Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
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Food dyes have been used to artificially color foods for several decades. Primarily it's a marketing scheme used to make commercial foods more appealing to the consumer thus enticing them to buy. During processing, foods lose color and storage can also cause color loss. Dyes are used to make the foods appear fresher than they actually are. Even meats may be treated with food dye (coloring) to give an appearance of freshness. Food dyes provide absolutely no nutritional value and some may be...
Pine Bluffs Recreation – Adult Pickleball Open Gym to begin January 11! Pickleball is the fastest growing sport in America. The game combines elements of tennis, ping-pong, and badminton. The rules are simple, and the game is easy for beginners to learn, but can develop into a quick, fast-paced, competitive game for experienced players. Pickleball can be played indoors or outdoors on a badminton-sized court with a net like a tennis net. Players use a paddle that is reminiscent of ping-pong paddles but is bigger and usually made of more a...
Liz with Snowman Cookies Snowman cookies in space? Is that possible? That's the question isn't it!. But Liz Roadifer believes it in her new book "Snowman Cookies in Space" that there is such a thing. Roadifer is a local author from Pine Bluffs. She has written eighteen novels and won several awards. Roadifer won the National Excellence in Romance Fiction Award, took first place in the Colorado Gold Awards-Romance Fiction-twice, the Sheila, the Sandy, the Catherine, and was a Kindle Book awards...
Disneyland Paris opened their heart to Wyoming. The president and CEO of Visit Cheyenne, (Wyoming), Domenic Bravo has been working on this project for 30 years. He is always looking for resources to extend tourism in Wyoming since he began working 35 years ago. To prepare for the trip, Bravo learned to speak French which he worked on for weeks. A few of the board members were fortunate enough to attend the event. President Domenic Bravo, Secretary/ Treasurer Chad Brown, and Downtown Development...
Resolutions maybe a resolutions in itself. Over 16 percent of resolutions are kept for the full year. In history, over 4000 years ago ancient Babylonians celebrated the end of the year and the beginning of the new year, though for them the year began not in January but in mid-March when the crops were planted. Throughout time and traditions the celebration has changed. Resolution means a firm decision to do something or not do something. The goal is an individuals effort to aim for results. Resolutions leave a space to fail, which is the...
This gin joint was jumping from the beginning to the end of the night as the music was playing and the people were laughing. As New Year's Eve celebrations were getting underway people were ready to let go of the old year and bring on the New Year. It was a time for friends to join forces to battle the good and the bad. It was a time to celebrate everything in our lives. At the Knotty Pine Saloon the band "Ain't From Here" entertained the masses for an end of the year celebration. This band...
Did you ever think that spices in your cupboard could be the key to a much healthier life? For thousands of years spices have been used for a wide variety of reasons. Some spices are used to preserve food. Some are used for flavor. Some are used for both. Maybe not known to our ancestors is that many of those spices are also good for our general health. Whether they knew or not, maybe, just maybe, spices were the reason that many of the health conditions that seem to be so prevalent today were a...
The food was smelling great and lights were lit up when you walked into the Burns south plex gym for the evening. The Burns Lions Club hosted their first New Year's Eve dance to end the year with a bang! The beginning of the evening was a soup supper including sandwiches and all the fixens' put on by The Rustic Diner. There was vegetable beef, chili, chicken noodle, cheddar potato, and creamy potato soup. The sandwiches contained roast beef with pepper jack, ham and cheddar, roast beef and...
Wishes of good luck and a celebration big or small are always at the beginning of the New Year. At the end of every year people are ready to start fresh. It may have been a bad year, or frustrating at times, so getting a fresh start makes the thought of the New Year bright and sparkly. Everyone around the world has their different ways to end and start the New Year. In Australia, a highlight of New Year's Eve is the Harbour of Lights Parade which kicks off festivities around the world with ships decorated with rope lights sailing across Sydney...
The cars were lining the streets of Hillsdale and the people were waiting for the annual Christmas parade on December 17th at 5:00 p.m. The Laramie County Fire District #6 lead the parade. The parade had two different 4-H groups. The Rowdy Riders and the Hillsdale Tiptoppers. The Rowdy riders built a float lined with lights and music coming from the pickup that was pulling the float. They also had Mrs. Wyoming America riding on their float. The Hillsdale Tiptoppers commandeered Santa Claus to...
The night was full of festivities at Pine Bluffs Distilling for their second annual Ugly Sweater event. Ugly Sweater events started in Vancouver, British Columbia In the1980"s with Bill Cosby in The Cosby Show followed by National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. And if you like Christmas movies, (who doesn't) you'll find a few ugly sweaters in the Santa Clause movies. December 16th has been deemed National Ugly Sweater day. This has turned into parties hosting the ugliest sweater contests....
Any body want a cake pop? Well, if you do head to Bluffs Bakery because those are the best doggone cake pops around! The cake pops were lined up ready for whatever comes next in the cake pop world. Which is quite the process truthfully. Bluffs Bakery and Currie's Dining have been busy for the Christmas season. Pat Currie is the baker of the business and he has been working hard. In one day he had 125 cake pops go out on an order. Cake pops have several steps to the process. First Currie bakes...
As I write this article it's pretty cold outside, about 6 degrees below zero. By the time it goes to print it's supposed to be in the 40's. So goes Christmas in Wyoming. Cold or warm, we have one constant. What symbol says, "Christmas" to more people than the Christmas tree. Since I don't play the political correctness game I'll call it what it is, a Christmas tree. Be it live or artificial, green or another color, frosted or plain, it's still a Christmas tree. Some of my most vivid Christmas...
A very Merry Christmas from the Pine Bluffs Elementary kids who were running to find there places while their parents were trying to find the best place to sit in the gym. The Pine Bluffs Elementary children had their Christmas program on December 19th in the Pine Bluffs Historic High School. The place was packed with parents and grandparents gearing up to watch the kids sing. In fact the students had to be in other rooms to give the people places to sit. Ms Giordano directed the students on the...
The voices were warming up and the instruments was tuning up in the corner. The new band director for Burns High School put on his first Christmas concert. Zamboni Brown worked hard on having a unique experience. The Burns Junior High and High School Choir was the first performance of the evening. The first song was in Latin. Dona Nobis Pachen which means grant us peace. The piece is a Mozart song. It has three parts that is a round about. It's a different type of music but the students did a...
A possible gym membership and a town marshal were discussed during the regular meeting of the Burns Town Council. Some concerns from Molly Dennis, the Burns Youth League director was use of the gyms. Dennis checked to see if the Burns Youth league has priority on the use of the gyms instead of the other groups. The Council stated that the Burns Youth League has priority on the gyms. If anyone has an issue they should bring it to the council only. The other concern was the standards and a net for volleyball. Dennis used grant money to get new...
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas everywhere you go! Including on the north edge of Burns where a Christmas village is ready for the viewing pleasure of children from one to 92 (or older) throughout the Christmas season. Eddie Juve saw the little houses in Torrrington, Wyoming in 2005. After which they had not appeared again. Then he noticed they were for sale. Juve was determined to get them during a bidding war with a woman in Nebraska. He said, "They belong in Wyoming." Juve won...
The weather outside may be frightful but that doesn't stop the children from dragging their parents coming to see Santa Claus. Pine Bluffs Distilling hosted their second annual Santa Claus and cookies event on December 16th at 5:00 p.m. The kids and parents waited in the tasting for that ever so anticipated moment when Santa arrives. Excitement filled the room. Santa Claus arrived through a secret door at Pine Bluffs Distilling. He made sure that the kids could do activities after visiting with...
Pine Bluffs Wyoming Academic Challenge team continues its success with another small school championship and strong overall finish. "We took 3rd overall at this Sheridan event on December 3rd. It was a really good placing for us, especially when we are competing against much larger schools like Campbell County, Thunder Basin, and Douglas. The students are working very hard this year and they are reaping the benefits," said Coach Kestner. "I'm very proud of all of them." The next WAC meet takes...
This year seems to have just zipped by without ever slowing down. It's hard to imagine that it's already December and Christmas is just around the corner. Even though I started writing about the plants of Christmas a few weeks ago, the time of year just sunk in. I don't know if I've been that busy or if maybe it's just old age. Could be a combination of both, I guess. Regardless, I still find myself stopping to reflect on Christmas when I was growing up. This week I thought of poinsettias. Mind...
Feliz Navidad, Joyeux Noel, Frohe Weinachten, Buon Natale. Christmas Around the World was the theme for the Albin Elementary Christmas concert on December 19th. A wonderful international variety of songs included the United States, England, Spain, Mexico, Germany, France, French Canada, China, Czechoslovakia, Ghana, and Ireland. To start the program the 5th and 6th grade students supported two trumpets, a flute, and a snare drum. Playing Jingle Bells and Up on the Housetop the trumpets were the...
A very active student in and out of school, Jaspur Nusbaum, son of Cody and Jeanette Nusbaum received the Citizenship Award from the Laramie County Retired Education Personnel. Burns counselor Kaycee Tidyman said, " Nusbuam received this award for a multitude of reasons. He works diligently in all that he is a part of and is passionate about serving others, both in and out of the communities he is part of. He can often be found volunteering his time in a variety of ways including the animal...
The students were impeccably dressed for a great night of music and cheer. Burns Elementary had their Christmas Concert for Kinderboost through third grade students on Thursday December 1st at 6:30 p.m. The theme of concert was Christmas around the World. It started with all the students singing Jungle Jive of Pierpont, arranged by Teresa Jennings. This was to represent the United States of America. There wer Jingle Singers singing in between the groups of students singing. They were Brooklyn,...
The board gave recognition to a well deserved team from the school district. Laramie County School District #2 had the committee of whole meeting on December 7th at 7:00 p.m. First was the welcoming of the three new board members which were Cody Nusbaum, Kendra Roeder, and Michael Lerwick. Lady chairman Julianne Randall informed everyone that the reorganization of the board leadership and the appointment of the Rec Board members will be at the regular meeting on Monday December 12th. Laramie... Full story
