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For several years, the Saratoga Panthers Cross Country team has incorporated runners throughout Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2), most notably students from Encampment, 20 miles south of Saratoga. In the past four years, the combined efforts of the long distance runners have seen the 2A Boys Cross Country team bring home the State Championship for three years with the last two years being back-to-back victories. When the State Championship was won in 2016, Reid Schroeder come home as...
Funeral services for Saratoga area native and "Card Lady" Betty Jean (Wiant) Dean, 84, are scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019, at 1:00 p.m. in the Valley Chapel. The celebration of life will be conducted by The Rev. Steven Niccolls, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Saratoga, followed by a Rebekah ceremony. Folks attending the service are encouraged to dress in their finest "western duds" in honor of Betty, who was known for her flashy boots, cowboy hats and calico dresses. Interment... Full story
Editor’s Note: SMHS teacher McCreary reached out to the Saratoga Sun recently about publishing Knotwell’s essay about the Saratoga Hot Pools to contribute to local history. The Sun was happy to afford the space to add to Saratoga’s history. If you were to ever visit Saratoga Wyo., one place you should most definitely spend some time is the Saratoga Hot Pools, also known as the Hobo Pools. These interesting pools are outdoor springs created by thermal seeps. There are three main sections accessible in this area. The North Platte River; the N...
The Board of Trustees of Memorial Hospital of Carbon County is pleased to announce the appointment of Kenneth L. Harman as the permanent Chief Executive Officer of the hospital effective Dec. 16, 2019. Harman has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Pioneers Medical Center, Walbridge Memorial Convalescent Wing and Meeker Family Health Center in Meeker, Colo. for the past nine years. Prior to that, He was the CEO of Cassia Regional Medical Center in Burley, Idaho for six years. Both facilities are Critical Access Hospitals similar to MHCC. H...
For the past several months, local historians Dick and John Perue have been going through the process of digitizing multiple historic collections. As was reported previously (see “Hold Onto Your Hat-we’re going digital” on page 16 of the Feb. 13 Saratoga Sun), the project began as a process to save the ever expanding collection owned by Dick Perue and were handed down to him by R.I Martin and R.D. Martin, former owners of the Saratoga Sun. Since then, a number of people have stepped forward to contribute their own historic collections which...
“Time is an illusion.” ~ Albert Einstein Daylight Savings Time (DST) officially ended on Sunday with our clocks falling back an hour. This gave those of us sleeping an extra hour of rest and those who were working a night shift an extra hour of work. Whenever this federally mandated phenomenon starts in March or ends in November, it always throws me off. Judging from my social media feeds, it throws a lot of other people off as well. Not only that, it can have a number of negative effects on... Full story
While the Encampment Lady Tigers struggled with losses throughout the regular season, they ended it by advancing to the consolation semifinals during the 1A West Regional tournament over the weekend. A win across three sets against the Farson-Eden Lady Pronghorns (25-17, 25-17, 25-18) last Monday secured Encampment's place in the tournament. At the tournament, the Lady Tigers would fall to the Meeteetse Lady Longhorns (11-25, 19-25, 15-25) before defeating the Dubois Lady Rams (25-18, 25-19,...
The Saratoga Lady Panthers left the regional tournament with a number two seed, but not without a fight against the Cokeville Lady Panthers. The Saratoga Lady Panthers held their own in three sets against the two-time state champions. The second match of the set let the Cokeville Lady Panthers know not to take the Saratoga Lady Panther for granted. "I am really proud of them," Saratoga Volleyball Coach Shayley Love said. "No one in 1A has gotten into the 20s against Cokeville. I think the...
The Meeteetse Longhorns came to Hanna to wrest a playoff game from the Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School football team, but the Miners were having none of it. The weather was unseasonably cold, with winds making the air that much more chilled. The field had been cleared, but there was still remnants of the several inches of snow that had come the days before. "I would really like to thank the groundskeeper for getting the field ready, because there was a foot plus out there,"...
Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School principal Steve Priest and his wife Courtney, Medicine Bow Elementary School secretary believe strongly in good sportsmanship. They decided, after the playoff football game against Meeteetse, HEM would host a lunch for both teams, no matter who won, in a show of good sportsmanship . The Miners did win 73-36. Besides Priest and his wife, his children helped serve both teams and fans. There were over 100 people that attended the lunch. The...
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School girls volleyball team went to the 1A East tournament on Friday in Wheatland. Once it was over, they found themselves going to the State Championship. Their first game on Friday morning was against Arvada-Clearmont and the Lady Miners took care of business winning all three games (25-17, 25-12, 25-17). "It was a good win," said Head Volleyball Coach Jackie Jones. The next team the Lady Miners were to meet were the No. 2 seed from the...
Rae Richter has lived in the Valley for nearly three years and currently works for Kip Kerbs, helping him on his ranch outside Saratoga. Richter is originally from Masonville, Colorado and served in the United States Marine Corps (USMC) for four years. "I had a lot of friends that were going to college and all that kind of stuff and I just wasn't ready for college," said Richter. "I had another friend that was in the Marine Corps and he told me I should give it a go." Taking her friends advice,...
"I went to Phu Cat for two weeks of training and that was kind of exciting because I did something really dumb. I was out at my end of the Qui Nhon and it was during the Tet Offensive and the bus was five hours out taking us to Phu Cat, whoever was going that direction. Being young and bulletproof, I stuck my thumb out and hitchhiked ... to Phu Cat." Steve Flauding has lived in the Valley for 41 years. In that time he has worked a variety of jobs. He went from being a troubleshooter for Carbon C...
Morgan Rempel is a 2017 graduate of Saratoga Middle/High School. Following his graduation, Rempel enlisted with the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and has been serving si nce June 2017. According to his mother, Carrie Garcia, Rempel advanced as a Scout Swimmer for the Alpha Raiders. He is currently stationed in Camp Pendleton, California and is a 1st Battalion, 4th Marines Alpha Raider, also known as the China Marines. The 1/4 Marines were originally activiated in April 1911 and first saw...
Before Katherine Munson graduated from Saratoga High School in 2001, she had a scholarship opportunity in Nebraska. After talking with a friend from Rawlins who had joined the Air Force, however, her plans changed. "She came back and was telling me how awesome it was and then she's like 'Honestly, the pride of serving my country is something you can't replace' and I was like, 'Yeah, I want that. I want to serve my country,'" said Munson. Munson's family, on both sides, have a number of members...
Christian Gonzales, a 2015 Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School graduated, has recently come back to Hanna after serving his country from 2016 until the beginning of this month. Gonzales said when he graduated HEM, he went into the work force, but after several months, he felt a call to join the armed forces. After looking into his options, Gonzales settled on the Army. "The Army was a good fit for me," Gonzales said. "I wanted to go into communications and found myself being...
On May 2 in 1915, Canadian poet John McCrae’s close friend and former student Alexis Helmer was killed by a German shell in World War I. Composed at the battlefront on May 3, 1915 during the second battle of Ypres, Belgium, this poem became the basis for poppies being the flower symbolically used to honor the war dead. In Flanders Fields In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place: and in the sky The larks still bravely singing fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the dead: Short days ago, W...
Logan Wells is a senior at Saratoga Middle/High School and has been giving serious thought to enlisting in the Air Force. While many members of his family, including his uncle, have been in the military, it suggested an option for him until this summer. "I was kind of thinking, 'Oh my gosh. My life's getting ready to start' and I was just kind of looking at all my options," said Wells. "My uncle was in the Air Force, too, so he kind of introduced me to it. Most of my family has been in the Air...
In observance of Veterans Day, schools and organizations will be holding events throughout eastern Carbon County on different days. The Saratoga Sun reached out to as many organizations as it could as well as the local schools to compile the following information: American Legion Post No. 54 The Saratoga American Legion Auxiliary will be holding a Veterans Day dinner on Saturday, Nov. 9 at the Post, located at 403 E. Bridge Ave. A social hour with a cash bar will begin the evening from 5 to 6 p.m. Toward the end of the social hour, the flag... Full story