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Marcy Cooley is a total Carbon County girl, although in her early years, she was raised in Rock River. When her father told her the family was going to live in Encampment, Cooley was resistant. She considered the school a major rival. However, once settled in, she fell in love with the Valley. In 1994, when Cooley was in her early 30's, she found herself wondering if she should make the leap into the real estate profession. She had taken part time jobs, but her focus was...
The young Encampment Lady Tigers continue to struggle through their season as they suffered two more losses last week. Encampment fell to the North Park Lady Wildcats (9-25, 25-27, 21-25) in Walden, Colo. on Thursday and their Valley rivals the Saratoga Lady Panthers (14-25, 18-25, 20-25) on Saturday. Despite these losses, the Lady Tigers are continuing to prove that they are finding their place in the conference as many of the sophomore players hone their skills. Encampment...
Marie was born May 26, 1921 and passed away September 14, 2018 at the age of 97. She grew up on the isolated Boden homestead a dozen miles west of Saratoga on Little Jack Creek. Marie enjoyed: catching fish, finding placer gold in the Medicine Bows, traveling with her husband Frank, reading broadly, watching Antique Road Show religiously and attending to her cats and chickens. She was proceeded in death by her father, Paul Boden; mother, Marie Boden; sister, Polly Nordstrom... Full story
The Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust (WSGLT) recently conserved 2,257 acres of Purple Sage Ranch in Carbon County, which is owned by the Davis family of Baggs. According to a press release from the WSGLT, the Davis family "strive to manage their ranch in a way that encourages healthy habitat for fish and wildlife." Earlier this year, on July 26, members of the WSGLT hosted an "Understanding Conservation Easements" open house at the Platte Valley Community Center to answer...
Mondays and Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. you will find Nick Haderlie teaching Judo on the stage adjacent to the Platte Valley Community Center Gym basketball court. On Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m. Christina Reyes passes on Taekwondo lessons at the same location. Both of these martial arts disciplines are offered for free-though donations are accepted. Haderlie keeps a supply of the traditional robe worn, or Gi, on hand for newcomers but recommends students purchase their own. The cost...
High winds, dry weather and ample fuel led to a massive increase in the Ryan Fire across both the Wyoming and Colorado border over the weekend. The increase was, in fact, predicted by members of Rocky Mountain Team Black (RMTB) during a public meeting held at 6 p.m. on Friday at the Grand Encampment Opera House. RMTB Incident Commander Mark Hatcher was joined by fellow RMTB members Darron Williams, Operations Section Chief, and Shawn Jacobs, Incident Meterologist, as well as...
Staff Report For the second year in a row, Valley residents can expect to see hay bale sculptures standing in fields thanks to the Platte Valley Arts Council (PVAC). In a recent press release, the PVAC announced it was sponsoring the second annual Hay Bale Sculpture Contest. "All ranches, business or families are invited to show off some good old ranch ingenuity that gives their outfit creative bragging rights," stated the press release. "The rules state that sculptures may...
It is never easy to lose, but Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School Volleyball head coach Jackie Jones knows that it is important to have losses as well as wins, when looking at the big picture. It is why she played 2A teams in Lusk on Saturday and came out with a 1-3 record. "We went 1-3 at the Lusk Tournament losing to three very good 2A teams," Jones said. "Once again, there was no give up in the girls." In their match against Saratoga on Thursday, the team...
Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School football team went to Lingle/Ft. Laramie and continued their winning ways. The Miners are 4-0. Zach Scott, the head football coach can’t help but be pleased with how the team is playing. “Team” is the operative word, according to Scott. “We are 4 and 0 and we are coming together as a team, truly working hard to continue improving all aspects of the game,” Scott said. “This weekend was a great example of a collective...
Saratoga football head coach Logan Wright may not like his team is listed as Saratoga JV on Wyopreps.com and the games are listed only as exhibitions, but the team is playing like a varsity contender and just racked up another impressive win against the Dubois Rams 68-6 when they played at 2 p.m. on Saturday in Dubois. “Everything worked for us,” Wright said. “Sam (Schnieder) went for five touchdowns and didn’t get tackled and you have to give credit to Kelton Koehn for his...
The Saratoga Lady Panthers continued their run of victories last week as they won against the Hanna, Elk Mountain and Medicine Bow (HEM) Lady Miners on Thursday (25-23, 25-19, 25-15), the Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Lady Rattlers on Friday (19-25, 25-21, 21-25, 25-16, 15-9) and the Encampment Lady Tigers on Saturday (25-14, 25-18, 25-20). As the Lady Panthers continue their conference wins, with the exception of the Cokeville Lady Panthers during homecoming weekend, they...
The distance runners of the Saratoga Middle/High School cross-country team were able to perform for the hometown crowd this weekend as they hosted the Shana Ward Memorial Invite, held at the Saratoga Hot Springs Resort golf course on Friday. Along with being able to run for family and friends, the Saratoga Panthers also showcased their good sportsmanship as exemplified by head coach Rex Hohnholt. Kaitlyn Campbell and Shianne Baker ran in the junior varsity women's race and...
Every week, MaxPreps, a division of the CBS corporation, chooses high school athletes from all 50 states to highlight in various sports. For volleyball, that decision is made in cooperation with the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA). Both MaxPreps and the AVCA, when it came to choosing Wyoming's Player of the Week, chose Saratoga Lady Panther Aubrey Berger as the Player of the Week for the week of Sept. 10. "Aubrey is very deserving of it," said Shayley Love,...
Reporters have to become an instant “expert” on a wide range of topics. We are required to break down complex issues in a manner you, the reader, can easily digest while not leaving out any pertinent information. It’s why I consider myself an idiot. Sometimes this attitude helps. I don’t always understand a story going into it, but know I have to give you a complete and unbiased accounting of unfolding events. This lack of understanding forces me to look into things, ask questions and do research. Several of these stories...
The Hanna Town Council met at 6 p.m. on Sept. 11 at the Hanna Town Hall. Traci Fowler, council member, was absent. After saying the pledge of allegiance, Tony Poulos asked for a two minute silence for the victims of 9/11. Once the commemorative silence was over, it was business as usual. The agenda and minutes from the Aug. 14 meeting were quickly approved. The Carbon County Council of Governments is coming to Hanna on Sept. 19. Dinner is served at these meetings and Lois...
During their regularly scheduled meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 13, the Riverside Town Council heard from Helen Weiland, their representative on South Central Wyoming Emergency Medical Services (SCWEMS), about upcoming changes for the service area including the organization signing a contract with Classic Air Medical. The council also heard from Marilyn Godfrey, the Riverside representative on the Carbon County Visitors Council (CCVC), and Leslie Jefferson, CCVC...
Karen (Gale) Young, age 76, of Thornton, Colorado passed away August 25, 2018. She was born October 20, 1941, in Laramie to Edward Leroy and Elda Louise White Gale. Karen was lovingly cared for by John and Hattie White, her grandparents in Saratoga, through her grade school years and attended high school in Torrington. In 1965, she married Richard J. Helmes. They had three children, Jeffrey, Joel and Jamie; but the pair later divorced. Littleton, Colo. was home to Karen and the children in 1984. She was an accounts payable... Full story
A Celebration of Life for Shirley Joy (Reed) Humphrey, 81, will be held on Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Cheyenne Airport Golf Course from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and continued at a tailgate party in Tailgate Alley at the University of Wyoming stadium in Laramie prior to the Boise State-Cowboy football game. She passed away at her home in Cheyenne July 17, four months after the death of her husband, Jack.... Full story
The Saratoga Town Council met at 6 p.m. on Sept. 18 at the Saratoga Town Hall. Council member Jenny Lou Garland was not in attendance, but the rest of the council was at the meeting. It was business as usual as the agenda and minutes from the Sept. 4 council meeting were approved, along with the financials totaling $108,043.00. Mayor Ed Glode read the correspondence and the reason Garland was not present became apparent. Resignation “I have a letter here which I am d...