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The ordinance draft regarding new tap fees was brought to the Saratoga/Carbon County Impact Joint Powers (Water and Sewer) board for discussion on Oct. 14. The ordinance as it sits now will charge a fee of $3,500 to “any permit issued to make connection or tap with a water main.” The town will supply materials (including meter pit, corporation stop, bedding, tapping saddle) tapping, trenching, service line and “all necessary appurtenances, only” for a 3/4 inch service line. This fee applies...
Peter E. “Bud” Kamp, 94 passed away peacefully Oct. 5, 2015 at Life Care Center at Greeley, Colo. Bud was born June 17, 1921 to Louis William Kamp and Ismay Izette (Cram) Kamp. Bud grew up on the Little Medicine Ranch homesteaded by his grandparents Peter L. and Mariem Kamp. Ranching was what Bud knew from growing up in the Little Medicine Bow River area of Albany County. Later in life he and his late sister, Illa Loyd, bought the ranch at Walcott, Wyo., and ran that ranch until it was sold in 1998. Bud and Illa bought the Bosler Ranch nor...
The Saratoga Planning Commission met Oct. 13 and announced that Kent Smith is now officially the zoning officer for the town. The commission is also officially seeking two new commissioners who would serve five-year terms. Rory Grubb, chairman of the commission, announced that there is now a Thursday deadline for action items to be presented at commission meetings. Grubb noted that any potential issues must be presented to the department of public works on the Thursday before a planning...
Pheasant hunters will be pleased to learn there are plenty of pheasants and several places to hunt them in southeast Wyoming for the 2015 season. “Pheasant stocking for the 2015 season will be similar to what we did last year,” said Ben Milner, coordinator at Downar Bird Farm. “We should have around 16,000 birds to release this year so it should be a pretty good year for pheasant hunters.” As in years past, pheasants will be released each day at the Springer/Bump Sullivan Wildlife Habitat Management Area (WHMA) during the Springer Special Pheas...
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is hosting a Wyoming Wildlife photo contest and encourages photographers to enter photos of the people, plants, landscapes and wildlife of the Cowboy State The contest deadline this year is Nov. 23. “This contest is a means for the people of Wyoming and our visitors to showcase their love of the wildlife, landscapes and characters. We are excited to see this year’s entries and publish the best in Wyoming Wildlife in February,” said Justin Joiner, Game and Fish’s visuals specialist. Here are the contest...
Did you know you aren’t supposed to actually wash pots and pans? At least not the way I always have you’re not. It turns out that good cookware should be wiped clean shortly after the vessel cools. If you try to clean it while it’s still hot your run the risk of warping the pan in question. Pre-soaking is okay for short periods. If you soak your stainless-steel pots the way I have you will eventually find that the metal used to join the pot section to the handle is not stainless steel but rathe...
This time of year the air is beginning to cool and pumpkin spice flavoring is hitting the shelves. It’s time to think about how to give your yard and garden the care they need to get through the winter months. It is important to water trees and shrubs throughout the winter months, especially if there isn’t good snow cover. Water on days with little to no wind when temps are above 40 degrees and when the ground is not frozen. The combination of these circumstances probably equates to about once a month. Winter watering is important for soil moi...
Editor: To solve all four current Town problems, I suggest that the Town Board Revive the long established Town of Saratoga Wyoming Wild Animal Zoo and reappoint a new Zoo Keeper. For the recipients who have forgotten, our former Zoo Keeper, Chuck Bartlett, has resigned. The “Benny Walters” fenced field, (also known as the old Saratoga Baseball Field and Zoo), was full of “Whistle Pigs” and also home to our “Resident Deer”, Coyotes, Eagles and other native wildlife, including Saratoga kids. For many years, as the Whistle Pigs population...
Encampment sophomore Cody Cor began working on his Eagle Scout project in July. The artificial nest for a golden eagle, a wooden box roughly four foot by four foot, took him about two weeks to build. Cor's nest was not his first choice for an Eagle Scout project-originally, the 15-year-old wanted to build a guzzler for wildlife until he learned of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) need for an artificial eagle nest off Hwy 789. Cor's project required permitting and working with the system in...
More than 1,200 people attended the Cowboy Hall of Fame at the Casper Events Center Sept. 27 to honor 54 individuals being inducted into the Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame. Mary Kay Walker's father, Leonard Albert "Len" Walker was one of those inducted and she came from Reno, Nev., to accept the award on her late father's behalf. Walker was among the cowboys and cowgirls who represented a cross section of the state of Wyoming and its cowboy history – trail driving, building ranches, breeding f...
Popular books may be bought at the Saratoga Elementary School (SES) Scholastic Book Fair, and the profits will be returned to the SES library for projects and books, according to Addie Fletcher, library aide. If they reach their goal of approximately $2,000, Fletcher said, they will be able to keep 50 percent of the profits otherwise, they receive a credit for 25 percent of the profit that may be used for Scholastic books. "That's how I fund things throughout the year," Fletcher said. Some...
The Elk Mountain Museum, the newest in Carbon County, raised $1,347 at the silent auction they held last week. This should help the museum improve their space and deal with additional collections over the next year. The fundraiser was attended by several local residents, including mayor Morgan Irene. Most of the participants signed bids on auction items in the week prior to Wednesday's event held at the Elk Mountain Senior Center. Items up for bid included oil paintings, quilts, a crossbow,...
"You give something to a child, even if its just a hug, and you see their faces light up. There really is no better gift than that," Kelsey Jones, 22-year-old University of Wyoming (UW) student and Saratoga native, said about her time volunteering in the Dominican Republic village of Los Francos. Los Francos is in the southern part of the Dominican Republic near the city of San Cristobal. Jones spent a month in the island nation, two weeks of which were used to build a community center, four...
Saratoga Cross County Head Coach Rex Hohnholt had words of encouragement for his harriers Friday after they ran to qualify for state. They could spend a long day on the bus and compete in one last race before state or the team could try for their best times in Saratoga. Hohnholt chose to keep them in Saratoga. Friday, they travel to Sheridan before getting a night's rest and competing in the state championship. The team ran two miles, with Jeremy Detterer taking the lead at 13 minutes 48...
The Saratoga Lady Panthers (3-3, 11-8 overall) could enter regionals in second place, according to head coach Shayley Love, providing they do well in the big conference matches this upcoming weekend. "That would be a huge advantage for us." The netters will face Southeast (4-2, 15-5 overall) once more on Friday, after suffering a four-set loss to the Cyclones last Saturday (26-24, 7-25, 13-25, 14-25). "We're just going to refocus as a team this week and get ready to put a full, solid match up...
The Saratoga Panthers (2-4) football team took advantage of a good match-up against Wind River (2-4) Thursday in Pavillion and came away with a 46-13 victory. The Panthers' win was built on a solid running game led by senior Thatcher Spiering. Spiering had 258 yards rushing in 23 carries, averaging 11.2 yards per run and gaining six first downs. His efforts on special teams added 18 punt return yards and a 2-point conversion to Spiering's statistics. Junior Morgan Rempel ran the ball 16 times fo...
It is no secret that the Encampment Lady Tigers (5-0 conference19-1 overall) have a great support group in the town of Encampment. It should be no surprise when the boys lined up to have their chests painted with letters to spell out Tiger's Den in the last conference game of the season to show their support. It worked. The Lady Tigers went on to a win in three sets (25-17, 25-19, 25-23) with their most competitive county and conference foe, the Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Lady Rattlers (2-...
During their final practice before the tournament Saturday, the Encampment Lady Tigers junior high school volleyball team started saying "Bring it Back." They would huddle with the trophy in the middle and say "Bring it Back," according to head coach Sammy Baysinger. "It set the tone for the tournament," Baysinger said. Going in ranked third, the girls knew they would have to work hard to bring the trophy back. Encampment had a nearly flawless record last year when they brought the trophy home f...