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Editor, The first reality television show was Candid Camera that started back in 1947. In 2002 another reality show “Survival” saw the largest ever television audience for their first episode. We now have such reality shows as Duck Dynasty, Biggest Loser, and The Voice. However my personal favorite is Undercover Boss where the CEO’s and others from large companies go undercover and work side by side with their employees to see what the employees think and how they might be able to improve things. At the end of each show they meet with their...
Editor, Lest you may forget “as the world churns” inside the Saratoga Town Hall, new people with fresh blood are moving into town. They bring ideas, questions and professional backgrounds. They may register to vote; they may run for office and be elected. Brace yourselves. The next generation is coming. Lois Rupert Dillon, Colo. and Saratoga...
I hope that all of you survived April Fool’s Day. For those of you still cleaning shaving cream and the like out of various places … you might need a chance to read about some other’s misfortune. Since I have already done a column about the origins of April Fool’s Day I decided to share some other practical joke vignettes with you. While none of these were actually pulled on April Fool’s Day I still couldn’t think of a more fitting time to present these stories. NICK THE HIPSTER A new guy aro... Full story
Editor, The million-dollar pipeline to return water to the river illustrates the heavy hand of federal government on citizens of our country. The discharge permit of Saratoga for wastewater treatment is in jeopardy if the citizen boards don’t accept the proposals and money to meet EPA’s changed guidelines and standards. This may be leverage to some folks, but it smells like bureaucratic corruption to me. The discharge water will end up in the same North Platte River, but unbuffered by passage through a considerable distance of soil and veg...
Editor, At the WAM Winter Workshop our guest speaker this year was Inspirational Speaker Matt Jones. He has conquered cancer 3 times and went on to run in five marathons. This was his victory in life and encouraged us to look at our lives as a victory. He reminded us that there are 86,400 seconds in a day and challenged us to know how we were going to use those seconds. He reminded us that not only is our finger print unique but so are we in our life. Another interesting fact that he shared was that an average four year old smiles about four...
I don’t know about you, but I tend to have many moments where I get nostalgic for life in the 20th Century. I’m constantly surrounded by reminders of it each day. Here in the office we listen to a lot of timeless classic rock music from the 60s, 70s and 80s, and sometimes the still-modern-sounding rock from the 90s. It’s always fun to go through our archived newspapers from the last 125 years, and see what the news or town makeup of Saratoga was like in the 20th Century. I still enjoy watch...
Recently, the staff at the Saratoga Sun had to look up legals from two different agencies that ran several years ago. It doesn’t happen very often, but when it does, we are happy to oblige. Fortunately, it is not a problem, because we have newspapers dating back to 1891 to research. Those requests reinforced how important it is to have legals running in a newspaper. The Saratoga Sun provides affidavits for legal advertisements to the advertisers, whether it is a private citizen or an entity in the state government. It’s proof that the leg... Full story
I grew up in a family of volunteers. My mom and dad volunteered for different clubs, depending on what my siblings and I were involved in during our school years. It wasn’t easy, because my siblings and I were all in different schools at one time or another. My grandma was always volunteering for Easter Seals, working with children with disabilities. When I was a young girl I would stay for a week during the summer time and go with her. Watching members of my family volunteer made an i... Full story
Letter to editor: Mike of‚“DUNN in the SUN”: Great column defending and supporting teachers. As usual I have to add my two cents worth which relates to your situation. Years ago, back when I was a newspaper reporter, I was covering the local school board meeting and giving a member of the board a bad time. After reciting the statement, “Those who can’t do, teach,” I added, “and those who can’t teach become administrators, and those who strike out as superintendents get elected to the school board.” The former ranch hand, school teacher an... Full story
Editor: Mr. Cole of Encampment wrote a good letter which was published in The Sun last week. However one could possibly infer that Cindy Hill was helpful in implementing the constitutional awareness program in the Encampment High School. That was not the case. Most of the credit for implementation that goes to the principal and the history teacher in Encampment and to Mr. Hymas himself. We have a great many public officials, both elected and unelected, that swear an oath to uphold the constitution but, in fact, have little or no understanding... Full story
Editor: Kudos to Barry Cole! Some great questions for prospective supers. Here is one more, are you aware that Article 7 Sec. 11 of the Wy. St. Constitution forbids the legislature and superintendent of public instruction from prescribing text books for school instruction? Further, where does that authority then lie? Rusty Rogers Saratoga, WY.... Full story
Editor: Since Ms. Johnson conveniently left out a number of points in her 3-5-14 letter to the Editor I felt I should provide the citizens of Saratoga with the “rest of the story” so to speak. The following are facts, supported by the minutes of the Council Meetings and the people that were there, of the issues between myself and Ms. Johnson. 1. At the 1-21-14 Council Meeting Ms. Johnson presented a number of questions concerning the improvements to Saratoga Waste Facility, some of these were addressed at the meeting but some, including Ms.... Full story
“Those who can’t do, teach.” Whenever I hear that saying, it tends to rub me the wrong way. Not that I blame anyone for saying that. Logically, that saying makes a lot sense. It rubs me the wrong way because I know that there is a lot more to teaching than just “teaching”. I come from a family of educators. My mom is a family consumer science teacher, my dad teaches English and Civics, grandparents from my mom’s side were both teachers, my grandpa on my dad’s side was a long time administrator...
A recent post on a social media site hit the nail on the head. “When citizens ask questions of their government, it means there is not enough transparency and communication. It doesn’t mean they are looking to discredit the elected officials and staff. Whose money is this anyway, and who are the government’s ‘customers’? If citizens don’t ask, who will?” Those words came from Stacy Crimmins. We, at the Saratoga Sun, think these are wise and true words. Newspapers have been asking for transparency in public meetings for as long as they have bee... Full story
Editor: I understand that there are 3 finalists vying for the Carbon County 2 school district (CC2) superintendent position. I would like to suggest four questions for these individuals. Their answers will shed light on important beliefs and convictions they hold concerning the education of our children. Questions are as follows: 1. I would like each candidate to respond to the following quote from the website of Wyoming Citizens Opposing Common Core: “ Student learning is complex and impacted by many factors which include, but are not l... Full story
A letter to the Editor and to Mayor Zeiger In the Mayor’s letter to the editor last week in this paper one sentence confused me –“In the last nine years there has never been a request for a copy of the audit. After the allegations of misappropriation of funds and the covering up of the same, I wasn’t surprised to have two people come in and request a copy of it.” As one of the folks who picked up a Town audit and was then maligned here, I want to be very clear - I have never suggested this administration misappropriated funds for their own use.... Full story
Choosing an elective in school can be an important stepping stone in your life. I took drafting and architectural drafting in high school which helped in more ways than I would have thought possible when going to college for graphic arts. Looking back on it, I probably would have made a LOT more money had I continued to pursue the architect thing. But hey, then you wouldn’t be reading this would you? Metal shop taught me how to run a lathe and a mill, how to use a torch and how to weld (both arc...
“When councilman Wilcoxson read his letter at Feb. 18 council meeting which was an attempt to reprimand me and request or demand an apology from me to City Engineer Chuck Bartlett, I was completely astounded. When asked to comment, I could only think to myself that it was in extremely poor taste and deserved no comment. Since then I have worried that the people at the meeting and the public would think I have done or said anything for which I should apologize to any city employee or council person. I have not. As an interested Saratoga c... Full story
Editor, I just wanted to say thank you to the Saratoga Sun, for publishing the findings from the Town of Saratoga’s audit. The audit has always been available for public inspection but we have never published it in the paper. In the last nine years there has never been a request for a copy of the audit. After the allegations of misappropriation of funds and the covering up of the same, I wasn’t surprised to have two people come in and request a copy of it. I support those people that do this if done with the right intentions. However, it app... Full story
It’s officially that time of the year again. The winter sports season is drawing to an end, and all the regional and state tournaments are just around the corner. Of course, it makes me happy to hear about our local teams making it so far, but I can’t help but feel a little depressed knowing that all the home games are over and done with. As you may be able to tell from my writing, sports is my favorite beat to cover, and I love covering basketball the most. There is just something about bei...
Within days of deciding on three final candidates for the Superintendent of Carbon County School District No. 2, the list had dwindled to one. Even though parents were not involved in the selection process, they took it upon themselves to research the candidates listed on the CCSD#2 website. That research led to parents contacting the Saratoga Sun about a candidate who was the subject of a newspaper story for questionable ethics in handling of funds. The history of one candidate led us to research the other prospective superintendents. The... Full story
Editor: Instead of talking about a town issue I thought I would comment on my experience this past weekend. I had the opportunity to judge for the speech meet in Rawlins. When I was asked to do so I must admit I had reservations as I have never judged one in the past. My daughter had asked me if there was anything I would prefer not to judge. I told her that I would prefer not to judge the debate portion - what a surprise when I found out she didn’t relay the message. I ended up judging four different debate sessions three of which dealt w... Full story
Everyone seems to think that I am going to write my column this week about my new grandson. Well, he is special and he is my first grandchild, but being only two weeks old, I am not sure I can write 500 words or more about being a grandmother or having a new baby to hold and kiss. He does fill my days with delight and reminds me to slow down. Every time I see him he is sleeping, so there really is not much to write about. I will say, Telitha and Josh are awesome parents. Much better than I was... Full story
Editor: This week begins the budget session and of course the true forms of power and egos, yet for whom, the people or the bureaucrat and bureaucracy? The real true bedfellows of legislation are not the politically elected, but the bureaucrat, when funding is laid out on the table! Bureaucracy impedes the actions of legislative actions needed to create a government for the people’s wishes. Wyoming people always hear we will have to look into that, or we’ll have to delay the actions until our departments have time study the actions fur...
I like to think Mark Twain is a pretty awesome guy. Not only is he one of the greatest American writers of all time, his quotes can be inspirational and extremely hilarious as well. But of all of his witty and humorous sayings out there, I try to live by one of his most famous quotes. “Eat a live frog first thing in the morning, and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.” Yeah, I admit, it’s a weird quote to live by. But allow me to explain. I don’t live by the literal meaning...
