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The people were on the bleachers with three of the candidates in the middle of the gym. Burns had set up a debate for the candidates that are running for Laramie County Sheriff. Four candidates were invited but only three showed up. There is one more candidate but it will be put on the general elections. The ones at the debate will be voted on in August. The candidates for the night were Captain Don Hollingshead, Brian Kozak, and Boyd Wrede. Mike Heath introduced all the candidates giving them...
Concern of a permit for a house and still working on the north property. June 29th the Pine Bluffs Town Council held a regular meeting then a committee of the whole meeting which started at 4:30 p.m. First was a public hearing for Ordinance 2022-05-solar and Ordinance 2022-07- zoning change. No one made a comment for the hearing. Next was the consent agenda. There were two building permits approved which are on 313 E 3rd street for a fence and 610 E 10th street for a shed. Another permit for a house was not approved until the council get some...
Unicorns were up in the bluffs of Pine Bluffs. Everyone loves unicorns, it was a magical moment. The Pine Bluffs Recreation put this event on to see if there is any magic in the area. This happened on June 21st for the entire day. There were 17 time slots for the families of the youth to have with the unicorns. There were two unicorns present on this magical day. Charlie, Paige, and Tammie Hastings were the crew that brought them to the bluffs. The black pony unicorn was Dorothy and the...
It's just about the season to start harvesting garlic so it's time to talk about this fascinating plant. Garlic is an herb that's not only good but it can make a dull dish exciting. People have added garlic to foods to enhance flavor for thousands of years. Take a bland dish, add a few sprinkles of garlic and, VOILA, it suddenly takes on an entirely new flavor and goes from a boring and totally unremarkable food to something full of flavor that we'll anxiously devour. Garlic is historically...
The fireworks were not the only boom in the Pine Bluffs area. The Annual Pine Bluffs Sportsman Club meeting was held on the Fourth of July. There were over thirty people that attended the meeting. The meeting was started by President Tom Xiao with the pledge of allegiance. At this time President Xiao asked if there were and new members and then had them introduce themselves. Xiao thanked Penny Merryfield for having created a check list(agenda) for him to follow. He announced that the first Thurs...
Sizzling, sprinkles, and booms were in the air as well as oohs and ahs in Pine Bluffs. Laramie County Fire District #5 was putting on the fireworks show for the town of Pine Bluffs. They started on June 25th at 6:30 p.m. collecting money throughout the town. Each fire truck was on each street going door to door receiving money. This year was a great year for the collection. At the end of the day and with some people dropping off money for the display the amount came to $6,161.31. That covered mo...
The 94th annual Albin Day will be held July 9, 2022 with Bob and Tenetta Anderson presiding over the festivities as Grand Marshals. Bob has lived and worked in Albin most of his life. He operated Albin Repair with his brother, Roger and farmed his dryland acreage northeast of town. Bob has been dedicated to the community serving many years as a firefighter, Fire Chief, EMT, a member of the fire board, city councilman and mayor. He was one of the first EMTs in the community and still serves as a...
The town of Burns is looking at another well. The Burns town council met on June 27th at 5:30 p.m. Voucher's were approved by the town council. For the mayor report, he said Casey McNamar did a nice job mowing the cemetery. Next on the agenda, George Moser for the Wyoming Water Development Commission was introduced by council member Judy Johnstone. Council member Johnstone said, “The town of Burns is having more developments and more people moving into town. I would like to have plenty of water in the future.” Moser explained the creation of...
Slices of pies lined the tables with the different candidates. June 26th At 5 p.m. at the Pine Bluffs Community Center the Republican candidates came out to meet the people in southeast Laramie County. 27 candidates that are running for different offices throughout the state and Laramie County attended the Pine Bluffs Annual Republican Pie Social. Erin Johnson, Sharon Fain-Steenbergen and Marjorie Gorman set the event up. This started years ago with Lawrence Anderson from Burns who wanted the...
This past few weeks I've been traveling the county, mostly the eastern side, and I've noticed signs that soil health is deteriorating. Mind you, I'm not seeing these signs from the road necessarily. I'm visiting people and looking at their yards and pastures while visiting. Everything seems to be in pretty bad shape. I checked my lavender and elderberry this afternoon and they're struggling pretty hard. I will probably lose some of them. It doesn't take a lot of thought to realize that the...
A Burns High School student placed fifth at the state High School rodeo competition. Colby Smith from Burns rode at the Wyoming State finals in Buffalo, Wyoming. Smith has been in rodeo since he saw his first rodeo at the age of eleven years old. He started out in little Britches and now in High School. In the last few years Smith has been doing the Saddle Bronc. He would like to add team roping next. All year he has placed fourth to 23rd throughout the high school rodeo season. For the Wyoming...
The season of rodeo has started at the Archer Event Center Rodeo Arena. On June 24th at 7 p.m. rodeo folks enjoyed a chuck wagon dinner to to get the evening started off right. It started off with the grand entry which gets attendees geared up and ready for some intense rodeo action. The first event is Bareback Riding. DC Cathcart from Burns lost this round to the horse. Next was Steer Wrestling, and the third event was Breakaway Roping. There was Team Roping, Barrel Racing, Novice Bull Riding,...
The basketballs were going everywhere in the Burns High School gym on June 6th through June 9th from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. during a basketball camp for the middle school students. They had 18 girls attend the camp. This is the only camp they will be doing this summer. Coach Britt Bath said, "Our objective for the camp was to provide a summer basketball opportunity that was enjoyable while also being affordable. We centered our instruction around physical and mental skill development, while also focu...
The Pawnee Coyotes Clay Target Team competed in the Colorado high school state tournament at Colorado Clays near Brighton on June 11th finishing their season with high honors. The clay target team consisting of students from sixth grade to 12th grade, entered the tournament first place in their conference. Seven of the top twenty-five conference scores for the season came from Pawnee. At the conclusion of the state competition, Pawnee placed first in their conference and third overall for the st...
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Sunday marked the completion of a new 300-yard berm at the Laramie County Shooting Sports Complex in Cheyenne. The lane expands on the existing ones at the complex. Soldiers of the 133rd Engineer Company of the Wyoming Army National Guard, out of Laramie, completed the project as part of Innovative Readiness Training, which aligns with mission-essential task training for units in the Wyoming Guard. The IRT is a massive benefit to the communities for which the Guard serves. "...
The Earl Anderson Memorial Rodeo was celebrating it's 99th year and it all started with a parade held in Grover, Colo. To get the parade started on the right track, the Donald Eisenhauer American Legion Post 60 Honor Guard from Pine Bluffs posted the colors by leading off the parade with flags flying and a very patriotic float of members making sure the kids got a good start on candy. The Grand Marshal this year was the "Empty Saddle" in honor of all the cowboy friends and community members...
A new Marshal is coming to town. The Burns town council met on June 13th at 6:30 p.m. First on the Agenda was a request for the approval of the sewer line extension that is bad. The Utility board put bids out to companies to put a new sewer line in on Second street. Two different companies submitted bids. MSI with a bid of $74,850 and Aztec Construction with a bid of $58,255. The council voted going with the bid from Aztec. Next on the agenda was Domenic Bravo, president of Visit Cheyenne and CEO of Cheyenne Downtown Development Authority. He w...
Classic cars and antique tractors lined Main street around the park. At Burns Days on June 11th following the parade, tractors and cars were a major presence around the Main Street Park. There were 11 tractors for the people's choice. Some had traveled from as far as Laramie. The winner was Roger White with his 1950's Mayrath mobile. For Volkswagen, there were seven different vehicles on display. The people's choice winner was Dave Bartenhagen for his Foreign 1974 Volkswagen Thing. Then last...
Kinda', somewhat, maybe. Or not. With downcast eyes and a cowed demeanor, I have to admit that I never liked tomatoes. Everybody around me would put raw, sliced tomatoes on their sandwiches or even just eat the fruit by itself. But me, no, I just couldn't stand them. UNTIL! Yes, until I tried a tomato right off the vine. Suddenly I fell in love with this terrific, tasty fruit. I don't quite understand this phenomena because I've always loved ketchup, pizza, marinara sauce, spaghetti sauce and...
Laramie, Wyo.—June 16, 2022—At its annual spring conference, the University of Wyoming Extension celebrated awardees who earned recognition from professional associations at the state and national level. Author of Wyoming Specialty Crop Directory earns recognition Cole Ehmke, former community development specialist for the UW Extension, received the Epsilon Sigma Phi (ESP) Eta Chapter Mid-Career Service recognition for his Wyoming Specialty Crop Directory. With listings for more than 800 local food producers, farmers markets and community gar...
If you happen to be in Burns, Wyo., for what ever reason, just passing through, ("look, there's a little town this way, let's go check it out."), finding a yard sale or visiting family or friends you might get a bit hungry. Well fear not! There just so happens to be two very nice places to grab a bite and replenish the old energy system. With that being said welcome to the Rustic Plate. Owned and operated by Danielle Allman and Ashley Osterman and located in the Burns Community Center. It all...
The Earl Anderson Memorial Rodeo had it's 99th year. It is called the Home of the Biggest Little Rodeo. Each year people recall their times attending, helping, and/or competing at the rodeo. This year the committee featured the Hill Top Gang. They have attended the rodeo for 18 years. It started with four siblings that fell in love with the area and the way of life. It was how a step-father and kids became a family without a marriage supporting the ranch and the community. Through the years the...
Cars and people wandered the streets looking for yards full of items in them. Pine Bluffs, Burns and Albin had garages sales this month. This is a yearly event for all towns. Pine Bluffs annual garage sale is held the first Saturday in June which happened to be the 4th. There were 28 garage sales listed for the town. Some of the garage sales started on Friday and carried over to Saturday. There was a listing of sales at certain businesses in town to help people so they knew where to go for the g...
The theme was Burn'n Thru at Burns Day 2022. The day was filled with activities on June 11th in Burns, Wyoming. It started out with a Pancake Breakfast at the Laramie County Fire Department #6 station. The firefighters were flipping pancakes as fast as they could with the long lines supporting the fire department. It was free but donations were appreciated. With the pancakes was ham and a drink to get a person ready for the day. The fire station was filled for hours. Next was the 5k walk/run....
An outdoor T.V. show director and producer come to Pine Bluffs looking for something to have at their camp fire. Rick Kreuter from Beyond the Hunt came to Pine Bluffs Distilling to have a bottle of Rye bottled to have for their camp fires. Kreuter and his wife Julie produce and direct Beyond the Hunt. Julie is from the sandhills of Nebraska north of Big Springs. Her family owns a ranch in the area. She grew up with ranching, riding horses and hunting with her family. Rick is from the Black...
