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The Saratoga Panthers football team may have gotten off to a few slow starts in its early games this season, but at its homecoming game Friday, the team resoundingly dominated their opponent from the game's opening kickoff to the end. Facing off against the Chiefs of Wyoming Indian High School, the Panthers delivered a decisive win, taking the game 47-6. The score would have been even higher were it not for one interception run back for a touchdown that was called back due to a flag on the...
Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow High School (HEM) Football played an exhibition game with Cheyenne South for Homecoming when Rock River High School forfeited. The Bisons from Cheyenne brought younger players to the HEM football field, but the team was still physically large. The Miners were down four team members due to illness and Conor McGraw, who did participate, showed true heart by playing even though he was not well. McGraw scored six touchdowns in the game that ended with the Bisons on...
Two years ago, Lois Buchanan put her bar on the market because she felt it was time after 22 years. "I wanted to start on my bucket list and there are some things I would like to do," Buchanan said. "And with Daniel (her husband who passed away) being gone it just wasn't as interesting and I lost the enthusiasm for it. The bar needed a breath of life and I knew it." Buchanan is confident the new owner, Marvin Francis, is that breath of life. "The potential is here, but not with me," concluded...
The Saratoga Town Council met briefly for its second meeting of the month Tuesday, and board members were filled in on goings-on around town and in different departments. Council members Richard Raymer and Will Faust, along with mayor Ed Glode, voted to hire a new part-time 911 dispatcher, and were filled in on the town’s new 911 system and the status of a project to install cameras at Shively field. The board also held the first reading of a Planned Unit Development ordinance. According to Robert Bifano, chief of the Saratoga Police D...
A security exercise has been scheduled to take place at the Saratoga Care Center this week, according to Carbon County Emergency Management Coordinator John Zeiger. The exercise is scheduled to take place sometime between Sept. 25-30 at the nursing home facility, Zeiger said. The purpose of the exercise is to assess the ability of local law enforcement agencies, other first responders and nursing home staff to coordinate with one another during an emergency situation. The Saratoga Police Department, Saratoga Volunteer Fire Department,...
The Saratoga Water and Sewer Joint Powers Board (water and sewer board) met Wednesday after postponing its Sept. 13 meeting by a week. The board gave the final go-ahead for the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) property south of town to begin the process of joining the town’s water and sewer system, and also granted permission to the Old Baldy Club to tie into a town water line. After many months of discussion with the water and sewer board, as well as the Saratoga Town Council, representatives of the USFS were told by the water and sewer board they w...
For its homecoming week, the Saratoga Middle/High School (SMHS) cross country team came home to host cross country teams from around the region during the Shana Ward Invitational, which was held Friday at the Saratoga Hot Springs Resort. The event featured about 425 athletes and took place Friday afternoon at the resort's golf course. Because of the large number of attendees from various schools and grade levels, the event was broken up over the course of the afternoon Friday. Possibly because...
The Lady Panthers may not have had the kind of homecoming weekend they were hoping for, but a strong finish against the Pronghorns of Farson-Eden buoyed spirits some. The Lady Panthers faced off Friday against Farson-Eden at home, and despite the loss of the match in four games, they could take some solace in the fact they played a good game and kept things close. The Lady Panthers gave up the first game 25-18, but rallied for a decisive 25-13 win in the second game. The Pronghorns went on to ta...
The Encampment Lady Tigers had a busy week at home where they faced the Farson-Eden Pronghorns Friday and the Cokeville Panthers Saturday. The Tigers bested Farson-Eden Friday in four games. The first match went to Encampment 25-22. The Pronghorns regrouped in the second match, taking that one by a thin 28-26 margin. Farson's rebound was short-lived, and the 'horns lost the next two matches 25-20 and 26-24. "We got to really work on our defense this game, which is something we needed," Robin...
"I am exhausted, I don't know if they are," Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School Volleyball Coach Jackie Jones said after her team beat Wyoming Indian School in five long sets. "Without a doubt, it was a grow-up game for us." The Lady Miners lost the first set 26-24. HEM redeemed itself in the next set by pulling ahead to win 25-18. The homecoming crowd was loud with their praise at the end of the second set, but on the third set, the cheers were constant as the score favored the...
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Gladys Vawser, 87, formerly of Saratoga, passed away peacefully in Fort Collins, Colorado, August 24, 2017. She is survived by her brother Robert Cross of Loveland, Colorado; sister Wilma Ray Perue of Saratoga; her children Bill Vawser of Hartland, Maine; David Vawser of Gresham, Oregan; Loren Vawser of Silverthorne, Colorado; Karen Jemison of Pittsburg, Kansas; ten grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. Gladys will be missed by all who knew her. She was a loving mother, wife and grandmother. The family has plans to get together next...