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Smores, the goat, was perhaps thinking that the greener grass on the other side of the fence would be more to his liking. Smores is one of 24 goats owned by Trent Werner, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Werner of Pine Bluffs. Werner initially got a deal on a few goats. The intention was to employ the goats as a weed and grass removal operation on the Werner property across the alley from their home. After a time, a few goats turned in to 24 on the property, all belonging to Trent. "They're all his,...
A report was received by the Post, Wednesday, July 21, regarding a rattlesnake spotted on the east side of Pine Bluffs. According to Edna Hickman, the predator was last seen on Beech Street. A quick survey of the area revealed no further evidence of the unwelcome visitor. Further investigation, the following day, revealed that Tom Morgan, who lives in an apartment of the Cheyenne Housing Authority on Beech Street, originally spotted what he believes was a rattlesnake. According to Morgan, he...
Grand Marshals for the upcoming Albin Day, July 8, are long-time Albin residents Charles Wayne "Chuck" and Pat Netherton Palm. Chuck was born in Kimball, Neb. in 1931 but has lived on the family farm all of his life. According to Pat, Chuck's "claim to fame," is that he has only moved about 50 feet in his life, from his parent's home to the Palm's current home. "Not many people can say that in this day and age," Pat said. Chuck's grandfather, John, who was 100 per cent Swedish, came to the area...
The May 18, 1916 edition of the Pine Bluffs Post headline announced a special election, set for May 27, in which the citizens of the town were to decide the fate of a $20,000 bond needed to build a new school. The following article went on to say, "More room is badly needed not only on account of the present crowded conditions, but in order that two more grades can be added to our high school in order to meet present demands." The June 1, 1916 edition of the Post declared that the measure...
In the midst of the 1967 of a nation-wide railroad strike of six shopcraft unions, Union Pacific President, Edd Bailey rode his private railroad car to Cheyenne only to drive to Grover, Colo. to attend his wife's high school reunion. The former Miss Mabel Parker, class of 1926, was one of over one thousand former students and faculty to attend the first reunion of the 50-year-old high school. The reunion was the work of the class of 1947, with Mrs. Boyd (Lillian) Bivens serving as chairman. "In...
It is unknown when the Walker House which sits on the property of the Texas Trail Museum was built, according to documents in the museum. The land on which the building stands was donated to the town of Pine Bluffs by the Bay State Livestock company in 1886. What is known is that the building was used for years to house railroad workers, harvest crews and high school students. In advertisements in the Pine Bluffs Post in 1908 and 1909, the house was known as the Section House Hotel and served...
Pine Bluffs Lions Club, Cheyenne Lions Club, Cheyenne Frontier Lions Club, and Cheyenne Sunrise Lions Club hosted the 2017 Wyoming Lions State Convention at Little America in Cheyenne June 2nd - 4th. Lions Club was formed in 1917 by a Chicago business man, Melvin Jones, who wanted a service club that served their community. The excitement of hosting the convention during Lions Club International Centennial made this convention one of celebrating 100 years of Lions. Lion International President...
There is a saying, according to Leslie McCaghren of Grover that goes, "End of the world nine miles, Grover, 12. If that is indeed the case then many people traveled those extra three miles to attend the 94th Annual Earl Anderson Memorial Rodeo and Parade in Grover on Saturday June 17. While McCaghren, the parade organizer, states that she has never had a theme for the parade, this year she wanted to highlight those ranchers whose families had homesteaded the land around Grover, and who still...
On Monday, AmeriGas of Pine Bluffs presented a check in the amount of $1,380.83 to Burns High School Principal Bobby Dishman as part of the School Days program. "Burns is part of the School Days program and so if customers take their invoices or copies of their tickets into the school, the school turns them into us and they get two cents per gallon. It's free money for the school to spend any way they feel necessary. It's definitely a really good program for the schools because they can spend...
Perhaps the most notable thing about Monday's Pine Bluffs Town Council meeting was the number of visitors who were in attendance. Aside from Police Chief Trout, Recreation Director Sonja Fornstrom. Public Works Director Jerry Lamb and Mark Anderson of Burns Insurance, five citizens filled the chairs in the audience. None of those five, as it turned out, were there to participate in the public hearing scheduled before the regular meeting on the 2018 town budget. When the public hearing, such as it was, concluded the council unanimously passed...
On Wednesday, June 14, oral arguments were heard in the Wyoming Supreme Court, Cheyenne in the case of the Town of Pine Bluffs, Wyo. v. Trudy L Eisele, Laramie County treasurer, Kenneth Guille, Laramie County assessor and Laramie County, Wyo. The case involves the town's contention that the former Pine Bluffs Daycare and its property were owned and operated by the town and therefore exempt from taxation by the county. The town contends that the Laramie County Assessor abused its statutory authority in 2015 by declaring the daycare as taxable...
The refurbished Burns Town Council chambers was the witness last Tuesday night to the retirement of long-time council member and former mayor, Harvey Humphrey, The meeting had been postponed to Tuesday due to the weather events of Monday, June 12, with the predicted tornadic activity. With the official swearing in of Mayor Ralph Bartels to a second term, Dennis Bastian to another term on the council and the return to the council of former mayor and councilwoman Judy Johnstone, Humphrey exited his seat and found one in the audience. During the...
The Weld County Sheriff's Office (WCSO), Colo., is seeking information from anyone regarding an alleged homicide which occurred at Weld County Road 136 and Weld County Road 77 west of Hereford on May 18, 2017. Officers were dispatched to the scene at 3:20 p.m. on that date and according to information disseminated by the WCSO, the initial examination at the scene suggested that Combs was performing maintenance on the truck when the vehicle unexpectedly moved and that Combs was possibly run over...
The issue of transportation of students from the Albin area to Burns High School was settled Wednesday, June 7 at the monthly Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting for the Laramie County School District No. 2. When the high school in Albin was closed in 2003, students of that community were compelled to attend either the high school in Burns or Pine Bluffs. Many chose Burns and the district made arrangements for Albin students to be transported to either high school. Since that time, and specifically this spring, the district has had to...
If only the take at the Pine Bluffs Senior Center were given consideration, then the Pine Bluffs Community Garage Sale was a rousing success. "This is our fourth year participating in the sale. We made double this year from what we did last year," said Alisha Michaud, Executive Director of the center. In fact, the center pulled in $2,400 in the Saturday event. The money comes in handy given that the center's grant funding has been cut by $5,000. Michaud intends to use the funds to upgrade their...
"We're just the support team," said Marshall Daley as he prepared a lunch of fruits and vegetables in the shade of a tree in Main Street Park in Burns, Monday at noon. Daley, along with Hans Leblanc, are traveling in a van to assist Bhaktimarga Swami as he is walking across the United States. "This is my first walk across the U.S. starting in New York to San Francisco. I've done a few other walks across other parts of the world: Canada four times, that's where I'm from, Ireland which is very...
Gloria Steilow is not concerned that her husband will be getting under foot around the house now that he is retired from the Frenchman Valley Co-op after 15 years. "He'll be at home by himself with the horses, 'cause I'll be at work," said his wife Gloria who works at the Kimball Health Clinic. Of late, and up until his retirement from the co-op, Steilow was delivering fuel and propane for co-op customers. He serviced southeastern Laramie County, some of the Nebraska panhandle and Weld county,...
For the fourth time in seven days, a traveler has passed through Pine Bluffs on a journey across the country, or parts thereof, by unconventional means. The latest adventurer is Julian Redman. Unlike the previous passers-by, Redman is not promoting a cause, philosophy or riding on behalf of a sister suffering from cancer. Redman is doing this for the challenge. "I'm riding this Penny-farthing from San Francisco to Boston. I'm following the route taken by Thomas Stevens, who was the first person...
Three days after Glenn Offerman rode his bike across the state line into Wyoming on his way to Sacramento, Calif. to raise money for his sister who has cancer, five-time cancer survivor, Helene Neville crossed into Nebraska after running across Wyoming. "My whole project is to just really look at our country and the people and tell the story about how amazing and wonderful everybody is, but I can't tell it unless I visit every state," Neville said. "Well, I started in Wyoming, May 1 at Evanston...
Following the usual meeting preliminaries, the Town Council of Pine Bluffs Monday night welcomed two new members and one old, but in a new position, to their ranks. Sworn in for a four year term as mayor was former councilman Alan Curtis. This was succeeded by the swearing in of Jana Kestner and Donn Randall to their terms as councilmen. The two newcomers to the governing body comported themselves well and gave little indication of their inexperience. After the swearing in, and the approval of t...
A gentle breeze and a warming sun graced those who stood before the American flag, lowered to half staff in honor of those who had died in service to their country. The Memorial Day service, Monday, May 29 at the Pine Bluffs Cemetery, was conducted by the Pine Bluffs American Legion Post 60. Post Commander, John Wise, after the presentation of the colors and the Pledge of Allegiance, brought the attention of those present to those who we honor on this day. "Again our nation gathers to honor its...
While is it has been a major part of the Grover FFA program for decades, Alex Sanders, the chapter's advisor is unsure of exactly when it started. "It's one of the first shows in the season and provides a relaxed environment for students who are at a show for the first time. We rely on several donations to support and run our show," Sanders said. The stock show took place at the Earl Anderson Memorial Rodeo Grounds Saturday, May 27. The day began chilly with the threatened possibility of...
Glenn Offerman, 52, with minimal preparation and no training, left Cedar Rapids, Iowa on May 14 in attempt to reach Sacramento, Calif. by bicycle. "I am doing this to raise money for my baby sister," Offerman said. Mandie Offerman, 40, is suffering from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. He crossed the Nebraska/Wyoming border at about 8:50 a.m. on May 30, having left Kimball, Neb. that morning. He had not intended to travel US Highway 30 on his trip but stated that he missed a turn somewhere along the line...
Lion Robin Walters has 100 per cent vision impairment, she is completely blind, but that has not stopped her from leading as full a life as she is able. Walters is a member the Cheyenne Sunrise Lions Club and was on hand with other members of the Cheyenne club at the 20-mile rest stop during the 2nd Annual High Plains Ride for Sight (RFS) put on by the Pine Bluffs Lions Club, Sunday, May 28. Lion Gary Roadifer of the Pine Bluffs Lions Club was in charge of the event. "The Ride For Sight is our m...
"The running joke for the track team is: What we do for track is every other teams punishment," said Cole Manlove, Burns Jr./Sr. High School boys track coach. Manlove was speaking at the annual high school athletic banquet held at the Burns Elementary gym, Tuesday, May 23. His words were echoed by Brooks Hoffman, coach of the girls track team at Burns. "Like coach said, running isn't always the most enjoyable thing, even though every chance I get, I try to remind the girls that it is a cure for...
