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The South Central Wyoming Emergency Medical Service (SCWEMS) Joint Powers Board (JPB) voted to seek a State Lands and Investments Board (SLIB) grant for three new ambulances at its Aug. 27 meeting in Medicine Bow. SCWEMS would provide $150,000, or 26.6 percent, toward the estimated $525,000 needed for the ambulances. They will be asking SLIB for $375,000 from a Mineral Royalty Grant. This is a funding source SCWEMS has used in the past to buy equipment. According to Bill Dahlke, if the grant is...
A new preschool may be saying “hello” to the Platte Valley in the near future. Or they might be saying hola … they also could be signing “hello”, too. Tomorrow’s Promise, a Rawlins-based preschool and learning center, is considering expanding to Saratoga to offer a new learning and child care experience to the Valley. “We are a trilingual program, so we teach Spanish, Sign-Language and English all-day long, as part of our curriculum,” Director of Tomorrow’s Promise Elizabeth Ridgeway said. Ri...
Dora L. Martin passed away quietly in her sleep Aug. 27, 2014 at the Deseret Health And Rehab in Saratoga, where she had been a resident since October of 2010. She was 91 years young. Dora was born March 12, 1923 in Riverside to Ada Belle (Cunningham) and John Van Dyke Finch. She grew up in Riverside with three brothers, Lewis, Jim and Bob and two sisters, Roselie and Sandra. After graduating from Encampment High School in May of 1941, she married the love of her life, Richard L. Martin, on...
During a stormy week in mid-August, volunteers from Wisconsin and Forest Service Heritage Program Leader Terri Liestman refurbished the Slash Ridge fire lookout on the grounds of the Grand Encampment Museum (GEM). The Slash Ridge fire lookout was built in the mid-1920s and was located about five miles west of Ryan Park before it was move the GEM. Liestman said the guard station, the fire tower and other pieces of equipment are still owned by the Forest Service and GEM is a repository for those...
For the next two years, the fundraising focus at the Platte Valley Community Center will be for a new gym floor, according to Platte Valley Community Center Executive Director Joe Elder. The seventh annual Party on the Platte begins with cocktails at 5:30 p.m., Sept. 13 at the Platte Valley Community Center. The current gym floor was replaced in the 1960s, Lisa Burton, town of Saratoga Recreation Director said. It is a soft floor, not a wooden floor like the new gymnasiums have now, Burton...
I have some ideas for a column. Actually, I have a lot of ideas for a column. The problem with some of my ideas, is that I am not too sure how they will be received by you, as a reader. You see, I like to keep my personal beliefs close to my chest. I don’t have to, I just choose to. I have many strong beliefs, and I do like to discuss them with people. It’s part of my profession. As a journalist, I like to inform, not instigate. Even though, once a month, I have this spot set aside for me to wri...
Editor, The month of September is National Preparedness Month; this year’s theme is “Be Disaster Aware, Take action to prepare”. This year there will be a theme for each week, week one, How to reconnect with Family after a Disaster. Week two, know how to plan for specific needs before a disaster. Week three, How to build an Emergency kit. Week four and five, How to practice for an Emergency, more information is available at www.ready.gov/september. With winter fast approaching remember these terms used by the National Weather Service: Advis...
Editor’s note: This is the final story in a series about the journey to write “The Legends of Old Baldy”. By Liz Wood [email protected] Pegge Luchsinger Thompson worked as George Storer’s secretary for 17 years until his death in 1982. Then, for the next 10 years, she worked for Mary Storer, George’s fifth wife, until 1992. Author Linda Durbano said she believes that Storer learned to be a humanitarian through his father. “He really gave with an open heart.” Storer was named after his fat...
Deb Clark is the second person in Saratoga to be nominated for Wyoming Business Report’s Wyoming Women of Influence this month. Clark’s nomination falls in the non-profit category for her work as Adjutant of the Angus England American Legion Post No. 54. Clark has been the Adjutant with the American Legion since the spring of 2010 when Gary Maki retired form the position. The Adjutant is responsible for the day-to-day running of the Legion’s business, doing the bookwork and keeping inline what...
The Grand Encampment Museum, Inc. (GEM) will hold its annual meeting on Sept. 18 at 7 p.m. at the Grand Encampment Opera House in Encampment. Reports from the president and treasurer on museum activities and the financial condition of the corporation will be presented as will the minutes of the previous annual meeting’s minutes. Election of director’s for the ensuing year and other business brought before the board will also be attended to. Following the Annual Business Meeting, the documentary film “In Pursuit of a Dream” will be shown i...
In the Aug. 27 edition of the Saratoga Sun on page 14, Diane Morris, was incorrectly identified as Diane Moore. The Saratoga Sun staff apologizes for the error....
A product of the Wyoming education system hopes to inspire young minds, as Cody Sheldon becomes the new music teacher at Saratoga Elementary School. Sheldon is graduate of Meeteese High School in Meeteese, Wyo. He attended Northwest College in Powell, then moved on to the University of Wyoming. He studied music education at both schools, and did his student teaching in Cheyenne. As a first-year teacher, Sheldon said came to Saratoga Elementary because he was looking for a job. "This job just sor...
“The Invention of Wings” by Sue Monk Kidd is the book to read for the Encampment Library’s Book Discussion Group. The Encampment/Riverside group will meet Sept. 18 at 7 p.m., at the Encampment Library. To reserve your copy of the book, contact Dawna Martin at 307-327-5775. On Sept. 27, the Saratoga Friends of the Library will kick of its Fall Book Sale. The book sale begins on Saturday at 10 a.m., and again at noon on Sunday. The sale goes both days until 4 p.m. Beginning on Monday, Sept. 29 through Oct. 3, the sale will be during Sarat...
A state of Wyoming veterans service officer from the Wyoming Veterans Commission will conduct community outreach services in Saratoga in from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sept. 9 and 23 at the Platte Valley Community Center. Vicki Richards will be available to meet with veterans and their families to discuss state and federal veterans benefits, Department of Veterans Affairs claims or VA Healthcare. Richards can also help veterans and their families apply for benefits, file claims or request health care. Veterans can contact Richards at 307-214-2112...
Friday night the Platte Valley Trout Unlimited is hosting a fly casting clinic before a memorial service honoring Mike Smith. It is only fitting for the fly fishing clinic to coincide with Smith’s memorial, because he loved to fish. Smith was one of three certified casting instructors in the Platte Valley. The other two, Jeff Streeter and Bud Fackelman, are the instructors for Friday night. Streeter and Fackelman, like Smith, were certified through the Federation of Fly Fishers, Streeter said. ...
Saturday's scrimmage was a good first look for Saratoga Panther football, head coach Scott Bokelman said. "It was good for them to finally get into a game atmosphere," he said. "It's good for them to get those pre-game jitters out of the way." The Panthers squared off against the Pine Bluff Hornets in a scrimmage. Though no official scores or stats were kept, the Panthers ended the game scoring once, and the Hornets scored three times. Bokelman said he was very optimistic after the scrimmage,...
With a 76-77-153 Braxton Shwartzkopf, Saratoga High School (SHS) senior, finished in third place at the Rawlins High School hosted golf tournament at the Rochelle Ranch Golf Course last week. Chaze Wiant and Guy Erickson were the only other members of the SHS team that competed in the tournament. Erickson shot 98-96-194 for 31st place and Wiant shot 113-100-213 for 43rd place. Chase Cochran of Wheatland High School took first place with a two-round score of 151 beating Taylor Dreyton of Central...
The Saratoga High School cross country team competed in both junior high 1800m and high school 5k runs at the Green River invitational last Friday. The team had three top 16 finishers in two events. Junior high boys Jarom Meacham and Logan Wells placed 4th and 15th, respectively, in their 1800m race. Katie Loose placed 16th in the girls 5k with a time of 25:08. The next cross country meet will be the Rawlins Invitational at the Sinclair Golf Course starting at 1 p.m....
If Friday's play by the Encampment Lady Tigers was any indication of what the rest of their season will look like, the team will go far in the 1A division this fall. The Lady Tigers varsity team won both of their matches Friday against 1A Hanna Elk Mountain Medicine Bow (HEM) and 2A Saratoga Lady Panthers. In junior varsity play, the Tigers fell in two sets against the Lady Panthers. The score was 19-25 in both sets. The varsity line up for the Lady Tigers was changed for Friday's game, as...
The Saratoga High School (SHS) Lady Panthers varsity squad did well on the road but struggled at home last week. They earned a hard won victory in Ethete versus 2A division Wyoming Indian High School (WIH), but failed to secure wins against Hanna Elk Mountain Medicine Bow Junior/Senior High School (HEM) or Encampment K-12 School. On Thursday, the Lady Panthers had an intense back and forth match against the WIH Lady Chiefs and won in five sets. The teams traded the first four sets with the Lady...
1 Years Ago Aug. 20, 1914 It is one great big cinch, that if the people of the eastern part of Carbon county keep on getting it handed to them in the campaigns (political) they can probably get the county cut in two. From all we have heard since Tuesday, there is apt to be something doing at the November election to a few pets. Funny thing how half of a county gets two or three officers, while the other half gets ten or twelve. The primary is over and little accomplished by the small vote, which could have been disposed of with less expense,...
At Deseret Health and Rehab, residents enjoyed many activities throughout the week. The Activity Department offers a wide variety of activities each week to meet the residents’ interests, as well as the physical, mental and psychological well-being of each resident. Games throughout the week provided fun and laughter. On Sunday afternoon, residents played Dominoes with Pat Rust winning. On Monday afternoon, four residents played Yahtzee, with Russell Cox winning. On Wednesday afternoon, 12 residents played Bingo, and on Friday afternoon, 12 r...
There were five of us for bingo Tuesday. Two-dollar winners were Pat Faust, Berneil McCord, and Sue Howe. Sue Howe and Pat Faust shared the $3 blackout round. There were two-and-a-half tables for Duplicate Bridge on Monday. High winners were Sheila Johnson and Joni Johnson. Second high went to Glee and Bob Johnson. This month we will be showing “Nut Job”. It is an animated movie. So it should be funny and we shouldn’t have to think much. Sometimes that is just a great way to spend the afternoon. So please come and enjoy the movie and popco...
Carbon County Senior Centers Wednesday – Hot turkey sandwich, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, peaches, chocolate chip cookie, chilled milk. Thursday – Pepper steak, steamed rice, broccoli, wheat bread, pineapple tidbits, cup cake, chilled milk. Friday – Egg salad sandwich, vegetable soup, pickle spear, fruit cup, chilled milk. Monday – Beef stew, tossed salad, cheese and onion roll, emerald pears, choice. Tuesday – Chicken and dumplings, spinach, wheat bread, Mandarin oranges, pudding, chilled milk....