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Three resignations occurred at the regularly scheduled South Central Wyoming Emergency Medical Services (SCWEMS) Board meeting that started 6 p.m. and ended at around 11 p.m. Feb. 20 in the Elk Mountain Fire Station. The meeting had only SCWEMS Saratoga board representative, Linda Talbot, not in attendance. Money Talks Linda Crane, bookkeeper for SCWEMS went over the financials with the board. The topic of direct payroll was brought forth. The discussion went over the costs having it in place...
Rosemary Louise Craighead was born in Niles, Ohio on July 9, 1929 and went to be with the Lord on February 24, 2018. She lived her 88 years on this earth with joy and the love of Jesus. Rosemary moved to Santa Monica, CA when she was a child and graduated from Santa Monica High School in June 1947 and met her future husband that summer. L. George Craighead and Rosemary were married in October 1947 and had their daughter, Karen, a year later. Their son, Paul, was adopted in 1959 and their family...
Meryle Reva Newton passed away quietly at the age of 96 in Denver, Colorado. Meryle experienced a successful life as daughter to Bea and Harry Sellmeyer from Drennan, Colorado, wife of Gene for 61 years. Meryle leaves behind two sons: Louis and Paul, along with one daughter: Lucy. Meryle further leaves behind four Grandchildren: Gene, Colton, Caleb and Tyler, along with two Great Grandchildren: Hallie and Traegger, and a host of friends. Meryle loved her family, friends and God, so now she is with ones who preceded her in death, will await...
Pamela Glasser, the music teacher for Hanna, Elk Mountain and Medicine Bow Elementary schools applied for funds for guitars from Donors Choose, an organization that has donors give money to classrooms and teachers. The organization was started by a history teacher. In 2000, Charles Best, a teacher at a Bronx public high school, wanted his students to read Little House on the Prairie. As he was making photocopies of the one book he could procure, Best, according to Donors Choose website, thought...
Dave Shultz, of Sage Civil Engineering, informed the Saratoga Airport Board when Century Construction Company will resurface the airport runway at the regular meeting held at 1 p.m. on Feb. 7 at the Saratoga Town Hall. Shultz told the board that Century Construction Company, which has been contracted to resurface the runway, will begin the project on April 9 of this year. The airport will be closed for 30 days while the project takes place and, barring any delays due to weather, will open again...
During their regularly scheduled meeting at 6 p.m. on Feb. 20 at the Saratoga Town Hall, the Saratoga Town Council was informed by Saratoga Police Chief Robert Bifano that he had been in contact with Garmin about updating their Global Positioning System (GPS) in regards to truck routes through town. The system, which updates approximately three times a year, currently leads semi-trucks through the downtown area of Saratoga. Bifano told the council that when Garmin updates their maps in the next...
Darts were invented by two Scottish physicians and brothers by the name of Dartmouth. In 1844, the pair became inebriated one evening (a Tuesday around teatime) in their office and started throwing hypodermic needles at each other. Eventually the by-then-“holy” brothers began to aim their throws at other targets and as time went by the pair decided to call their new game “Darts.” … What? … You’re not buying that? Okay. I made all that up. You got me. Throwing a 180 The origin of Darts is actu...
Saratoga, population 1,671 souls, and elevation 6,785 feet, appeared spread out in front of him after he topped a long rise. The town was choked with cottonwoods and he could see a wide ribbon of river through the middle of it. The air shimmered over the hot stack of a lumber mill on the edge of the town. On Tuesday, March 27 game warden Joe Pickett returns home. So to speak. For his new book, "The Disappeared," New York Times bestselling author C.J. Box sets the story in the Platte Valley and...
The four wrestlers from Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School that went to State did not have the success they were hoping for. Coach Lyle Richardson acknowledged, given how far the squad had come from the beginning of the season, the Regionals did not end on a high note. Richardson takes the blame for the season falling short of what he thought would happen in Regionals. "A lot of it was my fault because of practice issues and then there was the weather which gave us a...
Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School girls basketball team may not be going to State, but head coach Jackie Jones said the Lady Miners were not disappointed on how they played. “The Lady Miners had a fantastic Regional tournament despite not qualifying for State,” Jones said. “With a shake up in the brackets, we ended up playing the eventual Regional champions, Hulett, and both the north and south number one seeds.” Jones said her team was in the game until the end with Hulett. “T...
The Tigers, following a double overtime loss to the Farson-Eden Pronghorns, took on the Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Rattlers and the Saratoga Panthers to place third in the 1A West Regional Tournament. "This weekend we were able to put together four good games in a row," said Jake Johnston, head coach of the Encampment Tigers, "The kids played their guts out in all four games and showed grit." Tigers vs. Eagles Encampment boys took on the No. 2 Northwest ranked St. Stephens Eagles for their...
The Lady Tigers landed in the No. 2 West Seed for the 1A State Girls Basketball Tournament after a loss to conference rivals the Cokeville Lady Panthers. Lady Tigers vs. Lady Rams The first game for the Encampment girls was against the No. 3 Northwest ranked Dubois Lady Rams. The Lady Tigers would end the game with a 14-point lead. "We played really good team basketball and got the ball where it needed to be in the offense," said Clint Bromley, Lady Tigers head coach. Noelle Peterson lead the...
The Saratoga Panthers ventured from the Panther Den to compete in the 1A West Regional Boys Basketball Tournament over the weekend where they would place fourth following a loss in the final consolation game to conference and Valley rivals the Encampment Tigers. "I am extremely proud of how the boys played at the Regional tournament," said Jason Williams, head coach of the Saratoga Panthers. Panthers vs. Longhorns The first game of the Regional Tournament would see the No. 2 Southwest ranked...
"We had a very good weekend of basketball," Cliff Jones, Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) head coach for the boys basketball said. "The team competed well in all three games and earned an entry into the state tournament by placing second." On Friday, the Miners beat Normative Services Wolves from Sheridan 68-43. The Miners continued their winning streak by beating the Hulett Devils by double digits 74-62. The winning streak came to an end against the Kaycee Buckaroos. "We lost to Kaycee...
Justin Shotwell, a freshman at Saratoga High School went the distance against older and more experienced wrestlers, to take the championship in 106 pounds. His coach, Zach Schmidt, said the wrestler’s determination to win it became apparent as he watched the young man start the season at 117 pounds and drop to 106 pounds. Schmidt said that Shotwell had to wait for his body to get used to the drop, but once it did, Shotwell got better and better at each match. “I was talking to my wife after the...
Jerry Everett Jerry Everett is a freshman and he wrestles at 106 pounds. He has lived in Saratoga most of his life, barring about three years where he lived in Indiana. Everett likes to fish and the outdoors, so he is happy to be living in Saratoga. He credits watching his older brother Andrew, who is also on the wrestling squad, for getting him interested in wrestling as a sport that would help him get in shape as he waited for track and cross country to begin. “I kind of like wrestling and r...