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The Carbon County Council of Governments (CCCOG) met at 6:30 p.m. on March 20 at the Sinclair Town Hall. Chairman Steve Nicholson was in attendance, but vice chairman John Zeiger and secretary/treasurer Morgan Irene were absent. After everyone identified themselves at the meeting and voting members for the different municipalities were identified, a quorum was established. The minutes and treasurer's report were approved quickly. An update of the Specific Purpose (6th penny tax) was given by...
Lee Ytreeide was born in Bismarck, ND on April 2, 1941. He died in his home on Sun., Feb. 24, 2018. Lee graduated from Rapid City High School and Augustana College (BA), and the University of Wyoming (MA). He taught choral music in Rugby and Bottaneau, ND, and Saratoga, Wyo. He was at one time the Chairman of the Wyoming Choral Teachers Association. Lee Ytreeide was simply the sweetest, kindest, most loving person those of us who knew him have ever known. He was a big brother, a good friend, someone who was always there for you with a kind... Full story
At the February Annual Dinner and Meeting, there was an infographic on each of the tables that was a visual representation answering this very question. Just as a tree needs certain things to grow, so does your business. Passive energy comes from sunshine. How a plant uses that energy is key to its growth. A business needs to take resources such as marketing research and venture capital and utilize them in ways to benefit the individual business. Roots are needed to draw up nutrients and water from the soil. Depending on the mineral...
Area businesses, organizations and individuals are invited to reserve space in the new spring home, garden and outdoor show planned for May 4 at the Platte Valley Community Center (PVCC). The event, “A Spring Thing: From Guns to Roses,” is sponsored by the Valley Service Organization (VSO) and PVCC with support from Bridge Street Bargains. The show will allow exhibitors to showcase products and services used in spring and summer activities in the valley and provide information on seasonal recreation and special events. In addition, several wor...
There is still time for graduating seniors from Carbon County School District 2 high schools and home schools to apply for the Valley Service Organization’s (VSO) $500 Youth Citizenship Award (YCA). Carol Beach, YCA chairman for VSO, said the application deadline is Monday, April 15. Application forms are available from school counselors. Home schooled students may get them by contacting Beach at 307-326-8012. Beach reminded students and their parents that this is not a scholarship or academic award but is based on the student’s und...
There is a local restaurant that frequently uses the motto: “This is Wyoming. Act accordingly.” While I find that exceedingly amusing, I got to thinking about what exactly that entails. Following is the long version of what I think that saying really means … or should mean anyway. Please note that this in no way represents the intent or meaning the eatery in question possibly intended. Here we go: Honesty I find Wyomingonians respond better to brutal honesty than a half truth. Sometimes the t...
The Saratoga Panthers were unable to stretch their legs following spring break as the Wyoming Indian Invite in Ethete, Wyo. was canceled. Fortunately, the Panther track team will have two opportunities to perform this weekend as they travel to Rawlins on Friday to compete in the Rawlins Invite and to Rock Springs on Saturday to compete in the Ted Schroeder Invite....
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School track had to cancel their scheduled meet in Wheatland on Saturday, but went to the Jerry Campbell Invitational in Buffalo instead. "The HEM track team had a great showing in Buffalo considering we were at the tail end of spring break," Head Track Coach Jackie Jones said. "Many athletes committed themselves to workouts over break and it showed." Taylar Scott placed in all the events in which she participated. She came in 3rd in the girls 100...
The Encampment Tigers, coming off spring break, were set to compete in the Wyoming Indian Invite in Ethete. That meet, unfortunately, was canceled due to spring storm that hit over the weekend. The Tigers will have two opportunities this weekend, however, to compete. The first invite will be the Rawlins Invite on April 5 and the second will be the Ted Schroeder Invite in Rock Springs on Saturday....
"We are making this new American cuisine and we are doing it at this gorgeous location and it checks all the boxes on what I want to be doing with my life," Angus McIntosh, Jr. chef at Brush Creek Ranch (Brush Creek), said. "To me it is a gift to be chosen the chef, because who else is going to be able to really understand Wyoming and put it on a plate." McIntosh feels he has an amazing facility at his disposal to make some of the best food in the world at Brush Creek. He said the food will be "...
"Saratoga will have the greatest pool players in the world, per capita, during the Wyoming Open," this from Wyoming Open Director Monte Thayer as he describes the numerous professionals and Hall of Fame pool players coming to Saratoga to play in the region's premier billiards event. In 2018, an American team won the Mosconi Cup held last December in London. That team, comprised of Shane Van Boening, Corey Deuel, Skyler Woodward, Billy Thorpe and Tyler Styer, will be in attendance and will be int...
Since opening in May 2013, Strong Tower Designs called the little storefront at 115 W. Bridge Ave. home while owners Ray and Jamie Bernal made use of the space available. One had only to walk through the door to see books, boots, handmade jewelry and countless other items ready for sale in concentrated, but well utilized, spaces. As the Bernals prepare to celebrate six years in business, they are doing so in a storefront with much more space. The "musical chairs" of businesses that began with...
Rawlins native J.V. Rutz will be sharing his novel, "The Illusion Killer," with the people of his home state during a book signing from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 4 at the Rawlins Library located at 215 W. Buffalo St. in Rawlins. Wyoming served as an inspiration for much of the landscape and settings for the fantasy novel set in a world defying doomsday. Interested parties may bring their own books to have them signed by the author, but limited copies will be available to purchase. Self...
Wyoming Health Fairs/Wellness Health Fairs (WHF) will be holding their annual blood draws for wellness screenings next week in Saratoga, Encampment and Hanna. Dates for the blood draws are Tuesday, April 9, from 6:30 to 8:30 a.m. at Hanna Elementary School; Wednesday and Thursday, April 10 and 11, from 6 to 10 a.m. at the Platte Valley Community Center in Saratoga, and Friday and Saturday, April 12 and 13 from 6 to 10 a.m. at the Encampment Opera House. Valley screenings are being organized this year by the Encampment chapter of Beta Sigma...