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Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
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Holidays, festive and enjoyable can also be difficult when it comes to having food on the table. Most people are going over to family, friends, or have something at their house. For other people that do not have much it is just another day. They only wish to have food on the table and not to be hungry. Family members always try to take care of their loved ones. At times a mother and father do not eat so the kids can have food. It sounds like everyone should share but sometimes there just isn't e...
Casper, Wyo. - Dec. 2, 2024 - The University of Wyoming Extension has opened registration for its 2025 Master Gardener training, an online program for Wyoming residents interested in expanding their gardening knowledge and assisting fellow gardeners. "I am so excited to get the online Master Gardener training up and going for 2025," says Donna Hoffman, UW Extension educator and state Master Gardener coordinator. "People across Wyoming have been looking forward to the next online training...
The Season of Small Business is an annual U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) led campaign designed to drive Americans to shop at small businesses throughout the entire holiday season. The pandemic confirmed the essential role that small businesses play in our daily lives. The holiday shopping season is a crucial time for small firms that depend upon the boost in sales earned between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve. It sounds cliché, but locally owned small retailers and restaurants truly are the heart and soul of our cities and towns. No...
Gillette, Wyo. - Nov. 26, 2024 -Three county extension educators have partnered to offer the University of Wyoming Extension's first virtual class on lambing and kidding. The one-session course will take place Friday, Dec. 6, at 5:30 p.m, and is geared toward those new to the lambing or kidding process. "We have so many new 4-H members and families who are excited about the sheep and goat area," says Kim Fry, a 4-H educator in Campbell County. "We'll go through the basics and try to give them...
It is always fun to design you own vehicle to be able to go to the drive-in movies. Drive-in movies were the thing to go to in the 1960's clear up to 1980's. All the family would be able to go to it. Kids played on the playground, the teenagers were hanging out with their friends, and mom and dad had time to watch the movie in the car without to much concern. It was a community event. Times change, now there are only 300 drive-in movie theaters left in the United States. The nearest one from Pin...
It is always great to visit businesses throughout the season. There has been an open house for the businesses for years on the first Monday in December. The history of people checking out the business for the Christmas season started December out great. It is a time for the residents to support and shop in the town for Christmas. The years have changed but open houses are still held during Christmas at Home. A lot of people support the businesses that still do the open house. There were five...
At the Pine Bluffs Senior Center they are always doing activities. They play cards, bingo, watch movies, have dances, or do crafts. Every month there is crafts for the seniors. In the last two months a lady named Amber Dancliff has been helping with craft time. Her store is Graffitos. It is a pottery store that a person can paint their own pottery items in Cheyenne,Wyoming. Dancliff brought in three choices for the people to choose from this time for crafting at the senior center. During the cla...
Everyone always needs help some way or another. A person has honey do chores on the ranch, farm or at the house. It is always great to get extra help. That is when the Pine Bluffs Future Farmers of America Labor Sale comes in handy. Pine Bluffs FFA Labor Auction is to help the FFA raise money and it is for the bidder to get extra help. They work for eight hours. The buyer has to feed the member a meal. The new rule this year is the senior members would like to have their labor done by the end...
It seems that scams are everywhere in the United States, even in the small town of Pine Bluffs. Scammers wanting to get money free but never telling the truth. These people are selfish people. A Pine Bluffs resident recently received mail wanting money for the police somewhere else other than Pine Bluffs. It did have the Pine Bluffs town hall on the address. But it did not come from Pine Bluffs. Fact is the Pine Bluffs town hall did not know about it until one resident questioned it. The Pine Bluffs Police Department had another on the Quality...
The Pine Bluffs Senior Center Inc. has four new board members. On the last Monday of the month the board meets. The new board members are learning the ropes on what goes on at the board meeting and at the Pine Bluffs Senior Center, Inc. In September, all the members of the Burns and Pine Bluffs Senior Center had their annual meeting. At the meeting they voted on new board members. It was announced at the meeting who was new on the board. With the addition of the Burns Senior Center they had...
Giving thanks is always fun when it is with family. Laramie County School District #2 had started aThanksgiving lunch event two years ago. The elementary school students were able to invite their parents and grandparents to the Thanksgiving lunch. It gives a time for the parents and grandparents to be with the students at lunchtime. The lunch is for student to show off their families. The lunch was a full Thanksgiving dinner. It was turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, green bean casserole,...
Our PBHS Student Council hasn't attended a WyAsc for quite a few years-in my head I am thinking 2020 or so. WyASC is Wyoming Association of Student Councils. This group of girls (initially) has really jumped into all the leadership offerings we have had around the state. Last spring we went to Lingle for a Southeast Regional Summit–and that really helped our council SEE what we can do as a small school. Since attending the summit, they also wanted to attend the Fall StuCo Summit in Casper t...
Laramie, Wyo. - Nov. 20, 2024 - The University of Wyoming Sheep Program, in partnership with the Wyoming Wool Initiative, Wyoming Business Council and the UW Global Engagement Office, has recently created a program entitled "Sheep Innovators Exchange: Wyoming to New Zealand". This international program gives Wyoming sheep producers and industry entrepreneurs a chance to gain fresh insights by engaging with global peers who face similar challenges. Participants in the Sheep Innovators Exchange...
Every year across the continents on earth there is a contest for sixth graders. It is called International Peace Poster Contest that is put on by the International Lions Club. This contest has been happening over three decades. It is for children to be creative and express their visions of peace and inspire the world. This years theme was Peace with our Limits. The students are from the ages of 11 through 13. The Pine Bluffs Lions Club judged the schools of Albin Elementary, Pine Bluffs...
There were some repairs in several town buildings that was a concern and public comments at the Burns Town council meeting. The council met on November 12th, and It was a busy night with several items on the agenda. Darius Mandel reported on maintenance. They winterized the park bathrooms and sprinkler systems. Mandel has been working on the boiler in the North building. He said, “I believe that the sprinkler system at Bob Steege Park will be replaced shortly and weather permitting we will do Gary Steege Park also. Otherwise that will be d...
It is always great to help others. That is what the Pine Bluffs Lions Club does. They are always helping others. The Pine Bluffs Lions Club is help with eye sight and diabetes. They also help with different projects in the community, too. The members ring the bells for the Salvation Army, highway clean up, put different events on, food drives, and so much more. These people are givers. They show the community that they have big hearts. And again, that is what the Pine Bluffs Lions Club did on No...
CHEYENNE, WYO. (November 19, 2024) – On October 31, 2024, the Wyoming Weed and Pest Council voted and approved to add downy brome, better known as cheatgrass, to the state’s Designated Noxious Weed List. The resolution, originally proposed by the Sublette County Weed & Pest District, now goes before the Wyoming Board of Agriculture. Pending final approval, cheatgrass is set to become the 32nd noxious weed on the state list, joining two other invasive annual grasses, ventenata and medusahead rye. Cheatgrass is an invasive species that invades th...
Lately my teenager has been fascinated by medical dramas. Although my "doctor self" is usually rolling my eyes throughout the program, it's often a good conversation starter. One recent show featured a pregnant woman who experienced one medical crisis after another. Her kidneys, liver, and lungs failed in succession as the team raced to identify the underlying obstetrical problem and find a treatment. At the climax of the episode, her heart stopped. Of course, being television, the correct...
"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me!" We've all heard that phrase before. And it's likely we learned it at a very young age. Kids can be brutal with insults and name-calling. When I was a kid, there weren't classes, or counselors, or programs, or school assemblies to help me deal with being called names or being "bullied". It was just a part of growing up. I still remember most of the words these bullies said to this day. They were words that we don't use in...
There are always hungry people in the world, and help is always needed. At Burns High School, they try to help with that issue. The Burns High school has a nicely stocked pantry located in the entryway for the students to grab whatever they need for home. This a way for the students to not be embarrassed about their home life. The pantry in the entryway is available any time. This is a way for the school to help and have items available for the hungry. Burns Future Business Leaders of America...
With the weather cooling down and the feeling of wanting to keep warm in the air, soup and a warm fire comes to people's minds first off. It is a great time to have a Chili Cook-Off. Pine Buffs Distilling's Annual Chili Cook-off Fundraiser + Anniversary + Whiskey Release was November 7th. This is the start of Bar Bucks at Pine Bluffs Distilling. This program is to earn money for the Christmas baskets that are given out in December. What do the two programs have to do with each other is the...
Preparing and training is the key for a person to be able to handle situations better for the future. Firefighters and EMT's continue medical training for issues that may come up in accidents, shootings, or fires or mother nature, depending on where you reside. That is what Laramie County Fire District #4 was doing on Saturday November 16th. They were assisting Laramie County Community College with their EMT class. The volunteers and firefighters were victims of a Mass Causality training. It...
Casper, Wyo. - Nov. 19, 2024 - The University of Wyoming Extension recently created a new program designed to inspire outdoor adventures and help families connect. The "Ready, Set, Explore" program is free and open to interested Wyoming families. Every month, registered participants receive a list of activities via email. Each packet includes an outdoor activity, tips about health and nature, a handout on a natural resource, a snack idea and a journaling prompt. Families are asked to complete...
In these communities the people generally work as a team almost a family teaching our kids values, scruples, common sense, and life. But it takes a village to be able to process it in kids. The parents depend on teachers, administration, and the school board to help guide the kids. The subject of change was in the schools and on the board. At the Cow meeting of Laramie County School District #2 the parents had come with concerns. There was a survey and an e-mail given to the parents. To find...
It is always great to encourage students to do great and reward them for their hard work. That is what the Pine Bluffs Lions Club did for one student at the November 5th meeting. The Pine Bluffs Lions Club has a Student of the Quarter program set up in the Pine Bluffs Jr High/ High School. This program is to reward students that work hard in school. The teachers and counselor recommended these students to the Pine Bluffs Lions Club. At the November meeting the Pine Bluffs Lions Club had the...
