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Unofficial results from the May 7 special election on the One Percent Specific Purpose Sales and Use Tax (6th penny tax) showed an overwhelming support for the tax at the polls when they were initially released at 8 p.m. Out of 1,634 ballots cast, 1,236 of them were in favor of the 6th penny tax and put the approval at 75 percent. Only 398, or 24 percent of ballots cast, were against the tax. When official results were released by Gwynn Bartlett, Carbon County Clerk, the following day, those...
“The past council can’t bind this council until 2022. I’m sorry.” This statement, from Mayor John Zeiger, came during the May 7 meeting of the Saratoga Town Council during a discussion of the current lease agreement between the Town of Saratoga and Platte Valley Clinic, LLC., a subsidiary company of Health Manage Services, LLC. (HMS). During their March 5 meeting, the council had made the motion to review the lease in May. Town attorney Tom Thompson was on hand to explain what he saw as deficie...
The Riverside Town Council met on Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Riverside Town Hall to a full house. Mayor Leroy Stephenson and council members Katie Cheesbrough and Fred Lorenz were in attendance. Josh Craig, of Mother Mountain Anglers, came before the council to ask for support for the disc golf event on June 29, the Tale of Two Cities. The town park will be used. The council approved the date and support of $100 for the event. Next, Stephenson acknowledged the 6th Penny Tax had been passed on May...
A common frustration, expressed from town to town, is the inconvenient scheduling of public meetings. Whether on social media, over lunch or in conversation at the post office, the complaint is almost always the same: I would make that meeting if it didn’t already have something going on. I get it. What’s more, my family gets it. At the Saratoga Sun, we cover six communities and five schools with only two reporters and one editor. Our schedules are filled with meetings. Just in Saratoga we hav... Full story
The largest turnout yet was seen at a Healthcare Sustainability Project Subcommittee (HSPS) meeting held Wednesday, May 8 at the Platte Valley Community Center to hear about a proposed Critical Access Hospital (CAH) and ask questions of the presenters. After introductions of the subcommittee and speakers present, the approximately 65 people present watched a video describing the present and possible future situation of healthcare in the Platte Valley. That video is available on...
It can be hard to find someone who isn't familiar with "The Wizard of Oz." The book, written by L. Frank Baum and published in 1900, influenced the 1939 movie starring Judy Garland. On May 12, the Saratoga Middle/High School (SM/HS) Drama Club presented their own rendition of the famed children's novel. Despite it being 119 years (almost to the day) since the book was published, the Saratoga Sun will still issue a spoiler warning. As the curtain opens, the audience is introduced to Dorothy Gail,...
The Saratoga Panthers competed in the 1A/2A West Regional Invite in Shoshoni over the weekend, placing in several events and preparing for the State Track and Field Championship in Casper. Several student athletes left with All-Conference honors or as regional champions. Girls at Regionals Starting with the field events, Taylor Bennett placed 2nd in the triple jump with a distance of 32'8.5" and earned All-Conference honors. Following Bennett was Jenna Dew, who placed 5th in the triple jump...
The Encampment Tigers ventured up to Shoshoni over the weekend to compete in the 1A/2A West Regional Invite as they had one final chance to increase the number of student athletes going to the State Track and Field Championship. With that in mind, the Tigers were able to qualify several more athletes for the state championship with 20 qualifications for state. Encampment also returned home with one of their own as a regional champion in shot put. Girls at Regionals In the field events, senior...
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School track and field team went to regionals in Sheridan and came in 2nd of all the schools that attended. In six of the boys track events, HEM athletes came in 1st. The HEM girl athletes came in 1st in four events. The Miners, as a team, did very well in Sheridan. “We had a tremendous regional meet with our usual suspects doing their jobs and other team members coming through with some amazing performances,” HEM Head Track and Field Coach Jackie...
Spring may feel like it's finally arriving in the Valley, and summer is right behind it, but up on the Snowy Range Scenic Byway it seems as if winter has no intention of letting go. While the "official" date declaring the beginning of summer may vary depending on who you ask, the opening of this section of Wyoming Highway 130 is often considered the start of the season. Down here, the river is rising, birds are chirping and trees are budding. Up on Snowy Range, however, crews from the Wyoming...
The Encampment Town Council met at 7 p.m. on Thursday at the Encampment Town Hall. Mayor Greg Salisbury was present as were council members Shannon Fagan and Kimberly Loftice. The Agenda and Minutes from the regularly scheduled council meeting on April 12 were approved. The financials were gone over by treasurer/town clerk Doreen Harvey. After Harvey concluded, the council approved paying the bills. Janette Stremel, representing the Grand Encampment Cowboy Gathering, an event scheduled from...
Two months ago, the Hanna Recreation Center played host for people to get free food for the first time in Hanna (See "Food boon" on page 6 in the March 13 edition of the Sun). The Wyoming Food Bank of the Rockies truck went to Medicine Bow last month, but at 10 a.m. on Friday it was back in Hanna and the town will be the monthly distribution point for northern Carbon County from this point on. The driver of the truck, Jens Christensen, has delivered to Medicine Bow before, but it was his first t...
Following their dissolution by the Saratoga Town Council, the members of the Saratoga Airport Board held their final meeting on May 8 to take care of unfinished business before the appointment of the Saratoga Airport Advisory Board. Financials, however, proved to be difficult to close the books on as the board did not have a proper financial report and had questions about the town audit. Suzie Cox, Saratoga Town Clerk, was at court and, so, was unable to provide a financial report or answers to...
The Platte Valley Ministerial Association is inviting graduating seniors from Encampment, Hanna and Saratoga to attend the Platte Valley Baccalaureate Service at 7 p.m. on May 19 at the Platte Valley Community Center. Saratoga High School alumnus Ken Collamer will be the guest speaker at this event. Should any seniors choose to attend the baccalaureate service, they should come prepared to publicly introduce themselves and state their possible future plans. Friends and family are welcome to the service. Kailey Hytrek, Kieran Neville, Takoda...