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The Saratoga Panthers (2-4, 2A Southeast, 4-12 overall) have two non-conference games before they play Lusk on Feb. 20 (4-1, 2A Southeast, 13-4 overall) and Southeast on Feb. 21 (1-4, 2A Southeast, 6-9 overall) to round out their regular season. Friday, the Saratoga Panthers travel to Walden and play North Pork, then on Saturday they travel to Hanna to play Hanna-Elk Mountain-Medicine Bow (HEM). As a team, the Panthers are coming together in a tough conference – three of t...
As participants were signing up for the Sixth annual Snowy Range Poker Run, Homer Beach and Jim Piche were eating breakfast in The Rendezvous Lodge Saturday morning. Beach had already had a long night and was now on call for the poker run in case anyone got lost or injured. Beach, who has been a fireman for 50 years is also on the Ryan Park Search and Rescue Team. He had been called out at 3 a.m., because snowmobilers had gone down to the French Creek Canyon and were unable to...
Luke Pantle, of Encampment K-12 School and Andrew Janecek-Oiler, of Saratoga High School, have been selected to receive the 2015 Trustees' Scholars Award, the University of Wyoming's top academic scholarship. The two Carbon County School District No.2 (CCSD#2) students are part of 88 high school seniors in Wyoming who were selected for the prestigious scholarship. The recipients are evaluated on their academic excellence – which include high school grade point average (GPA), ACT/SAT scores and curriculum rigor. This year's a...
Lois Darlene Rupert, 83, of Dillon, Colo., since 1966 passed away on Monday, Jan. 26, 2015 at her home in Dillon. She was born on Aug. 6, 1933 in San Diego, Calif. to Milford and Ila Rupert, who have gone ahead. Californian by birth and Coloradoan by choice, Lois spent her youth going to the Saturday matinées at the Parkside Theater in San Francisco, Calif., loving the glamour, the clothes, the music, the dancing, and the happy endings. She devoured all of it as "real" life.... Full story
Earl S. Seahorn (90) passed away in Wickenburg, Ariz., on Feb. 2, 2015. Earl was born, March 11, 1924 in Carbonhill, Alabama, the oldest of eight children born to Ben and Agnes Seahorn. Early in life the family moved to Wyoming to work in the coal mines and for the Union Pacific Railroad. During World War II, Earl enlisted in the Navy and served aboard a Naval Battleship in support of troop transport between the southern coast of England and the Beaches of Normandy. At the... Full story
Carbon County Road and Bridge Supervisor, Bill Nation introduced a "good Samaritan orange bag proposal" to the Upper Platte River Solid Waste Disposal District (Landfill Board) meeting Feb. 4. Nation addressed the board on his idea for a pilot program to reward citizens who clean up the county highways. "As you know in the Rawlins area, Baggs, Dixon, Savory and over in Hanna there are some good citizens that clean up around the highways and the county roads. It's no different...
Encampment K-12 School kicked off homecoming week with a pep assembly on Monday morning to show off the different dress up days to the students. The classes also watched a video about the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The Penny Wars end today. The the classes compete to raise money for the Wyoming chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The students were told during the assembly that the winning class of the Penny Wars will get to throw pies at three of the faculty. If the school...
Domino players at the Sagebrush Senior Center have been Madeline and Bill Telfer, Betty Merrill, Phil Fleming, Laura Rettelle, Dick Blake, Bob and Lois Thompson, Jack Riddick, Jack James and Lila Payton Joining us for coffee in January were Laura Rettelle, Karen Dibbern, Patty Herring, Connie Beckham, Dodey Brown, Arliegh Simmons, Ellie Behrnman and Linda York Playing Bridge were Millie Parker, Kay Fleming, Sheila Johnson, Rosemary Craighead and Linda Campbell Quilters meeting at the senior center included Nancy Lynch, Lila...
There were eight here to play bingo on Tuesday. Two-dollar winners were Carl Kerbs, Winnie Allen, Nadine Kerbs, and Sue Howe. Nadine Kerbs won the $5 blackout round. There were eight here for Duplicate Bridge Jan. 26. High winners were Vivien Campbell and Mary Sjoden. Second high went to Bob Johnson and Gertrude Herold. Then on Monday Feb. 2, there were only five people here. First place was Mary Sjoden. Our count has been down so we are trying to get it up by having a breakfast once in a while. We had a small turnout for...
1 Years Ago: Living’s High Cost: On every side we are being hemmed in, and the cost of living is hemming in closer every day. Business nationally is on the toboggan and no end in sight. We are burdened with a “war tax” in a time of peace. It looks very much as tho’ influence and capital were just trying to see how much of a monkey they could make out of the Wilson administration. There is little doubt but what the speculators and some corporations were at the bottom of getting Uncle Sam to ship out all his flour, that he...
After a couple of difficult weeks, the Carbon County School District No. 2 Speech team brought home the 1A/2A Sweepstakes trophy from the Jackson Hole High School speech meet. The team competed against 10 other schools. Individual accomplishments included the duet team of Maya Zeiger and Lydia Smith earning a fifth place finish, Jacob Dickinson and Nick Smith grabbing third in duets . Kat Hytrek brought home fifth place for poetry and Dickinson earned fifth if drama and oratory. The speech team gets a break this week, but...
The Encampment Lady Tigers (1-2, 1A Southwest, 11-6 overall) basketball team leapt to victory over the Rock River Longhorns (7-10) on Saturday in a non-conference game that was decided 56-40 with Alyssa Barkhurst leading the way with 16 points, five rebounds and seven assists. The rest of the team was right behind her with Cassidy Little bringing in 14 points, four assists; Konnar Knotwell with 13 points; McKenzie Powell with 8 points, Courtney James with 5 points and Baily Miller with 1 point. The Lady Tigers shot 60...
On Feb. 18, Jim Copeland, Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD#2) Superintendent of Schools, will be presenting the Common District Calendar that has been recommended by the District Accountability Committee (DAC) to the CCSD#2 Board of Trustees for approval. Copeland said the option that was chosen by the DAC was basically in the middle of the two alternative calendars used in the school district. Copeland was asked by the board of trustees when he was hired to come up...
On page 9 of the Feb. 2 edition of the Saratoga Sun, Hunter Mason was incorrectly identified as Jared Mason. The staff at the Saratoga Sun apologizes for the error. In the Jan. 28 edition of the Saratoga Sun, the photos on page 5 in “Dads for Donuts” were attributed to Peggy Lorenzen. They were taken by Adelaide Myers. On page 8 of the Jan. 28 edition of the Saratoga Sun, the caption under th photo of Bob Herring serving up green chili said the photo was taken at the Chili and Bread cook-off. The photo was taken at the VFW...
Perhaps you remember the little dustup I had featuring my car and a wall a few months ago. I wrote about the harrowing 14-hour trip I completed and how I later decided to go soak in the hot pool to try and unwind. I penned (typewrote) the extreme amount of unwinded-ness I achieved when, on the way back to my house, I fainted and used a local establishment’s wall to turn my ride into modern art. I let you know that the local police and ambulance crews made the experience as p...
Editor’s note: This is the second is a series of stories about the Platte River Basin Plan. The local United States Forest Service (USFS) has a vested interest in the Platte River Basin Plan, as many headwaters begin in the Medicine Bow National Forest, according to District Ranger Melanie Fullman. District staff attended the Platte River Basin Plan meeting Jan. 27, because they anticipate being involved in the process. Fullman said the USFS routinely collects and analyzes w...
Deadlines are fast approaching for the Upper Platte River Solid Waste Disposal District (Landfill Board). When asked how things are progressing, Chairman of the Landfill Board Randy Raymer said, “What we’re going to do is focus on our base estimate to meet the minimum requirements, so we can get the transfer station open and close the landfill.” Raymer is referring to the fact the Landfill Board along with several others in the state have missed the Jan. 1, 2015 deadl...
The Platte Valley Kiwanis is celebrating their 25th anniversary in community service for the Platte Valley. As the club has aged, so have the members. Three members of the club are in their 80s and still active, former Kiwanis president Connie McGuire said. With that in mind, Kiwanis is looking for new members to help with its service projects. At 5:15 p.m., Feb. 17, Kiwanis will be hosting a guest night at their meeting place, the Saratoga Senior Center, where people who are not familiar with the club can come and find out... Full story