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The town of Saratoga was faced with two options to repair and correct the North Platte River running through Saratoga. The first option was to do nothing, according to a grant application. The second option – fix two eroding sections of the river. The town decided to seek funding, conduct surveys, make a plan to repair two banks and explore rechanneling the river through town, said Chuck Bartlett, town engineer and public works director. Although the proposed date of actual c...
Saratoga Library is sponsoring a Healthy Life Workshop 2-3 p.m., Thursday. Lorna Lange, with Synergy Fitness and Wellness, will be exploring how to use movement and exercise, healthy eating, stress management and personal development strategies to create a happy, healthy life, not a stressful, deprived one. Lange holds a master’s degree in Exercise Science and Health Promotion. Her passion is helping others get healthy, reduce stress and reconnect with what is important in their lives. The program is free and open to the p...
Reprint of this story from the March 4, 1920 issue of The Encampment Echo courtesy of Grandma’s Cabin, Encampment, Wyoming. Preserving History - Serving the Community. Encampment Boy Appointed to West Point The Echo is in receipt of a letter from Mrs. E. M. Hunter, formerly of Encampment, but now of Madrid, Iowa, stating that her eldest son, Clarence, had been appointed to West Point. Young Hunter was born in Encampment and lived here until past twelve years of age. He received his first years of schooling here. Since e...
Thanks to the search and rescue effort of several volunteers, the Civil Air Patrol and the U.S. Military, a helicopter located a crashed plane on the east side of Pennock Mountain. Search parties and the Carbon County Sheriff’s Office, along with other entities, are trying to determine the best course of action in reaching the crash site, said Carbon County Sheriff Jerry Colson Tuesday morning. Gordon Davis, 63, of Tehachapi, Calif., crashed his white Cessna 172 Sunday a...
At Deseret Health and Rehab, residents enjoyed many activities throughout the week. The Activity Department offers a wide variety of activities each week to meet the residents’ interests, as well as the physical, mental and psychological well-being of each resident. Once a month, residents meet to discuss their concerns about living at the facility. Under the leadership of resident as President, they make choices that will make their quality of life better. Each month resident rights are discussed with the Social Services D...
There were not enough people here to play bingo Tuesday. They play duplicate bridge up here on Mondays at 1 p.m. If you would like to play you can call the center at 326-5564 and I can make sure you get on the list. We would really like to get some more players. There were only four people here for bridge on Monday. First place went to Barb Wise. And second place went to Gertrude Herold. 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 and we will...
Bev Hempel remembers being reappointed to the Saratoga Planning Commission, but does not remember when. “I don’t remember details of my re-appointment other than it happened,” Hempel, Chairman of the Saratoga Planning Commission said in an email. “That was about the time my husband died after a long illness, and the focus of my memory from that time is not the specifics of my re-appointment to the Planning Commission. If there was some mistake made, it certainly was not int...
If you’re an elementary school student you may not know, but reading Dr. Seuss books may help you to grow. At least that is the philosophy at Saratoga Elementary School (SES) where students and staff celebrated Dr. Seuss’s birthday Thursday. Dr. Suess’s birthday was March 2. Theodor Geisel, also known as Dr. Seuss, wrote more than 60 children’s books and sold 220 million copies in 15 different languages making him one of the most well-known children’s book authors in histor...
The Platte Valley Community Center is bringing Saratoga its second free film festival Saturday. “I wanted to bring something to the Valley that we did not have, especially a larger event during the winter months,” said Stephanie Vines, executive director of the Platte Valley Community Center. This year’s film festival, the Wyoming Filmmaker’s Showcase, will start at 7 p.m. at the Platte Valley Community Center Theater and is completely free to whomever wants to come, Vines s...
Carbon County School District No. 2 students brought home trophies along with new experiences after competing in the Carbon County Spelling Bee Wednesday in Rawlins. The spelling bee was the largest it had ever been, said the bee’s coordinator Stacey Peres. The bee had competitors from almost every school in Carbon County School districts No. 1 and No. 2 including Saratoga, who were first-time participants in the four-year-old event, Peres said. Saratoga brought three c...
Gary and Mary Jacobsen, owners of Doggett Greenhouse, want to be the business of the year every year in the eyes of their customers. When they were recognized as Business of the Year by the Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce through a vote of their business peers, they were really surprised. “Every year is competitive,” Gary said of the Business of the Year competition. “We have a lot to choose from.” This year, nine businesses competed for the award. The Jacobse...
Achieving membership in the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) is a distinguishing life insurance career milestone, attained only by those who have demonstrated superior knowledge, experience and client service, according to a press release. Bradford C. Cary is a New York Life agent here in Saratoga, and has earned membership in the MDRT for 2013. Cary has been a New York Life agent since 1987 and is associated with New York Life’s Wyoming General Office in Casper. He received his Chartered Life Underwriter designation in 1...
A luncheon for business leaders may be hitting Saratoga once a month with a new impact. The Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce will host a Leaders Luncheon from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 13 at the Platte Valley Community Center in the White Room. The luncheon is designed to be a round table for business owners, said Stacy Crimmins, executive director of the Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce. For $15, you can get a lunch catered by J.W. Hugus Co., a...
The Knights of Columbus are preparing for its annual St. Patrick’s Feast, which is at 6 p.m., March 17 at St. Ann’s Parish Hall. The Knights of Columbus have sponsored the event for the past 13 years. Doug Campbell and Joe Glode started the feast more than 30 years ago. Kronski sausages and corned beef and cabbage will be served at the dinner. The Knights of Columbus is a gentlemen’s organization that donates to various Catholic organization and relief services around the world. They also donate to various local proje...
Karen Connelly, with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said the IRS does not initiate contact with taxpayers by email and anyone who receives a suspicious email claiming to be from the IRS should forward it to [email protected]. “Scammers use the IRS name or logo to make the email look authentic so you will respond to it,” Connelly said in a press release. “In reality, it’s a scam known as ‘phishing’, attempting to trick you into revealing your personal and financial information.” The IRS has some advice for anyone who receive...
I want to kick off my first column by introducing myself. I am the newest reporter for the Saratoga Sun assigned to cover Carbon County School District No. 2 and the town of Saratoga – not an easy task, although I feel I will find most of my stories enjoyable to report on and write about. I have only been at the Saratoga Sun for a few days, but I have already met some real rich characters, all of them incredibly nice. I can’t wait to start digging into this community and fin...
The Saratoga Planning Commission has a difficult job in keeping up with modern technology. More and more workers are doing business in their homes, on cell phones, laptops and iPads making enforcement of regulations more difficult. Last month, the Planning Commission had an important discussion on the definition of “permitted – meaning allowed” and “permitted – those requiring a permit.” This is not the first, nor will it be the last time this important discussion has been on the table. The Saratoga Sun commends the commissio...
Editor: I would like to comment on what was described by Zach (Saratoga Sun reporter Zachary Laux) as a controversy on the Planning Commission. The alleged controversy is directed towards a single member of the Commission and not the Commission as a whole. It has been questioned as to if Bev Hempel had been officially re-appointed by the council to the Planning Commission. We are researching the minutes so we can get a correct answer to the question. If we find that we haven’t reappointed her, then the Mayor’s re-appointment...
Local artists have an opportunity to enter the annual Conservation Stamp Art Contest. All entries need to be postmarked or received at the Wyoming Game and Fish head office in Cheyenne no later than March 15. The 2014 subject for the Conservation Stamp is the ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus). The ruffed grouse is common in the western forests of Wyoming and a small population exists in the Black Hills National Forest. There are two color phases to a ruffed grouse, red and grey. Artists are reminded that it is the gray phase...
Memorial Services for Earl Dee “Bud” Milliken, 82, were held in the Encampment School gymnasium Tuesday. He died Feb. 28 in Laramie. Loren “Teense” Willford conducted the Masonic Service. His students called him Mr. Milliken, or more often Coach. He was a man who was not only highly respected, but who also taught respect. He was a disciplinarian to his three daughters, Becky, Marcy and Lisa, and to the young men and women who sat in his social studies classroom, were in his...
Chasie Willow Pantle was born Jan. 12, 2013 at Ivinson Memorial Hospital, in Laramie. Chasie is the daughter of Mitch and Ryan Pantle and the sister to Cooper Austin-Pantle of Encampment. After 18 amazing days with her family and friends and a long, hard fight for her life, Chasie was called back to heaven on Jan. 30, 2013 at the Children’s Hospital in Aurora, Colo. Chasie loved to lie on her daddy’s chest and listen to him hum as she went to sleep. She loved to have her mom...
For the past several months, Voices of the Valley (VOV) has been going through a transitional period, according to KayCee Alameda, the VOV coordinator and project manager for Sonoran Institute. VOV was formed in 2010 to facilitate community dialogue, Alameda said. During that time it was a collaboration of non-profit organizations. The program is now operated through a group of volunteer residents who live in the Platte Valley. The mission statement is as follows: “Voices o...
Bruce Boe, director of meteorology with the Weather Modification Project shared good news with the Upper Platte Valley Water Users Association Wednesday afternoon. He predicted more snow in March for the Sierra Madre and Medicine Bow Ranges. Last year, the snow stopped in March. That, combined with an early runoff, left the Platte Valley in one of its driest summers in history. “That is the best news I have heard in a while,” Joe Glode said to Boe after his presentation. Boe e...