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The Dubois Lady Rams came to Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School to face the Lady Miners at 2 p.m. on October 10, only to lose three sets in an extremely fast manner. The first set saw Amy Campbell serve 25 unanswered points to have the Lady Miners win 25-0. Head Coach Jackie Jones said that A. Campbell was not trying to make the Lady Rams look bad, but that the Lady Miners were in sync and the Lady Rams did not have an answer to HEM's run. "I was able to get...
The Saratoga Lady Panthers went 1-1 this weekend as they hosted two non-conference foes; the Southeast Lady Cyclones and the Lingle-Fort Laramie Lady Doggers. While Southeast took out the Lady Panthers in three sets, Saratoga managed to whip the Lady Doggers in four sets. "The girls put together a pretty good weekend," said Shayley Love, head coach of the Lady Panthers. "The girls played hard and I was still proud of their efforts." Lady Panthers vs. Lady Cyclones Southeast...
The perennial discussion of Tyler Pickett Park was brought before the Saratoga Town Council during their October 6 meeting. The issue of the park, which has been discussed since 2009, was raised in a letter from James Olguin, Commander of Angus England American Legion Post 54. In addition to Tyler Pickett Park, the American Legion and Sons of the American Legion also requested permission to erect a flagpole near Veterans’ Island in memory of Keith McLendon. Tyler Pickett Park...
Yvonne Johnson, Carbon County Economic Development Corporation Director, was present at the October 8 Riverside Town Council meeting to introduce herself to the council and touch on topics on which she is currently working. Johnson said that her main goal is to bridge the Valley and Rawlins and to let the council know that if there is any need for funding, be it $10 or $10,000, she is there to help. Johnson has been busy, she said that she has already gone through two rolls...
The Upper Platte River Solid Waste District board met on October 7, 2020 at 7:00 pm to discuss several matters involving the landfill. The meeting opened and the minutes and bills were quickly approved. This was followed with correspondence from RNB State Bank and the state of Wyoming regarding the need for equal employment posters. Site reports were issued with a discussion about the disposal and shipping of cardboard following soon after. It was stated that the landfill is currently receiving around four bales of cardboard...
While it had been unclear at the beginning of the school year if fall sports would get the green light, the past several weeks have proven that athletics can be conducted in the era of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). As the fall sports schedule begins to draw to a close, winter sports are on deck. For basketball and wrestling to take place in Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2), some of the more stringent requirements from the Wyoming High School Athletics...
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School, Miners went to Sheridan on October 10 to face the Normative Services Institute Academy (NSI) Wolves in a conference game. The Miners were the first to score and took control of the game early on. Senior Devon Grosstick accounted for 31 of the Miners 54 points that HEM scored. “Devon had an amazing offensive game that day,” Zach Scott, head football coach for HEM, said. “He kind of exploded with 335 yards. He got some kic...
Coming off an unexpected win against their Valley and conference rivals the week before, the Encampment Lady Tigers had a busy week as they were hosted by the No. 1 Cokeville Lady Panthers on Friday and hosted the Lingle-Fort Laramie Lady Doggers and the Southeast Lady Cyclones on Saturday. Though Encampment fell to the Lady Panthers and Southeast, they secured a win across five sets against Lingle-Fort Laramie to go 1-2 for the week. Lady Tigers vs. Lady Panthers Following a...
The Southeast Cyclones are not used to being scored on much this season, much less minutes into a game. That is exactly hat happened when they faced the Saratoga Panthers in the game on October 9. The Cyclones are undefeated and a No. 1 team, so Panthers Head Coach Logan Wright wanted to get on the board fast. Panther Heston Fisher came through for Saratoga with the first score in the beginning minutes of the 1st quarter. "That was the plan," Wright said. "Get the ball to...
*Editor's Note: This article includes both the Wheatland Invitational and Rock Springs Invitational*. The Saratoga Cross Country runners appear to have ended their regular season on a decent note as they ran at the Wheatland Invitational on October 2 and the Rock Springs Invitation on October 9. In both cases, the Bartlett brothers finished in top spots for the boys varsity. Boys at Wheatland Grant Bartlett came in 6th while in Wheatland with a time of 16:59 and was followed j...
The Hanna Parks and Recreation Center had a meeting at 4:30 p.m. on October 7 at the Hanna Recreation Center. The Hanna mayor, Lois Buchanan, was in attendance along with two board members. Because there were not enough board members to form a quorum, Vivian Gonzales suggested going over subjects that did need a vote, but could still be discussed. Halloween was the first concern. The Hanna Recreation Center has a ‘Haunted House” that the residents look forward to each year. “W...
About three weeks ago, I was at the Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow High School football field. It was the second game at home and I was walking by the EMT crew that was nearby the ambulance to help any injured player. There looked to about dozen, give or take, standing around the ambulance. I really admire this group of people because it is pretty much volunteer. These folks save lives not only in Hanna, but also in nearby towns. Then there is the highways. Throw in how...
The Carbon County Visitor Council (CCVC) met at 10 a.m. on Saturday at the Cotton Tree Inn in Rawlins. The approval of the agenda and the minutes from the regular meeting September 16 were done quickly. The next order of business was to listen to Angie Iacovetto for the grant application for the Pumpkin Patch and Harvest Festival being put on by the Rawlins Chamber. Iacovetto said that the pumpkins had been delivered on October 3 and that over 200 pumpkins have gone out in...
Alexis Barney, a fourth- and fifth-grade teacher at Evansville Elementary School in Natrona County School District No. 1, was named Wyoming's 2021 Teacher of the Year September 22, during the Wyoming Education Summit. "Congratulations to Alexis on being named Wyoming's 2021 Teacher of the Year," said State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian Balow. "I find that her passion and charisma are contagious - and I'm excited for her to share that with others over the next...
Jonathan C. Schnal, 52, resident of Encampment, Wyoming, died at Memorial Hospital in Rawlins on October 7, 2020. Jonathan was born and raised on the Monterey Peninsula in northern California where his father's career as an attorney and avocation as an outdoorsman both influenced his future. He earned both a B.A. in History an M.A. in Land Use Planning from Humboldt State University before he began working as a county planner in Arcata and Quincy, California, and in Rawlins,...
Jane Gale Huntley was born May 29, 1958. She was born to Paul and Barbara Slater. Jane grew up mostly in Mound City, Kansas until she moved to Saratoga, Wyoming during her high school years where she graduated. There is where she met the love of her life, Martin Huntley. They were married June 25, 1977. They made a home in Saratoga. Marty and Jane had three children; Jennifer, Travis and Susan. On October 1, 2020 Jane went to be with her husband, Marty Huntley, to the skies above. Jane leaves behind her children; Jennifer... Full story
The vague and ambiguous language of Title 18 of the Saratoga Municipal Code took center stage during the October 6 meeting of the Saratoga Town Council. The definition of “adjacent” was also heavily discussed as Councilmember Jon Nelson defended his approval of a building permit for Memorial Hospital of Carbon County (MHCC). For more than a year, MHCC has pursued the construction of a clinic in Saratoga. Originally announced in July 2019, MHCC announced the purchase of pro...
As cold and flu season begin to reach Wyoming and Carbon County, the grip of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) can still be felt. With over 1,000 active cases in the state and 27 active cases in Carbon County, COVID doesn’t appear to be going away anytime soon. Of the active cases in Carbon County, 24 are local residents and three are non-local residents. This has brought Carbon County’s total since the pandemic began to 222 confirmed cases with 34 probable cases. In the pas...
While the Mullen Fire continued to see an increase in size within the past week, the arrival of cooler temperatures and some moisture have aided in both containment and limited growth in the past few days. Between October 5 and October 13, the Mullen Fire grew by nearly 25,000 acres. While still concerning, that increase is limited compared to the more than 10,000 acre daily runs the fire was taking since it started on September 17. As of October 13, the Mullen Fire was at 30...