There were three for bingo this week. The one-dollar winner was Madaline Forbes. Berneil McCord won the three-dollar blackout round.
There were two-and-a-half tables for duplicate bridge on Monday. High winners were Marilyn Walck and Bob Johnson. Second high went to Vivien Campbell and Sue Howe.

Reprint of this story from the February 23, 1900 issue of the Grand Encampment Herald brought to you courtesy of Grandma’s Cabin, Encampment, Wyoming. Preserving History - Serving the Community.

The Saratoga Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) sponsored a family night Feb. 5 so family members could observe the competitive events the students are preparing for. The students are competing at the Wyoming FCCLA State Convention March 20 through March 22, 2013 at the Holiday Convention Center in Cheyenne.

The Upper Valley Search & Rescue sold 258 hands Sunday at Ben Romios Memorial Poker Run.
“It (the poker run) gets bigger every year,” said organizer Cory Nuhn. “We have tremendous sponsors and supporters.”
With an added purse from Silver Spur Ranches, winners were able to take home a little more money.

Three Saratoga students prepare for the Carbon County Spelling Bee in Rawlins at the Jeffrey Center on Wed., Feb. 27 at 10 a.m.
The team is coached by Shaylee Love and Barb McArthur.
ifth grader Taylor Bennett competed in the school spelling bee for fun and was suprised to earn a place at the county spelling bee.
Garrett Zellmer is in fifth grade. He competed in the spelling bee because he wanted to spell better.

Celebrating birthdays at the Saratoga Senior Center Friday are, from left to right, Nadine Caleb, Madaline Forbes, Donna Nordin (behind Madaline), Pat Faust, Marty Perue and Charlotte Gibbons.

Among a group of young outriders was a man who has been working the Chariot Races longer than the other four riders have been living.
Larry Gomez has been working the Chariot Races for 33 years. He started when he was 33, and has missed only one race and that is when his brother-in-law died.
Being an outrider is not an easy job. They sit in the wind, dust beating their faces, waiting for the next race.

Improving his time on the track by 49 seconds, Wade Swingle, with his team, Deuces Wild, took home the Dave Pennock “Good Times” Trophy and the Interstate Traveling Trophy for the second year in a row from the Donald E. Erickson Memorial Chariot Races.
Swingle’s team clocked 22.88 seconds on Saturday and 22.08 seconds on Sunday with a combined time of 44.96

Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) (20-2), (7-0) will remain number one in the Boys 1A southwest conference, and Encampment (14-5), (6-2) will go into the regional bracket as number two. LSRV came out on top of a low scoring defensive battle, 28-37.