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The river has swelled again, metaphorically speaking. About 40 people, including elected officials, members of the public and representatives from a number of government agencies crowded into Saratoga Town Hall the morning of Nov. 9 for a meeting on the state of the river flowing through town. According to Guy Cameron, Director of the Wyoming Department of Homeland Security (WYDHS), Saratoga has been bailed-out repeatedly for flooding issues in the last half decade. In 2011, the state spent abou...
Although prospects for a long-term river revitalization effort dominated early proceedings at a Nov. 9 meeting on the state of the Platte flowing through town, more pressing plans were also discussed by attendees. The second half of the three-hour meeting was devoted to hashing out the details of two projects officials hope to tackle before spring run-off. The more immediate of these two enterprises is a gravel bar removal project Saratoga Mayor Ed Glode said the town “hope(s) to be done by Chri...
The town of Riverside council met briefly Thursday, absent mayor Leroy Stephenson, and quickly dispensed with routine business. The entire meeting lasted about 18 minutes and most of that time was spent hearing issues from the public. The board quickly approved meeting minutes and voted to pay the town’s bills before moving on to guest speakers and voting to allocate $500 to the Carbon County Library System which will go directly to benefit the Encampment-Riverside branch. Over the summer, as a funding battle between the library board and count...
The Town of Encampment Town Council met Thursday, without the town mayor present, to deal with routine business facing the town and to hear from two members of the public. After approving the minutes of the last meeting and voting to pay the town’s bills, the council heard from Christy Smith of the Grand Encampment Museum (GEM) who was there to ask the town for help paying for a full-page ad to advertise the museum, the towns of Encampment and Riverside and local businesses in a travel publication. A full-page color ad in the publication c...
What should “open space” requirements be in a land famed for its big skies and distant horizons? The question was one of the main animating forces of a 90-minute Saratoga Planning Commission meeting attended by about five. Though little was voted on, discussion was far-ranging at the Nov. 8 meeting. Open space ordinances are municipal codes that mandate a certain percentage of new developments be set aside for park space or green belts. Whether or not Saratoga’s Planned Unit Development (PUD)...
The Saratoga Water and Sewer Joint Powers Board (sewer board) met Wednesday to deal with routine business, but most of the meeting was spendtdiscussing the possibility of the Saratoga U.S. Forest Service (USFS) office being moved to town water and sewage. Employees from the USFS appeared at the sewer board meeting to discuss several possible plans with board members so all parties could figure out the best way to solve the USFS office water issues. While no formal action was taken, the discussion allowed both parties to look for a way forward...
Roughly four kilometers from the little farming village I called home in Burkina Faso is something called “the Barrage.” Basically, it’s a dammed-up portion of a seasonal waterway feeding into the Bougouriba River to the north of us, and it’s a very picturesque and tranquil place. I frequently biked there and sat on its south eastern shore, looking at the line of rocky hills lying to the north of the body of water and listening to the gurgling river passing underneath the road. I’m not much...
Its time now to keep thinking about the potential threat of flooding our North Platte River still possesses. As each year passes without a permanent and more substantial management of the river flow the Town of Saratoga’s risk of flooding only increases. We need to focus on a more permanent solution. The pesky gravel islands just South of the Hwy 130 bridge that keep recurring every few years is the most noticeable condition that most of the town folk can see. This is only one concern the citizens of Togie need to be thinking about. Boozer Cree...
After the Saratoga Museum’s season ended in October, the docents got a behind-the-scenes tour at South Pass City. The tour was led by Jon Lane, Curator for Public Programs, for the state of Wyoming Department of State Parks & Cultural Resources. The group met with Lane at 9 a.m. and toured the Carrisa Mine. After eating lunch in Atlantic City, the group returned to tour historic South Pass City, learning about the resurrection of the town and how the Wyoming Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources became involved. For several m...
The Giving Tree, a project to help provide Christmas for valley children who otherwise might not have much of a holiday, will be held again this year and the the deadline for families to return 2016 application forms for their child to be included is Thursday, Nov. 17. Kassey Westring, Valley Service Organization (VSO) coordinator for the 2016 Platte Valley Giving Tree project, said forms were distributed to area families through Saratoga and Encampment schools, preschools and Head Start. Completed forms may be mailed to Westring at P. O. Box...
The thing that surprised Saratoga High School (SHS)Senior Alicia Zaragoza the most about Wyoming’s Governor Matt Mead and his staff were how much like regular old Wyoming folk they seemed, she said. “All of his counselors, or the people that give him advice, are just normal people who grew up in Wyoming and they’re no different than the people that I grew up with in Saratoga,” Zaragoza said. Zaragoza, winner of Girls State earlier this year, traveled to Cheyenne early one morning in August and shadowed the governor all day, but only after c...
Senior Center Menu Wednesday: Spaghetti/meat sauce, Italian vegetables, garlic bread, pineapple whip, milk. Thursday: Chiocken patty, french fries, coleslaw, wheat bread, peaches, milk. Friday: Turkey/stuffing, mashed potatoes/gravy, green bean casserole, wheat roll, pumpkin pie, whipped topping, milk. Monday: Chicken alfredo, noodles, squash blend, wheat bread, strawberries, milk. Tuesday: Beef fajita, tortilla, steamed rice, broccoli, cherries, milk. Saratoga School Wednesday: Breakfast; Breakfast pizza or cereal/cracker, fruit/juice, milk....