Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
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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...
Yummm! Fresh veggies. Absolutely delicious. And where do you get them? Definitely not at the grocery store. Not that the grocery store is bad, but they all have to deal with the logistics of getting the vegetables from the farm to your house. That takes time and a lot of it. The logistics chain of today is pretty good but, out of necessity, it has a lot of links and they all delay the food getting to you. Let's start at the farm. And no, children, your food doesn't come off the grocery store...
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...
What a contrast! Last week as I wrote the article it was still cold. This week we've had temperatures over 90 degrees nearly all week. Maybe summer really has made its appearance after all. At least, summer in Wyoming. Now the question becomes one of what will those extreme temperature fluctuations do to the plants? Unfortunately, not much that is good. All plants need at least a little time to prepare for a change in season. That means that the more gradual the temperature change, the better...
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...
CHEYENNE – Wyoming's official nickname is The Equality State. Wyoming has work to do to live up to that moniker. June 10 was Equal Pay Day in Wyoming. It's the day of the year that represents the extra days in 2019 a woman has to work to earn the same amount of pay a man received for working in 2018. In other words, a woman in Wyoming has to work 17 months and 10 days to earn what a man in Wyoming earned in only 12 months. Remember also that the national Equal Pay Day was April 2. Wyoming does not score well here either. We are behind the n...
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....
According to the calendar, Friday, June 21st, was the first day of summer. Well...you couldn't prove it by me. The Advanced Master Gardener class was at the University of Wyoming Entomology Lab that day. First, we had to drive through snow on the summit. Then it was rainy and cold all day. Summer? Sure didn't feel like it. I think I'm ready for a little bit of that global warming. This cooler, wetter weather pattern we seem to be stuck in was predicted last winter by Don Day and, once again,...
Recently, Governor Gordon met with ENDOW and requested that their 20-year strategy be changed into actionable items. One of the five strategies outlined is to continue to work on and support the “knowledge and creative industries.” The Array School of Technology and Design is excited to see an emphasis placed on the technology industry. Additionally, we would like to offer some suggestions for actionable items for ENDOW and the citizens of Wyoming to consider. For those of you unaware of Array, we are Wyoming’s first and only accelerated compu...
The volunteer instructors of Project Appleseed - A skilled rifle marksmanship nonprofit organization, visited Pine Bluffs Sportsman's Club June 22 and 23, 2019, offering rifle marksmanship training and Revolutionary War history to those in attendance. Sam Gay was the senior instructor for Appleseed this past weekend. As a U.S. Army veteran and retired police officer he brings a great deal of skill and experience to the Appleseed program. He began shooting with the Appleseed program in 2006,...
The 69th annual Egbert-Hillsdale-Carpenter-Burns alumni banquet was enjoyed by 79 people on Saturday, June 8, 2019. Alumnae representing 70 plus years attending this year was Darlene Miller Byers, Carpenter 1946. She was introduced by the emcee for the evening, JoAnn Talkington Soto, Carpenter 1958, and presented a corsage. Rick Bishop, Burns 1974, gave the invocation for the group. The honored guests of the evening were the 50 year celebrants from Hillsdale, Burns and Carpenter and the current...
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....
