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The Bow River Crossing (Bow River) convenience store in Elk Mountain made someone a winner on Oct. 21 when they purchased a winning Cowboy Draw Wyo Lottery ticket worth $1,165,543. According to Bill Jones, proprietor for Bow River, the winner has contacted lottery commission but has not redeemed it at any outlet as of going to print. The store's take for selling the winning ticket is $2,000. "I had thought it was going to be a percentage," Jones said. "$2,000 is pretty good,...
Alice Claire Sholine passed away peacefully on Nov. 2, 2019 at the Sheridan Memorial Hospital. Alvo, Neb. was her birth place. Parents John and Marguerite (Dye) Foreman welcomed her into the world on July 17, 1925 to join siblings Willard and Cornelia. The family later moved to La Jara, Colo. and then permanently to Fort Collins, Colo.. Alice graduated from Ft Collins High School and attended Colorado State University. In Dec. 1945, Alice met the "love of her life" Ed Sholine... Full story
On Oct. 15, Larry Scott came to Hanna to speak of Rachel’s Challenge to Hanna Elementary students in the morning, Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School students in the afternoon and a community forum later in the evening held at HEM. Scott is an uncle to Rachel Joy Scott, the first victim in the Columbine High School shootings of students and teachers by fellow students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold on April 20, 1999. Rachel was 17. Scott has different p...
1 Years Ago November 13, 1919 Warriors In Gay Uniforms Soldiers of Uncle Sam in Samoa Make Picturesque Appearance On Parade Ground The Fita-Fitas, or native soldiers of American Samoa, are considered the most picturesque of all the American Army. That country is under the control of the navy department and the naval officers of Pago Pago from the governing body of Tutilla and the five other small islands. The yeomen among the bluejackets are valuable office assistants. The Fita-Fitas are the outside unit. Their duties are...
Assistant Principal Zack Schmidt of Saratoga High School opened the special assembly to honor our Veterans by reminding students why we celebrate Veterans Day. He stated, "Today it is our privilege to say thank you to all American Veterans and let them know we appreciate them for their service, honor and sacrifice. The price of freedom is high, we cannot afford to forget those who are willing to pay. Today we celebrate America's Veterans for keeping this nation the land of...
The holidays are rapidly approaching, and the Valley Service Organization (VSO) has started work on the 2019 Platte Valley Giving Tree, a community-wide project to ensure no Valley child goes without Christmas. Kassey Westring, chairman of the Giving Tree for VSO, said the information forms for the Tree have been distributed to Saratoga Elementary School, Saratoga Middle/High School, Encampment K-12, Excel Pre-School,Tomorrow’s Promise, Head Start and Carbon County Public Health. These schools and agencies will, in turn, dist...
The burdensome task of preserving local history has been made easier with new technology. It will be applied to help record and save several valuable historic collections. A program on digitizing historic photographs, negatives, photo albums, manuscripts, VCRs, home movies, stories, newspaper clippings, books and diaries will be presented at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, in the Saratoga Branch Library at 503 West Elm Ave. The slide show and presentation is sponsored by Saratoga...
The building at 110 W. Bridge Ave. in Saratoga has been home to various businesses over the years. Built in 1903, it served as a theater at one time. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, it found new life as various art galleries. For several years, the doors remained closed with very little activity taking place at the location. In May of this year, however, the building came under new ownership. The new owners are no strangers to the Valley or to Carbon County, nor are they st...
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School football team hosted the Lingle-Ft. Laramie football team at 1 p.m. on Friday for the right to go to the State Championship next week in Laramie. The Miners won the game 92-58. The Doggers had faced HEM before, on Sept. 28, when the Miners came out on top 69-24. The team that played back in September was much more physical this time around. "The Doggers are a great team and have some great kids," HEM Head Football coach...
By Mike Armstrong The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School girls volleyball team went to the state tourney knowing the first team they faced would be tough. At 4:30 p.m on Nov. 7 in Casper, the Lady Miners confronted Carbon County rival Saratoga. The Lady Panthers, who were seeded number two and became eventual finalists in the championship, proved to be difficult as they have been every time the two have met this season. The Lady Miners put up a tremendous...
The Saratoga Lady Panthers capped off their nearly undefeated season by placing as runner-ups at the 1A State Championship over the weekend in Casper. Last season, the Lady Panthers had made it to state for the first time in 13 years and advanced to the semi-final rounds for the first time since 1991. Saratoga ended their 2018 season placing 4th in the 1A conference. This season, the Lady Panthers were able to dispatch nearly every team they went up against on the court. The o...
Anyone who knows me is aware that I love warm weather. I think it goes back to the fact that I lived in Houston from ages three to 10. Before that, it was Florida for a year. Plus, even after my family left Cocoa Beach, my father was a big believer in his kids going to Cape Kennedy (as it was known back then) for space launches. So warm was in my DNA in my early years. Because I was born in Virginia and lived there in my wee tyke years, I was exposed to snow and cold. There... Full story
The Hanna Agricultural Resource Team (HART) met at 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 31 at the Hanna Market to wind down their meeting schedule before next spring. The meetings are regularly held on the last Tuesday of the month, but had to be changed to Thursday. Linda Goodrich, secretary of HART, said she had forgotten it was Halloween when she had rescheduled, so the attendees agreed to make the meeting short. The main order of business was to go over the prizes that would be displayed for the raffle they would have at the Winter Carnival...
Staff Report What if you were told an hour of your time could change someone’s life? In the time it takes you to read this article, nearly 100 people will receive lifesaving blood transfusions. By taking just an hour or so to donate, you will do something wonderful! Here, in the southern part of Wyoming, it takes 500 people a week to donate blood to serve the 47 area hospitals in this region! One out of every three people will need blood during their lives, but only one in 20 people regularly give blood. Saratoga’s next blood...
At the Nov. 5 town council meeting, Cheyenne-based accountant and 13-year experienced auditor James Childress presented a five page report that focused on the audit for the 2017/2018 fiscal year. Since the release of the audit, and its acceptance by the governing body, it has been a continued point of discussion among ancillary boards, namely the Saratoga Airport Advisory Board and the Upper Platte River Solid Waste Disposal District (UPRSWDD). In the audit, a deficit of over...