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Pine Bluffs Town Council members Monday night awarded a bid to a Cheyenne Wyoming contractor to install a parking lot a driveway and parking lot at the Windows on the Past Interpretive center. STC construction will pour 480 square yards of asphalt at the facility for about $109,000. Pine Bluffs Town Treasurer Kim Patterson said the town elected to use asphalt instead of concrete because it's much cheaper and the intepretive center receives little traffic. "Concrete would have put us over-budget...
Pine Bluffs High School lost one of its own Sunday night. Senior Destiny Marin was traveling as a passenger in a vehicle when it ran off of County Road 212 and rolled several times. According to a press release from the Laramie County Sheriff's Department, 21-year-old Lane Carter was driving the vehicle. Excessive speed is being investigated as a possible cause. Carter was transported to Cheyenne Regional Medical Center where he was treated and released. Marin's Facebook page lists Carter as...
A 90-foot mural depicting major landmarks and monuments will be added to Veterans Plaza in Pine Bluffs next month. “American The Beautiful” was designed for the north wall of the Pine Bluffs Veterans Memorial and Community Plaza. It will depict landmarks from New York to Hawaii said Pine Bluffs resident Larry Silvey, who designed the mural. The Veterans Memorial and Community Plaza was constructed and dedicated in 2016. It was designed to increase traffic in downtown Pine Bluffs. Visibility Sign Company of Salt Lake City, Utah will install the...
The Wyoming State Fair will only last four days this year, a reduction by half from the traditional eight days. “The condensed schedule will increase daily activity on the grounds for the duration of the fair while shortening the time away from home for families, vendors, and young people who participate in the fair,” James Goodrich, Director of the Wyoming State Fair said in a press release. Last fall, state fair officials toured the Wyoming and held listening sessions in Wyoming’s communities regarding how to keep the fair affordable. Throu...
Michael A. McNamee 88 of Laramie passed away March 20, 2018. He was born May 9, 1929 in Tecumseh, Nebraska to John J. McNamee and Avis O'Loughlin. Mike grew up on a farm near Pine Bluffs, Wyoming with his three brothers, Joe, Tom and Stan. He graduated from Pine Bluffs High School in 1947. Mike served in the US Army during the Korean War. Prior to his military service Mike meet and married the love of his life Ruth H. Graves on September 29, 1950 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Mike earned his BS and MS...
Destiny Marin, 18, of Pine Bluffs, died on March 18, 2018. She was born on October 5, 1999 in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Destiny was a senior at Pine Bluffs High School. She worked at the Texas Trail Market, and loved art, animals, and was planning on attending Eastern Wyoming College in Torrington to study to become a veterinary technician. She is survived by her father, Francisco Marin; brother, Dante Marin; grandfather, Isidro Marin; and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins. Destiny was...
Neva K. Talbert, 97, passed away on March 15, 2018 at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center. Neva was born on January 28, 1921 in Bridgeport, Nebraska to Wayne and Katherine Moats. Neva lived and worked for the majority of her life living and working in the Cheyenne area. Neva was an all-state basketball player and won a state championship in Wyoming. She also was a small business owner. Neva loved to bowl and listening to big band music. She was most proud and supportive of her family. She never...
Edith Margaret Uri, 101, of Denton, Texas went to be with the Lord on Friday, February 23, 2018. She was born on December 11, 1916 in Kimball, NE to Charles Forgus and Charlotte (Driggs) Paullin. Edith is survived by daughters Linda Kinnison, and husband Lloyd, Laura Story, and husband Darrel, sons Lawrence Uri, Jr., and wife Theresa and Laverne Uri, and wife Tamie, and many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband Lawrence Uri,...
CHEYENNE-Land Surveyors Week March 18-24, 2018 Middle School students throughout Wyoming will get to work hand-in-hand with professional land surveyors as part of a nationwide effort March 18-24, 2018. The outreach project matches professional land surveyors from nearly all corners in Wyoming with select middle school classrooms to engage the students in an exciting GPS activity that teaches fundamental surveying and STEM based principals. Last year’s efforts reached over 1250 middle school students as the 28 Professional Land Surveyors made t...
Told by Mike Heath Alan Chubak now lives Murray, Utah, but not always. While I was at the Wyoming Bee College Saturday morning (working on another article) I was attracted to some unusual bee boxes at a vendor's table. What made them so unusual was the intricate carving all around the boxes. They were so uncommon that I was willing to wait until the vendor returned to his booth. He was teaching a class for the Bee College and was due to return shortly before lunch. I finally found Albert looking...
Frederick Douglass once said "Once you learn to read, you will be forever free." Imagine all the worlds you can introduce to people within your writing. Writing can take you anywhere, into lands you wouldn't imagine existed. It can even get you scholarships. Writing now will also help students get ready for those BIG essays they will be working on in college. Writing can impact what job they will get as well. You can even put a little of yourself in it. Wouldn't that be fun to be in your own...
Jerry E. Merryfield was born in Scottsdale, Arizona on May 22, 1963 into a family rich with United States Navy history. Merryfield, the middle of six children, would follow in his grandfather's steps enlisting in the United States Navy. His grandfather James Mead served in the United States Navy during the China Boxer War upon the USS Blackhawk. Grandfather, Roy Merryfield served the United States Navy for 30 years and retired as a Senior Chief. Merryfield graduated from De La Salle high school...
As I write this, the fifth annual Wyoming Bee College is "in the can". What a success! There were 275 attendees this year from all over the west. The event started with the Bee University on Friday. The highlight of the Bee University were the classes on Apitherapy, the art and science of using bee stings and bee venom as medical therapy. Scott and Kelsey Johnson from Newcastle are second year beekeepers and found the curriculum to be not only informative, but exciting. Like so many, they...
There’s a lot of potential with the Burns High School track team this year. The team members are young, but they have upperclassmen in leadership positions. And it doesn’t hurt that more than 60 BHS students went out for the sport this year. “They have a lot of personality and are fun to coach,” Brooks Hoffman, a coach with the program said. Monday. This year, the Broncs will begin their season in Morrill, Neb. at the Morrill Invite. The only home meet of the season is slated for April 13 for...
After lull in prep sports, The Pine Bluffs Hornets will return to competition this weekend in Kimball, Neb. The Kimball Invitational track and field meet will include schools from southeastern Wyoming and the Nebraska Panhandle. This year's program is the largest in recent memory with well over 50 boys and girls turning out to compete. Head Coach Dustin Lee said last week that the team's large size is a good thing. It will put less pressure on athletes to win their events. With so many team...
CHEYENNE – The Cheyenne Urban Forestry Division, along with local arborists, are observing an uptick in the number of dead and dying spruce trees in Cheyenne as a result of the spruce ips beetle. This beetle was first identified in Cheyenne about a year and a half ago, and appears to be building in population. The ips beetle infests only spruce tree varieties, such as Colorado Blue Spruce, Black Hills Spruce and Engelmann Spruce. Other evergreens, such as pines, junipers and firs are not affected. Homeowners should be on the lookout for the t...
CHEYENNE, WY – Secretary of State Ed Buchanan and his office are applauding the passage into law of Senate File 60 "Wyoming Women's Suffrage Pathway-highway designation." The bill codifies the renaming of a portion of Highway 28 near South Pass City the "Wyoming Women's Suffrage Pathway" in honor of women's suffrage. "The passage of this bill and its signing by Governor Mead will do a great deal to highlight a shining period in Wyoming's history nearly 150 years ago when the Territory of W...
Friday, March 30 is national “Take a Walk in the Park Day” and the Pine Bluffs Recreation Department wants to invite you to City Park here in Pine Bluffs on Main Street to celebrate! Rain, or shine, on Friday March 30, 7:30a - 9:30a; 12:00n – 1:00p; 5:00p – 6:00p you will receive a ticket for every lap that you walk around City Park, you will then be able to enter that ticket into a drawing for two fabulous prizes, a hoverboard or a Fit Bit Alta, your choice! The drawing will be held at 6:05p in City Park and you do not have to be present...
March 15, 2018...
