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Despite the short agenda and 20 minute meeting, the June 3 Saratoga Town Council meeting was filled with heated discussions between Mayor John Zeiger and Saratoga residents. Ordinance 826, an ordinance to provide the necessary income to finance the 2014-2015 fiscal year, was passed by the Saratoga town council on the third reading. The ordinance proposes the town raise $2,954,874.41 for the general fund. Saratoga resident and candidate for Mayor of Saratoga Glee Johnson asked the council if a... Full story
The Upper Platte Valley Solid Waste District (Landfill Board) may get help with converting the landfill to a transfer station. Randy Raymer said there is a movement to remove GAAP (General Accepted Accounting Priniciples) requirement tied with applying for a SLIB (State Land Investment Boards) grant. One of the reasons the Landfill Board was denied the grant in May was because they did not use GAAP accounting. Even if the movement goes forward, it would take a year before the landfill board...
Roland "Rolly" and Cheryl Bowen of Elk Mountain recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on May 8, 2014. Rolly and Cheryl, both longtime Elk Mountain residents, were married in 1964 at St. Matthew's Episcopal Cathedral in Laramie. They said they met sometime in 1961 at a dance hall in Elk Mountain. "I remember when I met her, my heart jumped," Rolly said. "I came up here from Colorado and starting haying for a rancher. I came here when I was pretty young and just stuck around." After...
Starting June 16, Forest Road 100, also known as North Brush Creek Road, on the Brush Creek-Hayden Ranger District of the Medicine Bow National Forest will be closed for hazard tree removal. Closures will occur Monday through Friday during operating hours with night and weekend openings. Road closure times are as follows, Monday 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 5 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and Friday 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. The road will be closed in segments where timber removal is occurring. The first closure segment is between the junction...
Receding flood waters along the North Platte and Laramie Rivers allowed the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) to open several Public Access Areas (PAA) Friday. The Jelm, Monolith, Treasure Island, Foote, Pick Bridge, Sanger and Fort Steele/Rochelle PAAs will open this Friday. WGFD also opened roads on the Wick Wildlife Habitat Management Area (WHMA) along Wagonhound Creek. While river levels are dropping, the public is cautioned that PAA roads, parking areas and campgrounds will still be muddy and boat launching may still be difficult.... Full story
After more than a year writing for Saratoga Sun, I am officially moving on and heading back to the big city soon. It has definitely been a nice trip and I’ve met a lot of great people, but being a young single guy, it’s time to move on to other opportunities in a place with more people. I have definitely had a lot of fun covering all the summer and winter gatherings here, and of course, all the high school sports events running from August through May. I made a lot of good friends and will alway...
Editor: "I am not a teacher, but an awakener."-- Robert Frost This past weekend, I visited my hometown of Saratoga, Wyoming. The reason for the trip was bittersweet. My favorite teacher retired this year. He was honored Saturday evening, and I was blessed to be a part of the celebration. Mr. Patrick was my English and Humanities teacher, and my Speech and Debate coach for four years. He, and his infamous red pen, served to strengthen my early writing by, often, not-so-gentle critiques. It stung to see the red lacerations on my returned work, bu... Full story
The HUB, which is a part of the Big Brother Big Sisters program in Saratoga, has expanded its hours beginning Monday and will continue through Aug. 22. The HUB, located at 106 W. Bridge Ave., is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Lunch will be served from noon to 12:45 p.m. and a snack is served from 3 to 3:30 p.m. The free meals are part of the Summer Food Service Program, which is sponsored by Big Brothers Big Sisters. The program will run from June 9 through Aug. 22. Free meals are available to children attending the HUB and all...
Ryan Paul Malone is the son of Pat and Sue Malone. He plans to attend the University of Wyoming in the fall and major in architectural engineering. He hopes to eventually have his own firm later in life. He loves playing football, it is his passion. He also enjoys hunting, fishing, camping, riding his dirt bike and any outdoor activities. Family and friends are important to him as well. The version that appeared in the graduation edition of the Saratoga Sun on May 28 had two errors. The Sun staff apologizes for the errors....
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) and Rebekahs Educational Foundation Scholarship Selection Committee met to select students for scholarships May 29 through June 2. The committee, including Saratogan Jim Wiant, and six members from other states, met in Jackson for three days to choose 26 scholarship recipients from across the country. Eight different types of scholarships, totaling to $92,500, were awarded to 26 applicants. Wiant said there were 250 to 300 applicants to sort through, a...
Saratoga High School seniors were presented scholarships at the 2014 Saratoga Middle/High School Awards Assembly. The assembly took place May 30 in the Saratoga Middle/High School Gymnasium. Below is the list of seniors and their scholarships, worth $294,800: Miranda Paddock- Carbon County Commissioners Scholarship, Hathaway Honors Scholarship, Superior Scholarship from Western Wyoming Community College, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Scholarship Heather Oxford- Platte Valley Medical...
Encampment seniors receiving scholoarships are: Lacey Dale- Hathaway Scholarship, Lonnie Sifford Scholarship David Flauding- Hathaway Scholarship, Ben Romios Memorial Scholarship, UW Wyoming Scholars Scholarship Michelle Hooker- Hathaway Scholarship, Encampment-Riverside Lion’s Club Queen Scholarship, Snowy Range Cattle Woman Scholarship Matthew Jarrett- Hathaway Scholarship, Daniels Fund Scholarship, Ben Romios Memorial Scholarship, E-Club Scholarship, Sage Brush Thrift Store Scholarship, Xi Beta Delta Scholarship, Encampment Student C...
Krizia Vanessa Verplancke, granddaughter of Sam and Marilyn Verplancke, was conferred the degrees of BA in Sociology and BA in Communication Studies, Summa Cum Laude, at Loyola Marymount University (LMU) in Los Angeles, Calif. May 10. Krizia is a member of the Lambda Pi Eta Honor Society, Alpha Kappa Delta Honor Society and Order of Omega Honor Society. During her four years at LMU, she served as Resident Advisor, Student Director of Ignatian Leadership, Rains Hall Vice-President, Head Life Guard and Water Safety Instructor. Her parents, Glen a...
Principal’s List Rebecca Treat, senior Harold Jackson, junior Luke Pantle, junior Guy Erickson, sophomore Cassidy Little, sophomore Bailey Miller, freshman Emily Morgan, freshman McKenzie Powell, freshman Kaylyn Herring, seventh Morgan Dale, seventh Noelle Peterson, seventh Paige Powell, seventh Riley Little, sixth Reid Schroeder, sixth Honor Roll Lacey Dale, senior David Flauding, senior Emma Jackson, senior Matthew Jarrett, senior Brett Miller, senior Jennifer Morgan, senior Kaylyn Wessel, senior Brett Ralston, junior Alyssa Barkhurst, s...
Eighty golfers from across Wyoming participated in the 19th annual Cow Pie Open Golf Classic tournament in Encampment Saturday. According to event organizer Jim McKinney, the tournament, its 20 sponsors and the fundraiser dinner brought in more than $2,300 for the Encampment FCCLA and ProStart. The tourney took place in a town cow pasture, with buckets set in the ground for holes, and the match was a blind draw. As of press time, all but one of the winners had donated all or a portion of their...
Reprint of this story from the June 12, 1903 issue of The Grand Encampment Herald brought to you courtesy of Grandma’s Cabin, Encampment, Wyoming. Preserving History - Serving the Community. Mammoth Plant Completed And Ready To Begin Its Great Mission The big smelting works of the North American Copper Company are ready for business. The concentrator, roaster, smelter and converters could be started up on twenty-four hours’ notice, and will commence business just as soon as the tramway gets in enough ore to warrant a run. All of the con...
There were five here to play bingo on Tuesday. Two-dollar winners were Grace Johnston, Berneil McCord and Madaline Forbes. Grace Johnston won the $3 blackout round. Madaline Forbes won the $3 blackout round. There were three tables for duplicate bridge on Monday. There was a tie for high winners between Bob Johnson and Sheila Johnson, and Mariel O’Grady and John Blue. I now have the forms for the elderly and disabled tax returns, so stop by and get one or call and I will help you fill them out and get them sent back. You have until Aug. 31 t...
Games throughout the week provided fun and laughter. On Sunday afternoon, four residents played Dominoes with Charlotte Gibbons winning. On Monday afternoon, five residents played Yahtzee with Frank Jereb winning. On Tuesday morning, five residents played Dominoes with Pat Rust winning. On Wednesday afternoon, nine residents played Bingo, and Friday afternoon, 11 residents played Bingo. Elaine Burge, Carol Higby, Pat Rust, and Truth Karstoft won Four Corners. Carol Higby and Marion Lansdown won Blackouts. Our Bingo helpers were Lila Worden,...
On June 12, Saratoga residents Richard and Gloria Rakness will celebrate 60 years of marriage together. Going back to their teenage years, Richard said he first met the former Gloria Esterby at Minot Model High School in Minot, North Dakota. Gloria said she remembers their first informal date, which involved piling into Richard's 1947 Chevrolet Coupe Deville with other kids for "buck night". Richard said he later asked Gloria to the high school prom for their first official and more formal...
Saratoga residents Jack and Dorothy Sintek will celebrate 60 years of married life in Carbon County this year. Dorothy moved to Carbon County in 1952, the year she graduated high school. She moved to Rawlins the day after graduation and went to work at Memorial Hospital, where she was employed for two years. Jack graduated from high school while in the Army in 1951, then served in Korea and was discharged in 1952. He also worked for the Highway Department and Sinclair. The two of them met at a d...
As Father’s Day weekend approaches, so does the 54th annual Woodchoppers Jamboree, a long-running Encampment event providing fun for the whole family. “We’re hoping to have a larger crowd and more competitive event,” said Doreen Harvey, who has been chairing the event with her husband, Ron, for the past 10 years. “The event is one of the oldest and longest-running summer events in Encampment, and one of the largest because of its sheer size.” The Woodchoppers Jamboree begins at 10 a.m. on Sat...