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Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
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It is always exciting to see the fire trucks at anytime for the young ones. Pine Bluffs Elementary Kinder boost and Kindergartners had the pleasure to learn about some fire safety from Laramie County Fire District #5. Fire Chief Derek Walls and Firefighter Tim Michaud had the opportunity to teach the kids about fire safety. Fire Chief Walls welcomed the kids. He asked the students about playing with matches. They said, "No." One of the kids said, "That includes not playing with lighters." Fire C...
It is so special to spend time with your grandparents. National Grandparents day is the Sunday after Labor Day. This year is was September 10th. National Grandparents day was started in 2004 at Chula Vista, California announcing a song for a day. The song was The Song For Grandma and Grandpa By Johnny Prill. The song is about the activities that grandparents and grandkids can do to show their love. This day is a great day to form a special bond with grandparents that are caring, patient, and...
The boy can not sit still. Trigg Sedman lives in the Carpenter area and goes to Carpenter Elementary School. His family has been in the community raising beef. The Sedman name is always helping in the community. His mother and father have a food truck called Wally's Wood Fired Pizza. Sedman helps as much as he can. This year he decided to enter in the open class. Sedman built a moving table made out of pallets. He said, "It only took a day." Sedman entered into the woodworks/ Metal/ Lapidary...
The stands were full of people and the animals were prepped for the day. At the end of the of the county fair the 4-H kids had an opportunity to sell their animals. There were over 67 animals sold in this part of Laramie County which includes Albin, Pine Bluffs, Carpenter, Burns, and Hillsdale. The 4-H members went in to the stands introducing themselves. They told buyers about their animals and in what lot they would be selling their animal. The members were polite and excited to tell anyone...
The summer goes fast when a person is visiting with others and learning about history. The Archaeology site in the bluffs hosted their second annual season finale dinner. It was time to visit with others for the year. This event was great to go to as a family to discover the history of Pine Bluffs and have a great time with others. The families and friends gathering together for the end of the season and perhaps take a tour for the last time of the year. Each time a person visits the place you...
Being a mother comes with a lot of struggles at times. Mothers of Preschoolers or MOPS as they are more commonly known is an organization all about mothers and kids of all ages. At Crossroads Community Church in Pine Bluffs they are having their first meeting of the year on August 29th. This is to get new members signed up and to get to know the leadership team that will be running the event. MOPS is an organization for mothers that are needing a little more something in their life. This group...
A public hearing about the north water wells was held before the special Pine Bluffs Town council meeting on Wednesday August 30th at 4:15 p.m. The public hearing was presented by Chris Lidstone. He explained about why the town of Pine Bluffs was having a public hearing and how they had gotten to this point. First the hearing for an application to be present to the public to be heard by the state to revolving the basic of land investment board. It was filed in August 2023. The application addresses the potential development of the North Wells...
For at least 13 years during Grover Day there has been a Cook-off event. The event is to raise money for the Pawnee High School. In the last few years the cookoff event has grown, and this year was no different as there were 15 contestants attempting to tantalize the taste buds and be crowned winner. Last year there were seven contestants and good food to taste test, so 15 culinary contestants cooking up a storm? Oh boy!. There were four categories to enter in the contest, appetizers, beans,...
The STEM Girl Scout van came to Pine Bluffs. It was to promote Science Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics programming. This van has been a project for a two and half years. This will be a way for the Girls Scouts program to reach girls in the rural area. This summer the van had traveled through Montana and Wyoming. Over 7,000 miles to different communities. The van was equipped with solar panels to power the technology that is in it. It has a 3D printer, microscopes, reality headsets...
Umm! 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...
"Service before self." This is one of the U.S. Air Force's core values, and it's instilled in us from day one. It guides us to prioritize mission success over personal interests when wearing the uniform and stepping into our roles. Remembering this ethos is expected under the watchful eye of peers and supervisors. But, it's in those moments, when we might not be wearing the uniform, amid everyday challenges and pressure, that we truly display our courage and willingness to act in true service...
There are some concerns about safety while the new playground in being built at Steege Park. The Burns Town Council met on August 28th at 5:30 p.m. Mayor Jim Clark is making sure things in the town stay safe. The new equipment that is being put in at Steege park has the council a little concerned about the old equipment. There is a piece of equipment that needs to be addressed. The park has tape around it warning people to stay clear but the question is, is that safe enough. The Mayor is contacting the company. The sooner the project is done...
Right after the parade the Grain Bin Gazebo hosted presentations through the afternoon during Bushnell Day. Patrons of the day had the opportunity to sit on bales of hay and enjoy the different talents of the presenters. Two of the people that were there taught and explained different materials they were passionate with. The first one was Le Roy Meininger with his rock collection. He is also an Iris hybridizer and retired science teacher. Meininger went through the different rocks he had brought...
Bushnell Day was full of events going on. One of the places that was having activities was the Calvary United Methodist Church. Throughout the afternoon there were four different Cultural presentations. Three of these presentations were writers of different forms. Martin Gilmore, originally from Gering, Neb., is now a teacher at the University of Northern Colorado. In his presentation he explained how he got into music. Gilmore is a song writer and loves to teach Folk and Blue Grass music. He...
I was having a hard time believing it's already late August. But as I look at my garden it's starting to look like late September. Everything I planted outdoors took forever to start growing. I think because of the cooler than normal temperatures. Everything was transplanted on June 1st but didn't start to grow until mid-July. It all stayed about six inches tall except for the cabbage. It seemed to love the cool weather but it's even growing a little slower than I expected. The chilis, Roma...
The park at Grover, Colorado was hopping with lots of activities. It was Grover Day's 17th annual event. They always celebrate the event on the fourth Saturday in August. If a person has never attended Grover Day it is an adventure. One of the biggest issues that have people confused is Grover Rodeo days, which is actually the Earl Anderson Memorial Rodeo. They are two separate events. Grover Day is just that, a day with with the community. The event starts at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday morning....
The chairs were set up for a first time reading during Grover Day at the Grover Depot Museum. The committee worked with Nicholas Berhard to have a short story reading. There were several people who showed up for the event. There was a slight breeze at the event for the people to enjoy the time out in the tent that sheltered them from the sun. It was an hour of Nicholas Berhard reading a short story. Berhard is a historian from Brighton, Colorado and is a publisher of Nantucket books. It is a site for e books. He had found the story in some...
The cornhole boards were lined up and measured to be at the right distances to be fair to all the beanbag tossers. Bushnell Day for the last three years has had a cornhole tournament. It is held in the park so everyone has the opportunity to watch the tournament. This year the numbers were down on teams by three but it was still a great tournament. There were 17 teams that were ready to play and have fun for the day. Some of the teams were glad it was mainly local folks. They love to compete...
Every year everyone tries to beat the Mayor of Grover and his brother at horseshoes. Horseshoes was as popular as corn hole at one time. Everyone had stakes, shovels, and horseshoes at their homes or in their vehicles. It was the thing to do.The game has lost some of its thrill throughout the years except at Grover, Co. There are four sets of horseshoe pits at the park in Grover. Each pit is set up with an enclosed pit and the right amount of dirt/sand in it. Plus for safety issues there is a ba...
Items are getting fixed in the town of Albin. The Albin town council met on August 17th at 7:00 p.m. Mayor Kelly Krakow gave an update on Capital Roofing completing the ridge cap on the Albin Community Center. He did announce that the new trash truck warranty work is done. Now someone needs to pick it up. Council member Bob Anderson said, “ The rail road well parts were delivered and will be installed as soon as possible.” Mayor Krakow reminded all the council that Wyoming Association Municipalities will have their Region 1 meeting on Sep...
In Bushnell, Nebraska on Saturday the 19th they held their annual celebration. The town was full of people having a great time with family and friends. Each year since they started the celebration it has grown more and more. That includes the parade. In the past all the fire departments supported each other in their celebrations. The tradition is still carried on with the parade. The Kimball and Dix fire departments come to participate in the parade. Even the Air Force fire department had a...
Cheyenne - The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is asking everyone, especially landowners, to report dead sage-grouse so the birds can be tested for West Nile virus. While there are no signs of an outbreak, Game and Fish asks the public annually for reports to help in the management of the state’s sage-grouse populations. WNV is spread by mosquitoes, and research shows sage-grouse have a low resistance to the virus, which can be and is usually fatal to the birds. Evidence of the disease has been reported in past years in northeast Wyoming a...
Police raiding a newspaper and confiscating reporting material seems like something one would expect to find in a banana-republic, or in a scene from a dystopian novel. Yet, that is exactly what happened recently to the Marion County Record. The Record is a weekly newspaper in rural Kansas, serving a population of approximately 1,900 and known for its dogged reporting on various issues affecting the community. On August 11, the newspaper office was raided by the Marion Police Department as was...
Garden pests are a natural event every year and they can be devastating to your garden. In July-August every year they become more noticeable and it gets worse as the season progresses. You may not notice the pest itself but you'll surely notice the damage to your plants. It could be discoloration on the leaves or stem, perhaps leaves that have been chewed, maybe even the fruit or vegetable itself that's been chewed. Most often the culprit is eating to either reach maturity or to reproduce. But...
DOUGLAS, Wyo. – Tech. Sgt. Danie Moore is a dedicated production recruiter for the Wyoming Air National Guard. She has also been making waves not only in her military career but as a devoted volunteer at the Wyoming State Fair. Moore, whose recruitment responsibilities span the regions of Lusk, Douglas, Casper, Gillette, South Dakota, and up through Cody, embodies the true spirit of community engagement. At the heart of the fair, Moore serves as a vital member of the Friends of Agricultural, I...
