Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
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The Pine Bluffs Mud Volleyball tournament, traditionally held the Sunday of Trail Days weekend was a rousing success. Twenty-four teams out of the maximum of 25 signed up for the tournament which began at 10 a.m. and lasted well into the afternoon hours. Left, Matt Hockersmith of Pine Bluffs tries to track down a ball. The event began in 1991 and has been held ever since, attracting teams from across southeastern Wyoming, northern Colorado and western Nebraska, and this year was no...
Brooke Howard, a 2016 graduate of Burns High School, recently received a $1,000 Built Ford Tough scholarship from the National FFA Organization. The scholarship is sponsored by Spradley Barr Motors as a special project of the National FFA Foundation. Howard was the Vice President of the Burns FFA during the 2015-2016 school year. She plans to use her scholarship to pursue a degree at Northwest Community College, majoring in Ag Communications and pre-nursing. She will also be a member of the...
It was an action-packed six weeks, seven if you count the one rainout on July 1, of competition at the rodeo grounds, but the season is over for the Pine Bluffs Roping Club Summer Series as the final round took place last Friday and championship buckles were presented. Your 2016 buckle winners are: PeeWee Barrels - Jaden Shelit 1D Barrels - Katie Klinginsmith 2D Barrels - Natalee Smalley 3D Barrels - Joey Corder Junior Team Roper - Brayden Evans Century Header - Kim Cox Century Heeler - Sean...
Several students from eastern Laramie County recently received degrees from the University of Wyoming. From Albin, Brodie J. Eklund and Corinne Maie Siekert earned Bachelor of Science degrees, while Justin Philip Sanchez earned his Bachelor of Arts degree. From Burns, Charles E. Anderson and Timothy Alan Peters both earned Bachelor of Arts degrees. From Pine Bluffs, Laura Elizabeth Gross earned her Bachelor of Science degree, while Brittny Kiedrowski earned her Bachelor of Arts degree. Congratulations to all recipients on their scholarly...
The rainout on June 30 of the Pine Bluffs Roping Club Summer Series means the competition will continue for one more week on July 15. Every point counts as the fifth week wrapped up last Friday. In the fifth week of competition, Bryton Scheller earned 11 points in Open Header, while Kim Supan scored four points, Kaycee Lake had three, Mike Shelit had two and Javier DelaCruz had one. In Open Heeler, Boyd Supan scored 10, followed by DJ Tidyman with five, Mike Schulz with four and Tyler henderson...
Owen Wahlert, a Grover, Colo. resident and student at Pawnee High School, has earned a spot on the Wyoming National High School rodeo team. He will be traveling to Gillette for the event, which takes place July 17-23. Wahlert will compete in the tie-down roping category. Featuring more than 1,650 contestants from 43 states, five Canadian Provinces and Australia, the NHSFR is the world's largest rodeo. ln addition to competing for more than $200,000 in prizes, NHSFR contestants will also be...
If you are thinking about opening a business in Wyoming, things just got a little easier for you. The Secretary of State's Business Division recently launched online business filing tools for the formation of Limited Liability Companies, Profit Corporations, and Nonprofit Corporations. In addition, any registered business entity in good standing may generate an electronic "Certificate of Good Standing" at no cost. These new online services will allow for the electronic filing of documents that...
A year's worth of donations and planning went up in smoke last Monday as Laramie County Fire District #5 set off its annual firework display in Pine Bluffs. The cost of the patriotic extravaganza was covered by donations collected by firefighters throughout the year. Nearly 100 spectators gathered in town to watch the display, which lasted approximately 30 minutes....
Well, the heavy rains last Friday forced the cancellation of the Pine Bluffs Summer Roping Series last week, so extra emphasis will be placed on the final night of action this Friday. With several categories decided by just a few points, the scores tomorrow will determine the overall winners. A complete listing of available point totals is on Page 7. Heading into the final week, Kaycee Lake leads Open Header with 15 points, with Kim Cox in second place with 10 points. Clay Rizzuto leads Open...
With just two weeks left in the Friday Night Roping Series in Pine Bluffs, it's coming down to the wire in the point totals. At this point, Bradi Nelson leads the Mixed category with 13 points, Clay Rizzuto leads Open Heeler with 14 points, Kaycee Lake leads Open Header with 15 points, Sean Wright leads Century Heeler with 26 points, Curt Epler leads Century Header with 19 points, Brayden Evans leads Junior Roper with 28 points, Jaden Shelit leads PeeWee Barrels with 21 points, Katie...
Pine Bluffs High School's Hunter Thompson was recently named Laramie County Male Prep Athlete of the Year by WyoSports.com. Thompson, who will be entering his senior year this fall, set the all-time scoring record this past season as the Hornets went all the way to capture the Wyoming 2A State High School Basketball title. He has already verbally committed to play basketball at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska following graduation next year....
Pine Bluffs Track and Field head coach Dustin Lee was selected by the Wyoming Coaches Association as their 2016 2A Track and Field Coach of the Year. Lee guided the Hornet boys track and field team to their first state championship title since 2011. All Coaches of the Year are invited to the Wyoming Coaches Association Hall of Fame Banquet on July 22, 2016 in Casper, WY, where they will be introduced and presented with their award....
A pair of local bowlers came back with state titles from the Wyoming Mens State Bowling Championship held in Lander, Wyo. In the All Events-Handicapped category, Chad Lemaster finished with a score of 2,425 to earn $500 and First Place. Chuck Jones tied for sixth with an overall score of 2,294, Corey Bruns finished twelfth with a score of 2,281 and Gerald Krakow placed 21st with 2,254 points. In All Events-Scratch, Jared Zitek tied for ninth place with 2,048 points. In the Senior 1941-1945 - Handicapped division, Gerald Krakow took the 4125...
The point totals continue to grow in the Pine Bluffs Roping Series. After three weeks of competition, some are hanging on to a slim lead while others are pulling far ahead of the pack. Open Header In Week Three, Kaycee Lake led Open Header with six points, followed by Kim Cox with five, Joe Wiesen with four, Brad Nelson with three, Todd Bishop with two and Brandon Heatherington with one. After three weeks, Lake leads with 12 points, Cox with eight, Ron Lien with six, Kristen Smith, Bret Nelson,...
It's been called "The Biggest Little Rodeo in the West" for decades, but the annual Earl Anderson Memorial Rodeo last weekend in Grover, Colo. lived up to some big-time fun. Saturday was filled with fun, starting with a parade down Main Street featuring tractors, floats and participants young and old. During the day, things kicked off at the rodeo grounds. All of that dust-flying action had people working up appetites, for it was a good thing the Grover FFA held a barbeque in the community...
Two people were transported to the emergency room at Kimball Health Services following a single-vehicle tractor-trailer rollover just west of Pine Bluffs on westbound Interstate 80 Saturday morning. According to the report from the Nebraska State Patrol, the driver, Michael Ghobadi, 63, of Corona, California, lost control of his vehicle when another semi swerved into his lane, sending his 2016 Freightliner into the ditch. No further information regarding the condition of those transported was...
Pine Bluffs graduate Azhane Bufford officially closed out her high school basketball career on June 10 by playing in the Wyoming-Montana All-State Game in Sheridan....
Last Friday, the sun wasn't the only thing scorching the ground in Pine Bluffs. The Summer Roping Series fired up for its second week of action on June 10. In the Open Header category, Ron Lien scored six points, followed by Mike Schulz with five, Bret Nelson with four, Todd Bishop with three, Curt Epler with two and Bryton Scheller with one. The Open Heeler event was led by Clay Brow with six points, then Clay Stecklein with five, Matt Idler with four, Kelly Merrick with three, Chase Merrick...
As if participating in the annual Shrine Bowl game isn't enough to help raise money for the Shriner's Hospital, Pine Bluffs graduate Kyle Jeffres also took an extra step to help make a difference. "As a Shrine Bowl player, each kid is to bring a new toy to donate to the children at the hospital," said Kyle's mother, Linda Jeffres. "He wanted to do a toy drive, but we wondered how he would get them all there. We agreed that we would pay postage to ship them, but then he got in contact with a...
With so much to do last weekend in Pine Bluffs, like the kick-off of the Pine Bluffs Roping Series, airport open house, community-wide garage sale, bbq cookoff at the Knotty Pine Saloon, etc., people were working up a thirst in the hot Wyoming sun. Several local children with entrepreneurial spirit setup lemonade stands in an effort to cash in on market demand....
The Pine Bluffs Roping Series got under way last Friday night. Here are the point totals after the first week of action. In the PeeWee Barrels event, Molly Allen leads with six points, followed by Jaden Shelit with five, Natalee Smalley with four, Stesha Tidyman with three, Braxton Wiesen with two and Kal Smith with one. Dale Gilbert leads the Century Heeler category with 10 points, while Sean Wright has seven, Clay Stecklein has three and Bruce Nelson has one. Kim Cox leads Century Header with...
The Pawnee Coyote track team may have finished in 12th place overall at the state championships in Lakewood, Colo., but several team members had standout individual performances, including another big win for lone senior Luke Duggan. "The team enjoyed a successful track season this spring," said coach Kathy Adams. While there is a lot of youth on the team, they gained valuable experience that will help them over the next few years. Adams added, "Freshmen Jade Cass, James Krist, Malachai Russell...
Just because school is out for the summer, that doesn't mean that members of Pine Bluffs High School Future Business Leaders of America won't be learning something new. Seventeen members will attend the FBLA National Leadership Conference in Atlanta, Georgia later this summer. Each student qualified for the conference by competing at the state level in their respectful categories. The cost per student for the trip is $900 and they raised that money through a variety of fundraisers, one of which...
Whatever is in the water in Pine Bluffs, somebody better bottle and sell it...quick! Whatever the secret ingredient is, it's creating state champions! Just a couple months after the boys and girls bring home 2A state basketball championships, the boys track and field team earn one of their own. At the state track and field meet in Casper this past weekend, the Pine boys were able to hold off Thermopolis to take the 2A title, but it wasn't without a fight. The margin of victory was a meer 5.25...
The Pine Bluffs Police Department is investigating a vehicle break-in that occurred sometime between 11 a.m. on May 19 and 10 a.m. on May 20. Authorities say a white Dodge Ram 2500 was broken into and taken for a joyride by unknown person(s) from the 300 block of West 4th Street. During the incident, the vehicle sustained damage and several items were stolen from inside the vehicle. For claiming purposes, Pine Bluffs Police have elected not to reveal what items were stolen. They ask anyone who...
