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The third meeting for the Governor’s Task Force on Forests will be held in Saratoga next Tuesday to cover overall forest management. The three-day meeting, held April 8-10, will feature discussions at the Platte Valley Community Center and a tour of the Saratoga sawmill, Saratoga Forest Management. The Governor’s Task Force on Forests was an idea generated by State Representative Jerry Paxton, and consists of a variety of stakeholders to develop recommendations on how Wyoming can best imp... Full story
State and local emergency management officials from across the region planned for potential flooding this spring in central and southeast Wyoming. State Hydrologist Jim Fahey, with the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Riverton, educated county emergency management coordinators and state homeland security personnel about the current snowpack conditions across Wyoming. Fahey was on a conference call with the emergency management and Homeland Security officials, including...
William "Randy" Hall, 54, of Wright Wyoming passed away unexpectedly March 26, 2014 at Campbell County Memorial Hospital in Gillette Wyoming. Randy was born June 1, 1959 in Des Moines, IA, youngest of three boys, to Russell Lee Hall and Helen Frances (Wilcox) Hall. As a child Randy and his family lived in Huntsville and Moberly MO before moving west to Wyoming. The family lived in Rawlins and Medicine Bow before landing in Saratoga where Randy attended Saratoga High School. Falling in love with...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (Army Corp) jointly released a proposed rule to clarify protection under the Clean Water Act. In a release, the EPA and the Army Corp said that the proposed rule “will benefit business by increasing efficiency in determining coverage of the Clean Water Act.” The proposed rule clarifies protection for streams and wetlands. It does not, however, apply to any new types of waters that have not been historically covered under the Clean Water Act. The proposed rule cla...
State of Wyoming Treasurer Mark Gordon paid a visit to the Platte Valley on March 26 as a part of his statewide campaign for election. For Gordon, making a stop in Saratoga was not only essential to his campaign, but he personally desired to pay a visit to the Platte Valley. "Saratoga is on the way from everywhere," Gordon said. "It is a town that I really liked when I was on the Wildlife and Natural Resource Trusts. We did a lot of projects here," Gordon said. Gordon's first term in office was...
Editor, Lest you may forget “as the world churns” inside the Saratoga Town Hall, new people with fresh blood are moving into town. They bring ideas, questions and professional backgrounds. They may register to vote; they may run for office and be elected. Brace yourselves. The next generation is coming. Lois Rupert Dillon, Colo. and Saratoga...
I hope that all of you survived April Fool’s Day. For those of you still cleaning shaving cream and the like out of various places … you might need a chance to read about some other’s misfortune. Since I have already done a column about the origins of April Fool’s Day I decided to share some other practical joke vignettes with you. While none of these were actually pulled on April Fool’s Day I still couldn’t think of a more fitting time to present these stories. NICK THE HIPSTER A new guy aro... Full story
Editor, The million-dollar pipeline to return water to the river illustrates the heavy hand of federal government on citizens of our country. The discharge permit of Saratoga for wastewater treatment is in jeopardy if the citizen boards don’t accept the proposals and money to meet EPA’s changed guidelines and standards. This may be leverage to some folks, but it smells like bureaucratic corruption to me. The discharge water will end up in the same North Platte River, but unbuffered by passage through a considerable distance of soil and veg...
Editor, At the WAM Winter Workshop our guest speaker this year was Inspirational Speaker Matt Jones. He has conquered cancer 3 times and went on to run in five marathons. This was his victory in life and encouraged us to look at our lives as a victory. He reminded us that there are 86,400 seconds in a day and challenged us to know how we were going to use those seconds. He reminded us that not only is our finger print unique but so are we in our life. Another interesting fact that he shared was that an average four year old smiles about four...
Jerry Paxton (R), of Encampment, has announced that he will be running for re-election in District 47 in the Wyoming House of Representatives. Paxton, who is finishing up his freshman term in office, said that he still has unfinished business in the House. "This is my first term, and there are so many things I would like to follow up on. It's a real steep learning curve that first couple years until you get through a regular session and a budget session, it's hard to know what is going on. I...
Members of the Encampment Junior High and High School Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) Chapter earned more than 20 medals from the 2014 Wyoming State Competition in Cheyenne. "We took 27 members and we brought home 23 medals, including nine gold, seven silver and seven bronze," Encampment FCCLA Advisor Cheryl Munroe said. "I only had four students who did not get a medal." The three divisions are seventh through ninth grade, junior division; 10th through 12th is senior...
The Saratoga Middle/High School Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) Chapter brought home six medals from the 2014 Wyoming State Competition in Cheyenne. The gold medal winner from the event was Harley Klemola, who won a chance to compete at the National Leadership Conference (NLC) in San Antonio, Texas this July. The bronze winners included Joey Bauer and Nikki Pacheco; Haley Soles; Rodrigo Escobedo and Thatcher Spiering; and John Brennan and Emmanuel Pattishall-Baker....
April features National Library Week, and the Carbon County Library System has several events going on all throughout the county. The Encampment/Riverside book discussion group will meet with Lori Van Pelt to discuss her book “Amelia Earnhart: The Sky’s No Limit.” Members will meet on April 17 from 7 to 9 p.m. Call Dawna Martin at 307-327-5775 to reserve your copy. The Saratoga branch will be celebrating “Lives Change @ Your Library” in honor of National Library Week. Between Sunday April 13 and 19, the Carbon County Library System will be g...
If you asked students at the Saratoga Schools what was their favorite part of the Proficiency Assessment of Wyoming Students (PAWS) testing was, you might get some mixed responses. Some students would respond with "reading", others with "math". When asked, one Saratoga Elementary School (SES) student said his favorite part about the PAWS test was "finishing it." For most students, their favorite part about PAWS testing came after the test. A reward for a job well done: popcorn and Klondike Bars...
The Encampment Honor Roll and Principal’s List for the Third Quarter of 2013-14 was released recently. To earn a spot on the Principal’s List, students must have a 4.0 grade point average (GPA). Students with a GPA of 3.0 to 3.9 earn a place on the Honor Roll. Principal’s List David Bradly, senior Emma Jackson, senior Harold Jackson, junior Luke Pantle, junior Brett Ralston, junior Guy Erickson, sophomore Cassidy Little, sophomore Karen Russell, sophomore Bailey Miller, freshman Emily Morgan, freshman McKenzie Powell, freshman Gage Bartl...
Over the span of three days, 190 competitors in five divisions squared off on 18 tables for the chance to be crowned champion at the Wyoming Open Pool Tournament. Shooters hailed from local areas like Rawlins, Laramie and Denver, to areas as far away as Florida, Hawaii, Mexico City and London. In the Master's division, Rodney "the Rocket" Morris of Honolulu, Hawaii won the 10-ball and "Saratoga" on Friday and Saturday respectively. Even as one of the top players in the United States, Morris...
Reprint of this story from the April 4, 1902 issue of The Grand Encampment Herald brought to you courtesy of Grandma’s Cabin, Encampment, Wyoming. Preserving History - Serving the Community. Good Profits from a Little Patch of Irrigated Land J. J. Wombaker came into this country with his family four years ago last September, and settled on placer ground at the junction of the north and south forks of the Encampment River. There were but three log cabins on the Grand Encampment townsite at that time, and two of these were occupied by men o...
There were eight here for Bridge Monday. High winners were Glee Johnson and Gertrude Herold. Second high went to Sheila Johnson and Bob Johnson. We have hired Kathy Hennek as the new bus driver. She has lived here for many years and I am sure she will be a great asset to our group. All of us here at the center want to wish Jane Fluty the very best on her retirement. She plans to do some camping when they get back from their vacation in May. So we hope everything works out for them. She said if we need a substitute and she is in town, she will...
April is here and we are looking forward to spring, as brief as it may be. Wishing the following a wonderful April birthday- Woody Woodward, Jerry Crank, Ruth Banzhof, Roy Wells, Lori Cronberg, Deryl Novak, Marvin Cronberg, Dot Severns, Barb Woodward, Dick Blake, Ellen Burgess, Jim Krouch, Patty Herring. Sue will be here on at 11:30 a.m. April 3 to take blood pressures. Breakfast at noon will be April 12. The menu is blueberry French toast bake, bacon, fresh fruit/juice, chilled milk. Our evening meal will be at 6 p.m., April 18 and we will be...
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. Games throughout the week provided fun and laughter. On Sunday afternoon, three residents played Dominoes with Pat Rust winning. On Tuesday morning, four residents played Yahtzee with Frank Jereb winning. On Wednesday afternoon, 11 residents played Bingo, and on Friday afternoon, 1...
From March 24, 2014 to March 30, 2014, the Saratoga Police Department responded to 127 calls including the following classifications: Agency assistance (2); alarm (1); ambulance (2); assault (1); bar check (13); business checks (39); citizen assist (5); civil assist (1); curfew violation (1); dog at large (2); barking dog complaint (1); dog impounded (1); lost dog (4); dog tag (8); fingerprints (3); fire drill (1); harassment (1); hot pool check (14); larceny (1); lockout (1); parking problem (1); traffic accident with damage (1); house watch (...