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The Saratoga Sun

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The Saratoga Sun
WEDNESDAY • OCTOBER 15, 2014 • VOLUME 128 • NO. 11 • $1
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Saratoga town crews guide the pedestrian bridge on to the abutments last Friday. The four-year project finally saw its first major hurdle
crossed after the pedestrian bridge was set.
Walkway project takes first step
Saratoga sees completion of the first phase of the pedestrian walkway project
By Mike Dunn
[email protected]
From atop of the newly-set
pedestrian bridge, a beaming Chuck Bartlett looked
upstream towards the autumn-kissed aspens resting
on the side of the riverbank.
“I mean, look at that view …
it’s incredible,” he said.
It was a project which took
four years, but the long-anticipated Veterans Island to
the hot springs pedestrian
walkway project has finally
seen its first major step with
the setting of the bridge across
the North Platte River.
Bartlett saw the setting of
the bridge as a tremendous
feat. The project, which originally received funding from a
Transportation Enhancement
Activities Local (TEAL) grant
in 2009, had been constantly
met with setbacks. Flooding
on the North Platte River
had stunted the development
of the project in three of the
last four years. Additionally,
the project received criticism
from town residents who often
referred to it as “the bridge to
nowhere”.
But as town’s engineer on
the project, Bartlett had a
different name for the project.
“Really, the project from
hell is going to be completed,”
Bartlett said while laughing.
While the setting of the
bridge required patience from
town crews and residents,
the exceedingly complex procedure was completed with
minimal setbacks.
The bridge arrived in two
pieces in Saratoga on two
semi-truck trailers on the
evening of Oct. 8. Both pieces
weighed a combined 58,000
pounds and spans 150 feet.
In order to set the bridge
across the banks of the North
Platte River, the town of Saratoga hired Mountain Crane,
a crane operating company
based out of Utah. The crane
had just finished a project in
Sinclair and was waiting to
work on another project in
Rawlins. After the Rawlins
project had been delayed,
Mountain Crane was available for the town of Saratoga’s
service.
The town of Saratoga was
able to hire Mountain Crane
for what Saratoga Mayor John
Zeiger called a substantially
low price of $32,000. Because
the price came in so low, the
town did not have to place the
operation up for bid.
The original plan of the
project was to have the bridge
set by the evening of Oct. 9.
However, transportation of
the crane was delayed as the
crane service had to wait on
pilot cars to escort the cranes
from Sinclair to Saratoga. The
cranes arrived in Saratoga in
the late afternoon of Oct. 9.
Two cranes were needed for
the project — one small crane
to put together the larger
crane, and a larger crane to
hoist the bridge across the
river. The large crane was
put together and set up on the
island at approximately 8:30
p.m. on Oct. 9.
In the early morning of Oct.
10, semi-truck drivers carrying
the bridge took the load across
a shallow portion of the river
to Veterans Island. Only one
truck was temporarily stuck in
the river, and was later helped
out of the river with the help of
Saratoga town crews.
Despite their long load, the
truck drivers successfully
navigated the skate park and
the trees on the island. Both
pieces of the bridge were
assembled by Saratoga town
crews on the island, while
Mountain Crane personnel
prepared the bridge to be lifted across the river.
The preparation of the bridge
took the better half of three
hours, but the actual setting
of the bridge took less than
10 minutes. The bridge was
lifted across the river with the
crane, and was bolted down by
town of Saratoga crews. After
the bridge was set, spectators
who were stationed on the west
side of the river applauded the
flawlessly-executed setting of
the bridge.
“It was a perfect fit, just like
a glove,” Zeiger said.
Zeiger, who has been mayor
of Saratoga for 10 years, had
taken much of the flak from
residents about the pedestrian
bridge project. With his loss
in the primary in August, he
said he was thrilled to be able
to complete the project before
his term was completed.
“It’s unbelievable,” he said
after the bridge was set. “I was
wondering if it was ever going
to happen. I mean we had the
goal there, but you wondered
if everything was going to fit
in to place.”
“It was well worth the wait,
I think the public is going to
be pleased once they are able
to use it,” he added.
There is still work to be done
on the project. There will be
another small bridge which
will span over Spring Creek
from the hot pool to the inlet.
Additionally, ramps will be
constructed at the base of the
bridge which will allow easy
access for residents to cross.
Both of the smaller projects
will be completed by the town
of Saratoga crews.
However, the hardest part
of the project has been completed.
Chuck Bartlett said there
are still several steps left to be
completed in the project. But
for the time being, he said he
will take some time to enjoy
the completion of the project
during his well-needed hunting trip
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Airport Board Meeting
The Saratoga Airport Board will be
conducting a Public Meeting on October
16, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. for the purpose of
discussing the commercial and private hangar
leases and other airport issues. The meeting
will be held in the Saratoga Town Hall.
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Obituaries
Kent Leon Walton
Kent L. Walton, 64, of Saratoga, WY, passed away Oct. 1,
2014 at Cheyenne Regional
Medical Center. Kent was
born in Burley, Idaho on Oct.
11, 1949 to Warren and Mary
Walton. Kent attended school
in Oakley, Idaho where he
resided as a child. He worked
at various jobs on farms and
ranches in Idaho as a young
man. Kent moved to Saratoga
in the late 1960’s, following
his sister, Mary Lou and
family, to work for Edward
Hines Lumber Mill. Kent
helped helped construct the
lumber mill and planer and
worked there at various jobs.
When Louisiana-Pacific Corporation bought out Hines in
the 1980’s Kent continued to
work there as a dry end supervisor. In 1992 Kent and Cindy
moved to Laupahoehoe, Hawaii, where he worked with
his brother, Ron harvesting
koa trees. Kent and Cindy
moved back to Saratoga in
May of 1993 and Kent went
back to work for WY DOT in
Saratoga where he retired as
a heavy equipment operator
in October 2011 after 19 years
of service.
Kent enjoyed hunting, fishing, trapping, and hunting for
shed antlers. He loved sharing his knowledge of these
hobbies with his children,
grandchildren, brothers, sisters and many friends. Cindy
said she had to schedule her
vacations around his hobbies.
Every season he was busy:
trapping October thru March,
shed hunting March thru
May, fishing May thru October, scouting for that elusive
elk, deer and moose in August
and September and pheasant
hunting in November. He
planned a pheasant trip with
his brother Norman and another one with his grandson,
Tristan, this year. Tristan,
Brandon and Cindy will be
taking this trip in Kent’s
memory.
Kent was preceded in
death by his parents, Warren and Mary Walton; two
brothers, Leonard and Shelton Walton; sister Mary Lou
Twitchell and step-sons
Brian and Shawn Gray. He
is survived by his wife Cindy
Walton, of Saratoga; daughter Lisa Walton (Sandy Vancleeve) ,of Billings, Mont.;
sons Scott Walton (Cindy),
of Billings, Mont. and Brandon Gray (Susan Smith), of
Saratoga, brothers Norman
and Ron (Kyong) Walton,
of Rupert, Idaho; sisters
Idella Craner of Jerome,
Idaho and Barbara Craner
of Burley, Idaho. Grandchildren Elijah, Sage, and Silas
Walton, of Billings, Mont.
and Tristan, Brayden and
Piper Gray, of Saratoga and
Rawlins. Cindy’s mother,
Dorothy Severns and sister
Sue Christensen, of Encampment, sister Peggy Huntley
of Rock Springs, and brother
Ron Severns of Encampment. Many special nieces
and nephews also survive
Kent along with his special
canine children Dusty, Josie,
Abbey and Rambo.
A Celebration of Life will
be held at the Valley Chapel
at the Saratoga Cemetery on
Oct. 18 at 1 p.m. with interment immediately following
the service at the Encampment Cemetery.
Birth Announcements
Liberty Hope Lewis
Liberty Hope Lewis was born
Sept. 23, 2014, at 3:55 a.m. at
Verde Valley Medical Center
in Cottonwood, Ariz. to Joshua
and Rachel Lewis of Goodyear,
Ariz.
She weighed 7 pounds 14
ounces and was 19.5 inches
long. She is joined at home by a
brother Kaiden and sister Hanna. Maternal grandparents
are Paul Perue of Saratoga,
and Lisa DeLight of Rimrock,
Ariz., great-grandparents are
Wilma Perue, Dick and Marty
Perue, all of Saratoga, Jon
and Diana Schumacher of
Casa Grande, Ariz. and greatgreat-grandmother is Helen
Andrews of Saratoga. Paternal
grandparents are Paul and
Paige Lewis of Goodyear, Ariz.,
great grandparents are Marty
and Jan Neese of Avondale,
Ariz., and Martha Lewis of
Fonta, Calif.
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Avery Muse Gantt
Avery Muse Gantt was born
on Oct. 13, 2014 at 2:31 a.m.
in Rawlins.
She was 6 pounds 0.9 ounce
and 18.5 inches long at birth.
She will make Saratoga her
home with parents Jillian
Murphy Gantt and Erik Muse
Gantt. Her Grandparents are
Ed and Lynne Gantt of Great
Falls, Va., Nancy and Larry
Wiseman of Williamsburg,
Va. and Paul and Barxabara
Bechberger of Newburg, Md.
Aunts and uncles are Trisha
and Scott McCombs of Highlands Ranch, Colo., Todd and
Jenn McCombs of Arlington,
Va. and Heidi and Jason Watkins of Toano, Va. Cousins are
Maddy and Jack McCombs, Ali
and Jon McCombs and Bailey
and Brody Watkins.
The Saratoga Sun congratulates our reporter Erik Gantt
and his wife Jillian on the birth of their first child.
The Saratoga Sun
October 15, 2014, Page 3
Town of Saratoga News
Noise ordinance
causing a ruckus
Town council hears public concerns about noise ordinance
By Mike Dunn
[email protected]
One of the town’s noise
ordinances is a problem for
local businesses, Saratoga
councilman Steve Wilcoxson
said at the Oct. 8 town council meeting.
Ordinance 9.20.050 reads
“no person shall between the
hours of ten [10] p.m. and
seven [7] a.m. maliciously
or wilfully disturb the peace
and quiet of any neighborhood or family within the
town limits by loud or unusual noises or by tumultuous or
offensive carriage, threatening, quarreling, challenging
to fight or fighting.”
Wilxcoson believes ordinance needs to be altered to
allow an exception for commercial and light industries.
The councilman explained
many of the businesses in
downtown Saratoga are in
violation of this ordinance.
He cited the bars — including the Rustic, Duke’s
and the Wolf Hotel — could
potentially have noise complaints filed against them on
a nightly basis.
“Through this, I would like
to point out that the dances
at the Rustic, Duke’s, any of
them could have complaints
against them. I don’t believe
this was set up to encompass
businesses, retail business
or the heavy industry or the
light industry,” Wilcoxson
said.
The Saratoga Municipal
Airport is also given an exception to the noise ordinance, according to Wilcoxson.
The issue was first addressed at the Sept. 16 town
council meeting when Wilcoxson told the council he
was approached by Todd
Hughes, a local woodworker,
who was given a citation for
disturbing the peace. The
citation was distributed after
a complaint was filed.
However, Hughes said he
can be given another citation
for doing his work later at
night.
At both the Sept. 16 and
the Oct. 8 meeting, Wilcoxson said under this ordinance the Saratoga Forest
Management could not establish a second shift.
John Konecny, owner of
Konecny Bros. Lumber and
Konecny Sisters Trucking,
works alongside Saratoga
Forest Management and
spoke on both of their behalf
at the meeting. Konecny said
he was surprised to hear
there was an ordinance prohibiting loud noise between
10 p.m. and 7 a.m. in the
morning.
“I wasn’t aware there was
a noise ordinance to be dealt
with, and when I was talking
with (Hughes), I got a little bit alarmed because we
definitely want to plan on
expanding to another shift —
that was always part of the
thought process,” Konecny
said. “Even now, after reading the noise ordinance, we
are breaking it every day.”
Konecny was unsure when
the sawmill planned on creating a second shift.
If the council did allow
noise exceptions for businesses and industries, the
question of “how loud is too
loud,” presents itself. Despite
stating the council should
show tolerance to businesses
and industries on the noise
ordinance, local resident Don
Sherrod suggested to the
council that a decibel level
should be used to regulate
the noise coming from these
industries.
Resident Karl Smith had
concerns about the long-term
implications if industries
and commercial businesses
were exempt from the noise
ordinance. Smith said this
exemption could potentially
attract noisier businesses to
the town and encourage existing businesses to produce
more (noise).
“If you can structure these
ordinances so you can keep
(businesses) from externalizing those costs and keep
them inside the mill.”
Smith suggested businesses like the mill should have to
keep their louder operations
during the daytime hours,
and ensure other businesses
do not abuse a non-restrictive noise ordinance.
Zoning restrictions
Tom Thompson, Attorney
for the town of Saratoga, said
light industries already follow performance standards
under ordinance 18.36.040
of the Saratoga Municipal
Code. Part “B” of the code
states there is no use permitted in the light industrial
district which involves “noise
objectionable beyond the
boundaries of the building in
which the use is conducted.”
Additionally, 18.36.010 of
the code labeled “purpose
and intent” states the “provisions of this district are
also intended to protect adjacent nonindustrial areas
from the potential hazards
of industrial development.”
Thompson said the ordinance has taken into consideration the idea of residences adjacent to light industry. Similar provisions were
taking into consideration
for heavy industry, according to 18.39.040 municipal
code. However, under the
performance standards for
heavy industry, it does not
list any limitations or restrictions on noise.
Commercial businesses
have noise restrictions as
well, listed under 18.33 and
18.30 of the municipal code.
Thompson suggested the
council review the industrial and commercial zoning
ordinances before making
changes to the noise ordinance.
“In regards to heavy industry, from a legal standpoint, my concerns would be
if you blanket exception and
say ‘heavy industry (ambit)
as much noise as they need
to to conduct their operations,’ does that change the
character of the zoning that
is already there and is that,
in fact, legally enforceable,”
Thompson said.
Changing the noise limitations on industries or
commercial stores could
alter the character of residential districts, Thompson
explained.
“What you would find in
case law is that if you moved
next to the mill, and you
know the mill is there, and
you know that you moved
next to a nuisance,” Thompson said. “If the character
of the operation of the mill
changes, from when you
moved there, or when it was
permitted … I think you
would find the case law supports that the mill probably
can’t do that.”
After hearing comments
from residents, the council
voted to look up ordinances
from other municipalities
via the Wyoming Association of Municipalities.
The next Saratoga Town
Council Meeting will take
place at 6 p.m. on Oct. 21 at
Saratoga Town Hall.
Airport considers cameras
By Mike Dunn
placing a snapshot of the
[email protected] runway every 10 minutes
The Airport board feels or so could inform pilots of
as if adding an extra set of the local weather.
The board determined
eyes to the airport may not
they would continue to
be a bad idea.
At their Oct. 9 regular discuss the prospects of
scheduled meeting, new placing a camera at the
airport board member Ar- municipal airport. The
len Hughes, proposed the money for placing cameras
idea of placing cameras at would have to arrive from
the town.
Shively airfield.
Heavy industries and
After the plane wreck
on Sept. 20 in Saratoga commercial retailers are
which took the lives of not the only entities that
two Casper residents. The came under fire for breaktwo who were killed in the ing the noise ordinance
crash apparently stopped at the Oct. 8 town council
in Saratoga, but investi- meeting.
During the meeting,
gators are unclear exactly
Saratoga town councilman
when they left.
A camera could also keep and airport board member
an accurate record of how Steve Wilcoxson said the
many planes are landing airport is given an exception to the noise ordinance
and leaving the airport.
An added benefit to a already. However, many of
camera would be to dis- the airport board members
play weather conditions to felt as if the ordinance, listthe town’s website. Even ed as ordinance 9.20.050 in
the Saratoga municipal
code, pertained mainly to
light industries and commercial operations.
Saratoga municipal airport FBO Kim Lorenzen
said typically, the only
time of year there is a considerable amount of noise
from the airport is during
Conquistadors.
Board member Jennifer
Hamilton thought the
airport should still be
considered on the list of
exemptions to the ordinance if one is drawn up
by the council.
The airport board will
be holding a special workshop in order to address
logistics of subleasing
hangars at 1 p.m. on Oct.
16.
The next regular scheduled meeting will take
place at 1 p.m. on Nov. 12
at Saratoga Town Hall.
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Opinion/Editorial
No place like home
My husband and I returned
from our vacation Monday
night. Tom Dixon, a former
editor of the Saratoga Sun got
married in Phoenix last Friday and we decided to plan our
vacation around his wedding.
We had already planned a
return trip last year to Cortez, Colo., where my husband
has family. His uncle had
promised us a trip through
Montezuma Canyon in Utah
to see some Petroglyphs. Our
plans were changed slightly
as Uncle Bill had knee surgery the day we arrived and
his daughter Renee agreed to
take us on the tour.
Volunteering on the Saratoga Museum board has turned
me into somewhat of a history
buff. I have always been fascinated by history in the West,
but as I learn more through
the work of the Saratoga Museum, I find myself wanting to
know more, not just about our
Valley, but other areas too.
The Southwest has always
fascinated me, but I did not
get to spend a lot of time
there. When I was 10 years
old, my mom and dad took us
to see some of the Southwest.
We traveled through Colorado, Arizona, Nevada and California before heading north
and traveling through Utah,
Idaho, Montana, Wyoming
and South Dakota.
I would not see the Southwest again until 1998 when
my husband participated in
an art show in Sedona, Ariz.
Last week we spent our first
night in Moab and visited
Arches National Park.
In Montezuma Canyon, we
spent a good part of the day
looking at Petroglyphs, and
still didn’t see everything
there was to see. Jerry’s uncle
spends days studying them
and has promised to show us
even more when we return.
From
the Hip
By Liz Wood
We also spent a day in Mesa
Verde National Park. It was
closed last year because of the
government shutdown, so we
wanted to make sure we saw
it this year. At 10 years old,
I had no idea of the amount
of work it took to build these
homes in the cliffs. As an
adult, I am able to appreciate
the work put into building
these communities.
That being said, I still have
vivid memories of visiting the
Mesa Verde in 1968, which
led me to want to see it again
as an adult.
The same is true of the
Grand Canyon. It was a spectacular sight to see at 10
years old, and I was thrilled
to be able to share it with our
children in 1998. But this
year, to be able to take our
time and truly appreciate
nature’s art in the canyon
was incredible.
I was amazed at the visitors from other countries
who came to see the Grand
Canyon. Many flew into Las
Vegas, Nev., and rented a car
or RV to see the canyon and
other places we visited. Even
for early October, there were
a lot of people visiting the
canyon.
We saw incredible landscape and changes from green
grass in a meadow to stark
orange slick rock with arches
formed by ice and wind to
deep canyons in the ground.
We explored interesting
artifacts left by ancient societies and imagined what life
was like centuries ago.
As my husband says, “It’s
a nice place to visit, but I
wouldn’t want to live here.”
I feel fortunate to be able to
live in a Valley as beautiful
as the Platte Valley. Medicine Bow Peak still takes
my breath away every time
I see it.
Monday, as we drove
through Utah, I couldn’t
help but find myself getting
excited about coming home
to Wyoming. To be able to
wake up every morning and
see Medicine Bow Peak from
my bedroom window is something I sorely missed. I was
looking forward to walking
down the streets of Saratoga
and to see familiar faces and
yes, to get back to work.
It is nice to be able to travel
and see the sights, but like
Dorothy said in the Wizard
of Oz, “There is no place like
home.”
Town crews display
professionalism
Late last week, the
town of Saratoga completed the first part of the
pedestrian bridge project.
The project consisted
of setting the 150-foot
bridge over a span from
Veterans Island to the
inlet near the hot pool.
Since 2009, the pedestrian bridge project has
been the center of controversy in the town. Many
have referred to it as
the “bridge to nowhere.”
Others have simply called
it a waste of taxpayers’
money.
Regardless of what you
think of the project itself,
you have to give kudos to
the personnel who placed
the bridge last week.
Town crews patiently
waited almost an entire
day for the crane to arrive
in Saratoga. When it arrived, the crane crews got
right to work — dealing
with extremely dangerous machinery in cold and
wet conditions.
Town crews were up
early in the morning the
day the bridge was set.
They had everything
prepared — from their
biggest equipment to the
smallest details. Between
hoisting the bridge 50
feet up in the air, to navigating the large equip-
Saratoga
Sun
Editorial
ment around Veterans
Island Park.
There were many times
during this process,
where things could have
gone horribly wrong.
Even not tightening a
bolt completely could
have brought disastrous
results.
All of the personnel
involved showed tremendous professionalism during the project.
Town crews were especially courteous to the
press and anyone else
who wanted to watch the
project unfold. They were
fantastic with explaining
what was going on and
letting people have a
close look at the project
while keeping everyone
safe at the same time.
It was a complex project, but it was handled
near to perfection.
The Saratoga Sun encourages you to thank
the town employees for
their hard work on this
project.
Letters to Editor
New direction
Does Carbon County
really need a fire district? a good thing
Editor:
The public has been asked
to vote for a Fire District
in Carbon County. A letter
proposing such district was
sent recently to those who
live outside of town. Several
possible improvements to our
fire control were mentioned.
1) Better standardized training for firefighters. Being that
our departments are staffed
by volunteers who don’t have
the time available for training
as paid staff would, the danger
is that, if these requirements
become too extensive or rigorous, many volunteers will
bow out simply because they
don’t have the time to devote
to it, nor, maybe, the physical
stamina demanded by such
requirements. We can’t afford
to lose staffing.
2) Better response time
because of better equipment.
The county has been good at
equipping our departments.
Our present equipment is
good. It looks good in public
displays such as parades or
fund raisers and performs
well in service. Probably, the
only way to improve response
times would be to have paid
staff at the fire house. It seems
to me that response times
have been good.
3) A paid command staff. Is
a paid command staff needed
when we typically have ten or
less fire calls a year.
4) County fire budget would
increase from $300,000 to
$1,700,000 per year. Nearly a
6-fold increase over present!
Is this increase warranted
for departments already well
equipped?
Points that are de-emphasized are tax increases for
typical households. Property presently valued at, say,
$200,000, would see an increase of $57.00 per year.
No indications on what a
ranch property would see in
increased taxes.
Additionally, insurance ratings will not go down as insinuated. The Insurance Service
Organization has affirmed
that for property over 5 miles
from a Fire House, the rating
will remain at 10, the most
expensive for the insured. No
matter how close the property
is to a fire hydrant. And …
it does not seem that a governing board of 3 people, as
proposed, would be enough to
represent 11 fire departments.
I just don’t think that the
assumed benefits will be realized, nor that the cost of such
benefits, if realized, would be
cost effective. Probably another waste of taxpayers’ dollars.
Do you want more government regulation and taxation?
I don’t think so … let’s don’t
fix what isn’t broken.
I suggest that we “Just Say
No” on election day.
Respectfully submitted,
Bob Thompson
Riverside
Editor,
During this years primary
it was fairly obvious, due to
the number of brave candidates for mayor as well
as the votes themselves,
that folks were ready for a
change.
Mart Twain said it eloquently once. “Politicians,
like baby diapers, need to
be changed regularly and for
the same reason”.
Except for 2 articles in
both the Sun and Daily
Times that were both clever
and subtle the campaign has
been gratefully a clean one.
Each candidate has promised to place emphasis and
priority on infrastructure
such as streets, sewer and
water. That’s good!
Nearly all have promised
to put an end to the “grudge”
fight between the city and
Stevens.
It would be naive of me to
think that the mayor, the
city engineer nor even Stevens have halos and angel
wings. However, $300,000±
would have been better
spent on infrastructure and
other priorities.
The cost of the “Bridge to
nowhere” as it is affectionately known could also have
been redirected to higher
priorities.
Art Leys
Saratoga
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Sewer
ordinance
revamped
Multi-unit residential rates discussed
By Mike Dunn
[email protected]
A new ordinance has several residents questioning
sewer fee increases.
Ordinance 828, which
would increase the sewage
fees in Saratoga in order to
pay for the Saratoga Wastewater Outfall was amended
to charge residents a monthly fee of $22.73 a month.
However, the ordinance
now states every residential
unit — including mobile
homes and apartment units
— must pay the same rate.
On July 1, 2015, rates for
sewer can increase as much
as $7.20. The annual 3 percent increase every calendar
year begins immediately
upon passage of the ordinance. The town council will
likely amend the increase
after bids for the project are
gathered.
The changes to the ordinance was proposed after
the town council discovered
apartment and mobile home
units would be paying considerably less for sewage
rates.
“I live up in the trailer
park, and I am not going to
be paying the $30 monthly
fee,” Saratoga Mayor John
Zeiger said at the Sept. 16
council meeting. “If the public is paying that $30 dollar
monthly fee, then as a resident up in the trailer park,
I should also have to be paying that … so that wordage
needs to be changed.”
The Saratoga/Carbon
County Water and Sewer
Joint Powers Board held
a special meeting on Oct.
1 to listen to concerns of
the public and to amend
the ordinance. While no
formal decision was made,
the water and sewer board
recommended to the council
that apartment and mobile
homes be included in the
sewer fees, and the cost
should be adjusted as such.
At the water and sewer
board’s regularly scheduled
meeting on Oct. 8, town
engineer Chuck Bartlett
presented the new sum of
$22.73 to the water and sewer board. Bartlett explained
the sum was established
after analyzing the addi-
tionally units that would be
billed, and the now (delay)
in the fee to wait until July
1, 2015; the date when the
loan is scheduled to be given
to the town.
Water and sewer board
member Ed Glode suggested there be an additional
amendment to ordinance
828 which includes the $7.20
increase to cease once the
loan has been repaid. The
addition to the ordinance
will be reviewed by council at
the Oct. 21 council meeting.
Critics
Despite the year-long planning of the transmission outfall project, there are many
who feel there is still a more
efficient way to deal with the
federal government’s regulations on water dilution.
Scott Kerbs, a Platte Valley resident, told the water
and sewer board the entire
plan of a transmission line
was unnecessary. Kerbs
suggested using a shallow
well near the river to dilute the ammonia in the
town’s wastewater lagoon.
Bartlett said the board had
considered a plan similar
to Kerbs’ idea, but the salt
levels in those wells would
have been too high to have
been effective.
The grant for the outfall
transmission project needs
to be submitted as soon as
possible, Bartlett said at the
Oct.1 town council meeting.
If the town does not pass
ordinance 828 within the
allotted time, the town could
lose the grant altogether —
meaning the town of Saratoga would not have the money
to build the wastewater outfall project. If the town does
not build the outfall project,
they would not be in compliance with DEQ standards,
and would be subject to fines.
“It’s clear to me that we
are in kind of a time crunch,”
councilman Steve Wilcoxson
said.
The next Saratoga town
council meeting will take
place at 6 p.m. on Oct. 21
at Saratoga Town Hall. The
next water and sewer board
meeting will take place at 6
p.m. on Nov. 5 at Saratoga
Town Hall.
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Prescribed burn
planned for
Saratoga area
Staff Report
Weather permitting,
between Oct. 15 and Dec.
31, 2014, the Wyoming
Game and Fish Department will be conducting a
prescribed burn approximately 13 miles northeast of Saratoga.
Smoke may be visible
for extended periods of
time during three to four
days of consecutive burning necessary to complete
the project.
The burn will be conducted in cooperation
with the ZN Ranch and
Elk Mountain Ranch to
improve mule deer habitat.
Local law enforcement
authorities and fire departments will be properly notified prior to the
burn.
If you have any questions please contact:
Ryan Amundson, Habitat
Biologist – (307) 3310787
Katie Cheesbrough, Habitat Biologist – (307)
760-0489
Will Schultz, Wildlife Biologist – (307) 326-3020
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2014
5 a.m.-9 p.m., Weight Room Open, Saratoga Fitness
6 a.m., Cycling Class, Saratoga Fitness cycling room
9 a.m., Yoga Session, Saratoga Library
9 a.m., Low Impact Fitness, Saratoga Fitness multipurpose room
9:30 a.m., Prayer Shawl Knitters, Presbyterian Fellowship Hall
10:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m., Tumbling, Saratoga Fitness gym
11 a.m.-7 p.m., Saratoga Branch Library
1:30 p.m., Overeaters Anonymous, PV Lutheran Church, 326-5917
2-6 p.m., Children’s activities at The Hub, 106 W. Bridge
4:30 p.m., Cycling Class, Saratoga Fitness cycling room
5:30-7:30 p.m., Family History Center at LDS Church, 950 Hugus
5:30-6:30 p.m., Yoga Session, Saratoga Library
6 p.m. Zumba, Saratoga Fitness Gym
7 p.m., Saratoga Volunteer Fire Dept. Training Meeting, Firehouse
7-9 p.m., Men’s Open Gym, Saratoga Fitness gym
7:30 p.m., Alcoholics Anonymous, Saratoga Senior Center
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2014
9:15 a.m., Tai Chi, Saratoga Fitness gym
10 a.m., Beginning Yoga, Saratoga Fitness gym
7 p.m., Knitting Group, Saratoga Library
7 p.m., ALANON, Building next to St. Barnabas Church
7:30-10 p.m., Co-ed Volleyball, Saratoga Fitness Gym
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2104
5 a.m.- p.m., Weight Room, Saratoga Fitness
8 a.m.-11 a.m., Vet Rep. Workforce Svcs., PVCC
10:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m., Tumbling, Saratoga Fitness gym
Noon, Platte Valley Community Readiness Team, PVCC
Noon-6 p.m., Children’s Activities at The Hub, 106 W. Bridge
7:30 p.m., Alcoholics Anonymous, Saratoga Senior Center
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2014
TBA, Middle School Volleyball Tourney at Encampment
9-Noon, Weight Room Open, Saratoga Fitness
9-Noon, Open Gym, Saratoga Fitness Gym
11 a.m., American Legion, Angus England Unit #54, Legion Home
1 p.m./2:15 p.m., SHS Volleyball at Pine Bluffs
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2014
9 a.m., Narcotics Anonymous, Saratoga Senior Center
4 p.m., Saratoga’s Finest 4-H, Saratoga Library
5-8 p.m., Weight Room Open, Saratoga Fitness
5-8 p.m., Open Gym, Saratoga Fitness Gym
MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2014
9 a.m., Yoga Session, Saratoga Library
4 p.m., Board of Trustees of CCSD No. 2, HEM High School
4:30 p.m., Cycling, Saratoga Fitness cycling room
4:30 p.m., PVCC Joint Powers Board, PVCC
6 p.m., PiYo, Saratoga Fitness gym
6 p.m., AA Meeting, Saratoga Senior Center
6:30 p.m., Executive Committee Meeting, American Legion Post
7 p.m., ALANON, location varies, call 326-8668
7 p.m., Odd Fellows, Odd Fellows Hall
7-9 p.m., Men’s Open Gym, Saratoga Fitness gym
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2014
9:15 a.m., Tai Chi, Saratoga Fitness gym
10 a.m., PiYo, Saratoga Fitness gym
2 p.m..-6 p.m., Children’s activities at The Hub, 106 W. Bridge
5:15 p.m., Kiwanis, Saratoga Senior Center
6 p.m., Saratoga Town Council, Town Hall
6:30 p.m., American Legion Auxiliary, Legion Post Home
For information on ALANON, call 326-8405 or 326-8723
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ENCAMPMENT/RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY EVENTS
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2014
1-6 p.m., Encampment Library
4 p.m., Story Time, Encampment/Riverside Branch Library
4:30 p.m., Beading Group, Enc./Riv. Branch Library
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2014
11 a.m.-4 p.m., Encampment Library
7:30 p.m., Alcoholics Anonymous, Encampment Library
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2014
4 p.m., EHS Volleyball at Rock River
5 p.m., SHS Football vs Wind River
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2014
TBA, Middle School Volleyball Tourney in Encampment
1 p.m., EHS Volleyball at North Park
7:30 p.m., Alcoholics Anonymous, Encampment Library
MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2014
1 p.m., Knitting group, Enc/Riv. Branch Library
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2014
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People of the Platte
SkillsUSA raises
$12K for the cure
Photo by Mike Dunn
Saratoga SkillsUSA raised $12,000 for local Wyoming breast Cancer Charities
with the Saratoga Race for the Cure in July. Pictured front, left to right,
Cruz Escobedo, Veronica Lincoln. Middle, Peyten Fisher, Meredith Lincoln,
Sierra Schutte and Tabatha Farver. Back row, Tonya Bartholomew, Dr. Dean
Bartholomew, Mike Glode, Sheila Coe of Susan G. Komen and SkillsUSA
chairman Scott Bokelman.
Saratoga ISO rating drops
By Mike Dunn
[email protected]
The Saratoga residents
may monetarily benefit from
the Saratoga Volunteer Fire
Department’s good work.
The Insurance Service
Organization (ISO) rating
for the town of Saratoga has
dropped from 6 to a 4. With
the highest rating being a 1
and the lowest a 10, this is a
significant jump in the town’s
rating. Saratoga Mayor John
Zeiger explained at the Oct.
7 town council meeting the
ISO drop arrived from the local volunteer fire department
meeting specific standards.
An ISO evaluation for fire
protection involves looking
at communications, hose
testing, pump testing, water
system capability, training,
and personnel attendance.
Most larger towns have
an ISO rating anywhere between 7 to 1.
“(The fire department) has
met a lot of requirements,
their equipment has met
a lot of requirements, our
hydrants have met a lot of
requirements,” Zeiger said.
He added Saratoga residents should benefit from
this as well, as insurance
rates are expected to plum-
met with the improved rating.
Town engineer Chuck Bartlett encourages all residents
to contact their insurance
agency to let them know of
the higher ISO rating.
“That’s the only way your
insurance agency is going to
know,” Bartlett said.
“I am not sure how much
of a reduction it’s going to
be, but a buck is a buck,”
Zeiger said.
The mayor also complimented the town of Saratoga crews for ensuring the
hydrants in town were up
to code.
Teens encouraged to read
Staff Report
The Carbon County Library has a full month of
events for October, which
includes a reading competition for teens and preteens to recognize Teen
Read Week.
Children, ages 11-18, can
compete for a creepy treat
at all the Carbon County
Libraries from Oct. 13
through Oct. 18. Contestants are encouraged to
submit a video, or teaser
book trailer for the scariest book they have ever
read, or their favorite scary
book. The entries must
be posted to the Carbon
County Library System’s
Facebook page by midnight
on the 18th.
Teen Read Week is a
national adolescent literacy initiative created by
the Young Adult Library
Services Association and
began in 1998.
The Encampment/Riv-
erside Book Discussion
Group will meet at 7 p.m.,
on Oct. 16 at the Encampment Library to discuss
the book “Snapshot” by
Lis Wiehl. To reserve a
copy of the book for the
discussion, contact Dawna
Martin at 307-327-5775.
For more information
about the Carbon County
Library System or the programs it offers, call Kendra
Graham at 307-328-2621 or
visit your local library.
Municipalities receive
consensus funds
By Mike Dunn
[email protected]
The town of Saratoga did
not necessarily get all the
money they requested from
the Carbon County consensus funding meeting on Oct.
10, but it was good enough
for Mayor John Zeiger and
Town Clerk Suzie Cox.
The town of Saratoga originally placed a request from
for $400,000 to fund the
2015 street improvement
project. The project will go
towards repairing potholes
and chip sealing on various
town roads.
However, after the meeting
of Carbon County municipalities on Friday in Rawlins,
it was determined Saratoga
will only received $300,000.
Saratoga is expected to contribute about $50,000 of
their own funds towards
repairing the roads.
“We were hoping for about
$350,000,” Cox said. “But
ours was one of the bigger
projects in the county, and
with all of the other smaller
towns cutting their requests,
it just seemed like the right
thing to do.”
“I am pleased,” Zeiger said.
“We did better than I personally anticipated we were
going to do.”
The last time a street project of its kind was completed
was more than 10 years ago,
Cox said. With the funds
they receive, town officials
are hoping to do work on
Bridge Avenue and other
high-traffic streets in town.
Cox hopes the one-percent
sales tax, which will be voted
on in the general election in
November, will also help
fund street projects in town.
“You have to stay up with
maintaining the streets,”
Zeiger said.
Cox said it is extremely
difficult to receive money for
any street project.
Elsewhere in the Platte
Valley, the town of Encampment received $75,000 to go
towards the 2015 Hydrant
and Valve Replacement
Project, and Riverside was
granted $46,977 for improvements to Rick Martin
Memorial Park.
A total of $1,911,477 was
distributed among the 10
municipalities and Carbon
County for projects. The
State Land and Investment
Board will approve the applications and totals in
December.
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Education News
Photo by Mike Dunn
Hanna High School alumni, former teacher and 72-year resident of Hanna, Ed McAtee, cuts the ribbon in the entry way of the new Hanna
Elementary School in front of a large crowd. McAtee, among other residents in Hanna, hope the new school will revitalize their community
and strengthen their kids’ education.
New School builds community
Residents, community members thrilled to see what the new Hanna Elementary can provide for town
By Mike Dunn
[email protected]
When you enter into the
new Hanna Elementary
School, it’s like stepping into
the entrance of a coal mine.
The 71 students will walk
through the long, rounded tunnels, “held up” by
imitation wooden trusses,
entrance to go to school. To
the side, a mural depicts the
Hanna’s rich history — from
the first immigrant coal miners who lived in tents, to the
students holding shovels to
breaking ground on the new
Elementary.
The mines in Hanna are
all abandoned, but Hanna
Elementary School Principal
Mark Shipp said the students at Hanna Elementary
will continue to dig — for
knowledge, that is.
On Oct. 7, crowds gathered
at the new Hanna Elementary School for the unveiling of
the newly-constructed school.
In attendance was Carbon
County School District No.
2 (CCSD#2) administrators,
board members, Hanna ele-
mentary and HEM students
and staff, parents, community members and Carbon
County Commissioners.
“There are very few things
more exciting than opening
up a school” Carbon County
School District No. 2 Superintendent Jim Copeland told
the crowd at the ceremony.
“Schools are the heartbeat
of the community, and this
is such a great, great facility … we intend to use this
facilities in any way it may
be fruitful to the community
and to the town of Hanna.”
While the new school will
undoubtedly provide more
opportunities for the students, it may also provide
an opportunity for Hanna to
revitalize their community.
Since the 1980’s, the population of Hanna dried up with
the coal mines. Even with the
population plummeting, the
new school provides the town
with a rise of town pride.
“It gives a lot of hope more
than anything,” CCSD#2
board member from the Hanna area Kay Lynn Palm
said. “It gives everyone a
very positive attitude. There
hasn’t been anything new in
the community like this for
a very long time. It kind of
breathes a little bit of life
into the community.”
“It’s important to the revitalization of the community,”
Shipp said. “If I were a parent
looking to come to this town,
I would want my kids to go to
school here. I see that, and I
just look at the walls here and
I just see this as a reflection of
the history of the community.
It just fits.”
When the elementary
school was planned, the goal
was for it to blend historic
preservation with a technology-based classroom learning
experience for its history.
CCSD#2 board member Mike
McGraw, from Hanna, said
keeping the old Hanna gym a
part of the design was pivotal
for the community; as the
gym can be used for events
outside the school. Without
the elementary gym, there
is only one other facility in
the town to host sports and
events.
“It can be a community-involved facility,” McGraw said.
“Plus it’s a beautiful gym.”
Both Palm and McGraw
complimented former Superintendent Bob Gates and
everyone else involved with
the project for completing an
incredible building.
Though most Hanna residents enjoy the seclusion
which comes of rural life, it
does present challenges in
the classroom. Being able to
provide opportunities to students at Hanna Elementary
takes top-notch technological
features. Shipp said the communication and technology
features in the classrooms
assist with outreach education, and can help students
learn beyond the walls of the
classroom.
“We can bring distance
learning into the classroom,”
Shipp said. “Experts from
outside of the school can
talk to the kids [through live
streaming].”
Shipp was also impressed
with the modern set up of
the building. The classrooms
encompass a information
center, which contains books
and other media items to
enhance student-learning
experience.
“I feel like in the information age, the information
center should be the center
of the building,” Shipp said.
Even long-time residents of
the town enjoyed the change
of a new school. Ed McAtee,
a Hanna High School alumni and former teacher at
Hanna, cut the ribbon which
officially opened the school to
the public. McAtee said even
though schools have changed
dramatically since he was a
student, he thought the new
elementary was a fantastic
edition to the town he had
called home for 72 years.
“(The school) just enhances
everything. It’s something
we have needed for a long
time,” McAtee said. “It’s
someone for us to be proud
of again, and I think it’s just
something we’ve needed and
now we have it … it’s just
beautiful.”
Photo by Mike Dunn
Photo by Mike Dunn
Community members observe the mural of Hanna’s history in the
entranceway of the new school. The entranceway was designed to
resemble an under-ground mine shaft to honor the mining culture
associated with the town of Hanna.
Hanna Elementary School principal Mark Shipp addresses the crowds
before the grand opening of the new school. Shipp said the new school
provides more outreach educational opportunities for students.
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Hot pool, island joined
Bridge halves arrive and are united by
crane to span river section
Photos by Mike Dunn
The two pieces of bridge arrive in Saratoga and travel down East
River Street on their way to Veterans Island Wednesday evening.
It took two cranes for the bridge project to be completed.
The yellow crane was required to build the larger red
crane.
The crane, aptly named “Optimus Prime” sits on the bank
of Veterans Island in the early morning of Oct. 10.
A truck
carrying
a bridge
section was
temporarily
stuck on its
way across
Veterans
Island.
Town
crews had
to pull
the truck
out with a
backhoe.
A truck carrying one half of the bridge to Veterans Island
creates a bow wave.
Town
crews
prepare
the
assembled
bridge to
be lifted
across the
river.
Town crews inspect
the finished crossing.
The bridge is lifted across the North Platte River Friday.
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Photo by Erik Gantt
The rise of the blood moon over Kennaday Peak Tuesday evening highlighted
the sky Oct. 7. A lunar eclipse occurred at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday morning. See
the Saratoga Sun Facebook page for more photos.
Man threatened by
mountain lion, kills lion
By Erik Gantt
[email protected]
According to Biff Burton,
Saratoga Game Warden, on
Oct. 4 a hunter from Texas
was threatened by a mountain lion in the Holroyd Park
area, and ended up killing
the predator.
Burton said the man was
hunting deer when he encountered a mountain lion.
The cat approached the hunter with its ears back, bearing
its teeth and growling. The
hunter backed up and the
mountain lion continued to
approach him. The hunter
shot the lion at a distance
of about 30 feet and killed it
instantly with a single shot.
The hunter called Burton
and informed him of the incident on Saturday. Burton
and the hunter returned to
the scene on Sunday so that
the game warden could investigate the incident. Upon
surveying the scene Burton
said he found a partially
eaten and recently cached
calf elk.
It appears that the lion
was guarding its kill. Food
guarding behavior is natural for predators such as a
mountain lions according to
Burton.
The lion was a female that
appears to have lactated in
the last year, but had already
weaned her kittens according
to Burton.
“It’s very unfortunate that
the lion died, but in that circumstance and that frame of
mind, that hunter did what
he thought was best to save
himself,” Burton said.
Burton reminds hunter’s
they are in lion country and
“lions are top predators.
Mountain lions and other top
predators naturally defend
themselves, their young, and
their food.”
Burton said, “We don’t
want people to live in fear,
but especially in the winter
when prey species like deer
and elk are concentrated
along a trail or in a canyon
where people do walk, either
avoid those areas or go in
groups.”
“Be prepared, be alert to
your surroundings, avoid
areas of cover,” Burton said,
adding, “if you see [mountain
lion] tracks it’s not a good
place to go for a hike that
day.”
To defend yourself against
a mountain lion, retreat
while facing the animal,
make yourself appear larger
by getting on top of a rock
or a stump, open your jacket
or shirt and hold it out with
your arms, make a lot of
noise.
Never turn and run from
a mountain lion, or a bear,
it can initiate an instinctual
response to take down a prey
animal.
If you do have to kill a
predatory animal in self
defense, leave the animal
where it falls and try to preserve the scene for the Game
and Fish Department. Like
any potential crime scene,
preservation is important
for the investigator and their
conclusions.
Thank you to all who sent cards, food and
flowers in the time of a loss of a father, husband
and friend to us all. The community has shown
us how much Marty mattered in their lives.
With the help of everyone who knew him,
Marty will always be remembered.
A special thank you to Saratoga, Rawlins and Ryan
Park Fire and Search and Rescue, the Saratoga
Oddfellows and Rebekahs, SCWEMS and Shively
Hardware for everything you have done.
Also thanks to Brad Cary. Pat Waliser and
Leo Yocum for helping us get things done.
Sincerely,
Travis & Jane Huntley, Jennifer & Mark German& family
and Susan & Brandon Jackson & family
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The Saratoga Sun
Valley Sports
Photo by Mike Dunn
McKenzie Powell pulls out the six-shooters to celebrate a successful block against the defending champion Cokeville Panthers last Friday.
The Lady Tigers swept Southeast Conference rivals Cokeville and Farsen-Eden
Lady Tigers sweep the weekend
Encampment continues winning streak, earn sweep in four straight games
By Mike Dunn
[email protected]
If there was even a shred of doubt the Encampment Lady Tiger volleyball team (4-0, 15-1) was a
force to be reckoned with, it was surely removed
this weekend.
The Lady Tigers pulled off two impressive wins
this weekend against conference rivals, sweeping both Farsen-Eden (0-3, 5-10), with a scores
of 25-11, 25-16, 25-15; and the defending state
champions Cokeville (0-2, 9-15) with scores of
25-17, 25-19, 25-21.
The wins put the Lady Tigers in first place in the
Southwest Conference, 1.5 games ahead of Little
Snake River. This weekend marks three straight
games where they have swept their opponent.
In Friday’s match against the Cokeville Lady
Panthers, Encampment head coach Robin O’Leary
said their success came through preparation.
“We had been looking forward to this game all
year,” O’Leary said.
Last Friday’s game was won Monday through
Thursday on the practice court. O’Leary said her
team had put in a new defense, and had worked
on improving their speed on offense.
“We put in a new defense,” O’Leary said. “But
we worked on all parts of our game.”
The Lady Tigers controlled the game from the
opening serve, which was exactly what O’Leary
wanted out of her players. She added her girls
played with lots of passion and intensity.
“It gives us a better idea of where we stand in
1A division,” O’Leary said.
Even though she expected her team to win,
O’Leary was surprised to see her players sweep
Cokeville.
Notable performers from the Cokeville game
included Alyssa Barkhurst with 9 kills and McKenze Powell with 8 kills and 5 blocks
The Lady Tigers would continue to dominate
Saturday. The Lady Tigers handled the Farson-Eden Lady Pronghorns in three straight sets.
Encampment and Farson-Eden had faced each
other on several occasions throughout the season,
and O’Leary said her team played as expected.
“We were pretty much on top of those games,”
O’Leary said. “We didn’t play as well as we did
(against Cokeville), but we got the job done.”
Barkhurst once again led the Lady Tigers with
13 kills followed by Cassidy Little scoring 8 kills.
O’Leary has as very simple explanation for their
success: they have the right personnel. The Lady
EHS vs Cokeville
25-17, 25-19, 25-21
Name
Alyssa Barkhurst
Courtney James
Hailey Barkhurst
Cassidy Little
McKenzie Powell
Sierra Loftice
Serves/ace
10/1
6/0
3/0
11/2
12/0
12/1
Digs 12
5
14
7
11
6
Tigers have a solid combination of hitters, setters
and blockers — which is something O’Leary has
been hoping for since she began coaching
“I would say our biggest strength is that we play
as a team. The setting do a great job setting up
the hitters, we have girls that forgive each other
for mistakes … they play more as a team than
any other team I have ever coached.”
Even with their impressive record, and having
yet to lose to a 1A team, O’Leary said her team
is taking it one game at a time and not looking
towards the state championships. She said the
Lady Tigers will continue to work on the basics
and continue to improve every day at practice.
The Encampment Lady Tigers continue their
dominance of 1A teams this weekend when they
travel to Rock River and Walden. Even with two
away games in a row, O’Leary said she feels confident her team will be successful.
“We have played very well on the road,” O’Leary
said. “It doesn’t seem to really every be an issue
for us.”
The game at Rock River begins at 4 p.m. Friday.
Saturday, the Lady Tigers travel to Walden for a
1 p.m. game time.
EHS vs. Farsen-Eden
25-11, 25-16, 25-15
Kills
9
-
5
7
8
2
Left, Cassidy
Little drives the
ball back into the
Cokeville defense.
Right, Alyssa
Barkhurst, no.
2, celebrates the
Lady Tigers’ point
after a long rally.
The Lady Tigers
swept Cokeville
and Farsen-Eden
last weekend and
have secured
first place in the
1A Southwest
Conference.
Blocks
2
2
5
-
Name
Alyssa Barkhurst
Courtney James
Hailey Barkhurst
Cassidy Little
McKenzie Powell
Sierra Loftice
Serves/ace
18/2
4/0
6/0
12/4 13/1
10/2
Digs 25
10
21
12
8
11
Kills
13
-
6
8
3
2
Blocks
1
-
The Saratoga Sun
Photo by Erik Gantt
Kylee Theesfield fires a hit across the net against a Burns opponent. The Lady Panthers lost matches to both Burns and Niobrara County
over the weekend, which drops them to last place in the Southeast 2A Conference.
Saratoga can’t fend off conference foes
By Mike Dunn
[email protected]
The past weekend was a
tough one for the Saratoga
Lady Panthers after they lost
to two conference rivals.
The Lady Panthers lost to
the Burns Broncs in three
games (13-25, 10-25, 16-25)
and the Niobrara County
(Lusk) Lady Tigers in four
games (21-25, 25-22, 22-25,
16-25).
On Friday night, the Lady
Panthers were defeated
soundly on their own court
by a powerful Burns squad.
“We just lost focus,” Lady
Panther head coach Shayley
Love said. “We have to start
pushing through the entire
game. We have to play past
those first 12 points.”
Love said Burns had an
especially quality server on
their team who gave the
Lady Panthers troubles
throughout the match.
“Our girls just got flustered,” she said. “If we meet
up with (Burns) again, we
will have to be ready for
that.”
But the Lady Panthers had
no answer for Burns, who
defeated Saratoga with an
average margin of victory of
8 points. Saratoga was led by
Kylie Theesfeld and Meredith Lincoln, who both scored
4 kills a piece throughout the
three-game match.
Burns advanced to a 14-4
overall record and sits in
second place in the Southeast 2A conference with a
4-1 record.
The Lady Panthers hosted
Niobrara County on Saturday.
Though Saratoga prevented their fourth sweep in a
row, the Lady Panthers lost
two close games to the Lady
Tigers. For Love, who used
to coach at Niobrara County,
it was an exceedingly disappointing loss for her squad.
“It was a heart-breaker,”
she said. “I know this team
is better than they are playing.”
Saratoga had previously
beat Niobrara County 3-2 on
Sept. 27.
Leading the Panthers statistically in the game against
the Lady Tigers was Mati
Love with 8 kills and Sarah
Burton with 12 assists.
With the losses this weekend, the Lady Panthers drop
to 9-13-1 overall and 1-5 in
the 2A Southeast Conference. They are currently tied
with Niobrara County for
last place in the conference.
The road will only get more
difficult for the Lady Panthers as they take on South-
SHS vs Burns
13-25, 10-25, 16-25
Name
Serves/ace
Digs Kills
Blocks
Sarah Burton
5/1
1
-
Kylie Theesfeld
7/0
3
4
Haley Soles
12/1
6
-
Justine Fourman -
123
Jessie Black
5/0 --Veronica Lincoln
5/0
7
1
Meredith Lincoln -
841
Alcia Zaragoza
-
-
2
1
Mati Love
5/1
3
1
-
east (Yoder) Cyclones. The
Cyclones hold the top spot in
the 2A Southeast Conference
with a 5-0 conference record
and 13-2 overall record.
“They will be tough. We
have to work on our defense,”
Love said. “They play different than everyone else in
that they like to get up and
hit the ball.”
She added her team will
have to work on their blocking before facing the Cyclones.
That match will begin at 1
p.m. on Oct. 18 at Saratoga
High School Gym.
SHS vs Niobrara County
21-25, 25-22, 22-25, 16-25
Name
Sarah Burton
Kylie Theesfeld
Haley Soles
Justine Fourman
Jessie Black
Veronica Lincoln
Meredith Lincoln
Alcia Zaragoza
Mati Love
Serves/ace
13/2
6/2
12/0
-
9/3
21/2
-
-
-
Digs 4
2
15
-
-
9
13
-
13
Kills
-
6
-
6
-
5
3
2
8
Blocks
1
-
Photo by Erik Gantt
Meredith Lincoln returns a hit during Saratoga’s game against Burns last Friday.
The Saratoga Sun
Legal Notices
MINUTES OF A REGULAR
MEETING OF THE
SARATOGA TOWN COUNCIL
HELD SEPTEMBER 16,
2014, AT 6:00 P.M.
IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS
OF THE SARATOGA
TOWN HALL
Councilwoman Welton made
a motion to approve Councilwoman Howe as the voting delegate for the consensus funding discussions. Councilman
Wilcoxson seconded and the
motion carried unanimously.
Councilman Wilcoxson preMayor John Zeiger called the sented Ordinance 9.20.050,
meeting to order.
{Disturbing neighborhood at
certain hours.
The Pledge of Allegiance was Which states: No person shall
recited. Members present were between the hours of ten p.m.
Councilman Mike McWain, and seven a.m. maliciously or
Councilman Steve Wilcox- willfully disturb the peace and
son, Councilwoman Susan quiet of any neighborhood or
Howe and Councilwoman Judy family within the town limits
Welton.
by loud or unusual noises or
by tumultuous or offensive carA P P R O V A L O F A G E N D A : riage, threatening, quarreling,
Councilwoman Welton made challenging to fight or fighting.
a motion to approve the agen- (Ord. 802, 2011; prior code §
da as presented. Councilman 14-8)}
Councilman Wilcoxson asked
the council to consider makAPPROVAL OF THE MIN- ing changes to the ordinance
UTES: Councilwoman Welton as it pertains to Light and/
made a motion to approve the or Heavy Industrial areas. He
minutes of the September 2, believes that it does not allow
2014 meeting as presented. for enough leniency when
Councilwoman Howe seconded someone is operating a busiand the motion carried unan- ness in those areas. Discussion
followed and the council decidimously.
ed to take the request under
APPROVAL OF THE BILLS: consideration and address the
Councilwoman Welton read ordinance at the next meeting.
the following bills for approval:
Accounts Payable: $98,825.01; Fire Department: No report
Payroll and FICA for 9/8/14
in the amount of $64,307.13; Police Department: Chief
and manual checks in the Tom Knickerbocker updated
amount of $231.23, for a total the council on the hiring of
the resource officer. Chief
of $163,363.37.
Knickerbocker explained that
Councilman McWain made a the council had given him permotion to pay the Prairie Dog mission to offer the position
Electric bill in the amount to one of the interviewees but
of $1,121.26. Councilman that individual has declined
Wilcoxson seconded and the the offer of employment, havmotion carried. Councilwoman ing accepted another position.
Howe declared a conflict and Chief Knickerbocker stated
that the other individual that
abstained.
had been interviewed did not
Councilwoman Howe made pass the background check
a motion to pay the remain- and he would not be offered
ing bills in the amount of the position. Therefore he will
$162,242.11. Councilman continue to advertise for that
Wilcoxson seconded and the position.
motion passed unanimously.
Recreation Department: No
CORRESPONDENCE: Mayor report
Zeiger asked Clerk Suzie Cox
Department of Public
to write a Thank you letter to
Works:
Bill and Carole Ward for the
donation of the Fish Sculpture
that has been placed in front of Street Department: Chuck
Bartlett reported that the bid
the town hall.
opening for the walkway bridge
Items from the Public: Cindy was held on Monday at 1:00
Bloomquist asked the council p.m. with two bids submitted,
not to sell anymore town prop- one from Energy Transporerty at less than market value tation for $83,400 and one
as it interferes with them trying from Reiman Corporation for
to sell their overlook property, $100,000. Mr. Bartlett stated
adding that it is not fair to that both bids came in higher
others when the town is selling than the funding would allow.
town property in competition Mr. Bartlett was recommending that the council refuse the
with other property owners.
(Clerk’s note: The property was submitted bids and re-adverproperly appraised and the sale tise upon concurrence from
value and purchase price was WYDOT adding that both companies will have the ability to
the appraised value.)
rebid if they so chose.
REPORTS FROM
Councilman Wilcoxson made
DEPARTMENTS:
Town Hall: Clerk Suzie Cox a motion to refuse the bids
reported that the COG meeting as submitted and rebid the
is scheduled for September project upon concurrence from
17th in Dixon and the coun- WYDOT. Councilman McWain
ty consensus funding will be seconded and the motion cardiscussed and appropriated to ried unanimously.
each municipality. The council
will need to appoint a voting Water & Sewer: Mayor Zeiger
delegate for the consensus commented on Ordinance 828,
funding, and because Coun- An Ordinance Amending In
cilwoman Howe is the voting Part, Section 13.40.030 of the
delegate to COG, Clerk Cox was Town of Saratoga Municipal
asking the council to appoint Code Concerning Monthly SerCouncilwoman Howe as the vice Charge for Sewer Service
voting delegate for the consen- stating that having reviewed
the ordinance he would like to
sus funding discussions.
Church
Calendar
Church of Christ
2nd & McCaffrey Ave.,
Encampment.
Sunday worship - 11 a.m.
Bible Study - 10 a.m.
Saratoga Alliance Church
1302 S. River St., Saratoga.
Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.
Morning service - 10:30 a.m.
AWANA - Mon. 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Scott Stinson
326-8307
Foothills Baptist Church
510 Freeman,
Encampment
Worship - 11 a.m.
Pastor Allen Shelton
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Hanna
Family Eucharist
1st & 3rd Sunday
11 a.m.
see the second reading of the
ordinance be postponed until
the Water and Sewer Joint
Powers Board could be asked
to consider changing the rates
for apartments and trailer
parks. Mayor Zeiger and Councilman Wilcoxson both believe
that apartment building units
should be treated the same as
residential home for sewer use
and trailer park units should
also be billed the same as a
residential home for sewer
use. Discussion followed with
questions concerning the three
percent increase over a twenty
year period being raised and
answered by Town Attorney
Tom Thompson.
2 Block 47, Highlands Addition, also known as Crawford
Addition and also known as
Highlands Crawford Addition to the Town of Saratoga,
Carbon County, Wyoming. It
was explained that the Town
of Saratoga had entered into
a Lease Purchase Agreement
with SCEWMS for the purpose
of allowing the service to build
an ambulance barn for storage of their ambulances and
equipment.
REPORTS FROM BOARDS
AND COMMISSIONS:
SCWEMS EMT Kandi Starr addressed the council explaining
that the ambulance service
is scheduling a multi-agency
training at the Community
Center on Saturday, October
4th at 1:00 pm. The training
will include many different
emergency agencies and will
include Air Life training with a
life flight helicopter. Ms. Starr
encouraged the council to attend the trainings if possible.
Attorney Tom Thompson explained that the council should
give the Town Clerk permission
to prepare the necessary documents, publications and set up
the closing all of which must be
Councilwoman Welton made done within ninety days of the
a motion to postpone the sec- notification.
ond reading of the ordinance
until the joint powers board Councilman McWain made a
can review the ordinance and motion to direct Clerk Suzie
the sewer rate increase sug- Cox to prepare the necesgestions. Seconded by Coun- sary documents, publications
cilman Wilcoxson the motion and set up the closing with
permission for the Mayor to
carried unanimously.
sign the documents at closing. Seconded by Councilman
Weed and Pest: No Report
Wilcoxson the motion carried
unanimously.
Hot Pool: No Report
Airport Board: Councilman
Wilcoxson reported that the
airport board had met on the
10th of September and discussed upcoming projects.
The next Airport Board meeting
will be on October 8, 2014 at
1:00 p.m.
Community Center Joint
Powers Board: Councilwoman
Welton noted that the Community Center Annual Fundraiser had been held September
13th and was a huge success
and estimating that they had
raised approximately $45,000
to be used to replace the gym
floor in the Community Center
gymnasium.
The next meeting of the Community Center Joint Powers
Board will be held Monday,
October 20, 2014 at 4:30 p.m.
Water and Sewer Joint Powers
Board: The next meeting of the
water and sewer joint powers
board will be Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at 6:00 p.m.
Landfill Board: The next meeting will be Wednesday, October
1, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. in Saratoga.
Medical Board: No report
Planning Commission: Chuck
Bartlett reported that the Planning Commission had discussed the by-laws and home
occupations at their last meeting.
The next meeting of the Planning Commission will be October 14, 2014 at 5:30 p.m.
Recreation Commission: The
next meeting will be Monday,
October 13, 2014 at 5:00 p.m.
Community Garden Board: The
next meeting will be held on
October 13, 2014 at 6:00 p.m.
326-8341
Encampment Presbyterian
Church
918 Rankin, Encampment
Sunday Worship - 10 a.m.
Presbyterian Women
2nd Thursday - 1:30 p.m.
Mariner’s Couples
2nd Wednesday - 7 p.m.
Miki Laws
327-5331
St. James Episcopal Church
McCaffrey, Encampment.
Sunday prayer service - 9 a.m.
Holy Eucharist, 3rd
Sunday - 9 a.m.
327-5558
Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints
9th & Hugus, Saratoga.
Bishop, Cade Powell
Sunday Sacrament - 10 a.m.
Sunday school and
Primary - 11:15 a.m.
Melchizedek and Aaronic
Priesthood/Young Women,
Relief Society and
Primary - 11:05 a.m.
307-710-4630
Platte Valley Lutheran Church
514 S. 1st Street, Saratoga.
Pastor Marvin Temme
Sun. worship (Hanna) - 2 p.m.
Sun. worship (Saratoga) - 9 a.m.
326-5449
First Presbyterian Church
Box 116, 3rd and Bridge,
Saratoga.
Sunday:
Adult Bible Study - 8:15 a.m.
Morning Worship - 9:30 a.m.
Fellowship time - 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday:
Prayer Shawl Ministry - 9:30 a.m.
Choir Practice - 6:30 p.m.
2nd Thursday monthly
Presbyterian Women - 1:30 p.m.
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church
106 W. Main, Saratoga.
Services 9 a.m. Sunday
Holy Eucharist two or three
times a month, otherwise
morning prayer
Susan Dyer
326-8514 • 326-8262
Saratoga Do it
$99.37
Best Lumber
Carbon Power
$17,217.88
& Light
Caselle Inc.
$565.00
Chemsearch$214.30
Energy$604.00
Laboratories, Inc.
Hilltop Lube &
$258.00
Automotive
J H Kaspar Oil Co. $3,540.91
Lane’s Plumbing
$521.35
and Heating
Macpherson, Kelly $2,262.98
& Thompson
Mader Tschacher $3,469.00
& Peterson
MPM Corp
$910.00
One Call of Wyoming $21.00
Perue Printing
$193.45
Pete Lien & Sons, Inc $450.55
Pocket Press
$69.43
Prairie Dog
$1,121.26
Electric, LLC
R G Raymer
$12,365.68
Constriction Co.
Rawlins Daily Times $62.10
Saratoga Auto Parts $731.96
Saratoga Sun, Inc. $2,544.00
Saratoga CC JPB
$231.50
Shively Hardware $1,822.64
Sierra Heating &
$58.75
Sheet Metal
Union Telephone Co.$1,631.07
Upper Platte
$27,242.95
Valley Solid Waste
Valley Foods
$80.00
Van’s Wholesale LLC $375.93
WCS Telecom
$116.79
Xerox Corp
$177.59
Candy Mountain
$38.00
Northeast$150.00
Wisconsin Technical
Norco, Inc.
$48.86
Ally Financial
$2,468.61
Aqua Products K C $203.25
Richard Rideout,
$156.85
P.C. Attorney
Concrete Stabilization$16,800
EXECUTIVE SESSION: Councilwoman Welton made a motion to go into executive session
at 6:36 p.m. to discuss personnel and matters of litigation in
accordance with W.S. 16-4405(a) (ii) and (iii). Councilman Total$98,825.01
Legal #6427
Published in the Saratoga Sun
Attorney Tom Thompson was October 15, 2014
asked to attend the executive
session. Clerk Suzie Cox and
Town of Saratoga
Recreation Director Lisa BurManual Checks
ton were asked to attend a porand Liabilities
tion of the Executive Session.
September 2014 Liabilities
Councilwoman Welton made a
$94.46
motion to come out of executive Child Support
Services 9/22/14
session at 7:17 p.m. Council$134.77
woman Howe seconded and the Child Support
Services 9/22/14
Blue Cross/
$36,603.15
Blue Shield
Councilwoman Welton made
a motion to seal the minutes Wyoming$13,957.91
Retirement
from the executive session.
$32.00
Councilman Wilcoxson sec- NCPERS Group Life
onded and the motion carried Deferred$320.00
Compensation
unanimously.
Aflac Insurance
$820.28
Mayor Zeiger reported there Unemployment$17,000.71
and Workers Comp
was no action taken.
Unemployment/$872.36
Workers Comp
Adjournment: Being no fur-Community Center
ther business to come before
the meeting, Councilwoman Manual Checks $69,837.64
Total
Welton made a motion to adjourn at 7:19 pm. Councilwoman Howe seconded and the Accounts Payable $39,840.15
Manual Checks $69,837.64
Total$109,677.79
The next regular meeting of the
$50,901.83
Saratoga Town Council will be Payroll for
9/22/14
held on October 7, 2014 at 6:00
$12,312.75
p.m. in the Council Chambers FICA for
above payroll
of the Saratoga Town Hall.
Total$63,214.58
Mayor John Zeiger
Total$172,892.37
ATTEST: Suzie Cox, Clerk
South Central Wyoming
Emergency Medical Services:
Mayor Zeiger read a letter
submitted by the SCEWMS
Chairman Roy Barber formally Legal #6426
requesting the right to exercise Published in the Saratoga Sun
their right to purchase the real October 15, 2014
property known as Lots 1 and
326-8573
Town of Saratoga
Cash requirements report
Check Issue Date:
September 15, 2014
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Published in the Saratoga Sun
October 15, 2014
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Platte Valley Christian
Center, Assembly of God
7th and Main, Saratoga
Sunday school - 10 a.m.
Sunday worship and
Children’s Church - 11 a.m.
Evening worship - 6 p.m.
Wednesday, adult Bible study
and youth service 7 p.m.
Pastor Gene Smith
326-5520
St. Ann’s Catholic Church
211 W. Spring, Saratoga.
Saratoga Masses:
Saturday - 5:30 p.m.
Sunday - 9 a.m.
Daily - 12:05 p.m.
Hanna/Medicine Bow
St. Joseph’s in Hanna
Sunday - 11:30 a.m.
Confessions: Saratoga:
Saturday - 4 p.m. & by appt.
Hanna & Medicine Bow:
Half hour before Mass
Rev. Joey Buencamino
326-5461
First Baptist Church
802 W. Main, Saratoga
Bible Study- 9:45 a.m.
Worship - 11 a.m.
Worship/Discipleship - 6 p.m.
Wednesday evening
prayer meeting - 7 p.m.
Pastor Johnathon Moore
326-8162
Christian Community Church
3.5 miles North of
Encampment on Hwy 230
Sunday worship - 10:45 a.m.,
Prayer meeting - 5 p.m.
Regular service - 6 p.m.
Pastor Tim Easterling
327-5059
Abundant Life Church
211 N. 1st Street, Saratoga.
Worship Service, Fri. 7 p.m.
Tues. Night Bible Study - 7 p.m.
Thurs. Night Prayer - 7 p.m.
Pastor Arlen Hughes
329-7240
Ride on Faith Ministries
Worship Service
Sunday 10 a.m.
7 mi. S of Saratoga
2693 Hwy 130
Les Barkhurst
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Panther football drops sixth straight
Bokelman says team morale remains high despite winless season
By Mike Dunn
[email protected]
The Saratoga Panther football (0-5, 0-6) squad continues
to improve, head coach Scott
Bokelman said. But the Panthers’ efforts were not enough
to get it done in their 6-24
loss against the Burlington
Huskies.
“It’s the same old story,”
Bokelman recalled of Friday’s
afternoon matchup. The Panthers are still searching for
their first win of the season.
However, Bokelman said
he is seeing a lot of improvement in his players. They
were able to move the ball
on the ground and in the
air against a tough Husky
defense. Thatcher Spiering
threw his second touchdown
pass in as many games, and
could have had another long
pass to his name if the receiver did not drop the ball.
Additionally, Bokelman
said they were able to pull
off a long run, and were “one
cut” away from a touchdown.
He said having a consistent
offense (in positions) every
week has helped. “We are
keeping guys in the same
spot, and it’s starting to pay
off,” Bokelman said.
Defensively, Bokelman still
wants more out of his team.
He said his team gave up
too many big plays to the
Huskies, despite allowing a
season-low 24 points.
However, the lack of depth
continues to hurt the Panthers on the field. Injuries
continue to plague the Panthers late in the season. Bokelman said his team is beat
up and they are scrambling
to fill spots on both sides of
the ball.
Bokelman said he had five
freshman playing for the
Panthers last game. While
the younger players are still
struggling to find their feet
on the varsity playing field,
he is excited to have them get
experience as they progress
through their high school
career.
Despite the having a “0” in
the win column, Bokelman
said his players continue to
maintain a positive attitude
in games and practices. The
Panthers will continue to
build on this season, which
will hopefully transition towards a successful program
in the future.
“We are looking to finish
out the season,” Bokelman
said. “We want everyone to
keep playing hard and keep
everyone enthused. As a
coach, I just want to make
sure these kids are having
fun, because that’s what it is
X-country running
towards regional meet
By Mike Dunn
[email protected]
Comparing to where his team was this time
last year, head Saratoga cross country coach Rex
Hohnholt is more than pleased with the performance of his team.
The Panthers competed at the Cheyenne Invite this last weekend, which will likely be a
testament of how well the team will compete at
state. With times improving across the board
and his runners facing many of the top runners
in the state this last weekend, Hohnholt said he
is highly anticipating the outcome of his team’s
will performance at the state level.
“I am really excited after this last meet,” Hohnholt said. “They didn’t back down.”
The team spent a majority of last week working
with hills, and it certainly paid off.
Hohnholt said the course in Cheyenne was not
rugged, but did include many hill intervals. The
key to the intervals, Hohnholt said, is for his
runners to catch their breath while descending
to give them more stamina when ascend up the
hills. The local terrain in Saratoga provided an
excellent practice conditions for his team.
“We have a lot of good hills [in Saratoga],”
Hohnholt said. “When we are up at 7,000 feet or
so, it helps with our preparation.”
Additionally, the course in Cheyenne is fairly
similar to the course at the state meet in (where).
With the success the team had in Cheyenne this
weekend, Hohnholt is optimistic about the future.
The Panther runners will compete in a intersquad race to qualify for state tomorrow. Though
state qualifying meets are typically ran against
other schools, Hohnholt decided with the long distance the team would have to drive to attend one
of those meets, along homecoming week, it would
be best to run against each other in Saratoga.
“It will just save us a lot of energy,” Hohnholt
said.
With the cross country runners competing
against their own teammates, Hohnholt said his
team will need to challenge each other in order
to qualify for state. However, Hohnholt said
challenging each other is emphasized in his team
every week.
“That’s something we look for in every practice,”
he said.
The Panthers will run at home for the last
time this season at 4 p.m. tomorrow at Saratoga
Resort and Spa.
all about.”
The Panthers will host the
Wind River Cougars (2-3,
2-4) this Friday Saratoga’s
homecoming and senior night
game. With a large crowd
expected, Bokelman said
anything can happen against
the Cougars.
“We have a chance against
(Wind River),” he said. “We
just have to play hard and
hang in there with them. It’s
our homecoming game, so I
expect my guys will put in a
greater effort.”
The Panthers take on Wind
River at 6 p.m., Friday, at
Saratoga High School football
field.
Cross Country Results for
Saratoga Middle/High School
Cheyenne – October 10, 2014
High School Boys – 5k – 77 boys
Jeremy Detterer 51st (19:25.43)
Andrew Oiler – 52nd (19:26.65)
Aaron Kerbs – 59th (20:11.52)
Gage Bartlett – 61st (20:20.15)
Hunter Mason – 64th (20:30.50)
Spencer Knotwell – 68th (21:09.37)
High School Girls Varsity – 5k – 75 girls
Kelsie Samson – 50th (23:27.56)
Katie Loose – 59th (24:09.47)
High School Boys JV – 5k
Milo Hunter – 103rd (28:25)
High School Girls JV– 5k – 54 girls
Cruz Escobedo 38th (27:19.02)
Junior High Boys – 3k – 50 boys
Jarom Meacham – 1st (11:42.22)
Gavin Bartlett –4th (12:08.66)
Logan Wells –7th (12:19.10)
Aaron Detterer 14th (13:11.60)
Taylor Widdison – 25th (14:01.79)
Liandro Escobedo 43rd (16:00.81)
Junior High Girls– 3k – 32 girls
Bel Oiler – 23rd (16:12.78)
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Reflections from the Grand Encampment Herald
Encampment to Steamboat Springs road, boy drowns at hatchery,
plans for Encampment museum, game warden transferred
100 Years Ago
Oct. 15, 1914
Above we print the cut of
the proposed 35 miles of road
to connect us with Denver.
This route is from Encampment to within 15 miles of
Steamboat Springs, Colo.,
and is one of the very best
routes in the west for fishing,
hunting, business, pleasure
or through travel. This road
will be built with the aid of
the government forest service, Routt county, Colorado,
and Carbon county, Wyo.
This 35 miles will cost about
$20,000. which will make the
expense of Carbon county
about $10,000, and for this
tax a 1-mill levy tax has been
put upon the ballot to be voted for at the November election, and which should not
escape the attention of every
voter in Carbon county.
noon at the Federal Fisheries Station near Saratoga
when the small son of Mr.
and Mrs. Earnest F. Beseman while playing about
the grounds, fell into on of
the open fish-rearing ponds.
75 Years Ago
The child was about two and
Oct. 19, 1939
a half years old.
A tragedy occurred this
It was believed that the
child was in the water but a
short time before being rescued, and he was rushed to
town immediately. Every effort was made to resuscitate
the boy, but without success.
Mr. Besseman, who is an
apprentice fish culturalist
at the hatchery, was transferred here from Watertown,
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According to Mrs. Bert
Wis., early last month, and
brought his family here at Oldman, committee member,
:It is the hope of the comthat time.
mittee that from this small
beginning, Encampment may
50 Years Ago
be able to build a fire proof
Oct. 15, 1964
Possibility of a museum in building to house a museum.
Encampment was brought We realize this isn’t much of
closer to reality when the a beginning, but it is a start.”
town purchased the Propst
25 Years Ago
property with a view of preOct. 18, 1989
serving historical materials
Gary Brown has spent
for nucleus of a future mumost of his career as a Game
seum.
A committee working in Warden with the Wyoming
conjunction with the town Game and Fish Department
council has sorted out histor- in the Platte Valley Area and
ical items and will offer other he said he has real mixed
articles at public auction Oct. emotions about leaving.
“I really enjoy Saratoga and
21. Proceeds from the sale
the Platte Valley. There’s a
will go to museum fund.
tremendous amount of wildlife here and the people
really appreciate it and are
concerned about it. That’s
unusual anymore,” Brown
said.
Brown has accepted a position as the supervisor of
District No. 2 and will be
moving to Cody with his
family Nov. 1.
Brown and his wife, Martie, came to Saratoga and the
Platte Valley 1 years ago. At
that time, Brown had been a
Game Warden for three and
one-half years, having spent
one year in the Green River
area and tow and one-half
years in the Cheyenne area.
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Monday – Broccoli/cheese soup, turkey sandwich,
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Tuesday – Beef stew, tossed salad, cheese/onion roll,
peaches, pudding, chilled milk.
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THEME: (*Themed Clue)
HALLOWEEN
ACROSS
1. Excel grid, e.g.
6. TV monitor, acr.
9. Bonnie one
13. Of the Orient
14. One from Laos
15. Marked ski run
16. Unfriendly looks
17.Giant
Hall-of-Famer
Mel
18. Wedding singer?
19.*Popular
Halloween
pumpkin tradition
21.*Predecessor of pumpkin as jack-o-lantern
canvas
23. ___ Baba
24. Owl’s hangout
25.Blah-blah-blah
LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS
28. Shade of beige
30. Like Scandinavia
35.Shaded
37. Not easy
39. Prince William’s mother
40. Eye up and down
41. Money or Murphy, e.g.
43. Genesis garden
44. “She _____ seashells...”
46. Fly like an eagle
47. “____ of the Flies”
48. “Planes, ______ and Automobiles”
50.*Like Freddy Krueger’s
glove or a bird’s foot
52. Pig’s digs
53. Sound on Old MacDonald’s farm
55. Mad Hatter’s drink
57. M in ROM
60.*No hands allowed for
this on Halloween
64. Drink like a cat
65. Filmmaker Spike ___
67. Dugout vessel
68. *“The _____ville Horror”
69. Bonanza find
70. Fancy tie
71.
Ancient Rome’s distance unit
72.Siesta
73. Stands for
5. Store as fodder
61. Machu Picchu group
6. Beat or lash
62. High ____
7. *A black one is popular 63.Understands
as Halloween decoration
8. Terra _____
9. Sketch
10.
American Society for
Clinical Investigation
11. Big first for a baby
12. Get the picture
15. Popular anise-flavored
liqueur
20.Specialty
22. Large coffee pot
24. Bur-producing plant
25. *White sheeted one?
26.Hole-borer
27._____ Swan of the “Twilight” series
29. X-ray units
31. Cambodian currency
32. Carpenter’s groove, pl.
33. Dead to the world
34. *It flows freely on Halloween
36. Supermarket section
38. *“____ M for Murder”
42. Muse of love poetry
45.*Red Baron’s Halloween opponent
49. Paul McCartney, e.g.
51. Skyping device
DOWN
54. Leg cover
1. Barber’s supply
56.Belittle
2. Between ports
57.Mommy
3. Coffin stand
58.Larger-than-life
4. Early form of what be- 59. Remote option
comes a butterfly
60. Car onomatopoeia
64.Often found under a
napkin
66. Victorian, e.g.
Check the Sun next week for the answers
Getting ready for fall carnival
At Deseret Health and Rehab,
residents enjoyed many activities throughout the week. The
Activity Department offers a
wide variety of activities each
week to meet the residents’
interests, as well as the physical, mental and psychological
well-being of each resident.
Games throughout the week
provided fun and laughter. On
Sunday afternoon, five residents
played Dominoes with Pat Rust
winning. On Monday afternoon,
seven residents played Yahtzee
with Truth Karstoft winning.
On Tuesday morning, seven
residents played Dominoes
with Russell Cox winning. On
Wednesday afternoon, 12 residents played Bingo, and on
Friday afternoon, 10 residents
played Bingo. Truth Karstoft,
Kenny Hoagland, Rudy Stodola, and Nadine Caleb won Four
Corners. Randy Cross and Carol
Higbyu won Blackouts. Our Bingo helpers were Lila Worden,
Joannie Johnson, Gloria Rakness, Sue Bartlett, and Dawna
Erickson.
During the evenings, residents watched Turner Classic
Last week’s
Sudoku
solution.
See next week’s Sun
for the solution to
this week’s puzzle.
Movies. On Tuesday afternoon, six residents watched the
DVD movie, “Torn Curtain”. On
Saturday morning, residents
watched the DVD movie, “The
Shadow Riders”.
Deseret
Health &
Rehab
By Tom Mansfield
For Lunch Out at the Saratoga
Senior Center, three residents
had Swiss steak on Monday.
On Sunday morning, four residents did Wii Bowling.
On Sunday afternoon, Norma
Fuller and Jean Bush of the
Saratoga Presbyterian Church
stood into for Reverend Mickey
Laws of the Encampment Presbyterian Church and led church.
Doris Davis played religious
music on the keyboard.
On Tuesday morning, Pastor
Gene Smith offered Bible Study
to four residents.
On Wednesday morning, Janice Kerpan, Georgia Schoerr,
Merlynn Hoopes, and Kathy
McMorrow gave Hair Care to six
residents and Nail Care to them.
On Thursday afternoon, residents bagged up candy for our
Fall Carnival on October 24th
On Saturday afternoon, residents enjoyed ice cream sandwiches.
We are in need of small Bingo
prizes, including stuffed animals. We wish to thank people
for the donation of the small
bingo prizes, including stuffed
animals. We always need these
small Bingo prizes.
We wish to thank the people
of Riverside for donating to the
Memorial Fund for Dora Martin.
It was a nice financial donation
for the Activity Department.
Tim Lamprecht, of Valley Foods,
donated candy for the kids in
town for our Fall Carnival on
Oct. 24.
The Activities program relies
on the assistance of volunteers
to enhance the lives of residents.
If interested in being a volunteer, please call Tom Mansfield,
Activity Director, at 326-8212.
Flu shots and other scary stuff
School Menus
Saratoga Schools
Breakfast
Wednesday – Breakfast pizza or cereal/string
cheese, fruit or juice,
milk.
Thursday – Breakfast burrito or cereal/
string cheese, fruit or
juice, milk.
Friday – Breakfast
biscuit or cereal/string
cheese, fruit/juice, milk.
Monday – Breakfast
pastry or cereal and yogurt, fruit or juice, milk.
Tuesday – Cereal,
string cheese, fruit or
juice, milk.
Lunch
Wednesday – Hot
ham & cheese sandwich,
mixed vegetables, fruit
and vegetable bar, pears,
oatmeal cookie, milk.
Thursday – Soft shell
taco, lettuce/salsa, refried beans, fruit & vegetable bar, applesauce,
milk.
F r i d a y – Popcorn
chicken, broccoli, fruit
& vegetable bar, grapes,
bread stick, milk.
Monday – Chicken
and noodles, carrots,
fruit & vegetable bar,
peaches, roll, milk.
Tuesday – Italian
dunkers, cheesy bread,
green beans, fruit & vegetable bar, pears, milk.
Encampment Schools
Breakfast
Wednesday – Breakfast pizza, juice, milk.
Thursday – Breakfast
burrito, juice, milk.
Friday – No school
Monday – Muffin,
fruit yogurt, juice, milk.
Tuesday – Breakfast
biscuit, juice, milk.
Lunch
Wednesday – Macaroni and cheese, turkey
ham, broccoli, hot rolls,
milk, fruit and veggie bar.
Thursday – Chicken a la king, breakfast
biscuit, pineapple, milk,
fruit and veggie bar.
Friday – No school.
Monday – Italian
dunkers, cheesy bread,
fruit cocktail, milk, fruit
and veggie bar.
Tuesday – Fried
chicken, mashed potato,
gravy, corn, milk, fruit
and veggie bar.
There were not enough here
to play bingo on Tuesday.
There were two full tables
here for duplicate bridge on
Monday. High winners were
Pat Bailey and Gertrude Herold. Second high went to Mary
Sjoden and Ruth Armstrong.
It was so nice to see Ruth up
here for cards. They moved
a few years ago and had not
been back.
We will be having the flu
shots up here on Oct. 14 from
9-11:30 a.m.. If you do not
have Medicare, Medicaid or
Blue Cross insurance it will
cost $25.
Saratoga
Senior
Center
By Sue Howe
We will be having our birthday dinner on Friday, Oct. 17.
Please be sure and mark your
calendar and come join us.
Don Goodspeed came up on
the bus and had lunch with us
on Friday. It was very good to
see him and he said he was
going to start coming up more
often. So that is very good to
hear.
We are going to have a
Halloween party up here on
Nov. 1. Mark your calendar
and come join us. Costumes
are not required but we would
not object if you wore one. You
might even get your lunch for
free. It should be a very interesting lunch. And it is guaranteed to be fun for everyone.
We had only 17 here for
lunch on Saturday. But it
was fun with the small crowd.
Thank you to everyone who
came.
Police Report
From Oct. 6 through Oct. 12,
the Saratoga Police Department
responded to 72 calls including
the following classifications:
complaint (1); dog bite (1); lost Home Alone program.
dog (2); fingerprints (3); fire
Warning, citations
(1); hot pool check (4); juvenile
and arrests:
problem (1); lockout (2); lost
and found (1); house watch (1);
911 hang up (1); agency assis- traffic hazard (1); traffic stop (3); Oct. 9
tance (2); alarm (2); ambulance utility problem (1); vin serial inA Juvenile, of Saratoga, was
(2); animal problem (1); assist spection (3); wanted person (2). given a verbal warning for no
business (1); bar check (4); busitaillight.
ness checks (21); citizen assist
Jerry Fluty, of Saratoga, was
A total of 38 homes are cur(7); destruction of property (1); rently on our House Watch pro- given a verbal warning for
dog at large (4); barking dog gram and one person is on the Headlight Not Working.
The Saratoga Sun
Local search and
rescue saves hikers
Staff Report
Two Rayton Mo. residents
were in good condition on
the morning of Oct. 8 despite
having spent a cold night in
the Medicine Bow National
Forest after becoming lost
Tuesday evening while on
a hike.
Carbon County Sheriff,
Jerry Colson, said John Stegner, 68, and Lajuna Stegner,
65, began hiking from their
camp site near Dipper Lake
toward Medicine Bow Peak
on the evening of Oct. 7.
Colson said his office received a call about 6:40 a.m.
on Oct. 8. John Stegner, who
had made it to a road and
was subsequently picked up
by a passerby in a vehicle,
reported his wife was still
along the trail in the Medicine Bow Peak area.
A deputy was sent to the
area to establish a command
post, and search and rescue was activated. Around
9 a.m., search and rescue
teams located Lajuna Stegner along a trail.
After becoming lost, the
couple continued to hike
throughout the night to try
to find their way out. At some
point, Lajuna Stegner became too exhausted to go any
further. John Stegner decided to continue to walk along
the trail to find help while
Lajuna remained alongside
the trail with a warm coat
and matches.
N e i t h e r i n d i v i d u a l r equired medical attention.
Search and rescue members involved with the rescue
were Matt Roberts, Landon
McGuire, Nick Cary, Homer
Beach, Lester Thompson and
Jason Burke.
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