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Two Casper residents were killed in Saratoga Saturday evening when their plane crashed on a property adjacent to the Saratoga Municipal Airport. Carbon County Sheriff Jerry Colson said his office received the call concerning the crashed plane around 8:30 a.m., Sunday morning after an individual who was driving on County Rd. 385 saw the plane crash in the distance. Authorities arrived to find the pilot Kenneth Scheoder, 52, and his passenger Janet Kawakami, 54, both diseased. Colson said both...
Robert James, of Gillette, will be awarded the Purple Heart at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Khe Sanh West Park in Saratoga. Robert is the son of Jesse James, of Encampment. “It’s dad’s doing,” Robert said. “He pushed me to make sure I got it.” Robert was injured when an IED (improvised explosive device) blew up his convoy in 2007. Robert was driving the lead gun truck in a convoy security. “Where I went,(the convoy) went,” Robert said, “Whether they liked it or not.” Robert said he doesn’t like to...
The Saratoga Town Council decided to take closer look at the proposed sewage fee after postponing the second reading on ordinance 828 at their Sept. 16 meeting. Mayor John Zeiger said he felt the ordinance was written unfairly because several households in town would not be paying the same increased fees. The ordinance is written to charge a single-family residential unit a $30 base-rate for sewer fees, with a 3 percent annual increase to those rates. While the base-rate increases for larger...
September 15, 1960 August 22, 2014. Jean "Jeannie" Ann Schlaefer lost her four-plus year battle with ovarian cancer at 10:55 a.m. Aug. 22, 2014 on the 3rd floor ICU at St Mary's Hospital surrounded by her family. There was a private service for Jeannie on Tuesday Aug. 26, 2014 for the family to say farewell for the last time. She was born on Sept. 15, 1960 in Laramie, Wyoming to Charles E. and Georgia A. (Marriner) Fleenor. She spent her childhood growing up in Wyoming and graduated from East...
Shirley Jo An Goodspeed, 78, of Saratoga, passed away Sept. 14, 2014. She was born June 15, 1936 in Campo, Colo., to parents Mayme (Burd) and Bert Stagner. In 1953, she married the love of her life, Don Goodspeed, Jr. and they began their life together in Springfield, Colo., After living in numerous places, they retired in Saratoga. She loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren. She also enjoyed Nascar racing and riding around in their golf carts. Survivors include her...
An ordinance of the Saratoga Municipal Code pertaining to disturbing the neighborhood needs further examination, Councilman Steve Wilcoxson told council members at the Saratoga Town Council meeting on Sept. 16. Ordinance 9.20.050 states “No person shall between the hours of ten p.m. and seven a.m. maliciously or wilfully disturb the peace and quiet of any neighborhood or family within the town limits by loud or unusual noises or by tumultuous or offensive carriage, threatening, quarreling, c...
At a Sept. 10 meeting with local landowners and representative from the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the Wyoming Stock Growers Association (WSGA) the “ins and outs” of Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances (CCAA) were discussed. LeAnne Correll, WSGA CCAA Education Project Coordinator, provided the official definition of a Candidate Conversation Agreement which is: a voluntary conservation agreement whereby private landowners agree to manage their lands to remove or red...
While sitting at my desk pondering life as the 12:01 siren goes off in Saratoga, I realize that I am more than a bit preoccupied these days. More than likely, by the next time I write a column for the Saratoga Sun, my wife and I will be parents for the first time. Our baby girl is due on the 19th of October, by my wife’s calculations, or the 28th if the doctor is correct. Either way, big change will be here soon. Much to my wife’s chagrin, I have not been overly stressed about the birth of our...
Saturday, Sen. Mike Enzi will be in Saratoga to award the Purple Heart to Robert James. To be awarded a Purple Heart, one has to be harmed by something that is meant to injure during wartime. It has been several years since a member of the armed forces was awarded a Purple Heart in the Valley. With tensions so thick after the beheading of two American journalists and the beheading of a British journalist, war in Syria is most likely eminent, and Americans once again find themselves on high alert. Everyday service members are in harm’s way or h...
Skyline Motors in Rawlins has been in business for more than 40 years, and the new general sales manager is looking for ways to give back to the community. Eric Dew moved to Saratoga in June, and has been working for Skyline Motors since May. Dew said he is not sure how Emil Lemich, the owner of Skyline Motors, found him, because he wasn't looking to move from Dexter, Iowa. But Lemich did find him and approached him about coming to Rawlins to work for Skyline Motors. Dew wanted to do something...
Editor's note: This is the first in a three-part series on home health care and support in the Valley. Parts 2 and 3 will focus on the programs available. Graham Steel is rooted to her home in Riverside, but life is not easy for her. Steel has been suffering from several serious medical conditions including Parkinson's disease, a bone disease, she is partially blind and has had nine back surgeries. To put it simply, Steel needs help to manage daily activities and routine chores. Steel has...
The Rocky Mountain Grizzlies (2-0, 2-1) had plenty of time for another score when they got the ball inside the Panther five yard line. Instead they did the honorable thing; they took a knee to run down the clock. The Grizzlies then went to the sideline to celebrate their 0-28 shutout of the Saratoga Panthers (0-2, 0-3). After playing a tough team like Rocky Mountain, Saratoga football head coach Scott Bokelman said he was pleased with the performance of his players. "I thought we played hard,...
The Lady Tigers moved their ranking from No. 4 to No. 3 of the WyoPreps' ranking of the 1A Southwest Conference last week with their win against Little Snake River. The Laramie Plainsman sophomores and the 1A conference rival Rock River Longhorns (0-1) (2-1) volleyball teams were no match for the Encampment Lady Tigers (1-0) (10-1) last week. The Lady Tigers hosted the Laramie Sophomores Tuesday night and won in three sets 25-11, 25-10, 25-15. Tigers head coach Robin O'Leary said she is grateful...
The Lady Panthers varsity volleyball team played six matches last week, lost four, tied one and won one. In 2A Southeast Conference play, the Lady Panthers lost to Burns and Southeast (Yoder, Wyo.) and tied with Niobrara County High School (Lusk, Wyo.). Currently, Saratoga is at the bottom of the 2A Southeast Conference rankings. The Lady Panthers did pull off a win against Guernsey-Sunrise at the Lusk Invitational on Saturday in a game where their serving was strong, including six aces. Coach...
The Saratoga Panthers golf team took third place at last weeks tournament in Lusk. The team from Bear Lodge High School, in Sundance, took first place. Saratoga Panther Braxton Schwartzkopf took third place as an individual after tying for second with a 78,80-154, and then losing a card playoff. Denton Shaw from Niobrara County High School in Lusk took first place with a 76,72-148. Second in the rankings for the Panthers was Guy Erickson who shot 98,94-184 earning him 10th place. Chaze Wiant...
The Saratoga High School Cross Country Team competed in the John Martin Invitational in Fort Collins, Colo. last week. While their individual times increased slightly from the meeting Denver the week before, individual rankings were generally better. Coach Rex Honholt had not commented on the races by press time....
Reprint of this story from the September 26, 1902 issue of The Grand Encampment Herald brought to you courtesy of Grandma’s Cabin, Encampment, Wyoming. Preserving History - Serving the Community. Big Creek Property News of Flattering Nature Is Expected from the Big Creek Tunnel Within Sixty Days Those who have watched the progress of the work in the Big Creek tunnel are anxiously awaiting the result of another hundred feet of work when, it is expected, the vein for which the tunnel is being driven will be cut. It will be remembered that the B...
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, six residents played Dominoes with Rudy Stodola winning. On Tuesday morning, five residents played Yahtzee. On Tuesday afternoon, six residents played Dominoes again with Janet Kennaday winning. On W...
We had three tables here for Duplicate Bridge on Monday. High winners were John Blue and Gertrude Herold. Second high went to Pat Bailey and Barb Wise. We had our birthday and anniversary dinner Friday. Those having birthdays this month are Eloise Thomas, Norma Fuller, Chris Willis, Don Sherrod, Sandy Bennett, Bill Wickstrom, Dixie Minear, Shorty Ballard, Sonja Collamer Peggy Hiser, Norma Allen, Judy Sixon. Norma won the birthday money but she shared it with Eloise as there were only two at the table. Teense was here to do the entertaining...
Saratoga Schools Breakfast Wednesday – Breakfast pizza or cereal/string cheese, fruit or juice, milk. Thursday – Breakfast burrito or cereal/string cheese, fruit or juice, milk. Friday – No breakfast. Monday – Breakfast pastry or cereal and yogurt, fruit or juice, milk. Tuesday – Cereal, string cheese, fruit or juice, milk. Lunch Wednesday – Stromboli and sauce, broccoli, fruit and vegetable bar, pineapple, milk. Thursday – Chicken nuggets, BBQ sauce, carrots, cinnamon roll, fruit & vegetable bar, pears, milk. Friday – No lunch. Monday ...
Ron Bedwell, the current mayor of Riverside, will be on this November’s ballot for mayor again. Bedwell received three write-in votes, the minimum required, during the primary election and has agreed to run in the general election. Bedwell said, “I guess its worth a try.” Bedwell is happy with the accomplishments the town has made during his term in office. “At least with the time that I have been mayor there are some things that we have accomplished with Encampment that we hadn’t been able to d...