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John and Ashlie Love are excited to announce the birth of their son, Bergen Charles Love. Bergen was born April 16, 2014 at 4:17 a.m. He weighed 5 lbs. 11 oz. and was 18 inches in length. Bergen joins 2-year-old big brother Thayne. Paternal grandparents are Scott Love, of Fairgrove, Mo., and Abbie Love of Sundance, Wyo. Maternal grandparents are Will Ward and Andi Ward, both of Saratoga. The Loves currently reside in Laramie working for the Monolith Ranch....
There were 11 here to play bingo Tuesday. The two-dollar winner was Dorothy Miller. Three-dollar winners were, Winnie Allen, Janet Lasco, Merle Starr, Pat Faust. Dorothy Miller won a $5 blackout round. There were two tables here for Bridge Monday. First place went to Barb Wise and Sheila Johnson. Second place went to Vivien Campbell and Mary Sjoden. Sue from over at the nursing home is coming over once a month to do the blood pressure checks for us. The seniors really do appreciate them letting her come over and check blood pressures. And we al...
At Deseret Health and Rehab, residents enjoyed many activities throughout the week. The Activity Department offers a wide variety of activities each week to meet the residents’ interests, as well as the physical, mental and psychological well-being of each resident. We celebrated National Nursing Home Week from May 11 to May 17, with a special activity every day. On Sunday afternoon, we had a Mother’s Day tea with real china and goodies made by our own Activity Assistant, Kathy McMorrow. On Monday afternoon, residents played Blackjack Bon...
Saratoga residents Kyle L. Thompson, daughter of Dick Thompson and Deb Clever, and Brad L. Bauer, son of Oliver Stone and Deb Bauer, were married on April 21, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nev. Brad was accompanied at the wedding by his daughters Tiffany and Nicole. Kyle's sons, Gage and Logan Seahorn, accompanied their mother at the ceremony. Brad was a Class of 1995 graduate of Encampment High School, and Kyle was a class of 1997 graduate of Saratoga High School. The couple will reside in...
Several students in Jackie Jones fifth and sixth grade class enjoyed pepperoni pizza instead of lessons on April 29, thanks to one of their classmates drawing ability. Connor McGraw, a sixth grade student at Hanna Elementary, won the Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD#2) BOCES Logo design contest and a pizza party for his class. The contest, which included participants from kindergarten through high school, asked students to draw a logo for the new BOCES program at CCSD#2. Coordinator...
News for the Month: It will be a crazy May. We will be celebrating Mother’s day, along with the birthdays of Jo Bonnett, John Farr, Karen BeBurn, Laura Rettelle, Leslie Farr, John Pratt and Mary Lou Noton. Also, we will celebrate the anniversaries of Leroy and Leann Stephenson and Teense and Sandy Willford. This celebration will take place on May 16. There will be an evening meal with chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, dinner rolls and Mandarin oranges. Entertainment from Debbie Easterling and Friends will celebrate t...
At Deseret Health and Rehab, residents enjoyed many activities throughout the week. The Activity Department offers a wide variety of activities each week to meet the residents’ interests, as well as the physical, mental and psychological well-being of each resident. This week state surveyors arrived on Monday and departed Thursday for the annual survey. The surveyors validated our continuance of providing a high level of quality of care and quality of life to our residents. They held a closed door session of Resident Council with 13 r...
2 years ago May 8, 1913 Many Japanese performers Greatest Japanese Troupe in the world here with the Robinson circus. Beyond all question the greatest troupe of Japanese in the world are with the Yankee Robinson circus. This Japanese troupe was imported into this county last season for the New York Hippodrome, where they appeared for thirty weeks. They were then engaged for the Yankee Robinson circus and made the greatest hit every recorded under a circus tent. This Japanese troupe immediately went back to Japan, left the part of Yokohama on...
There were six here to play bingo Tuesday. Two-dollar winners were Grace Johnston, Berneil McCord, Betty Dean, and Sue Howe. Grace Johnston, Betty Dean and Winnie Allen shared the $4 round. Grace Johnston won a $3 blackout round. There were two tables here for Bridge Monday. First place went to Bob Johnson and Lee Groshart. Second place went to Glee Johnson and Sheila Johnson. We have having the jam sessions again for the summer. The next one will be on May 21. Please make plans to come up at 6 p.m. and enjoy the music. The players have so much...
At Deseret Health and Rehab, residents enjoyed many activities throughout the week. The Activity Department offers a wide variety of activities each week to meet the residents’ interests, as well as the physical, mental and psychological well-being of each resident. Games throughout the week provided fun and laughter. On Sunday afternoon, five residents played Dominoes with Pat Rust winning. On Monday afternoon, five residents played Yahtzee with Janet Kennaday winning. On Tuesday morning, five residents played Dominoes with Janet Kennaday w...
Hanna-Elk Mountain-Medicine Bow senior Quade Palm was selected as the new Wyoming Future Farmers of America (FFA) Association President for 2014-2015. Palm, who is from Medicine Bow, is the first Carbon County student to receive the honor in 32 years. The last recipient from the county was Jim Hinkle, who became president as a senior at Little Snake River Valley High School and member of the LSRV FFA Chapter. Hinkle now resides in Saratoga. Palm will serve as president until April of 2015, and s...
Parker James McKinney and Brady Patrick McKinney were born April 10, 2014 in Cheyenne. Parker weighed 6 lbs 2 oz and was 19 inches long, and Brady weighed 7 lbs and 20 inches long. Proud parents are Chad and Anndee McKinney. Maternal grandmother is Pam Meyer, of Saratoga. Paternal grandparents are Jimmy and Sandy McKinney, of Encampment. Chad and Anndee both grew up in the Platte Valley. Chad graduated from Encampment High School, and Anndee graduated from Saratoga High School. Chad and Anndee...
Tyler and Marie Christen are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Tylie Anne. Tylie was born in Steamboat Springs, on April 15, 2014 at 5:58 a.m. She weighed 8 pounds 6 ounces and was 21 inches long. Paternal grandparents are Thomas and Theresa Christen, of Waunakee, Wis. Maternal grandparents are Peter Tran, of Placentia, Calif., and Anne Nguyen, of Plano, Texas. Paternal great-grandparents are Dorothy Christen, of Monticello, Wis., Lucy Barman, of Waunakee, Wis. and Alfred Barman of...
Two Encampment High School seniors received four-year college scholarships from the Daniels Scholarship program, which awards students for their character, leadership and commitment to giving back to the community. Out of around 2,500 applicants, Matt Jarrett and Brett Miller, both of whom will attend the University of Wyoming this fall, earned a place in the Daniels Scholarship Program for their exceptional traits. The two students interviewed for the position with business leaders in Laramie,...
Encampment K-12 School English teacher Leslie McLinskey made the top three for Wyoming Teacher of the Year award. McLinskey was named Carbon County School District No. 2 Teacher of the Year last year, after being nominated by Pam Kraft, former art teacher at Encampment K-12 School. McLinskey began teaching at Encampment K-12 School in 2002, and attended Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa, where she received degrees in English and education. After receiving District Teacher of the Year,...
Last weekend’s Wyoming State Art Symposium was quite eventful for Saratoga High School’s Nouveau Art Club, which earned two blue ribbons and a University of Wyoming art scholarship. Winning out of more than 4,000 submitted art pieces, the club’s blue-ribbon earners were Kaleah McClain, for her piece titled “Tribal Gathering”, and Ben Falk, for “Hummingbird Haven”. Club president Aubree Neville connected with the University of Wyoming’s art professors at the event, and applied for and won a scholarship for studies in the art department next...
Each student at Medicine Bow Elementary was given bright teal shirts with the words "Earth Day" written across the front. They wore those shirts while they spent the day cleaning up their town. To the student's dismay, they couldn't keep the shirts just yet. So they handed their shirts to teachers Shelley Cooper and Heather Booth, who gave it to the secretary Courtney Priest. "If we let the kids keep them, we might not get them back," Priest said jokingly. "They will wear these shirts to school...
At Deseret Health and Rehab, residents enjoyed many activities throughout the week. The Activity Department offers a wide variety of activities each week to meet the residents’ interests, as well as the physical, mental and psychological well-being of each resident. With spring nearly here, we are going to get the facility’s garden going again. If anyone from the community is interesting in assisting in this project to prepare the ground and then plant seeds, please call Brenda Eaton, our Director of Nursing. Games throughout the week pro...
Your four-legged friend has always been loyal to you. But this summer, they may need your help. According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), an outbreak of the deadly Rabies virus is starting to spread in Goshen and Laramie county. As of April 8, 34 animals have tested positive for rabies in Wyoming and 17 dogs have been quarantined or euthanized. The virus could make its way to Carbon County But chances are, the Rabies virus is already here. “It’s always present at some low...
Quade Palm, of Medicine Bow, is the recipient of the $1,000 AGCO Dealer/Massey Ferguson scholarship funded by Shively Hardware. The scholarship, 2013-2014 National FFA Collegiate Scholarship, is awarded to a Carbon County School District No. 2 senior. Palm is a senior at Hanna-Elk Mountain-Medicine Bow Jr./Sr. High School and a member of the Bow River FFA. He plans to major in Animal Science with a career in ranching. This year, 126 sponsors have awarded 1,781 individual scholarships with over...
Community members learned more about online, dual and concurrent education options at the Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce-sponsored Leaders Luncheon, held April 11 at the Platte Valley Community Center. The luncheon was led by Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Stacy Crimmins. Nancy Johnson, Director of Distance Education for Western Wyoming Community College (WWCC), spoke about the benefits of taking online dual and concurrent educational courses, and the...
With the search for more CNAs (Certified Nursing Assistant) may still be a lingering problem, Jessica Sharp, a CNA at Deseret Health and Rehab, encourages people to go into the field. Sharp, who has lived in Saratoga since 2006, has worked as a CNA for nearly three years. She got into the profession when her children became older, and she began looking for a rewarding type of work. "I was a homemaker for a long time, but when the kids got old enough I decided to go back into the workforce,"...
