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Jaden Campbell snowshoes through the fresh snow Friday at Brush Creek Visitors’ Center. Saratoga Elementary School students spent Friday in the Snowies playing in the snow as a reward for meeting the accelerated reading goals for the first semester. See more photos on page 8....
Reprint of this story from the February 1, 1945 issue of The Encampment Valley Roundup brought to you courtesy of Grandma’s Cabin, Encampment, Wyoming. Preserving History - Serving the Community. WFA REPORT Civilians can expect more milk, eggs, cheese, and citrus fruits during the next three months than the three just past but there will be less meat, chicken, fats, and oils, butter, canned fruits, and vegetables, potatoes, sugar, and dry beans, Charles W. Lilley, WFA’s District Representative, has announced. For com... Full story
As of February 1, 2013, Valley View Care Center has a new owner and will be called “Deseret Health and Rehab at Saratoga LLC.” Deseret Health Group is a provider of senior healthcare throughout the intermountain and midwest regions, including Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, Utah and Wyoming. It is committed to being a premier provider of long term health care throughout the heartland of America. Its programs, services, and facilities strive to serve and operate with superior quality in order to satisfy the needs of res...
There were just four for bingo this week. Two-dollar winners were Madaline Forbes and Pat Faust. One-dollar winners were Berneil McCord and Winnie Allen. Pat also won the $4 blackout round. There were two tables for duplicate bridge on Monday. High winners were Lori Walck and Mary Alice Sjoden. Second high went to Vivien Campbell and Marilyn Walck. 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....
We bid farewell to Dodey Brown as the Site Manager on Thursday with cake and gifts. The quilters are almost finished with Lila’s quilt and they do amazing work. The gamers are gaming as usual. The Domino players introduced me to the game of Dominos, “fun game”. I just need to learn to get rid of the high points before someone goes out. We have done a little re-arranging and added two beautiful plants to add some color to the senior center. We are in the process of putting a computer in the dining area for the seniors to ha... Full story
Jennifer Morgan’s seven blocks stood in contrast to the Lady Tigers’ lowest game stats of the season in a frustrating 10-43 loss to Little Snake River Valley Friday night. “We came out slow and struggled all night,” coach Amy Clay said. “We were not aggressive on either end of the floor.” Ranked fifth in their division, the young Encampment (1-14), (0-5) team couldn’t find any air against the number two LSRV (11-8), (4-2) team. Adding to Cassidy Little’s 4 points, Morgan,...
The Saratoga Wrestlers competed in three pool rounds but lost these three duals at the Southeast Duals in Veteran Saturday. The squad then won two duals in the bracketed round. The first three duals, in the pool rounds, determined which teams would move on in the tournament. The bracketed rounds paired up teams with those teams that finished the same earlier in the day. In pool wrestling, the Panthers lost all three duals to Gordon/Rushville, Bayard and Lingle. However, in matches actually wrestled, the Panthers fared much...
The Encampment men (12-3), (4-1) held second place in the conference despite losing by two points to number one Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) on Friday. Encampment then handily beat Hanna-Elk Mountain-Medicine Bow (HEM) on Saturday. Both games were on the road and the first of the two games was a very close contest that finished with LSRV (17-2), (6-0) on top 36-38. This game proved to be a real a barn burner between two good teams. The game was tied for the duration and...
With more games behind them and playing on their own hardwood, the fifth ranked Saratoga Lady Panthers (7-13), (0-7) improved their performance against Pine Bluffs (5-9), (2-3) Friday night. Saratoga lost by 6 back in December, but propelled by senior Taylor Smith’s 18 point performance, came within 3 points of a win this time. Smith polished those points with four assists. That trend is promising if the Lady Panther’s end up facing fourth ranked Pine Bluffs in a play-in gam...
Saratoga Panther’s basketball team lost the lead late in the game against number two Pine Bluffs (10-6), (4-1) and were forced to foul to try and stop the Hornets. The Hornets were able to convert the intentional fouls into the points that put the game away, 51-59. “Our guys played well,” coach Josh Sandlian said. “The second time around (against Pine Bluffs) was much better.” The game was fast paced and starter Ben Faulk got into foul trouble early in the game and sat the b...
Saratoga Elementary Schoolers celebrate completion of their reading goals by spending a day in the snow last Friday....
Don Goodspeed is legally blind, but when he leans in close to look at his wife, Shirley, there is a twinkle in his eye. The couple were married on Valentine’s Day in 1953 and are celebrating their 60th anniversary at the Platte Valley Community Center Feb. 16 from noon to 3 p.m. The couple is known around town as the “golf-cart people”. A few years ago they gave up their licenses due to poor eyesight and now drive a golf cart around town. Shirley can still see and she does...
The third vowel, and the sixth letter in the alphabet. Put them together and you have a word, IF. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary the word is a conjunction, putting two ideas together to create a single thought, but one that is dependent on a certain action. A boss of mine once told me “You can’t get anything done IF you don’t get out of bed.” A very correct statement. In the movie “Field of Dreams” the phrase ‘IF you build it, they will come’ kept being whispered...
Editor: To the Mayor and City Council: I have become quite concerned about the direction our city council has taken in not allowing the public to have any input at council meetings or has to be in written form a week ahead of the meeting. I remember campaign promises to have more open meetings and discussions. We all become very frustrated and angry when we are not allowed to question or discuss your decisions and wonder what are you trying to cover up? For honest and open government, Sincerely, Rosemary E...
Editor: I just wanted to add an amen to the letter to the editor on 1/30/13, “A standing ovation for the Clinic.” I feel the same way about the Saratoga Clinic, all the employees and especially, Doctor Dean! The way they treat people is the main reason we still doctor over there, even though we’ve lived in Rawlins for over 20 years now. Keep up the good work! Respectfully, Becky George, Rawlins...
Editor I would like to address the editorial in the Saratoga Sun dated Jan. 23, 2013. The editorial stated that it appeared that actions were being taken to limit public involvement in the meetings, this is totally untrue. Public comment has been, and always will be, welcomed at the meetings. The comment was made at the last meeting that it was in the town ordinance that we must allow items from the public. Ordinance 2.04.050 lists all of the items that are required to be on the agenda and items from the public is not a...
The Encampment school will be holding their 2013 homecoming this week. This year’s theme is “Going for the High Score: Video Games”. Several activities are planned for the week. Monday through Friday are dress-up days for students and staff. Monday was “pajama day”, Tuesday was “video game day”, Wednesday is “would you still be my friend if I wore this day”, Thursday is “celebrity day” and Friday is “red and black day”. The Encampment Student Council will be hosting “penny wars” again this year. The money raised from the pen...
The 2013 Platte Valley Daffodil Days drive to benefit the American Cancer Society is now under way under the sponsorship of the Valley Service Organization (VSO). Advance order deadline for daffodils is Friday, Feb. 22. The flowers will be delivered the week of March 18 barring bad weather or freight delivery delays, according to Sue Jones, VSO president and chairman for the drive. Order sheets are located at Hotel Wolf, Platte Valley Medical Clinic, Saratoga Town Hall, Shively Hardware, the Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of...
In the month after Sandy Hook, Ken Lehr’s job went from teaching and educating students to patrolling and doing door checks. Lehr, School Resource Officer in Saratoga said his emphasis on the physical safety of students will continue until the schools formally adopt new security measures. Saratoga will be hosting a “Lone Wolf” school, a program that, like its name, teaches one or two officers how to respond to an active shooter. Lehr said officers from all over Wyoming and s...
Bobbie Swales, of Encampment, passed away at the age of 74, on Feb. 2, 2013, at Memorial Hospital of Carbon County following a short illness. She was born in Walnut Ridge, Ark., on March 20, 1938. Bobbie is survived by her siblings; Charles Crabaugh, Virgie Hamett, Bonnie Pothier and Wendie Fallert. Also surviving are her children Betty Mitchell, Synthia Smith, Richard McCrea and Thomas Tomnitz; eight grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren. She also leaves behind her...
Jane Woodward, age 80, of Rowlett, Texas, passed away Jan. 24, 2013. She was born Feb. 5, 1932, in Brownsville, Texas, to William A. and Lily Belle (Spivey) Rasco. Jane was baptized in First Christian Church and later attended the Presbyterian Church. She received her bachelor’s degree from Texas A&I at Kingsville and her master’s from the University of Portland in Oregon. After many years of public service in the public school system, Jane retired from Flour Bluff ISD of Texas in 1995. She touched so many lives and will be...
Twenty-one participants at the Saratoga Search and Rescue Poker Run bought 36 hands at the Jan. 26 fundraiser. Half of the $605 raised went to Search and Rescue for training and equipment. The remaining money collected went to pay the various poker hand winners. High hand went to Randy Lampert who won $140. The second place winner was Trever Green, who took home $105. Low hand went to Tabatha Farver, who won $70. Farver donated her winnings to Search and Rescue. To donate to... Full story