Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
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Everyone is aware that November 11th is Veterans Day (or in Canada, Remembrance Day and Europe, Armistice Day) or that the 4th Thursday of November is Thanksgiving; but what about some of the other days to celebrate in November. Like November 1st through the 2nd is “Day of the Dead” or November 10th is the United States Marine Corp birthday. Some of the more bizarre or little know days are All Saints day, Nov. 1, All Soul's day Nov. 2, Nov. 3rd is Sandwich day, Cook Bold and Pungent day on Nov. 8th. Family time would be great to celebrate Young... Full story
Spooks, goblins, fairies and special characters will soon be circling the town of Pine Bluffs and surrounding areas! Halloween is a favorite time of year for not only children; but a number of local adults as you can see by the decorations around. Part of the enjoyment is to see what the children have decided to pretend to be. It is no longer about throwing a white sheet over you, to be a ghost or donning a witches hat, painting the face green to be Frankenstein or wearing a cowboy hat as well a... Full story
Several items were on the agenda to be reviewed and approved at the Pine Bluffs town council meeting for Oct. 16. Review of building permit for a car port at 318 W 8th per Jerry Lamb, Public Works Director "all looked good." Council moved and passed the building permit. Reviewed and approved were invoicing for Lidstone & Associate for the North Well Field Project in the amount of $4, 649.66 and Water Storage Tank Replacement for $24,178.24. New business discussed were Todd Bishop, Keiser Wealth... Full story
In a couple weeks if you are missing an ingredient for your Sunday dinner, you will be able to pick it up at the Texas Trail Market. New Sunday hours will be Noon to 6:00 p.m will begin on November 5. Holidays will see activity at the Market as well, with the exception of Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter. It is felt that these particular holidays are "family" time and should be spent with family, all other holiday hours will be 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. This decision of the board for the co-op... Full story
Outside of Carpenter sits a large number of buildings that is the home of Burnett Enterprises, a dairy, farm and feedlot. It has come a long way from the bare ground in 1998 to the present day. Jeff and Jay Burnett came from Hereford, CO. After college they landed in the Carpenter area to farm and feed cattle. Along with their families, they started a feedlot in 1998 on ground generously given to them by their parents. The feedlot was used solely for beef cattle until Dec 2003 when the "mad cow... Full story
Plans for Liberty Park were on the Agenda at the Oct. 9 Burns' town council meeting. Harvey Humphrey was present to discuss the plans. The plan is to start advertising in October for three weeks and have the bid opening on November 30. The projected time for Liberty Park to be 100% is September 1, 2018. A copy of the bid document along with the a set of plans is at the town office. The water feature is the only part that is not included in the plans, as that will be done by Sawyer Landscaping. The park will include walk ways, benches and... Full story
On October 14 the parking lot of the Community Center was full of "climbing gear" for youngster and adults alike. The annual "Touch-A-Truck" was alive with people that braved the wind and colder temperatures to take a ride in the High West Bucket. Jack Bowman was giving rides with his tractor and three seater trailer, the local EMT crew was giving away free ice packs, fire crews were giving out fire truck tattoos, police distributed sucker and badges and the town maintance crew were giving away... Full story
In recent decades there have been great strive for women entering professions, more than in the 50s, 60s and even the early 70s. This is apparent with Deputy Sheriff Char Madden. Madden knew at the young age of ten that she wanted to be a police office, which was influence by Dean Jackson who recently retired from the district attorney's office. Jackson was a detective with the Cheyenne police office, which is where Madden grew up and went to school. During this the time, two D.A.R.E. (Drug... Full story
Being an owner/operator of a full service salon is a reality for Cali Warden. Although it was not a revelation at a young age, Warden was the one that did everyone's hair and makeup for Homecoming and Prom in her home town of Crawford, NE. You would find Warden on the bus to basket ball and volley ball games braiding hair in preparation for the games. Family members as well enlisted Warden's help in making them look glamorous. Warden's mother was a nail technician and would take Cali with her to... Full story
Eagle scout, John Bartles organizes the first ever "First Aid Preparation and Emergency Preparedness" project in Burns on Saturday October 7. John Bartels, a senior patrol leader of Scout Troop 101 put together the entire project to earn his Eagle Scout rank. Bartels, the son of Jeff and Lyssa Bartels,from Burns, is also certified in first aid and CPR, as well as a first aid instructor for the Boy Scouts of America. Included were representatives from District 4, District 6 EMS and EMT, District... Full story
RT Communication's employees are spending the fall, finishing up the fiber optic installation. Splicing is being worked on to connect the central office to customers, homes and businesses. With the help of the Clearfield Inc. designs, it was a shorter amount of time to install the fiber optics in the planned area, as well as the operational saving to RT Communication. The specialist in fiber management and connectivity platforms for communications providers, announced that RT Communications has... Full story
Organic farming is a big and time consuming business as the Rabou can attest to. The Rabou family came to the Cheyenne area in 1876 and spread out through the area by homesteading, around 1905 in the Albin area. Ron Rabou comes from a long line of entrepreneurs. He is a 5th generation farmers and strives to grow a product that is safe to eat. However the organic process is quite extensive with the paper trail being long and tedious. Elevator and scales are required separate storage, due to the c...
WYDOT prepares for winter road conditions with two new pieces of equipment. Brian Erickson, supervisor of the Pine Bluffs WYDOT shop and the rest of the staff will be putting in long hours when the winter storms hit. When fully staffed, the six member crew put in 12 hours shifts covering over 330 lane miles of highway between the Nebraska state line and exit 377 to the west of Pine Bluffs as well as south down thru Carpenter. Four trucks are run as well as a loader and grader during the winter m... Full story
With the white blanket on the ground it maybe time to think about getting your vehicle prepared for winter. Recommendations by Gary Eastman at the Bluffs Car Care are to have good all season tires installed on your car. Brand new tread depth for cars are 19 thirty seconds, light trucks are 26 thirty seconds. One thing to point out is to also check your spare tire at the same time. Check your wiper blades and make sure your windshield fluid reservoir filled, replace if needed, test your antifreez... Full story
Renewals for the annual liquor license’s was on the agenda at the Pine Bluffs Town Council, Monday night. After discussions were held and no objections in the public hearing part of the Annual Liquor License Renewals, it was sent for a vote. They were approved. Discussion was held with regards to the Liquor License for Wyoming Malting needing a correction. It was approved with a date correction on the license. The license for Knotty Pine, Pine Bowl and Trans West Development was subject to the these license being marked on and off premise both... Full story
Have you noticed an abundance of flying creatures in the area? It is the typical time of the year for the "Painted Ladies" butterfly migration. It seems there are a higher number of them this year, probably due to a great summer season of breading that boosted the population. These beautiful creatures have been seen around Pine Bluffs in great numbers this last week. Painted ladies, commonly mistaken for monarch butterflies, are considered a cosmopolitan species that are found across the... Full story
Blue skies and flying objects were seen over the Bluffs on September 30, at least from 11:00 a.m to 4:00 p.m. It was the Pine Bluffs Kite Festival sponsored by the town of Pine Bluffs Parks and Recreation as well as Roger Hinckle/kite advocate. Mr. Hinckle handle the contacts with the professional kite flyers. The parks and recreation department had purchased 100 kites to be handed out to children 14 and younger, 99 was distributed. Hinckle travels around April through September participating... Full story
Wild life and metal come together at Alwayz Manufacturing. Dean Bowman started Alwayz Manufacturing in the early nineteen nineties, out of a financial necessity. Bowman with his creative wild life designs and a CNC (computerized Numerical Controlled) Plasma Table has built a world renown business. You can find all different types of metal art work from chairs, benches, barstools, towel holders, business card holders, wine racks, wall art, as well as many other home and business items, at their... Full story
Need plastics molded? The place to contact is ATC Plastic, a subsidiary company of T.A.G. Enterprise's. ATC makes everything from plastic silverware, plastic drinking glasses, dental products, caps and just about everything you could imagine. It is a family owned and operated manufacturing by Ted and Alicia Gawith. They have two employees James Smith and Bill Gawith. Gawiths also run Ted's Auction Service out of Bushnell, NE. ATC has five vertical and one horizontal molding machines. Gawith has... Full story
Little did anyone know that Rocky Mountain Snack would spur Jerry and Dennis Michaud to start a world wide Kettle Chip equipment company. The building where Step By Step is now was the original Rock Mountain Snack company. Jerry Michaud became the plant manager, on occasion he would needed some help from his brother Dennis Michaud, that was at the time working as a stainless steel fabricator for Anheuser-Busch in Fort Collins. Dennis Michaud would come up and help with some of the repairs on... Full story
What is a War Room? In the town of Pine Bluffs it is a room that was started at the end of 2016, in the Texas Trail Museum. At the museum it is know as a "Tribute To Local Veterans" room, all began by moving over Martin Stickies items, that were in the main room. Looking around, it was found that there was quite a bit of military memorabilia that had been donated; including uniforms, pictures and flags. It only seemed natural to display it together. It just started by putting the items up on the... Full story
Travelers were greeted with a special treat at the visitors center last Friday. Members of the Donald Eisenhauer American Legion Auxiliary Unit 60 were serving up cookies and lemonade, as well as other helpful information. More than 30 travelers stopped by, during the 1 pm to 4 pm time frame, to enjoy cookies and lemonade. The total visitors at the center over the weekend was 713. The Auxiliary is at the local visitors center and serves up treats once a month. Their service at the visitors... Full story
Pheasants and youths come together. November 11, 2017, Texas Trail Ringnecks will be traveling to Lagrange for a work shop, along with Hidden Pines Retriever Club. Texas Trail Ringnecks is just one of the local groups in the Pheasants Forever chapter. High Plains is the adult group. Youth must be a 7th grader to begin participating and are allowed to stay in the group until the summer after graduation. Participates learn hunter safety, working with bird dogs and general group hunt skills. The local group is always looking for adult volunteers... Full story
The third reading of Ordinance 2017-05 was the main topic of Monday's council meeting. The third reading was approved; as well as the amendment to the second reading. Amendments included the height of grass/weeds and charging administrative fees of 20% of clean-up to the property owner. County Commissioner Thompson attended the meeting and shared regarding the court house remodel and jail expansion projects are moving right along. Also discussed was the upcoming "Kite Festival." Scheduled to be...