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Chuck Bartlett, town engineer for the town of Saratoga, submitted his resignation before the meeting ended Tuesday night. Saratoga Mayor Ed Glode said the council did not act on the resignation Tuesday night. Bartlett's resignation is effective May 27....
By H.B. Lawson On Friday afternoon Deseret Health and Rehab Administrator, Anita Mills received a call from Carbon County Commissioner Sue Jones. Jones informed Mills of a call the commissioner's office had just had concerning the possible imminent closures of Saratoga's Deseret health care facility as well as the Rock Springs Deseret facility. Both the Saratoga and Rock Springs facilities, as well as several others across Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska and Utah are owned by the Deseret Health... Full story
Jeanette Romios passed away at her home on the Romios Ranch southeast of Encampment on April 26. She was 79. Mrs. Romios was born in Encampment on Oct. 1, 1935, the daughter of Oma and Lee Hammer. She attended Encampment schools. After her marriage on Oct. 10, 1951, to Pete F. Romios they lived on the Romios Ranch where they engaged in raising cattle and at times had a few sheep. Her work revolved around the ranch as she helped with haying the summer, driving the power sweep. An avid hunter,...
The Platte Valley Ministerial Association (PVMA) will be hosting a Baccalaureate service on Sunday May 10, 2015 at 7 p.m. for graduates of Encampment, HEM, and Saratoga High Schools. The service will be held at the Platte Valley Community Center. Music will be provided by youth from the community youth group. The speakers for the evening will be athletes from several University of Wyoming athletic teams addressing the graduates on the topic of “Words of Wisdom for Graduates”. Several of these athletes spoke at last fall’s Community Thank...
Scholarship programs in the Platte Valley are most likely seeing an increase in applications this year. Saratoga Middle/High School (SMHS) counselor Dan Marquart has teamed up with SMHS history teacher Jason Williams, who is requiring his students to apply for 10 scholarships. It has been successful, Marquart said, because he is seeing more scholarship applications and handing out more transcripts than he has in the last several years. Completing scholarships can be a daunting experience for...
For the past four out of five years, Carbon County Emergency Management Coordinator John Zeiger has been preparing communities for floods in Carbon County. This year, there is not enough snowpack to generate significant flooding in Carbon County, according to Jim Fahey, hydrologist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Even though the flood potential is low, Zeiger is still working on flood plans to meet requirements for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). This...
When Gene Roddenberry pitched his idea for “Star Trek” to paramount pictures he called it “Wagon Train to the Stars”—a twist on a popular western television series in the 50s called “Wagon Train” which chronicled the drama of intrepid pioneers that ventured into the unknown mystery of the wild west. Roddenberry’s idea was that someday in the future there would be a next generation of explorers and frontiersmen that would set out across the vast expanse of space to homestead new worlds. In the...
Dear Editor: I want to give a very sincere “thank you” to so many people in the Saratoga-Encampment area, and even beyond, for all the kindness and friendship extended to my parents, Ardyce and Maynard Hoem, over the many years they lived and worked in the valley. They are certainly missed by the family, and I am sure there is someone out there today who would enjoy just one more visit with “Buck” about some work horses or rainbow trout, or lone last cup of coffee with Ardyce while visiting about a new quilt, or maybe about her varied experie...
Parents and teachers roped in the wee members of next year's kindergarten class during Saratoga Elementary's annual Kindergarten Round-up last Thursday. The matriculating pre-schoolers were brought in to meet with their kindergarten teachers. The future students were given an assessment by the kindergarten teachers who were on hand to check the preschoolers knowledge of basic shapes and colors before being given speech tests by Deborah Kimber and vision tests by various members of the...
Six students returned from the Wyoming SkillsUSA competition in Cheyenne last month with placings from first place to sixth place in the statewide competition. SkillsUSA Wyoming is a Career-Technical Student Organization serving students in secondary and post-secondary technical, skilled, and service occupations, including health occupations, according to the SkillsUSA Wyoming website. There are more than 100 different contests for students in SkillsUSA to compete in from construction to...
It's not unusual to see bicyclers traveling through Saratoga, since the town is located on the TransAmerica Bicycle Trail. Unless it is in April. Two bicyclists stopped in Saratoga April 26 and were enjoying some craft beer at the Saratoga Resort and Spa. They really didn't want to bike out to Saratoga Lake Campground after they day they had. Kim and Vince Hytrek overheard them and offered them an option–camp in their backyard. The two young men gladly accepted. On April 27, Dan Riccio, of P...
Saratoga High School Senior Andrew Oiler topped the pole vault record set by Anthony Samson in 2012. Samson had broken the previous 21- year record in 2012 during state competition with a 12 foot 6 inch vault. Oiler's 12'8" pole vault took place on the home field during the Burt Willford Memorial Meet. Oiler tried to break his own record with a 13' pole vault. Oiler made three attempts and managed to clear the bar, but as he came down on the other side his chin clipped the bar. "I couldn't have...
Both the Encampment boys and girls track team went home with second place medals from the Burt Willford Memorial Meet Saturday. The boys scored 115 points, while the girls picked up 83 points. As usual, McKenzie Powell led her team with three first place finishes in individual events – the 400-meter dash, the long jump and the triple jump. Ashlynn Johnson added to the score with her first-place finish in the 1600-meter run and the high jump. Cassidy Little picked up a second-place finish in t...
Girls Results 100-Meter Dash Cheyanne Jordan, 14.57, 6th place 400-Meter Dash McKenzie Powell, 1:02.93, 1st place 800-Meter Run Cassidy Little, 2:47.05, 2nd place Micaiah Pantle, 3:00.99, 4th place 1600-Meter Run Ashlynn Johnson, 6:36.05, 1st place 4x800-Meter Relay, 11:04.93, 2nd place Cassidy Little; Micaiah Pantle; Ashlynn Johnson; McKenzie Powell Long Jump McKenzie Powell, 15' .5", 1st place Triple Jump McKenzie Powell, 32'2.0", 1st place Micaiah Pantle, 25'3.0", 6th place Shot Put Makayla...
Girls results 100-Meter Dash Shaelee Hamann, 14.8, 8th place tie 200-Meter Dash Allison Falk, 31.06, 4th place Sarah Burton, 33.55, 8th place 400-Meter Dash Mati Love, 1:20.64, 4th place 800-Meter Run Kelsie Samson, 2:51.88, 3rd place 1600-Meter Run Katie Loose, 6:46.08, 2nd place 100-Meter Hurdles Meredith Lincoln, 18.22, 1st place 300-Meter Hurdles Veronica Lincoln, 57.60, 2nd place 4x100-Meter Relay, 1:00.52, 1st place Allison Falk; Shaelee Hamann; Merdith Lincoln; Veronica Lincoln...
Tuesday morning, it was business as usual at Deseret Health and Rehab. One glaring difference is that the phone is being answered Valley View Healthcare, which is the former name of the nursing home. The nursing home was built in 1975 by Kendall McBride and was operated by him and his sister Carolyn Vyvey for seven years. The Saratoga Lions Club had guaranteed the bond. If the bonds were not paid, the members of the Lions Club would personally be responsible for the loan, according to an...