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“The current mobile home park code is written in reference to … other permits and the state health officers. Nobody has that. Not even Medicine Waters has that.” In explaining to planning commission member Tom Westring how William Schorer’s property doesn’t qualify as a mobile home park, planning commission member Jon Nelson highlighted the importance of rewriting chapter 18.57 of Saratoga’s municipal code. Meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 13 at the Saratoga Town Hall, the Saratoga Planning Co...
Despite dropping out of Rawlins High School during her junior year to help her mother, and becoming a mother herself, Cintia still had aspirations of getting her General Equivalency Diploma (GED) and going to college for nursing. When she went to the Carbon County Higher Education Center (CCHEC) to take the test for her GED, however, she ran into a roadblock. She was told that before taking the test, she would need to present her social security number (SSN). Cintia did not have an SSN. Cintia...
January 10, 1953 to February 15, 2018 Dane Keith Bowcut, 65, passed away February 5, 2018 in Saratoga. Dane was born January 10, 1953 in Burley, Idaho to Keith and Della Bowcut. Dane had one of those charismatic, fun loving personalities that you couldn't help but love. His warm smile and bright spirit would instantly win your heart. No one lived a wilder, crazier lie then Dane. Good and bad. He always had an unbelievable story to tell, knew how to make people laugh and loved making those... Full story
At a rescheduled regular meeting, held at 6 p.m. on Feb. 15 at the Riverside Town Hall, the Riverside Town Council read correspondence from Dana Greenwood that asked for the council to consider the formation of an events committee for future music events. Greenwood suggested in her letter that the committee be composed of a council member, the town clerk and the event organizer. The events committee would, wrote Greenwood, be in place of any ordinances. Fred Lorenz, who led the council in the ab...
The Hanna Town Council met at 6 p.m. on Feb. 13 to go over business as usual and hear reports from the boards. Matt Cox, South Central Wyoming Emergency Medical Services (SCWEMS) Hanna board member told the council that due to the departure of four EMS volunteers, the Hanna station was in danger of not being able to respond to all calls that come in. “Since December we have lost four members from our SCWEMS,” Cox said. “So the concern I have is that we are having staffing issues.” He said that a...
Title 18, the municipal code that dictates zoning, is a bit of a mess. Much of it hasn’t been updated since it was adopted nearly 40 years ago. Along with the outdated language and standards, one also has to deal with definitions that vary from section to section. Anyone who has taken the time to read Title 18 knows it is complicated. One of the primary reasons for these complications can be found in the varying definitions of the same structure. Manufactured home and mobile home are often used interchangeably for the same thing: a portable u...
“You know what’s wrong with your generation?” If I had a penny for every time I had someone pose this rhetorical question to me, I would finally be able to afford a house of my own. I was born in 1986, which puts me on the older end of the spectrum for the Millennial generation. You know, the generation that has been accused of ruining Applebee’s, department stores, beer, marriage and a number of other classic American institutions. While commonly agreed to be the generation that follows...
The Hanna, Medicine Bow, Elk Mountain (HEM) High School boys basketball had three games in one week. It was a mixed bag on results. The Miners lost to Cheyenne East Sophomores 72-59, then beat Guernsey-Sunrise 68-44 and ended up losing to Saratoga on Saturday 70-49. Cliff Jones, head basketball coach, said the win against Guernsey-Sunrise was the highlight of the week for him. "I am looking forward to the regional tournament," Jones said. "I am so proud of the boys for earning the number one...
Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) girls basketball team had three games in one week. Losing to Cheyenne East Sophomores 40-32 and Guernsey-Sunrise 48-42, the Lady Miners beat Saratoga 43-20 on Saturday. "Having three games in a week was a great way to prep for the regional tournament," Jackie Jones, head coach girls basketball coach said. "We were competitive in all three games, but were able to only come away with one win." She said with the point system for her conference, the Lady...
The Encampment Tigers traveled to Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) on Saturday for one final conference game against the Rattlers before regionals. LSRV would manage to sink their fangs into both the Tigers and Lady Tigers, sending both teams back to Tiger Nation with losses. Lady Tigers vs. Lady Rattlers When Encampment hosted LSRV in January, the Lady Tigers beat the Lady Rattlers by 2 points with a score of 52-50. The most recent game, however, saw Encampment girls fall to LSRV by 17 points....
The Saratoga Panthers and Lady Panthers ended their regular season with a busy week filled with games, two at home and one on the road. On Tuesday, Feb. 13 they hosted the North Park, Colo. Wildcats. On Friday they traveled to Kaycee to face-off against the Buckaroos and Lady Bucs and returned to Saratoga to host the Hanna, Elk Mountain, and Medicine Bow (HEM) Miners and Lady Miners on Saturday. Lady Panthers vs. Lady Wildcats The young Lady Panthers hosted the Lady Wildcats at 4:30 p.m. on...
Valley locals Robert Bergeson and James Olguin attended the Riverton Chariot Races on Feb. 17. Bergeson, with his team True Grit, had a time of 19:93. Olguin, racing ORO, had a time of 18:49....
Robbie Marta Robbie Marta has lived in Hanna for three years and is a senior. He has been wrestling since coming to Wyoming. Marta was born in Colorado and went to school in Denver South–a large 4A school. His family moved to Wyoming for a job in Sinclair. He lived in Nucla, Colo. which is on the Western slope. He lived there for four to five years and he considers himself a small town guy. "We always went back to the Western Slope because that is where my dad's family is from," Marta said. "We...
Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) wrestling head coach Lyle Richardson said he was pleased how well his wrestlers did at the Regionals at Burns. “We were led by Nick McDaniel and Jon Nelsen again and it has been nice to watch them perform this well at this time of year,” Richardson said. Nelsen went 3-1 with 3 pins. He placed third in his weight class of 170 pounds. “Jon had a good week of practice and it showed,” Richardson said. “It was nice that he drew well into his bracket, and perfor...
The majority of Saratoga’s high school wrestling team are going to State after competing at the 2A West Regional in Ethete. “10 wrestlers out of 14 are going,” Zach Schmidt, head wrestling coach said, “We did really well at regionals and Jaxon (King) won his 100th career match.” King, who participated in State last year, did not place in Regionals because of an injury, but did qualify for State. King was basically wrestling with one arm said Schmidt. “He was outstanding considering what he was u...
A workshop for the membership of the SCWEMS Joint Powers Board is set for 6 p.m. on Feb. 27 at the Saratoga Town Hall to discuss the ambulance service....