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It was standing room only during the rescheduled meeting of the Carbon County School District (CCSD) No. 2 Board of Trustees at 4 p.m. on Nov. 13 at Encampment K-12 School as the board heard a presentation from Encampment students in regards to a proposal for a six-man football team next school year. The presentation, which lasted approximately 30 minutes, was lead by Koye Gilbert with occasional input by other students and staff members. “I’m Koye Gilbert and on behalf of both the high sch...
Staff Report Due to miscommunications with organizers there were a few errors in announcing the upcoming Platte Valley Helping Hands (PVHH) Thanksgiving Dinner. Fortunately the Saratoga Sun can get you the correct information before the event. The traditional meal with turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, gravy, ham, sweet potatoes, cranberries, relishes, peas, rolls and pumpkin pie will be served between 12:30 and 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 22 at St. Ann’s Parish Hall in Saratoga. The 23rd annual meal will be prepared by PVHH volunteers and the H... Full story
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 inch setback on a...
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 Sage Civil...
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 complete the work...
“As comics writers we had to have villains in our stories. And once World War II started, the Nazis gave us the greatest villains in the world to fight against. It was a slam dunk.” ~ Stan Lee *** What does it mean when you find yourself personally impacted by the death of someone you never met, but still feels like a member of your family? Though it was one of my dreams in life to one day meet Stan Lee, last Monday brought those dreams to a screeching halt as my social media feeds were flooded...
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 6th penny tax. He sai...
"The biggest difference between a bank and a credit union is we are member owned," Jeanne Stapleton, vice president branch manager for Meridian Trust Federal Credit Union said. She has been at this branch in Carbon County for four years, but has been working for credit unions for years. As Stapleton said, credit unions differ from banks and other financial institutions in that those who have accounts in the credit union are members and owners. The members elect their board of directors in a one...
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 said. "Whenever you...
Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School was the site for the Eighth Annual National Honor Society (NHS) Veterans Celebration that started at 8 a.m. on Friday morning. The celebration started with a hearty breakfast of pancakes, biscuits and gravy, fruit and other morning-oriented edibles and beverages. The attendees numbered close to 200 before the Hanna Elementary students joined the celebration at approximately 8:45 a.m. HEM senior Cloe Olsen started the program by welcoming all...
Kyle Warren said it was his journalism class at Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School, taught by Sarah Jones, that got him interested in photography. "We went to a journalism camp when I was a sophomore and there was a big focus on photography and that is what really got me interested," Warren said. "I haven't taken a formal photography class; I more or less have taught myself, but I knew back then it was something I wanted to pursue." About the time he started taking photography...
On the evening of Nov. 14, students and their families gathered in the multipurpose room of Saratoga Middle/High School to recognize their accomplishments during the fall sports season. Football coaches Logan Wright and Tate Stinson as well as volleyball coaches Shayley Love and Darcie Becka informed those gathered of the achievements their respective teams had made as parents and athletes ate dinner. Wright commended the boys of Saratoga Panther football for playing as hard as they did, even...
When the final game ended between the Saratoga Lady Panthers and the Lingle-Fort Laramie Lady Doggers at the 1A State Championship, it was the last time three Lady Panthers would be on a volleyball court wearing the purple and gold of Saratoga. Tiffany Bauer and Mychaela Jackman spent four years as Lady Panther netters and Lairren Peebles was one for three years. With State over and the girls helping make history by taking Saratoga past the semi-finals for the first time since 1991, it is finall...
On Thursday, Nov., 8th, Encampment K-12 held an incredible Veterans Day Assembly. With many local Platte Valley Veterans making an appearance. In preparation of the assembly, Encampment National Honor Society students assigned a Veteran to each grade K-6. Each class introduced their veteran to the school and presented them with a gift. First and 2nd graders presented Liz Wood with a cute homemade star. Each child took turns reading what questions Liz answered for them in the veteran-student...