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Kelly Ralston was appointed as the Riverside representative to the South Central Wyoming Emergency Medical Service (SCWEMS) board. Ralston will replace Gary Stull who was elected to the Encampment town council and can no longer serve on the SCWEMS board as it would violate the SCWEMS bylaws. Stull suggested Ralston for his replacement in a letter to the town council. The council voted to retain Dan Jago and Bill Walters as their representatives on the Sierra Madre Water and Sewer Joint Powers Bo...
Mary Martin was thanked for 16 years of dedicated service by Mayor Greg Salisbury and the rest of the Encampment Town Council at her last regular meeting of the council on Friday. The occasion was commemorated with a plaque presented to Martin during the meeting. "I've had some amazing councils over the years, and amazing projects that we've worked for. From the water plant - that's how long I've been here - to the playground equipment, and the opera house and of course this building [the Town H...
Thanksgiving is upon us, and I couldn’t be happier. It’s one of the greatest American holidays out there — anytime you combine sitting around all day watching football and enjoying fantastic meals with family, it’s nearly an impossible combination to beat. This Thanksgiving, like every Thanksgiving, it’s important to remember what you are thankful for. As for me, I have so many things to be thankful for, listing them off before I dive into a delicious turkey and mashed potatoes would not do it... Full story
At the Nov. 13 Encampment Town Council meeting, the first reading of a revised alcoholic beverages code was approved. The revisions are still in an early draft form, and have not been reviewed by legal counsel, according to Town Clerk Doreen Harvey. There will be at least two more readings of the revised code at town council meetings and the public is invited to comment on the process. Harvey said the change in the code is needed to bring the town code in line with state regulations and most of...
The Encampment Town Council said the Encampment Town Hall will be closed on the Friday after Thanksgiving day, Nov. 28. Town hall will reopen for business on the following Monday. At the monthly town council meeting, several trainings were approved including sending up to eight fire fighters to the Mid-Winter Fire School in January, pesticide applicator class and recertification for Katrina Bergeson and an Operator Basic Class for Brandon Jones. The town council did not second a motion to...
All of the paperwork has been submitted to the state for a $46,977 consensus fund grant to support maintenance and upgrades at Rick Martin Memorial Park. Decisions on consensus fund grant awards will be made in January. The town is looking into whether or not an elected official can be a South Central Emergency Medical Service board member. Gary Stull said he has been told he cannot remain on the board since he has been elected to the Encampment town council. Plans were made to contact the...
The Nov. 4 election brought some changes to the Riverside town council as Leroy Stephenson was elected mayor and Ed Golden was elected to the council. Ron Bedwell is now an outgoing mayor, and Karran Bedwell did not win reelection to her council seat. Fred Lorenz was reelected to the council. “I am happy that the majority of the voters thought I would do a good job as mayor and I appreciate their confidence,” Stephenson said. Stephenson was originally slated to run unopposed, but Ron Bedwell ent...
The makeup of the Encampment town council has changed with the loss of 16-year council member Mary Martin. Martin made a run for the mayorship and lost to incumbent Greg Salisbury, leaving her council seat to be filled by Gary Stull. Cindy Hamilton was re-elected to the council on Nov. 4. Salisbury said he feels the mayoral win is, “kind of bittersweet. Mary has been such an asset to the town. I hope I can talk her into helping some way.” Martin said, “I’m devastated. Sixteen years and it came...
Reprint of this story from the November 6, 1903 issue of The Grand Encampment Herald brought to you courtesy of Grandma’s Cabin, Encampment, Wyoming. Preserving History - Serving the Community. A new opera house Grand Encampment is going to have a real opera house, small but well arranged, and it is now in building. The city hall, in which entertainments have been held for a year past, is being enlarged, a stage is being built, and a new drop curtain and other necessary properties are being made. Jerry Dunn has the new addition well under way....
At the Encampment Town Council meeting on Oct. 9, outcoming Deputy Clerk Susan Munson was presented a plaque recognizing her years of service to the town. Mayor Greg Salisbury said “(Munson’s) going to go on and do something else great … she gave the Town of Encampment years and years and years of dedicated service.” Munson said it was not an easy decision to leave, but she is going to help her husband grow his business. Discussion of consensus funding lead by Salisbury noted that Rawlins is the...
1 Years Ago Oct. 15, 1914 Above we print the cut of the proposed 35 miles of road to connect us with Denver. This route is from Encampment to within 15 miles of Steamboat Springs, Colo., and is one of the very best routes in the west for fishing, hunting, business, pleasure or through travel. This road will be built with the aid of the government forest service, Routt county, Colorado, and Carbon county, Wyo. This 35 miles will cost about $20,000. which will make the expense of Carbon county about $10,000, and for this tax a 1-mill levy tax...
Gary Stull opened the public comments at the Sept. 11 Encampment Town Council meeting this past Thursday by complaining about the burned structure at 507 McCaffrey. “This property has been sitting as an eyesore to the city since April,” Stull said, adding “The top story is starting to lean to the south and it needs to be taken down before snowfall.” Mayor Greg Salisbury said the problem is that it is private property and the owner has a building permit to rebuild, and that as long as it is boar...
The Riverside Town Council regretfully accepted the resignation of Helen Weiland as their representative to the South Central Wyoming Emergency Medical Service (SCWEMS) Joint Powers Board (JPB). According to Weiland’s resignation letter, she will step down Sept. 15 and her stated reason for leaving is the “need to step down as either Encampment Station Manager or Board Member.” Weiland discussed the fact the SCWEMS JPB is working to restructure their board and have a separation between the b...
Marty Huntley was honored for his exemplary service at South Central Wyoming Emergency Medical Service (SCWEMS) Joint Powers Board (JPB) meeting Sept. 10 and made a member in perpetuity of the organization. This was a result of his decade-long affiliation with SCWEMS and the respect he garnered for his contributions and hard work. Huntley passed away the next day, on Sept. 11. The JPB discussed how the could create separation between the board and the ambulance directors in the service,...
In Saratoga, Encampment and surrounding Platte Valley areas, 1,061 voters participated in the primary elections on Aug. 12. The primary had around a 46 percent voter turnout in Carbon County. Carbon County Clerk Gwynn Bartlett said while she always wishes more people would vote in the primary elections, Carbon County was in line with the state-wide average. She expects 70 percent voter turn out at the general elections in November. Mayoral election Saratoga will have a new mayor next year, as...
The Encampment Town Council approved spending up to $750 to repair a propane gas line that has been leaking at the Opera House at their Aug. 14 meeting. Other purchases approved include a skid-steer mounted brush hog, the use of recreation board grant funding to fence the archery range and the installation of a bathroom at the industrial park. The bathroom would be located behind the Doggett Greenhouse shop. The Master Service Agreement between the Town of Encampment and PMPC Civil Engineers...
Apparently, skunks have taken up residence under the old Riverside Town Hall. At the Riverside Town Council meeting on Thursday trapping the current striped residents and putting a barrier around the foundation to prevent new animals from moving in was discussed. Skunks have previously been removed from the property and released into the mountains. The town of Riverside plans to financially support Encampment’s purchase of a new mosquito fogger because there have been problems with the a...
Terry L. Priquet passed away at his home in Encampment on Aug. 10, 2014 after battling COPD for many years. Terry was born in Encampment on Sept. 6, 1944 to Julia and Melvin Priquet. He worked with his father, grandfather Oscar, and brothers in the Platte Valley Express in the fourth generation family business. Terry graduated from Encampment and joined the Army. In 1967, Terry married his wife Mary. As they raised two children, Terry worked in construction, for the Wyoming Dairy, at the mines in Shirley Basin and Hanna, the sawmill in...
Chairman Shawn Warner closed the meeting by telling Bill Miller and his crew to "enjoy your 15 minutes of euphoria". Miller, the Senior Vice President of Energy and Land Resources for the Anschutz Corporation, president and CEO of Power Company of Wyoming (PCW) and the Overland Trail Cattle Company, and the rest of PCW congratulated each other with hugs, handshakes and tears. This was at the end of day two of PCW's Industrial Siting Council (ISC) hearing for the Chokecherry Sierra Madre wind...
Reprint of this story from the August 8, 1902 issue of The Grand Encampment Herald brought to you courtesy of Grandma’s Cabin, Encampment, Wyoming. Preserving History - Serving the Community. FOREST FIRES RAGING Millions of Feet of Lumber Are Being Destroyed In the Sierra Madre Range The most disastrous forest fire in the history of the camp has been raging within the past week about twelve miles south of Grand Encampment in the Sierra Madre hills. The fire has swept over an area four miles long and from one-half to three-fourths of a mile w...
1 years ago August 3, 1914 Concert The concert and reading of the two ladies here last evening was not very well attended, but merited a good attendance. Mrs. Henry and Mrs. Kennedy are both artists in their respective lines and deserving of good support. Mrs. Henry is an exceptionally good reader and rendered several fine pieces and Mrs Kennedy sang a number of solos, which pleased her hearers. The ladies promised to come back at a later date and to give sufficient notice so that people could all come. 75 years ago August 3 1939 24 fires in...
The sound of black powder rifle shots echoed through Encampment this weekend. The Sierra Madre Muzzleloaders Club sponsored a weekend filled with competitions at the Sierra Madre Mountain Man Rendezvous and Black Powder Shoot on the grounds of the Grand Encampment Museum. Competitions included a variety of rifle and pistol shoots, knife throwing, tomahawk throwing, fire pan throwing and fire starting. Participants came from around the country to enjoy each others company, talk shop and even...
At the Town of Encampment council meeting Thursday night, the big news was the approval of a retail liquor license for D’s Bar and Grill. The license was approved and the town should have a new eatery and drinking establishment soon. Gary White expressed concern over the need for himself and others that have to use treated water to maintain their lawns, trees and gardens. His property sits too high to utilize the Encampment ditch, but he doesn’t want to see the ditch shut down because peo...
7 Years Ago July 5, 1989 Council, Mayor at odds over planning commission An appointment to fill a vacancy on the planning commission was the main point of contention between members of the Saratoga Town Council and Mayor R.T. Buchholz during Monday night’s council meeting. Buchholz chose to ignore a recommendation from the planning commission that Fran Fisher be appointed to fill the vacancy and instead named Walt Miller to fill the position. Buchholz cited the ordinance empowering him to make the appointment, which he said he can do w...
By Mike Dunn As America celebrates its 238th birthday, Valley residents will be putting on their own celebrations this weekend. Cancer Walk For the third year in a row, the SkillsUSA chapter of Saratoga High School will be hosting their annual Cancer Walk in Saratoga. Starting at 8 a.m. on July 4, residents will participate in a walk through downtown to benefit the Wyoming affiliate of Susan G. Komen. Over the past two years, SkillsUSA raised $8,000. This summer, they hope to raise at least $10,000 for cancer research. More than 120 people...