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The Saratoga Sun received word Monday that Ray Walker has died. Ray was born Jan. 15, 1942 to Len and Gerry Walker, owners of the Freeland Cattle Co. on Pass Creek, which is now the TA Ranch headquarters. Ray is survived by his wife, Mary Kay Walker, his daughter Natalie and John Garside, of Okla., daughter Robin Dee and Randy Maynard, three grandchildren, Johnnie and Rena Garside and Jaret Maynard and sister Mary Kay Walker, of Reno, Nev. He is also survived by his nephew Marty Howard, of Las Vegas, and niece Julie Howard, of Beverly Hills A...
June E. Wenger, 89, of Saratoga, formerly of Butte, Mont., passed away on Jan. 17, 2013, at the Valley View Nursing Center in Saratoga. She had worked as a secretary and was a communicant of St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Saratoga. June enjoyed painting and writing letters to friends, and is remembered as a lady who always enjoyed bringing laughter into other’s lives. Survivors include two daughters: Merlynn (Ron) Hoopes, of Saratoga, and Suzzette Lucier, of Butte, Mont.; a son, Fred (Lauree) Wenger, of Great Falls, Mont.; five gra...
Encampment Police Chief Nick Finer gave the Encampment council a letter of resignation at their meeting Jan. 10. Finer said he flew when he was in the Army and was resigning to pursue a career in aviation. His last day will be Jan. 31. Town clerk Doreen Harvey reported the town of Encampment had reached a fully executed emergency water services agreement to build an an emergency water connection between Encampment and the Sierra Madre Water and Sewer Joint Powers Board (SMWSJPB). Project...
Members of the public applauded after Councilman Steve Wilcoxson read from two letters at the Saratoga Town Council meeting Tuesday. The first was one he had written to the Planning Commission to apologize for his behavior at its Dec. 11 meeting. In that letter, Wilcoxson also said the board was not equally enforcing the zoning regulations of the town of Saratoga and the zoning ordinances should be changed to reflect what has long been allowed. Wilcoxson wanted to read his letter publicly at...
Application information for the 2013 Wonderful Wyoming Boys’ State Conference, June 1-7 at the State Fair Grounds in Douglas, is now available at the local High School, from local American Legion Posts and online at www.wyboysstate.org. Boys’ State, the nation’s premier program to develop tomorrow’s leaders, is sponsored by the American Legion and is offered to boys who have completed their junior year and have at least one remaining semester in high school. Applicants must be of good character and have an interest in government. Delegat... Full story
The Carbon County School District No. 2 Speech Team traveled to Cheyenne Jan. 18 and 19 for a speech competition hosted by Laramie County Community College and Cheyenne Central High School. Geoff Page and Colton Woolfolk earned a first place title with their humorous duet “Dueling Phobias”. Woolfolk also competed in the Improv category. A topic is drawn and the student has two minutes to prepare a speech. Colton drew one topic asking him to convince the principal birthdays are worthy of a day... Full story
This weekend I attended my eighth Wyoming Press Association Convention. It seems hard to believe I have been working at the Saratoga Sun this long. Time flies when you are having fun. In November, the staff at the Saratoga Sun went through the newspapers from Nov. 1, 2011 through Oct. 31, 2012 and tried to decide which articles and photos are the best. We have a limit of 60 entries and we usually have twice that many when we finish with our first selection of articles, columns, ads and... Full story
Recently, the Saratoga Town Council and the Saratoga Planning Commission have taken action that appears to seek to limit public involvement at their meetings. In both cases, the reason given for the changes was to generate more productivity among the board and council members and allow them to be more effective at their jobs. The Saratoga Town Council removed “Items from the Public” from its agenda and at its meeting Tuesday announced the agenda item would only be included if people submitted their topic of discussion by the Thursday prior to... Full story
Editor: Mr. President, do you think we are stupid? Do I think a criminal could break into my house to assault me or steal my possessions? Do I think a foreign power could invade my country to conquer, subjugate and eliminate my family, friends, and countrymen? Do I think my own country could turn our own military, National Guard or police force against us to enslave or exterminate me? Yes, history shows it all could happen. So why place a restriction on my gun? It’s simple. The President and others want control of us and our country. It’s tim...
It can be hard for a conservative guy to support raising taxes, but that is what freshman representative for House District 47, Jerry Paxton, did when he voted for the 10-cent gas tax. “When I first looked at it, I wasn’t crazy about it,” Paxton said. But Paxton did some research and discovered he could support the tax based on what he found out. Paxton said Wyoming has pulled around a quarter of a billion dollars out of the general fund over the past three years to supplement road maintenance,...
The Board of Trustees for Carbon County School District No. 2 wants to update its policy governing employee use of social media and considered four policies ranging from explicit and specific to broad and general at its meeting Monday. Cell phones and social media are pervasive in society today. Staff and coaches often rely on the use of texting to organize students and communicate the logistics of travel to and from events. Board member Kay Lynn Palm said the overwhelming message she got was... Full story
The Saratoga Search and Rescue will put on it’s fifth annual Poker Run Jan. 26. The poker run started in 2009 and brings in up to 100 participants annually. Jennifer German, on organizer Marty Huntley’s behalf, said, “We have a steady turn out every year. It all depends on the weather and last year, it was so cold we just played the hands at the trailer.” The run will start at the chain’s end parking lot at 10 a.m. with an entry fee of $20 and additional hands for $15. Half of the money rai... Full story
The annual Xi Beta Delta Casino Night will be held in conjunction with the 27th annual Sierra Madre Winter Carnival this weekend. Casino Night will begin at the Opera House in Encampment on Jan. 26 at 7 p.m. For $15, gamblers will get $25,000 worth of “funny money” to use at a variety of games over the course of the evening. Light refreshments and a cash bar will be available. Winners will use their proceeds to bid on a variety of donated prizes from area merchants, as well as local and professional artists. Special prizes this year inc... Full story
The weather was perfect for the 30th annual Ice Fishing Derby. Saturday and Sunday the skies were blue and the wind hardly whispered its name at Saratoga Lake where 585 contestants tried their luck for the prize money. With temperatures ranging between 35-40 degrees, it seemed a heat wave had descended upon the derby after below zero temperatures the week before. The attendance was up this year by 57 entries due in part to a new women’s division which 76 contestants entered. The huts were set S... Full story
The Western Research Institute began its coal-to-liquids research 13 years ago when MTBE (Methyl tert-butyl ether), an additive in gasoline, was discovered to be causing contamination in ground water from leaky underground storage tanks at gasoline stations, and was going to be replaced with an alcohol made from corn. “Our thinking at that time was, if we could make alcohol from coal instead of corn, we should be able to put coal in the gas tanks and save corn for food,” Vijay Sethi, Ph.D., Seni...
The Saratoga grapplers traveled to Lingle to compete in the Dogger Invitational held Friday and Saturday. The flu bug and lambing season reduced the Panther’s squad and with only eight competing, the wrestlers were under-staffed for the invite. The Panthers placed five wrestlers individually, and took seventh as a team overall out of 18 teams listed. Lionzo Escobedo and Thatcher Spiering both took first place in their weight classes. At 120 lbs., Spiering pinned three opponents and took a m...
After a two-week break, the Encampment Lady Tigers (1-10) (0-3) were back on the court Friday and Saturday for two conference match-ups against Cokeville (11-1) (4-0) and Farson-Eden (6-6) (2-2). The Tigers dropped the first of the two matches to Cokeville who are undefeated in conference play, and have only lost one game on the season. Cokeville is a tough team and The Lady Tigers had some trouble Friday night. “Cokeville is by far the most aggressive team we have played this year,”Coach Amy...
The Lady Panthers had two games last week against Southeast on Friday and Little Snake River on Saturday. Southeast (10-4) (2-1) is in the Panthers (6-10) (0-5) conference and struggled early on. “I thought Southeast would dominate the conference this year,” head coach Matt Love said in an email. “They have started off the season slow, but they’re getting on track now.” Southeast proved to be a shooting team scoring 35 points in the first half and 30 in the second half. The final score was 35-65... Full story
It was a beautiful day Saturday for the Saratoga Resort and Spa’s annual Snowy Range Poker Run. Forty participants tried their luck while enjoying a sunny day in the Snowies. The Poker Run raised $600 for the local Search and Rescue organizations with half donated to Saratoga half donated to Ryan Park. There were four prizes awarded including a grand prize, and prizes for best hand, second best hand and the worst hand of the day. Johnathan Borreyo, of Ryan Park, won the grand prize of a $500 V... Full story
The Mens’ Panther basketball team continued their play with a conference road game on Friday night against Southeast and then hosted the Little Snake River Rattlers on Saturday afternoon. The Saratoga Panthers (5-10) (1-4) played in Yoder against Southeast ( 0-15) (0-3). Ben Faulk was two rebounds away from a double, double with eight rebounds and 14 points and also came up with two steals. Ben Gates continued to play well scoring 10 points on the night with six rebounds and one steal. C...
After a break from action, the Encampment men were back at full force with two conference games on the road last weekend. Encampment (10-1) (3-0) played Cokeville (9-2) (2-2) on Friday and then Farson (1-11) (1-3) on Saturday. “We were happy to get two conference wins,” coach Dan Kraft said. Cokeville played very solid fundamentally and kept possession of the ball, passing around until the shot they wanted came open. Cokeville played deliberate offense, keeping the ball as long as they cou... Full story
Reprint of this story from the January 20, 1916 issue of the Encampment Record brought to you courtesy of Grandma’s Cabin, Encampment, Wyoming. Preserving History - Serving the Community. OIL INDICATIONS IN ENCAMPMENT VALLEY Several Wells In This Vicinity Show Oil on Surface of Water - To Drill Near Saratoga It has been conceded for some years by parties who claim to know that the Encampment valley will someday become a great oil field, but no development work has ever been undertaken here. The writer has lived in several oil sections and he a... Full story
yed many activities throughout the week. 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. Games throughout the week provided fun and laughter. Bingo draws more residents than the other games, and we play Bingo twice a week. We receive periodical donations of money and candy for Bingo. We also hand out various prizes. However, we are currently very low on prizes for Bingo. Donations of small prizes, including smal... Full story
There were just five for bingo this week. Two-dollar winners were Grace Johnston, Winnie Allen and Merle Starr. Winnie won the $4 blackout round. There were two tables for duplicate bridge on Monday. High winners were Glee Johnson and Lee Groshart. There was a tie for second high between Mary Alice Sjoden and Barb Wise and Gertrude Herold and Kristi Groshart. We are always happy to deliver you a meal if you are under the weather or have been in the hospital. Please give us a call at 326-5564 and... Full story