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"Fungi Fun", the basics of collecting and cultivating mushrooms, will be featured at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 23 at the Saratoga Branch Library at 503 West Elm Ave. in Saratoga. Friends of the Saratoga Library, in conjunction with the Community Garden, will host local mushroom hobbyist Susan Marich for the free public program. Treats, possibly mushrooms, will be served following the presentation. For the past six years, from early spring to late fall, Marich has been gathering...
The Carbon County Impact Joint Powers Board (CCIJPB) put their proposed rate structure to the test on April 10 as they held a workshop before their regular meeting. As was reporting previously (see “Reviewing rates” on page 8 of the March 20 Saratoga Sun), the CCIJPB came to the conclusion to reexamine the water rate structure following several months of discussion that began with outdated billing of the Old Baldy Club (OBC). The hope with the workshop was that both residents...
Despite a continued struggle to maintain a quorum, the Saratoga Planning Commission was able to conduct a fair amount of business as they met on April 9 at the Saratoga Town Hall. While acting chairman Tom Westring and town council representative Bob Keel were in physical attendance, commission member Jim Beckmann joined by phone while Chris Duke was absent. During the hour long meeting, the commission approved a special use permit for Saratoga resident Kathy Wallace, discusse...
The South Central Wyoming Emergency Medical Services (SCWEMS) board met at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 9 at the Riverside Town Hall. All members of the board were present with the exception of Ralph Brokaw. Chaiman John Rutherford opened the meeting and had guests to the meeting introduce themselves. Kyle Warren with the Hanna EMR station introduced himself first while members of the media, Saratoga Mayor John Zieger, Carbon County Commissioner Sue Jones, Saratoga Care Center...
The Saratoga Panthers, while originally scheduled to attend the Burns Invite on April 12, were supposed to attend the Okie Blanchard Invite in Cheyenne following a decision made by the track and field coaches. The invite, which had originally been scheduled for April 11, had been rescheduled for April 12, but was then rescheduled, again, for April 15. Despite the meet taking place on a Monday, the track and field athletes of Saratoga were still able to attend and did well,...
The good showings the Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School track and field team has been having in the past couple weeks came to a halt on Friday with cancellation of the Kaycee Invite. The weather was to blame for the Miners staying home. The next scheduled meet is the Pine Bluffs Invite on April 18....
While the Encampment Tigers had every intention of heading over to Cheyenne to compete in the Okie Blanchard Invite in Cheyenne on April 12, which had been rescheduled from April 11, but the track and field athletes were given a false start. The invitational meet was, again, rescheduled for April 15. Due to this, the Encampment Tigers did not compete this weekend. The next scheduled meet for Encampment will be on April 18 at the Pine Bluffs Invite in Pine B...
Nobody reads the paper. While this statement, for the most part, seems to be made without any ill intent—it doesn’t reduce the sting to those who work for a newspaper. It is no secret that the industry has been having a very public struggle for the past several years. On the national level, newspapers across the United States have either merged or closed for good. According to a report from the University of North Carolina Center for Innovation & Sustainability in Local Med... Full story
The Encampment Town Council met at 7 p.m. on Thursday at the Encampment Town Hall where three council members and the mayor were in attendance. Shannon Fagan was absent. The agenda and minutes from the March 14 town council were quickly approved. Financials were approved at $44, 320.04. Sid Fox, Planning Director for Carbon County, was the first guest of the council. “I am here with Sue Jones, the county commissioner, to talk about a memorandum of understanding (MOU) b...
The Hanna Town Council met at 6 p.m. on April 9 at the Hanna Town Hall with mayor Lois Buchanan and council members Bob Patton, Sammy Sikes and Linda Schisel in attendance. Council member Tracy Fowler was absent. The agenda and minutes from the March 12 council meeting were approved in the first few moments. Patton gave the council an update on the Carbon County Council of Governments (CCCOG) meeting on March 20 in Sinclair (see “Tax talk at CCCOG meeting” on page 1 of the...
Platte Valley Kiwanis held a traveling bake sale fund raiser on March 21. Thanks to the generous support of the community, the club raised over $850. Proceeds from the bake sale will be used for scholarships, Mother’s Day gifts for residents at the Saratoga Care Center and swim passes at the Saratoga Municipal pool. Scholarship applications are due May 4, 2019. Platte Valley Kiwanis will award a $500 scholarship to a graduating high school senior at both Encampment and Saratoga High Schools. Application forms and i...
As one of Christianity’s main Holy Weeks arrives, many area churches are offering special services. Other organizations are holding Easter egg hunts. Following is a list of those services and events from all the churches and organizations the Saratoga Sun was able to contact. EASTER WEEK SERVICES Abundant Life Church The Abundant Life Church will be holding a special Easter service at 6 p.m. on Sunday, April 21 at 211 North First St. in Saratoga. Christian Community Church T... Full story
Judith Ann Gervais Riggles passed away on Friday, April 12, 2019 at Memorial Hospital of Carbon County with her husband by her side. She was 78 years old. Judy was born on June 27, 1940 in Sandstone, Minn. to parents Alfred and Treveline (Morin) Gervais. In 1950 she moved with her parents to Kelly Lake, Minn. where she attended Kelly Lake Elementary School and later Hibbing High School. Judy married Maynard (Bill) Riggles on October 12, 1957 in Kelly Lake and later moved to Cass Lake, Minn. In 1966, after their children... Full story
The Upper Platte River Solid Waste Disposal District (UPRSWDD) talked about a wide variety of subjects during their regularly scheduled meeting on April 3 at the Saratoga Town Hall, but most of the topics came under the umbrella discussion of the annual budget as the next fiscal year quickly approaches. Along with discussion of electrical in the new storage building and approving the advertising for the removal of the old storage building at the Saratoga transfer station, the...