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Pine Bluffs Distilling believes in farm to flask. They buy from the local farms to produce their products. There is a malting business in which locally grown grains are used for malting that are of course obtained locally. But the main business is The Pine Bluffs Distilling. Chad Brown meets with the farmers to pick out what grains are best for their product at the time. In the last year they have introduced the contemporary new American Style Gin. It is very citrus forward versus juniper forwar...
The annual chili feed with the Bushnell Volunteer Fire Department took place on March 10th at 4:00 p.m. The Bushnell Volunteer Fire Department has different events to raise money for training, protective equipment for firefighters, and safety equipment. Training takes time and equipment every month for the firefighters to be efficient to fight fires. Not every fire is the same and it depends on the area, weather, and if other people are involved. The protection equipment for the firefighter is...
The members of the Junior High Future Business Leaders of America were dressed in business attire ready for competition. Pine Bluffs Junior High took 11 members to the Wyoming FBLA ML State Leadership Conference in Douglas, Wyoming. The competition is tough which not everyone wins awards but they win the experience they gain from a competition such as this. The members participated in the objective test event, presentation event, and case study event. The Pine Bluffs FBLA had seven members that...
The Laramie County Emergency Management director came to the Albin Town Council meeting with a resolution and some help for the town on March 9th at 7:00 p.m. Jeanine West, the director of Laramie County Emergency Management explained about resolution 2309-01. This will help with FEMA. She explained that some of this was not for the public. West thanked the council for helping with the history of the weather in the area and what should be put down in the Resolution. The weather included snow, wind, and hail as some of the factors. The council...
The Parlor Hair Boutique has some new changes in the shop located at the Pine Bluffs Historic High School. Meagan Allford is now part of the team at the Parlor. Allford graduated from Pine Bluffs High school in 2021. She held the honor of Trail Days Queen in 2020-2021. Allford was raised in Pine Bluffs and has family in town. She has recently gotten married. Allford is excited to be able to be part of the Parlor team. She loves the community along with the people in it. Allford has been working...
The Sunset Ridge 2 was a big discussion at the Burns Town Council. The Burns council had their first meeting of the month on March 13th at 7:00 p.m. The start of the meeting Larry Gallagher from Summit Engineering explained what Sunset Ridge 2 will be like. He had a book of plans on how the drainage, water, sewage and where the manholes will be. Gallagher started on the first page with the detention pond where it will be with easements and how it will drain if there would be a bad storm. He explained on each page where the dirt would be cut...
The excitement of learning something new has taken a big step for the 4-H robotics teams. The Laramie County 4-H Circuit Breakers have had two teams that have won awards at the Casper State competition. This is their first time and their first state competition. A team of older boys received several awards. They received a Think award. This award is the journey the team has taken in engineering the design and documenting the steps of the process. The next award was the Finalist Alliance...
Saint Patrick's Day! The luck of the Irish is in the air this week. Even for folks who may not have a bit of Irish in them, we still celebrate it like it's one of our own. March 17th is St. Patrick’s Day. In Ireland it's a national holiday with a host of events throughout in celebration of the nation's patron saint. An official Christian feast day observed by the Catholic church, the Anglican Communion (especially the church of Ireland), the Eastern Orthodox church, and the Lutheran church.A day off for the Irish consists of attending church s...
One out of 10,000 times this can happens to goats. Judy and Kirk Rush of Grover, Colo., received a pleasant first in their life on the farm. Their goat ' Freckles' , who is a cross breed dairy goat had quintuplets in one birth. She had no problems delivering the kids, they all came out healthy and ready to jump into life. This was Freckles first time having this many babies, at once! Freckles is four-years-old and normally has only two babies every year. Rush has owned and operated their ranch...
Homeland Security presented a resolution to the council during the Burns Town council meeting held on February 27th at 5:30 p.m. Mayor Jim Clark was absent from the meeting but council member Rick Lakin took hold of the reins and ran the meeting in Mayor Clark's absence. Jeanine West from Homeland Security presented the region seven mitigation plan that had been drawn up for Laramie County and Platte County. This is done every five years. With West's information the council received more details on the hazards that happen in Laramie County...
Abby Gray is a semi finalist winner for the National Honor Society scholarship. There are thousands of students all over the United States that apply for this scholarship. Gray said, "It is a process to apply for the scholarship. I had to fill the application out online and get a couple of letters of recommendation. I, then sent my GPA from the school. The application included two essay questions, they were what do I do for my community and what do I do for my school?" Gray started in junior...
Hogan Allen has been hard at work. This student has earned two awards for the month of February. He has earned the Burns Lions Club student of the quarter. Every quarter the Burns Lions Club rewards a student from the Burns Junior/Senior High School a certificate and a monetary gift. The Burns Lions Club wants to give credit to hard working students. At the meeting the students parent/parents are acknowledged. This time it was Allen's chance to have a voice on what he is doing in and outside of...
The emergency shelter in Albin and a building permit were on the agenda at the Albin Town council meeting held on February 9th. Mayor Kelly Krakow gave his update for the month. He brought to the council's attention about the Wyoming Association of Municipalities summer convention that is being held in Cody, Wy. on June 7th through June 9th. If anyone on the council is interested in going please let Jillian know. The council approved for Reichert's final payment for the water/sewer project by AVI. Mayor Krakow informed the council that the emer...
Pine Bluffs Elementary and Burns Elementary have started an after school club this year. Laramie County School District #2 was able to start the Boys and Girls Club with help from and under the tutelage of the Cheyenne Boys and Girls Club. Club. This gives the students an opportunity for more activities and maybe something to do after school. The Boys and Girls club help the students to learn and be active. There are opportunities to show a students report card to win something. The students...
The Burns Future Farmers of America team received a few awards at several contests. Their first achievement was at the Arizona National Livestock show. The Burns FFA team consisting of Cooper Sanchez, Blair Sanchez, Regan Allen, and Kiernynn Simmons won their first contest with the National Livestock Skill-a- thon. This is a contest that tests the members knowledge about animal science and livestock management practices. It covers beef, sheep, swine, and goats. In each area the member or team...
The Board of Trustees recognized one person and a school. The week before the school board meeting there was bad weather for the COW meeting that was going to happen at Albin which was changed to the Pine Bluffs Laramie County School District #2 Office. Laramie County School District #2 Board of Trustees did manage to get to Albin Elementary for the regular meeting. First chairman Mike Olsen recognized board trustee Julianne Randall, who has been on the board for 16 years. She has held every office on the board. This last year she was...
The freshness of the new building was exciting for Laramie County Fire District #3 in Albin. The Fire Board had been working on getting a new fire station in Albin, and "Voila". They had their first banquet in the new fire hall. It is also the time of year to congratulate the fire fighters for their hard work saving lives. Fire departments never blink an eye about the weather, the person or how bad the tragedy is. Fire Chief Lee Peterson gave out awards during the banquet. Recognition for years...
Having great grades in school payed off for a Pine Bluffs student. Edwin Morales has applied for a scholarship at the University of Wyoming. Morales is an active student at Pine Bluffs High School. He plays basketball, belongs to the National Honor Society, and the Wyoming Academic Challenge. Morales has won two awards this school year. The National Hispanic Recognition Award and the National Rural and Small Town Award for his ACT. Now,Morales received a full ride scholarship to the University...
The Hillsdale Ladies were creating a Fiesta! Throughout the year the Hillsdale Ladies raise funds for families in need and for scholarships. Their organization was established in 2005 for the purpose of helping their community and neighbors. Concerning this event, the money raised will be going to two families and to scholarships. The Chavez family, whose father has cancer and very little time left in this world, and the Pine family that lost an 11-year-old child. The Hillsdale ladies started awarding scholarships in 2014 with funds made...
The lights are on the stage at the Pine Bluffs Historic High School was set for the True Troupe and their production. This is a group that travels to different towns in Wyoming to put plays for the community. They are from Cheyenne. “Almost, Maine” by John Cariani was nine little skits in one. It has two acts. This was base on the emotion of love from the heart. Each skit gave a different look of the heart, emotion, and love. There were nine different ways to look at the issue. The beginning was the prologue/Inter logic/ Epilogue. The cha...
Laramie County School District #2 has been showing the Board of Trustees how much they appreciate them. Different classrooms have been sending cards and snacks to the Board of Trustee's at meetings. The Board of Trustee's are determined to serve the students and their parents the best they know how. They appreciate all the people that are in the schools or helping with the schools. The Board of Trustees would like to give a big thank you to all of the communities, staff, parents, and...
The Burns High School students were having a great week of activities. It is a time to have a little fun during the middle of the winter. On Monday the High School students could dress in their favorite flannels for the day. Tuesday was Valentines day. The suggestion was for people to dress in pink, red or purple. Wednesday was dress as a senior citizen day. Which most older people would question this idea. Thursday was dress as your favorite character day. And when you think about it this was...
All week long the students in high school have been enjoying different activities throughout the Snowcoming week. Different dress up themes was one way for them to strut their stuff. This is a way for the staff and students to not get in a rut and have fun during the school hours. At the end of the school week on Thursday,The Snowcoming dance was held in the commons area at the Pine Bluffs High School. The dance started at 7:00 p.m. that evening, being not too late for the students and the...
Two sophomores at Burns High School work on passing a senate bill. Molly Allen and Annie Fowler were in their health class learning about mental health listening to "Ted Talk." The topic was about a girl in Oregon who got her state to pass a bill to allow mental health days. After the class the girls talked with Mrs McKinney exclaiming that they should try to do that. With the help of their teachers, Mrs. McKinney and Mr. Mercer, the girls went to work on an e-mail to send to their local senate...
