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Just as 2021 came to a close, the town of Medicine Bow received news their Public Works Director, Charlie George was retiring after 16 years of service with the town. It was the first time a town employee had actually retired. Prior years had workers leave on their own and at request of the town. He will be missed. "Charlie has been great to work with," Mayor Sharon Biamon said. "He really cared about the town and the people that lived here. He set a bar that will be tough to...
On January 31, Merle (Ward) Starr will celebrate her 90th birthday. Though she may not have the deep roots other families in the Valley claim, Merle has been a lifelong Saratoga resident having been born in the Valley in 1932. She also has the privilege to see the 3rd and 4th generation of her family live and thrive in Saratoga. Merle's father, Fred Ward, Sr., was born in Addison, Michigan in 1892 and was one of 10 children. At the age of 8, Fred's mother passed and the childr...
Carbon County is blessed with seven museums. They range in size and what they offer to the public. All of them share the goal of archiving and saving the culture of the area around them for future generations. Being a director of a museum is not an easy job. There is a lot of responsibility in receiving, cataloging and displaying items when they come in. It takes a special person to be a director and recently the Saratoga Museum had to go on a hunt to find one. It took a...
Class, integrity and character. These are words not often found in this day and age when describing individuals, but there is a man known by just about anyone who has met him to have these attributes. His name is Dario Soto, but to most-friend, student, player, parent or colleague-he is known respectfully as Mr. Soto. After coaching basketball for nearly 60 years, Mr. Soto finished his coaching career on January 11 at Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School on the...
The town of Encampment will be hosting the 35th Annual Sierra Madre Winter Carnival (ASMWC). Save the date January 28 and 29 for family winter fun. With Multiple events, races and three different cook-offs there is sure to be something for everyone. Starting the event filled weekend with a pancake breakfast held by the local VFW, and the food doesn't stop there. There are three cook-off competitions to enter with multiple categories in each. Starting with the Chili cook-off...
by Mike Armstrong “My kids love it,” Hanna Marshal Ted Kranenbery Jr said. “It is pretty neat to see the places that they can go in Hanna.” Kranenberg popped out his phone and pulled up the game and showed that the Hanna Recreation Center was place his kids needed to go find a Pokemon that was valuable. There were several other street corners and a few places of business highlighted with a Pokemon Stop. Pokemon Go is a 2016 augmented reality (AR) mobile game developed and pub...
Staff Report Saratoga Elementary School (SES) kicked off their 2nd Annual Health Moves Minds initiative on February 1 with the goal of raising money for a local charity. Last year, SES began working with the National Health and Physical Education Society to bring Health Moves Minds to the school with the initiative fulfilling a main component of the health curriculum by focusing on social emotional learning, or SEL. In addition to resources offered by the Health Moves Minds initiative, a fundraising component allows students...
For more than five years, Jacob Mickelsen led the Carbon County Library System as director. He starts the New Year with a new position, departing his home state of Wyoming for Loveland, Colorado. The position Mickelsen has accepted in Loveland is Division Manager for Operations and Customer Service at Loveland Public Library. Along with being the "front face" of the Loveland Public Library, he will also oversee the building itself as part of his new responsibilities. "I'd...
Lindsey West may be the newest face leading the Carbon County Treasurer's Office, but she isn't new to county government. West was appointed to the position of Carbon County Treasurer by the Board of Carbon County Commissioners (BOCCC) on December 7, filling a vacancy left by the retirement of Pattie Bentsen. One of three candidates selected by the Carbon County Democratic Party Central Committee on December 4, West brings a variety of experience to her new position. The...
As people prepare for each New Year, a seemingly common resolution is to go to the gym more often. The Saratoga Recreation Department is looking to make that resolution just a little bit easier by holding an open house on January 7. Entering her fourth month as the new recreation director, Sarah Laughlin is hoping to get more Valley residents involved in the Saratoga Recreation Department. According to Laughlin, one of the purposes of the open house is to show people what...
The recent cold weather has brought some fun with it as well, as the Kiwanis Ice Rink has officially opened for the season. The Platte Valley Kiwanis announced the opening for the ice rink in a press release on December 31, 2021. For the last few months, those passing by Khe Sahn West Park in Saratoga, next to Lollypop’s, have likely wondered when the rink would be filled with water and ready to go. According to the press release from the Platte Valley Kiwanis, the Saratoga Volunteer Fire Department filled the rink with w...
Lenny Powell, the owner of Skinny's Beer Garden in Hanna, has been pouring drinks for customers for 30 years. Then Covid-19 came on the horizon and like many bars in Wyoming, he had to close. "All of a sudden I had all this time on my hands and I wanted to have some sort of purpose," Powell said. "So he decided to start working with wood." Powell said he started looking at YouTube programs on woodworking and started to try his hand at making furniture. He had plenty of wood...
Platte Valley Martial Arts and operator Nick Haderlie held an open house Wednesday, December 8, on the possibility of an aquatics center in Saratoga. Many in attendance seemed in agreement the current pool is in need of repair and doesn't fit the current needs of the community. Stated in the open floor meeting, it's been observed by many the median age of the town of Saratoga and surrounding areas is going down. Younger people and families are moving to the area and change is...
Several kids from the north of Carbon County got a treat from law enforcement agencies based in Wyoming, Carbon County and municipalities. Local children participated in the Shop-with-a-Cop annual program carried out by the Wyoming Highway Patrol Association which sends out funds to all of the Wyoming Highway Patrol Divisions to assist with this event. Shop-with-a-Cop is a national program that can found in throughout the United States. This event started in 1989 when a small...
The Hanna Recreation Center was the site of a Sip and Paint party which, had over a dozen participants, on December 18. According to Director Vivian Gonzales, the Town of Hanna had some office workers who asked if a Sip and Paint party could be held at the recreation center. Gonzales thought it would be great to try. It had originally been scheduled for December 10, but weather delayed the get together. A permit for the event was approved the Hanna Town Council on December...
The South Central Wyoming Emergency Medical Services (SCWEMS) organization has a new face. Stayton Mosby hails from Colorado and took the position of director this past week. Mosby finds Carbon County very similar to where he recently left, Craig, Colorado. "I was born and raised in Craig, Colorado and then I moved to Denver for five years for college and lived in the metro area," Mosby said. "Then I moved back to Craig to get closer to family and also be near those things I l...
The Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund board recently awarded $277,082.25 to 15 grant projects around the state at their recent grant review meeting. Awards were given to a wide variety of projects, including historic preservation, theatre and music programming, theater equipment, public art, museum exhibits and curation, music and literary educational programming. Below is a complete listing of award by county. Carbon County Platte Valley Arts Council, Inc., Platte Valley Public Arts Project, $50,000 Crook County Hulett Museum and...
"I was born and raised in West Virginia," Ted Kranenberg Jr., the new Hanna Marshal said. "After high school, I joined the military." From the military, Kranenberg found himself in demand as a location scout for events like Lollapalooza. "They didn't want the traditional venues, so that is what I did for them for about two and half years," Kranenberg said. "It was a blast and I got to meet so many musicians. Its funny, when people look at me and learn of what I did, they ask...
The 2021 Giving Tree will be up at Town and Country Realty in Saratoga Monday, November 22. The Giving Tree project, organized every year by the Valley Service Organization (VSO) is designed to ensure all valley Saratoga and Encampment children have a chance to enjoy a Merry Christmas regardless of economic circumstances, according to Project Chairman Kassey Westring. Parents who wish their children included in the project this year are urged to complete and return the forms by this Thursday (November 18). The forms detail...
The 2nd Annual Urban Agriculture Workshop put on by the Medicine Bow Conservation District (MBCD) was held at the Medicine Bow Community Hall on October 16. It attracted a good crowd, with participants coming from as far away as North Carolina. The event was organized by Anelyse Perue of the MBCD. Malea Heward, a local Carbon County rancher, started the workshop by going over the self-sustainability practices in Wyoming ranching communities. She lives out at Shirley Basin....
The annual Lighted Christmas Parade will be held at 5:00 pm on Saturday, December 11. 2021 theme is a Red, White and Blue Christmas! The parade begins at Constitution Ave. by the Saratoga Care Center and goes down River Street, turning onto Bridge Ave and goes through historic downtown Saratoga. While waiting for the parade to begin, please take advantage of our local retailers and "shop small" this season. The parade ends at the Platte Valley Community Center just in time to...
What if you were told an hour of your time could change someone’s life? In the time it takes you to read this article, nearly 100 people will receive lifesaving blood transfusions. By taking just an hour or so to donate, you will do something wonderful! Here, in the southern part of Wyoming, it takes 500 people a week to donate blood to serve the 47 area hospitals in this region! One out of every 3 people will need blood during their lives, but only one in 20 people regularly give blood. Saratoga’s next blood drive with Vit...
The Wyoming Hospitality and Tourism Fall Summit was held in Sheridan on October 20 and 21. The common statement made by leaders and attendees was how good it was to have the conference in person instead of by Zoom, which happened last year. "I was so grateful we had Zoom and other virtual networks to stay connected," Wyoming Office of Tourism Executive Director Diane Shober said. "But face to face is so much more engaging when you see the full person. Body language is...
Wyoming is known as the Equality State as it was the first in the United States to give women the right to vote. There may have been some self-serving reasons by men in power during that time but, from that time in 1870 when women voted in Wyoming, the United States went on the track of equality. The 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920 and all women could vote in the country. On March 22, 1972, the Equal Rights Amendment was passed by the U.S. Senate and sent to the states...
Platte Valley Helping Hands (PVHH) will continue to provide their Annual Free Community Thanksgiving Day Dinner, but with the same limitations as last year, due to the continued spread of Covid-19 in the area. All meals will be delivered to homes by volunteers. No meals will be served on site. Last year PVHH delivered 116 meals and hope to deliver even more this year. These free meals are made possible by the generous donations they received from last year’s meals. This traditional Thanksgiving dinner with turkey, d...