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Currently, there are four medical practices in the state of Wyoming that are Patient Centered Medical Homes (PCMH). Thanks to the Corbett Medical Foundation, the Platte Valley Medical Clinic is one of them. The staff at the Platte Valley Medical Clinic has taken advantage of a pilot program that was offered to them in 2012 and funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid through a grant awarded to the Wyoming Institute of Population Health. In three short years the Platte Valley Medical...
Easter Sunday is April 5, and along with it comes many celebrations throughout the Platte Valley. Several churches are having special services, while others are having an Easter sermon during regular service times. Three public Easter Egg Hunts are planned for children in the Platte Valley on Saturday. Thursday services At 5:30 p.m., Thursday St. Ann’s Catholic Church is hosting Holy Thursday with Mass. At 6 p.m., Thursday, the Encampment Presbyterian Church is having a Candlelight Last S...
Please note: This was an April Fool's Day joke. Va Pescado, communications director of the National Wildlife Service, has confirmed that Beaching Disease, poisson d’Avril, has been detected in brown trout samples taken from the North Platte River. Beaching Disease causes trout to beach themselves rather than the typical whirling found in the closely-related Whirling Disease. Fortunately, Pisces Incorporated, of Minnetonka, Minn., has developed a gel that, when rubbed on the gills of potentially...
Word was received here this week that Carbon County native, local businessman, expert fisherman and world renowned river guide and outfitter Len Bensen, 77, passed away peacefully Sunday, March 29, 2015 at the Palisade Living Center in Palisade, Colo., surrounded by his loving son, wife, a sister-in-law from Denver and two sisters from Wyoming. No services will be held at this time. A full obituary will appear in the April 8 edition of the Saratoga Sun....
Discussing potential funding sources and how to receive the funding was the primary topic for the River Restoration meeting held last Thursday. The meeting was held a week after their monthly meeting to smooth out plans for the geothermal penetrating radar (GPR), sand bar removal and intended funding sources. Joe Parsons and Glen Leavengood, from the Saratoga Encampment Rawlins Conservation District, expressed their concerns about the committee focusing attention on the sandbar removal—which i...
Ellie Schwerdt had 10 inches of hair cut March 24 to donate it to Wigs for Kids in memory of Kirsten Campbell. Ellie is only 4 years old. Her older sister Audrey had her hair cut to donate it to Wigs for Kids in the memory of Delaney Wadsworth two years ago. Kirsten passed away in 2014 and Delaney passed away in 2011. Kathleen Campbell was with the Schwerdt family to witness the donation in honor of her daughter, Kirsten....
Encampment High School senior Brett Ralston was awarded the Daniels Fund Grant last week. According to danielsfund.org, “The Daniels Scholarship Program is a four-year annually-renewable college scholarship for graduating high school seniors who demonstrate exceptional character, leadership, and a commitment to serving their communities.” It has, “surpassed $520 million in grants and scholarships since 2000. Daniels is known for building one of the nation’s earliest cable television systems in Casper and was an influential businessman and com...
We were surprised to discover the District Ranger for the U.S. Forest Services does not plan to have a public meeting to discuss the road closures and decommissionings in the Medicine Bow Routt National Forest. In the March 25 edition of the Saratoga Sun, we ran an article about the local forest service planning to decommission 97 miles of road. The deadline to comment on the road closures is April 16, which is about one-and-one-half months before most of the roads in question are accessible because of snowpack. We understand that the timing...
As the sun rises over the Cow Creek, Jim Miller has already checked on the calves, made a few phone calls and is putting hay in the feeder for the heifers. Jim and his wife Shirley run a 300-head cow/calf operation. The steer calves are shipped to Kansas in the fall where they are eventually marketed to Japan. With calves getting shipped to Japan, Jim is meticulous in recording when the calves are born, tagged and inoculated. Jim said he feels fortunate to have found the niche market in Japan...
The Leaders Luncheon, sponsored by the Saratoga/ Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce, will be held April 8 from noon-1p.m. at the Platte Valley Community Center. The Chamber of Commerce invites the public to join in discussing this month’s topic: Fourth of July Activities. In the past, the Chamber of Commerce has collected event information and distributed it through their community calendar and to their members. “We would love to hear what you have planned, if you need help planning, or if your would just like to help out with an existing eve...
A news release was published on March 25 from the Forest Service warning the public of the fire threat posed from the unusually warm spring weather in the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest and Thunder Basin National Grassland. The region is drier than usual with elevated winds, increasing the risk of fires. Currently, there are no fire restrictions on the National Forest. The press release provides basic safety rules that campers should follow: Scrape back dead grass and forest materials from you campfire site. Keep your campfire small and...
Fugitive recovery agents, more popularly known as "bounty-hunters" were in Saratoga two weeks ago looking for what they call a "skip" at the Saratoga Forest Management (Saratoga Mill). The skip, Nate Horn, who had moved from Port Angeles, Wash., to Saratoga in November to work at Saratoga Mill. Unfortunately, Horn had some unfinished business back in Washington where he'd been arrested for a suspended license charge. Horn's fiancé had signed a bond agreement with A-Plus Bail Bonds so that he...
The Saratoga High School Track team did not have any placers at their first meet in Casper Friday. Coach Rex Hohnholt said he was missing two-thirds of his team because of spring break – some of the students had left Thursday for the European trip. “Some bright things happened for us and we have a lot of things to look forward to,” Hohnholt said. In the pole vault, Andrew Oiler had an 11-foot vault. Oiler also participated in the 400-meter dash and ran it in 59.52 seconds. Hunter Mason participa...
The Encampment Tigers track and field team headed to Big Piney where they competed in the Pete Olsen Memorial on Friday. The Boy’s team placed 12th overall with 9 points. Gage Bartlett took fifth place in the 3200-meter run with a time of 12 minutes and 23.59 seconds that gave the boy’s team four of its nine points. The girl’s team placed 11th overall with 19 points that included sophomore McKenzie Powell’s second-place finish in the 400-meter run with a time of 1:03.04, and her fifth place f...
With the proposed action developing to the comment period, the public is seeking answers to the reasoning behind the changes in road use in the West Side Snowy Range Travel Management Notice of Proposed Action (NPA). A meeting was held on Sunday at the Ryan Park Fire Department, to address the road use changes proposed in the Ryan Park region. Twenty-six people were in attendance. Melanie Fullman, District Ranger and responsible official of the project, wanted to make it known to the public...
There were seven here to play bingo on Tuesday. Two-dollar winners were Carl Kerbs, Nadene Kerbs. Carl Kerbs and Kathy Hennek shared a $2 round. Berneil McCord won a $3 round. Kathy Hennek won the $5 blackout round. There were five here for Bridge Monday. First place went to Barb Wise. Second place went to Gertrude Herold. It has been a rough week on the seniors. We have several in the hospital. First Dick Wiant went in and had his gallbladder removed. He has been there for a week and he should moved over to the nursing home on Thursday. He...
Games provide laughter and socialization during the week. On Sunday and Saturday morning, residents played Wii Bowling. On Sunday afternoon, six residents played Dominoes with Janet Kennaday winning. On Wednesday afternoon, 11 residents played Bingo, and Friday afternoon, 14 resident played Bingo. Marjery McAulay, Barbara Plummer, and Russell Cox won Four Corners. Russell Cox won the Blackout. Our volunteers were Sue Bartlett, Lila Worden, Joy Hamilton, Gloria Rakness, Makayla Fairbanks, Elder Cabela and Elder Levitt. On Saturday afternoon,...
