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Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
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Pine Bluffs dispatcher Carleen Graves was recognized Monday evening at the Pine Bluffs town council meeting for her excellent performance on a recent emergency call. “She was very calm and precise with her information,” said police chief Robin Clark. “Carleen remained clear and at an even level, even when handling multiple agencies. At one point, she was dealing with Kimball county sheriff, Kimball city police, our police, the Laramie county sheriffs, and the school.” Mayor Bill Shain thanked... Full story
The Louis E. Canady American Legion Post 60 proudly presented Angie Robertson, (second from right) director of the Pine Bluffs Senior Center, a U.S. Veteran memorial flag stand and a Post 60 license plate for her and the Senior Center’s dedication towards helping needy veterans in our town. Making the presentation Monday morning were Kathy Canady, left, Post commander Chuck Radcliffe, and Buzz Canady....
Like many of you, my family and I celebrated St. Patrick’s Day on Sunday. As we sat down to our meal of corned beef, cabbage, carrots and potatoes, my youngest son asked why it was we celebrated St. Patrick’s Day. He said it wasn’t like Christmas, Easter or even Halloween, so why, he asked. My wife, not being big in history looked at me. She said, “Your name is Patrick, you tell him.” I am not sure how the two relate, but I knew I wasn’t getting out of it. Lucky for me this is a topic I hap...
I have a really nice dining room set. When it was first purchased, my family was growing from two young parents and two little boys to welcoming a pink bundle in a few months. And a year later another pink bundle came along. For the first couple of years, the set worked well, with three in high chairs, we had three chairs left for company. But as life goes, through loss and growing up, family members left the table. Not all left for good, but what once was a table I added folding chairs to for...
I would like to again thank the drivers of the snow plows that come out here north of Pine Bluffs. You have come out in the very early mornings and have worked late into the nights. Long hours and can be a dangerous job. Seeing you coming down the highway or driving by on the highway with your bright, colorful lights boldly flashing, and house always felt a sense of safety and security when in the middle of a storm of snow and the constant winds. I pray for your safety and thank you for the...
Stewart receives special award at State Science Fair Jonathan Stewart, eighth grader at Burns Junior/Senior High School, placed first in southeast regional science fair in Engineering: Mechanical and Electrical, which qualified him to go to the State Science Fair. The State Science Fair was held at the University of Wyoming in Laramie on March 3 through 5. Approximately 350 students attended, and over 50 schools were represented. Jonathan’s project, which focused on a homemade accelerometer t...
More than 100 Airmen from the 14th Airlift Squadron returned home to Joint Base Charleston, S.C. from a 120-day deployment to Southwest Asia March 3. Captain Jared Moore, command pilot was one of the airmen deployed. Moore is the grandson of Lance and Alice Theobald of Pine Bluffs and son of Larry and Teresa Moore of Torrington. While deployed, the 14th AS Airmen served under the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron supporting overseas contingency operations. “The pelicans have done it again,” said Lt. Col. Joseph Meyer, 14th AS commander, who...
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Monday Women 1. Pine Bowl 216 2. Designs West 187 3. Coyote Sanitation 161 Highs Handicap game: Debbie Kelley 239 Handicap series: Debbie Kelley 657 Scratch game: Johnna Graves 187 Scratch series: Kathy Freeburg 525 Tuesday Mixed 1. Killer B’s 22 2. Spare Room 21 3. Beth’s Team 21 Women’s Highs Handicap game: Lorna Bruns 261 Handicap series: Lorna Bruns 697 Scratch game: Lorna Bruns 208 Scratch series: Lorna Bruns 538 Men’s Highs Handicap game: Kiel Harding 277 Handicap series: Chris Mossberg 722 Scratch game: Corey Bruns 247 Scratch series:...
“You gotta really always do your best,” exclaimed Burns elementary sixth grader, Mercedes Bartels, when she was asked how to succeed in grade school. Mecedes is the daughter of Jeff and Lysa Bartels of Burns and sister of first grader John. When asked what makes her smile as she comes through the school door in the mornings, she said, “math.” “I get challenged in math and Mrs. Ana (Elisabeth Anadiotis) lets us work ahead,” explained Bartels. “I don’t like the school lunches. If I had it my way...
A new ministry will open its doors at the Burns-Plex after Burns Town Council approved the donation of space to the effort. A request was made for the space during the Monday, March 11 meeting of council. Sophia Arehart, accompanied by a handful of supporters, explained to council the ministry would be one of community service of donated clothing and non-perishable food items to go to the residents of Burns and the surrounding area. “Churches and pastors are enthused about it,” Arehart sai... Full story
Ten students from Burns high joined a team that expected them to study more. And study something that hadn’t been offered in their daily curriculum, Russia. The students on the Burns Academic Decathlon team traveled to Casper March 10 and 11 to compete in the state Academic Decathlon competition. The decathlon tests students’ knowledge through a series of 10 tests focused on a specific topic each year. Russia was the topic this year. High school students from Burns, Douglas, Evanston, Gle...
The signs that spring is here are pretty hard to miss. And even the most ardent change-haters have to smile when they see spring coming around again. Who wouldn’t like a season of clear, dry roads, moist soil good for planting, a brackets filled with 68 Cinderella story teams, and temperatures anyone can enjoy. The birds start to work as alarm clocks. The flying snooze buttons are making their northern migration back to their western nests. The top 68 teams in NCAA mens basketball are making t...
As I begin on news here around Banner County from this past week and looking somewhat into this one, the most current event has been St. Patrick’s Day. Mine started out with a fairly early telephone call from my sister-in-law out in Nevada. She was driving home from just finishing working the night shift and she asked if I was cooking up corned beef and cabbage for today. No way says I, as no one at my house would be interested in eating it. I did wear green socks though, self-protection b...
The village board met briefly last week, as there wasn’t much on the agenda to discuss. The sewer project is complete, and no major maintenance problems were found during the survey. Just lots of tree roots and sand in the pipes … the board is considering investing in a hydraulic root cutter for the sewer jetter so they can keep up maintenance on the pipes more easily. The village is still working on grants for the new street signs. Rick reported that Hometown Hardware in Kimball has the bes...
The farm show at the community center was a nice treat for anyone who attended. A big thanks to Jillian McLaughlin, Jillian Kriz, Michelle Childers, Pastor John Morrison, Shawnae Branigan, Heidi Romsa, Kelly Rundell, the Burns FFA members and all the other volunteers that helped create an educational and entertaining day. The lunch was great and you couldn’t have asked for better weather. The community center will host an Easter egg hunt Saturday, March 30. Call the center for more i...
We have some new books! They include the newest C.J. Box book, “Breaking Point,” and “The Striker” by Clive Cussler. For those of you who are Christian fiction fans, Karen Kingsbury has a new one out: “The Chance.” We also have some new movies: “Wreck-It Ralph,” rated PG and a fun children’s movie, “Playing for Keeps,” rated PG-13. The Burns Branch Library Dinner and a Book meeting date for March has been moved to March 28, at 7 p.m. We are reading “Lost Bird of Wounded Knee: Spirit of the Lakota” by Renee Flood. This is an interesting, true s...
For the special this week at the Hereford Community Church Anita Hartinger told about “Common Core” which is a new educational system that will be introduced for the 2014-2015 school term. Everyone needs to get informed about this new system. The sermon topic was “Two Criminals.” The first was Barabbas, the terrorist and murderer who the Jews asked to have released rather than Jesus. The second was the thief on the cross who rebuked those making fun of Jesus. Both men sinned, but only the thi...
1 years ago Chicago. - A thread of romance spun fifty years ago between the lives of John Goode and his then girl bride, was broken when the white-haired couple stood tottering before the bar in the court of domestic relations. It was the little, bent old woman who first quavered out her story. “I guess John and I’ve come to the parting of the road,” she began. “And – and, judge, we - we were married fifty year ago - fifty year ago.” The old man raised his head for a moment. He looked at Judge Gemmill with apology. “You see, judge, I am a...
At their monthly meeting Thursday evening, the Albin Town Council listened to Shawnae Branigan, Albin Community Center board president, read a letter from the board asking the council to dissolve the board. “The board feels the community involvement will be greatly increased and we believe a board is no longer necessary,” Branigan said. “The board is a middle man between the town and the director, which restricts the director.” Branigan explained each event could have a committee which would m...
Albin served over 160 people a free lunch after they had plowed through the vendors in the gym and listened to Don Day predict rain and the Worm Wrangler explain the difference between dirt and soil. The afternoon kicked off with Representative John Eklund (R-WY 10th District) who discussed the “Hill Bill,” the lottery and other attention grabbers during this years session. The Burns FFA chapter served as hosts for the Albin Community Center’s long running farm expo....
Jessica Johnson, University of Nebraska Extension Educator at the Panhandle Research and Extension Center, has been busy this winter working on crop budgets. Jessica has developed budgets for dry land as well as irrigated crops using different crop production systems. For the dry land crops she developed budgets for winter wheat using conventional tillage, no-till summer fallow, and no-till continuous cropping systems. She also developed budgets for dry land corn, field peas, sunflowers, and...
Burns High School Track Thursday, March 28 Bayard Invite Thursday, April 4 Tri State Invite @ Chappell Saturday, April 13 Tiger Invite @ Lusk Saturday, April 20 Pine Bluffs Invite Tuesday, April 23 Best of the West @ Scottsbluff Thursday, April 25 Twilight Invite @ South Friday, April 26 Wyoming Track Classic @ Casper Saturday, April 26 GOCO @ Torrington Saturday, May 4 SEWAC @ Lusk Fri-Sat., May 10-11 Regionals @ Gillette Thurs.-Sat., May 16-18 State @ Casper Pine Bluffs High School Track Saturday, March 23 Kimball Invite Thursday, March 28 Ba...
The Pine Bluffs Hornets track team has been rebuilding and this year that process continues under two-year head coach Dustin Lee. Even under construction the team fared well last year, taking first in the SEWAC, and fourth in both the regional and state meets. Lee experienced the graduation of quite a bit of talent last season, but said he is working with a large freshman class that is showing potential. “So the rebuilding will continue,” he said. “My goal for the team this year is to conti...
