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The Platte Valley fall sports season ended with all kinds of results. Cross Country placed second in the state. Our football team did not make it to the post season. The Saratoga Lady Panther Volleyball team had a great season, made it to regionals and fought hard to stay in. With the luck of the draw, they played the toughest teams in the conference, but they didn’t give up. To take Pine Bluffs to five sets is a real accomplishment. The Encampment Lady Tigers Volleyball team still have their s...
Property in and around Saratoga has been a topic of discussion lately at town meetings and amongst our citizens. Questions seem to revolve around the availability and pricing of housing, residential lots and commercial lots. There is also talk of assessing fees on vacant land such as a sewer service fee, which is already in town ordinance 828 but apparently has not been enforced. In my research I looked at maps in Saratoga Town Hall, data provided to me by the Carbon County Assessor’s Office, t...
Dear Editor, Our community lost a good guy last week with the passing of Glen Leavengood. Glen grew up in the valley immersed in our small town ranching culture where he always had an interest in the land, livestock and wildlife that is here. It was inevitable that Glen moved from ranch jobs to employment with the Conservation District here in Saratoga. He flourished using skills he always had, enhanced by opportunities to participate in lots of resource management educational events and classes. Glen earned the mutual respect of the recognized...
Did you know you aren’t supposed to actually wash pots and pans? At least not the way I always have you’re not. It turns out that good cookware should be wiped clean shortly after the vessel cools. If you try to clean it while it’s still hot your run the risk of warping the pan in question. Pre-soaking is okay for short periods. If you soak your stainless-steel pots the way I have you will eventually find that the metal used to join the pot section to the handle is not stainless steel but rathe...
Editor: To solve all four current Town problems, I suggest that the Town Board Revive the long established Town of Saratoga Wyoming Wild Animal Zoo and reappoint a new Zoo Keeper. For the recipients who have forgotten, our former Zoo Keeper, Chuck Bartlett, has resigned. The “Benny Walters” fenced field, (also known as the old Saratoga Baseball Field and Zoo), was full of “Whistle Pigs” and also home to our “Resident Deer”, Coyotes, Eagles and other native wildlife, including Saratoga kids. For many years, as the Whistle Pigs population...
In every instance of desperate boredom, a National Geographic waits around somewhere for the reading. Over the weekend, all I had to read was a stack of National Geographics from the late 70s, opting to read an issue about the our national parks—July, 1979. Old magazines might be some of my favorite things to read. Before the advent of the internet, much of the best nonfiction to be read was in the pages of a magazine, and National Geographic was no exception. The articles in this particular i...
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It is also Fire Protection Week. On Wednesday, The Kirsten Campbell Court will be dedicated. I mention all of these, because each one has had an impact on my life, indirectly, but still an impact. Shortly after I moved to Saratoga, my maternal grandmother was diagnosed with breast cancer. She cried when she told me. I remember that moment vividly and probably will for the rest of my life. I began self-examinations and months later, something was...
Dear Suzie, Mayor Ed, John Winter and Editor, Saratoga Sun: With a combined 166 years of living experience in many summer and winter recreation/resort type communities and a lifetime of Real Estate ownerships in large and small communities in many States, Ruth and I would like the Town and residents of Saratoga to consider the following information as it relates to this new proposed “Fence ordinance”. Our, and most peoples largest asset, is their homes which sooner or later get sold with the hope of a reasonable return on their investment. Sin...
I intended to write this op/ed article on vacant land in town and what it costs to hold on to that land. My overly focused research goals (read: anal) did not allow me to finish that article in time for this week’s paper. In the meantime, I was inspired by the two longest police reports I have seen since I have been at the Sun. It seems our town’s finest (the Saratoga Police Department) are taking direction from the mayor and cracking down on traffic violations. I suggest that following Ord...
We were disappointed to see that the town of Saratoga, the largest municipal investor of the South Central Emergency Management Services (SCWEMS), failed to send a representative to an important special meeting last week. All of the other entities, except for Saratoga, were represented at the meeting. Since SCWEMS membership is based on population, Saratoga pays more into SCWEMS than any another invested community in the county. We approached Saratoga Mayor Ed Glode about Saratoga’s governing body’s lack of presence at the meeting. Glode sai...
I like a good argument … a debate … verbal sparring … even a decent row. I will sit down and discuss any subject — but prefer to have that conversation with someone who knows what they are talking about and has their facts marshaled in a logical array. It does not matter what age, race, gender or sexual preference that person might have as long as they are willing to let me put my two cents in as well. I argue most effectively if I have some actual data to add. I will not debate a point that I...
Sagebrush ecosystems make up a vast portion of lands in the arid mountain west; the cold desert. To passersby the land may look devoid of life, dry, and lacking productivity. In reality, sagebrush provide lodging and food to small and big game animals, rodents, reptiles, birds, and others. In fact, sagebrush is such an important ecosystem element, there is a sign just west of Carbon County at the Waltman Rest Area that describes sagebrush. The first line on the sign reads like a poem, “Oh! Mama Sage. It seems endless, the sage: the rolling s...
Since I just graduated college, I often have to explain what I’m up to. When I say I’ve decided to pursue a career as a writer, it’s common that someone asks me right away what my parents think. It’s safe to say that this is not a career for everyone. It can be unconventional, to say the least. Maintaining a successful career as a writer requires an awful lot of self discipline and internal motivation. Most successful, career writers—and by that, I mean people who make their living solely on...
We were surprised when attending the town of Saratoga Planning meeting, that an agenda was not prepared prior to the Sept. 8 meeting. Chairman Rory Grubb created an agenda on the fly which included discussing hiring a secretary that could attend meetings. The currently contracted secretary was not at the meeting because of a conflicting work schedule as a police dispatcher. The commission discussed the fact that the former Planning and Zoning Officer used to create the agendas and bring many action items to the commission. “Chuck (Bartlett) w...
Editor: In regards to the Saratoga Sun’s September 2, 2015 editorial “To grow or not to grow … that is the question”. Agree or disagree this article summed up the circumstances that we, as a town, find ourselves in today. But in order to address this issue of growth we need to address the long held premise that growth is not only bad, but the worst thing that can happen to our town. With this belief one could assume that they think that Saratoga is stagnant and holding its own so why change it. There is a problem with this thinking. We are not...
If you ever wonder what the children in the Platte Valley are up to - all you have to do is look at the sports page and this week’s fair edition. While the reporters were interviewing fair participants who did exceptionally well this year, I was typing fair results. Our staff spent the first week in August covering the fair. We can’t make every event, unless of course, we camp out in Rawlins like the rest of the county. But, we also have things to cover in Saratoga and the Platte Valley, lik...
Editor: In response to your question, “Do we want growth or not?”, I would tell you that I prefer my growth well done with a side of fiscal responsibility and some intelligence thrown in In your editorial, money was the all you talked about. You want your home to become an investment so your daughter can grow up in a better place. You want grants from every government agency so new businesses can jump in and start making money. You dug up data from communities that supposedly shows them prospering magically. There is an old saying that num...