Pastor present

Kenneth (Ken) Gunter is the new pastor at First Baptist Church in Saratoga. He has been pastoring at the church for about a month, but he didn't come to the town without knowing something about Saratoga.

Before Saratoga, Gunter ministered in Carr, Colo.

"I have been pastoring for over 31 years," Gunter said.

Gunter was born in 1949 in West Plains, Missouri. He said the town is near the Arkansas border. He lived there until he was 13 and then his family moved to Ault, Colo.

When he graduated high school, he served in the army for four years and is a Viet Nam vet.

When Ken finished his service w...