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The Junior Jazz youth basketball program hosted by the Hanna Recreation Center had 170 children sign up for the program. The center has been hosting this program for almost 40 years in Carbon County. Saratoga is fielding nine teams, Encampment sixteams and Hanna four teams. Participants range from kindergarten age to fifth grade. Vivian Gonzales, acting Parks and Recreation Director for Hanna, is the coordinator for Junior Jazz basketball and has been around since the Hanna...
Kim Lorenzen, 66, of Saratoga, former owner of Saratoga Aviation, like most pilots has a lot of flying stories to tell. Without a doubt, he has plenty of stories like those told by other pilots at airports or bars near airports. But for Lorenzen, there are stories he shares with pilots that have been flying into Saratoga for the last three decades while he owned Saratoga Aviation and acted as manager for Shively Field. “There was the wolf,” his wife reminded him during an interview with the Saratoga Sun. Sometime back in the...
But for a last-minute decision to head West to Rock Springs, Saratoga High School’s tracksters might have taken the weekend off after scheduled meets were canceled due to weather. At the Rock Springs meet, several Panthers earned rights to compete at state despite the travails involved in traveling that distance. Saratoga’s head coach Rex Hohnholt said in an email the last-minute decision to attend the Ted Schroeder Invitational in Rock Springs itself looked like it may be fraught with difficulty. Near Rawlins, the team’s bus...
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School Miners track team went to Rock Springs on Saturday, to compete for the first time this season. Big Piney Invitational the previous week and Rawlins Invitational Friday, were both canceled due to inclement weather. "We had a fantastic first meet," said HEM track coach Jackie Jones. Jarrett Neimark qualified for state by winning the triple jump with a jump of 42' 4.75" and placed fourth in the long jump at 19' 7". Conor...
The unpredictable spring weather in Wyoming conspired to deny Encampment High School’s track team the opportunity to shine over the weekend, as both meets the team planned on attending were nixed due to weather. The March 31 meet in Rawlins, the Rawlins Invite, was canceled due to weather. The April Fool’s Day meet scheduled to be held in Wheatland, the Wheatland Invite, was postponed until May 2 because of weather. Two other East County track teams, Saratoga and Hanna, were scheduled to attend the same events. Saratoga and...
Jim Drever, the Regional Director for the Small Business Development Center (SBDC), wants Carbon County residents to know SBDC is a resource for both those who are thinking of starting a business and those who have been in business for years. SBDC doesn’t charge for its confidential, one-on-one advice concerning starting or helping established businesses. SBDC can help a business with advice on strategic planning, marketing, growth and capital access. “Market research, ris...
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Shannon Fisher sits at a table at the Platte Valley Community Center focused on the lathe in front of him. Next to him is a card table with a crowd playing poker. All around are dozens of people coming and going, most with pool cue cases slung over their shoulders. On the lathe in front of him is part of a pool cue to which Fisher is affixing a tip. The harder tip, he explains, helps the pool player jump the cue ball over an opponent’s ball. Fisher says he’s been coming to the Wyoming Open every year since it began 10 yea...
The Carbon County Sheriff’s Office Victim/Witness Program is reminding county residents of the program’s services to victims of crime during National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. The week is an opportunity to remind citizens of their rights should they ever be in the unfortunate position of being the victim of a crime, said Loretta Hansen, the coordinator of the Victim/Witness program at the Carbon County Sheriff’s Department. “It’s all about really bringing the community together, bringing awareness for the property da...
