den in an overwhelming win. Then, on Saturday, while the Panthers stalked to Rock River where they took...
On January 13 the Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School Miners team faced one of the toughest basketball teams in the state when they went against the Saratoga Panther basketball team. “The Southwest Conference is the toughest in the state and we have just run the gauntlet facing Encampment, Saratoga and Farson in a matter of a week,” Head Coach Cliff Jones said. “We knew going in, our goals weren’t going to be tied to win or loss.” Jones said he saw some good things with the...
The Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Rattlers played two tough teams this weekend and won much to the delight of Head Coach Jack Cobb. He knows the 1A Southwest Conference is loaded with excellent teams and, since only four can go to regionals, one good team will be left behind. He is hoping it won't be the Ratters and, after the weekend, he has a reason to be hopeful. The Rattlers are on a five game winning streak and two of those wins this weekend were in their conference. Their first test...
The Encampment Tigers were dealt another conference loss this weekend as they split their matches between a non-conference away game on Friday and a conference home game on Saturday. While the Tigers were able to deal a loss to the Rock River Longhorns, the following day the Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Rattlers came into Tiger Nation and sank in their fangs. In the difficult 1A Southwest Conference, however, the Tigers can take some pride in they made a few scratches on LSRV as well....
The Encampment Lady Tigers faced two teams over the weekend. The Lady Tigers traveled to Rock River first thing Friday to face the Lady Longhorns. Encampment won the non-conference game against Rock River 30-20. Saturday the Lady Tigers hosted the Little Snake River Lady Rattlers. Encampment took a tough conference loss, the Lady Rattlers winning 54-39. The next set of games for the Encampment Lady Tigers will be January 21 and 22 in Encampment Wy. The Lady Tigers will face Farson-Eden at 4:00...
Balance is an important concept to Jeff Mincy. As he takes over the administrative leadership of the Platte Valley Clinic and the Saratoga Care Center, which he will lead until the North Platte Valley Medical Center opens in August, he says it’s important to balance four things for the success of the healthcare system: clinical care, customer service, financial responsibility and employee satisfaction. “These four things have to be in balance to provide long-term, quality healthcare to a community,” Mincy said. “One of my goals will be to prov...