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Saratoga residents will likely be paying higher prices for sewer services At the Sept. 2 Saratoga Town Council meeting, the council passed Ordinance No. 828 on the first reading. The ordinance will increase the base rate for sewer service of business, commercial and residential users throughout the town. The rate increase was proposed by the Town of Saratoga/Carbon County Joint Powers Board (water and sewer board) in order to provide the necessary revenue to make improvements to the wastewater o... 
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If you are lucky, you may go home with a piece of Saratoga history, or a vacation in St. Croix, Saturday night at the Platte Valley Community Center (PVCC). A round oak table, used in the Palace Hotel Dining Room, has been donated to the seventh annual Platte Valley Community Center Foundation’s fundraiser auction. In 1903-1904, the Palace became the second hotel built in Saratoga. The table was in the hotel’s dining room until 1936. The hotel, established by Charles and Barbara Mitwalsky, own...
Alan Carter Braga passed away on August 28, 2014 at 11:50 am at the Wyoming Medical Center in Casper, WY. Funeral services will be held September 2, 2014 at Calvary Baptist Church where he is a member, at 10:30 am. Visitation will be at 9:30 am at the church prior to the service. Burial will be at Highland Cemetery. Alan was born in Rupert, Idaho on May 20, 1934 to Jesse and Julia (Lundy) Braga. He grew up on a farm near Paul, ID and attended school in Paul. In 1950 he and his family moved to...
Marilyn K. Starr, 62, of Saratoga, went to her heavenly home on Sept. 1, 2014, after a four-year battle with cancer. A memorial service was held on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014, at 10 a.m. at the Platte Valley Lutheran Church with Pastor Marvin Temme officiating. Interment followed in the Saratoga Cemetery. Marilyn was born Aug. 9, 1952 to Merle (Ward) and Ralph Starr in Rawlins. Marilyn graduated from Platte Valley High School in 1970. She worked for Carbon County School District No. 2 Central...
Carl Ray Hermel, 56, of Rawlins passed away at the Memorial Hospital of Carbon County on Sept. 4, 2014. He fought and suffered a year-long struggle with melanoma cancer. The funeral service was held on Sept. 8, 2014 at the Christ Lutheran Church in Rawlins. Pastor Marvin Temme and Pastor Terry Wiley officiated. Scattering of his ashes will be done by family and close friends. Carl was born in Newport, R.I on Feb. 26, 1958. Graduating from Buffalo High School in Buffalo Wyo., he continued a...
Glenn A. Vawser, 82, formerly of Saratoga, passed away in Fort Collins, Colo., July 20, 2014. He was born May 11, 1932 in Winner S.D., to Art and Thelma Vawser. The family moved to Scappoose, Ore, in 1947. Glenn graduated high school there in 1950 and then joined the Air Force and served in Korea. He was also stationed in Denver, Colo. He married Gladys (Cross) in Cheyenne on Dec. 5, 1953. He then was employed by Cheyenne Light & Power Company and Colorado Public Service Company in Salida, Sterling and Frisco, Colo. Glenn retired after 35...
The town of Saratoga will likely come to a settlement with Reiman Corporation worth $31,000, the town council announced at their Sept. 9 meeting after an executive session. “Talking with (town clerk Suzie Cox), we felt the easiest way would be we would pay Reiman their retainage, and they would write a check back to the town,” town of Saratoga Engineer Chuck Bartlett said. Though the settlement is not final, the town council voted in favor of releasing the retainage fee for the water meter pro...
The town of Saratoga has received the preliminary report for the Upper North Platte River Restoration Project. The 80-page report, written by Stantec Consulting and Wildland Hyrdology, details conceptual designs of the potential river restoration project. In the report, Stantec and Wildland Hydrology listed 12 objectives they wish to complete for the final river restoration project. These objectives include designing a self-sustaining, natural, stable river; reducing the flood stage through...
On Friday, I will begin my 10th year at the Saratoga Sun. This has been the most rewarding job I have ever had, not to mention the most stressful. Most of the time, it is a good stress. The most stressful days are, without a doubt, Mondays and Tuesdays. It doesn’t matter how prepared we think we are coming into the week, Monday is a long day. Last minute advertisements are coming in, news stories that came in over the weekend need phone calls made and we have sports stories to write during t...
How many votes should a councilperson have on town issues? This is a question that has come up at town meetings and during the election forums sponsored by the Valley Service Organization. Most candidates at the forums agreed there is not a problem as long as they vote the same way on the board as they do on the council. Citizens and town board members don’t always agree. What has caused concern is the potential for a council member who serves on a board to disagree with a board recommendation and vote against it. The council member then has i...
Editor Kudos goes out to Union Wireless and Carbon County School District 2 for bringing in Craig Conrad to not only speak with the students but to share with families during the back to school picnic. I hope that the students got as much out of what he had to share as this parent did. I am going to borrow a quote that he used that night “When it gets darkest the stars come out” this is translated to mean “Don’t lose hope”. I think that all of us have experienced those darkest nights in our lives, and if it wouldn’t have been for the stars s...
Editors note: this is the first in a two-part series on the restoration of historic fire lookouts in general and the fire lookout tower at Kennaday Peak in particular. In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act the US Forest Service (USFS) started a program called 16 by 16. Through the program, 16 historic fire lookouts will be renovated and stabilized by 2016. The lookout on top of Kennaday Peak is one of the towers selected for the project. The USFS and...
A storm was not the only thing to roll into Saratoga on Friday night, as the Fort Laramie-Lingle Doggers (1-0, 1-0) overpowered the Saratoga Panthers (0-1, 0-1) 13 to 46. Head Coach Scott Bokelman said there is still a learning curve for many of the younger and inexperienced players. "Our youth is really what showed, especially on the line," he said. "We have to work on staying on our blocks." After giving up three touchdowns on turnovers, Bokelman stressed they have to continue working on ball...
The Saratoga Middle/High School (SMHS) Cross Country Team consistently shaved time off of their races at last weeks Rawlins Invite. The boys varsity team alone were 3 minutes 19 seconds faster than their performance in Green River the week before. Coach Rex Hohnholt said "we had a tremendous week of work heading in to that meet," and he was worried the team would be tired. "It bodes well for our future," Hohnholt said of the consistently faster times. Varsity boys Andrew Oiler and Jeremy Dettere...
After playing the Saratoga Invitational Tournament Friday and Saturday, Saratoga High School's Volleyball Coach Shayley Love has a pretty good idea of how her girls are working together. Friday morning started a little rough as the Lady Panthers went up against the Little Snake River Valley team. They lost their first match in two sets 25-19, 25-4. "I don't know why, but we don't get as pumped up for some teams," Love said of the match against Snake River. "We played well the first set, but...
The Encampment Lady Tigers had a busy weekend, taking on five teams including two 2A teams and a 4A Freshmen "A" team. Even though Encampment lost to Niobrara County, it took three sets to take the Tigers down Friday night. Encampment's first match at the Saratoga Invitational Friday was against Wyoming Indian Lady Chiefs. The first set was 26-24 with the second set 25-17. "I love these tournaments," Lady Tigers Head Coach Robin O'Leary said. "It gives the team a chance make mistakes and fix...
Playing with a five-man team, Saratoga High School took seventh as a team at the Lander Invite Golf Tournament last week. Individually, senior Braxton Schwartzkopf placed fourth after shooting a 77-77 – 154, one stroke more than his third place finish at the Rawlins Invitational. Chaze Wiant broke a one-round 100 for the second time in his career with a 110-98 – 208 effort, five strokes under last week’s score. The third veteran player, Guy Erickson, shot a 99-99 – 198, four over his score a...
"After his win Dave was hailed as 'the best.' And it's no wonder. Dave is strong, fast and smart - a combination rarely found in a high school wrestler. He has what you call a wrestling instinct." -Saratoga Sun, March 24, 1960 *** Dave Edington looked up at a plaque at Saratoga High School holding the names of 31 state wrestling champions. He scratched his grey goatee, and pointed towards a name at the top of the list. "Yep, there I am," he said It was him - even if his name was spelled wrong...
From Sept. 1 through Sept. 7, the Saratoga Police Department responded to 112 calls including the following classifications: Agency assistance (1); ambulance (2); assist business (1); bar check (8); business checks (35); citizen assist (4); destruction of property (1); disturbance (1); dog at large (3); barking dog complaint (2); lost dog (2); vicious dog (1); escort (1); fingerprints (8); fish & game (2); found property (3); hot pool check (13); lockout (1); loud noise complaint (2); missing property (1); house watch (2); record check (3); RED...
Reprint of this story from the September 9, 1904 issue of The Grand Encampment Herald brought to you courtesy of Grandma’s Cabin, Encampment, Wyoming. Preserving History - Serving the Community. Locomotive at the Ferris Haggarty One of the greatest money savers inaugurated in the recent improvements at the Ferris-Haggarty mine is the locomotive. It is a Porter air type that traverses the tunnel level over a length of 1,300 feet. The locomotive pulls a train of ten two-ton cars, landing the ore in the ore bin where it is dumped onto the g...
Games throughout the week provided fun and laughter. On Sunday afternoon, four residents played Dominoes with Pat Rust winning. On Monday afternoon, four residents played Yahtzee with Russell Cox winning. On Wednesday afternoon, 12 residents played Bingo, and on Friday afternoon, 15 residents played Bingo. Marge McAulay, Truth Karstoft, and Janet Kennaday won Four Corners. Carol Higby and Rudy Stodola won Blackouts. Our Bingo helpers were Lila Worden, Joannie Johnson, Gloria Rakness, and Sue Bartlett. On Saturday afternoon, residents played...
There were not enough to play Bingo this week. Because of the holiday, there was no Bridge this week as well. There were six of us here for the movie, “Nut Job”. We all enjoyed popcorn and just relaxed. We had a big turnout for our Hawaiian shirt day. It was fun to see all the different colored shirts. One even had a Hawaiian hat. Several of the ladies wore there leis as well. I think they enjoyed it. It was good to have Jack Riddick up here Friday. He and Curt Campbell had a very close excursion last Friday night. They both ended up in the hos...