Serving the Platte Valley since 1888
Serving the Platte Valley since 1888
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Games provide laughter and socialization during the week. On Sunday and Saturday morning, residents played Wii Bowling. On Sunday afternoon, six residents played Dominoes with Janet Kennaday winning. On Wednesday afternoon, 11 residents played Bingo, and Friday afternoon, 14 resident played Bingo. Marjery McAulay, Barbara Plummer, and Russell Cox won Four Corners. Russell Cox won the Blackout. Our volunteers were Sue Bartlett, Lila Worden, Joy Hamilton, Gloria Rakness, Makayla Fairbanks, Elder Cabela and Elder Levitt. On...
"Absaroka" is a visually rich period piece that takes place in the Wyoming territories in 1881. The story follows two cowboys, Lucius Blackledge and Howard Prescott, who come upon a ransacked wagon on their way to town. When they find the owner of the wagon just before he dies from a mortal gunshot wound, the two cow punchers decide to hunt down the men responsible and save the dead man's wife and daughter from the ruthless outlaws that kidnapped them. Patrick Mignano's film s...
The Encampment ProStart team traveled to Laramie March 16-17 for the Wyoming ProStart State Competition. The Management team; Emily Morgan, Sierra Loftice and Makayla Wilder, finished in third place. The Management team mentors were Matthew Jarrett, former ProStart finalist, and Ty Trevillyan, of Burns Insurance. The Culinary team; Max Schneider, Isaac Dugger, Alyssa Barkhurst and Makayla Wilder, finished in fourth place. The Culinary team mentor was Cassie Orduno, co-owner...
The Carbon County Economic Development Corporation (CCEDC) is hosting a “Chocolate Fest” fundraiser, Saturday at the Carbon County Higher Education Building, 1650 Harshman Street in Rawlins. Room is still available for Chocolatier’s to enter their creations. Entry forms are available by contacting the CCEDC office or on their website at ccwyed.net. The deadline has been extended to Thursday. Chocolate Tasting is open to the public from 6-8 p.m. Tickets are $20 per person and will be available at the door or in advance at th...
There were eight here to play bingo on Tuesday. Two dollar winners were Berneil McCord, Lila Worden, Carl Kerbs, Madaline Forbes, and Sue Howe. Sue Howe and Lila Worden shared a $2 round. Lila Worden and Madaline Forbes each won a $3 round. Lila Worden won the $5 blackout round. There were eight here for Duplicate Bridge Monday. First place went to Bob Johnson and Mary Sjoden. Second place went to Sheila Johnson and Sue Howe. Sheela Scharmetyler was here last week to do a presentation on low income problems here in the...
Games provide laughter and socialization during the week. On Sunday and Saturday morning, residents played Wii Bowling. On Sunday afternoon, six residents played Dominoes with Elaine Burne winning. On Monday afternoon, five residents played Yahtzee with Marion Lansdown winning. On Wednesday afternoon, 10 residents played Bingo, and Friday afternoon, 11 resident played Bingo. Carol Higby, Nadine Caleb, Truth Karstoft, and Russell Cox won Four Corners. Janet Kennaday, Elaine Burge, and Charlotte Gibbons won the Blackout. Our...
1 years ago March 25, 1915 Low Railroad Rates and Privileges of Routing Never Before Possible Are Included in the Many Inducements to Visit America’s Great Panama Canal Celebration. $50,000,000 Invested: 80,000 Exhibitors Represented. It is estimated by the traffic experts of the great transcontinental railways that the travel movement westward during the present year, with the great world’s Exposition at San Francisco as the goal, will be the greatest in all of history. There are but few persons anywhere who have not fel...
The Platte Valley got a dose of culture when Linda Perue held a silk scarf art class at the Saratoga Library and Pam Kraft held a class on silk painting at the Red Wagon in Encampment. Perue showed her students how to trace and color patterns on white silk scarves that, according to Perue, "can make very nice, personal and inexpensive gifts." Pam Kraft's silk painting class was a little more involved. Kraft feels silk painting is more of a fine art than a craft and had her...
John Blumenthal is a familiar face in the Platte Valley, having grown up out at Brush Creek Ranch as a fifth generation Platte Valley resident. His great-great-great grandfather was J.W. Hugus, one of Saratoga's founding fathers. Blumenthal returned to the Platte River Valley following a tour as a Marine in Afghanistan and promptly got back to work by starting his own contracting company last March. "We just fell into it," Blumenthal said, when asked how he and business partne...
There were eight here to play bingo on Tuesday. Two dollar winners were Carl Kerbs, Nadine Kerbs, Betty Dean, and Berneil McCord. Nadene Kerbs won the $5blackout round. There were five here for Bridge Monday. High winner was Gertrude Herold. Second high went to Vivien Campbell. Pete and Myrtel Roybal are our new King and Queen for 2015. Congratulations to you both and enjoy you dinner at the Wolf. It seems like there is a tummy bug going around the valley. Everyone seems to be getting it. Bill Fluty was sick with it then...
Luke Pantle, of Encampment K-12 School and Andrew Janecek-Oiler, of Saratoga High School, have been selected to receive the 2015 Trustees' Scholars Award, the University of Wyoming's top academic scholarship. The two Carbon County School District No.2 (CCSD#2) students are part of 88 high school seniors in Wyoming who were selected for the prestigious scholarship. The recipients are evaluated on their academic excellence – which include high school grade point average (GPA), ACT/SAT scores and curriculum rigor. This year's a...
Domino players at the Sagebrush Senior Center have been Madeline and Bill Telfer, Betty Merrill, Phil Fleming, Laura Rettelle, Dick Blake, Bob and Lois Thompson, Jack Riddick, Jack James and Lila Payton Joining us for coffee in January were Laura Rettelle, Karen Dibbern, Patty Herring, Connie Beckham, Dodey Brown, Arliegh Simmons, Ellie Behrnman and Linda York Playing Bridge were Millie Parker, Kay Fleming, Sheila Johnson, Rosemary Craighead and Linda Campbell Quilters meeting at the senior center included Nancy Lynch, Lila...
There were eight here to play bingo on Tuesday. Two-dollar winners were Carl Kerbs, Winnie Allen, Nadine Kerbs, and Sue Howe. Nadine Kerbs won the $5 blackout round. There were eight here for Duplicate Bridge Jan. 26. High winners were Vivien Campbell and Mary Sjoden. Second high went to Bob Johnson and Gertrude Herold. Then on Monday Feb. 2, there were only five people here. First place was Mary Sjoden. Our count has been down so we are trying to get it up by having a breakfast once in a while. We had a small turnout for...
There were eight here to play bingo on Tuesday. Two-dollar winners were Carl Kerbs, Betty Dean, Nadine Kerbs, Grace Johnston and Sue Howe. Berneil McCord won the $5 blackout round. There were eight here for Duplicate Bridge Monday. Our count has been down so we are trying to get it up by having a breakfast once in a while. We will be having breakfast Friday. We will be serving hot cakes, bacon and fruit, so be sure and come have breakfast with us and then come back for lunch at the normal time. It has been good to have...
Mary Miller, of Saratoga, was named to the Presidents List for the fall semester of 2014 at Chadron State College. The President’s List required a 4.0 cumulative grade-point average and students must be enrolled in 12 credit hours of coursework during the semester to qualify....
Aubrey Berger knew her goat, Petunia, was getting ready to kid. All signs were there and Petunia was 10 days past her estimated due date. Aubrey had researched the internet and knew Petunia would kid within 24 hours. It was Dec. 29 and her family had left for Riverton to watch her brother play in the Wyoming Indian Tournament. It was "five or six degrees below zero," Aubrey said. Aubrey, who is a seventh grade student at Saratoga Middle/High School, said she was getting...
The University of Wyoming lists two students from the Platte Valley on the 2014 fall semester President’s Honor Roll. The students are Daniel Greenwood, of Riverside and Benjamin Gates of Saratoga. The President’s Honor Roll consists of regularly enrolled undergraduates who earned a 4.0 (“A”) grade point average for the semester. To be eligible, students must have been enrolled for a minimum of 12 credit hours taken for letter grades....
Miranda Paddock, of Saratoga, was named to the President’s Honor Roll at Western Wyoming Community College. Recognition on the President’s Honor Roll is awarded to full-time students who complete a minimum of 12 credit hours with a letter grade and have a grade point average (GPA) of 4.0. Brandee Forster, of Baggs and formerly of Saratoga, and Jessica Sharp were named to the Part-Time Honor Roll at WWCC. This honor is awarded to students who have completed a minimum of 12 credit hours in consecutive semesters with a cum...
Makiya Johnson, of Encampment, won the junior division at the state Make it with Wool contest Nov. 30. Johnson will be traveling to Reno, Nev., this week to compete in the national Make it with Wool contest. Makiya has been sewing for five or six years and first to learned to sew from her grandmother, Roxanna Johnson. “It was awesome to win at state,” Makiya said. Makia’s sister Ashlynn Johnson was the first runner up in the junior division. Sheryl Hunter, of Saratoga, enter...