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In the summer of 2022, everything seemed to be going well for Lisa (Harper) Montez. Along with starting a family, she had a career in technology, was healthy and active and living in the state of Washington. After returning home from visiting family in Wyoming and Colorado, her health began to decline. With a month, she she knew she had to look for help. After several visits to urgent care with no progress, Montez turned to her primary care doctor. Following a broad scope of laboratory work,...
"I always made a promise to myself that if I was ever to use heroin again, I would make sure it killed me because I didn't want to live that lifestyle." Michelle Ellis was 13 years old when she first experimented with alcohol and marijuana. That eventually led her to prescription pain medications then to heroin and to methamphetamine. Ellis just recently celebrated three years of sobriety from methamphetamine and six years from heroin. Just like her road into addiction wasn't easy, neither was...
For six months, the Hanna Basin Museum operated without a director while the board waited for the right candidate. They finally found one with Geraldine Hutchins, who moved to Wyoming in 2011 and moved to Carbon County a year ago. Originally from Boston, Massachusetts, Hutchins moved to Wyoming-and later Carbon County-to work as an Alzheimer and dementia care nurse. She currently works at the Saratoga Care Center and, while she works in Saratoga, she lives in Hanna. "I found this house with an...
After snowmobiles were done flinging snow at the 6th Street Sprint and kids were done sledding, the evening warmed up as chips flew to end the 36th Annual Sierra Madre Winter Carnival on January 28. Casino Night, which caps the annual event, transformed Encampment Opera House into a house of luck and skill. Blackjack tables, a roulette wheel, a craps table, traditional bingo and chicken poop bingo were all offered to attendees of the fundraising event. Organized by Gayle Wessel, the majority of...
When Nick Haderlie came to the Valley with his family five years ago, he began looking for judo or jiu-jitsu classes but was unable to find anything local. His solution was to start his own martial arts group and begin training at the Saratoga Recreation Center. Platte Valley Martial Arts was born April 2018. Along with wanting to remain active, another major motivation for Haderlie in starting the program a lack of activities for younger children. He began the program with a focus on...
Love at first sight may often be thought to be a cliche reserved for romance novels and movies, but it was reality for one couple now celebrating 70 years together. "It was love at first sight," said Wally Rail every time he tells the story about the night he met Jean Krouse at the Lima YMCA in January 1952. A little over year later, the two were married on February 7, 1953. Jean grew up in Lima, Ohio and Wally was raised on a farm in nearby Ada, Ohio. Two months after they were wed, Wally was...
The University of Wyoming Extension and Central Wyoming College will host the state’s first Harvest Wyoming small farm symposium in Riverton March 10-11. Farmers and ag professionals from across the state will lead workshops on topics including small livestock, mushrooms, cut flowers, insect management, marketing and finances. On Friday afternoon, two local producers will offer farm tours. All are welcome, but the event is designed for folks who want to run profitable agricultural enterprises on small acreages, says UW Extension educator C...
Candy Moulton was recently given the True Westerner of the Year Award by True West magazine. She has written for True West for many years, sharing her own special insight into what it means to be a Westerner. Moulton said she feels honored and was very surprised to receive this kind of recognition. The author has received many awards throughout her career as both writer and film producer, but this one is kind of special, because it takes her back to her roots. Back to the beginning Moulton grew...
1 years ago Phillips Pool Hall Burglarized again February 22, 1923 Small sum of money, several revolvers, a watch and other article taken by night prowlers. Prying the latch from the rear door of the Phillips Pool Hall with a screwdriver of similar instrument, some person or persons unknown last Monday night gained entrance to that establishment and made away with all valuables that could be found, including a watch of small value, two Colts revolvers and two automatics, and about $2 in nickels and dimes. The robbers also made away with a...
by Tom Mansfied, Activity Volunteer The Activity Director and her assistants offered another week of activities both morning and afternoon. Residents of the Saratoga Care Center worked out to Sittercise Monday morning and listened to Wyoming Trivia in the afternoon. Tuesday morning found residents playing Hangman. In the afternoon they participated in Arts and Craft making paper valentines. On Wednesday, residents came out to the dining room for hair and nail care in the always popular Beauty Shop. In afternoon, the residents enjoyed Bingo...
Come, eat, visit, and enjoy a complimentary meal and fellowship as everyone is invited to “Gather at the Table” Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Saratoga Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall on the corner of 3rd and Bridge Streets. The sponsoring committee urges everyone—especially the hungry, lonely, depressed and tired of winter—to just show up with friends and family as there is no charge, no reservations, no preaching and no restrictions, Just food, fun and fellowship. Featured will be a menu of meat and vegetable kabobs,...
by Tom Mansfied, Activity Volunteer The Activity Director and her assistants offered another week of activities both morning and afternoon. On Monday, residents worked out to Sittercise in the morning and listened to Valentine Trivia in the afternoon. On Tuesday, the morning found residents playing Mexican Train Dominoes. In the afternoon, residents participated in Arts and Craft painting wooden valentines. On Wednesday, residents came out to the dining room for hair and nail care in the always popular Beauty Shop. The afternoon found...
1 years ago today January 25, 1923 Strong wind blows Utah Into Wyoming When terrific windstorm swept the Rocky Mountain region recently, according to Professor Samuel H. Knight of the University of Wyoming. Knight examined minutely the particles of dust found in the vicinity of Laramie after the storm had subsided. He announced that the investigation disclosed that the dust is composed for the most part of minute grains of quartz and covered with a thin coat of iron oxide. No dust of a similar...
by Tom Mansfied, Activity Volunteer The Activity Director and her assistants offered another week of activities both morning and afternoon. On Monday, residents worked out to Sittercise in the morning and listened to Martin Luther King Trivia in the afternoon. On Tuesday, the morning found residents choosing wooden objects for the afternoon. In the afternoon, residents participated in Arts and Craft painting wooden objects. On Wednesday, residents came out to the dining room for the always popular Hair and Nail Care. The afternoon found...
Blood donors are needed for the blood drive sponsored annually by the Valley Service Organization (VSO). The drive will be held on January 18, 2023 at the Platte Valley Community Center from noon to 5:30. The event chair, Roxie Baldwin, said she only has 14 donors signed up so far. To make an appointment, call Roxie at 307-329-6332....
There was no shortage of snow as Rawlins entered the New Year, receiving a total of two feet between the night of January 1 and the morning of January 4. Fortunately, there was no shortage when it came to acts of kindness as well. From pulling vehicles out of drifts to shoveling driveways to clearing sections of the city, the immense snowfall brought out a sense of community. “My amazing neighbors helped me dig out my driveway,” said Megan McComas. “I had giant drifts of snow almost four feet deep and they helped me by bringing over their...
7 years ago January 14, 1998 The Encampment man was an experienced snowmachiner. Staff Report Sunday was a sad day in thePlatte Valley. An Encampment man was killed that afternoon in an avalanche while snowmobiling. Benjamin F. Romios, 21 was caught in an avalanche at about 2:15 p.m. While snowmobiling with four other individuals in the Battle lake area, according to the Carbon County Sheriff’s Office. Romios’ snowmachine was stuck on a hillside near Battle Lake when an avalanche, about150-yards wide by one-half miles long, engulfed him and...
It seems like every time the phone rings, it is another person telling you that your car insurance expired or one of your loved ones is in peril and needs money sent, no questions asked. Scam artists are getting more creative by the minute. Here are a few scams that are going around Wyoming and the rest of the country to look out for. Text with Voice Attachment Alert: If you receive a text with a pig and smiley face with sunglasses emojis as well as a voice recording attachment, a Laramie citizen wants you to know not to click on or download...
1 years ago January 4, 1923 Fatal Accident occurs at Grenville A. W. Ferris, Prominent Resident of Rawlins, Killed in Collapse of Wall at Refinery. Caught under debris from a collapsed brick wall at the new Refinery of the Producers & Refiners Corporation, recently under construction at Grenville, A. W. Ferris of Rawlins received injuries at about 11 o'clock last Saturday forenoon which resulted in his death about 12 hours later in the Rawlins hospital. It has been since reported that another employee of the company who was injured at the...
Come, eat, visit, and enjoy a complimentary meal and fellowship as everyone is invited to “Gather at the Table” Monday, Jan. 2, 2023, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Saratoga Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall on the corner of 3rd & Bridge Streets. The sponsoring committee urges everyone—especially the hungry, lonely, depressed and tired of winter—to just show up with friends and family as there is no charge, no reservations, no preaching and no restrictions, Just food, fun and fellowship. Featured will be a menu of meat and vegetable kabobs,...
There is another Wyoming chapter coming for the Boys and Girls Club (BGC) and it is happening in the northern Carbon County town of Hanna. It will be the 9th in the state. Most are in larger communities, but Theresa Pacheco, director of the Carbon County branch in Rawlins, sees the town of Hanna as a good place for the organization. The BGC will be located in the Hanna Miner Memorial Recreation Center. Pacheco said the actual idea to have a girls and boys club in northern Carbon County came...
by Tom Mansfied, Activity Volunteer The Activity Director and her assistants offered a week of activities mornings and afternoons. Residents exercised to Sittercise Monday morning. In the afternoon, residents listened to Christmas Trivia. On Tuesday morning, Mexican Dominoes brought residents our, and in the afternoon residents made Christmas cards in Arts and Crafts. The always popular Hair and Nail Care brought residents out to the dining room on Wednesday morning. In the afternoon, residents played Bingo for a chance to win quarters and...