Sorted by date Results 1 - 25 of 30
Ensuing the passing of Councilmember Steve Wilcoxson on May 29, the following meeting of the Saratoga Town Council on June 2 was kept short with a modified agenda. In total, the time from beginning to end was just around 20 minutes. During that meeting, Mayor John Zeiger officially declared a vacancy on the council. “It is with regret that I’m going to have to declare a vacancy on our council after the passing of Councilman Wilcoxson,” said Zeiger. “So anyone that would be interested in filling...
The Board of Carbon County Commissioners (BOCCC) renewed their contract with Dr. Wayne Couch during their June 2 meeting at the recommendation of Amanda Brown, Carbon County Public Health nurse manager. The renewal of Couch’s contract comes as both the State of Wyoming and Carbon County are emerging from health orders issued in response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. “We didn’t make any changes from the contract from last year. I talked to him and he’s comfortable with everyth...
The Wyoming Department of Health, along with the Veteran’s Commission and State Construction Department, are constructing the Veteran’s Home of Wyoming Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF), located in Buffalo. Through the State of Wyoming’s Art in Public Buildings program, artwork will be commissioned for the exterior of the facility. A Request for Qualifications (RFQ) is open to artists with a deadline of July 17, 2020. This is a national RFQ. Wyoming artists will be given preference. The call is available on CaFE callforentry.org. Additional detai...
Joseph Raymond Pennington, 91 passed away peacefully December 14, 2019 at the Memorial Hospital Carbon County in Rawlins.Please come join his family in a Celebration of Life, Saturday, June 20, 2020 at 2 p.m. at the Rawlins Depot. Joe (JR) was born May 9, 1928 in Rawlins to Katherine and Purcer Pennington. He attended school at Rawlins until his enlistment in the United States Navy, December 1945. He was stationed in San Diego, California and served on the U.S.S. Current as a Quartermaster Third Class until his Honorable discharge, October...
The staff of the City of Rawlins is sad to announce that the Music in the Park concert series dates for June will not be held: June 18th and 25th. After review of the current Statewide Public Heath Order for events as well as discussions with local health officials, city staff have recognized that we cannot safely meet all of the requirements at this time. As new orders are released, staff will reassess. We hope to be able to hold the additional six planned Music in the Parks as scheduled. While updates to the Statewide Public Health orders...
Phyllis Cook, resident of Ryan Park, contacted The Saratoga Sun to provide additional details of the accident that took place at Kum & Go on Monday, June 3, 2020. Phyllis and Bruce Cook were the ones who were referred to as "the elderly couple" in last week's article "Mettle amid the wreck". Phyllis said that living through the event was like watching a movie, it didn't seem real. It took a few days before the shock wore off and they were able to process what they had experienced. According to P...
The High Country Joint Powers Board (HCJB) met at 6 p.m. on Thursday at the Medicine Bow Community Hall. The meeting didn’t get started until 6:10 p.m. because there were not enough representatives to provide a quorum. Those that eventually attended were Hanna representative Marcia Beals, Medicine Bow representative Sharon Biamon, Chairman Toby Smith and Morgan Irene from Elk Mountain, who was on speaker phone. Hanna mayor Lois Buchanan was in the audience. The agenda was quickly approved o...
The Hanna Parks and Recreation Board met at 4:30 p.m. on June 3 at the Hanna recreation center. Besides the board, Hanna mayor Lois Buchanan was in attendance. The board last met March 4. The recreation center was closed in mid March and is still closed. The agenda and minutes from March 4 were quickly approved by the board. The financials were approved from March. The board approved the re-open date for the recreation center to be June 16. The days open will be Tuesday through Friday. The hours...
I believe our personalities are a cumulation of exposure to different people that have impact on us. Family is usually a given. My family definitely has influenced me as well as friends. Then there are the roommates. I don’t know how many the average is for most people, but honestly, I have had 49 roommates since I left home for college. Many of the ones I had before I got married shaped me strongly, so I decided to recount a few. The First I had my own room since I was about seven and when I w...
Editor, You only need turn on your TV News to understand that America stands poised on the brink of a violent explosive period in race relations. We are experiencing that the problem of race relations in the United States cuts to the very core of our definition as a people. America, although founded on the ideals of individual liberty and personal dignity, we cannot bring ourselves—through either law or social practice—to treat the descendants of slaves as equal to whites. The dilemma that this attitude has always posed for us in American was t...
“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” -George Orwell We are all being trained to believe out voice does not matter. Between media censoring people, social media harassing you, and our elected officials disregarding you, we have very little god given rights left. This was a perfect example in the most recent Saratoga Town Hall meeting. Several people chose to take time away from their family, loved ones, and work to attend the townhall meeting with hopes of addressing their elected o...
by Ben Wagy The COVID-19 pandemic changed just about everyone’s day-to-day life. Whether it is not visiting a relative, not going to school, or not having a spring sports season; there have been changes. In our Valley, we are fortunate to have had our Wrestling State Tournament and the 1a/2a State Basketball Tournaments. Many 3a/4a athletes were not able to finish their basketball seasons. Student athletes in Wyoming were not able to start their spring season and no one was able to finish. Most had one week of practice completed when they h...
by Kaitlyn and Jaden Campbell The sun was shining down in Encampment on this past Memorial Day as friends and family came together to honor the fallen. Since 1984, VFW Post 1625 has held the Memorial Day Ceremony at the Encampment cemetery. This tradition is a reminder to the community to give thanks for veterans and fallen soldiers alike. It was continued this year through the hardships the public faces due to Covid-19. Along with the ceremony, the Post places American flags on the graves of al...
by Kaitlyn and Jaden Campbell Over the past few months, many communities have suffered from the coronavirus pandemic. Restrictions put in place due to COVID-19 have placed a strain on local businesses, but none more so than hotels. Travel has become almost non-existent over the past few months, causing a large impact on an industry that relies solely on travel. Several local business owners and managers gave their thoughts on the situation. Many travellers from around the United States stay at The Riviera Lodge. While the lodge faced their usua...
After 28 years of working for Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2), 22 of them being the nurse for the entire district, Karen Patton is retiring. Until four years ago, Patton was the only nurse for the seven schools. To say she will be missed by students, parents and staff of CCSD2 would be an understatement. "Compassionate, Caring, and Dedicated to the kids is how you describe Karen Patton," Shelley Cooper, Medicine Bow Elementary who won CCSD2 teacher of the year for 2019 teacher said....
Since taking back ownership of the Bear Trap Cafe and Bar in Riverside in March 2018, Margaret Weber has often experimented with her menu. When dine-in services for restaurants throughout Wyoming were closed due to concerns over the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), she began providing the option of take-and-bake meals for home delivery. Now that restrictions are beginning to ease across the state and restaurants can provide limited dine-in services, Weber has brought in yet another menu item. Bare...
Seth Konrath, owner of Elk Mountain Conoco and Walcott Junction Shell gas stations said that he is seeing numbers rising of vehicles coming to his stations after a huge drop off in March, April and May. "Those months there was a 40 percent drop," Konrath said. Konrath said in one weekend, traffic came back. "It didn't start coming back until Memorial Day weekend," Konrath said. "Now we are right up where we were last year, if not a little ahead." Konrath attributed some of the increased traffic...
The first meeting of the Saratoga Town Council since the passing of Councilmember Steve Wilcoxson on May 29 saw the governing body with barely a quorum as Mayor John Zeiger, Councilmember Judy Welton and Councilmember Jon Nelson were in attendance. Councilmember Bob Keel, in writing, cited a conflicting work schedule for being unable to attend. With the end of the current fiscal year coming to a close in less than a month, the Saratoga Town Council is struggling to get a budget for Fiscal Year...
Following the failure to pass two ordinances relating to the current and upcoming fiscal years on second reading at the June 2 Saratoga Town Council meeting, the governing body will be holding a special meeting this week. The council will also discuss an engagement letter for James Childress. Over the past few several weeks, the Saratoga Town Council has been debating both the revenue and expenditures for Fiscal Year 2020/2021. Councilmember Jon Nelson has been expressing hesitancy at following...
The museums in northern Carbon County are getting ready for summer visitors. Medicine Bow Museum and Hanna Basin Museum opened on Memorial weekend and Elk Mountain Museum is looking to open June 12. COVID-19 did effect the openings of Medicine Bow and Hanna Basin, because they could not have the refreshments and crowds that are a part of the summer openings. Medicine Bow opened, but museum director Sharon Biamon knew it would be quiet. She said there is a new quilt exhibit that she wants to...
Every year in Wyoming the first Saturday in June is designated as a free fishing day. Any one wishing to, can fish the lakes and rivers of Wyoming without a fishing license with a few exceptions. Yellowstone National Park and the Wind River Reservations are excluded from this event. Fishing regulations still apply, so if anyone is thinking about taking advantage of the free fishing day next year they should check Wyoming Fishing Regulations at wyomingcarboncounty.com/images/fishing/fishregs.pdf...
For the second time since February, Councilmember Jon Nelson objected to payments for third-party accountant James Childress as they exceeded the monthly amount approved by the Saratoga Town Council. At the June 2 meeting of the governing body, Nelson objected to paying the entire amount invoiced by Childress, which totalled $8,482. As was reported previously (see “No body, no crime” on page 16 of the February 26 Saratoga Sun), the Saratoga Town Council provided Childress with a list of add...
The pursuit of a special museum tax district by the Saratoga Museum and Historical Association (Saratoga Museum) has been placed on a temporary hold following the June 2 meeting of the Board of Carbon County Commissioners (BOCCC). During a public hearing at the regular meeting of the BOCCC, the governing body heard arguments both for and against the establishment of the district. Notably, those speaking out against the district clarified that they were not in direct opposition to the...
To the editor of the Saratoga Sun, In April my husband and I were called to Laramie to say goodbye to my Papa. He had been taken to a hospice there when he was diagnosed with inoperable cancer. My husband and I travel a lot because of his job so we were in Kearney at the time. We left the motorhome (our home) there and drove as fast as we could to Laramie to say goodbye to Papa. This was a terrible time for us, even though Papa was in his 80’s he was very dear to us. We cried most of the way there. We got to Laramie and were told we c...
Dear Editor, Establishing a local museum to preserve our rich history and heritage is hard, but not nearly as tough as maintaining one. A bold statement, yet I feel I can back it up having help found and then maintain both the Saratoga and Grand Encampment Museums since the 1960s. Both museums have been recipients of hundreds of photos, manuscripts, historical items, newspapers, printing presses, pamphlets, programs, treks and funds from the Bob Martin/Dick Perue collection. And yes, both have...