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Saratoga High School graduate Corson Kerbs proudly roped in two first-placements for the beef and sheep categories at the 2013 Carbon County Fair. Kerbs received the Grand Champion Market Steer award in the Beef Show for his steer, humorously named “Fluffy,” and the Grand Champion Market Lamb award in the Sheep Show for one of his five market-weather sheep brought along for show. During the Junior Livestock Sale, Kerbs sold the winning steer to Valley Oil and Perkins Oil for $9.50/lb. “I place...
Services for Eduardo (Eddie) Escobedo, who died in a motorcycle wreck Friday morning, are planned for Thursday. The first service will take place 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Saratoga High School for friends and family. The family will have a memorial service at St. Ann’s Catholic Church from 1 - 2 p.m., followed by a burial service at the Saratoga Cemetery. Escobedo was living in Denver at the time of his death and was a 2008 graduate of Saratoga High School. A full obituary will appear in a later edition of the Saratoga S... Full story
Weston Jacob Bates was born July 24, 2013 at Ivinson Memorial Hospital in Laramie. He was born 8 lbs, 11oz, and was 20 1/2 inches long. The proud parents are Tara and Michael Bates of Saratoga. Michael works at the Sinclair Refinery, and Tara is a substitute teacher for Carbon County School District No. 2. Maternal grandparents are Warren and Debbie Drew of Omaha, Neb., and paternal grandparents are Terry and Christine Bates of Woodbine, Iowa. Proud older siblings are 7-year-old Joseph and 6-year-old Bryson.... Full story
Preseason practice for the Saratoga High School girls volleyball team begins Monday morning, with seven practices to follow throughout the week. The team practices twice on both Monday and Tuesday, and only once for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Next week’s practice schedule is as follows: Monday, Aug. 19, 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20, 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 21, 3 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22, 3 to 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23, 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. For questions or to sign up for the t...
Tiffany Oxford, of Saratoga, made the 2013 spring semester Provost’s Honor Roll for the University of Wyoming. The Provost’s Honor Roll consists of undergraduates who have completed at least six, but fewer than 12, hours with a minimum 3.5 grade point average for the semester.... Full story
Sixth, seventh and eighth grade students with an athletic drive can soon prepare for action on the football field this fall. According to head coach Matt Shelby, at 4 p.m. on Tuesday students in grades sixth-through-eighth can sign up and check out equipment at Saratoga Middle/High School. The first practice is 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Saratoga Elementary School practice field. “On Tuesday we will meet at the shed behind the high school, and the kids will get sized up for pads, helmets, jerseys and other things,” Shelby said. For more inf...
Jonathan Jones, a 2009 graduate of Saratoga High School, has earned his Bachelor’s of Arts Degree in Graphic Design from The Art Institute of Colorado. Jones is the son of Robin and David Jones, of Saratoga....
Hungry patrons looking to support a good cause can attend the upcoming “Stockwell-Wilcoxson Chicken Burn” barbecue and cancer fundraiser at Veterans Island. Saratoga resident Steve Wilcoxson said this first-annual chicken barbecue is organized as a tribute to friend Richie Stockwell and his father Max Wilcoxson, both of whom died of cancer. Wilcoxson said the free Saturday event features home-cooked food and a horseshoe throw, and welcome donations to support the American Cancer Society. “My...
The loss of a friend is heart-wrenching. I know. I lost my best friend to a car accident when we were 27 years old. We had been friends since we were five. Last week, the class of 2008 lost a classmate and friend to a motorcycle accident. Young adults, parents and teachers were grieving over the loss. Eddie Escobedo had a smile that could not be resisted, and he was always smiling. Every time I saw him, he had a hug for me. Eddie was a classmate and friend of my son Garry. They became quick...
The Carbon County Commission unanimously voted to approve changes to its health insurance plan for county employees to off-set budget shortfalls in the 2013/2014 fiscal year. The change, which will go into effect January, means higher deductibles, the addition of medical co-pays, higher prescription co-pays and the addition of a wellness program which awards those on the plan. “I feel these are substantial changes to the insurance and they will affect all employees, especially those on tight b...
There is a little something for everyone in the shop with the “Antique’s n Junque” sign hanging at the door. Once inside, you will discover jewelry of all styles, coat hangers, jeans, hats, used books, old Wyoming license plates, antiques and much more. At first glance one may recognize the shop as a typical antique shop, but that is not the case. According to the owners, Jamie and Ray Bernal, their shop, Strong Tower Design located on Bridge Street next to Platte River Pizza and Sweet Marie...
Gun enthusiasts have the chance to get their grip on a rare and unique six-shooter next month. Keith Bailey, Saratoga summer resident, said he will be donating the single-action Colt .45 at the “Sagebrush and Six Shooters, Party on the Platte” sixth anniversary celebration and auction for the Platte Valley Community Center Foundation. Bailey said the six-shooter gun was the 23rd out of only 25 models made. The first one made was given to late actor and former National Rifle Association Pre...
New York Times best-selling author C.J. Box will be signing his books from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Saratoga Museum. Box, who has two new books out this year, “Breaking Point”, the 13th in his Joe Pickett series, and a stand-alone “The Highway”, worked for the Saratoga Sun and the Chamber of Commerce in the 1980s. “The Highway” is the scariest book I’ve ever written,” Box said. He got the idea when he was flying around America several years ago on a book tour. He picked up a newspaper som...
After a car wreck left him paralyzed from the chest down, simple tasks like inserting a DVD into a laptop disk drive became tedious. But even with limited use of his arms and fingers, Brandon Johnson, who survived a car wreck 14 years ago, was able to achieve the task. “It took me about 45 minutes and about 30 tries, but I got it in the side of my laptop,” Brandon said. After 14 years, Brandon does not remember anything from the crash, he said, and is living with the consequences of his poo...
Three eastern Carbon County students made Western Wyoming Community College’s honor roll lists for the Spring 2013 semester. Taylor Boydstun of Saratoga and Zachary Cary of Hanna made the 2013 Dean’s Honor Roll List for full-time students. This honor is accorded to students who complete a minimum of 12 credit hours with a letter grade and a grade point average between 3.25 and 3.99. Brandee Forster of Saratoga made the Spring 2013 President’s Honor Roll List. This honor is also accorded to full-time students who complete a minimum of 12 credi...
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. We will be having our annual summer barbecue on Thursday for family and friends of our residents. We are hoping to have good weather on that day, so we can enjoy the barbecue on our patio. Games throughout the week provided fun and laughter. On Sunday afternoon, four residents playe... Full story
A few of our summertime travelers have left for the season; safe travels to them. Our Domino players are Betty M., Joe and Sheila R., Jack James and Dick B., and welcome back to Bill and Madeline Telfer. We are still playing two tables of Bridge on Wednesdays and are working on what looks to be a challenging puzzle called ”Butterfly”. Always much thanks to our volunteers, Bob and Lois Thompson, Vonda Wieburg, Nancy Lynch, and Laura Rettelle, you all allow this facility to run with a special touch. Blood pressure will be taken on Aug. 22. The... Full story
There were six here to play bingo Tuesday. Two-dollar winners were Pat Faust, Madaline Forbes, Dorothy Miller, Jack Riddick, and Ginny Riddick. Berneil McCord won a $3 round. Pat Faust won the $5 blackout round. There were three-and-a-half tables for Duplicate Bridge this week. High winners were Marianna Blue and Gertrude Herold. There was a tie for second high between Mary Alice Sjoden and Sandy Cameron and Pat Bailey and Mariel O’Grady. Don’t for get we will be having the music jamboree up here every other Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. It has bee... Full story
The Saratoga-Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce has a new logo, and someone is $250 richer. The logo, designed by Cassie Orduno with Ciao Bella Design, saw final approval from the Board of Directors Aug. 7 after a panel comprised of staff and board members formed to pick a new logo, recommended the design. The new logo is a silhouette of a man fishing framed in a cowboy hat. The Chamber’s name is included on the logo in several different arrangements. Orduno earned $250 as an award for her efforts. The panel in a press release stated the job o...
Bradford C. Cary has been named a member of the 2013-2014 Executive Council of New York Life Insurance Company. Members of the Executive Council are among the most successful of New York Life’s elite sales force of 12,250 licensed agents. Cary has been a New York Life agent since 1987 and is associated with New York Life’s Wyoming General Office in Casper. He received his Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU®) designation in 1992, his Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC ®) designation from the American College in 1995, and Certified Finan...
1 years ago July 10, 1913 Colorado Northern Persistent rumor that there is more behind the big project than first gleamed. It is now an assured fact that French capitalists are on the ground at Hayden, Colorado, looking over the proposed project in which they expect invest some $28,000,000.00. This project looked at first to be a little out of keeping at this time but closer investigation proves that there is indeed a big movement on foot that is beginning to assume into a possibility. The proposition is to build a railroad some 170 miles in... Full story
The town of Saratoga and PMPC think they have the water billing and meter issues figured out. “The data on the July bills are correct from what I can tell,” said PMPC engineer Ken Schwerdt in a Saratoga Town Council meeting Aug. 6. “I am really confident on how the system is working right now.” In June, several water consumers saw incorrect bills due to discrepancies between software the town uses to calculate water usage and billing. Saratoga Mayor John Zeiger said he is also confident the wat...