Sorted by date Results 1 - 25 of 28
Town-owned front end loaders and dump trucks could be spotted Friday after a heavy snow left broken tree branches in the street. Crews worked Friday collecting large branches with a front-end loader and piling them into a dump truck. Saratoga resident Steve Wilcoxson worked Friday morning removing broken limbs that had fallen on his roof to the sidewalk curb for removal. Saratoga Mayor and Carbon County Emergency Management Coordinator John Zeiger said the snow started falling Thursday night,...
Marion Grace Huston Barkhurst, 84, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Sept. 30, 2013 with family gathered at Ivinson Memorial Hospital in Laramie. Marion was born June 17, 1929 to Nina Mary (Taylor) and Aubry Raymond Huston on the family ranch on Cow Creek. Marion is a descendant of one of Wyoming’s pioneer families. Her great-grandfather was Albert. H. Huston who was a pioneer rancher and guide for the wealthy English sportsmen. While here in the Valley, A.H. Huston prospected and found a strike in Purgatory Gulch which touched off Enca... Full story
June Westring, 84, of Saratoga, died at Memorial Hospital of Carbon County Oct. 6, 2013. June was born in Lander on Sept. 9, 1929 to Tom and Buela Redman. June grew up in Dubois and graduated from high school there. She married Lester Westring on June 1, 1948. After spending time living and working in Nebraska and Alaska, June and Les settled in Wyoming where they started a contract logging and trucking business, which they ran successfully for many years. June is survived by her husband, Les, her sons Tom (wife Cathy) and Randy, grandson...
Carbon County voters may not have the opportunity to vote on the fifth penny tax come 2014. A member of the Carbon County Council of Governments (COG) and Hanna Town Council member Linda Wagner addressed Carbon County Commissioners Oct. 2 with concerns of the fifth penny tax’s renewal in Carbon County. Wagner said COG members expressed concern that residents may vote against the fifth penny tax come 2014, despite it being approved by voters every year since 1977. Wagner said COG representatives...
The American Legion Auxiliary will be having a regular meeting at 6:30 p.m., Oct. 15 at the Legion home. District 6 President Pam Freeman from Cheyenne will be making her official visit to the Unit at this meeting. Freeman is a past Department President and has served the Department of Wyoming in most offices and currently serves in several chairs. MEMBERS NOTE: Since October is “cookie month” for the Cheyenne’s Veteran’s Hospital for the Saratoga Unit, please have your cookies and/or donations at the Legion home by Oct. 14 so they can be deli... Full story
My mother and I have always disagreed on what is considered junk, and that has always been infuriating to me. My definition of junk: If you do not know where it goes, or if it doesn’t have a place within your home, just throw it away. My mother’s definition of junk (as far as I can tell): If it can be fixed, keep it. If it has the slightest amount of sentimental value, keep it. Don’t worry about where it goes. Just throw it into the pile. As a result, the house I grew up in was always clutt... Full story
Editor, The snow storm last week reminds all of us that we should always be prepared for what might come our way. We should not only be prepared to take care of our families, but let’s not forget about the furry members of our family as well. A to go kit for our pets should include: • Make sure you take their medications • Medical/Vaccination/Shot Records • Special Medical/Behavioral Instructions • Picture of your pet, Picture with you with your pet • All identification numbers • List of Identifying features/markings • Emergency Conta... Full story
Fire crews from the Medicine Bow and Routt National Forests are making plans to begin burning slash piles in multiple locations as soon as weather conditions allow. Slash pile burns will take place in both Wyoming and Colorado, where it is estimated that even after multiple years of this type of work, there are still thousands of piles remaining on the two National Forests. Forest users and the public should be aware that smoke from these burns will often be visible and is expected. Questions should be directed to your local Ranger District...
A retired educator living in the mountains near Centennial wants to bring education to the hub of Wyoming communities. The United States is ranked 17th in the world in literacy. The No Child Left Behind Act is producing too much paperwork for teachers, preventing them from focusing on teaching. The United States has one of the highest dropout rates in the world. These are problems Melanie O’Hara sees, and she wants to take a step to correct the problem. “This is not good news,” she said. The pro...
The Platte Valley Arts Council is giving Valley residents the opportunity to take the colors of Autumn and make something creative. The council is bringing Wyoming artist Georgia Rowswell to the Valley Oct. 18 and 19 for a paper making workshop and talk. “What we are trying to do is provide people in the Valley with creative opportunities, so they aren’t just looking at beautiful pieces of art, but they are actually making them,” said Platte Valley Arts Council member Pam Kraft. Rowswell will... Full story
Local writer Josh Wood spent an entire day at HEM High School as the artist-in-residence Sept. 25, sharing inspiration and words of wisdom with aspiring student authors. Wood, who is from Saratoga, met with HEM English teacher Brenda Ostendorf’s students for a whole school day, where time was spent chatting about the book or story writing process and what students were writing, or had already written, at the time. Wood had spoken at HEM’s “literary dinners” before, and was excited to meet mo...
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is seeking information on a buck mule deer that was poached east of Laramie in the Pole Mountain area on Sept. 21. The deer was discovered about a half mile east of the intersection of Highway 210 (Happy Jack Road) and Vedauwoo Road. The limited quota hunt area where the poaching occurred is not open to rifle hunting until Oct. 20. Game Warden Shawn Blajszczak said the deer was shot between 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 21, and was found about 50 feet off the roadway. The animal was shot twice, once...
With rifle deer and elk seasons now open, hunters are advised that temporary closures are in effect on Medicine Bow National Forest Roads 553 (north of the community of Lake Creek to Muddy Park) and 588 (east of the community of Lake Creek). On July 8, Forest Supervisor Phil Cruz instituted a Forest Order to temporarily close these Laramie Ranger District road segments. The purpose of this Order is to protect against further damage to wetland and aquatic resources caused by illegal off-road vehicle use. Until rescinded, the Order prohibits... Full story
Many fall hunting seasons have begun across the state of Wyoming, including wolf hunting seasons in the northwest part of the state. Hunting seasons in each hunt area begin Oct. 1 and end Dec. 31, 2013, except for Hunt Area 12 south of Jackson, which opens Oct. 15 and closes Dec. 31. As with other Trophy Game species, wolves in these areas are managed under a mortality quota system. The hunting season in each specific wolf area will remain open until the quota for the area is reached, or until Dec. 31, whichever occurs first. All hunters must c...
The Saratoga Varsity Lady Panthers achieved their winning 2013 Homecoming volleyball game Friday, taking down rival Encampment’s Lady Tigers with four games in packed Panther territory. Fans from Saratoga and Encampment flooded the gym to cheer on their teams, and eventually witness the 2A Lady Panthers (15-7, 4-1) take in match-winning scores of 15-25, 25-23, 25-21 and 25-21. The 1A Lady Tigers (14-5-1, 5-1) looked like they might own the match at the start, with a 10-point win in the first g...
With two competitions left, the Saratoga Middle School volleyball team fought hard during their weekend games against Little Snake River and Walden. The Panther A team lost Saturday’s match against Little Snake River, with 13-25 and 17-25, but the B team won with 19-25, 25-11 and 25-16. On Friday, the A team won 25-21 and 25-13 against Walden, while in earlier games, the B team lost 4-25 and 20-25 and the C team won 25-12 and 25-21. “The girls did a good job and really improved on def...
The Saratoga High School Panthers underwent a tough Homecoming loss in football Monday, suffering a close 26-40 takedown by the Kaycee Buckaroos. The Panthers did come close to leading in the second half after Tate Stinson made his second touchdown of the game, followed by a successful PAT kick from Rodrigo Escobedo. This brought the score to 34-26, Kaycee’s lead, and the Panthers still had time to catch up or take over in the fourth quarter. With less than six minutes left in the game, coach S...
Senior Cameron Collamer nearly won it all in the high school boys division at the Lyman Cross-Country Invite last Thursday. Collamer secured his second place out of the high school boys with a time of 19:53. Showing improvement from the previous week, a total of six Saratoga runners managed to make the Top 10, doubling the team amount secured at the Saratoga Invite Sept. 27. Coach Rex Hohnholt said he felt the kids hit their stride during the weekday race. “I don’t think the times are ref...
It takes a lot of work to make a steer look good for showing. It is something that has taken Brett Miller, of Encampment, Corson Kerbs, of Saratoga, and Sarah Herold, of Little Snake River, years to perfect. This year the trio was named grand champion in the Kristi Barkhurst Memorial Beef Fitting Contest at state fair in Douglas last month. Miller said the trio has been competing together for three years. For him, it was an honor to be chosen to be a part of the group. “The Carbon County Fair do...
Daynon Mowry has been riding horses since he was 5 years old, and has been around horses all of his life. He is now 15 years old and has been competing with his horses for the past several years in 4-H. Before then, he was competing in local horse shows. This year, he won several first place ribbons at the Carbon County Fair. Mowry said he likes the fact he can teach an animal something without using words. Mowry credits the Lions Club Youth Horse Show for some of his success. “It helped me g...
2 years ago Oct. 9, 1912 Intolerable conditions At the meeting of the Young Men’s Liberty club in Cheyenne Friday night, the lynching of Wigfall in the state penitentiary was discussed freely and handled without gloves. While the expression was universal that Wigfall deserved just what he got, the members were equally unanimous in the opinion that a system that would permit in a lynching to take place in a penitentiary demanded investigation. If it is possible for the prisoners to pass the word, hold up the guards and lynch a prisoner, it i... Full story
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. Mother Nature gave us some beautiful scenery on Friday morning, just to let us know the winter is just around the corner. The wet, heavy snow brought down a lot of tree limbs around town. However, residents were warm and snug in the facility inside, despite the snow and colder t... Full story
There were four people here for Bingo Tuesday. $2 winners were Berneil McCord and Merle Starr. Berneil McCord won the $2 blackout round. There were two-and-a-half tables for duplicate bridge on Monday. High winners were Sandy Cameron and Mary Alice Sjoden. Second high went to Pat Bailey and Kay. We will be having flu shots up here at the center from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Oct. 16. Be sure to mark your calendar. We will be hosting the county board meeting here on Oct. 16. If you are interested in setting in on the meeting or have anything you... Full story
Heated discussion continued after the Airport Board chairman adjourned a workshop Monday. The Airport Board called the workshop meeting to reveal proposed changes in the new private lease agreement between hanger owners and the town of Saratoga, but discussion, after about two hours, veered toward subleases. “I have three people in this room that would like to rent my hanger,” said Saratoga resident and hanger owner David Worthington in the meeting. But he does not want to pay the same as oth...