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On Thursday another annual event that was canceled last year due to COVID-19 was held at the Elk Mountain Town Park. Dario Soto, the physical education teacher at Elk Mountain Elementary and Medicine Bow Elementary brought back his field day he has been doing for many years. Soto, a Medicine Bow resident, is a revered teacher north Carbon County. He has been teaching for over 50 years. Soto grew up in Pine Bluffs, where he was born, and after graduating high school joined the...
The Hanna Town Council meeting started early at 6:20 p.m. on May 11 at the Hanna Town Hall to allow the public to discuss the renewal of liquor licenses. There was no input from the anyone seated in the audience. All council members were present as was Mayor Lois Buchanan, town clerk Leslie Birge and treasurer Ann Calvert. The Council approved regular items pertaining to the agenda and April 13 minutes. Buchanan said the board and department reports would be discussed if there...
A spoonful of sugar may help the medicine go down, but it certainly wasn't needed for the production of "Mary Poppins" put on by the Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) Drama Club. Despite having to postpone their production last year due to the pandemic, the drama club took to the stage of the Platte Valley Community Center Theater on April 29 for their rendition of the classic children's book series made popular by the 1964 Disney movie. The titular role of Mary...
When the 66th Wyoming Legislature gathered in Cheyenne, they arrived with a heavy task on their shoulders. Following the economic impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19), a number of budget cuts were on the table including education funding. The State of Wyoming is obligated, through the state constitution, to fund education. In the interim sessions, the School Recalibration Committee had made their recommendations on how to make those cuts while still fulfilling the...
The Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) Drama Club will be returning to the stage in 2021. Despite having to cancel their performances last year, the show must go on. This year, the CCSD2 Drama Club will be performing a long time favorite of young and old alike with "Mary Poppins". Thought most widely known due to the 1964 Disney Film of the same name, it began as a book series written by P.L. Travers. A combination of both live action and animation, the film saw...
Carbon County School District 2 graduating seniors may now apply for the $500.00 Youth Citizenship Award offered by the Valley Service Organization (VSO). Applications may obtained by emailing [email protected]. If the student does not have access to email, he or she should call Judy Hamel VSO award chairman, at 307-710-2440. Completed applications should be returned to PO Box 1620 Saratoga Wy., or by email according to arrangements made when the application was requested. Deadline to apply is April 30 Hamel said. Hamel...
Just two days after the Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) Board of Trustees applied for a variance to their SMART Start Plan regarding the wearing of masks, it has been approved. During the April 7 special meeting of the Board of Trustees, the board voted 5-2 to apply for the variance. Board members Paul Clark and Joe Gaspari were the two nay votes while new board member Nick Wamsley was not in attendance. While Carbon County Public Health’s Amanda Brown, who was i...
On March 18 and 19, Jackie King, a field representative for Senator Cynthia Lummis, came to Carbon County to touch base with residents, organizations and businesses. The morning of the 18th, King introduced herself to the Board of Carbon County Commissioners (BOCCC) during their regularly scheduled meeting in Rawlins. King had also scheduled meetings with constituents throughout the day until she attended the Saratoga Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce's Annual Banquet later...
The Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) Board of Trustees discussed the possibility of revising their Smart Start Plan to remove mask requirements in schools during their March 15 meeting. The discussion came three days after another school district, Sublette County School District No. 1, voted 4-2 to eliminate their Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) approved SMART Start Plan. The Pinedale Roundup reported on March 12 that the decision came following a press...
“We actually had a great weather day in Wind River,” Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) head track coach Jackie Jones said. “The first meet in good weather is sort of a surprise, but was most welcome.” Jones said she was happy with the performance of the track team, especially considering the track and field the team usually uses is being worked on by AML and is not usable this year. “Given what we have faced (as) far as adversity concerning practice, the kids really st...
Amanda Shahadey passed her Real Estate Brokers license to become the newest Associate Broker at Town & Country Realty. She completed her Broker Sales Course I & II and Law through an extensive set of classes prior to passing the test. Amanda has been in the real estate profession since 2015. She was honored by her peers in 2019 as the Carbon County Realtor of the Year. She graduated from Terre Haute North High School in 1999 and then attended St. Mary-of-the-Woods College in...
The Platte Valley Community Center (PVCC) will soon be host to a multi-day event for the benefit of Valley businesses. The inaugural Platte Valley Regional Business Expo will be held at the PVCC and is a joint venture between the Carbon County Economic Development Corporation, the Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce, the Rawlins Chamber of Commerce and the PVCC. According to a press release from the Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce, "The Platte Valley...
As the Wyoming Legislature continues to debate funding education, school districts across the state are closely examining their budgets to find where and what to cut and Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) is no different. According to CCSD2 Superintendent Jim Copeland, the school district has been told to remove $650,000 for next year’s annual budget. Nearly half of those cuts will come from the non-personnel budget according to a document on the district’s web...
The Hanna Parks and Recreation Board met on February 3 at the the Hanna Recreation Center. All members of the board were present as was Mayor Lois Buchanan. The agenda and regular meeting minutes from December 2 were approved quickly. There had been no meeting for January. Vivian Gonzales, Parks and Recreation director went over the financials and the flow of members using the recreation center with 322 visits recorded. After the financials were approved the board discussed...
Saratoga Elementary School (SES) was recently able to hold its annual spelling bee with a total of 48 students participating in the event. Held in the Platte Valley Community Center Auditorium, the venue allowed for students to participate while social distancing. Out of the nearly 50 SES students that competed, the top spots went to students in the 3rd, 5th and 6th grades. Levi Goodwin, 3rd grade, took 1st place while Snowdon Williams, 6th grade, took 2nd place. Cody Sewell,...
After the Saratoga Dual was canceled this past Friday, Carbon County School District No. 2 high schools Saratoga and Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) went to Wheatland. HEM had only three grapplers go to the meet and they wrestled with the Wheatland team. Wheatland beat Saratoga 48-15. The Panthers also lost to Torrington 24-36 and Lingle/Ft. Laramie/Southeast 12-60. Wheatland, with HEM, tied Newcastle/Upton 33-33 and lost to Lingle/Ft. Laramie 36-42. HEM assistant...
In the past week, Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) has dealt with a minor coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak that has provided a speed bump to winter sports. In a January 27 update from CCSD2 Superintendent Jim Copeland informed parents and others in the district that the Saratoga Panthers had just returned from a quarantine following two positive cases along with the Saratoga Lady Panthers, who had three positive cases. Additionally, the Encampment Lady Tigers were...
At each monthly meeting of the Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) Board of Trustees, board members are asked to review or approve changes to the many policies that govern how the district operates. During their December 17 meeting, the board discussed Policy GCPA, which directs the school district in how to handle reduction in professional staff work force and the status of continuing contract teachers. The policy was first adopted in April 2002 and last reviewed in...
Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) appears to have solved their problem with property in Medicine Bow following their December 17 meeting. For more than a year, the school district had leased property surrounding the old Medicine Bow High School—which had been bought by Viridis Eolia in April 2017—to MedBow Lodging, LLC. The company then subleased the property for recreational vehicles used by contractors working on nearby wind energy projects. As was reported pre...
As vaccines slowly begin to roll out and Wyoming continues to deal with the various impacts from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), legislators will eventually have to make difficult decisions on what to cut and where. Including in those discussions is the State of Wyoming’s funding of K-12 education. During their regularly scheduled meeting on December 17, the Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) Board of Trustees were provided with a legislative update. At the time o...
Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) added yet another student athlete to the exclusive "1,000 Point Club" just before Christmas. Amy Campbell of the Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Lady Miners surpassed the 1,000 point mark while playing in Midwest on December 18. "I knew coming into the season that it was definitely within her reach. Our first three games, she's been over 20 points each game," said Jackie Jones, head coach of the Lady Miners. "After her...
In recent years, the student athletes of Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) have been awfully busy breaking records and rewriting history books. Teegan Love, who is a senior at Saratoga Middle High School (SMHS) has had the distinct privilege to do both. Love was just one of the integral members of the Saratoga Panthers when they came away from Casper as 1A State Champions, the first time in school history, last season. While that was quite the achievement to be...
*UPDATE* During the December 17 meeting of the Carbon Count School District No. 2 Board of Trustees, the board voted unanimously to permanently approve the Encampment Football program. The program will remain self-funded with the exception of the district providing funding for officials and travel to away game. Two years after receiving permission to begin a six-man football program, the student athletes of Encampment High School will appear before the Carbon County School...
"It is going to be what it is," Zach Scott, assistant Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School basketball coach said. "We need to do our part to keep sports going this season. We as coaches are going to be wearing masks the whole time and we are going to do what we can to to make sure this finishes like fall did. (Scott is also the head HEM football coach)." Scott said that means adhering to rules guiding attendance. "That means our fans and everybody that attends...
When the Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) announced the closure of schools statewide due to concerns over the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, school districts were asked to develop an Adaptive Learning Plan just a few weeks after to help finish out the school year. The administrative and curriculum staff of Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) worked quickly to put such a plan in place to facilitate the continued education of students from home. As August...