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Thanks to a scholarship that will cover all of Mandy Harris’s tuition, she can keep on riding. Harris, an Encampment School senior who graduated last week, is moving on with her life, but she doesn’t plan on abandoning her joy of riding horses. Harris said she will attend Laramie County Community College in September majoring in equestrian studies and will be the newest addition to the community college’s equestrian team. Harris was recently awarded a scholarship which will...
Mike McGraw, a rancher and artist from Medicine Bow, shared his Doodle Land children’s literature creations at the final spring season HEM Literary Dinner May 21. McGraw shared his creations with members of HEM Junior/Senior High School and the local community, and was joined in presentation by Saratoga writer Joshua Wood. Students and parents listened to McGraw’s presentation involving background writing processes, including transitioning from doodle renderings to a complete story line, and moving into full color ill...
University of Wyoming undergraduate Samuel Gates of Saratoga will have the opportunity to become involved in scientific research this summer. Gates, who is studying mechanical engineering, will research “Mechanical Characterization of Self-Reinforced Polyphenylene for Use as an Orthopedic Biomaterial.” Through the Wyoming EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) office, Gates is one of 24 UW students who received Undergraduate Research Fellowships worth up to $3,500 each to conduct research. To rec...
Saratoga graduate Sam Streeter is completing his fifth year at Dartmouth College, in Hanover, N.H., working on his Bachelor of Arts in Engineering with a Biomedical Engineering Major and Earth Sciences Minor. In March of 2012, Streeter traveled to Peru for a not-for-credit, extracurricular volunteering opportunity funded by the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding. The Dickey Center is an entity within Dartmouth College. The nine-week internship allowed...
Saratoga, Encampment and HEM high schools boasted a plethora of All-State and All-Conference athletes from the 2013 high school track season. The students received the honors from the Wyoming High School State Track Tournament in Casper; Wyoming High School Regional Track Meet in Gillette and Snake River Invite in Baggs. Saratoga athletes received their All-Conference placings from the Gillette meet, while 1A Encampment and HEM athletes received theirs from the meet in Baggs....
In recognition of his outstanding community service efforts, Encampment High School senior Gaven Pantle received the 2013 Youth Citizenship Award from members of the Valley Service Organization (VSO) in Saratoga. Pantle was honored with the award at the recent VSO meeting and luncheon last Thursday at the Hotel Wolf. He received a framed certificate and $500 contribution from the VSO, and expressed his eagerness to the use money toward his college education this fall. “I am g...
The Carbon County Sheriff’s Office is asking for assistance in locating an individual whom investigators have determined to be a “person of interest” in a recent burglary. The burglary occurred at a residence south of Saratoga in which eight firearms were stolen. Carbon County Sheriff Jerry Colson said deputies investigating this burglary have received information within the past week that makes Robert James Maki, 59, a person of interest in the burglaries. Maki is belie...
Wyoming farm life and the sport of golf unite together in the 18th annual Cow Pie Open Golf Classic at 9 a.m. Saturday in Encampment. This unique golf tournament takes place in a cow pasture and includes buckets set in the ground for holes. There are already more than 100 golfers signed up, and community members are welcome to come watch the players. The tournament tees off at 10 a.m. Saturday, and all duffers should gather at the Hole 19 clubhouse, the big log house with a green roof, located eight blocks west of the...
What a beautiful month of May. We have placed four hummingbird feeders around the building and have been delighted with the outcome “feed them and they will come”. It kind of reminds me of our wonderful seniors in our neck of the woods, I am enjoying meeting all the new faces as they return for the summer “give them warm weather and they will return”. On May 11 we had our last breakfast at noon on the second Saturday of the month (will return in the fall). We fed 27 and ended the breakfast season on a good note. Our Birthda... Full story
There were four people here for Bingo Tuesday. Two-dollar winners were Pat Faust and Madaline Forbes. Grace Johnston and Madaline Forbes shared a $2 round. There were only four people for Bridge on Monday. First place was Mariel O’Grady. We are always happy to deliver you a meal if you are under the weather or have just been in the hospital. Please give us a call at 326-5564 and we will do our best to help you out. If you are 60 or older, or the spouse of someone 60 or older, you are eligible to join us for lunch for the l...
Reprint of this story from the May 27, 1905 issue of the Dillon Doublejack brought to you courtesy of Grandma’s Cabin, Encampment, Wyoming. Preserving History - Serving the Community. Memorial Day Services Arrangements are being made by Dillon citizens to observe Memorial Day in a fitting and proper manner. Dillon’s list of dead in its cemetery is very small, and their graves will all be covered with beautiful wild flowers. There is still two feet of snow at the cemetery, but the graves have been uncovered, and flowers will b...