Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
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Pine Bluffs Distilling held its second annual corgi derby on Saturday, Sept. 5 as a fundraiser for the Cheyenne Animal Shelter. "We care for about 6000 animals a year," said Sue Castaneda, Cheyenne Animal Shelter CEO. "This fundraiser will help fund a spay day in September. All animals that come from us are spayed or neutered, but his will help to keep costs low for people who bring in outside animals." The races consisted of multiple corgi rounds and a final mutt round. Dog owners would occupy...
Staci Merideth, her two children, and other homeschoolers and community members will be holding their second annual science fair in Pine Bluffs in January 2021, with Merideth noting an increased interest across all their activities during COVID-19 restrictions. “If everything goes as planned, we’ll set it up the projects in the library again,” said Merideth, whose been home schooling her children for almost 7 years. “It’s different now, our public meeting places are limited, but we’ve also had more interest in our activities throughout...
Pine Bluffs beat Riverside 16-6 for their first game of the season on Friday, Sept. 4. "I thought we played well for the first time out," said Will Gray, head coach. "We left several scoring opportunities out there and had some missed assignments upfront, but we will get those fixed." The Hornets had 95 rushing yards and 186 passing yards. #11 Andrew Loya rushed 11 times for 65 yards and had one touchdown, #19 Isiah Schultz rushed 9 for 27 yards, #12 Stu Lerwick rushed 8 for 3 yards, and #7...
Pine Bluffs/Burns Cross Country hosted its inaugural meet in Burns on Friday, Sept. 4 after almost 16 years. The varsity girls race consisted of 21 runners with Pine Bluffs/Burns running a full team. Emma Gonzalez finished in first place, Layne Burnett second, Jordan Griess sixth, Shelby Thurin 12th, and Mianna Siebert 13th. "I am excited to see our ladies run as a team and work together," said Ashley Rousseau, Pine Bluffs Coach. Gonzalez and Burnett cut roughly two minutes from last week's...
Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets Volleyball hosted Lingle and Burns last week, losing to both, but making tremendous improvements, said Wynema Engstrom, head coach. Pine Bluffs played Lingle on Thursday, Sept. 3, bringing it down to a fifth game. The scores were 22-25, 18-25, 25-14, 25-13, and 9-15. Jaden Shelit had 8 digs, 2 ace serves, 10 kills, and 3 stuff blocks. Alli Borgman had 7 kills, 4 ace serves, and 2 stuff blocks. Johnna Fornstrom had 6 kills and 1 stuff block. Andrea Reifschneider set the b...
Pine Bluffs Police Officer Rodney Kemp completed the new DARE certification course on Aug. 7, which he says focuses more on instilling responsible decision making as students get older. "Our intent is to provide this to the schools when they are able to fit it in depending on COVID-19," said Police Chief Chance Walkama. The new program designates a 10 hour block to elementary and middle schools and a four hour block to high schools with an emphasis on the DARE decision making model, define,...
Buildings are usually consistent, in structure that is. Under new management, grand opening, for rent, and foreclosure signs will don their fronts cyclically as a reflection of market downturns, dreams realized, or hopes crushed. A vision is lost, and a vision is gained, but the structure often remains unchanged. Those sturdy enough will endure this for generations and eventually house something of significance. Efficiency will ultimately be realized in their relocated metal clad successors, ret...
Burns High School has hired three new teachers and two new staff members for the 2020-2021 year. Caleb Green is Burns High School's new ag teacher and FFA advisor. Green moved from the Sheridan area where he attended Sheridan College before transferring to UW to major in ag education. "I've wanted to be an ag teacher since I took ag in high school," said Green. Green says it feels great to be part of a respected ag program and to finally have his own classroom and students. Johnny Mercer is...
Pine Bluffs Recreation managed to host a variety of activities this summer, albeit with increased safety precautions due to COVID-19. One of the first activities held was a parking lot tailgate party in May where participants could tune into the recreation staff’s 87.9 The Virus to make requests and dedicate songs, said Sonja Fornstrom, recreation director. Summer-ball leagues included peewee, tee ball, senior tee ball, and little league which ran from June 22 to July 23. Adult coed softball was also in session. Pickleball has been held t...
Sadie's Café LLC expects to have a soft opening Sept. 19 in preparation for a grand opening the first week of October. Jeannie, Jack, and Matt Hockersmith have finished construction on their new restaurant and are ironing out the final details in the weeks leading up to its opening. They plan to be open from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. serving breakfast and lunch, said Matt Hockersmith, who will be managing the operation. Sadie's has indoor seating and will also accommodate grab and go customers in order...
The restoration is complete on the several decades old archery range atop the bluffs, making it ready for use, said David Crouse, local archery instructor who undertook the project several weeks ago. "It's beautiful, safe, available, and free," said Crouse The range is designed so that shooters engage targets, with backstops, that lie away from the trail, ensuring peace of mind for others using the bluffs. High West Energy donated to the restoration. "The range was probably built in the 80s," sa...
Pine Bluffs High School and Burns High School attended this year's Laramie County Fair, held around the beginning of August, which saw the FFA sale bring in nearly $20,000 more than last year and 4H nearly $100,000 more, exceeding the 2019 numbers which also set records. Despite uncertainties, increased safety requirements, having to haul their animals in and out three different times for judging, and other moving parts, the coordination and dedication among participants and organizers made for...
The 2020 Bowman Family Funday was held on Saturday, Aug. 22 in Pine Bluffs with 40 people signed up to attend the annual event. The activities at Bowman Family Funday consisted of an air rifle trailer, archery, .22 rifle, .22 handgun, still and moving sporting clays with 4.10 – 12ga, and a casting station, said Dean Bowman, youth coordinator for Pheasants Forever. "It's really great for kids to get out and do this kind of thing," said Nolan Woodworth, who attended the event with son Wyatt. Colle...
Former Rep. Cynthia Lummis has won the Republican primary for Wyoming’s U.S. Senate seat vacated by Sen. Mike Enzi’s retirement. Lummis retired from Wyoming’s single U.S. House seat in 2017 and has since become a party favorite for the U.S. Senate seat, receiving endorsements from Enzi, Sen. John Barrasso, and President Donald Trump. Incumbent Rep. Liz Cheney has won the Republican primary for Wyoming’s U.S. House seat. Incumbent Sen. Anthony Bouchard has won the Republican primary for State Senator District 6, defeating Erin Johnson in what...
On Friday, Aug. 14 Pine Bluffs Distilling released a remade vodka inspired by its hand sanitizer recipe along with its first 2-year-old straight bourbon whiskey, said co-owner and founder Chad Brown. Pine Bluffs distillery, like many distilleries across the country, transitioned into making hand sanitizer when COVID-19 hit, but they found that the corn used to make the ethanol product would also make a better vodka. "Our previous vodka was malted barley based... but why keep making it the old...
Schools in Albin, Burns, Carpenter, and Pine Bluffs reopened Monday, Aug. 17 to in person classes after shutting down nearly 5 months ago due to COVID-19. Pine Bluffs High School is currently in tier 1 of a 3-tier system, requiring masks in hallways but social distancing in classrooms where masks are not required. Seating at lunch tables is cut in half, and there is a 20-person cap in classrooms, said Todd Sweeter, Principal at Pine Bluffs High School. This comes after county and state health departments, in conjunction with the Centers for Dis...
Testing has been recommended after several of the nearly 100-year-old spruce trees bordering the Pine Bluffs Cemetery have started dying; removal of the dead trees began Thursday, Aug. 13. A needle miner was also found in the long needle pines that are in the cemetery, said Mayor Alan Curtis at the Monday night Town Council. These small larvae cause the yellowing seen on the needles; however, this is not what's killing the large spruce trees bordering the cemetery, confirmed Clark Young, Laramie...
Pine Bluffs Rodeo Grounds hosted the 38th annual Buzz Bradley Memorial Roping event on Saturday, Aug. 15. The event in honor of the late Bradley, a Laramie County roper who was known as much for being a caring individual as he was for roping, consisted of senior steer stopping, junior and senior team roping, and county roping put on by last year's winners John Fox, Zane Thompson, and Dustin Smith. Curt Epler of Carpenter finished first in senior steer stopping. Second and third place went to...
Pine Bluffs hosted its 12th annual community garage sale on Saturday, Aug. 15 with 41 registered sites participating. Community members were out promptly at 8:00am greeting local and visiting shoppers with everything from lemonade and burritos to houses and vintage boats for sale, but perhaps the greatest find was the enduring sense of community itself. "With everything that's happened this year, it's just nice seeing everyone in the community out together," said Alisha Michaud, Director of the...
