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Announcement: Carbon County Offices will be closed Monday, December 24 and Tuesday, December 25, 2018 in observance of Christmas. Please note that these hours have changed from the original advertisement in the Saratoga Sun....
Like a ghost, the issue of hangar leases continues to haunt the Saratoga Airport Board nearly seven years after the subject first came before them. The regularly scheduled meeting of the airport board at 1 p.m. on Dec. 12 at Saratoga Town Hall, which lacked chairman Lance Grubb, vice-chairman Arlen Hughes and fixed based operator Bob Maddox, once again saw the hangar leases take center stage. At recent meetings, the board has taken suggestions from hangar owners under...
The final meeting of the year for Riverside Town Council at 6 p.m. on Dec. 13 at Riverside Town Hall was a short one, coming in at just under 30 minutes. Riverside Mayor Leroy Stephenson provided an update to the rest of the council on the two most recent meeting of the Carbon County Council of Governments (CCCOG) and the council awarded the snow removal contract for the winter. The council also approved Riverside resident Helen Weiland as the new caretaker for the parks and...
The Hanna Town Council met at 6 p.m. on Dec. 11 at the Hanna Town Hall with mayor Tony Poulos and council members Bob Patton and Pat Gregory in attendance. The council quickly approved the agenda for the night, the minutes from Nov. 13 and special meeting minutes held on Nov. 27. Patton told the council about the Carbon County Council of Governments (CCCOG) special meeting on Nov. 28 to get final 6th penny tax projects figured out (see “Cut, Cut, Cut “on the front page Dec...
The Encampment Town Council met for the final time in 2018 at 7 p.m. on Dec. 13 at Encampment Town Hall and bid farewell to outgoing council member Cindy Hamilton. Hamilton, who did not seek reelection after eight years on the council, will be replaced by Shannon Fagan in January. The council also heard updates on 6th penny tax projects, began moving forward on improvements and discussed their annual donation to the Encampment/Riverside Library. Encampment Mayor Greg...
A civil and amicable meeting was held Wednesday at the Platte Valley Community Center to further discuss the future of healthcare in the Platte Valley and surrounding areas. The Healthcare Sustainability Project Subcommittee (HSPS) once again had Health Management Services (HMS) president Karl Rude on hand to both take and answer questions along with United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Community Programs Director Lorraine Werner who spoke on USDA funding for a...
Freedom of information became the central focus at the Upper Platte River Solid Waste Disposal District (UPRSWDD) meeting which began at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Saratoga Town Hall. Though the meeting began with the routine business of approving bills for both Oct. 3 and Nov. 7 and amending the previous minutes slightly, the board soon moved to old business. The board members; which included Hank Jewell, Sue Jones, Leroy Stephenson and chairman Randy Raymer, with Schelby Merrill...
Before the Saratoga Town Council met at their regularly scheduled time of 6 p.m. on Dec. 4 at the Saratoga Town Hall, a public meeting on the second reading of Ordinance No. 848 was held. During the public meeting mayor Ed Glode, and council members Will Faust and Richard Raymer, listened to the public’s comments. Council member Steve Wilcoxson joined the council at 6 p.m. One question from the public was what would happen if a relative came in their recreational vehicle (...
George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st President of the United States, passed away at his home in Houston, Texas at the age of 94 on Nov. 30, 2018. Bush’s death comes just over six months after the death of his wife, Barbara Bush, at the age of of 92. Prior to serving as the 41st President of the United States, Bush served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States, under President Ronald Reagan. Following his death, President Donald J. Trump issued an order that all U...
The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services (DWS) released its October report on unemployment claims recently, placing Wyoming unemployment at 4.1 percent, putting it at the same percentage as September and down from October 2017, which saw an unemployment rate of 4.2 percent. According to the DWS, the highest unemployment rates were reported in Fremont County, at 4.4 percent, and Natrona County, at 4.2 percent. Carbon County, which reported 3.7 percent unemployment, sat in...
The Healthcare Sustainability Project Subcommittee (HSPS) will be holding their monthly public meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 12 at the Platte Valley Community Center Great Hall. An email from HSPS board member George Haigh stated that the meeting will include introduction of new staff members at the Platte Valley Clinic (PVC) and their roles and an update from Health Management Services President Karl Rude on physician recruitment for the PVC. The HSPS will also continue to take questions from the public in regards to access...
Five contestants competed in the Carbon County Make It With Wool (MIWW) district competition held at the Jeffery Center in Rawlins, on Sunday, Nov. 4. Winners were announced at the end of the fashion show. Winners in the Junior Division (age 13-16) included Katie Dugger, Encampment, first place. She modeled a blue/pink plaid jacket and navy blue slacks. Siobhán Lally, Savery, received 2nd place. She modeled a plaid bolero jacket, ivory top, and blue pants. Dugger and Lally rep...
Hanna Agricultural Resource Team (HART) met at 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 27 at the Hanna Market to discuss the Christmas party the group will be sponsoring from 2-4 p.m. on Dec. 22. The event will happen at the Hanna Market. Rose Dabbs, a past chairman and member of HART, said that Santa Claus was going to be there and most of the party will be focused on the children that attend. She said there will be decorating contests on cookies and cupcakes. A suggested game was the donut game....
The Carbon County Council of Governments (CCCOG) gathered at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday in a special meeting at the Jeffrey Center in Rawlins and all municipalities that had projects to be funded by the 6th penny tax had representatives present. The special meeting had been scheduled after the regularly scheduled meeting on Nov. 14 had not resolved what projects should be pursued by each town (see “CCCOG gets project bids for tax” on page 5 of the Nov. 21 Saratoga Sun). The mee...
The 2018 Giving Tree, a project of the Valley Service Organization (VSO), is still up at Town and Country Realty, but it won't be there for much longer. There is still time for people with kind hearts and souls to take a tag from the tree and make a child's Christmas even brighter. Kassey Westring, the Giving Tree Chairman for the VSO, explained the tags in a recent press release. The tags, while providing information on the children, does not include names and all...
The Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce has begun selling tickets for the annual Reverse Drawing. Tickets are $10 each and only 300 are sold. Unlike the usual raffle procedure, the very last ticket drawn is the grand prize winner in this drawing. “The winner receives a $1,000 chamber gift certificate which can be redeemed at chamber member businesses only,” said Chamber Director Stacy Crimmins. “You could go out to dinner, buy toys for the kids and have your car serviced.” The first, 50th, 100th, 150th, 200th and 250...
All current members of the Saratoga Town Council were present at 6 p.m on Nov. 20 at the Saratoga Town Hall for the regularly scheduled meeting. The agenda and minutes for the Nov. 6 meeting were quickly approved as were the approval of bills which totaled $106,145.54. Susan Marich, president of the Saratoga Community Garden, introduced herself to the council. “I know we were affiliated with you in the past,” Marich said. “I am not sure exactly where we are at with our affil...
Alan Youngberg, from Prairie Dog Electric, was on hand to set up the new backup generator for the Hanna Marshall building. The generator was purchased through a Homeland Security grant of $14,500. Youngberg took Marshall Jeff Niemark, Deputy Marshall Dan Starr and chief water operator/public works employee David Sutter through the operations of the machine. Currently the generator is set up to back up the department's radios. "That is what it is wired for now," Youngberg...
The Carbon County Council of Governments (CCCOG) met at 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 14 at the Jeffery Center in Rawlins. Steve Nicholson, the chairman, Kenda Colman, vice chairman and Morgan Irene, secretary/treasurer were all in attendance. Financials, minutes from Sept. 19 and the agenda were approved in timely manner. Jon Nelson, owner of North Fork Engineering, gave an update of fundraising efforts being made on educational material for the Specific Purpose tax, also known as the 6t...
The Hanna Town Council met at 6 p.m. on Nov. 13 at the Hanna Town Hall and, with the exception of amending the agenda under new business, the beginning of the meeting was routine. The financials, the minutes from the Oct. 9 meeting and the revised agenda were approved. Larry Korkow, public works director, said Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) was done drilling and filling holes for the season. Korkow said AML hoped to be back next year to...
At the regularly scheduled meeting of the Saratoga Airport Board at 1 p.m. on Nov. 14 at Saratoga Town Hall, the members of the board discussed further details regarding the removal of asbestos and demolition of the terminal tower at Shively Airfield. Fixed base operator (FBO) manager Bob Maddox also gave an update on landing fees collected by the FBO since their implementation on Oct 1. The discussion over the old terminal building came during the report from Dave Schultz of...
The Saratoga Planning Commission met at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday and prefaced their meeting with two public hearings for setback variances. Public Hearings The first hearing was opened for a 20 foot setback for a garage on 908 Rochester. Though the normal setback is 50 feet, the forms were in order and no discussion was made in moving Bob Keel's request to the commission. The second hearing was on a 1303 Club Court property owned by Kerry Russell. This variance asked for a six...
On July 11, 1940, the organization of the Platte Valley Republican Women (PVRW) was announced in the Saratoga Sun. The small article read, "A study club for the Republican women of the Platte Valley will be organized this coming Tuesday. The purpose of the club, Mrs. Howard Corpening stated, will be to familiarize and educate the Valley women in all affairs of the federal government and the state. State chairwoman Mrs. Kleber Hadsell, County Chairwoman, Mrs. Helen Johnson,...
Contention was visible between Encampment Mayor Greg Salisbury and council member Bill Craig during the regularly scheduled meeting of the Encampment Town Council at 7 p.m. on Nov. 8 at Encampment Town Hall. The verbal sparring between the two elected town officials came as the governing body of the municipality looked over the proposed list of 2019 Specific Purpose Tax (6th penny tax) projects that were to be submitted to the Carbon County Council of Governments (CCCOG) on Fr...
At a meeting Wednesday night at the Platte Valley Community Center, about 35 people showed up with questions about the Platte Valley Clinic and its future. The Healthcare Sustainability Project Subcommittee (HSPS), which is now a subcommittee of the Corbett Medical Foundation (CMF), answered those questions after giving an overview of current operations at both the clinic and the Saratoga Care Center. Board member Will Faust opened the meeting by introducing the other members...
