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What does a Wyoming girl with degrees in History and International Relations do after graduation? Pat Stuart parlayed them into a berth at the CIA. Wyoming author and former CIA officer, Pat Stuart, will relate "True Stories from the Espionage Wars" 7 p.m. May 10, in the Saratoga Library. She will present stories from her career, and that of her colleagues, demonstrating the role and utility of espionage in America's defense during the free public program sponsored by...
On April 24, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) came to the Hanna Recreation Center to gauge the public's opinion on a proposed PacifiCorp construction of a new and upgraded 230-kV transmission line. The new construction would involve almost two miles of interconnection line from the BLM permitted Gateway West segment to the existing Shirley Basin substation, which crosses private land and land administered by the State of Wyoming. Charts and photographs were presented so...
When the Landscape Vegetation Analysis (LaVA) project was first conceived, it was understood by the United States Forest Service (USFS) something of this scale would require partnerships across multiple agencies. From other federal agencies, like Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to state agencies, like the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD). Katie Cheesbrough, the terrestrial habitat biologist for WGFD, is just one of several people involved in the project. Cheesbrough...
On Wednesday at 9 a.m. there was a Hanna Elementary School Science Expo where the 4th-6th graders were broken into teams of three and presented different experiments to the entire school body. The "A-mazing Rabbits" were a definite hit far as students wanting to watch the bunnies do their thing. The experiment was to see which gender completed a maze faster. In the trials, the female had gotten her time down to 30 seconds while the male took a bit longer. Unfortunately, in...
According to their website, "SkillsUSA Wyoming is a Career-Technical Student Organization serving students in Secondary and Post-Secondary technical, skilled, and service occupations, including health occupations." Saratoga High School students Kelly Glode, Taylor Bennett and Lairren Peebles represented Saratoga at the SkillsUSA Wyoming competition taking the silver. "We got to do a lot more than SkillsUSA when we went to Casper," Peebles said. "We got to tour the Rocky...
A week after hosting the Burt Willford Invite, the Saratoga track team hit the road once again as they traveled to Thermopolis and Lander to compete in the Bobcat Invite on Friday and the Shane Brock Invite on Saturday. Lady Panthers at Thermopolis Taylor Bennett bounded into 1st place in the triple jump with a distance of 34 feet. Bennett also placed 8th in the 100 meter run with a time of 13.51 seconds and 7th in the 200 meter run with a time of 28.25 seconds. Mychaela...
“Thermopolis was a very successful meet for our team on Friday,” Jackie Jones, head coach of the Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School track team said. “Several athletes met personal bests and pre-season goals.” In the long jump Shane McGraw came in 5th. He came in 7th to score points for the team in the boys 100 meter and 1st in the 400 meter relay with a time of 50.63 and 6th in the boys 200 meter. “Shane set a new school record in the 400,” Jones said. His t...
After having performed for the hometown crowd last weekend, the Encampment Tigers left the Valley once again to attend the Thermopolis Bobcat Invite on Friday, May 4 in Thermopolis and the Shane Brock Invite on Saturday, May 5 in Lander. “We had another successful weekend attending two track meets,” said Kegan Willford, head coach of the Encampment track team. “We had more athletes achieve pre-qualifying standards and had four more school records broken.” Lady Tigers at Ther...
Wyoming U.S. Senator (R) John Barrasso came to Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School to meet with students and faculty of the school at 8:30 a.m. on May 1. The meeting was held in the HEM gym. where the senator first spoke about the Hathaway Scholarship and how the funding came about. The Hathaway scholarship was created to provide an incentive for Wyoming students to prepare and pursue after high school education within the state of Wyoming. In 2005, state...
Hanna Agricultural Resource Team (HART) met at 6 p.m. on April 23 at the Hanna Market to go over the possibility of becoming a 501(c)(3) organization. Oliver Tanner, resident of Hanna, told HART of the steps needed to be a non-profit. “There are some steps to becoming a 501(c)(3),” Tanner said. “Step one is actually forming a corporation, so there are going to be some fees involved and we will have to have some bylaws set up in addition to forming a board.” He said by being n...
I thought I had beaten the flu season again this year. Last year I had one day where I had gotten the inklings of being under the weather and I dosed myself with vitamins and rest. It worked and I threw off whatever was knocking at my door. I think, in 15 months, I only missed one day of work due to illness. Many in my office have not been so lucky. The last couple days of April came and I got slam dunked by the flu I had been reading and hearing about. My poor sister got...
The Upper Platte River Solid Waste Disposal District (UPRSWDD) board met for the first time in two months on Wednesday, May 2 at 7 p.m. at the Encampment/Riverside Library in Encampment. The board had not met in April as several members of the board were unavailable and a quorum would not have been possible. This meeting also saw the return of board member Leroy Stephenson, who had a planned absence while he was on vacation. During the site reports, Ron Munson informed the...
Dawrence Wolf, 85, of Saratoga passed away on Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at Platte Valley Medical Clinic. Arrangements are pending at Montgomery-Stryker Funeral Home.... Full story
The Saratoga town council met at 6 p.m. on May 1, approved the agenda and paid bills totaling $195,687.97. Ed Glode, mayor, told the council he had received correspondence from the Saratoga Middle High School inviting them to the 4th annual Fine Arts Festival at 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. After correspondence, the mayor asked if there were any questions from the public. Cindy Bloomquist stepped forward. “I’m talking about the fire at the mill, I am just wondering abo...