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Brewer Steve Simpson is putting in extra hours at the Snowy Mountain Brewery in preparation for the 18th annual Steinley Cup Brewfest. He is cleaning up the brewery, but he has one thing ready to go — his competing brew, an India pale ale. Pale ale, wheat, stout, amber ale, pilsner and brown ale are the usual competing classes of brews in the annual festival, but this year the Saratoga-Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce decided to add two more competing classes, India pale a...
On Aug. 17, you can honor a fallen war veteran by running. Saratoga resident Joe Elder is hosting the Platte Valley Trout Run, a 3.2 mile run in Saratoga, to honor Tyler Pickett, a war veteran who lost his life in combat June 8, 2008 in Iraq. Elder said he will also donate all the proceeds to aid in the completion of Tyler Pickett Park. Elder said he thought the run would be a nice way to honor Pickett, but also to contribute to help the park’s construction. “It’s been sitti...
Kathy Mattea belts out “Standard Lonesome Time” to a nearly sold-out crowd Saturday night at the Platte Valley Community Center. Brush Creek Presents sponsored the concert, “Valley Strong”. Several organizations sold tickets to the concert and were the benefactors of the tickets they sold. For more photos of the concert, see the Saratoga Sun’s Facebook page.... Full story
Avid outdoorsmen can experience American Old West-style shooting and throwing competition at the Sierra Madre Muzzleloaders Mountain Man Rendezvous. The all-ages, Old West-themed event is sponsored by the Sierra Madre Muzzleloader Rifle Club, and runs July 26-28 in Encampment. The public is invited to all events and activities, and kids’ games take place during all three days. “I have seen little kids from 11 years old up to people in their 80s participate,” said Josh Saier, P...
The 2013 WHAT Fest music festival is ready to entertain in Riverside for the second time this Friday. According to the lineup list, the two-day free music festival features 37 performing artists from Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana occupying two outdoor stages and an indoor acoustic stage this year. Some performers well-known to the Platte Valley include Jalan Crossland, J Shogren and the Shanghai’d, The Patti Fiasco and the Teka Brock B...
Local country music fans can expect another superstar performance in Saratoga this weekend. This Saturday, the Lodge and Spa at Brush Creek Ranch, presents “Valley Strong,” featuring Grammy Award-winning country singer Kathy Mattea at the Platte Valley Community Center. Proceeds from the concert fundraiser go to benefit local area non-profit organizations and charities. Mattea, a two-time Grammy winner and Country Music Association (CMA) Female Vocalist of the Year hon...
Three Wyoming-based artists will kick off the music season for The Yard Saturday night. The WYOmericana Caravan featuring Jalan Crossland, Screen Door Porch and JShogren Shanghai’d is the first of three concerts sponsored by Chris Shannon and ‘Toga Productions. Jalan Crossland, who was awarded the Wyoming Governor Arts Award in February, is a guitarist, banjo player and singer/songwriter from Ten Sleep, Wyo. Crossland’s style on stage is as relaxed as if he were playing on his front porch. JShogren Shanghai’d play origina...
Mike McGraw, a rancher and artist from Medicine Bow, shared his Doodle Land children’s literature creations at the final spring season HEM Literary Dinner May 21. McGraw shared his creations with members of HEM Junior/Senior High School and the local community, and was joined in presentation by Saratoga writer Joshua Wood. Students and parents listened to McGraw’s presentation involving background writing processes, including transitioning from doodle renderings to a complete story line, and moving into full color ill...
Saratoga and Encampment middle and high school students took the classic fairytale “The Princes and the Pea”, put their own twist on it and called it “The Pea Test: The Real Story of the Princess and the Pea”....
Saratoga middle and high school students put their musical talents on display May 14 at the spring concert....
Check out this video featuring highlights of the Encampment School play and a brief interview with the play's creators.... Full story
Platte Valley Kiwanis is ready to host its second regional Stars of Tomorrow event at 3 p.m., April 13 in Saratoga. Everyone is welcome to attend the event free of charge, which will take place at the Platte Valley Community Center. The event provides an opportunity for top high school performers from southeast Wyoming communities to showcase their performing abilities, according to the Kiwanis. Attendees can expect to see a vast variety of acts including vocal and instrumental performances, dancing, dramatic presentations...
The Saratoga Friends of the Library will sponsor a free presentation by John Farr at 7 p.m., April 18 at the Saratoga Library, (503 W. Elm St.) Farr’s presentation, “Kit Carson in the West,” tells the story of Kit Carson becoming a mountain man and fur trapper, and his influence on Wyoming. Farr is vice-president of the Grand Encampment Museum and former president of the Kit Carson Home and Museum in Taos, N.M. “Kit Carson in the West” is presented by the Wyoming Humanities Council as part of its Humanities Forum. The Wyomi...
Five of the top pool players in the world are competing this weekend at the sixth annual Wyoming Open in Saratoga. Rodney Morris, Raj Hundal, Charlie Williams, Shane Van Boening and Stevie Moore are signed up. Van Boening just won the U.S. Open and is ranked No. 1 in the United States. The team of Boening and Morris competed in the World Cup in the Philippines and are ranked No. 3 in the world. The team won the World Cup in 2008. The news of the Wyoming Open spread even wider...
Children should have a good Saturday with the Easter Bunny visiting three different locations in the Platte Valley. The Easter Bunny and his helpers will be at two places at once at 10 a.m., Grades preschool through sixth grade will have a chance to hunt eggs at the Rick Martin Memorial Park in Riverside. The Encampment/Riverside Volunteer Fire Department is hosting the hunt. In Saratoga, children in kindergarten and younger will hunt at 10 a.m., at the Saratoga Resort & Spa. The Xi Alpha Kappa Beta Sigma Phi Sorority has...
Brush Creek Presents will have eight artists share their works from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday at the Grand Encampment Opera House. Five visual artists, two composers and a writer are artists in residence at Brush Creek Ranch this month. This is the first Brush Creek Presents without coordinator Katie Christensen, who has moved to Laramie and is working for the Wyoming Arts Council in Cheyenne. Beth Nelson is the interim director. Artists presenting include: • Anthony Heinz May, a sculptor who has created site-specific i...
The Platte Valley Community Center is bringing Saratoga its second free film festival Saturday. “I wanted to bring something to the Valley that we did not have, especially a larger event during the winter months,” said Stephanie Vines, executive director of the Platte Valley Community Center. This year’s film festival, the Wyoming Filmmaker’s Showcase, will start at 7 p.m. at the Platte Valley Community Center Theater and is completely free to whomever wants to come, Vines s...
Photo courtesy of Debbie Gates Saratoga High School senior Ben Gates receives his four-year certificate at the All-State Band concert in Gillette Jan. 22....
Band and choir students from Saratoga, Encampment and Hanna -Elk Mountain-Medicine Bow (HEM) high schools combined forces last month to perform in an all-school concert. The band and choir each performed three songs. The teachers from the schools each took turns directing the band and choir. HEM’s music teacher Kit Felton told the audience it was nice to work together as a group instead of competing in sports and she hoped this would become an annual tradit...
Encampment freshman KeeGan Johnson is preparing for a trip overseas this summer. He will be traveling with the 228 adult and student members of the Wyoming Ambassadors of Music. The group will visit seven countries in 15 days. Johnson was nominated by his music teacher, Kara Sandlian. “I nominated everyone who was eligible,” Sandlian said. Johnson was the only student to be accepted and is the first of Sandlian’s students to be in the Ambassadors of Music program. Johns...
The 33rd Annual Donald E. Erickson Memorial Chariot Races will be held in Saratoga Feb. 15, 16 and 17. The first races will begin on Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Buck Springs Arena northeast of Saratoga. Sunday’s post time is 11 a.m. An award ceremony, based on combined times will follow the Sunday races. The races feature chariot teams from all over Wyoming as well as surrounding states. The two-horse teams pull a single driver in drag racing fashion, three teams at a time. C... Full story
The annual Donald E. Erickson Memorial races have been a successful fundraiser for the Saratoga Lions Club, president Gary Widemshek said. The money from the fundraiser is basically used for high school scholarships and vision and eyeglass needs for those who need help. “Money is raised through sponsorships, the Calcuttas and gate admission fees,” Widemshek said. For the last 30 days, the Lions Club has been working to prepare for the Chariot Races, but the week before is the...
Music teacher John Steinhardt and his two elementary school bands from Medicine Bow and Elk Mountain put some rock and roll into the Jan. 21 Carbon County School District No. 2 Board of Directors meeting. Steinhardt said CCSD#2 Superintendent Bob Gates came up with the idea and Steinhardt and his students ran with it. I thought it was a good way for us to showcase (the students) and their achievements, Gates said. The Saratoga and Encampment choirs sang at the December CCSD#2...
Brush Creek Presents will be featuring seven artists Friday night at the Platte Valley Community Center. The program is a free and informal monthly outreach program which features visual presentations, readings and music by current artists-in-residence at Brush Creek Ranch. Friday, the presenters are four visual artists, two writers, one composer and the current director of the Brush Creek artists-in-residence program, Katie Christensen, who is also a visual artist. Stacey Steers, of Boulder, Colo., will present her...