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While there were plenty of slips and crashes over the weekend that are expected to be part of Saratoga Skijoring, one team was unfortunately unable to make it due to a slip and crash of their own. On Friday evening, a team from Colorado was involved in a one vehicle wreck at 1st and Maple in Saratoga. According to an incident report filed by Officer Kyle Murphy of the Saratoga Police Department, a Dodge 2500 and a gooseneck horse trailer driven by John Sanders of Pagosa Springs, Colorado was...
At the February 4 meeting of the Saratoga Town Council, the governing body discussed two letters of engagement that had been presented from James Childress, an outside accountant the Town of Saratoga had engaged with in September 2019. While the letters had originally been presented at the January 21 meeting, the majority of the council felt that the letters were too vague in scope. To address those concerns, the council had directed legal counsel Tom Thompson to write a letter to Childress...
Gary Paul Rupp (D.V.M., M.S.), the son of Paul Charles and Katheryn Francis (Smith) Rupp, was born on June 9, 1940 in Denver, Colorado. He passed away on January 31, 2020 at his home near Oak, Nebraska at the age of 79 years, 7 months, 22 days. He was married to Alice Eyster and three children were born to this marriage. He lived and ranched with his life partner Ronda Jaeger from 1994 until his death. Before his retirement he was employed as the Director of the Great Plains Veterinary...
Jade McCarthy, resident of Saratoga, Wyoming, passed away on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at her home, succumbing to a long illness at the age of 74. She was born on September 6, 1945 in Johnson City, New York and grew up in Binghamton, New York, graduated from St. Michael's College, University of Toronto and received a master's degree from Utah State University. She was married to her husband Paul for 45 years, living in Jackson, Rawlins and Saratoga, Wyoming. She worked at a variety of jobs... Full story
Betty Everist Vyvey was born to Clyde and Jessie Everist in a homestead cabin outside Thatcher, Colorado on December 17, 1921. She and her mother were all alone that day as her dad and sisters had gone to get a midwife. The family lived there, and in the surrounding areas, until she was ready for high school. There was not a high school close, so Betty's father moved his family to Saratoga, Wyoming where he would go into the grocery business with his brother, George Everist. Upon entering High... Full story
I have been sending out quite a lot of emails to friends in Asia telling them to be careful as the current coronavirus keeps taking its toll. I actually know of one person who was in Wuhan that caught it in December but China wasn’t acknowledging it then. He survived but the virus put him the hospital for a couple weeks. I feel for acquaintances and friends that are taking a hit from this fast spreading beast. When SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) hit in November of 2002, my restaurant in Taiwan had been open for about eight months. I... Full story
Following the January 4 Saratoga Town Council meeting, it appears that a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Town of Saratoga and Platte Valley Little League (PVLL) may finally be in place after nearly a year of discussion. As was previously reported (see “PVLL moves forward” on page 8 of the November 27, 2019 Saratoga Sun), the governing body unanimously approved a motion for an MOU between the municipality and the non-profit organization. The motion, made by Councilmember Bob Kee...
Following a request for public input on purchasing new security cameras, the Saratoga Town Council directed Saratoga Police Chief Ken Lehr on February 4 to present estimates at the next town council meeting. As was reported previously (see “Keeping an eye out” on page 5 of the January 29 Saratoga Sun), the Saratoga Police Department had approached the governing body about purchasing five new frog eye cameras. While three would be placed at Saratoga Town Hall—two for each parking lot and one i...
The Encampment Tigers were riding high on an undefeated season going into Saturday as they hosted the Saratoga Panthers (14-1, 4-1) in Tiger Nation. The Tigers had defeated Saratoga with a 9 point lead in January and it had been the only loss the Panthers had leading up to the rematch. Despite the successes that Encampment had been seeing throughout their regular season, the Tigers would ultimately be unable to escape Saratoga's claws. "Saratoga played better than us and deserved to win," said...
The Saratoga Panthers started their season with something to prove and, as the regular season nears its end, they appear to be accomplishing that mission. This past week, Saratoga not only dealt a devastating loss to the North Park Wildcats on Tuesday in the Panther Den, but they also had a successful rematch against the Encampment Tigers (15-1, 5-1). Panthers vs. Wildcats When Saratoga first played North Park, it was on the Wildcats' home court and the Panthers sunk their claws into the...
The Saratoga Lady Panthers had a record-setting week as they hosted the North Park Lady Wildcats on February 4, which led them to another conference win against the Encampment Lady TIgers (5-11, 0-6) on Saturday. This season, sitting at No. 2 in the 1A Southwest Conference, is in stark contrast to the previous season when the Lady Panthers secured a spot in regionals through a pig-tail play-in at the end of the regular season. Lady Panthers vs. Lady Wildcats "This game was an amazing game,"...
The Encampment Lady Tigers are still in search of a win following their loss to the Saratoga Lady Panthers (9-7, 4-1) on Saturday. With a team that has no seniors and is composed of juniors and freshman, it has been a learning season for the Lady Tigers and Head Coach Clint Bromley is seeing the silver linings in each game. "I thought this was the first complete game we had played since the start of the season and I am excited to see if it is going to carry over this weekend," said Bromley....
Old man winter just kept on disrupting the schedule for the two wrestling teams in Carbon County School District No. 2. This past week the wrestling teams of Saratoga High School Panthers and the Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Miners were forced to cancel the tournament in Rawlins this week. This is the third wrestling event that has been canceled due to weather. So far no wrestling events have taken place in February for either Carbon County school team. The Rumble in Rawlins had...
Twins Conor and Shane McGraw, two seniors at Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) were both recipients of a track and football scholarship from Black Hills State University (BHSU). "In a small 1A school this doesn't happen very often," Russ Wiggam, HEM athletic director said. "To have two scholarships come to both boys, this is a very prestigious thing for them and they have earned it. They put in four very hard years of being in sports and academics; it is great to be recognized by any size...
Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School basketball teams received a forfeit from Glendo to start their week on Friday. The next day, the basketball teams rolled out to Rock River to face the Longhorns and on Monday, they faced the Wheatland Sophomores. Rock River The Lady Miners had only lost one game this season and it was to the Lady Longhorns. It would be fair to say, HEM was looking for some pay back. This was not the day it was going to happen. “Our game against Rock River was o...
Dear loyal readers: Please indulge me this week as I pay tribute to a former Sun employee and "adopted daughter"-Carrie Ann Craig who recently passed away at the too young age of 63. Carrie was a student trainee at "The Saratoga Sun" in the mid-to-late 1970s and was a reporter, photographer, darkroom technician, printer's devil and all around "gofer". Although she worked at the award winning weekly newspaper for only four years, she often bragged that that training and experience were the basis...
Andre Belibi Eloumou, a 33 year-old Frenchman from Cherbourg, France, is two months into his five month journey across the United States. He passed through northern Carbon County February 6-9. His trek across the country is aimed to raise awareness and funds for United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), specifically how they educate displaced children who left home because of conflicts in their home country. "I'm doing this to promote the UNHCR as they help build classrooms and...
Growing up in a small town, it can be hard to break out of the image that others have cast for you. Even harder, sometimes, is choosing to be vulnerable and showing a side of yourself rarely seen by others. Yet, for local artist Jamie Waugh, that is exactly what she did on Friday afternoon. Though located in downtown Saratoga, walking into the building at 120 E. Bridge Avenue felt like being transported into a gallery more at home in an urban setting. Once the home of Fishpaw and still a work...
Designing and building a hospital just isn’t the same as building a church or a commercial building. There are similarities, of course, but for the North Platte Valley Medical Center, the Platte Valley Healthcare Project (PVHP) board specifically wanted an architectural firm with significant experience in healthcare facilities. With the recommendation of Health Management Services, the management company for both the clinic and the skilled nursing facility currently in Saratoga, the board selected HGFA Architects, PLLC of Billings, MT. A...
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department will offer a hunter education class in Encampment beginning on March 9. The class will meet in the library at the Encampment School, 514 Rankin Ave., from 6:30 to 9 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays, March 9, 11, 16, 18, 30, and April 1. No classes will be held the week of March 23 due to spring break. A mandatory field day will be held on Saturday, April 4. There is a $10 fee per student, cash only please. Students must attend all class sessions to earn a hunter education certificate. Children under the age...
Access to mental health is just one of many issues that rural areas such as Wyoming are forced to deal with. With mental health providers often located in more populous towns, it leaves a lengthy drive time for rural residents in need of those services. This is if they have a vehicle and are able to take the time off work for the trip. In fact, according to a study from Mental Health America, Wyoming has an overall ranking of 47. This means that the Cowboy State has a higher prevalence of...