Serving the Platte Valley since 1888
Serving the Platte Valley since 1888
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Whether you like a fast boat or are an adrenaline junkie, make a stop Tuesday at the Saratoga Resort & Spa to see the fastest racing boat in the world. Dr. Mike Janssen, the owner of Saratoga Resort & Spa, owns the racing boat, which is the Snowy Range Brewery racing boat. "This is the first time the boat is going to be west of the Mississippi [River]," Janssen said in an interview. The racing boat has broken so many speed records that last year parity restrictions were set...
Rowdy Alameda was one of 64 spellers to compete in the State Bee on March 21 and one of 29 to pass the written test, which allowed him to compete in the oral competition in Rock Springs. JoJo Widi, of Cheyenne, went on to win the spelling bee. Rowdy made it through three rounds according to his mother, KayCee. Rowdy was the only Saratoga Elementary School student to participate in the spelling bee and the only fourth grade student to make it into the oral rounds at state. The Wyoming State Spelling Bee was sponsored by the...
At Deseret Health and Rehab, quality of life is an important concern. The facility’s Activity Program is based on residents interest and allows residents to achieve a greater level of self-esteem which enables them to perform their Activities of Daily Living at a higher level. Further, it provides residents with continuing contact with the community because of the many volunteers that assist residents as they enjoy activities at the facility. Games provide laughter and socialization during the week. On Sunday morning, residen...
Dominoes: Madeline and Bill Telfer, Betty Merrill, Phil Fleming, Laura Rettelle, Dick Blake, Bob and Lois Thompson, Jack Riddick, Sheila and Joe Remick Coffee Drinkers: Laura Rettelle, Karen Dibbern, Patty Herring, Connie Beckham, Dodey Brown, Arliegh Simmons, Ellie Behrnman, Linda York and Mary Priquet, Bridge Game: Kay Fleming, Linda Hammer, Sheila Johnson and Rosemary Craighead Quilters: Nancy Lynch, Lila Walbye, Kay Fleming, Sandy Miller, Jo Roberson, Phyllis Smith and Betty Merrill News for the Month: Happy Spring...
1 years ago: April 8, 1915 Why is a liar. This paper last week took exception to a county paper trying to take credit for condemning excessive expenditures by the County Commissioners of this county on roads and bridges. What we had reference to in particular, was the expenditure from 1908 to 1912, and which matter this paper called attention to, and for which we were abused by the Rawlins Journal, and one or two others. Now comes poor old “bad stomach Bill” of the Journal, taking all the credit, for being the paper to who...
Preschool 1st- Avery Rauterkus 2nd-Coy Munroe 3rd- Cameron Osborn Kindergarten & 1st 1st- Madison Widdison 2nd-Mason Wilkes 3rd-Cassidy Herring 2nd & 3rd Grade 1st- Jeannine Lamoureux 2nd-Logan Robinson 3rd-Logan Robinson 4th & 5th Grade 1st-Kate Jacobsen 2nd-Anna Jacobsen 3rd-Payton Munroe 6th Grade 1st- Mattison Wagy (2yr old) 2nd- Kaitlyn Hazer 3rd-Molly Jacobsen...
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...
There were seven here to play bingo on Tuesday. Two-dollar winners were Carl Kerbs, Nadene Kerbs. Carl Kerbs and Kathy Hennek shared a $2 round. Berneil McCord won a $3 round. Kathy Hennek won the $5 blackout round. There were five here for Bridge Monday. First place went to Barb Wise. Second place went to Gertrude Herold. It has been a rough week on the seniors. We have several in the hospital. First Dick Wiant went in and had his gallbladder removed. He has been there for a week and he should moved over to the nursing home...
"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... Full story
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...
