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"You're going to see, 2010 through 2018, that whole time we're below the bar. That ends up being $3.7 million in total losses through that period of time. So, again, the town's in a pickle." Five weeks after his last appearance before the Saratoga Town Council, James Childress of Childress Accounting and Consulting appeared before the governing body on June 23 to provide sobering news. Not only did the general fund see a deficit of $3.7 million over eight years, but Childress and his team went...
Cynthia Ann was born December 10, 1952 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Marvin and Nancy Pleasant and raised and educated in California before entering the ministry. Rev. Cindy, as she preferred to be addressed, died peacefully in her sleep June 16 at the Wyoming Medical Center in Casper following a painful, lengthy illness. She was called as the shared minister for both Valley churches in January 2003 and served until March 2006. Upon leaving a settled ministry she continued to live in the Saratoga/Encam... Full story
The Carbon County Visitor Council met at 10 a.m. on Wednesday at the Hanna Town Hall for their monthly meeting. It was the first time the board has met in person since February. The monthly meetings for March, April, and May had been done by teleconferencing. Encampment representative John Farr put forth an amendment to the agenda asking to discuss improving the sign at the Riverside Information Center. The amendment was approved. In attendance was John Farr, Danny Burau from Saratoga, Marilyn...
The Medicine Bow Town Council met at 7 p.m. on June 8 at the Medicine Bow Community Center. Mayor Sharon Biamon along with council members John Cowdin, Lyle Flansburg, Lucinda Schofield, and Trevor Strauch were present. The agenda was approved. Town Marshall David Redding said he would like the minutes from the regularly scheduled May 11 meeting corrected to read “with a second officer there would only be 20 hours per week not covered,” instead of “the second officer would only work 20 hours...
Wyoming, in several ways, has been forever changed. The new systems and techniques put into place during the last 100 days will continue on into the future, I predict. The biggest things will be state wide meetings being held with Zoom, distance education and telehealth medicine. Wyoming people drive more miles per year than people in any other state, on a per-capita basis. We have good roads. We are small in population but almost desperate to get together for meetings it seems. For 50 years, my typical Wyoming day might mean driving three... Full story
Editor, Thank you, Saratoga Sun, for printing the map of the special museum district proposed by the Saratoga Museum and Historical Association and for covering discussion of this proposal at recent Carbon County Commissioners’ meetings. To avoid sliding into the petty and personal, we should look at the blueprint for the creation of special districts; Wyoming Statutes, Title 22 - Elections (Chapter 29). Briefly, authority shifts from property owners (signing the petition), county assessor (authenticating the signers and value of the p...
It was a successful year for Saratoga Middle High School (SMHS) as two of their teams returned from state tournaments as State Champions. Last fall, the 2A Boys Cross Country Team returned home as the 2A State Champions and freshman twin brothers Grant and Grady Bartlett returned home State Champion and State Runner-up, respectively. This spring, the Saratoga Panthers fought their way to be 1A State Basketball Champions for the first time in school history. On June 29, coaches for both programs...
Summer may have just started but fall sports are on the horizon. Though schools throughout Wyoming are still figuring out their reopening plans for the 2020/2021 school year, practices for some of the fall sports are slated to begin. According to Rex Hohnholt, head coach for Saratoga Cross Country, practices for long-distance runners will begin this week at the Saratoga Middle High School (SMHS) track. Hohnholt told the Saratoga Sun that practices will begin at 6 p.m. on July 2. Any middle...
The Fossil Cabin Museum is getting ready for its move in the manner of a turtle, very slowly. There may even be a fossil bone from this type of reptile built into the house somewhere. Medicine Bow Museum Director Sharon Biamon can't wait to have the Fossil Cabin to come to the museum to actually see all the different ancient bones and fossils that make up the structure. So far she has waited two summers. The house was built as a tourist attraction next to a gas station owned by Thomas Boylan....
Experience is the kind of characteristic you look for in a doctor. You want someone who has been a lot of places, had a variety of experiences, and faced many challenges. Meet Dr. Adrian Durham Durham will be taking over as the medical director for the Platte Valley Clinic August 1 and will be the medical director for the North Platte Valley Medical Center (NPVMC) when it is completed in the fall of 2021. When it comes to life experience, he could fill a book. Born in Hartfield, Connecticut to...
"Michelle just refused to give up," Scott Mcilvaine said of his wife. "She just kept going forward because she wanted to give joy to the Valley." Scott was referring to her getting the Kitchen Dwellers, out of Montana, to be the band for Saratoga Days. The McIlvaines are both on the Saratoga Days Committee. Scott is a board member for the Saratoga Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce. "We first heard them at Red Rocks (outside concert center in Colorado) at the Twiddle and Pigeons Playing Ping Pong...
After 20 years serving as postmaster for the Hanna Post Office Debbie Dancik-Paxton is retireing on July 2. Hanna was not her first assignment. She started with the post office nearly 40 years ago. "I started with the post office in Denver in 1986," Dancik-Paxton said. "I came to live with my father for the summer and saw an ad in the paper to take a postal test, I took the test and was hired." Dancik-Paxton said she was 20 years old at the time and was happy to have a steady job with benefits....
While a nearly two and half hour discussion over a report from James Childress and two executive sessions took up the majority of the Saratoga Town Council meeting on June 23, the governing body also passed two budgetary items on third reading. Ordinance No. 856, an ordinance amending the 2019/2020 Budget, and Ordinance No. 857, an ordinance setting the 2020/2021 Budget, were both passed by a 3-1 vote with Councilmember Jon Nelson voting nay both times. Over the past month, both documents have...
Following a weekend altercation with Michael Pearce, Albany County Republican Chairman, at the 2020 Wyoming GOP Convention in Gillette, Carbon County Republican Chairman Joey Correnti IV has issued an official statement. “It is unfortunate that Mr. Pearce chose to engage me in a physical alteration without provocation. I was blindsided with a punch and naturally reacted by restraining him on the ground for his own safety, my safety and the safety of everyone else in the area,” said Cor...
Dedicating their head, heart, hands and health (4-H) Deanna Maul of Campbell County and Marquita McNees of Carbon County have received 4-H Salute to Excellence Awards. Nominators said both share qualities of inspiration and leadership to young 4-H'ers. County 4-H programs each year can nominate two individual volunteers to receive these awards. Four regional winners are chosen in each award category and from those, one state winner is identified. "Volunteers are the heart of the 4-H program,"...