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Candidates for District 47 Representative, District 11 Senator and Saratoga Town Council participated in the first of two candidate forums hosted by the Valley Service Organization (VSO) on July 23. Saratoga residents in attendance were scattered through the Great Hall of the Platte Valley Community Center. The event was live-streamed by Saratoga Sun via social media. VSO member Sue Jones, who moderated the first half of the forum, invited the state candidates up to the front of the room to...
After months of uncertainty, closed door executive sessions and rumors based on suspicions it was finally revealed on Aug. 7 at the Saratoga Town Council meeting the fate of Dr. Bryan Kaiser and his relationship with the Town of Saratoga via the lease of the Platte Valley Medical Clinic. Saratoga Mayor Ed Glode began the discussion with a letter addressed to Kaiser from the Town of Saratoga. “The purpose of this letter,” Glode read, “is to inform you that the Town of Saratoga will not renew...
The Saratoga Town Council had two separate executive sessions in their meeting at 6 p.m. on July 17, at the Saratoga Town Hall. In the beginning it was business as usual, as the council approved the agenda, minutes from July 3 and the financials for $130,542.81. Ed Glode, mayor of Saratoga, told the council Brad Bauer from the water and sewer department had resigned. Bill Nation, Superintendent from Carbon County Road and Bridge Department (CCRBD) asked the town to approve an additional amount...
A discussion during the regularly scheduled Saratoga Airport Board meeting on July 11 revealed Shively Airfield qualifies through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to operate as a commercial airport. Members of the board, however, were cautioned at a recent joint meeting that going commercial would invite a new series of frustrations and would increase the burden on the Town of Saratoga. The board also discussed an ongoing issue with taxiways at the airfield being labeled as “non-standar...
Steve Nicholson, Chairman for Carbon County Council of Governments (CCCOG) was absent from the meeting in Riverside Town Hall that started at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, so Kenda Colman, the Vice Chairman, presided over the meeting. The voting members from the different municipalities approved the agenda, the minutes from the May 16 meeting and treasurers report. The first item attacked on the agenda was the election for the position of Secretary/Treasurer. The room was silent several times as Colma...
Riverside Mayor Leroy Stephenson informed the Riverside Town Council during their regularly scheduled meeting on July 12 at the Riverside Town Hall that he had received a letter from the Wyoming Rural Water Association. The letter was in reference to talks between the Town of Riverside and the Sierra Madre Water and Sewer Joint Powers Board concerning delinquent sewer and water customers. As has been reported previously in the Saratoga Sun, the Town of Riverside and the joint powers board had...
Medicine Bow recently demonstrated what we at the Saratoga Sun feel is a good idea. The town allowed children and adults alike to play with fireworks. The reason this was allowed is that the county, despite having a fireworks ban, cedes authority to a municipality to have fireworks if set off by appropriately trained individuals. Medicine Bow Fire Chief Peter Andrews asked for, and got, permission from the Medicine Bow Town Council to attend Fireworks School. Fireworks School is a two-day program that teaches the proper safety techniques for ha...
A good turnout of Town of Saratoga and Wyoming State Legislative candidates is expected for the first of two 2018 election forums sponsored by the Valley Service Organization (VSO). The forum is scheduled for 6 p.m. Monday (July 23) in the great hall at the Platte Valley Community Center. With the exception of Mayor E. J. Glode, who is running unopposed for his second term, all the candidates for the scheduled offices have indicated they will attend, according to Sue Jones, organizer of the event for VSO. Four-year term Saratoga Town Council ca...
The Hanna Town Council met at 6 p.m. on Tuesday at the town hall after a meet and greet with Ashley Mayfield Davis, candidate for Carbon County Attorney that began at 5 p.m. Davis stayed for the entire meeting and talked with residents after the council was finished. She was joined by Walter Hagan who is running for Carbon County Sheriff. It was business as usual as the council approved the minutes the for June 12 regular council meeting and June 20 special meeting. The agenda was approved as...
The Saratoga Planning Commission met July 10 and, as you would expect, had their focus squarely on the long-term. Planning chairman Jon Nelson was joined at the meeting by planning commission members Tom Westring and Chris Duke. Fellow committeeman Jim Beckman was present via speakerphone. After the general business of approving the agenda and previous minutes Planning Commission Chair Jon Nelson paraphrased a letter from Nora Asbury that said she regretted to inform the commission that, due to...
The Saratoga Town Council met at 6 p.m. on July 3 at the Saratoga Town Hall and quickly approved the agenda, the minutes for June 19 and the financials which totaled $191,139.82. Mayor Ed Glode went over correspondence from Frontier Days in Cheyenne and a letter from Geri Doughtery in support of events at The Yard. Glode said the Garden Board was getting further along in becoming its own non-profit entity. He told the board a new town attorney, Kylie Rangitsch, an associate with McPherson,...
The Saratoga Town Council met at 6 p.m. on Tuesday at the Saratoga Town Hall after business as usual of approving the agenda, the minutes from June 5 and the financials. The bills approved to be paid came to a total of $158,595.64. In correspondence the town received an annual distribution notice from Wyoming Community Gas for $4,354.32 for 2017. Doug Boyd from the company WLC put forth a new route for the final plat of the third addition to the Saratoga Cemetery. He said a reroute that had been...
The Saratoga Town Council appointed Danny Burau to replace Kim Hytrek for their representative to the Carbon County Visitors Council (CCVC) on June 19. Hytrek had reached her term limit of six years. Burau, the owner of Firewater Public House, is excited about the appointment. "The beauty of this whole Valley and Carbon County as a whole, it is still, for lack of a better term, a well-kept secret," Burau said. "We have one of the major lifelines far as a highway goes and given the volume of...
An item for discussion from Bryan and Kathy Drake of Triple D Construction, Floodplain Management and the 1 mile buffer zone were on the agenda for the Saratoga Planning Commission as they met at 5:30 p.m. on June 12 at the Saratoga Town Hall. The Drakes were in attendance, along with several residents of the Saratoga Inn Overlook subdivision, to present to the planning commission their plan for a series of storage facilities that would be erected along the lots adjacent to the Saratoga Forest...
The talk of a music festival ordinance once again topped the discussion during the regularly scheduled Riverside Town Council meeting at 6 p.m. on June 14 at Riverside Town Hall. The town council also discussed selling the Polaris Ranger used by both the town and the Sierra Madre Joint Powers Board (SMJPB), advertising for a new backup wastewater operator and the possibility of shutting of water and sewer users past due on their bills. Lee Ann Stephenson, representing the Sierra Madre Joint Powe...
School is out, Memorial Day has passed and summer has arrived in an even numbered year. This signals, among other things, the beginning of the campaign season for elections. The deadline for filing as a candidate in the midterm primary elections was June 1 with those elections being held Aug. 21. Wyoming is one of 14 states that has closed primaries, meaning a person can only vote within their political party in the primaries. Just before the filing deadline, the Saratoga Sun noticed there were very few candidates for local offices and ran an...
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...
The Saratoga Town Council met on at 6 p. m. on June 5 to listen to several speakers after business as usual of approving the agenda, minutes from the May 15 meeting and paying the financials. The total for bills came to $2,206,532.06. The council approved the special event application from the Chamber of Commerce for Togie Days to close East and West Bridge Street from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. on June 30, along with an open container permit pending the Fire Chief signing off on the event. The council...
The candidates for the 2018 Primary Election are in, starting with the United States Senate seat currently held by Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyoming). With six candidates for the up-for-grabs senate seat and four candidates for the United States Representative seat, currently held by Representative Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming), the primary elections will provide voters with ample options. National U.S. Senator Republican Incumbent Barrasso is running for re-election and has competition from four other...
Many longtime residents of the Platte Valley have fond memories of the community picnics that had been organized by Kendall McBride for several years. John Zeiger, one of those residents, is hoping to bring the community picnic back, beginning this year. According to Zeiger, he and a handful of other people began talking on Facebook after friends and former classmates passed away about how unfortunate it was they had lost contact with each other. As the discussion evolved, the group decided...
During their regularly scheduled meeting at 6 p.m. on May 9 at the Saratoga Town Hall, Department of Public Works director Jon Winter gave the Carbon County Impact Joint Powers Board updates on the ongoing lagoon project north of Saratoga and the amount of water used to fight the recent mill fire. The joint powers board also discussed the lack of adequate fire hydrants at Medicine Waters mobile home park and a sewer replacement project at Saratoga Elementary School (SES). Before hearing an...
At one time (not that long ago) there were three major television stations (okay, four if you count PBS) and everyone watched something on one of those stations. The next day, workers would “gather around the water cooler” at work and talk about what they had seen the night before. There was a commonality in what we did. I have never worked at a place where people actually gathered around the water cooler, but I have heard this phrase since I was young (yes, that long ago). I have worked in plac...
The Saratoga Town Council met at 6 p.m. on Tuesday at the town hall and quickly approved the agenda, minutes and the financials from May 1 town council meeting. The bills approved came in at a total of $83,500.90. Ed Glode, mayor told the council he had received a letter from Leslie Jefferson, Carbon County Visitor Council (CCVC) director, informing the town council the Saratoga representative, Kim Hytrek needed to be replaced after June 20. Hytrek has served the maximum term allowed. Jefferson...
The Bear Trap Cafe and Bar in Riverside, Wyo. has been host to a variety of events over the years. From the post-jamboree party spot to the home of WHATFest for a handful of years. Now, Margaret Weber is hoping to bring another event to the establishment. It is sure to get people talking and that is exactly what she wants. Like most people, Weber found out about former Rawlins resident Rod Miller’s bid for Wyoming’s only Representative seat through social media. According to Weber, she had seen...
“Shut the f---ers down, man!” An outburst from Saratoga resident Chris Shannon, followed by a request from chairman Jon Nelson to leave the room, during the Saratoga Planning Commission meeting at 5:30 p.m. on May 8 at the Saratoga Town Hall highlighted the tense discussions that have taken place since the Saratoga Forest Management sawmill fire nearly a month ago. The, at times, heated exchange between Shannon and Nelson came during a conversation about the planning commission’s role when...
