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Editor’s note: This is the fourth story in a series of stories about the river restoration project. The North Platte River Restoration Project will impact everyone in Saratoga in one way or another. But perhaps the largest impact will be for those who live next to the river. The project will increase the flood plain on the shore of the North Platte River. This will help prevent flooding, however, it means that people who live along the river will lose a lot of their shore front. If the p... Full story
Newspapers in Cheyenne, Jackson and Newcastle were honored as being the best newspapers in Wyoming for the year of 2013 during ceremonies held in Laramie on Saturday. The Wyoming Tribune-Eagle in Cheyenne, the Jackson Hole News&Guide and the Newcastle News Letter Journal were awarded the Wyoming Press Association's "general excellence" awards for daily newspapers, large weekly newspapers and small weekly papers, respectively, during the WPA's annual convention in Laramie. "The judges in New...
Changes in bylaws were argued at Saratoga’s Planning Commision Jan. 14 for more than one-and-one-half hours. The board reviewed bylaws from town planning commissions in Cheyenne and Wright, and a planning commission in California in order to compile ideas for their own bylaws. The current bylaws are two pages long and were adopted “years ago” according to the chairman of the Saratoga Planning Commission Rory Grubb. The town planning commission did not come to an agreement while examining the o...
The Saratoga Sun staff earned second place in general excellence and editorial leadership this past weekend. We also won three first place pacemaker awards, three second place pacemaker awards and one honorable mention. There is nothing more rewarding than having your peers classify your work as exceptional. This was my ninth year attending the Wyoming Press Association Convention. I always learn something new and try to implement what I learn into the Saratoga Sun. The opportunity to network...
Calls are continuing this week to sign up donors for the Valley Service Organization’s (VSO) annual blood drive. The goal for VSO’s 2014 blood drive is 38 donors, but 58 appointment slots are available, according to Roxie Baldwin, VSO coordinator for the project. The drive is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 28, from noon to 5:30 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Platte Valley Community Center. The blood drive is being conducted in conjunction with United Blood Services (UBS) of Cheyenne. Blood and blood products are needed by people suffering from can...
Wyoming Homeland Security has organized a local two-day emergency training program for schools to be hosted by Carbon County Emergency Management. The free course at the Platte Valley Community Center will provide schools with the knowledge, skills and tools needed to refine or develop an all-hazards school emergency operations plan (EOP), and to identify how to train and exercise the plan. The course explains how to utilize the National Incident Management System (NIMS) as the foundation for planning and building partnerships with outside agen...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) still seeks public comment during its scoping period for the NEPA review of a possible issuance of an eagle take permit to the Chokecherry-Sierra Madre (CCSM) wind farm project. USFWS has been delegated the authority to issue programmatic eagle take permits for wind farms such as CCSM.USFWS is asking for comments to help identify potential issues that the public would like them to consider related to the issuance of an eagle take permit. They will use the public input to help craft their draft...
The use of chemical weapons is not acceptable. Chemical weapons are nothing but harmful ways of ending war or starting one. The chemical weapons countries create just destroy other countries. The chemicals in the weapon do more harm than actually help the real problem going on. Chemical weapons seem like a quick and simple way to end a war, but they truly only cause more problems in the long run than before. Chemical weapons are actually just a destructive creation. In Syria things are coming to an end for chemical warfare. Syria has been at...
Editor’s note: When the Saratoga Sun ran what we thought were the last of the student guest column’s on Dec. 4, 2013, we were notified that three of them had not been published. They had been lost somewhere in cyberspace. Encampment english teacher Leslie McLinsky emailed them to us again, so that we might run them in the earliest issue possible. Sometimes it can feel like living in a small town like Encampment has nothing but drawbacks. Many people love living here because of the benefits our community has to offer. The downfalls to small tow...
Editor’s note: When the Saratoga Sun ran what we thought were the last of the student guest column’s on Dec. 4, 2013, we were notified that three of them had not been published. They had been lost somewhere in cyberspace. Encampment english teacher Leslie McLinsky emailed them to us again, so that we might run them in the earliest issue possible. People join the military to fight for our country. We should not put our military at risk by sending them to fight someone else’s war. Many soldiers in the military have a strong point of view on fi...
In the Jan. 15 edition of the Saratoga Sun, it was incorrectly printed that the Encampment/Riverside Dog Clinic would take place at the Grand Encampment Opera House. The dog clinic will actually take place at the Encampment Town Hall foyer from 9 a.m. to noon on Feb. 1....
Underneath a warm, cloudless sky, the frozen Saratoga Lake was packed with more than 600 contestants from all over the region for the 31st annual Saratoga Fishing Derby. Stacy Crimmins of the Chamber of Commerce said she was very pleased with the Derby's turn out. "We had 606 attendees which is more than we have had in the last several years. The number of fish brought in (Saturday) was almost double what we have weighed in previous years. It was very good," Crimmins said. Many of the...
Blackhawk Gallery vendor and designer Dave Rowswell has been selected as a finalist in the 2014 NICHE Awards, for his piece entitled “Rounded Edge Brown Cuff Bracelet with Gold Interior” in the “Fiber Wearable” category. Rowswell, a jewelry designer for Rawhide Studio in Cheyenne, has his artistic creations both shown and sold at the Blackhawk Gallery in Saratoga. According to the studio’s website, www.rawhidestudio.com, Rowswell has been working with rawhide as a sculptural material, and has e...
Saratoga High School's wrestling team finished sixth out of 20 teams at the Don Runner Memorial in Pavilion last weekend. Coach Jared Mason said it was an exciting weekend of competition at Wind River High School, as his boys squared off with most of the 2A teams from the West region. "The Friday and Saturday tournament hosted 20 teams, including a few 3A schools and Rich County, Utah," he said. "As a team, Saratoga finished sixth, which I felt was pretty good considering we only had six... Full story
Saratoga's varsity boys basketball team took another conference game hit last weekend, suffering a 39-72 loss against the Lusk Tigers. The Panthers' season record now sits at 8-6 (non-conference) and 0-3 (conference). Although they lost by 33 points, head coach Josh Sandlian said his boys were ahead for much of the first quarter during Saturday's game. "The Panthers played a great first quarter, holding the lead for most of it," he said. "Towards the end of the first quarter, Lusk hit a couple...
After last weekend’s victory over Little Snake River, Saratoga’s Lady Panthers fell to Lusk Saturday 37-58. The loss puts the Lady Panthers at 4-9 (non-conference) and 0-3 (conference). The junior varsity Lady Panthers also lost 32-45. Head coach Matt Love said the loss was disappointing because he felt the team had practiced hard in preparation for Lusk’s Lady Tigers. “I felt like we had a great week of practice and we were fully prepared,” he said. “We got into early foul trouble, couldn’t sc...
Two Platte Valley middle school girls' basketball teams scored one win each in Friday's rival face-off at Saratoga. Encampment's A Team beat Saratoga's A Team, 39-23, while Saratoga's B Team beat Encampment's B Team, 36-12. Encampment coach Kegan Willford said he saw his girls work well together on the court. "The biggest strength thus far in the early season is that these girls are unselfish and play really well together as a team," he said. "They work hard each and every day and are improving...
Reprint of this story from the January 24, 1902 issue of The Grand Encampment Herald brought to you courtesy of Grandma’s Cabin, Encampment, Wyoming. Preserving History - Serving the Community. TRAMWAY CONTRACT IS LET! Late yesterday afternoon the Herald received a special telegram stating that the contract had been let in New York for the building of the aerial tramway between the Ferris-Haggarty mine and the Boston-Wyoming smelter at Grand Encampment. The news was received with much enthusiasm, because the building of this great enterprise m...
Seven people played bingo on Monday. Two-dollar winners were Merle Starr, Sue Howe, Madaline Forbes, Betty Dean, and Berneil McCord. Madaline Forbes and Betty Dean shared the $4 blackout round. There were four here for Bridge on Monday. High winner was Mary Alice Sjoden. We had a fair turnout for our birthday dinner Friday. Those having birthdays this month are Grace Johnston, Joy Hamilton, Sue Howe, Jack Riddick, J.R. Henslee, Joan Anderson, Donna Zeiger, Merle Starr, Truth Karstoft, Jim Davis, and Jim Hammer. Jack Riddick won the birthday...
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. Each night during the week, residents watched Turner Classic Movies” in the evening. On Sunday morning, five residents watched the VCR movie, “Tall in the Saddle. On Tuesday afternoon, six residents watched the VCR movie, “The Client”. On Saturday morning, residents watched the VCR...
From January 13, 2014 to January 19, 2014, the Saratoga Police Department responded to 117 calls including the following classifications: 911 hang up (1); agency assistance (5); animal problem (1); bar check (11); business checks (51); citizen assist (3); civil standby (1); disturbance (2); barking dog complaint (1); dog tag (2); fight (1); fingerprints (2); found property (1); hot pool check (9); larceny (1); lockout (2); lost property (1); motorist assist (1); parking problem (1); house watch (2); recovered stolen property (1); reddi (1);...
Windy weather forced one of the lights poles to the ground at Saratoga High School's track and football field Jan. 14. The pole was detached from its base, and the six light light reflectors were bent and the lights were smashed into little pieces. Damage to the track included a puncture hole and rip. The pole's concrete base was still intact. Josh Sandlian, Carbon County School District No. 2 Instructional Facilitator, teacher and coach, said he was notified Tuesday morning that the pole had...
Mike Doege, of Rawlins, bought five tickets at the Rawlins True Value on Jan. 10, 2014. One of those tickets was drawn on Jan. 11 at the Saratoga Lions Club Casino Night. The lucky ticket won Doege a Polaris Ranger 800XP donated by Shively Hardware. When E.J. Glode called Doege after pulling his name Jan. 11, Doege's response was "Are you (kidding) me?" Doege purchased a RZR in 2012 from Shively Hardware and is very happy with it, he said. "My dad wants to upgrade to the Ranger 800XP, so I am...
The Sierra Madre Winter Carnival is gearing up for its 26th year of providing family-friendly winter activities throughout the town of Encampment. The carnival has been an Encampment tradition since 1988, and this year it will include a treasure hunt, sled races, a chili feed and cook-off, a bread cook-off, a snow sculpture contest and a snowmobile race. The three-day event also includes bizarre winter competitions not found just anywhere, such as “human saucer bowling”, “chicken curli... Full story