Serving the Platte Valley since 1888
Serving the Platte Valley since 1888
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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...
The clouds lifted and the sun was shining for the Saratoga Lake Day held last Thursday. Fourth, fifth and sixth graders from Saratoga, Encampment, Hanna and Medicine Bow were at Saratoga Lake to get outside and learn from the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), Saratoga Encampment Rawlins Conservation District (SERCD), Saratoga Museum, Carbon County Weed and Pest, Wyoming Game and Fish, U.S. Fish and Wildlife and the Saratoga Bird Club. Ten stations were set up to teach students varyi...
Did you know that before June 14, 1924, there were no rules set in place for flag etiquette? According to USFlag.org, "It was on this date that the National Flag Code was adopted by the National Flag Conference which was attended by representatives of the Army and Navy which had evolved their own procedures, and some 66 other national groups." There are set rules on the American Flag should be presented, maintained and destroyed. In honor of Flag Day on June 14, tips will be...
Marshal Hill had options. Go to the Naval Academy like his brother Wyatt, or go to school in Jacksonville University in Florida. Marshal chose Jacksonville, but the choice does not preclude him from the Navy, as he will be in the Naval Reserve Officer’s Training Corps (NROTC). Marshal was awarded a full-ride scholarship through NROTC to Jacksonville University plus a monthly stipend. Why did Marshal choose Jackson University over the Naval Academy? “I didn’t want the amount of...
Rebecca Burton, student at University of Wyoming and 2011 graduate of Saratoga High School, was given the opportunity to go to Ecuador on a 10-day study abroad trip during her spring break this year. The trip was a part of the course named Problems: Tropical Behavioral Ecology. According to Burton, "This field course immersed me in the tropical rainforest on the west slope of the Andes studying biodiversity, bird identification, and animal behavior. I learned to identify...
Michaela Uhling took a big step outside her comfort zone to spend a year teaching in El Salvador. Uhling, who graduated from Saratoga High School in 2008 is a teacher in Sheridan. Last year, after going to El Salvador to visit a friend she met at the University of Wyoming, she decided to take advantage of a program teaching English in El Salvador. After visiting with the principal of the school she worked in and the superintendent, she was awarded an unpaid leave of absence...
Thirteen Saratoga High School students took the trip of a lifetime during Spring break last month and recently shared their experiences with the Saratoga Sun. The students traveled to London, Paris, Florence and Rome in a whirlwind weeklong tour making new friends from schools in Chicago and Philadelphia and learning that the United States is very different in many ways to the countries they visited. Because the group from Saratoga only had 20 people on the tour, they were...
Pam Kraft and her students wrapped up a week of showing their silk art pieces at Encampment's Red Wagon thrift store and coffee shop last Wednesday night. Fruit, cheese, and beverages were served to guests as they examined the vibrant and contrasting styles that Kraft was able to bring out of her students. "I'm really happy about the way it turned out. I'm very proud of it. Pam's a great teacher," said Krissy Whitacre, one of Kraft's students in the class. "I helped (Krissy)...
Five years ago, Whistle Pig Saloon owner Chuck Davidson invited some friends to come over to the area behind his bar and play in the mud for what would become the first annual Pig Digger mud rally. The rally has grown over the years to include up to 30-40 cars across several different classes. This year Davidson boasts of a “newly redesigned mud pit.” The event will take place from noon to close on Saturday and Sunday, with activities for kids, adults and teens. The event will hold a pancake breakfast from 9-11 a.m. for don...
Parents and teachers roped in the wee members of next year's kindergarten class during Saratoga Elementary's annual Kindergarten Round-up last Thursday. The matriculating pre-schoolers were brought in to meet with their kindergarten teachers. The future students were given an assessment by the kindergarten teachers who were on hand to check the preschoolers knowledge of basic shapes and colors before being given speech tests by Deborah Kimber and vision tests by various...
It's not unusual to see bicyclers traveling through Saratoga, since the town is located on the TransAmerica Bicycle Trail. Unless it is in April. Two bicyclists stopped in Saratoga April 26 and were enjoying some craft beer at the Saratoga Resort and Spa. They really didn't want to bike out to Saratoga Lake Campground after they day they had. Kim and Vince Hytrek overheard them and offered them an option–camp in their backyard. The two young men gladly accepted. On April 2...
