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There is an unwritten rule that one must never discuss politics or religion in a bar setting. On the night of July 10, however, that rule was broken as candidates from the national, state and local level entered the Bear Trap Cafe and Bar in Riverside. The event, organized by owner Margaret Weber, gave Valley residents a chance to speak with candidates during a town hall forum before the primary elections on Aug. 21. The event, which was live streamed by the Saratoga Sun, lasted over two and a h...
Full military graveside services for Homer Wesley Beach, age 95, will be held Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. in Rawlins, WY. A full obituary will appear in an upcoming issue of the Saratoga Sun.... Full story
A memorial service will be held for Janalee Grooman at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 21, 2018 at the Baggs Cemetery.... Full story
Saratoga and Valley residents have likely noticed the absence of a key part of the Farmers’ Market held at St. Barnabas Church in Saratoga. The fruit and vegetable vendor that organizer Laura Morrow has used for the past few years has been unable to attend recently due to unforeseen circumstances. This, according to Morrow, has also led to a decline in other vendors participating as well as patrons of the market. Due to the inability of the vendor to attend, Morrow has decided to place a m...
Encampment Mayor Greg Salisbury expressed frustration at what he saw as lack of communication between the municipality and the Upper Platte River Solid Waste Disposal District (UPRSWDD) during the Encampment Town Council meeting on July 12 at Encampment Town Hall. The town council also heard about a line break at the Grand Encampment Museum (GEM) and from the Wyoming Association of Rural Water Systems. Salisbury’s frustration with the landfill district came about during an update on recent Depar...
Douglas and Jennifer Duplisea returned to appear before the Upper Platte River Solid Waste Disposal District (UPRSWDD) once again during the rescheduled meeting at 7 p.m. on July 11 at the Encampment Branch Library. As was reported in the page 2 article “Transferring the transfer?” in the Nov. 8, 2017 edition of the Saratoga Sun, the Dupliseas had approached the landfill board about the location of the recently constructed transfer station in Saratoga. It was during that November meeting tha...
Riverside Mayor Leroy Stephenson informed the Riverside Town Council during their regularly scheduled meeting on July 12 at the Riverside Town Hall that he had received a letter from the Wyoming Rural Water Association. The letter was in reference to talks between the Town of Riverside and the Sierra Madre Water and Sewer Joint Powers Board concerning delinquent sewer and water customers. As has been reported previously in the Saratoga Sun, the Town of Riverside and the joint powers board had...
Medicine Bow recently demonstrated what we at the Saratoga Sun feel is a good idea. The town allowed children and adults alike to play with fireworks. The reason this was allowed is that the county, despite having a fireworks ban, cedes authority to a municipality to have fireworks if set off by appropriately trained individuals. Medicine Bow Fire Chief Peter Andrews asked for, and got, permission from the Medicine Bow Town Council to attend Fireworks School. Fireworks School is a two-day program that teaches the proper safety techniques for ha...
I was out in my garden last Sunday afternoon and did a twist of my back somehow and by the evening, I was in major pain. Gut wrenching torture, that made me want to puke; I couldn’t walk for more than three minutes at a time without suffering. I probably am one of the least stoic people dealing with being sick or hurting myself. I’m not really a baby or anything close, but I want my discomfort over fast. I don’t like lingering, much less intensifying uncomfortableness. Monday, I was barely able...
A good turnout of Town of Saratoga and Wyoming State Legislative candidates is expected for the first of two 2018 election forums sponsored by the Valley Service Organization (VSO). The forum is scheduled for 6 p.m. Monday (July 23) in the great hall at the Platte Valley Community Center. With the exception of Mayor E. J. Glode, who is running unopposed for his second term, all the candidates for the scheduled offices have indicated they will attend, according to Sue Jones, organizer of the event for VSO. Four-year term Saratoga Town Council ca...
The official name for the town of Encampment is Grand Encampment and it received that name because it was, indeed, a grand encampment for fur traders, mountain men and local Native American tribes to meet and trade. During the weekend of July 20, people can get a taste of what those times were like while visiting the grounds of the Grand Encampment Museum. The Sierra Madre Muzzleloaders Mountain Man Rendezvous will begin on Friday, July 20, and will end on Sunday, July 22. Visitors to the...
Valley residents and visitors will have yet another weekend full of events they can choose to attend with one such event being the Grand Encampment Cowboy Gathering. Entering it's 16th year, the cowboy gathering kicks off at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, July 20 at Grand View Park with open mic. cowboy poetry and music. This will be followed by a campfire jam session at 9 p.m. also in Grand View Park. On Saturday, beginning at 10 a.m., a quilting program will be held by South Dakota poet Yvonne...
King Coal Days are here again starting July 20. At 5 p.m. on Friday registration for weekend events at the Hanna Parks and Recreation Center begin this year’s festivities. Also starting at the same time; a craft, art and food vendor show with a silent auction, a community barbecue and a sand volleyball tournament. From 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. there will be a DJ, karaoke and dancing. Saturday, starting at 7 a.m., a 5k Color Dash Run Walk. The same time a pancake breakfast will be served and r...
The Hanna Town Council met at 6 p.m. on Tuesday at the town hall after a meet and greet with Ashley Mayfield Davis, candidate for Carbon County Attorney that began at 5 p.m. Davis stayed for the entire meeting and talked with residents after the council was finished. She was joined by Walter Hagan who is running for Carbon County Sheriff. It was business as usual as the council approved the minutes the for June 12 regular council meeting and June 20 special meeting. The agenda was approved as...
The Medicine Bow Town Council met at 7 p.m. on July 9 at the Community Hall and started business as usual with approval of the agenda, the minutes for the June 11 meeting and the special meeting convened on June 25. The bills were ratified and approved. LeeAnn Stevenson, candidate for Senate District 11, introduced herself to the council and people present. She said she lived in Riverside and was a candidate for Senate District 11, the largest in the lower 48 states. Stevenson told the council s...
The Carbon County Impact Joint Powers Board heard updates on the lagoon improvement projects, which was declared substantially complete in June, as well as from Kevin Boyce of the Wyoming Water Development Commission (WWDC). Boyce had with him Todd Hurd from Forsgren Associates, the company selected by the WWDC to consult on the study of the town’s well system. Director of Public Works Department Jon Winter informed the joint powers board that, since declaring the lagoon improvement project s...
The Saratoga Planning Commission met July 10 and, as you would expect, had their focus squarely on the long-term. Planning chairman Jon Nelson was joined at the meeting by planning commission members Tom Westring and Chris Duke. Fellow committeeman Jim Beckman was present via speakerphone. After the general business of approving the agenda and previous minutes Planning Commission Chair Jon Nelson paraphrased a letter from Nora Asbury that said she regretted to inform the commission that, due to...
One of the draws of being in the military is being able to travel the world. The same applies to being a pastor and a missionary. Pastor Phil Arndt of Saratoga Alliance Church has done both. While enlisted in the military and stationed in Korea, Arndt was involved with a small group of Christian servicemen and felt the calling to become a pastor. It also helped that being a missionary was in his blood. "My parents had been missionaries in Honduras and Central America," said Arndt. Arndt has been...
Dawn Kenneda, Medicine Bow American Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 64 Girls State Chairman, had some of her northern Carbon County girls attend the 76th session of the American Legion Auxiliary Wyoming Girls State (Girls State) held June 10-16 at Laramie County Community College in Cheyenne. Caitlin Cloe Olsen, and Taylee Widdisen of Hanna Elk Mountain Medicine Bow High School, were selected to attend for their accomplishments to the community. Olsen was selected for her outstanding achievements...