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The Encampment/Riverside Library discussion group will meet from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Library, 202 Rankin St., in Encampment to discuss “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”. The book discussion group is open to any adult who would like to read and participate. Adults can also be a part of the book discussion without having to attend the meetings by joining facebook.com/groups/cclsbooks. This program is part of the Carbon County Library System’s 2013 Summer Reading Program....
Grand Encampment Museum Vice President John Farr has some high hopes in mind for Carbon County. While focusing on the county’s several museums and abundant history, Farr said he has dreams of turning Carbon County into the “history county” of Wyoming. He said with the county’s close Interstae 80 access and by changing up exhibits, Carbon County’s museums in Saratoga, Encampment, Hanna, Medicine Bow and Sinclair could bring even more tourists to the area. Farr focused o...
People who are looking for some laughs need look no further than Saratoga this Saturday. Patrick McManus has been entertaining audiences for years with his stories of growing up in rural Idaho. By 1992, he was recognized as one of America’s funniest humor writers, and at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, his writings will entertain the audience at the Platte Valley Community Center. Tim Behrens, who acts out McManus’s writing, has been well- received all over the country and in many cases sold out shows. “A Fine and Pleasant Miser... Full story
The U.S. Forest Service is mobilizing two Department of Defense C-130s equipped with Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems (MAFFS), to assist with wildfire suppression efforts in Colorado and elsewhere in the West as needed. The systems are provided by the 302nd Airlift Wing, Air Force Reserve, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. They will be based in Colorado Springs, Colo., and begin flying wildfire suppression missions as soon as safe and effective operations can be established. “We are experiencing an uptick in wildfire a...
After more than 30 years of teaching, Lori Nelson plans on returning to her first field of interest, pharmacy. “I come from a family of pharmacist,” Nelson said. “I am probably going to pick up my pharmacy tech and go from there.” Nelson started teaching at Saratoga Elementary School Jan. 26, 1981 as a half-year educator. She was later given full-time status. During her time at SES, Nelson taught 10 years of first grade, 10 years of fourth grade, one year of kinderg...
At the Encampment Town Council meeting on the evening of June 13, council members spoke about fixing a leak and placing a fan in the Grand Encampment Opera House, in addition to handrail repairs for outside of the building and fixing the venting system underneath it. Director of Public Works Jeff Goolsby and the council also discussed purchasing supplies needed to repair the inside, outside and underpart of the opera house building. The council also planned to write a...
Carbon Power and Light, Inc. invites members to the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Membership Saturday at the Platte Valley Community Center. Marcy Knotwell, Carbon Power and Light Staff Assistant, said the company, which started in 1941, has the meeting on the fourth Saturday of June each year. For this year’s meeting at the PVCC, 210 W. Elm in Saratoga, registration begins at 10:30 a.m., with a complimentary lunch at 11 a.m., Bingo at 11:30 a.m. and the business meeting at 1...
Several discrepancies with water meter readings prompted the Saratoga Water and Sewer Joint Powers Board to enter an executive session Wednesday night. “There is a discrepancy between how much water is going out and how much water is being billed for,” said Public Works Director Chuck Bartlett. PMPC engineers Ken Schwerdt and Gary Steele told Water and Sewer Board members Wednesday it appeared more water may have been supplied than was recorded used, according to data col... Full story
The Riverside Town Council approved the sale of the 1977 firetruck once owned by the town at their most recent meeting June 13. The firetruck had been sold to the A Bar A Ranch in Encampment for $8,500. It was then approved that the money from the sale would be used to purchase a brush cutter for $3,659.98, with the remaining money going back to the Encampment/Riverside Volunteer Fire Department. The license renewals and special permits for Encampment Hospitality (Bear Trap... Full story
The Planning Commission voted to send a cease and desist order to Royce Kelley demanding he stop what the commission is now calling a “commercial operation” on his property. Saratoga resident Andy Van Tol showed two short videos to the Planning Commission displaying multiple people working a sawmill and other lumber equipment on Kelley’s property, which is near Van Tol’s home. “It’s pretty easy to hear from my yard,” Van Tol said. Van Tol said he first approached th...
A Memorial Celebration for Rita Joy Kruse White, who died Oct. 22, 2012, will take place at 11 a.m., Sunday at the Valley Chapel at the Saratoga Cemetery. Local friends of the family are invited to attend. An obituary appeared in the June 5, 2013 edition of the Sartoga Sun.... Full story
The Saratoga Sun was once again awarded the county public notices as voted by your county commissioners. While on the surface this may seem like no big deal, in these times, it is a big deal. Not that the Sun won the right to publish the legal notices, but rather that the public notices continue to be published. Wyoming newspapers have been publishing public notices since 1887, archaic sounding, but effective in reality. Some have suggested moving public notices to a website for viewing may be more cost effective in...
I love to travel, whether it is across the country, around the state or just in the Platte Valley. The nomad gene comes from my father’s side of the family. His family was known for packing up the tent in their younger days and traveling clear across the country to camp out in a forest. When I was growing up, my dad would take us to various places around Iowa. My mom worked on Saturdays and dad would load up the four of us and take us on a fun-filled, educational trip. D...
Editor: I like to go on You Tube on occasion and watch Domino Tricks. It is fascinating how a group of people can spend hours designing and assembling the dominoes into shapes that are just amazing. Then with just the push of one domino it starts what is known as the “Domino Effect” which has a very positive end result. With the encouragement of Tom, Mary Jo, and Brian Rodeno we had our very own domino effect in Saratoga. We started out this past winter with planning meetings and what we hoped to accomplish, and after several...
The Airport Board may see a new airport master plan in September or October. Mike Haak, a consultant from Aeroland Planning, who has been helping the board develop a master plan for the airport, said he is aiming to set the third and final Airport Master Plan public hearing for September or October, marking the end of the project. In April, Haak and other Airport Board members held the second open house meeting for residents to see conceptual ideas for the master plan and...
Encampment resident Bob Vorn died June 13,2013 at Ivinson Memorial Hospital in Laramie after a long battle with cancer. Bob was born June 2, 1940. Survivors include his wife LeDawn, wife of 51 years; son Troy (Dani), daughter Traci, grandsons Wacey and Trevor (Jessie), and great-granddaughter Lexi. At his request no services will be held. Cremation has taken place and a private family celebration of life will take place at a later date. A complete obituary will follow later.... Full story
Ralph J. King, born Jan. 12, 1932, in Lamar Colo., passed away June 4, 2013. He grew up in Lamar Colo., and had been a resident of Pueblo since 1961. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean Conflict as a hospital corpsman second class. He enlisted on Nov. 1, 1950, and was assigned to the USS Haven hospital ship. During his tenure, he received the National Defense Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal as well as the Navy Good Conduct Medal. He received an honorable discharge on Oct.... Full story
Albert L. Roth, 95, of Pine Bluffs, died at the Kimball County Manor June 10, 2013. Cremation has been held and services will take place at a later date. Friends may visit www.cantrellfh.com to view the obituary and leave condolences for the family. The services for Albert have been entrusted to the Cantrell Funeral Home. Albert Lee Roth was born in Grover, Colo., on Nov. 8, 1917, one of 11 children born to Alexander and Anna (Nagel) Roth. He was raised and attended a country school in the Grover area. Albert worked on the... Full story
Garry Wood and Mirthe Bolhuis were married in a private ceremony May 27, 2013 in Lewisburg, Tenn. Attendants at the ceremony were Masha Schenkel, of Groningen, Netherlands as the bride’s maid and Stephen Glithero , of Hertford, Hertfordshire, England as the best man. Garry is a 2008 graduate of Saratoga High School and Mirthe is from Groningen. The couple sings together as “The Bird & the Bear. Garry attended Berklee College of Music in Boston and Mirthe studied at the Academy of Popculture in Leeuwarden, Friesland, Net... Full story
By Zachary Laux North Platte River stakeholders are still waiting for field data collection from the Saratoga section of the river to move forward so they can better understand how to correct the river. “There is not a whole lot to report on the river study because we are still waiting” for engineering companies to conduct studies, said Public Works Director Chuck Bartlett. Stantec and Wildland Hydrology, the two engineering firms selected to study the river, have been waiting since May for the river to flow high enough to...
Superintendent Bob Gates submitted a letter of resignation to Carbon County School District No. 2 last week. The CCSD No. 2 School Board of Trustees approved Gates’ resignation effective at the end of the 2013/2014 school year in a bulk action on the board’s consent agenda Monday. The action also approved two other resignations from Hanna Elk Mountain Medicine Bow Junior/Senior High School science teacher Kathy Hansen and Medicine Bow Elementary School teacher Thomas War...
Voices of the Valley is moving forward by forming working groups designed to take on large issues related to energy development in Carbon County. “The objective we have for tonight is to begin to form working groups that will take on issues,” said VOV member Jim States in a meeting Thursday. VOV plans on having four working groups working on four different topics, land use planning and house infrastructure, natural resource value, sustainable economy and interface with gov...
An early-morning accidental fire broke out at the the Saratoga Forest Management’s sawmill Sunday. Saratoga Volunteer Fire Chief Randy Sikes said the unexpected blaze started at around 5 a.m. Sunday, scorching and blackening several long logs in the process. The fire, located in the northwest corner of the mill, was extinguished by 7 a.m., and no persons were injured or killed during the blaze. “We had someone call us and say there was a fire going on, and we were able to put...