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  • Early meet sends two to State

    Keith McLendon|Mar 27, 2019

    The Saratoga Panthers track team ventured to Casper over the weekend to participate in the National Invitational. During the trip the team introduced two athletes to the list of those prequalified for State Track Tournament in May. Women’s Varsity Shianne Baker ran the 100 and 200 meter dashes and finished in 14.13 and 30.33 respectively. Baker also put a shot at 28’11” while in Casper but it was her discus throw of 96’3” that qualifies the Lady Panther for State. Savanna Wells...

  • Survey and slides

    Keith McLendon|Mar 27, 2019

    The Healthcare Sustainability Project Subcommittee (HSPS) met at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday during an open meeting which had been rescheduled from the previous Wednesday due to the snow storm that hit on that day. HSPS member Will Faust opened the meeting by thanking everyone for attending and announcing a new HSPS website. The website at www.plattevalleyehealthcare.org is to feature past meeting minutes, a link to the Platte Valley Healthcare Assessment Survey and slides from the subcommittee's...

  • Scouting for leaders

    Keith McLendon|Mar 13, 2019

    The Saratoga Lions Club is hosting a meeting to gauge interest in establishing a new Cub Scouts troop. The Lions Club had held both a Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts charter for 30 years. The last Cub Scout troop, which moved to Encampment, recently came to an end. Lions Club member Bob Lauman, who has helped out with administrative duties for previous Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts troops, said he was looking for responsible adults to help get the program going once again. Prospective leaders will have...

  • Are you ready for some (more) FOOTBALL?

    Keith McLendon|Mar 13, 2019

    Apparently America can’t get enough football. Well, at least the organizers of the new Alliance of American Football think so. The Alliance of American Football (or, because all sports leagues must use acronyms—AAF) is a new league hoping to sate our deep and abiding thirst for MORE FOOTBALL. Now you can watch the Arizona Hotshots, Atlanta Legends, Birmingham Iron, Memphis Express, Orlando Apollos, Salt Lake Stallions, San Antonio Commanders or the San Diego Fleet wreak gridiron havoc on...

  • Here for veterans

    Keith McLendon|Mar 6, 2019

    Eight Veterans Administration (VA) representatives were at the Platte Valley Clinic Feb. 26 to discuss ways they could work with the local clinic and to spread information about programs that are available to veterans. The eight representatives were: Veteran Experience Officer Mary Lee; Health Care Coordinator Jennifer Goodman, MSN, RN CCRN; Facility Strategic Planner Carolyn Thompson; Transitional Social Worker Drew Waldbauer; Enrollment Specialist Mike Grace; Public Affairs Specialist Sam...

  • Healthcare a tax issue?

    Keith McLendon|Feb 20, 2019

    The Healthcare Sustainability Project Subcommittee (HSPS) met Wednesday, Feb. 13 at the Platte Valley Community Center to discuss progress on healthcare in the Platte Valley and take questions on the shape that would continue to take. HSPS welcomed Joe Watt and Eric Lopata from Kansas City accounting firm BKD to speak at the meeting. After introducing the guest speakers and giving a brief overview of what HSPS expects from a feasibility study to be done by BKD, subcommittee chairman Will Faust...

  • Table weighed down

    Keith McLendon|Feb 20, 2019

    In an approximately 20-minute Saratoga Planning Commission meeting every item on the agenda was tabled. During the Feb. 12 meeting, the commission briefly discussed four agenda items and decided that these were all items that needed further research, modification or reading. Three members, including Chris Duke, Bob Keel and chairman Tom Westring, were present at the meeting with Jim Beckmann absent. After approving the agenda and minutes from the Jan. 8 meeting and finding no correspondence the...

  • Gaits and gates in 3D

    Keith McLendon|Feb 13, 2019

    This year, Saratoga Skijoring went 3D. In previous years, there were Novice, Intermediate, and Expert classes a team could enter. A team might enter the “Intermediate” division and have a time slower than the fastest in the “Novice” category. That would win them … exactly nothing. Last week’s Saratoga snow and track event featured SkijorUSA’s new 3D system. A competing team no longer enters just a particular category and all teams are sorted into divisions based on their best...

  • Care center among state's bests

    Keith McLendon|Feb 6, 2019

    The Saratoga Care Center was recently listed in U.S. News and World Report Nursing Home Finder as one of the top nursing homes in Wyoming for 2018-2019. The ranking is based on a data-driven methodology that journalists at the U.S. News and World Report developed to evaluate nursing homes. The U.S. News ratings for nursing homes rely on data from Nursing Home Compare, a program run by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal agency that determines and enforces nursing...

  • Rampages down Pat

    Keith McLendon|Jan 30, 2019

    I got a text with a meme in it from a friend the Monday after the Eneffelle division championships were completed last Sunday. It was a photo of Forrest Gump. Above the photo were the words, “and just like that,” below the face was, “we are now all Rams fans!” My exact reply was, “Damn straight!” Belicheat and Co. You may be able to tell I am no fan of the New England Patriots. I begrudgingly admit they are good—if not even great. I just don’t care for a coach (Bill “What...

  • Healthcare, take III

    Keith McLendon|Jan 23, 2019

    The Healthcare Sustainability Project (HSP) subcommittee held their third open meeting January 16 at the Platte Valley Community Center to provide updates on the state of healthcare in the Valley and take questions from the audience. Staff Updates After subcommittee member Will Faust welcomed everyone to the meeting, Karl Rude of Healthcare Management Services (HMS) reported that there had been success with recruiting another nurse practitioner who had signed a contract that starts March 1. He...

  • Horror in the Valley

    Keith McLendon|Jan 16, 2019

    The monstrous seeds were planted in Riverside. As a boy, Max Weiland would listen to his brother, Erik, scare him to sleep with tales from H.P. Lovecraft, a renowned horror writer of the 1920s pulp fiction era. Max loved the stories and would be frightened as his brother would shout "Look!" and point at luminous eyes passing by his window. Though the eyes only belonged to deer passing by, their eyes lit by reflected houselights, the effect still chilled him. A Dream Begins Max eventually...

  • MOU prompts discussion

    Keith McLendon|Jan 16, 2019

    The Saratoga Planning commission met for their regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday, Jan. 8. Committee members Jim Beckmann, Chris Duke and Tom Westring were in attendance as Commission Chairman Jon Nelson called the meeting to order. Will Faust and newly-appointed council representative Bob Keel were absent. A motion was asked for to approve the past agenda and with minimal changes the agenda was approved. Nelson then asked if there were any nominations to fill the chairman’s seat he was...

  • Students of health

    Keith McLendon|Jan 16, 2019

    University of Wyoming School of Pharmacy students, and their counterparts from Howard University College of Pharmacy, have been participating in the Health Equity Leadership Program, an innovative exchange program. The initiative, funded by the 23rd Annual National Chain Drug stores (NACDS) Foundation Scholarship Program, is geared toward challenging students to get "outside of their comfort zone" to learn first-hand about both urban and rural healthcare access and equity issues....

  • A 'peak' at physical therapy

    Keith McLendon|Jan 9, 2019

    During recent health care meetings a call for more and expanded physical therapy services was raised. Laramie Peak Therapies (LPT) in Saratoga has recently expanded staff and equipment in an effort to fulfill these needs. New Faces The therapeutic clinic, housed adjacent to the Saratoga Care Center, has been in business for over a year and a half but has just recently added Chelsea Pantel as a speech/language therapist (who also holds a certificate of clinical competence) and Elizabeth Brown as...

  • The week between Christmas

    Keith McLendon|Dec 26, 2018

    Amid the week after Christmas, piles of wrapping in bags, shiny paper and boxes in trash with the tags. Sad little scissors sit broken and bent, from clamshell packaging--they don’t make a dent. The lights are still sparkly, still light up the town, but pretty soon work begins in taking them down. Kids run around ‘cause they’re still out of schools, having a good old time while acting the fools. But the tots are forlorn from here to Hoboken, Christmas is gone and their new toys are...

  • Asking and answering

    Keith McLendon|Dec 19, 2018

    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 possible Critical...

  • This is a very important message ...

    Keith McLendon|Dec 19, 2018

    This is an important message. Please do not hang up the phone … *CLICK.* That “click” was me hanging up the phone. I am pretty sure you have received these annoying calls yourself. I have signed up for the government’s “Do Not Call” list (donotcall.gov) on several occasions now. That works about as well as you might think a top-notch government-run organization might run. Which is to say … “RING!” Excuse me. “No, I don’t need help with my student loan!” This said to the...

  • Freedom of info key at landfill meeting

    Keith McLendon|Dec 12, 2018

    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 not present, then...

  • Willams set for skijoring Saturday

    Keith McLendon|Dec 12, 2018

    The Saratoga Lions Club and Platte Valley Jaycees recently announced several developments for the Saratoga Skijoring weekend of February 8-10. Popular musical entertainers Chancey Willams and the Younger Brothers have been booked as entertainment for Saturday evening and event organizers have added Calcuttas to the weekend’s proceedings. The first Calcutta of the skijoring weekend is planned for the Friday, Feb. 8 evening and will be held at the Hotel Wolf. That next night, doors to the Platte...

  • Backing into a grand

    Keith McLendon|Dec 12, 2018

    Thursday the Saratoga Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce drew the last numbers for the reverse drawing. Member Services Manager Sierra Martinez drew numbers from the basket as Chamber Director Stacy Crimmins kept track of the winners. The first winner, picked at number 50, was Matt Hayes who won a $50 gift certificate. Other $50 winners were Barb Rangitsch (100), Tracy Avery-Peters (150) and Laurie Box (who won $50 twice on the number 200 and 250 picks). The 299th pick was Val Larshied who won... Full story

  • Cooper on the move

    Keith McLendon|Dec 5, 2018

    Mandy Cooper may be a familiar face to some, but she is new to the Platte Valley Clinic. Cooper and her husband, Buddy, have lived in Saratoga for 11 years now. Cooper met her husband in Idaho where she grew up. Eventually the couple moved to Georgia, where she began her nursing education. The couple then moved to New Mexico where the nursing candidate worked on furthering her education. Cooper currently has an Associates Degree in Nursing, but worked on a bachelors degree while there-a degree...

  • Care Center 'a-peel'

    Keith McLendon|Dec 5, 2018

    Lana Sanchez, affectionately known as "Lana Banana" to coworkers, started working as the Social Services Director for the Saratoga Care Center in August. Friday morning, the smiling Sanchez was putting together Christmas baskets for the residents of the facility. Sanchez explained that, though the nursing home does a "Secret Santa" system for holiday gift giving, the care center has enough continuous donations that it is possible to make up nice gift baskets for each of the residents. Currently...

  • DON and ADON

    Keith McLendon|Nov 28, 2018

    The Saratoga Care Center and the Platte Valley Clinic have recently welcomed several new staff members. The Saratoga Sun would like to introduce these caregivers to the community. The Saratoga Sun plans to introduce these new people over the coming weeks and will begin this week with the new Director of Nursing and Assistant Director of Nursing at the Saratoga Care Center. Sandy Mink RN, Director of Nursing Sandy Mink is originally from Denver. She joined the U. S. Navy and retired as an Aviatio...

  • See ya in the funny papers

    Keith McLendon|Nov 28, 2018

    I would like to say “thanks” to Stan Lee for creating so many of the comic book characters I grew up with. I am going to miss his funny Marvel movie cameos too. But this is not about Stan Lee. Bill Maher has wondered publicly about adults that think comic books are “sophisticated literature” and goes on about how basically the love of them has dulled America’s wits. Maybe. But not necessarily. Personally, I think Bill Maher is an overstuffed shirt (and that was the extremely nice...

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