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  • Soup Winners Announced

    Sonja Fornstrom Pine Bluffs Recreation|Feb 8, 2024

    The new Pine Bluffs Soup Nazi has been crowned; "Winner, Winner Crack Chicken Noodle!" Wendy Purdy won the title with her Crack Chicken Noodle Soup! Last Friday evening, February 3, the Pine Bluffs Recreation Department hosted the 3rd Annual Soup Contest & "Pick A Movie Night". Participants at the event spent their Friday evening tasting some of the most delicious soups! On the menu was Creamy Potato, 15 Bean Cajun Sausage, Smoked Sausage Beer Cheese, Broccoli & Cheese, Enchilada (lovingly...

  • Third Annual Soup Contest to be held February 2nd

    Sonja Fornstrom Pine Bluffs Rec|Jan 18, 2024

    Start brushing up on your culinary skills! Friday evening, February 2, the Pine Bluffs Recreation Department will be hosting the 3rd Annual Soup Contest & “Pick A Movie Night”. Spend your Friday evening tasting delicious soups, visiting with friends and neighbors and top the night off relaxing in your favorite portable chair, eating popcorn, and watching a great movie! The Soup Contest & Movie Night will begin at 5:30pm with soup tasting, something you’re not going to want to miss, it’s a party for your palate! After tasting all the delicio...

  • 18th Annual Christmas Light Decoration Contest

    Sonja Fornstrom Pine Bluffs Rec|Dec 14, 2023

    The Pine Bluffs Recreation Department will sponsor the 18th Annual Christmas Light Decoration Contest with the judging to take place on Monday, December 18th from 6p-8p. The contest is for residents living within the town limits, businesses are excluded. Everyone is encouraged to participate in the contest but please keep in mind that homes can only win every other year so homes that were selected as winners last year will not be eligible to win again until Christmas 2024. Ten winners will be...

  • 23rd Annual Texas Trail Market Drive in Movie Night!

    Sonja Fornstrom Pine Bluffs Recreation|Nov 2, 2023

    Calling all cars, it’s a “Drive In” movie! Put your imagination to work and start building your car for the Texas Trail Market Movie Night! Do you know what they have at our hometown grocery store, Texas Trail Market? Boxes, and lots of them! We want to encourage kids (and those kids at heart) to make their cars (or any mode of creative transportation) out of those boxes and “drive” on into the 23rd Annual Texas Trail Market Movie Night scheduled for Thursday, November 16, 6:30pm at the Pine Bluffs Community Center. We are not done talking c...

  • Spring cleanup leads to the 15th Annual Community wide Garage Sale

    Sonja Fornstrom Pine Bluffs Rec|Apr 13, 2023

    It’s that time of year again; time to start your annual spring cleaning! Clean and organize your home and then be ready to peddle your gently used treasures at the Pine Bluffs Recreation Department’s 15th Annual Pine Bluffs Community Wide Garage Sale slated for June 3. Everyone in town and the surrounding areas is invited to participate. If you don’t live within the town limits, load up that flatbed, head to town and set up shop at the Community Center Parking Lot. Garage sale address and item information will be made available to poten...

  • Soup Contest and Pick a Movie Night at

    Sonja Fornstrom Pine Bluffs Recreation|Jan 26, 2023

    Start brushing up on your culinary skills! Next Friday evening, February 3, the Pine Bluffs Recreation Department will be hosting the 2nd Annual Soup Contest & “Pick A Movie Night” at the Pine Bluffs Community Center. Spend your Friday evening tasting some delicious soups, visiting with friends and neighbors and top the night off relaxing in your favorite portable chair eating popcorn and watching a great movie! The Soup Contest & Movie Night will begin at 6:00pm with soup tasting, something you’re not going to want to miss, it’s a party f...

  • Adult Pickleball Opens

    Sonja Fornstrom Pine Bluffs Recreation|Jan 12, 2023

    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...

  • 3rd Annual Arbor Day Celebration to be held at Pine Bluffs City Park

    Sonja Fornstrom Pine Bluffs Rec|Apr 22, 2021

    Join the Pine Bluffs Elementary 1st & 2nd Grade Classes in Pine Bluffs City Park on Thursday, April 29 at 2:45pm for a tree planting to celebrate Arbor Day! In 1872 J. Sterling Morton proposed to the Nebraska Board of Agriculture that a special day be set aside for the planting of trees, and this holiday, called Arbor Day, was first observed with the planting of more than a million trees in our neighboring state of Nebraska. Arbor Day is now observed throughout the nation and the world. Trees can reduce the erosion of our precious topsoil by wi...

  • 20th Annual Texas Trail Market Movie Night

    Sonja Fornstrom Pine Bluffs Rec|Nov 5, 2020

    Calling all cars, it’s a “Drive In” movie! Put your imagination to work and start building your car for the Texas Trail Market Movie Night! Do you know what they have at grocery stores like Texas Trail Market? Boxes, and lots of them! We want to encourage kids (and those kids at heart) to make their cars (or any mode of creative transportation) out of those boxes and “drive” on in to the 20th Annual Texas Trail Market Movie Night scheduled for Thursday, November 12, 6:30pm at the Pine Bluffs Community Center. TTM Movie Night will feature ...

  • Calling all cars! "Drive In" at the Pine Bluffs Community Center

    Sonja Fornstrom Pine Bluffs Rec|Nov 8, 2018

    Calling all cars, it's a "Drive In" movie! Put your imagination to work and start building your car for the Texas Trail Market Movie Night! We want to encourage kids (and those kids at heart) to make their cars (or any mode of creative transportation) out of boxes and "drive" on in to the 18th Annual Texas Trail Market Movie Night scheduled for Thursday, November 15, 6:30pm at the Pine Bluffs Community Center. TTM Movie Night will feature Disney's PIXAR film "The Incredibles 2", rated PG. We...

  • Calling all cars! "Drive In" at the Pine Bluffs Community Center

    Sonja Fornstrom Pine Bluffs Rec|Nov 1, 2018

    Calling all cars, it’s a “Drive In” movie! Put your imagination to work and start building your car for the Texas Trail Market Movie Night! Do you know what they have at grocery stores like Texas Trail Market? Boxes, and lots of them! We want to encourage kids (and those kids at heart) to make their cars (or any mode of creative transportation) out of those boxes and “drive” on in to the 18th Annual Texas Trail Market Movie Night scheduled for Thursday, November 15, 6:30pm at the Pine Bluffs Community Center. TTM Movie Night will feature D...

  • Pine Bluffs joins in on National Swim a Lap Day

    Sonja Fornstrom Pine Bluffs Rec|Jun 21, 2018

    Dive into the Pine Bluffs Pool and swim a lap or two on Sunday, June 24 for National Swim a Lap Day. The unofficial holiday celebrates the sport of swimming and encourages people to engage in it for the purpose of exercise. In observance of this special day, the Pine Bluffs Pool will offer free swimming all day with special extended lap swim hours both before and after our regular open swim hours. Swimming is a great way of getting exercise, especially for those who have health problems that...

  • Annual Town of Pine Bluffs Garage Sale Day gearing up

    Sonja Fornstrom Pine Bluffs Rec|May 17, 2018

    It’s that time of year again; time to start your annual spring cleaning! Clean and organize your home and then be ready to peddle your gently used treasures at the Pine Bluffs Recreation Department’s 10th Annual Community Wide Garage Sale slated for June 2. Everyone in town and the surrounding areas is invited to participate! If you don’t live within the town limits, load up that flatbed, head to town and set up shop at the Community Center Parking Lot! Maps of the town marked with the participating garage sales will be made available to poten...

  • Pine Bluffs Arbor Day Event

    Sonja Fornstrom Pine Bluffs Rec|May 10, 2018

    Join the Pine Bluffs Elementary 1st Grade Class in Pine Bluffs City Park on Thursday, May 10 at 2:45 p.m. for a tree planting to celebrate Arbor Day! In 1872 J. Sterling Morton proposed to the Nebraska Board of Agriculture that a special day be set aside for the planting of trees, and this holiday, called Arbor Day, was first observed with the planting of more than a million trees in our neighboring state of Nebraska. Arbor Day is now observed throughout the nation and the world. Trees can reduce the erosion of our precious topsoil by wind and...