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From the streets of Buenos Aires to the Platte River Valley comes the Argentine tango on November 4, 2023 at the Saratoga Hot Springs Resort. This rare opportunity is for all adult dance enthusiasts. So, turn your western boots into dance shoes and bring your favorite person. Come have a fun time expressing your inner Latin lover while learning the basics of one of the most popular dances in the world, known for its intensity, precision, and passion. Your spouse or partner will love you for it. Don’t know how to dance the A...
In the 2000 film “Remember the Titans,” Coach Boone—played by Denzel Washington—reminds his team of their namesake, telling them “The titans were greater even than the gods. They ruled their universe with absolute power” referring to their home field. On Saturday afternoon, it was a clash of the 1A six-man titans in Baggs as the two undefeated teams in the conference faced off on the gridiron. The Encampment Tigers, who had dispatched conference and non-conference foes alike...
The Saratoga Lady Panthers participated in the 1A Jamboree in Riverside last weekend. Coach Lisa Teichman reported that the team had a great weekend. According to the Coach, “We came out with some nice wins on Friday. Saturday we had something of a slow start, but played better throughout the day.”. Coach Teichman was especially proud of the way the team competed in their match with Riverside, battling through a 5 set match. They were behind 1-8 in the final but, led by Cap...
Last Thursday evening at Robert Hileman Field the Hornets of Pine Bluffs High School visited for a football game with the Panthers of Saratoga High School. It was a perfect night for football, although not a perfect result for the host team. Pine Bluffs left the field with a 33-6 win. The first quarter, and midway through the second, the action was back and forth. Pine Bluffs did move out to 14-0 lead, but on the kickoff following that second score Panther Allyster Ingraham...
Flowers adorn every special occasion. They are an important part of Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day and weddings. They say thank you, get well soon and sorry for your loss. Throughout a calendar year and across the holiday cycle flowers decorate rooms, churches and banquet halls. Where do all those flowers come from? Enter the floriculturist - a flower farmer in plain speak. And Saratoga has one of their own, Brooke Seitz of Barefoot Brooke Farm. The farm grows all of their own...
Just call Yvonne Johnson “Miss Carbon County.” At the Carbon County Economic Development Corporation (CCEDC) annual meeting and fundraiser, Board President Copper France said Johnson traveled so much it was less expensive for the CCEDC to buy a car for her to use than to pay out mileage. Traveling between all 10 municipalities in the county can certainly put wear and tear on any vehicle. It would appear, however, the investment was well worth it as community leaders from acros...
Eunice Viana Parks passed away on September 13, 2023, at the Denver Hospice Center in Denver, Colorado. Her death was the result of injuries she sustained from a fall, at her house on September 7’th. She was life-flighted to Swedish Medical Center in Denver, where Neurologists determined that she suffered from a small Hemorrhagic stroke (brain bleed), which they believe caused the fall and the subsequent injuries. Although she had lived in Wyoming for the better part of 40 p...
August 15, 1931 - July 19, 2023 Glen Allen Feakes, age 91, of Denver, Colorado departed this life on Wednesday, July 19, 2023, supported by his loving family. He was born in Fennimore, Wisconsin to Wayne and Florence (Fry) Feakes on August 15, 1931. He grew up in the Fennimore area and was a 1949 graduate of Fennimore High School. After graduating from high school, he joined the United States Air Force and was assigned to various locations in the United States and abroad durin...
On September 15, 2023 the world lost a wonderful mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend to many. Sonna Lou Swanson will be sadly missed by the people she touched in her life. Sonna was born on January 4, 1939 to Arthur and Freida Cass in Brighton, Missouri. The family moved to Ft. Collins, Colorado where Sonna and her brothers, Gail Lynn, grew up and attended school. She married Jon Hart, moved to Arizona and raised their daughters Cheryl, Theresa and Lori in New...
Sonja Collamer, longtime Saratoga resident and community leader, died Sunday in Laramie. She was 86. Born in Rapid City, SD, her family moved to Denver after WWII. She graduated from Denver West High School and went on to earn a BS degree in bacteriology from Colorado State University. After graduation, she and her husband, John Collamer of Hanna, moved to Chicago to fulfill his military service as a veterinarian. Returning to Wyoming in 1963, they partnered in operating the...
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6Then they said to Him, “Why do the disciples of John fast often and make prayers, and likewise those of the Pharisees, but Yours eat and drink?” 34And He said to them, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them? 35But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them; then they will fast in those days.” 36Then He spoke a parable to them: “No one puts a piece from a new garment on an old one; otherwise the new makes a tear, and also the piece that was taken out of th...
On October 3, Dorothy “Dot” Severns became the first member of the Encampment Sunshine Rebekah Lodge No. 20 to be awarded the “Rebekah of the Year.” Dot was unable to accept the award, having passed away earlier this year, but her children were in attendance to accept on her behalf. Dot was born to William and Annabelle Drake in 1935 and was the oldest of eight siblings. Her family eventually settled in Riverside and she and her siblings attended school in Encampment. Though...
The Encampment Lady TIgers were busy last week as they hosted the Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Minersa on October 3 and traveled to Basin for the 1A Riverside Jamboree over the weekend. In both instances, the Lady Tigers were able to secure a total of five wins as things begin to shift towards the postseason later this month. Beginning on Tuesday, Encampment hosted the Lad Miners in Tiger Nation and buried them in three sets. The Lady Tigers went 25-18 in the first...
Saratoga Middle High School cross country teams ran in the Cheyenne Leroy Sprague Invitational on Friday, October 6 in Cheyenne. The meet results for the Panthers are listed here: Women’s Varsity Results Marilee Williams — 18th Place — 20:38 Men’s Varsity Results Bennett Keel — 41st Place — 19:47 Tyler Greenberg — 44th Place — 20:16 Zane Butler — 47th Place — 21:28 Men’s JV Results Douglas Anderson — 29th Place — 20:14 Elijah Williams — 36th Place — 20:29 Decker Sipe — 49th Place — 21:08 Dylan Greenberg — 88th Place — 26...
Saratoga, like many other municipalities in the mountain west, has struggled with a lack of housing inventory both during and after the pandemic. As of October, there were a total of 8 residential properties on the market in Saratoga’s municipal limits, according to the Wyoming MLS website. Of those, they ranged in price from $260,000 to $725,000. Seemingly adding to this issue are the number of active short-term rentals in the area, an issue also being faced by mountain w...
September 29, 2023 - Andrea Archuleta of Rawlins, Wyoming was arrested for possession of a controlled substance in plant form. - Steven Kline of Boulder, Colorado was arrested for unauthorized use of a vehicle and theft of $1,000 or more. September 30, 2023 - Derik Gomez of Rawlins, Wyoming was arrested for probation/patrol jail sanction. - Jonathan Gomez of Rawlins, Wyoming was arrested on an arrest and hold. - Christoper Lyon of Rawlins, Wyoming was arrested on an arrest and hold. - Tabatha Parker of Rawlins, Wyoming was...