Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
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I very much appreciate the Guest Columns that Mike Heath has been submitting to the Post. I have not read one single thing he has written that I disagree with. In your December 30th paper, you printed a “Letter to Editor” from Carl B. Enstrom of Lincoln, Nebraska, which I very much disagee. He was extremely critical of a recent column by Mr. Heath. He hopes his “comments will reduce the anxiety for people living in and around Pine Bluffs, Wyoming”. How kind of him to set all us ignorant folks straight. Engstrom states that “Biden has managed t...
During the years before and through the 1950s, a train ran daily from Cheyenne o Sterling, Colorado. The train would run one direction one day and return the following day. The route included the town of Arcola, which no longer exists, and was northwest of Carpenter. Arcola had a water tower to provide water for the steam engine. The route continued to Carpenter, then on to Hereford and then to Grover, Colo. From there, it went to New Raymer, past the Pawnee Buttes and Stoneman, then to...
Many years ago I missed attending one of my high school proms. One of my best friends, Gary, and I were dating the same girl. Unfortunately for me, he asked her out first. Since I didn't have a back-up girlfriend, I didn't have a date. On the night of the prom, another friend, Butch, also didn't have a date. Both of us losers decided to go to a movie together. After the movie, Butch and I were driving around in my 1950 Ford. You can imagine how many years ago this must have been. I am still feeling sorry for myself. We drove by the school where...
I like to play with people by approaching strangers and making a comment to them which they are not expecting, and then waiting for their reaction. Often I do this in a grocery store where I see a gentleman pushing the cart while the lady is out grazing or gathering items. Many times a lady's purse is in the child seat of the cart. I start by walking up to the gentleman and say to him, “I like your purse.” Usually the lady, who is nearby, will start laughing, and the guy will realize it is a joke. Here are some of the reactions I have got...
I was working as a substitute teacher at Burns Elementary when I was asked to substitute for a second grade teacher who happened to be my cousin. One of my assignments that day was to have the children write in their journals about any school field trip they might have enjoyed. They were all trying to think of which field trip they wanted to write about. Several mentioned a trip to the Denver Zoo they had taken the previous year. I told them that I thought this would be a good topic, and they should mention something at the zoo that they really...
Editor’s Note: We will be carrying stories written by Larry Kane, a local retired teacher, who encourages readers to share their life experiences. My first interesting teacher-student experience occurred on the very first day of my teaching career. I was teaching in a small school in a farm-ranch community, Briggsdale, Co. This particular class happened to be a junior high shop class. I had given the class a demonstration on using a hand saw to cut wood. I then let the kids practice on their own. I had one student, Paul, who was a very small s...
