Lifestyles 11 December 2012

Festival of Trees raises over $8,000

The Saratoga Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce raised a gross of $8,785 at this year’s Festival of Trees.
After expenses, the money will be divided to help Saratoga’s High School’s Close Up group and Encampment’s ProStart with traveling expenses.
“Raising $8,000 or $9,000 is a good year,” chamber director Stacy Crimmins said.

Lifestyles 11 December 2012
Ladies Night Out a big hit

An idea that was tossed around at a Saratoga Recreation Commission earlier this year saw success Nov. 29.
“Ladies Night Out” attracted 55 paying customers, Lisa Burton, Saratoga recreation director, said.
Burton had 17 vendors sign up for the event and the comment she heard the most was shoppers did not realize how many direct sales people were in the area.

Lifestyles 4 December 2012
Valley food pantry gets help filling shelves

Peg McAlister, Platte Valley Food Pantry volunteer, was flabbergasted when Susan Speer, with the Carbon County Board of Realtors, presented her with a $500 check Friday.
“Am I reading that right?” McAlister asked Speer.
The donation from the realtors will make Christmas better for people who may otherwise not have had a merry Christmas.

Lifestyles 27 November 2012
HEM grad takes math, social skills down under

The most challenging, and rewarding, part of Abbey Jones job is dealing with people from different cultures and from different countries, but her small-school experience at H.E.M. left her well prepared.

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