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Serving the Platte Valley since 1888
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Until the age of 5, Dani Riker was under the impression that everyone could hear out of only one ear. Riker, a University of Wyoming graduate student in speech pathology (SP), says she would tell her mom that the left side of her headphones did not work, to which her mom would confusedly reply, "Yeah, they work fine." Lindsey, Riker's older sister of four years, informed her parents, Jack and Debbie Riker, that her sister could not hear out of one ear. They had not yet...
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 had our annual resident Christmas party on Thursday. Twenty-six family members and visitors attended. The Dietary Department put on a sumptuous spread. Everyone enjoyed the ham, roast beef, twice baked potatoes, the salads, and the desserts. The Dietary D...
There were four people here for Bridge on Monday. High winner was Gertrude Herold. Jane took some people out on the bus to see the Christmas lights last Friday. She had 10 people. We want to thank The Rawlins National Bank for donating the popcorn for their trip. They always have a great time and a lot of fun looking at lights and visiting. We had a pretty good turnout for our birthday/anniversary dinner. Those having birthdays this month are Bill Ward, Frances Kirby, Betty Vyvey, Vernon Wagner, Marie Huntley, Judy Hodges,...
Churches in the Valley are celebrating Christmas with traditional Christmas Eve services, Christmas morning services and special Sunday services in the upcoming week. Friday, Dec. 20 7 p.m. Abundant Life Church Christmas Services, 211 N. First St., Saratoga Sunday, Dec. 22 10 a.m. Ride on Faith Ministries, Christmas Services. 2693, Hwy 130 (7 miles south of Saratoga) 10 a.m. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Christmas Services. 9th & Hugus, Saratoga 6 p.m....
There were four people here to play Bingo this week. Two-dollar winners were Berneil McCord and Grace Johnston. Sue Howe and Grace Johnston shared a $2 round, as did Grace Johnston and Berneil McCord. Grace Johnston won the $2 blackout round. There were five people here for Bridge on Monday. High winner was Bob Johnson. We will be serving breakfast on from 8 to 10 a.m. Dec. 24 and then be closed for lunch. Please be sure to let us know if you will need a meal for Dec. 25, as we will be closed so our staff can spend Christmas...
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. A resident, who has been with us since April 1 of this year, will be leaving shortly to go back to her home in Medicine Bow. Pat Sims has lived there for 38 years with her husband, Robert. She says that she has received excellent care and has been treated f...
As part of our Thanksgiving project, the club collected canned goods and food items for the Platte Valley Food Pantry. Members have been preparing for Christmas, and buying Christmas gifts for all the residents at Deseret Health Care and Rehab. We will be gift wrapping Dec. 17 along with a carry-in dinner. The nursing home will give our gifts at their party, Dec. 19. The chairpersons for the project are Barbara Youngberg and Valerie Mason. The Kiwanis Club is also buying gifts for a family from the Giving Tree, chairperson...
Friday is the deadline to deliver gifts to Town & Country Realty for the Valley Service Organization’s 2013 Giving Tree. “We are still accepting family gifts like movies and board games,” Town & Country’s Administrative Assistant Mary Martin said. All of the tags have been spoken for which were on the tree. The gifts should be delivered unwrapped, said Carol Sherrod, with the VSO. Distribution of the gifts will take place from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Dec. 19 at The HUB (Big Brothers/Big Sisters) in downtown Saratoga. VSO members...
Another local Christmas-based Giving Tree has recently been created, but this time with the goal to help needy homeless animals in Carbon County. Platte Valley Ranch Supply in Saratoga set up its first annual "Pets in Need Giving Tree", meant to benefit temporarily homeless animals living at Caring, Learning, Connecting Rescue and Rehabilitation (CLCRR) in Rawlins, or the Rawlins Rochelle Animal Shelter. The tree, set up inside Platte Valley Ranch Supply, includes paper...
There were six people at the Saratoga Senior Center to play Bingo this week. Two-dollar winners were Berneil McCord, Winnie Allen, Madaline Forbes, and Pat Faust. Sue Howe won the $3 blackout round. There were four people here for Bridge on Monday. The high winner was Joni Johnson. We want to send our sincere sympathy to the family of James Roberts. Jim passed away last week. He will be missed by all of us who knew him. He was always entertaining when he was here at our center. We have sincerely missed the four or five...
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 resident interests, and meet the physical, mental and psychological well-being of each resident. Games throughout the week provided fun and laughter. On Sunday afternoon, four residents played Dominoes and Dora Martin won. On Monday afternoon, four residents played Crazy Eights with Dora Martin. On Wednesday afternoon, nine residents played Bingo, and on Friday a...
There were six people here to play Bingo this week. Two-dollar winners were Berneil McCord, Winnie Allen, Merle Starr, and Sue Howe. Pat Faust won the $3 blackout round. There were six people here for Bridge on Monday. High winner was Gertrude Herold. It was a very short week last week because of Thanksgiving and we were closed. If you did not go and listen to Sam Platts and the Kootenai Three you really missed a great performance. It has been said it takes a village to raise a child. Well, we should all be very proud of how...
Daniel and Amanda Batteiger are pleased to announce the birth of their second son, William Felix Batteiger, born November 8, 2013, in Colorado Springs, Colo. He weighed 7 pounds 12 ounces and was 20.5 inches long. Maternal grandparents are Jim Johnson and the late Roxana Johnson, of Encampment. Paternal grandparents are Mark and Candy Batteiger, of Dalhart, Texas. Paternal great-grandmothers are Carol Schaffner of Dalhart, Texas and Nora Batteiger of Fairmont, W....
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. On Thanksgiving Day, residents enjoyed a variety of things. In the morning, residents watched the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on television. For lunch, residents had roast turkey, dressing, yams, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, dinner roll, and pum...
There were six people here to play Bingo this week. Two-dollar winners were Berneil McCord, Grace Johnston, Pat Faust, Lila Worden, Madaline Forbes, and Sue Howe. Grace Johnston and Pat Faust shared a $2 round. Grace Johnston won the $4 blackout round. There were three full tables for Bridge on Monday. High winner was Teense Willford and Lori Walck. Second high went to Mary Alice Sjoden and Sheila Johnson. We will be closed for two days at Thanksgiving and we want to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving. See everyone...
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 morning, four residents chose to play Uno with Frank Jereb winning. On Sunday afternoon, four residents played Dominoes with Frank Jereb winning. On Wednesday afternoon, nine residents played Bingo, a...
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. On Monday afternoon, 13 residents attended a Veterans Day party honoring the veterans at the facility. Mayor John Zeiger did the presentation. Several of the female residents attending were wives of veterans. The veterans were Rick Ackerman, Bill Bartlett, Charlie...
We had five people play bingo this week. Two-dollar winners were Berneil McCord, Winnie Allen, and Sue Howe. Berneil and Madaline Forbes shared a $2 round. Sue Howe and Winnie Allen shared the $4 blackout round. We had five people play Bridge on Monday. High winner was Sheila Johnson. Second high went to Gertrude Herold. We had our birthday/ Thanksgiving dinner on Friday. We did not have as big a crowd as we had hoped for. But we did have a great group of people here. Those having birthdays this month are Ralph Harper, Gloria...
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, three residents played Dominoes with Charlotte Gibbons winning. On Monday afternoon, five residents played Crazy Eights with Dora Martin winning. On Wednesday afternoon, nine residents p...
There were not enough people to play Bingo this week. There were three tables for Duplicate Bridge on Monday. High winners were Barb Wise and Gertrude Herold. It is nice to have Jane back with us. However, it has been fun to have Ed and Sandy here to help us. Leo Yocum was here to drive the bus one day and June went with him to run the meals in. So we did just fine after all. Dick Ament and Willis Greenwood were here on Friday with poppies for Veterans Day. It is always nice to have them here. Dick had been under the...
Reprint of this story from the November 13, 1903 issue of The Grand Encampment Herald brought to you courtesy of Grandma’s Cabin, Encampment, Wyoming. Preserving History - Serving the Community. BUFFALO BILL IN CAMP “How can I drive tunnels at Grand Encampment and build canals at Cody, if I do not keep the old show going?” said the world renowned Buffalo Bill to the Herald Monday at the Wyoming House in Grand Encampment. “It takes capital to build up Wyoming, and we have to keep the ball rolling.” “I have been just two we...
Hi, everybody! Well it appears winter is here and so is the awful time change. I hope I’m not the only one who has trouble adjusting to it. We had a great birthday and anniversary dinner Oct. 18, and would like to thank Debbie Easterling, Janet Zahn, and JR Hensley for the great entertainment. Our flea market and chili and pie lunch was well attended since we had such cooperative weather. Sue Holle of Lincoln, Neb., was the winner of our Sunflowers quilt. She and some friends were visiting the friends’ relatives in the are...
There were not enough people to play Bingo this week. There were three tables for Duplicate Bridge on Monday. High winners were Glee Johnson and Sheila Johnson. There was a tie for second high between Bob Johnson and Vivien Campbell, and Mary Sjoden and Barb Wise. We want to wish Jane Fluty a speedy recovery. She had some surgery but is recovering at home, so Ed and Sandy are taking turns driving the bus. Thanks to both of you. Also, Grace Johnston has been back in the hospital but is home now recovering. We miss them as...
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 and Monday afternoons, four residents played Dominoes with Frank Jereb and Dora Martin winning. On Wednesday afternoon, nine residents played Bingo, and on Friday afternoon, eight residents played Bing...
Shelly Wray Larson was born of Trevor and Hillary Larson Sept. 22, 2013 at Riverton Memorial Hospital in Riverton, WY. Shelly weighed six pounds, 12 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long. Maternal grandparents are Wynn and Barbara Condict, of Saratoga. Paternal grandparents are Gary and Karol Larson, of Grover, Wyo. Shelly is the first child for the Larsons....