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Margaret Weber, owner of the Bear Trap Bar & Café in Riverside, knew she didn’t want to be in Seattle anymore. As she thought of new enterprises, the Platte Valley was an easy choice—Weber had worked at A Bar A Ranch while in college and recalled going to the Pine Lodge during that time. The Pine Lodge went up for sale, but she missed her chance. However, Weber heard that she could probably buy the Bear Trap, and before she knew it she moved out to Riverside to manage the bar and rest...
The Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust is seeking nominations for the Kurt Bucholz Award, which honors an individual who exemplifies the core beliefs held by Kurt Bucholz, D.V.M. during his lifetime of dedicated public service and commitment to conservation. The award was created in memory of Bucholz, a legislator and rancher from Saratoga, Wyo. His wife, Laura Bucholz, and the Stock Growers Land Trust Board of Directors established the award in Bucholz’s name in 2008. The award is presented each year to an individual who represents his conservat...
Kenneth E. "Andy" Anderson, a partner in Saratoga Land and Cattle Company, died of natural causes in Port Charlotte, Fla. on Thursday, March 31. He was born in Miller, Kan. on July 29, 1923 to Elsie and Carl Anderson. Shortly after his father died in 1935, he moved to Ottawa, Kan. with his mother, younger brother and sister. He graduated from Ottawa High School and subsequently enrolled in Washburn University in Topeka, Kan. and Washington University in St. Louis where he had received an art sch...
With graduation just around the corner, and the Platte Valley Legacy Foundation (PVLF) sitting on $10,000 in scholarship funds, Susan Wallace, secretary for the foundation, is keen to get the word out. The money is there, and the foundation is eager to help area high schoolers. “Every year this foundation grows,” she said, of the 501 (c)(3) organization she helps direct. When it began in 2006, there were only four members of the board of directors, and they gave out $2,000 in scholarships. In...
The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) is currently soliciting funding requests for local natural resources projects through the Medicine Bow-Routt Resource Advisory Council (RAC). The USFS is seeking recommendations for projects to fund that will enhance or improve forest ecosystems, land health or water quality, according to an April 4 news release by the USFS. The proposals are due by May 6. For Carbon County, the amount of money allocated for this round of funding is $43,578 according to the release, and there is another $12,524 in funds earmarked...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in Cheyenne announced that it is seeking applications for grants and loans to establish or expand businesses in rural areas. According to the USDA’s news release, the agency has $37 million to be loaned, and $11 million in grants available. The funds are earmarked for businesses that will either create or retain jobs in rural areas, the agency said in the release. The loans and grants can be used for new business startups or expansions of existing businesses, the release said. “Our small, rural bus...
There it sits. Holed up in a corner of your house specially designed to accommodate it. It works tirelessly—24 hours a day, seven days a week—with little or no complaint (mine groans occasionally). It captivates your attention for large chunks of time. This boxy device bears the weight of your kitschy sayings, destination memories and kid’s artworks. Of course I am talking about the relatively unheralded refrigerator. It used to be an ice-box in simpler times, but then (as evidence autom...
Each year, the Carbon County Sheriff’s Victim/Witness Program recognizes National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. April 10 - 16, marks the annual observances of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week by promoting victims’ rights and honoring crime victims. The 2016 theme, “Serving Victims; Building Trust; Restoring Hope,” reminds communities that coming together to support and assist victims helps build trust, restore hope, and break the cycle of violence. Each year there is the opportunity to highlight the diversity of our communities, expand partner...
Fire crews working at the Medicine Bow National Forest hope to conduct a prescribed burn in the northwest portion of the Sierra Madre Range sometime in the next month. The burn units are located on National Forest System lands managed by the Brush Creek-Hayden Ranger District, west of Encampment. The primary burn unit will include 609 acres in the Divide Peak area and is part of the Divide Peak Prescribed Burn Project. Located on the northern end of the Sierra Madre range, this project area encompasses about 1,600 acres and is expected to...
The Wyoming Natural Resource Foundation (WNRF) will be awarding the annual Gary Beach memorial scholarship. This $1,200 scholarship for the 2016-2017 school year is available to University of Wyoming students enrolled at the junior level or higher. The Gary Beach scholarship was created in 2006 in honor of Gary Beach, a long time Department of Environmental Quality employee. Beach served for several years as the administrator of the water quality division and was instrumental in working with local conservation districts to establish the local...
The Wyoming 1A/2A State Champion Carbon County School District No. 2 speech and debate team will host its annual Speech Night at 8 p.m. April 11 at the Platte Valley Community Center. The public is eagerly encouraged to attend. The evening will include awards, refreshments and presentations by team members. “This is a chance for anybody who’s curious to come see what these students do so well,” assistant coach Kate Sherrod said. “We can describe it all we want, but nothing beats seeing these kids actually performing.” The event will take plac...
Bad weather in Wheatland meant both Saratoga and Encampment schools’ track teams stayed home this weekend rather than attending the Wheatland Invite that had been scheduled for Saturday. According to SHS track coach Rex Holnholt, the event in Wheatland was canceled because the town had 14 inches of snow and the track facility was not ready. This will not affect rankings for the teams that were unable to attend, Holnholt said. There are two meets scheduled this week, the Okie Blanchard meet at Cheyenne East on April 8, and the Guernsey Invite i...
The Carbon County Library System announced several special events this month, including National Library Week, which runs from April 11 to April 16. Other events for the month include the Encampment School Art Show display, a book discussion group and a celebration of Drop Everything and Read Month. According to a release by the Carbon County Library, during Drop Everything and Read Month, visitors to the library will receive a free book bag, book marks and stickers. The library also said it encourages parents to obtain library cards for...
Katie Loose, Bradley Bifano and Thomas Ingraham, of Saratoga High School (SHS), took second in Emerging Business Issues as a team at the state Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) competition from March 17-19. Bifano was also third in Computer Applications, fourth in Spreadsheet Applications and fourth in Word Processing. Sarah Burton took fifth in Word Processing. Jared Mason, the supervising teacher, said there were about 700 people at the Cheyenne event. "FBLA is regardless of school...
Perri Freeman, of Hanna-Elk Mountain-Medicine Bow (HEM) High School, and Ellen Kenneda, of Elk Mountain, were selected to attend the 74th session of American Legion Auxiliary Wyoming Girls State to be held on the campus of Northwest College in Powell, June 11-18. American Legion Auxiliary Girls State was established in 1941 as an annual program for practical experience in self-government, based on Wyoming State Government. Wyoming Girls State was not held in 1944 and 1945 due to WWII. Girls State is non-partisan and non-political in that no...
Late Saturday night, a young gentleman won nearly $2,000 betting $100 a throw on who could pitch quarters the closest to a spot on top of a pool table. Railbirds are strange creatures. Whether they're flocking around a hold 'em game or pacing the perimeter of a pool hall, they always have fascinating conversations to listen to and peculiar practices to observe. A colorful crowd of this breed descended on Saratoga over the weekend, bringing a carnival atmosphere to the Valley, and a formidable...
The first canister of inert bear spray that Dan Thompson triggered in the parking lot of the Saratoga Town Hall was a dud. "That's why you don't let them expire," Thompson told the assembled group of about 25. Thompson is the supervisor for the Wyoming Fish and Game Department's (WGFD) Large Carnivore Management Section. He explained that the chemical irritant in the canisters could retain its potency after expiration, but if the propellent leaked out the mace-like substance would be ineffective...
Antler shed gatherers and all recreationists need to drive on existing roads. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) reminds people planning to drive on public lands this spring that it is illegal to travel off existing roads in a motorized vehicle. Wyoming’s shed antler law prohibits the collection of shed antlers and horns from January 1 through April 30 on public lands west of the Continental Divide, excluding the Great Divide Basin, and until May 15 on some habitat management areas. A citation for riding a motorized vehicle off existing r...