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For as long as Saratoga’s Mayor John Zeiger can remember, council members have had a place on town boards as voting members, and that has never been a problem. Currently, every Saratoga Town Council member serves on a board, and most boards have a council representative. “It’s just been a practice ever since I have been here,” said Saratoga Town Clerk Suzie Cox. According to one board member, however, the council representative trend needs to change. Planning Commission member Chris Shannon...
Jennifer Jones, 39, of Torrington, passed away on Oct. 16, 2013. Funeral services were held at the Goshen County Fairgrounds Rendezvous Center on Oct. 22 and Scott Mathis, of Sonrise Church officiated. Jennifer was born in Rock Springs, on Sept. 10, 1974. She graduated from Green River High School and went on to attend York Christian College in York, Neb. Jennifer married Casey Jones on Oct. 14, 2006 in Saratoga. Jennifer worked at Jackson’s Chiropractic and excelled as a mother of three. She e... Full story
Evelyn Patricia Connerly Hammer, 91, a resident of Encampment since 1925, passed away Oct. 17, 2013, at the Deseret Health & Rehabilitation Center in Saratoga. Funeral Services were held Oct. 22, 2013, at the Encampment Presbyterian Church. Interment followed in the Encampment Cemetery. Pallbearers were Michael Hammer, Kyle Thrasher, Danny Hammer, John Behrens, Cole McKinney and Chad McKinney. Evelyn was born March 17, 1922, in Logan County, Colo., to parents Mildred (Lockwood) and David... Full story
Keep a lookout for Witches, Goblins, Ghouls and a few Princesses walking the streets of Saratoga Oct. 31. For a safe and convenient way to trick-or-treat, parents, preschool and elementary-aged kids can come to downtown Saratoga from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Oct. 31. Many businesses will join in the fun by handing out treats and maybe some tricks, too. Businesses wishing to participate in the Halloween Walk should call the Chamber of Commerce at 326-8855 so your name can be added to the list. Deadline to participate is Oct. 24. Children attending... Full story
Platte Valley community members geared up for next year’s festivities at the Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce-sponsored Leaders Luncheon, held last Wednesday at the Platte Valley Community Center. The luncheon, catered by Lollypops, was led by Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Stacy Crimmins. Those in attendance included Mayor John Zeiger; Town Clerk Suzie Cox; Platte Valley Christian Center Pastor Gene Smith; Encampment Town Council Member Mary Martin; C...
America has been through folks “coming out of the closet”, which then led to boisterous displays of gay pride. During this time America was force-fed a message of “tolerance”. Not to say forbearance and understanding is a bad thing in the least, but I personally hate being told how I should feel. Gay pride eventually settled down a bit after the initial “shock value” wore off and then went to work on actually settling down. The homosexual focus today seems to be squarely on marriage. O... Full story
Editor, This hunting season, I have witnessed a much greater gory display of harvested animals than I ever have in my time in the valley. Folks who do not hunt may not care one way or the other about hunting, but upon being confronted with the stark and gory display of a harvested animal, the sight may force them into opposing hunting. We don’t want a concerted effort to outlaw hunting to begin out of the discomfort instigated by a few hunters. Not every child has grown up in a home seeing dead deer and elk, and it could be quite shocking f... Full story
Editor, I would like to respond to Mr. Shannon’s comments made in the October 16, 2013 Saratoga Sun. It os not my job to notify the Council of actions that are not recommended by the Planning Commission. The procedure for that is as follows: The Chairperson, or the designated representative, which has been Chuck Bartlett, informs the Town Clerk of the Commission’s recommendations, it is then put on the agenda for the Council to approve or disapprove after discussion. This has been the procedure that has been followed since my first term as a C... Full story
If you get a notice in the mail soliciting money for property information, chances are you can get the same information for little to no cost. Carbon County Clerk Gwynn Bartlett said she and several other Carbon County residents received letters through the mail labeled “Deed Processing”. The notice promises to send a “property profile” containing information including address, owner’s name, comparable values, legal description and parcel identification number for a fee of more than $80. The...
Because of the recent federal government shutdown, Medicine Bow National Forest officials are encouraging the public to double-check conditions before visiting. During the shutdown, National Forest System lands remained open and available to the public; however, all campgrounds were closed since services could not adequately be supplied. Post-shutdown, many of those campgrounds have reopened, but due to the return of winter-like conditions in some areas, others have remained closed for the season. As is typical for this time of year, visitors...
Voices of the Valley is pushing for a grant to fund a housing study. VOV director KayCee Alameda, board member Jim States and other VOV affiliates, have been talking to Saratoga Town Council members and the Planning Commission in order to push for a grant in the amount of $25,000, a grant the town may have to match with $6,000. The Saratoga Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend the town council match the grant to pay for the housing study, which could benefit residents in the long r...
Due to the federal government shutdown, the BLM is extending the public scoping period for the Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind Energy Project (CCSM) infrastructure component Environmental Assessment (EA). The EA includes the Haul Road and Facilities for Phase I, West Sinclair Rail Facility and the Road Rock Quarry. The scoping period began on Sept. 9, 2013, and was originally scheduled to end on Oct. 9, 2013. The extended scoping period will now end on Oct. 25, 2013. During the shutdown, the website on the Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind...
Carbon County School District No. 2 school board members anticipate having a new superintendent lined up before Bob Gates retires at the end of this school year. “We anticipate that, in the spring, we will be offering a contract to a new superintendent who will resume the duties July 1,” said CCSD 2 Board of Trustees Chairman Greg Bartlett. The CCSD 2 Board of Trustees unanimously voted Monday to consider using the Wyoming School Boards Association (WSBA) for the search of a new sup...
Shareen Johnson, the 2013-2014 Department of Wyoming President of the American Legion Auxiliary, of Lander, will be visiting Angus England American Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 54, of Saratoga at 5:30 p.m., Oct. 26, 2013 at the post home. The special meeting will be a carry-in dinner and members are asked to bring a side dish or dessert to complement roast beef. Shareen is eligible for membership in the American Legion Auxiliary through her father, John Sturgeon, who is a member of Don Stough Post No. 33 of Lander, and who served 20 years in the... Full story
Two Saratoga High School football players have organized a raffle to help an ailing respected teacher get back on his feet. The raffle, organized by students Tate Stinson and Ryan Malone, was put together to benefit physical education teacher Burt Willford, who has become ill with cancer and cannot teach at this time. As highly athletic students with a love for football, Stinson and Malone expressed a desire to help a teacher who taught them so much. “My best friend, Ryan Malone, and I have t...
Encampment’s Lady Tigers are heading into volleyball regionals as third-place qualifiers, after a back-to-back loss-win against Little Snake River and HEM. The Tigers beat the Lady Miners Saturday with 25-16, 25-10, 25-13, but lost to the Lady Rattlers Friday with 16-25, 10-25, 13-25. Encampment’s overall season record is now 16-7-1, which includes a 1A southwest conference record of 7-3. “Our first game will be against the No. 2 placed team from the north,” said coach Robin O’Leary. “We need to...
The Lady Panthers didn’t let a double-loss last weekend get them down, and instead looked ahead to regionals as a third-place ranked team within their conference. After Saturday’s loss against Southeast (28-26, 18-25, 25-22, 21-25, 5-15) and Friday’s lost against Burns (19-25, 16-25, 16-25), Saratoga ended up a respectable third place in the 2A southwest conference. Their record currently stands at 16-10 overall, and 5-3 for conference. Coach Shayley Love said that in order to make it to state t...
With the Wyoming State Cross-Country Tournament just around the corner, two runners from both ends of the high school spectrum are hoping to secure Top 10 finishes. Senior Cameron Collamer and freshman Katie Loose are some of the top performers for the Saratoga High School Cross-Country Team. During their three-mile invitational runs, Collamer has primarily secured times with less than 20 minutes, while Loose has usually finished under 25 minutes in the girls’ races. Collamer, who has run c...
Oct. 26, 1911 On the cigarette evil Drastic action by the authorities of Notre Dame College in Indiana, imposing the penalty of expulsion on students who persist in smoking cigarettes will not be regarded as too severe. A youth of sufficient age to have entered the freshmen class of any college, and who is so far under the influence of cigarette habit that nothing but ostracism can save him, should have been saved in that way. Such as ostracism cannot save will have to be lost, even if they be so far lost that, at their funeral obsequies, it... Full story
At Deseret Health and Rehab, residents enjoyed many activities this week. The Activity Department offers a variety of activities each week to meet the residents’ interests and needs. We will be having our annual fall carnival from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 25, 2013. There will be games, prizes, candy, the spook house and the cake walk for kids of the valley. We wish to thank Tim Lamprecht for the kind donation of candy for the kids at the carnival. Games throughout the week provided fun and laughter. On Sunday afternoon, five residents p... Full story
There were five people here for Bingo Tuesday. Two-dollar winners were Berneil McCord, Winnie Allen and Grace Johnston. Sue Howe won the $4 blackout round; thank you Winnie Allen for watching my card. There were three tables for Duplicate Bridge on Monday. High winners were Gertrude Herold and Mary Alice Sjoden. Second high went to Mariel O’Grady and Marilyn Walck. They said they had a pretty good turnout for the flu shots here on Wednesday. I always enjoy when they have these things up here cause you get to visit with people you very seldom s... Full story
After a nearly unbeatable 2013 season, the Encampment Middle School Lady Tigers pulled in a respectable second place win at the season-closing Hanna Volleyball Tournament Saturday. The girls wrapped up their season at 11-1, with their 25-21, 25-22, 25-14 tourney loss against Little Snake River standing as their only loss of the season. Out of the six teams that competed in the tournament (Saratoga, Encampment, HEM A, HEM B, Little Snake River, Desert School from Wamsutter), Encampment came in...
After six years of planning and hard labor, the original power line right-of-way clearing project on the National Forest was officially completed last month. Chuck Larsen, general manager with Carbon Power and Light (CP&L), said the No. 1 goal for the project, which involved clearing multiple trees, was to prevent the possibility of the company’s power lines starting a forest fire and incurring the liability associated with that. Second in importance, he said, was insuring service reliability a...