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The Encampment Town Council expressed excitement for the 19th annual Encampment/Riverside Cow Pie Open golf tournament, coming to town June 7. Jim McKinney, who coordinates the Cow Pie Open, asked if the council could help with another monetary donation for the local tourney. Unlike many golf tournaments, the Cow Pie Open takes place at a cow pasture, where 10 buckets serving as golf course holes are set into the ground. McKinney said last year’s open raised around $3,000 for Saratoga’s charter...
Veterans Island Park will not be closed just yet Saratoga Mayor John Zeiger said at the April 15 Saratoga Town Council meeting. “With the high water, we are not going to begin work as soon as we had hoped. So we are probably talking July now. It will remain open unless the water starts flowing over,” Zeiger said. Previously, Saratoga Town Engineer Chuck Bartlett projected that the park would be closed mid-April to install the abutments for the pedestrian bridge project. The project itself wou...
History repeated itself at the April 8 Saratoga planning commission meeting as board members continued to discuss their bylaws. After compiling a list of bylaws from other municipalities, board members discussed several topics including term length and board procedures. One of the controversies in the suggested bylaws are whether a member of the town council member can be a voting member on the planning commission. This was a topic of discussion at the Feb 2. planning commission as board member...
After more than a year-and-a-half, the computer problem that kept Encampment’s police department from accessing critical law enforcement information has been resolved. During Thursday’s Encampment Town Council meeting, Encampment Police Chief Grayling Wachsmuth announced that the Spillman Technologies Incorporated-based software application database, which keeps track of law enforcement activities across multiple jurisdictions, was finally working on his end. The Encampment Police Dep...
With potential flooding looming in the Platte Valley, Riverside Town Council members were reminded of upcoming meetings to help prepare for such a disaster. Carbon County Emergency Management Coordinator John Zeiger told the council Thursday evening he would be holding “pre-planning flood meetings” soon in Saratoga and Baggs. The first one is at 5 p.m. April 29, Valley Community Center in Baggs. The second meeting takes place at 10 a.m. May 1 at Saratoga Town Hall. According to NOAA State Hydrol...
Saratoga Town Hall was filled with young faces at the April 1 town council meeting. More than a dozen students from Saratoga Middle/High School (SMHS) met with the council and the mayor to propose changes to the 2014 Saratoga Cancer Walk. Heather Oxford, SMHS student, asked the council if the Cancer Walk could go through downtown Saratoga this year. “We were thinking this year that we could move it downtown, we could get more people interested and participating,” Oxford said. The proposed change...
2 years ago April 10, 1913 Ferris making reputation According to the Los Angeles Times, Ralph Ferris is putting Rawlins on the map, by claiming to be a citizen of Rawlins and cutting up capers in Los Angeles that would do credit to a citizen of a good big town. However, if Rawlins is keeping up with his reported capers they do not feel any too elated over the stunts that young speed maniac is pulling off. Of course we are not blaming Rawlins, with his being a citizen of that city. The Times says that Ferris was again arrested for speeding...
The 12th Annual Grand Encampment Cowboy Gathering will be held July 18-20 in Encampment features activities ranging from a stick horse rodeo and Dutch oven cookoff to cowboy music and poetry. “The Encampment School is undergoing maintenance this summer, which means we have moved the Saturday Show to the Grand Encampment Opera House,” said Steve Moulton, President of the Cowboy Outfit. “It is a good location, but does not have as much seating, so we urge people to pay their memberships and get their tickets early as we expect this show to sell...
Following a 45-minute executive session at the beginning of the March 18 meeting, Saratoga resident Tasha Worthington asked the council if they have considered placing executive session after public comment. “Because 99-percent of the time, from what I have observed, when you guys come out of executive session, there is nothing to talk about from what you were in there for. It is just sealed and we move on after an hour of sitting out here and waiting … I just think that the voters and the pub...
A computer problem that occurred at Saratoga Town Hall more than a year ago is still disallowing Encampment’s police department real-time access to a law enforcement database. The software application, a system created by the Salt Lake City-based Spillman Technologies Inc., is a database that keeps track of law enforcement activities across multiple jurisdictions, making police work in the field and required paperwork easier. According to Spillman Technologies, the brand’s police software off...
The Saratoga Police Department is looking for volunteers to help out man’s best friend. In a effort to free up officers and provide better care to dogs in the Saratoga kennel, Saratoga Police Chief Tom Knickerbocker is asking the community for help “We are looking for volunteers who are willing to feed, water and walk the dogs located within our kennel,” Knickerbocker said. The improvement of the Saratoga kennel has been an issue of discussion at previous town council meetings. Several town...
Some of the best pool players in the world will compete for the top prize in Saratoga this weekend. The 7th annual Wyoming Open, hosted by the Saratoga Lion’s Club and the Carbon County Visitor’s Council, is expected to yet again draw in large crowds. “We are expecting about 160 people this year,” promoter E.J. Glode said. This year’s Wyoming Open will feature past Wyoming Open champions such as Rodney Morris, Charlie Williams and Shane Van Boening. Other notable names include Shanelle...
Discussion became animated at the March 11 Planning Commission meeting when Chairman Rory Grubb threatened board member and town of Saratoga Councilman Steve Wilcoxson to remove from the meeting by the police department if he did not come to order. Wilcoxson was insisting that the planning commission follow the letter of the law in the current ordinance about home-owned business. Grubb said that Wilcoxson was not comparing "apples to apples" in his argument, and that in light of a new ordinance...
Editor: Since Ms. Johnson conveniently left out a number of points in her 3-5-14 letter to the Editor I felt I should provide the citizens of Saratoga with the “rest of the story” so to speak. The following are facts, supported by the minutes of the Council Meetings and the people that were there, of the issues between myself and Ms. Johnson. 1. At the 1-21-14 Council Meeting Ms. Johnson presented a number of questions concerning the improvements to Saratoga Waste Facility, some of these were addressed at the meeting but some, including Ms....
The Saratoga Town Council held their regularly scheduled meeting on March 4. Town Engineer Chuck Bartlett discussed plans to re-stripe the parking lines downtown. The parking lines on Bridge Street are currently faded, making it difficult for patrons to park at local business. The last time the parking lines were striped was 2012. Bartlett said that they should be striped “every year.” Councilwoman Judy Welton said that it might be a worthwhile to invest more into a striping product that wil...
Editor, I just wanted to say thank you to the Saratoga Sun, for publishing the findings from the Town of Saratoga’s audit. The audit has always been available for public inspection but we have never published it in the paper. In the last nine years there has never been a request for a copy of the audit. After the allegations of misappropriation of funds and the covering up of the same, I wasn’t surprised to have two people come in and request a copy of it. I support those people that do this if done with the right intentions. However, it app...
Sewer and audit highlight town council meeting Councilman Steve Wilcoxson read a letter addressing the conflict between Saratoga resident Glee Johnson and town engineer Chuck Bartlett, during the Feb. 18 Saratoga Town Council meeting. Previously, Johnson asked if any other projects had been considered for the wastewater removal project. When Bartlett issued a written response at Feb. 11 town meeting, Johnson said she felt “like this is being personally attacked because I brought up something dif...
2 years ago Feb. 27, 1913 Basketball game and dance Saturday night the Laramie team of basketball players and the Saratoga team met in conflict in the opera house here, and put on a game that was well worth the price to those who attended. Saratoga winning by a score of 31 to 10. The Laramie team was handicapped both by not having two of their players and by being much outweighed by the local team. After the game a big dance was given for the entertainment of the visitors, and everyone enjoyed themselves. The Eastern Star served a supper on t...
The town of Saratoga planning commission spent the majority of their Feb. 11 meeting examining their bylaws. Board members were asked to compile a list of revisions at their last meeting on Jan. 11 meeting. They selected items from other town planning commission bylaws. A new proposal to the bylaws would allow Councilman Steve Wilcoxson to maintain a position on the board, however, he would not be allotted a vote on the planning Commission. Members of the board cited that this would prevent...
Talk of the upcoming Sierra Madre Muzzleloaders Mountainman Rendezvous Thursday evening got Encampment Town Council members excited for summer. Josh Saier, President of the Sierra Madre Muzzleloaders Rifle Club, asked the council Thursday for use of the land near the Grand Encampment Museum (GEM), and a regular contribution for the Mountainman Rendezvous. The American Old West-style shooting and throwing competition would take place July 25-27 this year. Council members approved use of the...
Questions about water bills, evaporative ponds and cameras dominate meeting The Saratoga Town Council had a busy night at their Feb. 4 meeting. The meeting began with a letter of correspondence from Saratoga resident Cindy Bloomquist. In her letter, Bloomquist said that she was “concerned that The Town of Saratoga has only paid back about (two) years of water bill penalties for a practice that goes back many years.” Bloomquist also said in her letter that if the mayor and council does “no...
At the Jan. 21 town council meeting, Saratoga Town Clerk, Suzie Cox, announced that the town council had received the audit report for the 2013 fiscal year. The council members had yet to look over the report at the time of the meeting. Chuck Bartlett, Saratoga’s town engineer, said that the Water and Sewer Joint Powers board have received the approval for the Mineral Royalty Grant for the Wastewater Outfall Transmission Line and Pump Station Project. “Everything is a go. We have to get the sec...
Changes in bylaws were argued at Saratoga’s Planning Commision Jan. 14 for more than one-and-one-half hours. The board reviewed bylaws from town planning commissions in Cheyenne and Wright, and a planning commission in California in order to compile ideas for their own bylaws. The current bylaws are two pages long and were adopted “years ago” according to the chairman of the Saratoga Planning Commission Rory Grubb. The town planning commission did not come to an agreement while examining the o...
The Saratoga Town Council passed two resolutions in their Jan. 7 meeting. Resolution 2013-06 pertains to the Community Development Block Grant and Loan Program which will assist in financing the Saratoga master plan. The cost of developing the master plan grant request is $66,000. Voices of the Valley will contribute $2,500 and the Town of Saratoga is contributing approximately $14,000. The grant application for $49,500 will be submitted to the Wyoming Business Council. Resolution 2014-01 says...
Council member Leroy Stephenson informed the Riverside Town Council at their regular town council meeting Thursday that Heidi Sifford was named the new coordinator of the South Central Wyoming Emergency Services (SCWEMS). This is a paid position, Stephenson told the Saratoga Sun in a later interview. Members of the town council were reminded of the Encampment/Riverside dog clinic taking place in February at Encampment Town Hall. Riverside Town Clerk Jan Cook said the dog clinic would take place...