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ere will be a mass casualty exercise taking place at the Saratoga Municipal Pool. The scenario will be a lightning strike. According to John Zeiger, Carbon County Emergency Management Coordinator, this is only a training exercise to prepare emergency responders. Zeiger discussed the hypothetical scenarios that have been done in the past. “I decided to go outside the box,” said Zeiger. “We are always doing hazardous materials — there were school shootings, there were accidents, so I decided...
At the July 1 Town of Saratoga Master Plan meeting, a top consultant was chosen for the bid to create a Town Master Plan for Saratoga. Community Builders Incorporated (CBI), a company out of Douglas, Wyo. was chosen out of five other contenders for the bid to create this plan. The choice was made using a Consultant Evaluation Ranking system provided by the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT). They will be providing funding for the plan and wanted to ensure that the town went through a...
A Celebration of Life memorial service to honor Len Bensen will be held Sunday, July 12th, at 9:30 a.m. in the Saratoga Cemetery Valley Chapel. Glenn Murray is scheduled to give a eulogy and there will be some music. Any of Len's friends who would like to write a note about him to read at the service or who would like to tell some humorous stories about him please do so during the memorial. Len died March 29, 2015 and his complete obituary appeared in the April 1, 2015 issue of the Saratoga...
On the afternoon of June 20, 2015, Shirley Ann Herring passed away peacefully at Ivinson Memorial Hospital in Laramie, Wyoming. She was comforted by her daughter and son-in-law. At the time of her passing, Shirley was 86 years old. Coincidentally, Shirley was also born in Laramie, on December 15, 1928. She was the only child born to Helen Ann and Mandy Olaf Mathson. Shirley's dad was a logger and her mother worked in the kitchen of the logging camp where Shirley helped out. During the school...
Barbara Williams, 71, of Cheyenne Wyoming, passed away on June 24 while resting peacefully in her sleep. Barb was a proud French Canadian who made the small town of Saratoga, her home for the majority of her life. The cornerstone of her life were her two sons Greg, and Jeff whom she raised as a single mother. If you were fortunate enough to have met Barb, you remembered her and she remembered you. She either loved you or she didn't and wasn't shy about letting you know either. A charismatic...
The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) advises drivers that striping operations will take place between July 7 and July 10 during daylight hours. Travelers should be cautious while driving near slow moving WYDOT vehicles and equipment. This will occur on state roads in the areas around Saratoga and Encampment....
The Landfill Board met on July 1 to discuss the budget and upcoming progress on the new transfer station. Engineers have been working on required surveys and estimate that they will be finished before the end of July. The report cited at the meeting stated that the geotechnical investigation has been completed and the Foundation Design has been implemented. The engineers still must complete the Low Hazard/Low Volume Permit Application and submit that the site has been nailed down, and then...
Encampment Spanish teacher, Mr. Ricks, will be hosting a one-time screening of The Cokeville Miracle on Tuesday, July 14th at 7:30 p.m. at the Platte Valley Community Center. This film is based on actual events that took place in 1986. A madman and his wife took an elementary school in Cokeville, Wyo., hostage in hopes of gaining ransom money. They herded all of the students and staff into one classroom and held them there with guns and a bomb for several hours. Miraculously, when they detonated the bomb, the man and his wife were the only...
The Saratoga High School volleyball team recently came together to help the community of Lusk, Wyo. in their time of need. The small town suffered a big flood in early June that destroyed property and caused residents to evacuate their homes. Our local high school volleyball team organized a way to help Lusk. They gathered up clothes, food, bedding and other basic needs for the town from people who were willing to donate to the cause. They also made personal hygiene kits that included things...
There are just loads of people out there that leave me with absolutely no idea as to why they are famous. Your mind most likely went to the same place mine went. When you ask a question like; “Why the hell is that person famous?”, almost everybody comes up with the same answer. Okay, I asked that question around the office and nobody came up with an answer at all. So that last statement was just plain wrong. See, I don’t know everything and my perceptions are just as flawed as anyone’s. But whe...
For those of you planning to die after July, 1, be sure to factor in an additional $50.00 for an obituary in the Sun. In their infinite wisdom, the paper has decided that an obituary is no longer just a public service. It is a source of money as well. Soon we will probably have to pay for expressing our worldly opinion as well. The Daily Times has a more conservative approach. 450 words or less is still free and a valuable public service as well. So - if you want your creditors to know you’ve “left the country,” call the Times and keep your...
The Industrial Siting Division of the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is calling to the public for their input on new rules for impact funds. HB152, regarding industrial siting impact payments, went into effect on July 1, although it will not affect previous or current projects. According to Kimber Wichmann, Principal Economist at the DEQ, the new bill will require community members to quantify the estimated costs on towns due to transient workers and other financial strains...
The Saratoga Museum will be hosting The Spirit of the West Band to celebrate the life of Charles Alonzo Kennaday 1856-1940. He was a homesteader at Cedar Creek in 1883 and resided in the Valley for 57 years with his wife Elizabeth. This will be open to the public at 6 p.m. Sunday at the Saratoga Museum. Also, Mountain Men Leathers, handmade by the Ed Kennaday of Saratoga, will be donated to the Saratoga Museum. For more information on this event, contact Jackie James at 406-690-2910....
Summer is finally here with vacations, floating, camping and barbecues. But it’s not fun if someone you love is in the hospital and there is no blood on the shelf. Here, in the southern part of Wyoming, it takes 500 people a week to donate blood to serve the 47 area hospitals in this region. One out of every three people will need blood during their lives but only one in 20 people regularly give blood. Saratoga’s next blood drive with United Blood Services is from 12 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on July 14 at St. Ann’s Parish Hall. The drive is spons...
The Wyoming Stock Growers Association (WSGA) has filed a formal protest to the “Wyoming Greater Sage-Grouse Proposed Land Use Amendments”, an Environmental Impact Statement, recently finished by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Unites States Forest Service (USFS). According to the WSGA press release, these land use plan amendments have been applied to the six BLM field offices and three National Forests. The Rawlins BLM field office and the Medicine Bow National Forest are included wi...
The 2015 National High School Finals Rodeo is coming to Rock Springs, Wyo. July 12-18, with over 1,500 competitors from 41 U.S. states, five Canadian provinces and Australia. During rodeo week, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will also offer wild horses for adoption and tours at the Rock Springs Wild Horse Holding Facility. The facility will be open from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. July 13-17. No appointment is necessary for interested adopters or to attend the one-hour tour of the holding facility, which includes wild horses gathered from various herd...
The 70th Wyoming Ranchers Family Camp will take place from July 9 until July 12 at the Bottle Creek Campground. There is no cost for registration, and it is a faith-based experience for anyone interested, no matter if they are a rancher or with their family. Ask at least one family member or other person to come with you. Guests must pay a fee to camp or stay in a motel. The archives of the Saratoga Sun recall the 10th Ranchers Family Camp in 1955, which was still held in the same area at what...
The University of Wyoming recently released their 2015 Spring Semester Academic Dean’s and Provost’s Honor Rolls. These Valley residents made the list: Encampment Brett James Miller Joshua T. Simmons Saratoga Ben M. Collamer Olivia Jennifer Gaudesi Jesse Cole Hinshaw Thomas J. Koenig Ryan Paul Malone Aubree Lynn Neville Shaylan Ray Neville Autumn R. Olson Ryan A. Schutte Leland Wallace Amber Mae Young Provost’s Honor Roll Linda Mae Smith...
The Wyoming Highway Patrol (WHP) wants to remind motorists of a new law that went into effect on July 1 regarding bicyclists on the road. The law requires a three foot safety zone when passing bicycles, stating “the driver of a motor vehicle overtaking and passing a bicycle, which is operating lawfully, proceeding in the same direction shall, when space allows, maintain at least a three (3) foot separation between the right side of the driver’s motor vehicle, including all mirrors and other projections from the motor vehicle, and the bic...
