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Luz Garcia, of Rawlins, may have trouble finding a new preschool program for her child if Carbon County Head Start programs are forced to close their doors. Garcia said she depends on Head Start for her child because it provides free education to her child, and allows her to attend college courses at Western Wyoming Community College in Rawlins. If Head Start closes, Garcia said she doesn’t know what she will do for a child care provider. “It will be difficult because of the hours I go to school...
Funeral services for Kenny Seiloff, 54, of Casper, will be held 10 a.m., Oct. 16, 2013 at Newcomer Funeral Home in Casper. Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., Oct.16, at Newcomer Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Reader Cemetery in Savery. He passed away Oct. 9, 2013. He was born on April 4, 1959. He attended Laramie Senior High School and Casper College and worked as a heavy equipment operator. He is preceded in death by his father, Earl Seiloff. Surviving family includes his wife, Darlene Seiloff; mother, Diane Lake; brothers,... Full story
The Airport Board approved a new private lease agreement for hanger space Oct. 9. The new agreement, to go into effect January, reflects several changes for hanger owners at Shively Field, including the timeframe of the lease, the cost of the lease, the storage of personal items in hangers and other small changes. Town Attorney Tom Thompson met with the board at its regular meeting Oct. 9 to go over the changes the Airport Board had discussed in a previous workshop meeting. “As a result of t...
The human remains found in the Snowy Range last month have been identified as Lee Ramsey, of Osawatomie, Kan., according to the Carbon County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Jerry Colson said the remains were identified using dental records and confirm that the remains are those of Ramsey, who was 61 years old when he disappeared. On Aug. 4, 2006, a van belonging to Ramsy was found parked at the Tipple Trailhead parking area along Highway 130, Colson said. Ramsey’s brother, Leo, told deputies at the time of his disappearance that Lee was in the fin...
As a handful of flu reports begin to emerge in the state, Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) officials are urging residents to get an annual flu vaccination. Dr. Wendy Braund, state health office and WDH Public Health Division senior administrator, said almost everyone who is six months or older should get an annual flu vaccine to help prevent influenza. “Getting immunized is safe and is the single most effective thing most people can do to help prevent getting ill with influenza or passing it on to others,” she said. McClinton noted flu sea...
Phrases like “government shutdown” and “debt ceiling” are becoming household terms these days. Government employees who have been furloughed are frustrated because they want to be at work, but can’t because they have been declared non-essential. Those who are working don’t know they will receive a paycheck. Facebook is filled with threads discussing firing all the legislators or implementing a law if they don’t come up with a balanced budget, they are ineligible for re-election. I read a commen... Full story
October is Fire Prevention Month. Saratoga residents are lucky enough to have 32 dedicated volunteer firefighters as first responders in the community. The Saratoga Volunteer Fire Department responds to about 60 or 70 calls a year, and is the first-responding organization for Saratoga and surrounding communities. In past months, the Saratoga Sun staff has shared stories of these individuals bravely fighting fires with quick response times. Regardless of the time of day or night, they volunteer their time to keep us safe. These volunteers train... Full story
Editor, I would like to request a correction be put in the paper. It is a correction to a police report that was submitted to you on 10/7/2013. The correction is a Dog At Large warning from 9/30/13 the person given the warning read Jennifer Glee Johnson Stewart-Hamilton and it should have read Gwendolyn Glee Johnson. I am sorry for this confusion and if there are any questions you can contact the Chief or I for a clarification. Brenda Mistelske Dispatcher Saratoga Police Department...
Editor, At a recent talk on communication, presenter Dick Brooks asked us to write down what “Quality of Life” meant to us. Some of the responses that were given were, open spaces, safety for our family, a clean, abundant watershed, and few people. He talked about Strategic Communication and how to set goals and achieve those goals with proper communication. What do we want to happen? Who can make it happen? What do they need to hear, to do what we want? What do they need to hear and who do they need to hear it from? He encouraged us to look at... Full story
Since 1980, Carbon County residents could take all their questions about Wyoming weeds, pests, bio-control and herbicides to well-known Carbon County Weed and Pest Supervisor Larry Justesen. However, on Oct. 31, Larry will officially retire from the Carbon County Weed and Pest Control District after 33 years. When Larry began his Weed and Pest Supervisor position March 12, 1980, he had no way of knowing the impact he would make throughout Carbon County. Instead, along with his wife, Judy, and...
Tiffany Jones has sold the hoodie off her back at least three times since she got in the custom attire business. Fortunately, she enjoys making more. Jones said she can spend hours upon hours putting together new designs for customers or for herself in her studio on the computer. From there, she can have the designs cut into vinyl signs, car decals, wall decals and print for hats, hoodies, shirts and other clothing. “I can envision something in my mind. I can design it. I can create it. I can p...
The crowd went wild at last Friday’s Saratoga High School football game, as the Panthers made a last-minute squeeze past the Hulett Red Devils with a close 52-50 victory. The Panthers led first in the first quarter, after a field goal kick from Rodrigo Escobedo, which was followed by a touchdown by Kyle Bartlett and a reliable Escobedo point after touchdown kick. Much of the game afterward seemed to be an even flip-flop, with back-and-forth touchdown scoring from both teams, but things got tense...
With the cross-country season wrapping up this month, Saratoga’s running Panthers strived to outdo past finishing times at the Cheyenne Invitational Friday. The meet took place at the Prairie View Golf Course in Cheyenne, where Cameron Collamer made the only top 40 placement for the varsity runners, coming in at 39th place with 18:04. Cruz Escobedo also cracked the top 40 for junior varsity, placing 36th with a time of 27:52.43. For middle school boys, Jeremy Detterer (1st), Gage Bartlett (5th) and Aaron Detterer (17th) were the runners in t...
After beating them twice earlier in the season, Saratoga’s Lady Panthers suffered an unexpected conference loss Saturday against the Lusk Lady Tigers. The match’s scores were 25-18, 11-25, 19-25, 25-21 and 14-16, and put the Lady Panthers at a tie for first place in the 2A southeast conference. Their season record currently sits at 5-2-0 for conference and 16-8-0 overall. Earlier last week, Saratoga came off a win with 25-23, 20-25, 25-22 and 25-23 Oct. 8 against Pine Bluffs’s Lady Horne...
Even after Friday’s win against Farson-Eden, Encampment’s Lady Tigers took in a three-game losing cat-fight Saturday against a different team of Lady Panthers, who hailed from Cokeville this time. The Lady Tigers are still doing well in the state, with season records of 15-6-1 (non-conference) and 6-2-0 (conference), but they lost against their fellow southwest conference cats with 13-25, 18-25 and 13-25. Encampment did, however, win Friday’s match against Farson-Eden with 25-21, 25-22 and 2...
Reprint of this story from the October 16, 1903 issue of The Grand Encampment Herald brought to you courtesy of Grandma’s Cabin, Encampment, Wyoming. Preserving History - Serving the Community. WYOMING STATE SONG Grand Encampment Production Sung at Industrial Convention Made a Hit and Has Been Endorsed as the State Song. On Wednesday evening, Governor Chatterton announced a song entitled “Wyoming,” the words of which were written by Attorney Charlie E. Winter of Grand Encampment, and the music by Earle R. Clemens, editor of the Grand Encam... 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. On Friday, Brenda Zeiger and I were away at an Activity workshop in Casper. We had three learning sessions on Alzheimer’s and dementia and two sessions by Wyoming state surveyors on activities in state surveys. Games throughout the week provided fun and laughter. On Sunday aft... Full story
There were five people here for Bingo Tuesday. Two-dollar winners were Berneil McCord, Pat Faust and Merle Starr. Berneil McCord won the $4 blackout round. There were three tables for duplicate bridge on Monday. High winners were Sheila Johnson and Bob Johnson. Second high went to Glee Johnson and Mariel O’Grady. We will be having flu shots from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., Oct. 15 at the Senior Center. We will be hosting the county board meeting here on Oct. 16. If you are interested in sitting in on the meeting or have anything you would like to ask p... Full story
Council members discussed town cleanup and a potential new visitor’s center in Rawlins at Riverside’s town council meeting Thursday evening. Early in the meeting, the council discussed four bids that were submitted to buy a shed located at Rick Martin Memorial Park. The council approved Ken Campbell’s bid for the shed, which was for $327, more three other lower bids of $300, $111 and $101. The council also approved a bid for the electrical work in the new shop at Rick Martin Memorial Park,...
Plans for a new Carbon County visitor’s center in Rawlins were discussed at the Encampment Town Council meeting Thursday evening. Jim McKinney, chairman of the Carbon County Visitors Council, told council members, CCVC wanted to apply for a Wyoming Business Council Business Ready Community Planning Grant, which would go toward the new visitor’s center in Rawlins. The grant amount is $25,000. McKinney said the proposed site for the visitor’s center is the guard’s quarters at the Wyoming Frontie...
Editor’s note: a more in-depth story on board appointments and council representation on boards will be published in a future edition of the Saratoga Sun. Emotions ran high in the last Planning Commission meeting as the board members discussed internal issues. Board members Rory Grubb, Steve Wilcoxson, Chris Shannon and Greg Cooksey talked about board appointments, bylaws and meeting conduct at the Oct. 8 Planning Commission meeting. Board member Bob Thrasher was absent for the meeting. Late in...