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Here are profiles of six employees who recently retired from Laramie County School District #2. Deidre Hanson is retiring as school nurse after 24 years at Albin Elementary, Albin High School, when it existed, and the Pine Bluffs Schools. “Just at school, I also work at the hospital. I’m going to continue to work at the hospital,” Hanson said. In April, Hanson was recognized as Wyoming’s America’ Greatest School Nurse. While she did not claim the national title, she felt incredibly honored that the staff at Pine Bluffs felt strongly enough ab...
Preceded by candle bearers and moving to the strains of "Pomp and Circumstance," the 2017 Graduating Class of Pine Bluffs High School took the stage for the last time at the school and prepared to move on to the next stage of their lives. Graduate Kyle Steger provided the welcome and the invocation prior to the singing of the National Anthem by the Jr./Sr. High Choir. Leading in the singing of the school song was Carmen Ladd: "We will never fail to try, For the purple and gold, Let the tale be...
On Monday, May 29 of this year the nation will come together to recognize those of her young who have given their lives in the service of our country. In Pine Bluffs and the surrounding communities there is much to be grateful for the fact that so few of their sons and daughters have paid the supreme sacrifice. Of the more than 200 veterans interred in the Pine Bluffs Cemetery, only two were discovered to have lost their lives in service. One of them was Pfc. Donald Eisenhauer. The other as Pfc. Fay F. Marlatt, United States Army. From the...
“Dear Mom and Dad, Boy Mom, this is the life. . .Everyone gripes but I don't think there's anyone that would trade if for anything else. . .I enjoyed Poot's letter. Seems he's learning to write without going to school. I miss that kid more than you think. I hope that he will recognize me as quickly when I get home next time. I'll never forget how I woke him up, and he said, “Don” the first thing.” On March 21, 1945, the Fifth Marine Division dedicated on Iwo Jima their cemetery, wherein lay the bodies of those men who fell during the battle....
Recipient of the Arch Coal Teaching Achievement Award Thursday May 18 was Wanda Theobald, Pine Bluffs Elementary third-grade teacher and Patroness of Riverwish, Wyo. Theobald was one of ten teachers in Wyoming who received the award and the $3,500 that went with it, for outstanding achievement in teaching. Below is Theobald's winning essay: "Why I Teach" A young girl gathers her dolls and pets around her…tells them stories… sings… reads…shares… learns. The seed is planted. At eight she gathe...
There are times when those with special needs or disabilities want someone to talk to, someone to play cards with, or to read to them or just someone for companionship. There are times when those caring for these individuals need some respite time but don't want to leave those in their care alone. That is when the Wyoming Senior Companion Program (WSCP) is ready to step in and offer, at least two hours a day, someone to fill those times when caregivers need time to themselves. Mary Reinhardt is...
A play within a play, a little Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, sword fights, dances, a dancing bear, or what you will were all part of the fare served up by the drama students of Pine Bluffs High School (PBHS) drama club last Tuesday night. The night with the Bard saw the Pine Bluffs students perform the one act, Bill Shx Presents: All's Well that Ends, written by Jaime Cruz of Casper. This is the fourth play by Cruz to be performed by the drama club. "PBHS Drama always gets a wonderful group of...
To the strains of "Pomp and Circumstance," the 2017 graduates of Burns High School, the 100th graduating class of the school, marched forward arm in arm with their candle bearers to take their seats before the stage. Following the National Anthem, performed by the school's band, Lauren Streeter provided the welcome, stating she had received this honor by raising her hand quicker than any of the other graduates when volunteers were called. Timber Kelly, soldiering on through a cold, gave the...
Visitors and tourists in the town of Riverwish, Wyo. will find plenty of opportunities for shopping, learning and entertainment. Located in Wanda Theobald's third grade classroom in the Pine Bluffs Elementary School, the town is limited in size by only the imagination of its citizens. The town received its name, when the citizens recalled a time that Lodgepole Creek, Muddy Creek and Horse Creek were flowing with water. They wished for rivers and named the town in that honor. Those visitors or...
Presented on Monday by Mayor-elect Alan Curtis, Mayor William Shain and Councilman Mark Fornstrom received plaques from the Town of Pine Bluffs "in appreciation of your service and dedication to the Town of Pine Bluffs." Mayor Shain has stepped down after 18 years in office, 10 as councilman and eight as mayor. Fornstrom has retired from the council after eight years in office....
Following the May 2 Albin town election, the victors were sworn in at the conclusion of the regularly scheduled town hall meeting, May 11. Sworn in were Mayor Kelly Krakow for a third term. Also sworn in were Kelley Kriz for a second term, Bob Anderson for another term, how long Anderson has served the town on the council and as mayor has not been discovered by the Post. Inquiries have proved fruitless. All that has been discovered is Anderson has been serving as long as those questioned can...
The annual installation of officers of the Louis E. Canady American Legion Post 60 in Pine Bluffs took place in the legion hall Wednesday, May 10. The swearing in of the officers was conducted by Wyoming's American Legion Department Adjutant, Doug Hensala, Chief Master Sgt. of the Wyoming Air National Guard, Ret. "I wish we had more posts that are active in the community. I appreciate the tributes you provide to your fellow veterans," Hensala said. Hensala went on to say that the Louis E....
"Dear Mom, I can't write much now as it is almost time for taps." "I was looking out the window and I saw Dad runnin' to the house with that telegram. The only time I saw my Dad cry," Poot said. "The telegraph operator at the depot would get these telegrams and the duty fell to him to deliver them. And, of course, when he came into the garage where Dad was there, boy, I heard Dad just says, 'This is not for me, this is not for me'" Tom said. "Dear Delby, I'm sure you will like the Marines...
"It's a good thing he doesn't like boats our we'd have to build him a lake," said Rodney Anderson, former mayoral opponent of John Marquardt. Marquardt served one year as a town councilman beginning in 1990 and was elected mayor in 1991 and served four two-year- terms. "We used to have to run for mayor every two years. They changed that to four years after I was gone. So you'd have to run every two years for mayor," Marquardt said. A major project on Marquardt's agenda as mayor was the town...
Using his 42 inch Craftsman mower, Dennis Talich took time last week to mow the fairways at Leaning Rock Golf Course in preparation for the 13th annual Knights of Columbus Golf Tournament Saturday, May 13. The nine-hole tournament is held in a shotgun or scramble formation, with each foursome beginning at separate holes. After teeing off, the groups converge at the longest hit ball, where all four hit from. This is duplicated until the ball is in the cup and the score for the foursome is...
The Town of Burns election for the seat of mayor and two councilman has concluded with Mayor Ralph Bartels retaining his seat. Bartels won re-election for a two-year term with a total of 51 votes over 24 votes for political newcomer Walter Scott Sanford. "I'm glad that the voters had confidence in me and voted to re-elected me," Bartels said in a statement after learning of his victory. During Bartels' term as mayor, the town took a significant reduction in state funding. "We took a six percent...
"We usually try to do something to get out of the house so that people stay sane," said Riley Petry, pronounced Patry, who has elected to stay at home with her children while they are too young for school. Tuesdays and Thursdays Petry heads to Cheyenne from the Petry home in Pine Bluffs so her twins, fraternal, Simon and Felicity, 4 and a half years old, can attend preschool. Simon, by the way, would want the reader to know that he is three minutes older than his sister, Felicity. When Simon and...
"I think I've done my time, but overall I was pleased to serve the town of Pine Bluffs. It was a humbling experience. I think I did the job as well as I was able. Hopefully, it was okay," said William Shain, out going Mayor of Pine Bluffs. Shain served as town councilman for ten years beginning in 1999, then moved up to mayor in 2009 and served in that capacity for eight years. During his time on the council the Pastime Theater, along with several Main Street businesses were destroyed by fire...
"Dear Alice, What gives anyhow? Here I am expecting to hear from you, and what do I get, not even a post-card. Well, let by-gones be has beens and start writing will you? I am sadly in need of mail as you can plainly note." Alice was Alice Sparks, now Bailey, Eisenhauer's girlfriend in Wallace, Neb. "His frustrated letter was because I had taken a job with 2 of our former teachers, a married couple, and was expected to do it all, cooking, housekeeping, 2 story house, gardening, etc, etc, etc. Ca...
"Tribute to the 1940's" was the theme for the Pine Bluffs Elementary School Spring Concert held at the Historic High School, Thursday May 4. A full house of parents and family's enjoyed the performances of the children as they sang a series of old standards, such as, "You Are My Sunshine" sung by the kindergarteners and first graders, "Would You like to Swing on a Star" sung by the second and third graders, "Ghost Riders in the Skies," sung by the fourth graders, "White Christmas" sung by the...
About 25 people had come from Albin to vote in the county-wide sixth penny election by 11:00 a.m. There is not any polling location in Albin for county-wide elections. Albin voters must go to Pine Bluffs, Burns or Cheyenne to vote, except for the Town of Albin elections for mayor and council, when they can vote in Albin. One couple came down from Cheyenne this morning to vote in Pine Bluffs, according to Gary Roadifer, Election Judge Coordinator for the county-wide election. They didn't want to stand in line in Cheyenne to vote. They had...
On May 9 the Town of Burns will be holding elections for the position of mayor and two town council members. Incumbent Mayor Ralph Bartels and incumbent Councilman Dennis Bastian are seeking to retain their seats. Harvey Humphrey is stepping down from his council seat. Bartels believes he has done a good job as mayor, especially given that the town's funding from the state was reduced six per cent last year. "When I moved to Burns I became involved, first as a council member, I spent six years...
The Pine Bluffs music department held its music banquet on April 24 at the high school commons. The evening included a pot luck meal following the induction of new members to the Pine Bluffs Tri-M Music Honor Society, the senior recognition of Kailin Butler and Brandon Steege who received the Tri-M senior stoll and chord for graduation. There was also the presentation of festival solo/ensemble certificates for students in music grades 7-12. Amber Abrams, Hyleigh Fornstrom, Syndie Fornstrom,...
"Dear Mom: This has been certainly a nice place to stay and the people down here have treated us great, but I'll be glad to be getting out of here as any place gets old fast no matter where you are, unless you're home." Eisenhauer was writing from Camp Lejeune in New River, N.C., June 25, 1943. He was then part of the Marine Paratroopers. He qualified as a parachutist on March 13, 1943. As he wrote to his mother, from boot camp, when he decided to join the unit: "I thought it over good as I met...
When Charley "Kansas Charley" Miller was hanged on April 22, 1892, he became the first and the youngest person to be executed after Wyoming became a state. Coincidentally, 125 years later to the day the Texas Trail Museum of Pine Bluffs held its annual meeting at the Pine Bluffs Senior center. The meeting was preceded by a cream can luncheon of potatoes, sausages, corn on the cob and cabbage. Cake and iced tea were also available. President Becky Martinez, opened the meeting with an...
