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Shively Hardware will celebrate 90 years of business this year, and owner Mike Glode remembers its beginnings through family history. The east end of the building, Mike said, was the beginning of the store but it has since expanded to what we know now. The location on Bridge Avenue, according to Mike, was the first commercial building on this side of the river. The original general store in town, owned by J.W. Hugus, originally sat where the Snowy Mountain Brewery now sits. After the bridge was...
The 21st annual Copper Days Festival returns to Encampment on Saturday and Sunday. The tractors, which the event is focused on, will parade through Encampment on Saturday morning at 10 a.m. Tractor pull events will be held Saturday and Sunday at 11 a.m. at the Encampment/Riverside Lions Club Arena. "Tractors have been collected for decades by those who reminisce about simpler times when hard work was rewarded with an afternoon of friendly one-ups-man-ship," said the Saratoga/Platte Valley...
The Saratoga Police Department was confronted by Gary Widemshek at the Sept. 1 Saratoga Town Council meeting regarding commercial truck traffic, specifically across the Bridge Avenue bridge. Widemshek said he “just wanted the issue fixed,” noting that he had been in contact with police chief Tom Knickerbocker for the past 14-15 months. Councilperson Judy Welton said that signage is better in town, though the issue of truck traffic needs to be further addressed. Councilperson Richard Raymer sug...
The Laramie Game and Fish office has received several complaints from livestock grazers on the Red Rim-Grizzly Wildlife Habitat Management Area (WHMA) near Rawlins about gates being left open. Open gates have allowed cattle to wander onto pastures that have already been grazed, causing stress on riparian areas that are important wildlife habitat. Wandering cattle also create a labor issue for ranchers, who must spend countless hours herding the animals back into the proper pastures. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department reminds hunters to obey...
Rawlins may become the new home of a 50-person emergency medical shelter. At the Sept. 1 Board of Carbon County Commissioners (BOCC) meeting the board members stated their approval of housing the shelter in the basement of the Jeffrey Center noting that it would allow quick access to the resource if needed. John Zieger, Carbon County Emergency Management Coordinator, said that a study is necessary to determine if the basement meets the requirements for storage and access to the shelter. A Memora...
The success of the lobbying efforts made to change the funding model for the new landfill transfer station have not been revealed yet, according to Upper Platte River Solid Waste Disposal District (landfill board) Chairperson Randy Raymer. The current model of funding only allows for 75 percent maximum grant and loan, with the landfill board needing to come up with the remaining portion on their own. The cash portion the landfill board is responsible for is estimated at $325,000 for the...
If you ever wonder what the children in the Platte Valley are up to - all you have to do is look at the sports page and this week’s fair edition. While the reporters were interviewing fair participants who did exceptionally well this year, I was typing fair results. Our staff spent the first week in August covering the fair. We can’t make every event, unless of course, we camp out in Rawlins like the rest of the county. But, we also have things to cover in Saratoga and the Platte Valley, lik...
Editor: In response to your question, “Do we want growth or not?”, I would tell you that I prefer my growth well done with a side of fiscal responsibility and some intelligence thrown in In your editorial, money was the all you talked about. You want your home to become an investment so your daughter can grow up in a better place. You want grants from every government agency so new businesses can jump in and start making money. You dug up data from communities that supposedly shows them prospering magically. There is an old saying that num...
The column that appeared on page 4 of the Sept. 2, 2015 edition of the Saratoga Sun was written by reporter, Erik Gantt. The staff at the Saratoga Sun failed to put in his byline. We apologize for the error or the confusion it may have caused. The Saratoga booster photo listed Lisa Burton as No. 10, rather than Sarah Burton. The staff at the Saratoga Sun apologizes for the error....
"I love working with people. I love being able to help them and solve their problems mail-wise," Encampment Postmaster DeeDee Macey said of her job. Encampment's new postmaster has been a postmaster since 1986, but she has worked with the U.S. Postal Service almost 37 years. Macey noted that she hopes to bring continuity to the Encampment post office. Macey started out as a mail carrier and then moved inside to be a clerk. She has been postmaster in four locations, including Medicine Bow,...
The University of Wyoming accorded degrees upon the following Platte Valley area students, or graduates of Carbon County School District No. 2, at the completion of the 2015 spring semester. Abbey Davidson, BS; Sara A. Rangitsch, BA; Kyle Warren, BA; Joshua Simmons, BS; Steven Priest, CERT; David Capozzoli, BS; Lindsay Wessel, BSAR; Kenzie Besso, BA; Ben Collamer, BSCE; Linda Smith, BSN; Paul Young, BSME....
Kylie Marie Ebersole, of Saratoga, has been recommended for admission to practice law in Wyoming. She was recommended for admission after receiving a passing score on the Uniform Bar Exam and meeting all other requirements for admission....
One year ago local hikers Curt Campbell and Jack Riddick were rescued after being trapped on Medicine Bow Peak overnight. The date was Aug. 31, 2014. On Sept. 1, 2015 the hiking pair were able to lend a little help to an injured Dave Jeffers, his brother Bill and Scott Randall. The trio had been mountain biking on the Coon Creek trail along the east fork of the Encampment River. Jeffers said he flipped over his handle bars, landing with his weight on his left hand. At the time Jeffers said he...
On Friday night, the Encampment Lady Tigers (6-1, 1-0) took a few minutes to get used to their new offensive plays, but once they did, it didn't take long for the Lady Tigers to tie the game against the Farson Eden Lady Pronghorns (0-3). The Lady Tigers went on to win in three sets. The Lady Tigers had been working on new offensive plays all week, Lady Tigers Head Coach Robin O'Leary said. Thursday night they did not use the plays, but Friday night O'Leary called for them. "It takes a lot of...
The Saratoga Lady Panthers suffered a loss to Lingle-Fort Laramie on Friday (25-15, 10-25, 20-25, 18-25). With their loss to the Encampment Thursday, this brings their overall record to 5-3. They have not played a conference game yet. Assistant coach Amy Johnston said that while they won the first set, the team suffered in the second set. However, Johnston continued, that the Lady Panthers played hard during the final two sets, making for close matches. “They really played together really w...
The Saratoga Lady Panthers and the Encampment Lady Tigers matched up for the first time this season on Thursday night. The Encampment Tigers dominated the match. The Lady Panthers fell to Encampment in three sets 25-8, 25-12, 25-13. That didn't mean there were not exciting moments in the sets, as the teams had several rallies. The Lady Panthers just couldn't pull off the points. Lady Tiger's Head Coach Robin O'Leary said the Tigers played well as team Thursday night. "They felt good that they...
The Saratoga Panthers football squad was beat in a 13-49 non-conference game against the Lingle/Fort Laramie Doggers last Friday. Lettermen Rodrigo Escobedo, Thatcher Spiering, Cameron Lehr and Alex Ziegler were called on regularly to run the ball in the away game. Sophomore Ben Fairbanks also ran the ball twice. The Panthers rushed for a total of 153 yards, 99 of which came during the fourth quarter. Escobedo and Spiering scored all of the points for the Panthers in the fourth quarter. Escobedo...
The Saratoga Panthers cross-country team showed some improvements at the Rawlins Invitational. Head coach Rex Hohnholt reported that about 75 percent of athletes had faster times than last week. According to Hohnholt, Jeremy Detterer (10th place, 19 minutes and 15 seconds) showed a significant improvement. He was able to close the gap that Hohnholt saw in the high school varsity boys. "Not only did he improve a lot place-wise, but he improved a lot time-wise, so that was really encouraging,"...
