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The Platte Valley Arts Council is sponsoring the third annual Hay Bale Sculpture Contest. All local ranches, businesses or families are invited to show off some good old ranch ingenuity that gives their outfit creative bragging rights. The rules state that sculptures may incorporate wood, metal, wire, paint, canvas dams, or anything else dreamed up but must prominently be made of hay. The entry forms are due by Oct. 4 as the deadline has been extended. Photos of the...
"What's sad for me is the fact that, about half a dozen years ago, I told the bishop I'll stay here until nobody comes and the doors are locked. Guess what? Kind of a bad day for me." On Sept. 22, nearly 3,500 people attended the first Wyoming sermon of popular artist Kanye West at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody. That same day, nearly 300 miles to the southeast, Reverend Arlen Rounds bore both smiles and tears as he gave what was likely the last sermon at St....
The Hanna Basin Museum held a dedication ceremony for its newest building on Wednesday. The Victor G. Anderson Memorial building dedication had over 100 attendees to honor Anderson for his tireless work in saving history of Carbon County. It is the largest of the three buildings on the museum's grounds and was finished in the summer of 2018, although it was not ready for showing exhibitions. The naming of the building was kept a secret from his wife Nancy. She came to the cere...
The Platte Valley Arts Council is sponsoring the third annual Hay Bale Sculpture Contest. All local ranches, businesses or families are invited to show off some good old ranch ingenuity that gives their outfit creative bragging rights. The rules state that sculptures may incorporate wood, metal, wire, paint, canvas dams, or anything else dreamed up but must prominently be made of hay. The entry forms are due by October 1st and then photos of the constructed masterpieces will... Full story
Eating per doctor's instructions is not easy when you are a diabetic heart patient. In helping a family member shop for groceries, I realized we were spending a lot of time reading labels in an effort to find products that fit within the prescribed diet. It was taking too long. We got a lot of strange looks from other shoppers and store clerks. Most grocery items had too much sodium and/or added sugar. The amount of each you can have per day depends on the diet your doctor...
For people who have thought about learning a new language, there will soon be an opportunity to learn one. Pastor Randolph Schnack will be starting a class on Biblical Hebrew at the Lutheran church in Saratoga on Sept. 27 and is offering an open invitation. “I tell this to just about anybody,” said Schnack. “Any class they want, if you can get five or six people together that would want to have it, I’ll go ahead and teach it and I’m not charging anything.” This offer alrea...
It is September and Carbon County elementary students are not only in school learning lessons, but also at an outdoor classroom in Elk Mountain taught by Kay Grant. Grant has been educating students on life of the early pioneers and the Plains Indians culture for 14 years. She does this in a variety of ways, from using actual stone instruments used in day-to-day life to games and toys the children played with. She has a buffalo hide that has been on display for its 11th year,...
The newest building at the Hanna Basin Museum is opening officially to the public from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 25. It is the largest of the three buildings on the museum's grounds. Unlike the two other buildings that are a part of the museum, it was constructed in this century. The first building to house the Hanna Basin Museum was the Hanna Community Hall, also known as Linden Hall it was built in 1890 in Hanna as a saloon by its proprietor, John Linden, to serve...
Brett Dabb and Eliza Hotchkiss proudly announce the birth of their son, Cooper Alan Dabb, on July 8, 2019 at Lutheran Medical Center in Wheat Ridge, Colo. Cooper weighed 7 pounds 10 ounces at birth and was 19.75 inches long. Paternal grandparents are David and Laurel Dabb of Wilmington, N.C.; maternal grandparents are Berk and Peggy Hotchkiss of Saratoga. Cooper was baptized at St. Barnabas' Episcopal Church in Saratoga on Aug. 25, 2019,by his grandma, the Rev. Peggy...
The Hanna Agricultural Resource Team (HART) came together at 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 27 at the Hanna Market. Perry Goodrich, chairman of HART, told the members present, the cleanup on July 27 was successful. He said the next cleanup around the garden was slated for Sept. 28. Linda Goodrich, secretary for the organization, said the mayor was looking into getting water onto the site through water container trucks. L. Goodrich and Rose Dabbs, HART member, told the group they were...
Even though Chris Irwin has been coming to the Valley for five years now, the number of people attending his clinics does not appear to dissipate. This year, the Canadian-born horse trainer held another three-day clinic at Blackhall Mountain Ranch, where he was hosted by Jean Burger. While the majority of the attendees were women, a few men are in the audience as well. Some of them have taken the clinic before, but return to learn more from the trainer. On the morning of Aug....
For 12 years, Mark Gutierrez served in Iraq and Afghanistan in the United States Navy Special Operations where he was tasked with explosive ordnance disposal. "I was defusing and rendering safe improvised explosive devices and other explosive booby traps," said Gutierrez. "I had my bell rung one too many times and I started experiencing black outs. I was sidelined and I went through a medical work-up and I was medically retired for traumatic brain injury (TBI) and... Full story
Native American history was the subject on the Grand Encampment Museum Trek with a visit to war lodges, the Coffin Bison Kill site and around 72 tipi rings east of Riverside Saturday. Tour guides Mark Dunning and Chilly Rollison shared their knowledge of life in the 1850s on what is now the Quill Ranch, Big Creek Ranch and Six Mile Gap on in the Routt National Forest. Trekkers crossed the Cherokee Trail on the Quill Ranch on the way to the war lodges located in a grove of...
Nicole Karem is Gateway Community Coordinator for the Continental Divide Trail Coalition (CDTC) and she came to Carbon County on July 22 to explain designating Encampment/Riverside as a Gateway Community on the Continental Divide. Karem said there are currently five states involved in the 3,100 total miles on the Continental Trial Divide (CDT). 550 miles of the CDT are in Wyoming. The addition of Encampment/Riverside brings the total of gateway communities on the trail in Wyom...
At just about any county fair, it is not uncommon to see a variety of different animals ranging from swine to poultry to steer. The Carbon County Fair is no different and, every year, children and young adults throughout the county work to raise their chosen animal in the hopes of winning an award for their hard work and, maybe, make a sale. Despite the rural area that encompasses most of the county, and the state, not everyone has the space to raise larger animals. Other...
Two programs by local historian Dick Perue, one sponsored by the Saratoga Friends of the Library and another sponsored by the Saratoga Museum, have been cancelled. The Friends of the Library program, which was scheduled for Aug. 15, was intended to relate the history of the Barrett Ridge ski jump and Ryan Park Ski Club and would lead into the museum trek, which had been scheduled for Aug. 31. Due to what Perue described as considerable interest in the two events, the local...
The Grand Encampment Museum (GEM) will be holding a historical trek that will appeal to both local and Native American history buffs on Aug. 17 as they host the "Native American Trek at Big Creek: A Benefit to Support the Grand Encampment Museum." The trek, which will last all day Saturday, will feature three guest speakers; Dr. Jason LaBelle, Associate Professor of Archeology at Colorado State University (CSU), Ray Sumner, a first-year doctoral student in anthropology at CSU,...
On the evening of Aug. 2, the Grand Encampment Museum (GEM) hosted a panel of authors and historians at the Grand Encampment Opera House as part of their Pioneering Women Symposium. The panel, called "Finding the Stories," was moderated by local historian Candy Moulton and panelists included Chris Enns, Donna Coulson, Jennifer Lawrence and Dick Perue. During each panelists introduction, they all touched on the theme of the panel, informing the audience how they came to get...
A trivia contest based on six C.J. Box books is the heart of a Western themed gala that kicks off this Saturday. The Saratoga Museum sponsored event takes place at The Yard, an outdoor venue at 108 SE River Street, from 5:00 to 8:30. Teams of six Joe Pickett fans will compete for prizes of $400, $350, and $150. The contest is based on these books: Free Fire, Blood Trail, Below Zero, Nowhere to Run, Cold Wind and Force of Nature, with bonus questions from Box’s latest thriller, Wolf Pack. Questions concern those who p...
A Saratoga/Rawlins rivalry is starting up again. No, it’s not like the Hatfields and McCoys this time, it’s coed softball to raise funds for a favorite cause in each municipality. The Saratoga and Rawlins teams are set and ready to go—all they need are spectators and folks to cheer their home teams on. Organizers TK Skraastad and Monte Thayer decided to do a fundraiser for Saratoga Safe Ride with the Saratoga game and came up with coed softball games. The Rawlins coed team...
Located on the Grand Encampment Museum grounds July 26 through 28, local black powder enthusiasts recreate the days of the Mountain Men with primitive camping, authentic costuming, traders row, black powder shoots, pan tosses and tomahawk throws. The fire starting competition is a favorite as crowds watch different age and gender groups start fires using steel, flint and tinder. Another popular event is the trading blanket which is the last event of the night. After dark...
This year the United States will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment. This historic amendment gave the right of citizens of the United States to vote, stating they shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. In other words, it gave women the right to vote. While this American landmark amendment is hitting a century in 2019, Wyoming will celebrate the 150th anniversary of women voting. The...
On July 20, 1969, broadcast journalist Walter Cronkite said, "The least of us is improved by the things done by the best of us, because if we are not able to land at least we are able to follow" as CBS provided coverage of the moon landing. Eight years after President John F. Kennedy urged the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to put a man on the moon "within a decade", Neil Armstrong stepped onto the surface of the moon with "one small step for man, one...
It is nothing new to see bicyclists pedaling through Saratoga as the area is on both the Continental Divide Trail and Trans-America routes. Just recently, however, the Platte Valley Christian Center hosted over 30 bicyclists who are making their way from Yorktown, Va. to Astoria, Ore. as they work to raise awareness about affordable housing. "Bike & Build is a non-profit that organizes cross country cycling trips to raise money and awareness for affordable housing and, sort...
Stories of Wyoming’s role in the development of woman suffrage, trail pioneers, and women who made their mark at frontier forts, in outlaw country and in mining camps of the Grand Encampment copper district are the focus of “Pioneering Women: a symposium on the history of Women in Wyoming and the West.” The symposium, sponsored by the Grand Encampment Museum, will be held Aug. 2 and 3. The program begins at 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 2 with a panel discussion “Finding the Stories” that will focus on the research and stories o...