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Cold is not everyone's favorite temperature. It is always best to be prepared for your home and your car. A home is a place to make sure that you and your family are safe and warm. The Red Cross posted that last year 80 homes in Wyoming caught on fire. 23% of home fires is during the colder months than the warmer time of year. People try to stay warm with heaters that could catch on fire. It is better to prepare the house to prevent fires or the cold from coming in the home in the future. Alan Stoinski, Program Manager of Energy Efficiency at...
On November 11, the PBHS Chapter of Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) took 14 members to the National Fall Leadership Conference at the Denver Convention Center in Denver, Colorado. This annual student leadership conference is held each fall in various locations around the United States and it has been more than five years since it was held in Denver. The other national location this year was in Orlando, Florida. Junior high and high school students from Pine Bluffs High School joined 15...
Before the regular meeting of the Laramie County School District No. 2 delved into business, Burns High School Principal Mr. Dishman announced that the Burns varsity volleyball team had won state. There were 12 players, head coach Andrea McKinney, Assistant coach Bailey Ward and manager Mackenzie Stansaas. The girls that are all-conference players are Tehya Gallegos, Sienna Gallegos, Brooke Hansen, and Emma Norris. The 2A all- state Players are Brooke Hansen and Emma Norris. Also 2A southeast...
A new event is coming and there's a possibility that Bob Steege Park may get a fresh look. The Burns Town Council met on November 14th at 6:30 p.m. Trevor Madler asked the council about returning concessions to the North gym due to the abundance of activities held there. Town clerk Toni Shiery will check with the fire marshal about the plumbing and the ventilation system which has been removed to see if this could be done.. The council was presented with a sign that will be installed in the Cripple Creek subdivision. The council approved. A...
Thanksgiving is upon us and in these tough times a little help goes a long way. So boxes are being filled to help the families that may need it. The Pine Bluffs Pantry which is a work in progress has been waiting for their building to be available. Alisha Michaud, organizer of the pantry has been waiting patiently but still no building. Michaud's concern is that there are families that need help for Thanksgiving. So the Pine Bluffs Senior Center was willing to help for a place to collect, fill...
"Happy Thanksgiving everyone," was the greeting at the Pine Bluffs Senior Center. The smell of delicious food was wafting out of the kitchen making mouths water. The Pine Bluffs Senior Center had their annual Thanksgiving dinner for the seniors and guests. The Senior Center has a noon meal and different activities throughout the week normally. It is also a great place for the seniors to get out of the house and play pinochle, bingo, Texas Hold'em Poker, do a craft or attend a tea party. There...
One of the more important holidays of the year occurs this week...Thanksgiving Day. Started by a proclamation by President George Washington in 1789, this day was intended to be a national day of thanksgiving for the bounty God had given to our nation. It was only celebrated intermittently until President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed it a federal holiday in 1863. One of the things President Lincoln was thankful for was the "the blessings of fruitful fields". Americans are known around the world...
Amberley Snyder never imagined her life turning out quite like it did. On January 10th, 2010 the former Utah State FFA President and Little Britches Rodeo Champion was on her way to the Denver Stock Show and Rodeo. As she was passing through Sinclair, WY she took a look down at her map. After only seconds she looked up and realized she had faded into the other lane, headed towards a metal beam. In an effort to get back in her lane, Amberley over-corrected. Her truck slid off the road and rolled...
High school students from all over the region geared up for the fourth annual Steel Day welding competition as part of a collaboration between Laramie County Community College, Puma Steel and American Institute of Steel Construction. The 2022 competition was the largest yet, with more competitors and more money in scholarships and prizes available than in previous years. The qualifying round took place from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on Oct. 20 at LCCC's welding lab with the top 20 high school students...
The popcorn was popping and smell of butter was in the air. The Annual Drive in Movie night was November 18th at 6:00 p.m. On Tuesday November 15th Pine Bluffs Recreation opened the Pine Bluffs community center for the kids to work on their cars or what ever their creation might be to watch the movie on Friday night. There were boxes of all sizes, markers, plates, cups, carpet, construction paper, and more. Each kid that showed up to make their car received a cup full of goodies. The cars had...
It is an honor to have served was the words said by most of the veterans at the Veterans Program at Pine Bluffs high school on Thursday, November 10th. After the program at the high school there was a meet and greet at the Pine Bluffs Public Library. The homemade cookies were set neatly on a serving tray and the hot coffee was ready to be poured. On November 10th from 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. the Pine Bluffs Library honored the veterans of the area. The veterans were welcomed with refreshments...
Christmas lights are getting ready to be put up and the building permits ordinance is about to be approved. The Albin town council met on November 10th at 7:00 p.m. There were three guests at the meeting. They were Allison Brenneman, Lee Willert and Zane Willert. For old business the lunch program is doing okay. The second item was the first reading of the building permit ordinance. The council would like the people in town to make sure the buildings have the correct permits. It was approved. Next was new business. The council would like to...
The old county school house out north of Hillsdale, Wyoming recently held their Christmas in the Country craft fair. It is was bursting with craft items. Every year the community north of Hillsdale has a craft fair. This an event to help mothers and people that can not get to a craft fair to sell their projects. This craft fair is a little different. The school house is out in the country. As you walk upon the porch there are items to buy to put on the outside of your house. Inside you just start walking around like you are in someone's home....
Now that the harvest is over and the potatoes have all been dug, what do you do with your bounty? This year I harvested 700 pounds of potatoes from 350 plants. When I planted last June I anticipated 5 pounds of potatoes per plant. But that was without doing any research on what the yield should really be. After checking into it I found that I should only expect one and a half pounds per plant. Since I got two pounds I guess it turned out better than average. But that's still a lot of potatoes....
The gym was decorated in red, white, and blue for the morning. The Burns High School Seniors put together a Veteran's program for the the veteran's that have family in the school. On November 10th at 10:00 a.m. Emma Blosmo and Emma Bach welcomed all the veterans, families, and students to the veteran's day program. Ms. Irene Savage, Laramie County School District #2 Special Education teacher sang the National Anthem with heart for the veteran's. Senior Jasper Nusbaum gave the prayer for the...
The food was hot and ready and lined up for the veterans. The Burns Future Business Leaders of America with their advisor Brittany Mitchell put on a breakfast for the veterans on November 10th at he Burns High School. The menu included eggs, biscuits and sausage gravy, yogurt, breakfast bars, and juices. Savannah Kirkbride welcomed all the veterans to the breakfast. She then thanked the veterans for their service. The FBLA members went to different tables and talked with a veteran about the...
The United States flag was set and the students were ready for the day. At Albin Elementary they had their first program of the school year. They invited the veterans in the area for breakfast and a program that the students put on. For breakfast the veterans were served a delicious breakfast casserole, banana bread and pumpkin cookies that the students had made. After breakfast the Albin student council put a program on with the help of Mrs. Rhonda Morrison the music teacher. The Albin...
Some say there is nothing better on a cold day than a nice hot bowl of chili and a cinnamon roll or perhaps some good old fashioned cornbread. Of course depending on your chili preference you might include some sour cream and tortillas. So, on that note he tables were set up and the smell of chili was in the air. Pine Bluffs Distilling hosted their annual Chili cook-off on November 12th at 2:00 p.m. This event started with Bars Buck. A fund raiser for the Laramie County Christmas Baskets. In...
Pine Bluffs Lions Club Hits 100 years. 100 years ago 28 men decided to form a club. They started with an informal dinner at the Standard Cafe with their first guest speaker G. M. Cunningham from Houston, Texas who at that time was the International organizer for the district. In January the following year the Pine Bluffs Lions Club hosted their first project. A Mid Winter Fair. It supported a poultry show, corn show, potato show, best loaf of bread and can of jelly. After 100 years the Pine...
A year of preparation for memorizing and reciting The Future Farmers of America Creed has payed off for Hayden Hubbard. He received a bronze at The National Future Farmers of America Convention and Expo. In FFA first year, a members does the creed contest. It is encouragement for everyone. Then the best ones in the chapter move on to district FFA contests to compete against the local area FFA chapters. They then move to regionals, state, and then nationals. Hubbard worked hard to know...
The students, families and Lions Club members were at the Pine Bluffs Historic High School on November 1st, 2022 attending the monthly meeting of the Pine Bluffs Lions Club. Every quarter at the Pine Bluffs and Burns High Schools a student is featured. The Pine Bluffs and Burns Lions Clubs reward the work a student accomplishes from each school with a scholarship. The meeting started with an introduction of the guests. Then dinner was served. After dinner, the meeting continued with some games...
For the last few years nurseries ran out of seeds, shrubs, trees and nearly everything else we need to plant our gardens in the spring. Even more surprising, they ran out early in the season. It wasn't only the local nurseries either. Everyone, nationwide, ran out. Even the big national suppliers. Some stocks weren't replenished for the current year. I don't know what the real cause is. It seems like people are still blaming COVID but I don't believe that. At least not anymore. Maybe nurseries...
The dough was being made and the baskets were being weaved at Carpenter Elementary. The students had spent the afternoon time to learn about Native Americans. The different classes spent time in different areas learning about different ways on how the Native American lived. On the playground the students learned about the four seasons. Each season had an activity. For spring, in relay form the students planted an item then raced back to the line to tag the next person to plant something. Next wa...
Three of the new Senior Center board members attended their first board meeting. The Pine Bluffs Senior Center had their monthly meeting on October 31st at 9:00 a.m. The new board members are Dennis Perkins, Lori Kemper, and Jerry Sanders. They were excited to learn about what goes on in the meetings. Dennis Perkins has just moved to the area. He has helped out at the archaeology site with his knowledge this summer. Lori Kemper's mother and father were on the senior center board years ago. She...
National Drug Take-Back Day, an occasion to dispose of unneeded prescription drugs, was celebrated this year on October 26th. The Pine Bluffs Police Department said through this event, they collected over 25 pounds of unwanted or expired medication. These medications will be turned over to the partner in this event, the Drug Enforcement Agency. If you were unable to make it to the event last Thursday, there's still a way to participate. Expired or unwanted prescription medications can be...
