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"Today, Dec. 1st the Pine Bluffs High School Student Council (most of them) trekked to Cheyenne for our annual shopping trip for our Buddy Bucks program. This is one of my favorite days of the year and I know the kids always have a great time too." said Ashley Rousseau. This program has been going on for at least 22 years. They will be helping 23 families with fifty-six kids total. Pine Bluffs covers three of the Laramie County School District #2 schools which are Pine Bluffs High School, Pine B...
For years the businesses in Pine Bluffs have had help getting in the Christmas spirit. The Pine Bluffs High School Art students practice their talents on the windows. The school offers the different businesses in town a Christmas scene that the students accomplish. This event was started to encourage the students to step out of their comfort zones plus bring more Christmas cheer to the community. Painting on windows is not a cut and dry task. The students are given a stencil of a Christmas...
Discussion of a Dollar Store in Burns was on the agenda at the Burns Town Council meeting held on November 27th, 2023. The Burns town council has heavy hearts for the town of Burns concerning Heaven Appleman. They send their condolences to the families of Jeff Appleman, a Utility board member and to Ted Kellner, maintenance worker for the town of Burns. Judy Newton asked for the Burns council to get a Dollar store in town. She believes that it would be a tremendous asset to the community. Newton stated that other towns are able to have dollar...
The Town of Burns hosted a food drive for the local residents to help for the holidays. This was spearheaded by Kelly Groeneweg. Groeneweg has had a food drive for Burns since 2020. She knows people have a rough time struggling to put food on the table. Groeneweg is one of the local photographers around Burns. She works at the school and trains horses in her spare time. Groeneweg believes Thanksgiving is one of the times to give to people. She loves the togetherness of the community and loves...
Once Thanksgiving is done the time for Christmas is officially in the air. At Thanksgiving some families plan what they are doing for the month.Some families have secret Santa's or draw whose present they will be getting. For some, the weekend after Thanksgiving is the time to start decorating the outside and inside. So there is picking the perfect tree, be it artificial or real, setting it up and adorning it with all the special ornaments collected over the years. The Christmas tree was...
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Laramie, Wyo.-Nov. 27, 2023-As part of a multi-state team, the University of Wyoming Extension's Cent$ible Nutrition Program (CNP) recently earned national recognition for its efforts to connect people facing food insecurity with local produce. In collaboration with USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) programs in eight other states, CNP has contributed to the Growing Together Multi-State Collaboration. The group's mission is to improve access to healthy food and pr...
S PYEONGTAEK, SOUTH KOREA – On Thanksgiving Day, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) shared a Thanksgiving meal with Wyoming service members and their families stationed at USAG Camp Humphreys in South Korea. They're attached to United States Forces Korea (USFK). "This Thanksgiving, Wyoming has a lot to be thankful for, including our brave men and women in uniform who are serving our country. We have service members from all across Wyoming stationed thousands of miles away in South Korea. T...
Burns Future Farmers of America gave four members the choice of a lifetime event. They had the opportunity to attend The American Royal. The American Royal is held in Wyandotte County, Kansas. This event is for the top competitors in the country. They have different events through the year for competitors. Members of the Burns FFA Chapter competed at one of the Nations premier Livestock shows in the nation bringing home several awards and recognitions. The American Royal is cemented in legacy an...
The Burns football team held their annual awards ceremony last Monday. The team, coaches, supporters and family members were there to cheer their team on. The team's season did not go as planned so it was a good night to pay tribute to those individuals that stood out this season and to thank all those behind the scenes that made the season so enjoyable. Head coach Travis Romsa opened the night thanking all the parents and individuals that made the season possible. He thanked the bus driver who...
The holidays are upon us, and with each passing year it seems to get more difficult to feed a family. There are more and more families that are lacking in food or struggling with meals. Pine Bluffs Distilling and Ashley Jessen photography teamed up to have their first food drive to help with Thanksgiving baskets at the Pine Bluffs Food Pantry. The Pine Bluffs Food Pantry has been in the works for over a year. Their building is still being worked on to be able to open up for the community to...
The discussion of upcoming events and the Deep Well project was what the town of Burns council was going over on November 13th at 6:00 p.m. Jeff Barnes came to talk about land taxes. There was a petition for people to sign. Judy Newton from the Shepherd's Closet reported that the Holiday Dinner is set up for December 2nd. She did ask for the council to help with the food cost. Councilmember Judy Johnstone made a motion to have the cost up to $3,500 for the dinner. The council approved. Newton...
Every year food baskets for Thanksgiving are given out to community members in need. Thanksgiving is a time for people to get together and celebrate what a person is thankful during the year. Sometimes families are just happy to have food on the table. Time is not getting any easier with prices being raised all the time. A lot of folks can remember when a stay at home mom was normal and dad brought home the bacon. It was a 50/50 endeavor. Nowadays both parents work in most cases just to keep...
The turkeys were plucked and thawing to be ready for Thanksgiving. The Pine Bluffs Senior Center had their annual Thanksgiving dinner. It is a time of year where everyone is looking forward to getting their fill of turkey. This year the dinner was sponsored by Farmer's State Bank. When a person, person's or business sponsors a dinner they pay for the it. Some seniors do not have the money to have meals all the time. This program helps the center to get healthy food to the seniors that cannot...
Veterans are important in the town of Pine Bluffs. The Pine Bluffs Branch Library loves to honor the local residents that are veterans. The library always tries to support each event. They had books for all ages on the front tables for people to read that were in the military. For the afternoon the library honored the veterans in the area. They gave out gift bags to the veterans along with refreshments. There were donuts with tea and coffee. In the gift bags were gift cards to Sadie's and...
We have a very young team this year with freshmen accounting for over half of it. We had a rocky start at the Western Wyoming Community College event in Rock Springs, but we made great strides and finished in the middle of the pack at the recent LCCC meet in Cheyenne. As far as small schools go, we are definitely hanging in there with the best of them. I'm also very optimistic about the future of the team. They are young, but I can tell they will be real contenders here in a couple of years....
Laramie, Wyo.—Nov. 14, 2023—The University of Wyoming’s Rangeland Ecology and Watershed Management (REWM) program is one of 14 accredited rangeland ecology and management undergraduate degree programs in western North America. The REWM program, housed in the UW Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, offers unique opportunities for hands-on learning and applied research in rangeland systems. The program is accredited by the Society for Range Management, a professional society and conse...
Diabetes is a slow growing disease in people's lives. A person may say that is harsh. But this disease affects everyone in one form or another. More than 1.3 million people in the next 30 years will have diabetes according to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. November is National Diabetes month. The most common symptoms of undiagnosed diabetes are increased thirst, going to the bathroom excessively, and feeling tired along with losing weight. People may not realize how simple the symptoms are for diabetes. But getting ahead of...
It is always great to see the students turn into young ladies and young gentlemen a few times a year. Instead of a homecoming dance the student council decided to have an informal dance at a later date. At this dance the girls were supposed to ask the boys to the dance. But sometimes being shy makes it hard to open up to a person. There was about 40 kids at the dance. Some kids had dates and others just showed up stag. There was not a right or wrong to it as long as everyone enjoyed themselves....
There were some different looking vehicles in the Pine Bluffs High School parking lot on November 16th. The Pine Bluffs Future Farmers of America decided to show off their equipment. There was a combine, swather, tractor with a blade, and several tractors of various kinds and sizes. President of the Pine Bluffs FFA, Spencer Rabou is always encouraging members to show how important agriculture is to our world. Having the equipment at the school showed the community that the Pine Bluffs FFA is...
Three undergraduate students at the University of Wyoming have been tasked with an exhibit on the famous comic book creator whose documents are stored at the American Heritage Center in Laramie In the southeast corner of Wyoming sits the state's only university, home of the University of Wyoming Cowboys and alma mater of current NFL players such as Josh Allen and Logan Wilson. Just a stone's throw away from War Memorial Stadium-which arguably becomes the most densely populated location during...
The Pine Bluffs Community Center was full of buyers ready to bid. On November 10th the Pine Bluffs Future Farmers of America (FFA) hosted their annual Live Labor Auction. They raise money for the members to go to different events for the FFA to further their knowledge in agriculture. Pine Bluffs FFA President Spencer Rabou stated, "The Pine Bluffs FFA Labor auction was a successful event for this year's chapter. The event was held at the Community Center, where the FFA auctioned off member's lab...
The Mobile Home / RV park rules and regulations were looked at during the Albin Town council meeting on November 9th. Councilmember Bob Anderson gave the maintenance report. He asked, “Will there be street lights on the street with the mobile home/RV park?” The council thought so, at the different intersections. They are estimating from six to eight lights. Councilmember Anderson reported that two lights in town need some work, one on Williams and the other is Cheyenne Avenue. The town of Albin shut water off at a residence since the ele...
The 4-H members with the Circuit Breakers were excited to be able to do an experiment with NASA. On Friday November 10th the group was able to launch a weather balloon. The Circuit Breakers is a 4-H group that works with robots as a club. There are different levels for all ages of kids. They teach the concepts of how to work with drones, and build robots that work with computers. The members do competitions with their robots. Cheyenne Volunteer Fire Department Station #71 was elated to host the...
The Town Council has been busy reviewing two ordinances that are of interest to residents. First, we have discussed, on two occasions, the camper parking ordinance that was approved a few years ago. The existing ordinance included many restrictions for campers that proved difficult to enforce. For example, the ordinance required residents interested in parking their camper by their house between trips to obtain and display a permit issued by the Town. Additionally, the ordinance only addressed campers, but not other trailers, or large...
