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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 C...
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 p...
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 w...
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...
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 A...
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 thes...
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 thr...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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 Saratoga Senior Center celebrated National Volunteer Week last week. The Saratoga Senior has awesome volunteers and the center would be not be what it is today without them, said Sue Howe, site manager of the Saratoga Senior Center. Volunteers are Bob and Grace Johnston, Winnie Allen, Frances Kirby, Donna Norden, Leo Yocum and Ed and Paul Howe. In the last 21 years that Sue Howe has been with the Senior Center, no one has turned her down when she has asked the to...
Nine Platte Valley youth were recognized by the Wyoming Congressional delegation for earning bronze, silver and gold Congressional Awards. Sen. Mike Enzi, Congresswoman Cynthia Lummis, Auditor Cindy Cloud, Treasurer Mark Gordon, and State Superintendent Cindy Hill presented the medals for initiative, service and achievement at a statewide ceremony held in Laramie. Guy Erickson, of Encampment, earned a gold medal and served the community by providing food for families in need...
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 Charlotte Gibbons winning. On Tuesday morning, four residents played Yahtzee with Charlotte Gibbons winning. On Wednesday afternoon, 12 residents played B...
There were seven here to play bingo Tuesday. Two-dollar winners were Grace Johnston, Berneil McCord, Merle Starr, and Sue Howe. Gloria Rakness and Berneil McCord shared a $2 round. Grace Johnston won a $3 round. Merle Starr won the $3 blackout round. There were four here for Bridge Monday. First place went to Bob Johnson. Second place went to Mary Sjoden. I did get in the property tax relief forms this week. You have until June 2 to fill them out and get them sent in. If you did not receive your form in the mail, please come...
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...
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 alw...
Joey Lee and Amber Wells, of Laramie, announce the arrival of their son, Silas Lee Wells, born March 19, 2014. Silas was born in Laramie and weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces and was 20 and one half inches long. Maternal grandparents are Cheryl Taylor and the late James Taylor, of Gillette. Paternal grandparents are Roy T. and Donna Wells, of Encampment. Silas joins his sisters Chole, 8, and Claire, 4 in Laramie....