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While competing at the State Cross Country Championship in Sheridan, the boys team pulled off what was, in the words of head coach Rex Hohnholt, "the shocker of the season" as they took 1st place for 2A Boys State Cross Country. This win marks the second victory within three years as the team had also won in 2016. It wasn't just the boys team that was victorious over the weekend, however, as Encampment's Jarom Herring took 1st in varsity after finishing with a time of 17:29 and became a back-to-...
The temporary clinic at the PVCC has been seeing patients and taking record requests for a week now. During their first week in operation, the clinic has taken 313 requests to have medical records transferred to the new management free of charge. The clinic has also seen 55 patients over the opening week including giving flu shots. According to HMS representative Mark Pesognelli, "We have already spent over $12,000 to equip the community center with the needed supplies and equipment to be able...
The Saratoga Town Council met at 6 p.m. on Oct. 16 at the Saratoga Town Hall. The beginning of the meeting was business as usual with council approving the agenda, the minutes for Oct. 2 and the financials that totaled $226,058.53. Correspondence from the Chamber of Commerce had a request for the closure of Bridge Street for the Halloween Walk from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 31. The council approved closing Bridge Street on both sides of the highway, but keeping 130 open with law...
The Wyoming Public Lands Initiative (WPLI) Committee for Carbon County met October 15 at the Harshman Building of the Carbon County Higher Education facility to hold a single topic meeting on the recommendations made for the Encampment Wilderness Study Area (WSA) (See “Recommendations Made” on page one of the Oct. 3 Saratoga Sun). After the meeting, Carbon County Commissioners unanimously passed the recommendations for all four WSAs unchanged. The recommendations now proceed to the Wyoming County Commissioners Association for review before bei...
Lonny F. Jennings, 64, of Superior, Wyo. passed away Oct. 14, 2018 on an elk hunting trip in the desert doing what he loved to do. He was born June 18, 1954 in Clinton, Mo. the son of William Bryan Jennings and Vera LaVerne Montgomery Jennings. He attended Knob Noster High School and graduated with the class of 1972. He also attended WyoTech. Lonny married Paula Peterson on May 10, 1982 in Saratoga. He was employed as a driller at the Bridger Coal Mine. He was a member of the Sweetwater County... Full story
The Riverside Town Council met at 6 p.m. on Oct. 18 due to having to reschedule as Jan Cook, town clerk and treasurer, was on vacation the week before. During the meeting, Mayor Leroy Stephenson and the council heard from Healthcare Sustainability Project Committee board member Leslie McLinskey concerning the Platte Valley Medical Clinic (PVMC) and Health Management Services (HMS), LLC. The town council also disbanded the Music Festival Ordinance Committee. “I am here tonight because I was a...
I am never not working. That is not to say that I am always working—the fact is that I am as lazy as I can get away with. The amount I can get away with isn’t exactly at “independently wealthy” levels—and that’s enough said about that. We’re not allowed to whine in Wyoming, right? A Double Negative makes a Positive? But it is true I am never not working. I have been handing out candy to trick or treaters when a fire started up. If you are me that means drop your sweets, grab your camera and get to the flames. I have been taking in an evening to...
Dear Editor, I was very upset approximately one year ago when our local National Forest Service (NFS) Director was involuntarily transferred a thousand miles from her home and employment in Saratoga. She had no warning nor explanation and placed under a professional directive to stay silent. The decision was made by the NFS Regional Forester supervisor of Denver, Colo., an unusual decision that employees spanning 25 years of experience had never seen before. This forced transfer surprised everyone as all her evaluations had been very good. As...
The Encampment Lady Tigers played their final three games this week as they brought to a close a tough season for the team. Despite working through a season that didn't have a single conference win, the Encampment girls made sure that their final two home games were straight sweeps for the hometown crowd. Tiger Nation hosted the North Park Lady Wildcats (25-22, 25-23, 25-22) on Thursday, Encampment then traveled to take on the Lady Snake River Valley (LSRV) Lady Rattlers (20-25, 25-18, 21-25,...
For the first time since being a 6-man football team, the Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) high school football team went undefeated after beating the Guernsey-Sunrise Vikings 60-26 at 3 p.m. on Friday at HEM's playing field. Going undefeated was not the only reason for the team to celebrate their victory. The Miners have not had home field advantage in playing opponents since 1954. They are ranked first in the eastern conference and number two in the overall conference behind Farson. "It...
The Saratoga Lady Panthers only had one game before the end of their regular season as they faced off against conference foes the Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Lady Rattlers (19-25, 25-14, 15-25, 25-21, 15-13) on Thursday evening, ending the evening 3-2. With it being their final home game, Saratoga Middle/High School honored three seniors, Tiffany Bauer, Mychaela Jackman and Lairren Peebles, before the start of the varsity match. Along with the celebration of the senior athletes, both teams...
The Valley Service Organization (VSO) is sponsoring the election forum for Saratoga mayoral and town council candidates at 6 p.m. tonight (Wednesday, Oct. 24) at the Platte Valley Community Center. Candidates expected to attend are mayoral candidates, Incumbent E. J. Glode and former Mayor John Zeiger, plus town council candidates, Incumbent Will Faust and challengers Jon Nelson and Bob Keel. Each candidate will be given a short time to introduce himself and his reasons for running, which will be followed by questions from VSO and the...
The Carbon School District No. 2 Board of Trustees held a special meeting at noon on Oct. 22 as they discussed the expulsion of an unnamed student in executive session. Starting the meeting at noon, the board immediately entered executive session, which lasted approximately 45 minutes. Coming out of executive session, the CCSD No. 2 Board of Trustees made the decision to “adopt the findings of law” and expel the unnamed student. Due to the student being a minor, neither the name of the stu...
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) high school volleyball team had a tough week in that they lost to Rock River on Oct 16 and Encampment on Saturday. Head volleyball coach Jackie Jones said no team likes to lose, but she encourages the Lady Miners to learn from their mistakes as they face Upton at 1:30 p.m. on Friday in Newcastle in the regional tournament. The loss to Rock River was a seesaw battle. The Lady Miners won the first match 25-19. The Lady Longhorns came back to win the...
Last Friday, on a warm October afternoon, Carbon County School District (CCSD) No. 2 teachers and staff gathered on the west end of the Saratoga Elementary School (SES) at 3:45 p.m. to remember the late Annette Mason, a former teacher at SES. Mason, who taught for over 20 years, passed away in January following a lengthy battle with cancer. In her memory, teachers and students of the elementary school had established a small park alongside the building. Three trees, two colorful benches and nume...