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Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
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After hundreds of hours over the course of two years, many working hands, and the imagination of Carl Jensen of Wheatland, Wyo., four life-size statues are now at home in Pine Bluffs at the Veteran's Memorial and Community Plaza downtown. Each sculpture represents a branch of the United States military – Marine, Sailor, Soldier and Airman. According to Jensen, project founder Larry Silvey contacted him in the summer of 2014 to have four statues created to commemorate veterans of all walks of l...
Katie Wright enjoys her piece of pie during the Burns Elementary Math Pi and Pie Night last Thursday evening. Wright attended the night with her family. According to Burns Elementary Principal Jerry Burkett, the night is held once every quarter with teachers hosting math games. It is then with hopes that the parents are able to go home and help their students work on math skills. Most of the games use supplies that most would already have at home....
Twice a week, four Pine Bluffs students can be found along side of their coaches, practicing wherever they find room to help bring out the school and community spirit of Pine Bluffs. Going into their second year, Hornet Cheerleading is perfecting moves and learning cheers to motivate the Pine Bluffs Hornets athletic sports as well as to encourage home team spirit for the community. According to Head Coach Alex Gilbert, the program saw major interest last year as originally 18 girls participated. “We had a lot of eighth graders out last year a...
A class sponsored candidate forum will be held for those running to fill the five open seats for the Laramie County School District #2 (LCSD #2) school board. According to Burns High School History Teacher Barry Ward, his senior class decided to host a forum because of the recent presidential race. “The kids have a lot of questions about debates and forums so the easiest way to show them is to host a forum,” Ward explained. “There are eight candidates running and we usually don’t have that many so it will make for a great forum.” Ward elab...
Members of the Pine Bluffs-Burns Cross Country team will be headed off to the state competition in Sheridan Saturday after running at regionals in Hulett, Wyo. Although not the favorite this year, the girls team will be looking to repeat their last six seasons as 1A/2A state champions. According to Assistant Coach Ashley Rousseau, Moorcroft and Lovell will be the schools to watch. "Moorcroft and Lovell will be some great competition for our ladies," Rousseau stated. "Each of those teams have...
The Burns Lady Broncs fought two hard games last weekend, coming up short both times in the win column. Burns hosted the Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets Friday, battled to the win, and lost in five sets. During the first set, the Lady Broncs played with heart losing by seven points 18-25. Burns rallied back taking the second set 25-23. The third set saw the Lady Broncs losing, 13-25. The fourth game was close, but the Lady Broncs kept the lead, winning 25-23. In the close fifth set, the Lady Broncs weren't able to get the upper hand and lost 10-15....
The Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets went one and one on the weekend as they bought home a victory against the Lady Broncs and fell to Lingle. Pine Bluffs traveled to Burns to take on Laramie County School District No. 2 rivals the Burns Lady Broncs Friday and was able to win in five sets. The Lady Hornets played strong to get the win of the first set 25-18. Burns fought hard in the second set, overtaking the Lady Hornets 23-25. Coming back in the third set, Pine Bluffs saw a win 25-13, but had trouble containing the Lady Broncs in the fourth set as...
The Pawnee Coyotes football team traveled to Weldona, Colo., to take on conference rivals Weldon Valley Warriors Friday. The Coyotes racked up 28 points in the first quarter and held the Warriors to only six points. During the second quarter, Pawnee tallied another 30 points while Weldon Valley added another touchdown to their score, making the score at halftime 58-12. Adding another 13 points to the scoreboard in the third quarter, Pawnee came away with a big win 71-12. According to Pawnee High School Head Coach Doug Miller, Weldon Valley was...
The Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets Junior High Volleyball A team captured third place at the SEWAC conference tournament after going 5-7 in regular season play. According to Head Coach Nancy Malcolm, the squad was going for a three-peat at claiming the SEWAC champion title, but fell short this year. “We played some of our best games at the conference tournament and that is really what I like to see each year,” Malcolm said. The Lady Hornets faced Southeast in the semi finals of SEWAC and lost a close game by two points in each set, going 24-26 and...
An eight-foot long game field dominates the small room in the Carpenter Fire Hall. At closer inspection, one can see LEGO pieces constructed in the shapes of a reindeer, bee and beehive, gorilla, shark, food with refrigerator, service dog and man, as well as a milking automation machine. This game field is not only interactive but is helps to teach four children in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math. These children are part of the Carpenter's community FIRST Lego League,...
With the start of the school year, students at Carpenter Elementary School (CES), Pine Bluffs Elementary School (PBES) and Burns Junior-Senior High School (BHS) were introduced to new faces as three new principals for each school were hired. Taking over the reigns for Pine Bluffs Elementary is Andrea Verosky as former Pine Bluffs Elementary principal Sue Stevens took over the district’s curriculum coordinator position. Verosky served as an elementary principal in Riverton, Wyo., before taking the position at PBES. “My husband and I wanted to...
The Laramie County School District No. 2 (LCSD #2) enrollment numbers saw an increase of students from the first of the 2016-2017 school year than that of the 2015-2016 school year. The increase saw a total of 43 students who joined the district as of September 2016, making the overall district's enrollment at 1,008. According to LCSD #2 Superintendent Jon Abrams, an increase in enrollment is good for the district. “This is really good for our district when other districts across the state are seeing a decline,” Abrams said. “This is actua...
The Pawnee Coyotes football team traveled to Longmont, Colo., for a non-conference game against Longmont Christian, adding another win to their season over the Warriors 83-13. “It was a good game to let some players get some action in different positions,” Pawnee Coyotes Head Coach Doug Miller said of their win. “All nine of the players played on both sides of the ball and contributed a lot.” The first quarter saw Pawnee put up 32 points on the scoreboard compared to the Warrior's 13 points. The Coyotes kept Longmont Christian from scoring...
The small village of Bushnell, Neb., was privy to call itself the home of a coffee shop and bookstore for the last five years. However, that all changed when The Sisters Grimm Books closed their doors for good in September. According to Deb Carpenter-Nolting, the idea came to the family through a road trip that took them to Brownville, Neb., a town known for its rich history, arts and nature. "We loved the idea and Jamie (Carpenter-Nolting's daughter) played with the notion of opening a bookstor...