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The cars were lined up and decorated at the Pine Bluffs Community Center on the night of Halloween for a pleasant start to trick or treating. Thirteen cars of organizations or businesses were waiting for the kids. The Pine Bluffs Police Department started the festivities by handing out trick or treat bags for the kids to collect the much coveted treats throughout their walk of trunks. Next was the Donald Eisenhauer American Legion Auxiliary Unit 60 adorned with spiders in their webs hovering...
This was the second year that the Burns Lions Club hosted the trunk or treat event on Halloween. It was throughout the town of Burns starting at the Burns town hall with three different pickups and a van. The first stop was ghost's and pumpkins to light up the evening with Your Family Chiropractic. Next was Riley Inc Hair studio infested with spiders and their webs waiting for their prey to get stuck. The Rustic Diner sported skeleton dogs and pumpkins. Most of the kids and parent head down...
Catherine Wissner announced last week that she will be retiring on June 30, 2023. Not only is Laramie County losing a gem but this entire region is losing one of our best resources for horticultural knowledge. Wissner has been the Laramie County Horticulturalist for the past 14 years and has been a valuable resource and friend in all of my horticultural endeavors. But her work isn't limited to Laramie County. Although her jurisdiction is local, her reach has been international. She works...
It was a vision of the Second Continental Congress that gave us the United States Marine Corps. On November 10, 1775 they decided there was a need for two battalions of Marines to cover and protect as landing forces with the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War. The war lasted from 1775-1783. After the war ended, they disbanned the Continental Navy, and included in their disbanning the Continental Marines as well. Due to the growing conflict with revolutionary France, they...
The students were ready with sacks and boxes to go trick or treating. Burns Future Business Leaders of America went from house to house trick or treating in Burns on October 25th. The goal was to fill the pantry at the Burns High School located in the entryway for the students to take food home as needed. This is one way for the students to have some food at home. A hungry student does not do good in school. The Burns FBLA students were excited to be able to help others in a time of need. The...
It was a busy night at Knotty Pine Saloon on October 29th. They were having their annual Halloween party. The bartenders were dressed up as a skeleton, Wonder Woman, and a scary nun. They were in charge of mixing the potions for the night. The entertainment was everyone with karaoke. The crowd was singing old time rock and roll, country and heavy rock. Everyone was having a great time. There was a taco bar for people to soak up the potions they ingested. The costume wearers consisted of a...
The Albin Community Center was full of kids and activities for the evening. On October 29th at 5:30 p.m. Albin had their Halloween Carnival At the beginning of the festivities there was a jar full of candy. The kids had to guess how much candy was in the jar. The one closest to the amount received the candy as the prize. There were different booths around the gym and concessions consisting of pizza rolls, nachos, cotton candy, other candy and drinks. The booths were different activities for the...
The gym was ready for the students during Halloween week. Every year Burns Elementary Physical Education teacher Carrie Aarestad sets the gym up with an obstacle course. Now is the time for the students to run through the different stations of the course. The music is set for halloween like the Monster Mash. The students are paired up to work as a team. Throughout the week they had to pick a different partner.One Station is candy corn lane where they are weaving in and out of sticks. There is th...
The tables were lined up and ready for diners, adorned with fall flowers and decorations at the Pine Bluffs Community Center on October 23rd. For the last few years St. Paul's Fall Turkey Dinner has been canceled due to the COVID pandemic that turned everyone's lives upside down. The dinner, a yearly traditional event has been sorely missed and was a welcome relief from all of the quarantine's and masks that have kept people from living their best lives. From 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. turkey,...
The stage was set at the Burns High School Commons. On October 18th at 6:30 p.m. the Burns American Government senior class hosted a School Board Candidate Forum. The senior class students wrote out twenty questions. The event began with a meet and greet with the school candidates with refreshments provided. The main questions started at 7:00 p.m. with Johnny Mercer the Language Arts teacher at Burns High School who read the questions to the candidates. Each candidate had a short time to answer...
Issues of cleaning was discussed and dog licenses at the Burns town council meeting on October 24th at 5:30 p.m.. The first issue addressed was the acceptance of a resignation by Mayor Jim Clark. Don and Mary Ackatz submitted a resignation for their cleaning for the town of Burns. Council member Judy Johnstone first stated, "Thank you and I appreciate what they have done. You have done a wonderful job.” Don and Mary Ackatz said thank you. Don Ackatz explained that they are having less cleaning time and more to clean with the extra events. T...
Two sets of paperwork are signed with the town of Albin. The Albin Town Council met on October 13th at 7:00 p.m. For old business the lunch program is looking good. Mayor Kelly Krakow gave three updates. The first was the paperwork was signed for the mobile home/RV park. Mayor Krakow stated, "A date from Pine Bluffs Sand & Gravel to work on the mobile home/ RV park will be soon.” The Third update was Laramie County Fire District #3 who purchased the land from the town in an agreement was signed. It was sent to Alex Davison to record with the c...
Move over, Charlie Brown! There's a new great pumpkin in town. And a new state record. Andy Corbin of Cheyenne broke his own state record this year with a mammoth 1,854 pound pumpkin. In 2019, Corbin broke the state record with a pumpkin weighing in at 1,491 pounds. That's after he set the record in 2015 with a pumpkin weighing 1,268 pounds. Corbin takes growing pumpkins seriously. That's a pretty "smashing" record for a backyard gardener. Harold Stinchcomb is a friendly rival of Corbin's and...
Halloween, a fun imaginative time of year is coming through in the cupcakes at the Pine Bluffs High School Food Science class where the students were competing in Cupcake Wars. Everyone in the school and on Facebook were able vote on the cupcakes. The divisions were, best design, best color, and the coveted grand prize. There were 13 cupcakes entered. There were skeletons, pumpkins with gravestones, ghosts, aliens, slime covered rocks, spiders on a pink cushion, white masks with black eyes and...
The kids were lined up for a free pumpkin and activities at the Pine Bluffs Community Center on October 15th for the annual Fall Festival. Every year Pine Bluffs Recreation gives free pumpkins away to the kids. This year there were 125 pumpkins given out.The line started as early as 9:00 a.m. but the festival started at 11:00 a.m. and ended at 2:00 p.m. The craft vendors started at 9:00 a.m. and ended at 3:00 p.m. There was a variety of baked goods, rocks, pictures, clocks, clothes and more....
Laramie County School District #2 had one candidate for Area D and five candidates running for At Large.Three board members positions are up for elections. The candidates will be at two forums that high school students will be hosting. The first forum will be in Burns in the Commons area on Tuesday, October 18th at 6:30 p.m. The second forum is in Pine Bluffs at the Commons area on October 25th at 7:00p.m. The students will be asking questions to the candidates that they are concerned about....
Halloween is fast approaching and we here at the Pine Bluffs Post want to see all of our readers have a safe and Happy Halloween. That being said here is some things to keep in mind as your little ones prepare for trick or treating this Saturday evening according to safekids.org/halloween: While out walking: • Cross the street at corners. Look left, right and left again when crossing and keep looking as you cross. • Put electronic devices down, keep heads up and walk, don't run across the street. • Teach children to make eye contact with driver...
Every year a Pine Bluffs senior student is given a citizenship award. This award is given by the Laramie County Retired Education Personnel Group. This year Ron Ladd received the honor to reward a senior. Abby Gray, daughter of Jessica and William Gray was the recipient this year. Gray is active in school with volleyball, basketball, track, and the student council. She likes to read and do writing. Gray likes to hike, ride bikes, go on walks and swimming. Gray is the president of the National Ho...
Do you have used, unwanted, or expired medications? The Pine Bluffs Police Dept., Pine Bluffs, WY will be again participating in The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on October 26, 2022 between 9AM - 2PM. The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day addresses a crucial public safety and public health issue. According to the 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 9.7 million people misused prescription pain relievers, 4.9 million people misused prescription stimulants, and 5.9 million people misused prescription tranquilizers or...
The students were stretching and lining up to do events. Carpenter Elementary School grades kindergarten through third grade went to the Burns High School track for their field day on October 6th in the afternoon. Carpenter Elementary along with Burns Elementary decided to have their field events in the fall. The weather was great for the students to participate. There was full sunshine and not much wind. The students love to be so active. Each student could sign up for different events or do...
If you haven't finished your harvest by now I'm sure you're close. I finally got the potatoes in and the garlic planted but I'm leaving the squash on the vines as long as possible. I was nearly six weeks late planting so they still need more time to ripen. If I can get two more weeks without a hard frost I think they'll come in okay. While I'm waiting I'll start planning what I'll grow next year. For the last couple of years the nurseries ran out of seed early and I don't see any reason to...
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The Wyoming Army National Guard completed another successful annual training season for 2022. As always, it was a busy season, with many units starting training earlier than usual. Late spring into the summer is the time of the year that Soldiers train on their yearly qualifications. Most importantly, annual training is geared explicitly toward ensuring soldiers are proficient and qualified in their specific military occupations. Typically at least 14 days, annual training g...
Breast cancer is a type of cancer that forms in the cells of the breasts. It is more commonly found in women and though rare in men and children, it does affect them. In women, 287,850 are diagnosed every year. There have been 43,250 women die from this disease. The average age of women who get breast cancer is 50 years old. But it could happen at any age for this disease. The youngest breast cancer victim was at the very young age of eight years old. A girl with a rare secretory carcinoma...
Every year the Wyoming Centennial Farm & Ranch program honors families who owned and operated on the same farm or ranch for a hundred years or more at the Wyoming State fair. This year for Laramie County the honor went to Alice and Lance Theobald from Pine Bluffs. The farm is south on county road 164 in Pine Bluffs. Alice Theobald was reading that the Wyoming Centennial Farm & Ranch program was looking for farms and ranches that are 100 years old or more to honor. She obtained the application...
The progress on the Cripple Creek subdivision and the Rustic Plate hours change was announced at the Town Council meeting on October 10th at 6:30 p.m. There were two agenda regents requests. First was John Volk verifying lot sizes with the town on the new development. The council was fine with the sizes but look forward to the next stage with the engineer. Volk stated he may wait for the spring because of the weather. Next was the Rustic Plate. Ashley Osterman said, “ We were asked to come to this council meeting. I have no clue why?” Council m...
