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On April 19, the Industrial Siting Council (ISC) held a bifurcated hearing of the TransWest Express Transmission Line and impact funding requests from five affected entities at the Platte Valley Community Center. According to Wyoming State Statutes on sales and use taxes, the five entities; Carbon County, Sweetwater County, City of Rawlins, Town of Sinclair and Town of Saratoga, could have asked for 2.67 percent of the material construction costs, or $24.61 million, in impact funding. The...
The third and final readings of the trio of ordinances aimed at restructuring the Saratoga Airport Board as an advisory board were held during the April 16 meeting of the Saratoga Town Council and were passed unanimously. Council member Steve Wilcoxson was absent, but made known his support for the ordinances in a letter read by Mayor John Zeiger. Ellie Dana, Saratoga Airport Board member, was in attendance and voiced her opinions on, specifically, Ordinance 851, again. Council members also...
Claudia Gail Bartlett, 70, passed away peacefully at her home in Laramie on April 12, 2019. Claudia was born in Fort Collins, Colo. on March 30, 1949, the youngest child of Dorothy (Kuhn) and Leslie H. McCartney of LaPorte, Colo. Claudia lived in LaPorte until she graduated from Poudre High School in 1967. She married Montie E. Munroe in August of that year. She and Montie moved to Encampment, Wyo. in 1972. They had three daughters; Cathy, Monica, and Melissa. Claudia spent all of her adult life in Wyoming. She was very active in the lives of... Full story
Charles David Kessler was born on July 19, 1947 in Flora, Ill. He passed away on April 17, 2019 in Cheyenne. David, a veteran of the United States Army, loved fishing, the outdoors and was past Commander of the American Legion Post No. 54 in Saratoga. David lived in Saratoga for 42 years and is survived by three daughters; Corie, Mary and Brooke; seven grandchildren and one great grandchild. His life was celebrated April 19 at the American Legion in Saratoga.... Full story
The American Legion Post 54 and the American Legion Unit 54 of the American Legion Auxiliary will host the District 6 Spring Conference at the post home in Saratoga on Sunday, April 28. There will be a lunch at 11:30 a.m. for members attending and out of town guests. The lunch will be $5 per person. Meetings for both the Legion and the Auxiliary will follow at 1 p.m. sharp. The Department of Wyoming Officers and the officers of District 6 for both the Legion and Auxiliary will be in attendance. All members of Post 54 and Sons of the American...
The Medicine Bow Town Council met at 7 p.m. on April 8 at the Medicine Bow Community Hall. The mayor and all council members were present. Council member Sharon Biamon said there was a correction to the March 11 minutes where it stated she had voted to enter into a contract with the clinic. She had voted “nay” on the purchase of services contract. Once the correction was noted, the March 11 minutes and agenda for the meeting were approved. The financials were approved immediately after. Sis...
The Riverside Town Council met at 6 p.m. on Thursday at the Riverside Town Hall. All council members and the mayor were in attendance. The minutes from the council meeting on March 21 and the agenda were quickly approved. Financials were gone over by Treasurer/Town Clerk Jan Cook and the council approved the bills. Ashley McKinney, representing The Platte Valley Little League, asked the town for help funding equipment. “Anything you can do for us is appreciated,” McKinney said. The town awa...
We at the Saratoga Sun would like to applaud the Healthcare Sustainability Project Subcommittee (HSPS) for their efforts in trying to usher in a workable healthcare system. It is not just that the group is trying to bring a better medical facility and high quality doctors, nurses and staff to the Valley, it is the way they have gone about it. Representation The HSPS has done a good job representing the entire Valley in choosing their members. Leslie McLinskey is on the subcommittee to represent the Riverside/Encampment part of the Valley and... Full story
The Saratoga Panthers Track and Field team hit the road as they headed to Pine Bluffs on Thursday to compete in the Pine Bluffs Invitational. Saratoga took only six athletes to Pine Bluffs due to them being unable to attend the Okie Blanchard Invite in Cheyenne on April 15. While in Pine Bluffs, Sam Schneider, again, prequalified for the State Championship in multiple events. Girls at Pine Bluffs In the field events, Taylor Bennett placed 6th in the triple jump with a distance of 31’2.75”. In...
On Thursday, the Encampment Tigers were able to hit the road and head to Cheyenne to compete in the Cheyenne Central Invite. While there, the student athletes of Encampment Track and Field placed in several events. “It was really windy at this meet,” said Kegan Willford, head coach for Encampment track, “however, it was still good for the kids to get on a track and compete against other athletes. Our athletes are still working on their conditioning and this meet helped with that as well.” Girls...
"We had some tremendous performances in Pine Bluffs on Thursday," Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) field and track head coach Jackie Jones said. "Another school record was broken that stood dating back to 1985." Jones was talking about the accomplishment of Conor McGraw with his 110 meter hurdle race time of 15.05. His name will go up on the school's sports acknowledgment board with this win. He came in 2nd to his twin brother Shane in the 200 meter race. Shane's time was 23.70, Conor's...
The Healthcare Sustainability Project Subcommittee (HSPS) held an open meeting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 17 to give updates on their healthcare survey results, touch on the financial feasibility study and listen to comments and discussion from the audience. Survey Update Will Faust began the meeting saying the subcommitee had received 441 survey responses, which impressed the subcommittee. Faust reminded the audience that there were surveys in self addressed envelopes at several areas...
The Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD 2) Board of Trustees had a packed house during their April 15 meeting at Hanna, Elk Mountain and Medicine Bow High School. Many in the audience were in attendance to find out the fate of Medicine Bow Elementary School (MBES) and Elk Mountain Elementary School (EMES). Due to low student populations there had been speculation that a closure of one or both schools was a real possibility. Before the decision on the schools fate, the agenda for the...
With the current fiscal year drawing to a close, the Town of Saratoga has spent the last several weeks looking over the general fund in hopes of going into Fiscal Year (FY) 2019/2020 with a balanced budget. As was reported previously (see “Cuts coming” on page 16 of March 27 Saratoga Sun), Councilmember Jon Nelson informed department heads, Mayor John Zeiger and other members of the council that the Town of Saratoga had been overspending over the last four years. Due to this overspending, Nel...