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It was standing room only during the rescheduled meeting of the Carbon County School District (CCSD) No. 2 Board of Trustees at 4 p.m. on Nov. 13 at Encampment K-12 School as the board heard a presentation from Encampment students in regards to a proposal for a six-man football team next school year. The presentation, which lasted approximately 30 minutes, was lead by Koye Gilbert with occasional input by other students and staff members. “I’m Koye Gilbert and on behalf of both the high sch...
The Saratoga Town Council met at 6 p.m. on Tues. at the Saratoga Town Hall in a fairly fast meeting. In attendance on the council were mayor Ed Glode and council members Will Faust, Richard Raymer and Steve Wilcoxson. The first moments were spent approving the agenda, the minutes for Oct. 16 and the financials which came to a total of $181,612.58. Glode said there was no correspondence to go over this meeting. Faust said there were several options to be considered when it comes to designating...
Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD#2) School Superintendent Dr. Jim Copeland and Sally Wells, CCSD#2 Business Manager, went to the northern Carbon County communities of Elk Mountain and Medicine Bow last week to talk about their elementary schools. At 6 p.m. on Oct. 29 Copeland went to Elk Mountain Elementary School and met with a large crowd in the school’s auditorium. The crowd was so large, people were standing along the walls. Copeland started the meeting after introducing himself a...
The Valley Service Organization (VSO) once again held forums at the Platte Valley Community Center (PVCC) preceding the upcoming general election. The first forum, held on Oct. 22, saw candidates for contested county seats and Senate District 11 enter the Great Hall of the PVCC. The second forum, on Oct. 24, was held for candidates for Saratoga Mayor and Town Council. Both forums were live-streamed on the Saratoga Sun Facebook page, though the second night saw some technical difficulties. At...
Carbon County School District No. 2 has given the Hanna Basin Historical Society (HBHS), a non-profit corporation, permission to assume management of the World War I Monument situated on school property in Hanna at their board meeting on Oct. 15. "We will be in charge of having it completely restored back to its original shape and we will be responsible for it and try to get it on the historical register," Diana Springsguth, president of the HBHS said. The monument was vandalized in the summer...
Last Friday, on a warm October afternoon, Carbon County School District (CCSD) No. 2 teachers and staff gathered on the west end of the Saratoga Elementary School (SES) at 3:45 p.m. to remember the late Annette Mason, a former teacher at SES. Mason, who taught for over 20 years, passed away in January following a lengthy battle with cancer. In her memory, teachers and students of the elementary school had established a small park alongside the building. Three trees, two colorful benches and nume...
On Wednesday evening at 6 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Hanna, candidates running for State Senate, Carbon County Sheriff and Carbon County Assessor joined candidates for Hanna mayor and town council for a meet and greet ice cream social. Candidates met potential voters upstairs of the church over cookies, slices of pie, ice cream, taco soup and hot chocolate. When the candidates moved downstairs to speak and answer questions, all of them commented on the excellent food provided and...
Eva and Dan West were honored as this year's Super Fans for Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School for homecoming at halftime on Friday at the Miner football game. Jackie Jones, the head coach for HEM varsity volleyball, spoke to the nearly 200 people in attendance. She reminisced when she was a small girl and could remember the couple's kindness to her. "Enjoy being honored, because of all the time both of you have invested in all of us, it is truly treasured," Jones said. The coup...
The Corbett Medical Foundation (Foundation), named for former Valley doctor Ray A. Corbett, was incorporated as a 501(c)(3) in September of 1993 and set their bylaws in January of 1994. The Foundation was started to remove both fund raising and dispersement burdens from the governing body of the Town of Saratoga. Mission Statement Generally stated, the mission statement of the Foundation was set to respond to the critical medical needs of the Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) area....
The ceiling tiles have been replaced throughout Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School, along with air systems and ventilation. There were five contractors working on the building throughout the summer. Harold Phillips, head of maintenance for northern Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2), was basically the liaison between CCSD2 and the construction companies. "Preventive maintenance is key," Phillips said. "You have to stay on top of everything to make sure everything is...
The Saratoga Town Council met at 6 p.m. on Aug. 21 at the Saratoga Town Hall with all the council attending. It was business as usual with the approval of the minutes for the meeting on Aug. 7 and agenda. The financials were approved in the sum of $112,413.74. Saratoga Mayor Ed Glode went over correspondence from Platte Valley Community Center (PVCC) and the Carbon County Visitors Council. The annual PVCC fundraiser on Sept. 8 and is named Bon Voyage, being themed on travel, many of auctions...
The Hanna Town Council convened at 6 p.m. on Aug. 14 at the Hanna Town Hall. It was business as usual in the beginning where the agenda, minutes from July 10 meeting were approved. Robert Patton, town council member, handed out educational cards on the 5th Penny Tax. He told the council, it had been the focus of the last Carbon County Council of Governments meeting on July 18. Leonard Gonzales, Sr., High Country Joint Powers Board chairman, said the landfill had lost an operator that needed to...
Carbon County School District No. 2 (Elk Mountain, Encampment, Hanna, Medicine Bow and Saratoga schools) has announced its policy for free and reduced price meals for children unable to pay the full price of meals served under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program. Each school and the Central Administrative Office have a copy of the policy, which may be reviewed by any interested party. The following household size and income criteria will be used for determining eligibility. Children from households whose income is at...
Harold Phillips, Director of Maintenance for north county Carbon County School District No. 2 schools said the Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Middle/High School needed upgrades to improve safety for the students. A new ventilation system in the metal shop was one of the new improvements done over the summer. There was also new lighting. "The new ventilation system in the metal shop and wood shop was done to improve the safety for the kids," Phillips said. The wood and metal shop areas...
The Federal Commission on School Safety held its third listening session of four starting at 1 p.m. on Aug. 7 in Cheyenne to listen to speakers from several western states with many rural communities. Previous listening sessions have been held in Washington D.C. and Lexington, KY. In March 2018, President Donald J. Trump appointed U.S. Secretary of Education (ED) Betsy DeVos to lead the Federal Commission on School Safety. Other members appointed by President Trump to the Commission in March of...
There was great news for the Bow River Future Farmers of America (FFA) chapter in Hanna. The team of Jolynn Borah and T’lysa Solaas representing the Bow River FFA chapter has been named a finalist this year in the Animal Science category in Division 2 of the competition. Bow River FFA was selected as one of the six Wyoming chapters to send in National Chapter application for consideration on the national level. They were selected as a Three Star Chapter. This means that Bow River FFA is in t...
“This is huge for Saratoga. This is the kind of bandwidth that larger communities dream about. This is going to far exceed what we find in Casper or Cheyenne,” Merrit Engebretsen, account executive for Union Telephone, summed up Wednesday evening’s broadband presentation by Union telephone. Engebretsen added, “I live in Casper and right now I get about 40 megs—which I feel that is pretty good. Here we are talking about being able to offer a gigabit speed to a resident. Then if we need to get in...
Rumors that had circulated throughout the summer that Saratoga Middle/High School (SM/HS) would not have an 11-man football team this year were confirmed on July 15 by SM/HS Activities Director Greg Bartlett through a press release posted on the Saratoga Middle/High School Facebook page. “This spring when we started looking into the upcoming 2018 HS football season,” wrote Bartlett, “we realized our participation numbers were going to be low. After both Saratoga and Encampment High Schoo...
I was out in my garden last Sunday afternoon and did a twist of my back somehow and by the evening, I was in major pain. Gut wrenching torture, that made me want to puke; I couldn’t walk for more than three minutes at a time without suffering. I probably am one of the least stoic people dealing with being sick or hurting myself. I’m not really a baby or anything close, but I want my discomfort over fast. I don’t like lingering, much less intensifying uncomfortableness. Monday, I was barely able...
In the early morning hours of July 4, as the sun began to rise over the Snowy Mountain Range, people began to gather in the parking lot of the Platte Valley Community Center (PVCC) to register for the 2018 Cancer Walk/Run. As people sipped coffee and registered, they also listened to music from The Bird and The Bear, Garry "The Bear" Wood, being a cancer survivor himself after a battle with non-hodgkin's lymphoma. A large contingent of those participating in the event had been touched in some...
When school begins on August 20 for the 2018-2019 school year, the halls of Saratoga Elementary School (SES) will be missing a longtime fixture of the building. After 17 years of service in Carbon County School District (CCSD) No. 2, LeAnn Uhling retired at the end of the 2017-2018 school year. Uhling, who moved to Saratoga in 2001 with her husband Larry and two children, Michaela and Lawrence, started at SES as an aide in the kindergarten and 1st grade classrooms. The following year, Uhling...
Jon Winter, Director of Public Works for the Town of Saratoga, informed the Carbon County Impact Joint Powers Board (CCIJB) that the Saratoga lagoon project was “substantially complete” during their regularly scheduled meeting at 6 p.m. on June 13 at the Saratoga Town Hall. Winter also informed the CCIJB of the selection made by the Wyoming Water Development Commission (WWDC) for a contractor in an upcoming project with the municipality’s water wells. The board also discussed incorrect billi...
Saratoga resident Mark Shipp has been making his work commute to the north Carbon County towns of Hanna, Elk Mountain and Medicine Bow for seven years. Is he a traveling salesman of some sort? No. He is the elementary school principal for all three towns–and after this May his commute to the schools will be over. He is retiring. "Mark has been principal since I have been here," Jim Copeland, Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) superintendent said. "Mark is a great individual to work w...
Lorin Young is a self described retired coal miner. He is originally from Utah, but came to Wyoming when he was nine. He met his wife, Cheryl, in Rawlins and they came to Hanna to work for the mines. Young worked in mines around Hanna in the 1970s and then Steamboat, Colo. for 33 years. He said Peabody was his last coal mining employer after it bought out RAG Shoshone Coal Corporation. "Peabody was a good company to work for," Young said. "You hear about big companies not caring, but with...
As has happened in the past, the often unpredictable Wyoming weather made itself felt around the Harry Geldien Stadium at Kelly Walsh High School in Casper during the annual State track competition, but student athletes from Carbon County School District (CCSD) No. 2 did not let that dampen their spirits. Instead, CCSD No. 2 athletes would return to their schools with a combined 54 medals. Two CCSD No. 2 teams even ended up placing in the top five of the state for the 1A classification. The...