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Residents of Pine Bluffs started lining up early to watch the 69th annual Trail Days Pathways to the West parade. Lead by the local Donald Eisenhauer Post #60 American Legion Color Guard, the parade gave residents a chance to see some of their neighbors and collect some candy. The lions Club was in the park completing one of their annual service missions as they served a brisket, hamburgers, and hot dogs to hungry locals and visitors alike, and several vendors pitched their tents in the park....
Maverick and Goose were not on hand for the Wild West Air Show on July 24th, but the Navy Leap Frogs, the Air Force Thunderbirds, and a slew of amazing pilots were available to wow the crowds with some amazing arial acrobatics. The local Air National Guard opened up their air base on Wednesday to allow civilians to come in and see some of the amazing planes that were on display. Not only were spectators allowed to see the planes as they flew, once landed many planes were open for visitors to...
The lights go black and the smoke rolls out as the first riffs of the guitar peal out of the darkness. Suddenly the lights flash and the live performance you paid good money to see starts giving you goosebumps. While no one would deny the sheer joy of loud music in the car or in the house, nothing compares to the feel of the bass in your chest during a live show. Miranda Lambert, Keith Urban, Randy Houser and Walker Hayes did not disappoint. For almost 3 hours for each show these artists sang...
In true melodrama tradition this years story will deliver liquor, love, and gun play in only two acts. Shootout at Sadie's Saloon is on the menu for the 69th annual Trail Days festival, and this one promises to be a nail biter! John Burkhart has been producing, writing, and acting in melodramas for the last sixteen years and has been commissioned by many of his local towns to write melodramas for their centennials and bicentennials. Written in 2009, Shootout at Sadie's Saloon is just one of Burk...
In my journey to learn more about the POW camps that were located in our area I have begun to explore the Nebraska connection. Throughout World War II there were approximately three million enemy combatants captured by allied forces. Of that, 370,000 Germans and 50,000 Italians were sent to America to wait out the war in local prison camps. Of the little over 400,000 soldiers sent here approximately 12,000 were kept in the twenty-three camps scattered across Nebraska. The base camp located in...
Born and raised here in Pine Bluffs, Lonny and Carleen Graves have dedicated much of their time to the town that they love. High school sweethearts that will have been married for forty years this August, Lonny and Carleen have dedicated almost fifteen years to helping with the annual Trail Days celebrations, so who better to serve as this years Grand Marshals than two people who know it the best. Lonny has spent time as the Trail Days Chairman, and the Rodeo Chairman, and Carleen has helped...
Local athletes Tucker Norman, Andrew Fornstrom, and Kammie Ragsdale were invited to Casper last weekend to play in the annual high school All-Star game. The All-Star game encompasses an entire weekend that includes not only the game, but an opportunity to help out some of the local charities as well. Norman and Fornstrom rounded out the North boys team helping them to win a hard fought battle to beat the South boys team 100 to 80 with both Norman and Fornstrom scoring in the double digits. Both...
The Last Cowboy Standing started with all the fanfare that one would expect of the National PBR. Fire and fireworks lit up the sky as Cheyenne was introduced to the top forty bull riders in the world. First out of the chutes was Marco Eguchi, a twenty-nine year old Brazilian rider who is ranked twenty-first in the world. As he flew from the chute on Southern Style it looked like he might pull off his eight-seconds, but with an unexpected belly roll early on, Eguchi was ejected with a buck off ti...
Finding out you're going to have a baby is supposed to be one of the most joyous occasions in a woman's life. So what happens when it isn't? What options does a woman or a man have when they are alone, scared and not sure how they are ever going to care for another person when they can barely take care of themselves? What kinds of choices does someone have at this point? Our Facebook pages and the internet in general are alive today with just this topic, and no matter what your personal beliefs...
The town council voted unanimously to move the courtroom from the historic high school over to the new town hall this last Monday. In a carryover from the last meeting the tabled discussion about moving the court was revisited with the help of some information from the sitting judge and the Pine Bluffs Heritage Society. As was reported in last weeks paper, the discussion was tabled until more information could be gathered. After talking with Judge Morhan about the viability of moving the court,...
This Sunday the 21st of July marks the 100th anniversary of the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Burns. The town of Burns, Luther at the time, was founded in 1906 by the Reverend Bursick. Several Lutherans came with the Reverend and developed a congregation, but had no place to meet. The small congregation would meet wherever they could. The Lutheran congregation in Burns had many pastors that came from several places to minister to the residents of this new little town. Finally, in August of 1909 Burns finally had their own resident pastor,...
At the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) meeting this Monday the fifteenth, District Engineer Tom DeHoff outlined the projects on the board for the district one portion of Laramie County over the next six years. DeHoff offered a timeline for current and future projects and introduced a website where residents can view current and upcoming projects and can leave comments and suggestions for the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WDOT). Most affecting the Pine Bluffs area would...
8-year old Anna Butler is as fearless as they come. For the last four years she has been riding her Kawasaki motorcycle in Kicker Arena Motocross despite a few injuries and crashes. Butler races with the Tri-State Dirt Riders Motocross Association and has won several tournaments including the Gillette Triple Crown. She has ridden in races all over including Denver, Loveland, Amarillo, and Gallup, and is looking to constantly better her time. Since discovering racing Anna has devoted much of...
The Burns town council closed out Monday’s meeting with a seat still vacant for a new council member. Two possibilities were submitted with tie votes causing a dead nomination for both. It is unsure at this time whether or not council will continue to take applications for a new member, or if they will have to hold a special election to fill the seat. The issue was tabled at this time pending further discussion amongst the council. Scott Cowley of AVI was on hand for this weeks meeting as the town moves forward with the plan to fix some of the...
On Monday, July 8, 2019, the Wyoming National Guard along with the Wyoming Air National Guard held a community meeting to reach out to local employers to help them understand some of the demands made on some of their employees by the armed services. This informal meeting was held in Cheyenne and was attended by several local employers and at least two employers from Colorado, including a sheriff's department representative. Wyoming Army National Guard Chief of Staff, Colonel Steve Alkire and...
Several of our residents braved much warmer temperatures and an almost three and a half hour delay to get a glimpse of the Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 as it rolled into Pine Bluffs on Monday. Marking the 150 year anniversary of the Transcontinental railroad, the 4014 began its journey in Cheyenne where it experienced a several hour delay due to a broken spring. Not to be deterred, however, the citizens of Pine patiently waited and were finally granted payoff when the Big Boy steamed in at about...
The first town council meeting for July started out with a resignation. Michael "Bubba" Ragsdale resigned his assignment on the landfill board as he begins a new position as the landfill manager. With changes already in motion including some new hours for garbage drop off Ragsdale will hopefully be able to tighten up garbage collection for the town. The appointment to the landfill board was handed to Councilman Donn Randall, who will now oversee that and the senior center. A discussion of the...
Governor Mark Gordon held a press conference in Cheyenne on Thursday, June 27th to discuss the next years budget and how that may impact the area in the months to come. One of the first things that the governor pointed out was that it is a well known fact that Wyoming lives on a boom and bust cycle and that at this time politicos are looking for potential strategies to move forward and diversify our economy through those cycles. Governor Gordon stated that his goal was to develop a true two year budget, thus eliminating any “across the board c...
December 10, 1869, marked the day when the unconditional law allowing women to vote and hold office was passed in Wyoming. Fifty years ahead of the rest of the nation in this single act Wyoming earned its nickname as the Equality State when twenty-one years later it became the forty-forth state in the Union. Originally told that Wyoming would only be allowed in the Union if it rescinded the suffrage law, Wyoming legislature was quoted to say, "We will remain out of the Union one hundred years...
The Pine Bluffs library held its weekly Fun for Kids time on Thursday for our local kids. This weeks theme was "seasons" and Molly Williams was on hand with songs, stories, rhymes, and interactive play to engage our children. Participating in a poem about seasons, interacting with a felt board, taking part in an outside exercise activity, and finishing off with some chalk art on the sidewalk kept the kids busy for the forty-five minute time slot, and Molly looked like she was having just as...
If you weren't able to attend the town meeting on the 18th here is a recap of what you missed. As you may have heard, This area is in the running to be the first of three for a serious upgrade to our defense system. As many will know, we currently have silos that house America's Minuteman Missile system. As that system becomes obsolete the government has approved over ninety-billion dollars to upgrade to the new Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) system. The government is obviously not...
On November 2, 1922, the Lions Club was chartered making it one of the oldest clubs in existence. At the International Convention in Cedar Point, OH two years later Helen Keller would encourage the Lions to continue with their work for the seeing impaired calling them the "Knights of the blind, and crusaders against darkness." Two years ago Ms. Keller's great great granddaughter would come onstage at the 100th anniversary in Chicago and encourage members to continue with her grandmother's work....
Despite the grey and rainy day over twenty-five people showed up for the library's magic show this last Friday. A fun afternoon for the kids now that school is out, "The Party People" provided family entertainment for those in attendance. Mr. E and Kathy Groves along with their son Kyle came all the way from Pueblo, Colorado to entertain our kids for the afternoon with a sampling of magic, comedy, and education. One of the few father/son acts left in the country, The Party People travel all...
If you’re like me then it’s never too early to start thinking about football! Coach Will Gray feels the same as he announces the 2019 Hornet Football Youth Camp. Running from July 8th to the 10th, this year’s camp will focus on fundamentals of the game. In the hopes of instilling a love for football, Gray is planning on putting students through all positions and hoping that the exposure and the experience will make school tryouts much easier. Camp will be open to students ages five to twelve and will run from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. all three days....
The Francis E. Warren Air Force Base has been part of the Wyoming landscape since 1867, and continues to serve to this day. Used by the Army from 1867 to 1945 many people do not know that the base, at one time, was used to house Italian and German prisoners during World War II. Prisoners housed throughout Wyoming were often sent to smaller branch camps throughout the state to do timber or agricultural work; however, the prisoners housed at the Warren base were kept there to work. The Warren base...