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There were just four for bingo this week. Two-dollar winners were Madaline Forbes and Pat Faust. One-dollar winners were Berneil McCord and Winnie Allen. Pat won the four-dollar blackout round. There were two tables for duplicate bridge on Monday. High winners were Gertrude Herold, and Sheila Johnson. There was a tie for second high between Mary Alice Sjoden and Glee Johnson and Vivien Campbell and Sue Howe. We are always happy to deliver you a meal if you are under the weather or have just been in the hospital. Please give...
It is Monday and we had a little snow fall during the night. It is so pretty to see the fresh white stuff, especially when it covers all that dirty ice and slush. Did you make it over for the Winter Carnival? Well, I didn’t get in on any activities, but I did a drive by to check out the snow sculptures. That pig was a hoot! The activities last week were…active. There were five for bridge. But, the girls share very nicely and everyone had a turn to play. Evelyn, Sheila, Rosemary, Katy and Vivien played to see who would get...
Reprint of this story from the January 20, 1916 issue of the Encampment Record brought to you courtesy of Grandma’s Cabin, Encampment, Wyoming. Preserving History - Serving the Community. OIL INDICATIONS IN ENCAMPMENT VALLEY Several Wells In This Vicinity Show Oil on Surface of Water - To Drill Near Saratoga It has been conceded for some years by parties who claim to know that the Encampment valley will someday become a great oil field, but no development work has ever been undertaken here. The writer has lived in several o...
yed 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. Bingo draws more residents than the other games, and we play Bingo twice a week. We receive periodical donations of money and candy for Bingo. We also hand out various prizes. However, we are currently very low on prizes for Bingo. Donations of small pri...
There were just five for bingo this week. Two-dollar winners were Grace Johnston, Winnie Allen and Merle Starr. Winnie won the $4 blackout round. There were two tables for duplicate bridge on Monday. High winners were Glee Johnson and Lee Groshart. There was a tie for second high between Mary Alice Sjoden and Barb Wise and Gertrude Herold and Kristi Groshart. We are always happy to deliver you a meal if you are under the weather or have been in the hospital. Please give us a c...
Another week has gone and we are almost finished with the first month of the year. YIKES! Thankfully, we don’t get old as fast as the months go by, HA! The week was a good one with folks coming in for meals, chats, and activities as always. The quilt ladies are getting closer to finishing the top of the 2013 raffle quilt. I can’t wait to see it finished! But, as we wait we can see Lila’s quilt changing every week. There was a good group of ladies working on it last week. Nancy, Kay, Josie, Karen, Betty, Ella and Vonda were...
The Carbon County School District No. 2 Speech Team traveled to Cheyenne Jan. 18 and 19 for a speech competition hosted by Laramie County Community College and Cheyenne Central High School. Geoff Page and Colton Woolfolk earned a first place title with their humorous duet “Dueling Phobias”. Woolfolk also competed in the Improv category. A topic is drawn and the student has two minutes to prepare a speech. Colton drew one topic asking him to convince the principal bir...
Sophia Ashley Borg and Clarence Jason Crosby were united in marriage on Nov. 17, 2012, at Blackwater Plantation, Quitman, Ga. The Reverend Bernard Sonny Mason officiated. The bride is the daughter of Susannah Borg Booth, of Arlington, Tenn., and the late Stefan Borg, and the granddaughter of Nancy Schmoe and the late Charles Woodrow Schmoe, of Quitman, Ga., and Marianne Borg Hansen and the late Ambassador Richard Wagner Hansen, of Copenhagen, Denmark. The groom is the son of...
Ashley Dahlke of Saratoga, and Luis Lascano, of Rawlins, announce their engagement. They plan to marry on June 22, 2013. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Bill and Margaret Dahlke, of Saratoga. Ashley graduated from Saratoga High School in 2006 and attended Weber State University of Ogden, Utah. She later received her associates degree in Radiographic Imaging. She is now employed as the Area Scheduler for Wyoming for BP America. The prospective groom is the son of Luis...
There were just six for bingo this week. Two-dollar winners were Berneil McCord, and Ginny Riddick. There were two tables for duplicate bridge on Monday. High winners were Glee Johnson and Lee Groshart. Second high went to Mary Alice Sjoden and Gertrude Herold. We are always happy to deliver you a meal if you are under the weather or have just been in the hospital. Please give us a call at 326-5564 and we will do our best to help you out. If you are 60, or the spouse of someone 60, you are eligible to join us for lunch for...
Brrr, who forgot to turn up the heat? Thankfully, we are inside most of the day. But, don’t you feel for those cows in the meadow? Someone should build a fire for them to warm their roasts. We have had a good week getting to know Ronda. She has been working on learning folks’ names. It will all come and I won’t even be missed by the middle of February. That’s a good thing! Don’t forget the evening meal this week on Friday at 6 p.m. Call Thursday for reservations and we will enjoy seeing you then. Sorry, I can’t tell you what...
At Valley View, 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 the onset of colder weather and inevitability of getting colds or contracting the flu, it is important to take the simple precaution of hand washing to prevent getting and spreading germs. When visitors want to visit residents at Valley View, they should consider not coming, but calling instead if the cold or flu bug has h...
Compiled by Joe Elder 100 years ago Jan. 16, 1913 City Administration endorsed The W.C.T.U.(Women’s Christian Temperance Union) as a Society hereby indorse the action taken by certain members of the city council, in trying to better the moral condition of Saratoga – by prohibiting prize-fighting within the city limits. We hope the good work may continue, in the taking up of other affairs important to the welfare of any town – such as gambling, excessive drinking, permitting of young boys to frequent the saloons, etc. etc....
Lynn Holly Kendrick and Kyle Brandon Norman were married in an outdoor ceremony Sept. 30 at Monet’s Place in the Hudson Gardens of Littleton, Colo. Terry Ash officiated the double-ring ceremony. The bride was given in marriage by her family. She is the daughter of Stuart and Cathy Kendrick, of Albuquerque, N.M. The groom is the son of Dave and Marilyn Norman, formerly of Saratoga. His grandparents are Dave and Jane Norman, of Moorcroft, and Evelyn Martin, of Rock Springs. H...
We are back to a somewhat normal schedule after the holidays. Now you ask, what is normal? Well, you will have to come and see. The quilters were able to get Lila’s quilt in the frame and a good start on the stitches. I haven’t heard what it is called, but it’s a bunch of scraps and very colorful. It will be quilted with straight lines and that makes it nice, as well. Sandy, Betty, Karen, Jo, Kay and Charlotte joined Lila as they added stitches. They are still working on the blocks for the raffle quilt. I can’t wait to see wh...
It seems like we just can not get enough to play bingo right now and we did not have enough for bridge this week. Hopefully people will get home from vacation and being sick so we can start the games again. We are always happy to deliver a meal if you are under the weather or have just been in the hospital. Please give us a call at 326-5564. If you are 60, or the spouse of someone 60, you are eligible to join us for lunch for the low donation of just $3 per meal. We feel that is a great price for a meal this size. Give us a...
At Valley View, 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. Residents rang in the new year on both New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. On Monday before supper, residents enjoyed a happy half-hour to celebrate New Year’s Eve with Malibu Rum and pineapple juice, whiskey and coke, or a beer. On Tuesday morning, residents watched the Tou...
Reprint of this story from the December 27, 1902 issue of the Dillon Doublejack brought to you courtesy of Grandma’s Cabin, Encampment, Wyoming. Preserving History - Serving the Community. DILLON DEMANDS DUTIFUL DEVOTION. This is a mining town nearest the only coal banks known in the Sierra Madre mountains, and a good wagon road connects them directly with this place, thus insuring the cheapest fuel in the district. This is a mining town with the best fire and brick clay, and the best lime and building stone, as far as known,...
Saratoga High School freshman Sierra Schutte is following in her brother’s footsteps by being accepted into Wyoming’s All-State Choir. Sierra said she loves to sing and last year she took a music class, but she also practice’s a lot at home. She is enrolled in choir at Saratoga High School this year. “Singing is one of my passions,” Schutte said. Her brother, Ryan Schutte, was accepted into all-state choir all four years of his high school career, and Sierra hopes to follow...
Reprint of this story from the December 29, 1899 issue of the Grand Encampment Herald brought to you courtesy of Grandma’s Cabin, Encampment, Wyoming. Preserving History - Serving the Community. NEW YEARS DINNER Miss Mary Bohn, the genial and affable proprietress of the Bohn Hotel will give a grand New Years dinner on New Year’s Day, the menu of which will be found below. The wide popularity of this lady as a hostess was evidenced by the numerous presents bestowed her on Christmas by her many guests. Her excellent man...
On Tuesdays and Thursdays shoppers at Valley Foods will get to see, taste, smell and buy meals cooked by Chef Eugene Api. Shoppers at the store in the morning will smell the aroma of food as Api prepares his featured meal of the day. On Friday, that meal was chili served over jasmine rice, with steamed vegetables on the side. On display next to his finished product are recipes created by Api using ingredients that can be found in the store. Cooking fascinated Api when he was...
6 is here and changes are in the air. Lila has resigned from writing this article. Thank you for all the good years, Lila. So, you will have to deal with me for a few weeks. Then I will be signing off and we will see who takes over from there. Maybe, I can encourage Rhonda to step in. Our count was down for the week. But, there were family members visiting and folks gone for the holidays, trusting all picks back up about now. I am leaving the Senior Services the end of January. Rhonda Krouch has been chosen to take on the...
At Valley View, 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. The residents and staff of Valley View want to wish the people of the Valley a safe and Happy New Year. We hope that the world will be at peace during 2013. We want to thank all the volunteers and organizations that have helped brighten the lives of our residents during 2...
1 years ago January 2, 1918 Boxing Contest The boxing contest pulled off here last night was a good clean 10 round go. The contest was between Jess Boche, of Lander, and Young Martin, of Encampment, with H.L. Groninger as referee. The contest was fast in the beginning and closing rounds and was well worth the price of admission. Referee Groninger decided it a draw and it met with satisfaction to the crowd. A preliminary 3 round go was put on by Joe Harden and Kid Curtis and...
Here’s trusting your Christmas was merry and your plans for the New Year are happy! We have had a great week around here. The coffee gals have been able to make the coffee disappear pretty steady. Arleigh, Laura, Connie, Patty, LeDawn, Jo and Ellie had a visitor. Dani Herring was here to visit over the holiday. Dominos are the life-line for some of the folks around here. Madeline, Bill, Bob, Betty, Lois, Jack J., Dick, Kay, Jack R., Ginny, Phil and Dodey kept the tiles moving last week. Madeline, Bob, Ginny and Dodey s...