Serving the Platte Valley since 1888
Serving the Platte Valley since 1888
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1 years ago Nov. 18, 1915 Killing Elk Several hunters returned just as the season closed from hunting deer in the Elk Mountain country. The deer seemed to be more plentiful than usual, with the result that most of the hunters from here were successful. Several of the hunters state that they saw the evidence of where two elk had been killed. The elk were shipped in here with the understanding that they would be protected by all of the citizens, giving them a good start in this locality again. To that end the government...
Hog Park Reservoir is known as a good place to go fishing. To help it keep that reputation, the Laramie Region Fisheries Management crew sampled fish populations at the reservoir in early September. Hog Park Reservoir is sampled every third year and the results are usually pretty consistent. “Things change slowly at these high elevations lakes,” said Mike Snigg, Laramie Region fisheries supervisor. “The water is cold and the growing season is short. So, Hog Park Reservoir is not managed for large fish.” Still, the results...
he Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) will hold two public meetings to hear comments and suggestions from hunters regarding the recent big game hunting seasons. The purpose of these meetings is to collect comments and suggestions from the public to help wildlife managers develop season setting proposals for the 2016 hunting season. These proposals will then be presented and available for public comment in late March 2016. There will be two meetings in the Laramie region. Both will be held concurrently at 9 a.m., Nov. 21...
Baggs Game Warden Kim Olson is looking for information about a spike elk poached during the cow elk season in hunt area 21. “I investigated a poached spike elk, killed around 10 a.m. on Wednesday, November 11, in hunt area 21,” Olson said. “The poaching occurred in the McCarty Canyon area. I know there were other hunters in the vicinity. A calf elk was legally harvested in the area and I am hopeful that someone saw something that might help me solve this crime. It is not too late for the shooter to do the right thing and t...
Linsey Ciepiela, a master’s student at the University of Wyoming has been studying salmonid movement in the Upper North Platte River in order to determine which tributaries are most important to brown and rainbow trout in the region. The Upper North Platte River proved itself as a viable candidate for the project in many ways, significantly because the fishery in the river has a capacity of 4,000 fish per mile. Ciepiela said this is a massive fishery, providing a huge p...
With Saratoga Middle-High School (SMHS) in their second year of failing to make adequate yearly progress (AYP), SMHS Principal Linda Butler had to come up with an improvement plan based on the scores students earned. The current seventh, eighth and ninth graders showed significant room for improvement especially in English Language Arts (ELA), and Butler believes that reading and writing is a vital area for improvement. Butler presented the intervention plan at Monday’s C...
Quade Palm received his American Future Farmers of America (FFA) degree at the 88th National FFA Convention in Louisville, Kentucky on Oct. 31, 2015. Quade is the son of Burt and Kay Lynn Palm of Medicine Bow. Quade was an active member of the Bow River FFA Chapter in Hanna and was the 20142015 State FFA President for Wyoming. Quade is currently a sophomore at Casper College where he is studying Ag Business and Animal Science. He plans on returning to the family ranch when...
Professional firefighters Pat Vining and Ben Spaulding both moved to the Saratoga area in order to work for Sinclair, though they have found a purpose as training officers for the Saratoga Volunteer Fire Department (SVFD). "You can really make anyone a firefighter," Vining said. "Especially now with as much as we train." Vining and Spaulding have been working as firefighters together since their time working in Eaton, Colo. Vining moved to the Platte Valley about two years...
The last day for parents to submit forms for the 2015 Giving Tree sponsored by the Valley Service Organization (VSO) is Thursday, according to Kassey Westring, coordinator of the annual Christmas project. Forms may be mailed to Westring at P.O. Box 702, Saratoga, WY 82331. A total of 400 forms were made available through Valley schools, pre-schools and other agencies in an effort to reach as many families as possible for this annual project designed to ensure all valley youngsters will enjoy a Merry Christmas and will not...
The 20th annual Platte Valley Helping Hands (PVHH) Free Thanksgiving Dinner will be on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26, this year. The dinner will be held from 12:30 to 2 p.m. at St. Anne’s Parish Hall, 218 Spring Ave., Saratoga. This year’s menu includes roast turkey and dressing, baked ham, mashed potatoes and gravy, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, green peas, relish trays, dinner rolls, beverages and pumpkin pie for dessert. Take-out dinners are available, and those who wan...
The Saratoga Sun would like to commend the Saratoga Airport Board and Saratoga Mayor Ed Glode for their understanding of the seriousness of Wyoming’s open meetings statutes. Due to a lack of communication with the Saratoga Sun, and an apparent lack of understanding of open meeting law regulations by the town clerk, the airport board did not convene their monthly meeting because they did not give sufficient public notice of the meeting. This was evidenced by the chair of the board and at least one member of the public showing...
Today I get to wax poetic on dissatisfied stars. Sound like fun? When asked by Britain’s Time Out entertainment magazine over breakfast if he would like to play 007 again, Daniel Craig (most recent James Bond incarnation) replied that he would “rather break this glass and slit my wrists.” What? Perhaps he was just “in character” for his next acting role as an incredibly hyperbolic idiot. Maybe that conjecture was a bit harsh. Look, I know doing anything over and over agai...
At the Nov. 10 Saratoga Planning Commission meeting several complaints made to Kent Smith, zoning officer, were presented to the commission. In light of the complaints, Smith asked for direction from the planning commission regarding code enforcement. The general consensus was that Smith should be enforcing the codes that are on the book. “Blanket statement, we need to enforce the ordinances, period,” Chris Shannon, of the planning commission said. Specific complaints inv...
Following a public hearing on the matter, the town of Encampment is moving forward with Ordinance 17.36.020(h), a zoning change in the business district. Specifically, it will take a conditional use permit for existing trailer homes in the district to be replaced with trailer homes in the future. Public concern voiced at the meeting is that the zoning change may disallow the historical use of a property. Mayor Greg Salisbury stated that the town is trying to reserve space for...
After discussion with county commissioner Sue Jones the Riverside town council approved the South Central Wyoming Emergency Medical Service Joint Powers Board joint powers agreement (JPA) as written at their Nov. 12 meeting. Even in light of the town of Medicine Bow rejecting the JPA amendment Riverside decided to add their approval to that of Carbon County, Saratoga, Hanna. Encampment approved the amendment later in the evening and the town of Elk Mountain approved it at a...
The Saratoga Airport Board met for a meeting on Nov. 12, however the change in meeting time had not been properly advertised for adequate public notice under Wyoming open meeting laws. Though they could not legally conduct business at this meeting—no motions or actions could be made—the board members said that more people had shown up to this particular gathering than they had for many months, and in lieu of an official, called-to-order meeting, the airport board spent the...
Jewel "Nadine" Caleb, age 83, passed away on November 13, 2015 at the Saratoga Care Center in Saratoga, Wyo. She was born February 13, 1932 in Hanna, Okla. to parents Lewis and Effie May Britt Payne. She graduated in 1950 from Dustin High School in Dustin, Okla. While in high school, she was a member of the girls' basketball team. She worked as the Head Cook at the Senior Center in Encampment as well as other jobs in Encampment that included cooking, especially pies. Her...
The community visioning process continues for the town of Saratoga Master Plan. Late last month, master plan consultants Community Builders Inc. (CBI) visited Saratoga to meet with various stakeholders, to talk about the results from the first Community Input Survey and to discuss the release of an additional survey. During the site visit, CBI met with the Saratoga Middle/High School senior class and had lunch at the Saratoga Senior Center. While meeting with the high school seniors, CBI explained what a Master Plan is and...
The South Central Wyoming Emergency Medical Service (SCWEMS) Joint Powers Board (JPB) met for their regular monthly meeting on Nov. 11 in Saratoga. The bulk of the meeting was taken up with discussion of which ambulances should be taken out of service and where new ambulances should be stationed. Ambulance Service Manager Heidi Sifford expressed her opinion that SCWEMS ambulance inventory is too large and is costing the service money that they do not need to expend. An effort...
The Snowy Range Road (WY 130), between Saratoga and Centennial was closed for the season on Nov. 12. Battle Pass (WY 70) between Encampment and Baggs will probably close soon. WY 130 is closed on the eastern side at the Green Rock picnic area near milepost 36, about eight miles west of Centennial. The eastern closure is near milepost 48, above Ryan Park. According to the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT), WY 70 usually closes within days of WY 130. The Nov. 12...
The town of Elk Mountain held a special meeting Monday night at which they approved the proposed joint powers agreement (JPA) amendment to allow Hanna onto the South Central Wyoming Emergency Medical Service (SCWEMS), leaving Medicine Bow as the only SCWEMS member to not sign the amendment as written. Member entities Carbon County, Saratoga, Encampment, Riverside and hopeful member Hanna had all approved the JPA amendment prior to Elk Mountain’s special meeting. The town of M...
