Serving the Platte Valley since 1888
Serving the Platte Valley since 1888
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The facility’s Activity Program is based on residents’ interests and allows residents to achieve a greater level of self-esteem which enables them to perform their activities of daily living at a higher level. It also provides residents with continuing contact with the community. Games provide laughter and socialization during the week. On Sunday afternoon, three residents played Dominoes with Elaine Burge winning. On Tuesday morning, three residents played Uno with Marjery McAulay winning. On Wednesday and Friday afternoons,...
There were two-and-a-half tables for Duplicate Bridge Monday. High winners were Mary Sjoden and Pat Bailey. Second high went to Nancy Facciani and Vivien Campbell. We have the papers for the tax refund for the Elderly and Disabled, so you can come up and get the forms or come in and I will help you fill them out. We had our birthday/anniversary dinner today. Those having birthdays this month are Betty Dean, Lila Worden, Teense Willford, Helen Wykle, Richard Rakness, June Spencer, Richard Hodges, Lyle Makinen, Gloria McVey,...
Reprint of this story from the June 27, 1902 issue of The Grand Encampment Herald brought to you courtesy of Grandma’s Cabin, Encampment, Wyoming. Preserving History - Serving the Community. The first issue of the Riverside Record, with Bert E. Davis as editor, appeared this week, and is in every way a credit to its publishers, the town and the district. The articles are well written, the paper is neatly printed, and the Record is in every respect a good paper. It has been started under favorable circumstances with a good p...
It has been 75 years since Betty (Everist) Vyvey graduated from high school. She attended Platte Valley High School in Saratoga and graduated in 1940. Vyvey was born in a homestead cabin in southern Colorado. The closest school to their home in Colorado was more than 20 miles away. There were no school buses at that time, leaving only horses and her own two feet as options for getting to school. Her family moved to Saratoga in 1936 when she was 13 years old because her uncle o...
A historic graduation announcement proclaims, "The Class of 1910 of the Saratoga High School requests your presence at the Commencement Exercises to be held at Jensen Hall Thursday evening, May 19th at eight o'clock." The gold embossed card continued, "Baccalaureate Sermon at Presbyterian Church, Sunday evening May 15th at eight o'clock." Class motto of the nine graduates was "To him that o're cometh, God giveth a crown." The printed four-page program is neatly tied to the...
In a 1913 Chalmers auto, Robert Abrey stopped in Saratoga on Tuesday with a reminder to us all about the history of travel in the West. A farmer from Norfolk, England, Robert and his wife Jane took off from New York on June 4. He was inspired by his antique, made-in-Detroit car (and a lot of historical reading) to travel to San Francisco on the Lincoln Highway. He had been reading about what was called the Great Race and decided to go on a mission of his own with Jane...
Weeds are simply undesirable plants. Anyone who manages land (home owners, gardeners, ranchers, farmers) deals with weeds. A weed might be a poisonous plant you do not want in your pasture because of livestock grazing, or it could be something like mint that has simply taken over the garden. Most weeds are fighters. They are resilient and do not readily succumb to the stresses that overtake other desirable plants, which is why the best weed control tool is prevention. There are several weed invaders in the state of Wyoming...
Editor’s note: This article first appeared in the Saratoga on July 1, 1976. It is the recount of Jessie (Cunningham) Miller’s trip to Yellowstone Park in 1915. Jessie is the mother of Alice Parrie Swanson. Alice had several photos she shared with us that did not appear in the 1976 paper, and since this trip was taken 100 years ago, we decided to share it again. On July 5, 1915, we left Encampment, by covered wagon and horseback to tour Yellowstone Park. In the company were 11 young people (I was 15 at the time) and two cha...
Saratoga Elementary School won a grant in October for a hydroponic system, and recently, the school reaped the ultimate reward — eating what they grew. A hydroponic system, according to Adelaide Myers, library aide at Saratoga Elementary, is a medium to grow plants that doesn’t use soil. The vegetation can be angled at almost any position; all that matters is that it is receiving light and water. “And basically it’s just some heavy-duty mesh we planted the seeds from little pl...
There were seven here to play bingo on Tuesday. Two-dollar winners were Grace Johnston, Lila Worden, and Winnie Allen. Betty Dean and Grace Johnston shared a $2 round. Also Sue Howe and Madaline Forbes shared a $2 round. Grace Johnston and Lila Worden shared the $5 blackout round. We got in the papers for the tax refund for the elderly and disabled. So you can start coming up and getting the forms or come in and I will help you fill them out. I will be out of the office from June 3-17. So if I can help you get them filled...
As of June 1, 2015, Health Management Services (HMS), a Montana-based corporation, took over this facility. It has a three-year lease with an option to buy. Since HMS already has another facility named Valley View Nursing Home, we are now Saratoga Care Center. We expect most of the residents who left the facility for other places to return, many of them during the week beginning June 1st. Happy days are here again. The facility’s Activity program is based on residents’ interest and allows residents to achieve a greater lev...
1 years ago June 3, 1915 Commencement, 1915 The commencement exercises of the Saratoga High School were held in Jensen hall last Thursday evening, and a crowded house greeted the program. Rev. Newport opened the exercises with a prayer. The class history was very ably delivered by Harry Doggett, after which Miss Loretta Wiant read the class prophecy. The play, which was presented by the graduates, was well put on, and all deserve commendation for their efforts. The graduates were Florence Peck, Adelaide Newport, Lanora...
Imagine having bread three times a day, and if you are lucky, getting chicken broth with the evening meal. That is what life has been like for the last eight years for three boys who will be spending the summer in Saratoga. Jennifer and Peter Maskell are sponsoring three boys from the Ukraine to spend the summer with them. For the oldest boy, DiMa who is 15, this is his last chance at finding a home that will keep him and his two brothers together. Their parents died eight...
The Platte Valley Kiwanis celebrated their 25th anniversary May 19. The Kiwanis was formed May 18, 1990. Connie McGuire and Bill Rathbun are charter members of Kiwanis, and treasurer Wanda Eberg has been with Kiwanis for 23 years. Eberg has served as the treasurer since joining. The Kiwanis focuses on meeting needs of children, President Dave Gloss said. Some of the programs they have sponsored include providing books for the reading program, reading to children at HeadStart...
This weeks flag 101 etiquette reminder is how to properly display a United States Flag indoors. According to USflag.org, there are some ways that the flag should not be displayed. “The flag should not be used as a drapery, or for covering a speakers desk, draping a platform, or for any decoration in general. Bunting of blue, white and red stripes is available for these purposes. The blue stripe of the bunting should be on the top. The flag should never be used for any a...