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The Lady Broncs ended their regular season the way they would like to end the year, with back-to-back wins. They traveled to Pine Bluffs and handled the Lady Hornets in three sets Thursday and were back on the road Friday to Saratoga and collected another win in just three sets. “We had two good wins the last week of season which hopefully will carry us into regionals,” Patterson smiled with pride on her team. to be seeded second in the south and will play Tongue River Friday at 12 p.m.” The L...
The Burns Town Council met Monday, Oct. 14 and discussed their decisions on the new lease agreements. Mayor Judy Johnstone thanked the council members for the long hours and input they gave during the recent work session. “It was not an easy decision,” Johnstone said. “It has been difficult.” Councilman Charlie Vossler explained the rates and the reason behind the decisions. “I went in thinking I wasn’t for the rate increases, but I understand better now and am in favor of them,” Vossler said....
Sabrina Matthews has served burgers, pizza, pancakes and even desserts to Burns residents, students and people traveling through for over four years inside a refurbished room off the old Burns elementary school gym that is now the Town of Burns building. But that service may come to an end Dec. 31. “I just can’t justify raising my prices to pay rent,” Matthews explained. “I’m already close to the prices on the interstate and people won’t pay more when they have to travel two miles to get here... Full story
Over 45 people stopped by the Pine Bluffs high gym Wednesday morning to get their blood drawn by the Wyoming Health Fairs staff. Seth Perriton, operations coordinator for Wyoming Health Fairs said they were “all out” of the flu vaccination. “I had 1,000 vaccinations and we ran out quickly,” sighed Perriton. “Other places still have vaccines but they will be running out soon. With the government shutdown, the CDC (Center for Disease Control) cannot ship anything out.” Healthreach of Cheyenne wa...
Kindergartener Duggan Kriz, son of Kelly and Jillian Kriz, big brother to Demmie, served as the Burns Bronc ball boy at the Burns Wheatland football game Friday night. Way to go, Duggan! We received a nice article about the magic show from the Parents Group in Albin. Here is what they said. On Thursday, October 10, residents of the Albin community and outlying areas were treated to a “Grand Magic Show”, performed by illusionist Duane Laflin. The show was brought to the Albin Elementary School gy...
What brings you peace of mind? For a former Pine Bluffs graduate and lifelong Wyoming resident, it is serving others in a country far away. Logan Armstrong, son of Brenda and Jeff Armstrong of Pine Bluffs and grandson of Don and Marge Sabin of Sidney, joined the Peace Corps for many more reasons than that. “It is an opportunity of a lifetime that, once I heard about it, I couldn’t pass up,” smiled Logan. “It is the thrill of an adventure in another country; a fodder for personal growth, an oppo...
Monday was Columbus Day. On my way to work, the deejay asked what people thought about celebrating a holiday whose premise has been dis-proven. Oh, Columbus did sail the ocean blue and he did prove that the world was round and not flat. Sometimes people forget the pieces of truth when trying to get their truth heard. But Columbus wasn’t the first one to America. Native Americans and almost the entire state of South Dakota celebrates Native American Day on the second Monday in October. And, as ge...
What does it look like when you mix musical talent, athleticism, academic success and kindness together? The Pawnee high community would point to Afton Zitek. Afton is the daughter of Lisa and Merle Zitek and the older brother to Holden, a seventh grader at Pawnee. With all her talent being used in high school, Afton would like to learn the talent of helping and caring for others and make it a career. She plans to attend IBMC in Cheyenne after graduation to pursue a career in nursing. “I think t...
Over 100 people stopped by the Pine Bluffs Senior Center Oct. 7 for the second annual health fair. The center hosted vendors including the Pine Bluffs volunteer firemen taking blood pressure, Laramie County Community College offering information on the Building Forward Initiative, Acute Care Rehabilitation Unit out of the Cheyenne Regional Medical Center, and Peak Wellness. Flu, DPT and pneumonia vaccinations were give to 70 people and the center fed 69 lunches after the fair...
The Albin Town Council listened to Jim Sorensen as he discussed the poor condition of 5th street at their meeting Thursday evening. “It just seems to get slicker and slicker,” Sorensen said. “Would it be possible to get a load of gravel dumped on the street?” Mayor Kelly Krakow said he would check to see how busy maintenance man Arron Anderson was the next few weeks and get something done. The lunch report was reviewed by the council and town clerk Jillian Kriz added that one catered event h...
The Lady Hornets had a busy schedule this past week with a game in Lingle, as well as playing host to a double triangular Saturday. Pine Bluffs lost in Lingle 14-25, 32-30, 19-25, 25-27 but came home ready for some tournament play. “Even though we ended up on the losing end of this match I was very happy with our effort, Coach Christina Nusbaum said of her team. “They hit the ball well and I felt that the way we fought back after game one was a testament to the ‘never say die’ attitude of this...
Coach Will Gray sees through the adversity of this season to the future. As the winless Hornets continue their slide to the bottom of their conference, Gray is watching for areas to work on next year. “We have many fundamentals to work on from now until next fall,” Gray said with a hope only someone who works with young athletes can have after the mudslide of a season Pine Bluffs is experiencing. The Lingle game showed Gray the team had a little fight left in them. “Things seemed to snowb...
The Lady Broncs welcomed two teams into Bronc nation last week. But only one went home feeling the horse print on their back. Burns beat Lusk 25-14, 24-26, 25-14, 25-16 and lost to Lingle 22-25, 16-25, 25-19, 25-17, 12-15. Coach Christina Patterson said she liked the unity she is seeing in her players and hopes to see stronger comebacks when the score starts slipping to the opponent. “We played some great volleyball this last week,” Patterson said. “We are starting to play as one unit and are l...
The Burns Broncs have been here before. Sitting on the top of their conference, undefeated. And the fans, parents, coaches and players all have hopes of this season following the 2008 season. Taylor Kirkbride threw two touchdown passes to Mikky Heward in the first quarter and then targeted Wyatt Berg with a handoff and a 5 yard run into the end zone. Berg would have another short run in to the end zone late in the fourth quarter. The big play of the night came from Heward with a 90 yard touchdow...
The Lady Coyotes traveled to Fleming last Thursday to take on a tough conference foe, the Fleming Lady Wildcats. Pawnee lost to Fleming in four sets; 25-13, 25-16, 21-25, 25-12. With only three ace serves in the evening, the Lady Coyotes’ own offense contributed to the loss. The Lady Coyotes host the Colorado Deaf and Blind tonight and open their doors Friday night to Liberty Common. Individual Stats Kerby Anderson 6 kills, 4 digs Emily Ellis 1 ace, 1 kills, 4 digs Kyndra Konig 1 ace, 12 k...
The Pawnee Coyotes bettered themselves to 2-5 overall and 2-4 in the league with a 36-7 win at North Park Saturday afternoon. Freshman Bryce Schnug showed the fans and the coaches to expect great things in the coming years and claimed the player of the game award by Maxpreps. Schnug had 9 tackles and 5 assists along with a fumble recovery and grabbed a pass for a touchdown. Pawnee will play their last home game of the season tonight against the Colorado Deaf and Blind. Their playoffs will start...
“Have no fear, the illusionist is here,” exclaimed Duane Laflin to over 150 people in the Albin gym Thursday night. The Albin Parent Group hosted a family fun night that started off with over 125 people making pancakes disappear, and ended with eyes as big as pancakes as Laflin, the internationally recognized magician amazed and kept the crowd in awe. He told the audience “what you see is not always what you know and what you know is not always what you see.” His job was to help them see wha...
Now you see Albin neighbors, now you don’t. A bunch of us were at the Magic Show Thursday evening. And what a show it was. Rumor had it Cody and Shawnae Branigan and family saw this act in Custer last summer and talked them in to coming down to do a show for the Albin Parent Group. Very nice. And although I didn’t make it in time for pancakes, I hear those disappeared as quick as a rabbit in a magicians hat. Thank you to the Albin Parent Group for making it happen. At the end of the show, Jil...
Burns honored their seniors who participated in cross country, rodeo and volleyball Friday night before the varsity volleyball game. Honored seniors included Rylee Anderson, daughter of Elaine Anderson, Lane Brooks, son of Brad and Renee Brooks, Wyatt Emery son of Kevin and Lynn Emery, Kyle Fox son of Loretta Fox, Tegan Jonson son of Lane and Connie Jonson, Mimi Kreuzer daughter of Ryan and Julie Herrington, Alex Heimsoth daughter of Amanda Heimsoth, Eli Childers son of Tony and Michelle...
The Pine Bluffs Future Business Leaders of America hosted their second business appreciation dinner which served 35 people Tuesday, Oct. 8. Sponsor Mary Jacobsen said the high school members cooked the meal and the junior high members served. Ten businesses including Pine Bluffs Baptist Church, Gator’s Motel, Always Manufacturing, Subway, Points West Bank, Beauty Box and the Texas Trail Market attended the dinner and were recognized for their support of FBLA. The FBLA also spotlighted their b...
Southeast Laramie county farmers enjoyed the gift of rain from Mother Nature by getting an extra cutting of hay. Not even three days later, over eight inches of snow fell in the Albin area. Pine Bluffs and Burns had a wet mix but not as high of drifts as the northern part of the county....
Police chief Robin Clark spoke to the Pine Bluffs council at their meeting Monday evening about the need of a police records clerk. “This position would be part time and a more technical position rather than a secretary,” Clark explained. Clark reviewed the responsibilities of the clerk, saying they would be responsible for getting criminal records for the citations and compiling reports. She added the clerk must be trained to collect the records and reports and Clark said the employee doi... Full story
Have you ever read Aesop's fable about the farmer going out to check on his hens and emotionally yelling when he found a weasel there. The weasel exclaimed, “I wasn't doing anything wrong, just walking by.” The farmer gets yelled at by his wife for riling the dog who woke the baby. And on the story goes, never resting blame on the original source; the weasel who was intending harm yet walked away with no punishment. Isn't that often the case in life. Someone causes a ruckus and stirs doubt, gui...
A tall, quiet thin young man sits across from me as I interviewed the Athlete of the Week, Nolan Brooks. The Burns junior/senior high seventh grader is running for his character and on a large heart of an athlete. Cross country coach Cole Manlove sees it on the grassy fields of the cross country meets every week. “Nolan is a wonderful young man and Dustin (Lee) and I love having him in the program,” said Manlove. “Nolan is a reminder to me that sports isn’t always about winning but really,...
