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e town of Encampment’s once-thriving business district, several vacant yet usable buildings sit unoccupied, just waiting to be filled by hopeful business owners. With this in mind, members of the Encampment Town Council are looking to attract new business to the area and get their town growing economically again. Encampment Town Council Member Mary Martin, who has lived in Encampment for 33 years, said during the summer season is a good time for a new business owner to open up shop in E...
As Father’s Day weekend approaches, so does the 53rd annual Woodchoppers Jamboree, a long-running event held in Encampment notorious for delivering loads of fun for the whole family. “It’s a unique event for people with ties to the lumber industries to show case their skills,” said Doreen Harvey, who has been chairing the event with her husband for the past nine years. The Woodchoppers Jamboree begins at 10 a.m. Saturday and again at 9 a.m. Sunday in Encampment. Those who plan to attend can exp...
Mary Louise Vyvey passed away June 5, 2013 at Deseret Health Care in Saratoga at the age of 94. Mary was born Aug. 8, 1918 in Craig, Colo., the daughter of Leo and Eliza Hilewaert. She graduated from Mt. Gertrude’s Academy in May 1936. On May 10, 1938 she married John L. Vyvey and moved to the Platte Valley where they lived and worked on many ranches. They made Saratoga their permanent home in 1960. Mary was a member of St. Ann’s Catholic Church and past member of the Saratoga Homemakers Club. Mary enjoyed crocheting, knitting and also mad...
Patrick and Catherine Lynch, of Encampment, announce the engagement of their daughter Michelle to Jordon Folkers, son of Cyndi Sanders (Folkers). Michelle attended the University of Wyoming and received a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing in 2010. The bride is currently a nurse in Crete, Neb. Jordon attended Hastings College in Hastings, Neb., and received his Doctorate of Chiropractic at Palmer College of Chiropractic in 2012. Jordon is currently practicing in Seward, Neb. They are planning a July wedding in Lincoln and will reside in S...
Children and adults alike can enjoy a madcap puppet adventure at 2 p.m., Monday at the Saratoga Library. “Dragon Digs: The Search for Totally Tempting, Terrifically Unbelievable Treasure Underground” stars Zed the Young Dragon and Estelle the Mouse, his best friends. Zed and Estelle are looking for a cozy underground cave to call home and hide Zed’s gold. Millicent the Mole, Slubber the Hound Dog and Flynn the Fast Footed Ferret are also looking for the cave. Markie Sholz, of Dragons Are too Seldom Puppet Productions, is a one-person troup...
Those looking to actively fight against breast cancer can participate in the Breast Cancer Walk July 6 at the Saratoga Resort and Spa. This community walk, done around the Saratoga Golf Course and intended to raise money, is sponsored by Saratoga Middle/High School and SkillsUSA, a nationwide-based career and technical student organization. Freshman Cruz Escobedo and eighth-graders Katie Loose and Alicia Zaragoza, all from Saratoga Middle/High School, are actively participating in the event....
After attending Saratoga High School’s graduation and other recent year-end school events, I can’t help but ask myself “What would I have been like if I went to high school in a small town?” After getting to chat with and interview our local youth, I have been surprised at how most of the kids in the Platte Valley seem ambitious when it comes to academic performance, and actively participate in school-related activities like sports, band, choir, speech or other things their school has to offe...
Friday, town of Saratoga employees were cleaning up Veterans Island. They closed the office and raked, cleaned, brought in wood chips for the playground and painted the barbecue hut. It’s not the only clean up that is happening in Saratoga. Thanks to the council taking the lead on “Beautify Saratoga”, several businesses around town are painting and upgrading their buildings. It’s a community effort to enhance the looks of a town that depends on tourism. While “Beautify Saratoga” is a new concept, businesses in town have been involved in...
Mayor Pro Tem Judy Welton said she is very pleased with the first annual Beautify Saratoga at the Saratoga Town Council meeting June 4. Welton pointed out it was not just a group effort, but an individual effort, too. Valley Service Organization members, Saratoga High School students and Welton and a friend picked up trash around town the past two weeks to help with the Beautify Saratoga program. Four cars were donated to Wheels for Wishes and they came and picked up the cars, Welton said....
Several Saratoga High School seniors walked away full-handed with a load of scholarships and awards from the Saratoga Middle/High School Awards Assembly. The assembly took place the Friday before graduation in the Saratoga Middle/High School gymnasium. The list of seniors and honors is shown below: Micayla Crimmins received the Doyle and Ruth Thompson, American Legion Post #54 Scholarship (presented by Kyle Powell), Casey McKee Memorial Scholarship (presented by Dee Dee McKee) and Society of...
Rejoicing over the 1,000 total client pounds lost in five months, the Saratoga Ideal Protein Clinic is having a celebration today at its Bridge Street location. The celebration takes place at 5:30 p.m. today at the Saratoga Ideal Protein Clinic, located at 112 W. Bridge St. in Saratoga, and everyone is welcome to attend. An Ideal Protein dinner will be served, and there is a gift basket raffle for all who attend. Members of the clinic achieved the 1,000-lb total weight loss goal last week,...
The Wyoming Search and Rescue Council recently approved $3,087.65 to be given to Carbon County for reimbursements of search and rescue costs. According to the Wyoming Office of Homeland Security Public Information Office, the Wyoming Search and Rescue Council met May 30 in Riverton to consider 12 county sheriff’s requests for reimbursements of search and rescue costs. The council approved a total of $163,856.73 in eligible mission costs for those 12 Wyoming counties, which included Carbon, Albany, Big Horn, Fremont, Hot Springs, Johnson, L...
Applications for the National Resources Conservation Service’s (NRCS) Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) are required to be turned in by June 14. The program will provide about $175 million in funding for up to 12.6 million additional acres enrollment this year. Although applications are accepted all year long, farmers, ranchers and forestland owners interested in the CSP should submit applications by June 14 to their local NRCS office to ensure they are considered for this year’s funding. The voluntary program allows producers to go the...
Gary and Mary Jacobsen are gearing up to serve as the 2013 Grand Marshals for the 53rd annual Woodchoppers Jamboree and Rodeo in Encampment this weekend. Mary said she and her husband will be in the parade waving and throwing candy to spectators. The parade, which takes place at 9 a.m. Saturday, begins in Encampment and proceeds through Riverside. “We’ll be throwing candy and, if I get my beads, we’ll be throwing beads too,” Mary said. “We’ll also be in a convertible that always rides the g...
Ol’ Jim York Ol’ Jim was one of the original Lions Club members that helped to start the Woodchoppers Jamboree in 1960. He gave most of the credit for the original idea to Mike Hammer. Some of Jim’s stories were how hard Carl Vyvey could swing an axe, about how hard it was to get George Brugeman to bring his rodeo stock to Encampment for the first Jamboree Rodeo. He liked to talk about the penitentiary marching and dance band that came to the Jamboree in the 1970s. That band would play for the parade and help serve food at the picnic until a co...
If you come to the Woodchoppers Jamboree rodeo this weekend, you may encounter some residents rolling down a hill in a barrel in memory of a community member. The Judy Saulcy Memorial Barrel Racing will be a new open event at the rodeo this year, among nine other events attendees can enjoy. Saulcy, a longtime Encampment resident and advocate for community involvement, passed away last year. The rodeo hosts a barrel race every year, but this year the rodeo committee is using it to honor Saulcy....
As a helper for the Woodchoppers Jamboree and Rodeo in prior years, recent Encampment High School graduate Kyle Wessel is excited to now serve as the festival’s Jamboree Ambassador during its 53rd year. Wessel was grateful to be chosen out of all the students who applied for the Jamboree Ambassador Scholarship, which includes a $300 offering. Wessel said he’ll be helping out Friday and Saturday at the jamboree. “I’ll be up in the box where they do the announcements during the rodeo, and I think...
“Every time I walk, my tongue wags,” Marty Huntley said. It is a sense of humor that has kept Marty going through four surgeries and three bouts of squamous cell carcinoma. The most recent surgery was on July 14, 2011, when muscle tissue from his leg was used to rebuild his tongue after most of his cancerous tongue was removed. He was in surgery for 13 hours and has been fed through feeding tubes known as g-tubes and j-tubes, which were inserted directly into Huntley’s stomach and jejunum. For t...
Don’t expect to see the same play twice if you are planning to sit in on all three showings of the Grand Encampment Opera Company’s traditional melodrama. “Come every night because it is always new and different,” said Mary Martin, director of the play and president of the Grand Encampment Opera Company. This year, the opera company is showcasing “Peril in the Paddock or A Horse of a Different Mother” by M.K. O’Roark. The Grand Emncampment Opera Company will kick off performances during a dress...
Encampment High School coaches and athletes looked back on a year of strengths, achievements and improvements at the 2012-2013 E-Club Athletic Banquet. The banquet held at the Encampment School Gymnasium May 21 was attended by coaches, family members, friends and students who participated in track and field, cross country running, golf, football, girls’ volleyball and basketball over the 2012-13 school year. Coaches reminisced on their respective seasons, and presented student athletes with l...
Two lady golfers enjoyed a first-place tie at the Saratoga Ladies Golf Association’s most recent game June 6. The play of the day was Three Clubs Only, with the tie for first place occurring in the First Flight division. Mariel O’Grady was closest to the pin for Second Flight on Hole 8, and MartY Perue had only 10 putts during the game. The placement results are listed below: First Flight: First place: Lila Worden AND Nancy Facciani (tie) Second place: Dawna Erickson Third place: Joni Johnson Second Flight: First place: Marty Perue Second pla...
Nearly 100 golfers from all over Wyoming participated at the 18th annual Cow Pie Open Golf Classic tournament in Encampment June 1. The Platte Valley one-of-a-kind tourney was a blind draw and took place in a cow pasture, complete with buckets in the ground serving as holes. Chad McKinney, of Cheyenne, and Garrett Wells, of Rawlins, scored first place with a combined score of 83, and the two players each received a prize of $200. In second place, there was a tie between Jerry DePoister, of Rock...
Saratoga High School coaches and student athletes reminisced on a productive spring sports season at the 2013 Saratoga Panthers Athletic Banquet May 28. Student athletes from the spring season were awarded lettermen patches and framed certificates for their participation in cross country running, wrestling, track and golf during the spring season. Standout athletes were given engraved wood plaques for one or more honorary awards, which signified special season accomplishments and improvements. P...
Saratoga Middle School’s eighth grade students received a lesson on preparing for the next four years at their eighth grade promotion June 4. The promotion served as a middle school graduation ceremony for the students, who would begin their freshman year in the fall. Saratoga Middle/High School Principal Larry Uhling gave an introduction and Rex Hohnholt, track coach and math teacher for Saratoga Middle/High School, gave an inspirational speech to the young graduates at the start of the p...