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Visits from the Governor and congresswoman Cynthia Lummis highlighted the three-day Wyoming State Commissioners Association (WCCA) Spring Meeting. Over 90 County Commissioners from all corners of the state met at the Platte Valley Community Center (PVCC) to collaborate and hear from organizations. "This meeting is not so much where we do business like our legislative meeting, which takes place in every other year at a winter meeting," Bob Rolston, WCCA president and Sheridan County Commissioner...
Hanna-Elk Mountain-Medicine Bow senior Quade Palm was selected as the new Wyoming Future Farmers of America (FFA) Association President for 2014-2015. Palm, who is from Medicine Bow, is the first Carbon County student to receive the honor in 32 years. The last recipient from the county was Jim Hinkle, who became president as a senior at Little Snake River Valley High School and member of the LSRV FFA Chapter. Hinkle now resides in Saratoga. Palm will serve as president until April of 2015, and s...
Parker James McKinney and Brady Patrick McKinney were born April 10, 2014 in Cheyenne. Parker weighed 6 lbs 2 oz and was 19 inches long, and Brady weighed 7 lbs and 20 inches long. Proud parents are Chad and Anndee McKinney. Maternal grandmother is Pam Meyer, of Saratoga. Paternal grandparents are Jimmy and Sandy McKinney, of Encampment. Chad and Anndee both grew up in the Platte Valley. Chad graduated from Encampment High School, and Anndee graduated from Saratoga High School. Chad and Anndee...
Tyler and Marie Christen are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Tylie Anne. Tylie was born in Steamboat Springs, on April 15, 2014 at 5:58 a.m. She weighed 8 pounds 6 ounces and was 21 inches long. Paternal grandparents are Thomas and Theresa Christen, of Waunakee, Wis. Maternal grandparents are Peter Tran, of Placentia, Calif., and Anne Nguyen, of Plano, Texas. Paternal great-grandparents are Dorothy Christen, of Monticello, Wis., Lucy Barman, of Waunakee, Wis. and Alfred Barman of...
Laura Nell Ellis, 74, of Saratoga passed away at her home on April 24, 2014 surrounded by her loving family after a courageous battle with cancer. Laura Nell was born on Oct. 31, 1939 in Laramie, to Orval and Nellie White Wallis. She lived on various ranches in and around the Laramie area and moved to Saratoga in 1956 when her parents purchased the Campbell Ranch on Pass Creek. In 1956 she met the love of her life, Don Ellis, at a dance in Valley Station. They were married in Laramie on Nov....
Ginny Riddick passed away April 24, 2014. A memorial service will take place at a later date. Ginny was born March 2, 1939 in Erie, Pa. On Jan. 20, 1965 she married Jack Riddick. A full obituary will appear in a later edition of the Saratoga Sun. Condolences can be sent to Jack at PO Box 754, Saratoga, WY 82331 or you can visit him at 1011 W. Farm St. in Saratoga....
John Glode passed away April 29, 2014. A rosary is planned for Monday at 7 p.m. at St. Ann’s Catholic Church. The funeral service is planned for Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. A complete obituary will appear in next week’s Saratoga Sun....
Jeff Goolsby passed away April 29, 2014. Services are pending. A complete obituary will appear in the Saratoga Sun at a later date....
Stantec, the company in charge of the North Platte River Restoration Project, will be in Saratoga this week. On May 4 and 5, representatives from Stantec will arrive in the Platte Valley for a site visit, and could potentially start assessing the river given water flows are high enough. Jeff Streeter, North Platte River Restoration Project Manager, said regardless whether or not Stantec will survey the river, he and aquatic habitat biologist Christina Barrineau will be hosting a public meeting... Full story
Saratoga residents will have an opportunity to make their town even more beautiful this weekend with the Saratoga Clean-up Days. Held annually the first weekend in May, Clean-up Days allows residents to dispose of their long-accumulated waste. “It’s just an attempt to clean up our town,” Randy Raymer, Chairman of the Upper North Platte River Solid Waste District said. “It’s an organized effort that the community participates in.” Residents are allowed to dispose of recycling, trash and other w... Full story
Our life in the Valley is what some folks like to call bucolic. It could also be termed sedate, leisurely, and even just plain slow. Several restaurants around the valley boast a sign that says “If you are in a hurry, you are in the wrong place.” People who are in a hurry here are more than likely to be a little frustrated. I remember when I moved here my bosses at the time would take me out to lunch. While I was anxious that this was regularly taking longer than an hour, my employers did...
As he wrapped up his speech and finished shaking hands with county commissioners at their Spring Meeting Thursday, Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead (R) took time to sit down with the Saratoga Sun to answer questions about Saratoga, the upcoming election and controversial issues in the Platte Valley. Re-election Gov. Mead, who will be up for re-election in November, said though he has a tough battle ahead of him, his record speaks for itself. "When I first came to office, unemployment was at about 6.4...
Community members can unite as one voice in prayer this week, in honor of the 63rd annual observance of the National Day of Prayer. At noon tomorrow, community members can join Rev. Susan Dyer of St. Barnabas’ Episcopal Church at Saratoga’s Community Meditation Garden, to participate in “One Voice, United in Prayer”. The garden is located next to the church and across from the Saratoga Post Office. One Voice, United in Prayer is this year’s theme for the National Day of Prayer, and, according to the National Day of Prayer Task Force, emphasize... Full story
Two Encampment High School seniors received four-year college scholarships from the Daniels Scholarship program, which awards students for their character, leadership and commitment to giving back to the community. Out of around 2,500 applicants, Matt Jarrett and Brett Miller, both of whom will attend the University of Wyoming this fall, earned a place in the Daniels Scholarship Program for their exceptional traits. The two students interviewed for the position with business leaders in Laramie,...
Encampment K-12 School English teacher Leslie McLinskey made the top three for Wyoming Teacher of the Year award. McLinskey was named Carbon County School District No. 2 Teacher of the Year last year, after being nominated by Pam Kraft, former art teacher at Encampment K-12 School. McLinskey began teaching at Encampment K-12 School in 2002, and attended Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa, where she received degrees in English and education. After receiving District Teacher of the Year,...
Last weekend’s Wyoming State Art Symposium was quite eventful for Saratoga High School’s Nouveau Art Club, which earned two blue ribbons and a University of Wyoming art scholarship. Winning out of more than 4,000 submitted art pieces, the club’s blue-ribbon earners were Kaleah McClain, for her piece titled “Tribal Gathering”, and Ben Falk, for “Hummingbird Haven”. Club president Aubree Neville connected with the University of Wyoming’s art professors at the event, and applied for and won a scholarship for studies in the art department next...
Each student at Medicine Bow Elementary was given bright teal shirts with the words "Earth Day" written across the front. They wore those shirts while they spent the day cleaning up their town. To the student's dismay, they couldn't keep the shirts just yet. So they handed their shirts to teachers Shelley Cooper and Heather Booth, who gave it to the secretary Courtney Priest. "If we let the kids keep them, we might not get them back," Priest said jokingly. "They will wear these shirts to school...
Saratoga High School's track team boasted several state qualifiers last weekend, according to meet results from the Carbon County Invite at Rawlins High School. All three of Saratoga's boys' relay teams managed to break into the top three Friday, and the 4x100 team, which received third place, was the one to qualify for the Wyoming State Track and Field Championships. The team, made up of Seth Harrison, Hunter Mason, Tate Stinson and Kyle Bartlett, qualified with a time of 46.28. Individually,...
With four top-three placings, two young Lady Tigers showed great effort at the Carbon County Track and Field Invite. Sophomore Alyssa Barkhurst, who earned two first-placements at state last year, proved her power with three top-three earnings from the Friday invite, which took place at Rawlins High School. She received first in the 100 meter dash, second in the long jump and third in the 100 meter hurdles. Freshman McKenzie Powell came up close with second place in the 300 meter hurdles, and...
Reprint of this story from the May 2, 1906 issue of The Grand Encampment Herald brought to you courtesy of Grandma’s Cabin, Encampment, Wyoming. Preserving History - Serving the Community. ON BEAVER CREEK News of the Promising Properties in the Vicinity of Downington The town of Downington, Wyo., ten miles east of Grand Encampment, is considerably stirred up over the recent discoveries in Beaver Creek Canon, a couple of miles from town. Mineral has been uncovered in a number of places showing good values in copper and gold. One group c...
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) is in need of volunteer instructors to teach hunter education throughout Wyoming. The need for hunter education classes and instructors is magnified this time of year, with spring and summer classes filling quickly, according to Jim Dawson, Hunter Education coordinator. Each spring sees volunteers offering the greatest number of classes, followed by the big rush of last minute interest for classes in August and September. Some communities occasionally experience low numbers of class offerings due to... Full story
At Deseret Health and Rehab, residents enjoyed many activities throughout the week. The Activity Department offers a wide variety of activities each week to meet the residents’ interests, as well as the physical, mental and psychological well-being of each resident. With spring nearly here, we are going to get the facility’s garden going again. If anyone from the community is interesting in assisting in this project to prepare the ground and then plant seeds, please call Brenda Eaton, our Director of Nursing. Games throughout the week pro...
From April 21, 2014 to April 27, 2014, the Saratoga Police Department responded to 105 calls including the following classifications: Agency assistance, (1); alarm (3); ambulance (1); assist business (1); bar check (15); business checks (35); citizen assist (1); dog at large (2); barking dog complaint (1); lost dog (2); dog tag (1); hot pool check (11); hot pool violations (1); larceny (1); lockout (1); lost property (1); parking problem (1) traffic accident with damage (2); record check (1); recovered stolen property (1); school zones (7);...