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The Platte Valley's future of agriculture showed they know their animals at the Carbon County Fair last week in Rawlins. Aubrey Berger, of Saratoga, won overall Grand Champion for her Cochin chicken Monday. In the lamb show Tuesday, Aubrey nabbed the Reserve Champion Breeding Meat Doe in the breeding goat show. Chaze Wiant, of Saratoga, won Grand Champion with his market goat Tuesday. Rowdy Alameda, of Saratoga, won the Reserve Grand Champion for his market lamb Tuesday. Koye Gilbert, of... Full story
Terry L. Priquet passed away at his home in Encampment on Aug. 10, 2014 after battling COPD for many years. Terry was born in Encampment on Sept. 6, 1944 to Julia and Melvin Priquet. He worked with his father, grandfather Oscar, and brothers in the Platte Valley Express in the fourth generation family business. Terry graduated from Encampment and joined the Army. In 1967, Terry married his wife Mary. As they raised two children, Terry worked in construction, for the Wyoming Dairy, at the mines in Shirley Basin and Hanna, the sawmill in...
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Aug. 15 at the family home at 609 West Main in Saratoga. In lieu of flowers, an account has been set up for the children at Bank of the West....
Saratoga and Encampment middle school football equipment checkout will be Aug. 20 at 4 p.m. at the building behind the high school. Equipment checkout is for all students in grades 6 through 8 interested in playing football....
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) used a helicopter to stock trout at several Snowy Range alpine lakes with trout on Aug. 7. A helicopter is WGFD’s preferred method for alpine lake fish stocking as it provides easier access to the lakes and is less stressful for the fish. Fish can be stocked in just minutes using a helicopter, resulting in a high survival rate. Helicopter stocking is normally conducted in even numbered years in the Snowy Range. Small fingerling trout are stocked to allow the helicopter to handle the largest p...
After responding to criticisms, the Saratoga Town Council elected to move public comment to the beginning of the meeting at their Aug. 6 meeting. Mayor of Saratoga John Zeiger said public comment was originally placed at the beginning of the meetings due to public requests, however, it was requested recently to be moved to the end. “When we put this at the bottom of the meeting, we got (a positive response). Now people are wanting to put it at the beginning of the meeting,” Zeiger explained. Cou...
Carbon County Fair is over. The kids who did well are now at the Wyoming State Fair to see how they do against the top in the state. Fair week is always an exhausting week for me, so I can’t even imagine what it is like for the parents and grandparents who spend the week at fair working with their children, advising them on how to get their animals ready to show. These families have spent months working with their kids, reminding them to do chores, taking them to pre-fair shows, loading the a...
Big changes are coming to the Saratoga Sun. Perhaps you have seen our ads about some of the changes. The place where we have printed our paper for many years is closing down their press. It came as a shock to us, but as newspaper people, we adjust to change. We looked at several options and starting next week the Casper Star Tribune is printing our paper. Technology makes this possible, as we have been sending our paper up to the current printer by FTP (File Transfer Protocol). What this change means for our readers and our advertisers is a...
Dear Editor, The Aug. 6 edition of the Saratoga Sun featured an editorial opposing any town involvement in a campground for bicyclists and suggested the town’s constrained budget should not have to bear the cost of an in-town bicycle campground. It may be that Saratoga residents do not want a bicyclist campground in town, but it shouldn’t be because it will break the budget. The town already intends to recreate Good Times Park behind the hot pool, listed by the Sun as a location having been suggested for a bicyclist campground. What if, in the...
Local historian and archaeologist, Chilly Rollison, was emotional after being able to visit the place that first sparked his passion for Native American history and lifeways nearly 40 years ago. Rollison, along with Big Creek Ranch Manager Mark Dunning, gave 40 Saratoga Museum Trek participants an in-depth tour of tipi rings, war lodges, and the Cherokee Trail located on Big Creek Ranch last Saturday. The day's events started with Rollison erecting his tipi to give participants a better...
Chairman Shawn Warner closed the meeting by telling Bill Miller and his crew to "enjoy your 15 minutes of euphoria". Miller, the Senior Vice President of Energy and Land Resources for the Anschutz Corporation, president and CEO of Power Company of Wyoming (PCW) and the Overland Trail Cattle Company, and the rest of PCW congratulated each other with hugs, handshakes and tears. This was at the end of day two of PCW's Industrial Siting Council (ISC) hearing for the Chokecherry Sierra Madre wind...
Some of the best microbrews in the state will once again pour into the Platte Valley, as the official State of Wyoming Microbrew Competition comes to Saratoga this weekend. Now in its 19th year, the annual event will bring Wyoming breweries to compete for the coveted “Steinley Cup.” “It was one of the first, original competitions and brew festivals in the state, and is known by the brewers as the official competition. No one can claim they’re the best in the state unless they have carried...
Local author, Lori Van Pelt, will be featured on C-SPAN’s Book TV. Van Pelt will appear in the Casper coverage on Aug 16-17, and Cheyenne coverage for Sept. 6 and 7 . She discussed a number of the profiles in her book Capital Characters of Old Cheyenne, while on location at various historic places in the city. “Appearing on Book TV is a great honor for me,” Van Pelt said, “and I’m grateful to receive such impressive recognition. I had a marvelous time on location in Cheyenne, and the producer who conducted my interview was very articulat...
Reprint of this story from the August 8, 1902 issue of The Grand Encampment Herald brought to you courtesy of Grandma’s Cabin, Encampment, Wyoming. Preserving History - Serving the Community. FOREST FIRES RAGING Millions of Feet of Lumber Are Being Destroyed In the Sierra Madre Range The most disastrous forest fire in the history of the camp has been raging within the past week about twelve miles south of Grand Encampment in the Sierra Madre hills. The fire has swept over an area four miles long and from one-half to three-fourths of a mile w...
At Deseret Health and Rehab, residents enjoyed many activities throughout the week. The Activity Department offers a wide variety of activities each week to meet the residents’ interests, as well as the physical, mental and psychological well-being of each resident. Games throughout the week provided fun and laughter. On Sunday afternoon,residents played Dominoes with Pat Rust winning. On Monday afternoon, seven residents played Yahtzee with Marjery McAulay winning. On Tuesday morning, five residents played Dominoes with Pat Rust winning. On W...
There were six here for bingo Tuesday. two-dollar winners were, Pat Faust, Dorothy Miller, Berneil McCord, Grace Johnston, and Sue Howe. Grace Johnston won the four-dollar blackout. There were three tables for Duplicate Bridge on Monday. High winners were Vivien Campbell and Gertrude Harold. Second high went to Glee Johnson and Mariel O’Grady. I have the forms for the Elderly and Disabled tax returns. Stop by and get one or call and I will help you fill them out and get them sent back. You have until Aug. 31 to get the forms in. Q...
Dominoes: Bill and Madeline Telfer, Bob and Lois Thompson, Betty Merrill, Dick Blake, Joe and Shelia Remick, Phil Fliming, Laura Rettelle, Lorraine Knotwell, Jack Riddick Coffee Drinkers: Laura Rettelle, Gonnie eckham, Patty Herrinf Karen Dibbern, LeDawn Vorn, Arleigh Simmon, Jo Bonnett, Ellie Bechman, and and a few guests: Dani Herring, Kee Chui and Jane Chui. Bridge Game: Alice & Whitey Stewart, John Blue, Vivien Campbell, Kay Fleming Quilters: Nancy Lynch, Betty Merrill Vonda Wieberg, Karen Casson, Kay Fleming, Lila Walbye, Jo Roberson,...
Carbon County Senior Centers Wednesday- Meatloaf, au gratin potato, spinach, wheat bread, apricots, chilled milk. Thursday- Beef stroganoff, noodles, squash blend, wheat bread, Mandarin oranges, chilled milk. Friday- Oven chicken, mashed potatoes/gravy, confetti corn, wheat roll, fruit salad, chilled milk. Monday- Baked ham, scalloped potatoes, Brussels sprouts, chilled milk. Tuesday- Creamed turkey, fettuccine, tossed salad, wheat bread, strawberries, chilled milk....
Editor, This is sort of a combination letter to the editor and an open letter to Wendall D. O’Connell, the post master in Encampment. Many of the readers of this paper will recall that about a year ago there was community outcry to have Mr. O’Connell removed from his position. That did not happen and he continues to wreak havoc on the distribution of mail in our community. And here as I see it is the problem. Mr. O’Connell fails to understand that the sole purpose of the USPS is to deliver mail to the customers of the post office. He believes i...