Serving the Platte Valley since 1888
Serving the Platte Valley since 1888
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“I was there when they put it in, so I guess I oughta be there when they open it up,” local historian Dick Perue said, while wearing a printing smock Saturday morning. Perue was referencing a time capsule sealed inside the cornerstone of the Grand Encampment Museum (GEM) Doc Cullerton building 49 years ago when the building was dedicated. In celebration of GEM’s 50th anniversary, that time capsule was opened up Saturday morning in front of crowd of around 150 that turned out for the occasion. Th...
Spur Outfitters will be holding firearms training classes for members of the public August 13-21 at the Silver Spur Ranch south of Saratoga. The trainings are intended to foster gun safety, safe shooting habits and to give the public an opportunity to train for self-defense shooting, John Russo, one of the instructors leading the training sessions, said. The class will offer some shooters an opportunity to learn a new way of shooting that they may not be familiar with, Russo said, and it will ensure that people learn defensive training in a...
At an August 3 meeting of the Saratoga Town Council, Acting Police Chief Robert Bifano had a mixed bag of developments to report to the council and public. About five citizens were in attendance at the proceedings. On the positive side, Bifano said that a suspect had admitted to committing a recent spate of vehicle vandalism in the Valley. “Last Thursday, we had six vehicle windows smashed out with a baseball bat,” Bifano told the room. He said a suspect had been caught and confessed to the cri...
A modest crowd showed up Saturday at the Whistle Pig Saloon on Saratoga’s South Side for a fundraiser to benefit the Saratoga Volunteer Fire Department. The event was hosted by the Whistle Pig, and culminated in an auction of items donated by local businesses and individuals. There was also a 50/50 raffle with half going to the fire department and the other half going to the winning ticket purchaser. The auction was led by Teense Willford who encouraged—and often cajoled—bar patrons into purchasing items. “If you want firefighters to come wh...
Editor, Are you tired of waking up to smoke in our valley? Tired of having your eyes water, your nose run, a foul taste in your mouth, and our valley obscured by smoke? Tired of millions of dollars being spent on mega-fires that could have been much less severe and much fewer, had responsible Forest Management been done? Tired of hearing that these fires are just nature’s way of replenishing itself, and that it is good for the resource? Tired of hearing that not much can be (or could have been) done to prevent these conflagrations? Tired of h...
Senior Center Menus Wednesday: Baked pork chops, oven potatoes, peas, wheat roll, apple sauce, cookie, milk Thursday: Meatloaf, wild rice blend, spinach, wheat bread, apricots, milk Friday: Salmon patty, O’Brien potatoes, brussel sprouts, wheat bread, purple plums, lemon bar, milk Monday: Hamburger steak, onions, steamed potatoes, three bean salad, wheat bread, pineapple tidbits, milk Tuesday: Sweet/sour pork, steamed rice, oriental vegetable, egg roll, fruit cocktail, milk...
Best-selling author and celebrated Wyomingite C.J. Box will be making a stop in Saratoga Saturday to help the Saratoga Museum raise money through it's third annual C.J. Box trivia event. The trivia contest will feature questions about the women in Box's popular "Joe Pickett" series of whodunnits. The fun begins 11 a.m. at the Platte Valley Community Center (PVCC), where the author will be available to sign books and greet fans. This portion of the day costs nothing. There is no such thing as a...
Constitution Party Daniel Clyde Cummings did not respond to repeated calls and emails from the Saratoga Sun. Democratic Party Ryan Greene When listing his qualifications, Ryan Greene begins with the story of his family business. “Over the last two decades, I helped my family expand one welding truck into a 250 employee energy services business,” he writes. Greene describes a life of steady career progressions, in which he worked his way up “from roustabout to welder, and crew foreman to operations director.” Time spent in both coal mines a...
Democratic Party Ken Casner Some of the qualifications Casner listed in his questionnaire include one three-year term on the Economic Development Corporation of Carbon County, three years on the High Country Landfill Joint Powers Board and two years as a City Councilman for Elk Mountain. Though he says “Economic diversity really does not come from one elected official,” Casner offers some ideas for broadening Wyoming’s job market. Providing natural gas pipelines to the communities of Dixon, Encampment, Elk Mountain, Riverside and Savery would...