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The 68th Legislature is set to convene for the 2025 General Session on January 14. Bills are already being filed and there will be even more changes in the make-up of both the House and the Senate. The majority of the bills filed so far appear to be aimed at cleaning up already existing statutes. A few, however, seem to override local control of political subdivisions such as school districts. Indeed, two bills introduced already are regarding concealed-carry on school campuses and the banning of cellphones in schools....
Editor's note: This is the final story in a series on the Valley Village Childcare as it approaches its one year anniversary in their new building. Less than a year after the Valley Village Childcare Center (VVC) opened its doors at their new location in the Ray A. Corbett Building, the VVC board established a partnership with the Wyoming Early Childhood Professional Learning Collaborative (Collaborative). The Collaborative is a Trustees Education Initiative outreach in the...
A life well lived!! Angeline Marken Kinnaman, known to her many friends as Angie, passed from this life on December 25, 2024. Angie, a proud native of New Mexico, was born November 6, 1934, and had lived in Rawlins since 1961. Angie led an active and interesting life; her spunk and sparkle were impossible to miss. Angie married a Rawlins native, Dan Kinnaman, on November 15, 1958, in Salt Lake City, Utah. They became parents to three children, Dana, Andrew, and John. Her...
“My hope is we’re going to see a group of elected representatives working hard to address the issues that affect the voters of Wyoming and not just special interests.” With the 2025 General Session scheduled to convene on January 14, House District 47 Representative Bob Davis (R - Baggs) is preparing for his third session since being elected in 2022. Davis’ second general session will be one with even more freshman legislators following the Wyoming Freedom Caucus’ victories...
Candice McSpadden was announced as the new Carbon County Educator for the University of Wyoming’s Cent$ible Nutrition Program in November. “I’m new to the role, but I’ve lived in Carbon County for over 13 years,” McSpadden said. Originally from California, McSpadden spent some time in Colorado before moving to the Platte Valley. Her passion for food resources and education comes during difficult times during high school. “I had been homeless in my senior year of high school...
Despite taking less than an hour, the last meeting of 2024 for Riverside Town Council had no shortage of items for discussion. The governing body remembered those the Platte Valley lost this year, heard of a rate increase from the Sierra Madre Water Joint Powers Board and discussed statutory obligations regarding the publishing of minutes and ordinances. A Moment of Silence “We don’t normally do this but this past year just seems to have been fraught with people who meant a l...
Frank Joe Henderson, passed away November 29, 2024 in Laramie, Wyoming at the age of 79. He was born in Saratoga, Wyoming on August 21, 1945 to Don and Mabel Henderson. Frank married Phyllis Oneil on September 25, 1970. They had two boys, Frank (Bud), and Wade. Frank grew up and attended school in Saratoga. After graduating from high school, Frank enlisted in the U.S. Army. When Frank left the Army, he returned to Wyoming where he was employed by the Carbon County Sheriffs...
Bonnie S. Edwards, age 74 of Rawlins, Wyoming passed away at her home on Sunday, November 24, 2024. Bonnie was born on October 15, 1950, in International Falls, Minnesota, to Ardys (Warnes) and Oliver Growette. She earned her bachelor’s degree in biology and chemistry from St. Cloud University in 1973. Bonnie then moved to Wyoming where she met the love of her life, Richard K. Edwards. They were married on May 1, 1976, and together built a beautiful life filled with love, a...
The gifting of an apple to a teacher is one ingrained into popular culture, a tradition carried from the Old World to the American Frontier with apples serving as a symbol of knowledge and wisdom. While teachers may not receive apples from their students anymore, the Platte Valley Legacy Foundation hands out crystal apples each year. This year, they awarded two of them on November 21 at the Hotel Wolf in Saratoga. “The Platte Legacy Committee (Foundation) has chosen t...
Encampment K-12 School hosted the Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) November 18, which gave Principal Jake Johnston an opportunity to show off the improvements in the school building. Improvements include new carpet in the office and hallway, a redesign of the front office for visitors and parents to check in and new bleachers. Johnston told the board, all the contractors showed up on the same day, which was a challenge for the newly appointed principal. The final...
The 2024 Volleyball season is over, but the Carbon County School District 2 (CCSD2) received letters from the Wyoming High School Athletics Association (WHSAA) on the sportsmanship of students in Saratoga and Encampment. For Saratoga, Addie Collins was complimented for “hitting throughout the game and her never quit attitude,” during the SMHS vs Encampment game. Allie Condict in the SMHS vs Southeast game was complimented for “staying focused during a very tough match and h...
People hear the word BOCES, but all they know is it has something to do with education. It is much more than that according to Stacey Erickson, the BOCES director. BOCES stands for Board of Cooperative Education Services and was formed in September, 2012 when the Western Wyoming Community College (WWCC) and the Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) Board of Trustees entered into a BOCES agreement. This allows the two entities to provide education services to children...
The Carbon County School District Board of Trustees approved a donation made by John H. Perue Living Trust in memory of John’s late wife Linda Fisher-Perue. The trust donated $1,000 for the Saratoga Middle High School (SMHS) Art Program. The donation is for purchase of supplies and equipment. Fisher-Perue was the art teacher at SMHS from 1993 to 2014. John Perue said people made donations in memory of Fisher-Perue when she passed away in April. He decided to use that money i...
Across Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2), administrative staff encourage the relationships between educators, students and parents to ensure academic success. The results of such a relationship are probably most evident at Encampment K-12 School, which is seeing success with both primary (elementary) and secondary (middle school and high school) students when looking at American College Test (ACT) and Wyoming Test of Proficiency and Progress (WYTOPP) scores. Taking...
Photo by Liz Wood Nick Wamsley, left, listens to his son Lloyd read Tuesday morning at the Encampment K-12 School for Books and Breakfast. Nick Wamsley is on the Board of Trustees for Carbon County School District No. 2....
When a student graduates from high school, the goal of teachers, the Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) and the Board of Trustees are to make sure each student is ready for the workforce, military, career or college. That is the purpose of the Postsecondary Readiness, which is used as an indicator to see if they are in fact ready. It measures the progress of juniors in high school and is dependent on students and what they have done to be ready for their next step...
Every spring, students in third through 10th grades participate in the Wyoming Test of Proficiency and Progress (WY-TOPP) which gauges students’ abilities based on Wyoming Content and Performance Standards (WYCPS). The test is produced and offered through an outside evaluation agency. Writing, mathematics, science and language arts are tested over several days to evaluate the progress of students year to year. Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) saw mixed results f...
When she was 19 years old, Georgia Miller moved to the Platte Valley. It was a new home for her, but a homecoming for her husband, Cody. When she was 21, nearly 22, she began working as a full-time teller for what is now RNB State Bank. That was in 1997. Now, 27 years later, Georgia has been named Saratoga Market President. It’s just the newest position of many which she has held in her nearly three decades with the bank. For eight years, Georgie worked as a teller—even bei...
Schools in the Carbon County School District No. 2 are holding Veteran Day assemblies. Encampment K-12 is holding a Veterans Day assembly November 11, 2024 at 12:30 p.m. The National Honor Society will be collecting retired flags for the Veterans of Foreign Post 6125 disposal. Visitors need to sign in at the office before going to the main gym for the program. Saratoga Middle High School is hosting a Veterans Day assembly November 11 at 9:30 a.m. and the Saratoga Elementary...
The athletes and the coaches of Carbon County School District No. 2 should be proud of themselves. We at the Saratoga Sun certainly are proud of them. All three high school volleyball teams went to Regionals. Saratoga and Encampment volleyball players participated in Lander at the Southwest Regionals and Hanna-Elk-Mountain-Medicine Bow competed in the Southeast Regionals in Guernsey. Saratoga qualified for the playoffs in 9-man football with an impeccable season and...
When is a potato more than just a potato? According to Jennie Gordon, First Lady of Wyoming, it’s when it represents dignity for one of the 86,000 Wyoming residents who struggle with food insecurity. “At the end of the day, we are just packing potatoes, but they’re not just potatoes. They represent the passion for your community, for your school and for your state,” said Gordon. “They also represent dignity to those folks who are going to receive those potatoes. They can use t...
With a projected 277 electoral college votes and more than 71 million votes as of November 6, former president Donald Trump is the presumptive president-elect according to the Associated Press. Meanwhile, Carbon County cast more than 6,000 ballots in the 2024 General Election, turnout surpassed the primary election by more than 1,000. With 6,446 votes cast, the amount was more than the 2022 General Election which saw 5,860 ballots cast. It was just barely under the number of...
The common room at Hanna Elementary School (HES) is filled with projects from the students who attend the school. From math computations to writing about the Native Americans who lived in Wyoming, the students show off what they have learned. These projects are a result of a collaboration of teachers in the school and Hanna Elementary School Principal Jackie Jones, using a combination of teaching techniques. Jones, who is in her second year as the principal of the school, is...
“I did not have it in my mind to be involved in the business,” said Mike Glode, 3rd generation co-owner of Shively Hardware in Saratoga. “That came later on when I was too stupid to get a real job.” Mike, at 75 years old, still heads in each day to the business which was bought by his grandfather, E.J. Shively, in 1925. He’s not hard to miss, he’s tall and has a broad smile on his face. Mike will often stand near the entrance to the local hardware store, greeting people as t...
As students are in their classes in the Saratoga Elementary School, an angel is secretly at work. Thursday morning, paraprofessional Valerie Larscheid had 21 paper bags lined up on a table. She was filling them with single serving items to provide breakfast and lunch for the students for the three-day weekend as there was no school on Friday. During lunch, she puts the bags in the students’ backpacks. What started as a program sponsored by Walmart in 2014 has become a c...