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Approximately 200 citizens from the region were present at the final public meeting for the West Side Snowy Range Travel Management Notice of Proposed Action (NPA). The meeting was held directly after the Carbon County Commissioners meeting at 5 p.m. on April 21 at the Platte Valley Community Center. Although there were varying comments from the public, there was one common thread. The public needs more time to process. During the two and a half hour public meeting, there were approximately 25... Full story
Previous to the final public meeting for the West Side Snowy Range Travel Management Notice of Proposed Action (NPA), the Carbon County Commissioners spent time reviewing the stance that they would like to take, as the deadline to submit their comments was Tuesday. The meeting was held at 2 p.m., April 21 at the Platte Valley Community Center in Saratoga—previous to the third and final public meeting for the NPA. Dan Runner, Vice President of Loans at Rawlins National Bank, made a comment to t... Full story
The friendly, vibrant lady with the thick Italian accent who was affectionately known around Saratoga as "Nana" passed away this week. Elvira M. "Nana" Cerise, 95, died Friday, April 24, 2015 at the new end-of-life care facility at the Deseret Health and Rehab. Funeral services are scheduled for Friday, May 1, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Ann's Catholic Church with Father Joey Buencamino officiating. Interment will follow in the family plot at the Saratoga Cemetery. Elvira (pronounced Elveera) was born...
Kay Fleming, of Riverside passed away April 26 at Ivinson Memorial Hospital in Laramie, Wyo. She was born Aug. 29, 1944 to Katherine and Boyce Weakley in Sterling, Colo. Kay attended the University of Colorado-Boulder and majored in archeology. She married Phil Fleming Jan. 2, 1966 and lived in Winter Park, Colo., where she worked as the marketing department secretary for Winter Park Ski Resort. In 1998, Kay started her own business and was the distributor for Mountain Man Nut and Fruit Co.,...
Funeral services for Karen L. Anderson, of Henderson, Nev., will be held on May 1, 8:40 a.m. at the Boulder City Veterans Cemetery. Karen passed away on April 22, 2015, following a lengthy illness. She was born in Afton, Wyo., on Aug. 22, 1948 to Doyle and Aloha Thompson. She married Butch Garetson in 1965 in Saratoga and a son, Steven, was born. They later divorced and Karen and her son moved to Reno in 1969, working as a waitress. In 1970 she married Andy Anderson and a daughter, Tammy was born. In 1971 she began working in Keno at Mapes... Full story
As the town nears the end of its budget sessions with the departments, the Saratoga Town Council will start studying the revenue side, Saratoga Mayor Ed Glode said. For the past three weeks, each department has been meeting with the Saratoga Town Council and explaining to them the needs for each department. “There has been good cooperation and I think the council is enjoying the process,” Glode said. Every department is different, Glode explained. The last session is Thursday, where the cou...
The River Restoration meeting held at 1 p.m. on April 22, at the Saratoga Town Hall ended with the committee further informed regarding the Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR). According to Glen Leavengood, Administrative District Manager for the Saratoga Encampment Rawlins Conservation District (SERCD), an employee from the Department of Agriculture was going to attend the meeting to explain the specifics of a Watershed Improvement District; however, at the last minute he was unable to attend. Although the employee was unable to attend the...
This newspaper is my 501st issue of the Saratoga Sun. I know this, because we were talking about it the other day and I decided to take the time to add it up. In 19 short weeks, I will have completed 10 years at the Saratoga Sun. I say “short weeks”, because since I started working at the Saratoga Sun, boy does time fly. My weekly joke is if I put out a perfect paper, I will retire. Well, as you can clearly see, retirement will have to wait. Earlier this month as I was taking photos at prom, I r...
Dear Editor, We attended the public meeting on Tuesday regarding proposed road closures by the Forest Service. I would like to compliment the Forest Service and Melanie Fullman, District Ranger, on their professional conduct. Public employees are often accused of mismanagement of funds and also of having too many employees. This was brought up several times by some of the attendees. I am not sure where they obtain this information or was it just an assumption. I do know that budgets are being cut to many agencies both at the state and national...
Dear Editor; In response to Linda Huntley’s letter last week regarding handicap access to the Health Fair Blood Draws, we apologize for any inconvenience that our location may have caused Mrs. Huntley or anyone else. We moved the Health Fair to the Platte Valley Community Center several years ago in order to accommodate more individuals, offering more phlebotomy stations as well as data entry/cashiers, a food area, and health screening areas for blood pressure, bone density, etc. In prior years we were located at the Senior Center which was v...
In the April 21 Travel Management Land meeting, a comment was made by a member of the audience that maybe the state of Wyoming should take over the public lands like the state of Utah is trying to do with the passing of legislation. While we all agree that we need more time to come up with alternatives for the Travel Management Project – we need to take a step back and look at the forces that started this process to begin with and what the consequences could be for rash reactions. The sale of federal public lands to the state of Wyoming m...
Dear Editor, I attended the meeting hosted by the National Forest Service on 4/21/15 in Saratoga. I was given the chance to speak and gave my comments on several topics but unfortunately was given the “times-up” by the monitor so I appreciate the Saratoga Sun’s involvement to continue the dialog of the forest service planning of closing roads that are dear to many people, many of which could not attend this meeting. My son and I drove over from Laramie where we live. I grew up in Rawlins and Saratoga and still do most of my hunting, fishi...
8th grade student, Morgan Dale from Encampment was one of the six essays chosen from over 100 submissions, and placed third in the Division One 7th-9th grade in a regional essay contest sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League. Dale chose to write her essay on Susan B. Anthony, the famed women's rights pioneer, since this year's theme was, "A Tribute to Moral Courage: Standing Up Against Injustice." Dale immediately thought of Anthony as the subject of her essay, "She is so inspirational because...
Future scribes scribbled their way to several awards last week when students from Encampment, Medicine Bow, and Saratoga were announced as the 2015 District Young Authors Winners for Carbon County School District #2 (CCSD#2). The Wyoming Young Authors contest is a writing contest for grades Kindergarten through 12th grade and is sponsored by the Wyoming Reading Council. Students are invited to write original, creative non-fiction, fiction and poetry. According to Encampment english teacher...
Red Cross workers noticed something interesting in Louisiana as they were responding to the Hurricane Katrina disaster; many of the college students in their shelters had grabbed a pillowcase and filled it up with basic necessities when they had evacuated from their dorms. Ten years later the idea has evolved into a Disney-sponsored program by the Red Cross to teach emergency preparedness to children aged nine to 11 all across America. Ari Denson of Americorps, was at the Saratoga Elementary...
Road work on the First Street Bridge in Saratoga will begin May 4 according to Aaron Spenny with the Woming Department of Transportation (WYDOT). Spenny was on the town of Saratoga Town Council agenda April 21 to explain the work that will be done on the bridge, which is serviced by WYDOT. First Street is Highway 230/130 through Saratoga. Spenny explained a signal light will located on the bridge as traffic will be down to one lane during the construction period, which is expected to last...
Composer Peter George is returning to his first love after 35 years away from the piano. George has always loved the piano, which he considers to be a "virtual orchestra", but had to set his passion aside while pursuing a successful career as a front-of-house sound engineer. Finally, according to George, it was time to get back on the bench. "Every moment it was eating at me to get back to the piano," George said of the decision to pursue his interest in using the piano to go through a story...
The National Honor Society is sponsoring a blood drive through the United Services Blood Drive from 1 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. May 12 at the Saratoga Middle/High School. To set up an appointment to donate blood, contact the school at 307-326-5246....
Space is still available for the Polarity Thinking Workshop, according to Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce Chief Executive Officer Stacy Crimmins. The class is from 2-5 p.m., Thursday at the Platte Valley Community Center. Guest speaker Jake Jacobs, president of Global Consulting Services, will teach people how to raise awareness of their leadership strengths and how to build upon them; recognize what is missing; gain clarity about what makes them successful; improve leadership performance; create synergy over time though greater...
Karen C. Russell, of Encampment High School, has been selected the 73rd session of the American Legion Auxiliary Wyoming Girls State to be held on the campus of Northwest College in Powell. Girls State takes place from June 6-13. The American Legion Auxiliary Girls State was established in 1941 and is an annual program designed as a practical experience in self-government, based on Wyoming State Government. Wyoming Girls State is non-partisan and non-political in that no existing party is promoted. The program emphasizes the importance of...
The Encampment Lady Tigers Relay team broke their school record by six seconds on April 22 when the Encampment Tigers track and field team competed at the Rawlins Invite. The relay team members, Ashlynn Johnson, Cassidy Little, Micaiah Pantle, and McKenzie Powell took first place on the 4x800 meter relay with their time of 11 minutes 13.66 seconds which also pre-qualified them for state competition. Other notable finishes for the girls team were Ashlynn Johnson’s second place finish in the 1...
The Saratoga Men’s Golf League tees off at 4:30 p.m., May 6 to begin its season. Saratoga Resort and Spa golf pro, Matt Daubner, will select the play of the day. Interested men can join the league on that day if they have not already signed up....
The Saratoga Middle High School Track team had two track meets last week. The Rawlins Invite was postponed April 17 because of a major snowstorm. The Saratoga team traveled to Rawlins to compete on April 22. In Rawlins the girls track team place fifth, with the boys placing third. On Friday, the SMHS Track team traveled to Douglas to compete. The girls team placed 15th and the boys placed ninth. Considering the fact that at both meets, the team was competing against 3A schools in many events,...