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The Pine Bluffs Recreation Department will sponsor the 11th Annual Christmas Light Decoration Contest with the judging to take place 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wed. Dec. 21. The contest is for residents living within the town limits and businesses are excluded. All residents are 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 2017. Ten winners will be chosen to receive a $10 cash prize. Residents...
Pine Bluffs Elementary sixth-grader Abby Gray was presented with $75 as she was awarded third place in the local level of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Patriot's Pen essay, sponsored by the VFW Frontier Post 11453 in Cheyenne. According to Gray's mother, Jessica, Gray was given the information about the essay at school and those who were interested in competing could so on their own at home. This year's essay contest was themed, "The America I Believe In". In the letter addressed to Gray,...
The Pine Bluffs Hornets competed in the Burns Winter Classic Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The team concentrated on using teamwork and came out winning all of their games. The Pine Bluffs Hornets' first game in the Winter Classic was Thursday afternoon against the Wyoming Indian Chiefs, grabbing the win by seven points. The fast-paced first quarter lead to Pine Bluffs trailing by one, 12-13. Going into halftime, the Hornets were still down but by five points, 27-32. Coming out in the third quar...
Bringing home wins this past weekend was the Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets as they were able to defeat all their opponents in the Burns Winter Classic at the varsity level. According to Lady Hornets Head Coach Lindsey Forbes, the team started the season off with a super tough first game. The Lady Hornets had to play tough in the first game against the Wyoming Indian Lady Chiefs as they came away with the win by a six-point margin. During the first half Pine Bluffs came out ahead 32-28 at halftime....
The Pawnee Lady Coyotes had a busy week as they hosted two non-conference and one conference game at home. Pawnee took to the court Dec. 6 against Union Colony of Greeley and were defeated by 32 points. The Lady Coyotes had trouble containing the the Lady Timberwolves as they scored 15 points in both the first and second quarters. Halftime score was 30-11. Pawnee struggled the remainder of the game as Union Colony put another 13 points in the third quarter to the Lady Coyote's seven points and then continued to add 10 more points in the fourth...
The Burns Broncs basketball team won their first game of the season and then fell to Wyoming Indian, Wind River and Snake River during the Burns Winter Classic Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. The Broncs faced the Moorcroft Wolves their first game of the season and came away with the win by 12 points. Burns trialed behind Moorcroft at the end of the first quarter 10-14, but fought hard in the second quarter to lead at halftime by five points, 26-21. Adding 12 more points on in the third quarter,...
The Burns Lady Broncs went one and three over the weekend as they hosted their own Winter Classic Thursday, Friday and Saturday. To kick off the season, the Lady Broncs competed against Moorcroft and lost a heart-breaking game by three points Thursday evening. Burns came out strong, leading at the end of the first quarter 9-7, but couldn't contain the Lady Wolves in the second quarter as they scored 13 points to the Lady Broncs' four points. Halftime score saw Moorcroft leading 20-11. Coming...
The Burns-Pine Bluffs wrestlers opened the season last week competing in the Charlie Lake Invitational at Cheyenne East High School. Although the squad was a few members short, coach Dan Clayson believes it was a good start to the season. "We had a good first weekend of wrestling," Clayson said. "We took our lumps on Friday in the dual portion, we were missing nine wrestlers, but we had some really solid performances on Saturday. I think that Darrell Goeckeler did an outstanding job on Friday go...
Texas Trail Market will hold its annual membership meeting this coming Monday, Dec. 12 at the Pine Bluffs Community Center. The store will close at 5 p.m. that day so the meeting can take place. A ham dinner will be served at 6 p.m. Door prizes will also be awarded during the evening. Chairman Bill Cushing will address the membership at 7 p.m. to give an update on the state of your local co-op grocery store. Members will also be casting votes for two available board spots....
The Laramie County School District No. 2 has announced the meeting dates for both the committee of the whole (work session) meetings and the regular school board meetings. The Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting will be held Jan. 4, 2017 in Pine Bluffs while the regular board meeting will be held in Carpenter Jan. 9, 2017. The COW meeting will be held in Burns Feb. 8, 2017 while the regular board meeting will be held in Pine Bluffs Feb. 13, 2017. In March, the site for the COW meeting will be held in Pine Bluffs on the 8th and March 13, 2017...
Sustained winds of 52mph were to blame for this tractor-trailer blowover on eastbound I-80 just outside Pine Bluffs Monday afternoon. According to the Wyoming Highway Patrol, the rig, driven by Eric Gunder of Missouri, was traveling with an empty trailer when the high winds sent the truck toppling onto its right side, injuring passenger Ruth Allen, also of Missouri. Allen was transported to Cheyenne Regional Medical Center for treatment. No other vehicles were involved in the...
For both residents in Burns and Pine Bluffs, dog tag renewals are fast approaching with a January deadline for both communities. In Pine Bluffs, proof of current rabies shot is required to get the tags. Ever year the town teams up with local Bluffs Vet Clinic to hold a dog and cat clinic in January at the Pine Bluffs Town Hall so that residents may get their pets current with the mandated shots needed as well as get their town tags at the same time. As of press time, no date had been set for the clinic. Any dogs that are caught running at...
The Pine Bluffs Hornets basketball team is coming off an excellent year of grabbing three state titles in basketball, track and football. However, with the start of a new season, the team knows they will need to work hard and focus on this season's opponents if they want to make it back to the state title game in Casper this year. The team will be lead by three returning starters of Haize Fornstrom, Hunter Thompson and Kyle Steger as well as an impressive 11 returning lettermen. Seniors on the...
The Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets know what it feels like to come home as state championship title holders and working hard throughout the season will be on the team's agenda to hopefully lead back to a trip to Casper in March. According to fifth year head coach Lindsey Forbes, she is looking towards the six seniors to lead the 25-member team this year. There are eight returning letter winners to the team from last year. Forbes says their biggest goal is the same as last year. "It's to get better...
Both the Burns Broncs and the Burns Lady Broncs are looking for this year to improve their records as they will begin their basketball season today against Moorcroft. According to Burns Lady Broncs Head Coach Barry Ward, who begins his 21st year as coach, the team will bring back lots of experience with their nine returning letter winners, five of those coming back as seniors. The team has a total of 26 athletes that are playing this year. He expects the team to lead collectively to add more...
The season starts this Friday for the Burns-Pine Bluffs wrestling team as they take part in the Charlie Lake Invitational at Cheyenne East Friday and Saturday. Head coach Dan Clayson says returning experience on the squad will be inportant to getting off to a good start. "We are looking forward to this season. We have a great mix of returning starters and new freshman. Isaac Ronning (126) and Ruger Lewis (160) are returning state placers. Kestrel Medina (138), Roman Delgado (182), Harley Miller...
The Pawnee Lady Coyotes traveled to Ault, Colo., Dec. 2 and Dec. 3 to participate in the Highland Canine Classic. The team came home with two losses, but are looking forward to playing their next three games with home court advantage. Pawnee competed against the Highland Lady Huskies Friday and were defeated by 30 points. The Lady Coyotes put up three points in the first quarter as Highland put up 22 points. The Lady Huskies kept going strong in the second quarter, adding 13 points to Pawnee's...
Just in time for Christmas, the Burns FFA Chapter will be selling beef sticks until Dec. 6 as a fundraiser to raise money for the chapter's various activities. According to Burns FFA Chapter Advisor Craig Spatz, the members are required to return their order forms in by the end of school day Dec. 6, although payment is not made until the product is delivered to the buyer. “They should arrive here at the high school within seven to 10 days,” Spatz said. “Just in time for stocking stuffers.” With the overwhelmingly good response the chapter...
Students from both Laramie County School District No. 2 high schools attended the Annual Wyoming Association of Student Councils State Convention held in Cheyenne at Cheyenne Central High School Nov. 14 and Nov. 15. Both councils came home with some distinct awards, experiences and memories. For the first time in 13 years, the Burns Junior – Senior High School Student Council was awarded the Honor Council award with Meritorious Distinction. According to Burns advisor Michelle Anderson, this award is only given to schools in the state who c...
The private non-profit Energy Share of Wyoming organization will kick off its' season today, Dec. 1 in offering assistance to families statewide with energy-related emergencies. The funds from Energy Share are to be used as a last resort for people in emergency need with no obvious resources. The organization may help individuals pay their energy bills. A one-time expenditure of up to $400 per household can be made to provide assistance. First priority goes to individuals and families at or above 185 percent of the Federal Poverty Level....
The Cheyenne/Laramie County Emergency Management Agency will be testing the outdoor warning siren system promptly at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 2 for Pine Bluffs and at noon in Cheyenne and surrounding towns. The warning system will sound a steady signal for a period of one to three minutes. The siren system is the most effective method to warn the population at large in the shortest amount of time. They are called outdoor warning systems because their primary purpose is to alert people who are outside to severe weather, chemical or other...
Over 100 attendants "parked" themselves at the Pine Bluffs Community Center on Nov. 17 to watch a showing of the movie "Finding Dory". Moviegoers were asked to turn the event into a drive-in movie theater, with several kids sitting in homemade cardboard cars. The event was sponsored by Texas Trail Market, who provided hot dogs, nachos, soda and unlimited popcorn....
Chadron State College senior Alejandro Garcia of Pine Bluffs concluded his cross county career on a high note last weekend in Florida. It was announced on Friday that Garcia was the recipient of the NCAA Elite 90 Award, which goes to the runner at the NCAA Men's Cross Country Championships with the highest cumulative grade point average. He has a GPA of almost 4.0 while majoring in health and physical education and earning nearly 150 credit hours. The only grade other than an A that he has...
The Wyoming High School Activities Association recently announced All-State and All-Conference football selections as chosen by Wyoming high school football coaches. Klayton Clark from Burns High School was named All-State. He was also selected in 2015. Clark was also named All-Conference, as were his Broncs teammates Roman Delgado, Tyler Norris and Ben Banville. On the volleyball side of the net, Pine Bluffs’ Kammie Ragsdale was named All-State. She, along with her Lady Hornet teammates Kenzie Graves and Sierra Shelit, were also named A...
With practices for basketball just getting underway as Monday was the first day teams could officially practice for winter sports. With just having eight practices before the first games of the season begin, both Laramie County School District No. 2 high school basketball teams will need to have a mandatory practice sometime this weekend to be able to participate, according to Wyoming High School Activities Association guidelines. Nine teams will take to the courts during the three-day basketball frenzy including Burns, Pine Bluffs, Shoshoni,...
