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From atop of the newly-set pedestrian bridge, a beaming Chuck Bartlett looked upstream towards the autumn-kissed aspens resting on the side of the riverbank. "I mean, look at that view ... it's incredible," he said. It was a project which took four years, but the long-anticipated Veterans Island to the hot springs pedestrian walkway project has finally seen its first major step with the setting of the bridge across the North Platte River. Bartlett saw the setting of the bridge as a tremendous...
Kent L. Walton, 64, of Saratoga, WY, passed away Oct. 1, 2014 at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center. Kent was born in Burley, Idaho on Oct. 11, 1949 to Warren and Mary Walton. Kent attended school in Oakley, Idaho where he resided as a child. He worked at various jobs on farms and ranches in Idaho as a young man. Kent moved to Saratoga in the late 1960's, following his sister, Mary Lou and family, to work for Edward Hines Lumber Mill. Kent helped helped construct the lumber mill and planer and...
Liberty Hope Lewis was born Sept. 23, 2014, at 3:55 a.m. at Verde Valley Medical Center in Cottonwood, Ariz. to Joshua and Rachel Lewis of Goodyear, Ariz. She weighed 7 pounds 14 ounces and was 19.5 inches long. She is joined at home by a brother Kaiden and sister Hanna. Maternal grandparents are Paul Perue of Saratoga, and Lisa DeLight of Rimrock, Ariz., great-grandparents are Wilma Perue, Dick and Marty Perue, all of Saratoga, Jon and Diana Schumacher of Casa Grande, Ariz. and...
Avery Muse Gantt was born on Oct. 13, 2014 at 2:31 a.m. in Rawlins. She was 6 pounds 0.9 ounce and 18.5 inches long at birth. She will make Saratoga her home with parents Jillian Murphy Gantt and Erik Muse Gantt. Her Grandparents are Ed and Lynne Gantt of Great Falls, Va., Nancy and Larry Wiseman of Williamsburg, Va. and Paul and Barxabara Bechberger of Newburg, Md. Aunts and uncles are Trisha and Scott McCombs of Highlands Ranch, Colo., Todd and Jenn McCombs of Arlington, Va. and Heidi and...
One of the town’s noise ordinances is a problem for local businesses, Saratoga councilman Steve Wilcoxson said at the Oct. 8 town council meeting. Ordinance 9.20.050 reads “no person shall between the hours of ten [10] p.m. and seven [7] a.m. maliciously or wilfully disturb the peace and quiet of any neighborhood or family within the town limits by loud or unusual noises or by tumultuous or offensive carriage, threatening, quarreling, challenging to fight or fighting.” Wilxcoson believes ordin...
The Airport board feels as if adding an extra set of eyes to the airport may not be a bad idea. At their Oct. 9 regular scheduled meeting, new airport board member Arlen Hughes, proposed the idea of placing cameras at Shively airfield. After the plane wreck on Sept. 20 in Saratoga which took the lives of two Casper residents. The two who were killed in the crash apparently stopped in Saratoga, but investigators are unclear exactly when they left. A camera could also keep an accurate record of...
My husband and I returned from our vacation Monday night. Tom Dixon, a former editor of the Saratoga Sun got married in Phoenix last Friday and we decided to plan our vacation around his wedding. We had already planned a return trip last year to Cortez, Colo., where my husband has family. His uncle had promised us a trip through Montezuma Canyon in Utah to see some Petroglyphs. Our plans were changed slightly as Uncle Bill had knee surgery the day we arrived and his daughter Renee agreed to...
Late last week, the town of Saratoga completed the first part of the pedestrian bridge project. The project consisted of setting the 150-foot bridge over a span from Veterans Island to the inlet near the hot pool. Since 2009, the pedestrian bridge project has been the center of controversy in the town. Many have referred to it as the “bridge to nowhere.” Others have simply called it a waste of taxpayers’ money. Regardless of what you think of the project itself, you have to give kudos to the personnel who placed the bridge last week. Town...
Editor: The public has been asked to vote for a Fire District in Carbon County. A letter proposing such district was sent recently to those who live outside of town. Several possible improvements to our fire control were mentioned. 1) Better standardized training for firefighters. Being that our departments are staffed by volunteers who don’t have the time available for training as paid staff would, the danger is that, if these requirements become too extensive or rigorous, many volunteers will bow out simply because they don’t have the tim...
Editor, During this years primary it was fairly obvious, due to the number of brave candidates for mayor as well as the votes themselves, that folks were ready for a change. Mart Twain said it eloquently once. “Politicians, like baby diapers, need to be changed regularly and for the same reason”. Except for 2 articles in both the Sun and Daily Times that were both clever and subtle the campaign has been gratefully a clean one. Each candidate has promised to place emphasis and priority on infrastructure such as streets, sewer and water. Tha...
A new ordinance has several residents questioning sewer fee increases. Ordinance 828, which would increase the sewage fees in Saratoga in order to pay for the Saratoga Wastewater Outfall was amended to charge residents a monthly fee of $22.73 a month. However, the ordinance now states every residential unit — including mobile homes and apartment units — must pay the same rate. On July 1, 2015, rates for sewer can increase as much as $7.20. The annual 3 percent increase every calendar year beg...
Weather permitting, between Oct. 15 and Dec. 31, 2014, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department will be conducting a prescribed burn approximately 13 miles northeast of Saratoga. Smoke may be visible for extended periods of time during three to four days of consecutive burning necessary to complete the project. The burn will be conducted in cooperation with the ZN Ranch and Elk Mountain Ranch to improve mule deer habitat. Local law enforcement authorities and fire departments will be properly notified prior to the burn. If you have any questions...
The Saratoga residents may monetarily benefit from the Saratoga Volunteer Fire Department’s good work. The Insurance Service Organization (ISO) rating for the town of Saratoga has dropped from 6 to a 4. With the highest rating being a 1 and the lowest a 10, this is a significant jump in the town’s rating. Saratoga Mayor John Zeiger explained at the Oct. 7 town council meeting the ISO drop arrived from the local volunteer fire department meeting specific standards. An ISO evaluation for fire pro...
The Carbon County Library has a full month of events for October, which includes a reading competition for teens and preteens to recognize Teen Read Week. Children, ages 11-18, can compete for a creepy treat at all the Carbon County Libraries from Oct. 13 through Oct. 18. Contestants are encouraged to submit a video, or teaser book trailer for the scariest book they have ever read, or their favorite scary book. The entries must be posted to the Carbon County Library System’s Facebook page by midnight on the 18th. Teen Read Week is a national a...
The town of Saratoga did not necessarily get all the money they requested from the Carbon County consensus funding meeting on Oct. 10, but it was good enough for Mayor John Zeiger and Town Clerk Suzie Cox. The town of Saratoga originally placed a request from for $400,000 to fund the 2015 street improvement project. The project will go towards repairing potholes and chip sealing on various town roads. However, after the meeting of Carbon County municipalities on Friday in Rawlins, it was determi...
When you enter into the new Hanna Elementary School, it's like stepping into the entrance of a coal mine. The 71 students will walk through the long, rounded tunnels, "held up" by imitation wooden trusses, entrance to go to school. To the side, a mural depicts the Hanna's rich history - from the first immigrant coal miners who lived in tents, to the students holding shovels to breaking ground on the new Elementary. The mines in Hanna are all abandoned, but Hanna Elementary School Principal Mark...
According to Biff Burton, Saratoga Game Warden, on Oct. 4 a hunter from Texas was threatened by a mountain lion in the Holroyd Park area, and ended up killing the predator. Burton said the man was hunting deer when he encountered a mountain lion. The cat approached the hunter with its ears back, bearing its teeth and growling. The hunter backed up and the mountain lion continued to approach him. The hunter shot the lion at a distance of about 30 feet and killed it instantly with a single shot....
If there was even a shred of doubt the Encampment Lady Tiger volleyball team (4-0, 15-1) was a force to be reckoned with, it was surely removed this weekend. The Lady Tigers pulled off two impressive wins this weekend against conference rivals, sweeping both Farsen-Eden (0-3, 5-10), with a scores of 25-11, 25-16, 25-15; and the defending state champions Cokeville (0-2, 9-15) with scores of 25-17, 25-19, 25-21. The wins put the Lady Tigers in first place in the Southwest Conference, 1.5 games...
The past weekend was a tough one for the Saratoga Lady Panthers after they lost to two conference rivals. The Lady Panthers lost to the Burns Broncs in three games (13-25, 10-25, 16-25) and the Niobrara County (Lusk) Lady Tigers in four games (21-25, 25-22, 22-25, 16-25). On Friday night, the Lady Panthers were defeated soundly on their own court by a powerful Burns squad. "We just lost focus," Lady Panther head coach Shayley Love said. "We have to start pushing through the entire game. We have...
The Saratoga Panther football (0-5, 0-6) squad continues to improve, head coach Scott Bokelman said. But the Panthers’ efforts were not enough to get it done in their 6-24 loss against the Burlington Huskies. “It’s the same old story,” Bokelman recalled of Friday’s afternoon matchup. The Panthers are still searching for their first win of the season. However, Bokelman said he is seeing a lot of improvement in his players. They were able to move the ball on the ground and in the air against a...
Comparing to where his team was this time last year, head Saratoga cross country coach Rex Hohnholt is more than pleased with the performance of his team. The Panthers competed at the Cheyenne Invite this last weekend, which will likely be a testament of how well the team will compete at state. With times improving across the board and his runners facing many of the top runners in the state this last weekend, Hohnholt said he is highly anticipating the outcome of his team’s will performance at t...
1 Years Ago Oct. 15, 1914 Above we print the cut of the proposed 35 miles of road to connect us with Denver. This route is from Encampment to within 15 miles of Steamboat Springs, Colo., and is one of the very best routes in the west for fishing, hunting, business, pleasure or through travel. This road will be built with the aid of the government forest service, Routt county, Colorado, and Carbon county, Wyo. This 35 miles will cost about $20,000. which will make the expense of Carbon county about $10,000, and for this tax a 1-mill levy tax...
Carbon County Senior Centers Wednesday – Spaghetti with meat sauce, Italian vegetables, garlic bread, Mandarin oranges, cinnamon roll, chilled milk. Thursday – Chicken enchilada, sour cream/salsa, Spanish rice, zucchini, purple plums, chilled milk. Friday – Chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, mixed vegetables, wheat roll, fruited Jell-O, whipped topping, chilled milk. Monday – Broccoli/cheese soup, turkey sandwich, lettuce, tomato, pickle spear, fruit cup, chilled milk. Tuesday – Beef stew, tossed salad, cheese/onion roll, pea...
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. Games throughout the week provided fun and laughter. On Sunday afternoon, five residents played Dominoes with Pat Rust winning. On Monday afternoon, seven residents played Yahtzee with Truth Karstoft winning. On Tuesday morning, seven residents played Dominoes with Russell Cox w...
There were not enough here to play bingo on Tuesday. There were two full tables here for duplicate bridge on Monday. High winners were Pat Bailey and Gertrude Herold. Second high went to Mary Sjoden and Ruth Armstrong. It was so nice to see Ruth up here for cards. They moved a few years ago and had not been back. We will be having the flu shots up here on Oct. 14 from 9-11:30 a.m.. If you do not have Medicare, Medicaid or Blue Cross insurance it will cost $25. We will be having our birthday dinner on Friday, Oct. 17. Please be sure and mark you...