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Faculty and family gathered Saturday night to honor the Class of 2015. The seven high school graduates from Encampment K-12 School were decked out in their red and black gowns and caps as they took the stage, each holding a tiger lily, the class flower. Class President Brett Ralston gave the welcoming address followed by the Salutatorian address by Luke Pantle. Liz Wood, publisher of the Saratoga Sun, gave the commencement address to the class where she reflected on her years covering the...
The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality's Nonpoint Source Task Force as well as other agencies were in Saratoga last week to learn about river restoration with a lecture and tour given on the Encampment River. On May 13 the River Restoration 101 lecture took place during the DEQ Task Force meeting, then Thursday the Task Force and other agencies traveled to Encampment to tour river restoration projects completed on the Encampment River. According to the DEQ website, "the Wyoming...
Once Riverside gets the go-ahead from the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) the town’s Bio-Dome project is ready to hit the ground running so that it can get the domes installed into the bottom of its two wastewater lagoons. The Bio-Domes will help to grow the bacteria that breaks down wastewater is fed into the lagoons and keep the process going during the winter months when the bacteria would normally become dormant under the ice. The relatively new technology would be the first of its...
On Monday, the local American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) will be holding memorial services to honor those who died while serving in the United States of America Armed Forces. American Legion Post 54 will hold traditional services along with a 21-gun salute at 11 a.m. Monday. On Friday at 4 p.m., members of the American Legion will decorate graves of veterans at the Saratoga Cemetery, said Deb Clark, adjutant for the American Legion. Clark said if any veterans are being missed at the Saratoga Cemetery during Memorial Day, to conta...
Patricia Corpening, 87, of Saratoga, passed away May 13, 2015. Funeral services were held at the First Presbyterian Church in Saratoga, Monday. Interment followed at the Saratoga Cemetery. Patricia Anderson Corpening was born Oct. 26, 1927 in Roland, Iowa to Ove O. Anderson and Anne (Ristesund) Anderson. She married Howard Corpening on May 23, 1953 in Elko, Nev. Patricia lived in Roland, Nev., New Providence and Tama, Iowa and also in Pinedale, Rock Springs and Saratoga, Wyo.; the latter since...
The Saratoga Encampment Rawlins Conservation District (SERCD) employees as well as Jay Schug, project manager for Anderson Consulting Engineers, held an open house for the Upper Platte River Watershed Study (UPRWS) from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. on May 12 at the USDA Service Center. This event was intended for ranchers who own land within the Watershed Study area. Schug is responsible for creating the UPRWS. “What my study is doing is basically developing a Watershed Management plan for the area, i...
By the end of the month, if all goes as planned, the nursing home formerly known as Valley View and Deseret Health and Rehab will be under new management. According to Kim Deti, information officer for the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH), a lease agreement between Deseret Health Group and Health Management Services has been reached. Health Management Services has asked for a license and WDH has sent an application for them to complete. “We are cautiously optimistic,” Deti told the Saratoga Sun Monday afternoon. Health Management Ser...
Five years ago, Whistle Pig Saloon owner Chuck Davidson invited some friends to come over to the area behind his bar and play in the mud for what would become the first annual Pig Digger mud rally. The rally has grown over the years to include up to 30-40 cars across several different classes. This year Davidson boasts of a “newly redesigned mud pit.” The event will take place from noon to close on Saturday and Sunday, with activities for kids, adults and teens. The event will hold a pancake breakfast from 9-11 a.m. for donations that will go...
At the Water and Sewer meeting on May 13, the board decided the northern route up from the sewer lagoon that turns west would be the route they will pursue for the intended treated wastewater sewer line. The board made a motion to choose the north route line; all voted in favor of the motion except Russell Waldner, treasurer of the Water and Sewer board. Waldner stated that he was not against the north route line, but felt the size of the proposed line was too big. A memo was released to the...
With high school graduations starting up, I find myself contemplating the day I graduated high school. Although it was only four years ago, my perception of college and the importance of it has significantly changed. From my experience, even if you work your hardest during the semester and get stellar grades, it is not enough in this day-in-age. In college you have to always be thinking ahead to your college graduation and how ready you will be for the professional working world. So here I pass...
Pam Kraft and her students wrapped up a week of showing their silk art pieces at Encampment's Red Wagon thrift store and coffee shop last Wednesday night. Fruit, cheese, and beverages were served to guests as they examined the vibrant and contrasting styles that Kraft was able to bring out of her students. "I'm really happy about the way it turned out. I'm very proud of it. Pam's a great teacher," said Krissy Whitacre, one of Kraft's students in the class. "I helped (Krissy) out with the colors...
Thirteen Saratoga High School students took the trip of a lifetime during Spring break last month and recently shared their experiences with the Saratoga Sun. The students traveled to London, Paris, Florence and Rome in a whirlwind weeklong tour making new friends from schools in Chicago and Philadelphia and learning that the United States is very different in many ways to the countries they visited. Because the group from Saratoga only had 20 people on the tour, they were combined with other...
Michaela Uhling took a big step outside her comfort zone to spend a year teaching in El Salvador. Uhling, who graduated from Saratoga High School in 2008 is a teacher in Sheridan. Last year, after going to El Salvador to visit a friend she met at the University of Wyoming, she decided to take advantage of a program teaching English in El Salvador. After visiting with the principal of the school she worked in and the superintendent, she was awarded an unpaid leave of absence to spend one year in...
Rebecca Burton, student at University of Wyoming and 2011 graduate of Saratoga High School, was given the opportunity to go to Ecuador on a 10-day study abroad trip during her spring break this year. The trip was a part of the course named Problems: Tropical Behavioral Ecology. According to Burton, "This field course immersed me in the tropical rainforest on the west slope of the Andes studying biodiversity, bird identification, and animal behavior. I learned to identify roughly 150 species of...
Saratoga High School track coach Rex Hohnholt was happy with the fact that many of his athletes had personal bests Friday and Saturday at regionals in Sheridan. Hohnholt said the personal best helps the athletes to get mentally prepared for state. “It’s that cream of the crop that is going to state,” Hohnholt said. That cream includes of all his senior competitors. With some of his athletes getting their personal best even though they didn’t qualify for state, he is hoping they are ending...
Encampment Tigers Track coach Kegan Willford wasn’t surprised when McKenzie Powell broke the school record last weekend at the regional track meet in Lander, but he was surprised by how fast she ran. The competition was good, Willford said, and it was windy for Lander – at about 10 to 15 miles per hour. Despite the wind, three school records were broke, one being a record that has been broken twice already this year. Powell missed beating the state record by three seconds. A record that has bee...
Linda Butler was approved as the Saratoga Middle High School principal to fill a position that will be vacated by 14-year veteran Larry Uhling at the Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD#2) board of trustees meeting in Elk Mountain Monday night. Uhling was hired by the board as the curriculum director/facility manager for CCSD#2 at the April meeting. Butler is no stranger to Saratoga, as she attended school in Saratoga and her husband is a Saratoga High School graduate. Butler taught...
Marshal Hill had options. Go to the Naval Academy like his brother Wyatt, or go to school in Jacksonville University in Florida. Marshal chose Jacksonville, but the choice does not preclude him from the Navy, as he will be in the Naval Reserve Officer’s Training Corps (NROTC). Marshal was awarded a full-ride scholarship through NROTC to Jacksonville University plus a monthly stipend. Why did Marshal choose Jackson University over the Naval Academy? “I didn’t want the amount of pressure to affect...
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 Joint Powers Board for the South Central Wyoming Emergency Medical Services (SCWEMS) met at the Saratoga Ambulance station last Wednesday night to discuss, among other items on its lengthy agenda, which company it will purchase two new ambulances from. After comparing the various bid packages sent to it by the different companies the board decided to accept the bid from Demers Ambulances who had the best price as well as the necessary features the board was looking for. Since SCWEMS was...