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Granite Peak Development and AVI PC presented the commissioners with a framed photograph of the Swan Ranch Rail Park Tuesday at the Laramie County Commissioners meeting. “This project was a game changer,” said Bruce Perryman from AVI PC. “The park created 650 jobs on 3,000 acres and still has room for expansion. And all this would not have been possible without your cooperation.” Scott Sutherland of Granite Peak Development echoed Perryman’s words and offered to take the commissioners on a tour... Full story
Pine Bluffs sixth-grader Jason Weller will pack up his guitar and head to the Cheyenne Ice and Event Center Saturday to play the National Anthem before the inaugural game between the Cheyenne Warriors and the Northern Colorado Wolfpack. Weller is slated to play at 7 p.m. with game time set for 7:05 p.m. Tickets are available for purchase at the Cheyenne Warriors office located at 113 West 17th Street in Cheyenne, or at the Taco John’s location at 2220 Carey Avenue. The Warriors can be reached b...
I received an e-mail from a Wilson Yin this morning telling me he wanted to talk to me about a $48M confidential matter. I couldn’t believe it! Someone in China — the e-mail showed that it has been translated — was wanting to talk to me about a confidential matter. How could this be? Who could this be? I must be truly blessed! I was stunned. I was shocked. I was … entertained. Like many of you who receive e-mails like this, my first thought was to delete it. Obviously this is a scam like so...
There is a dog, a big floppy-eared bloodhound German Sheppard mutt, that lives in a house on a road well traveled by the Smiths. The first time I noticed him, he was laying on the front porch. He was new to the neighborhood, and it was nice seeing activity in the lonely house. Until I realized he is an odds breaker; he races cars. Not the tire-biting-fear-you’ll-run-him-over type, he just likes the chase. I’m pretty sure he knows he won’t win. And sometimes he lets us go by without even lifti...
Frederick (Dean) Fisher, born to Hazel and Fred W. Fisher on Sept. 19, 1930, and died March 9, 2013. Dean was a lifetime resident of Pine Bluffs. He owned and operated Pine Bluffs Motors with his father, and brothers employing at times up to 23 persons. After 65 years of providing Ford and John Deere sales and service, to the community and surrounding area, Dean closed the doors to Pine Bluffs Motors in 1986. He retired and began traveling the United States and Canada. Dean loved the open road and seeing the sights. Always at his side was his w...
Esther Mae Foster passed away March 7, 2013 in Peoria, Ariz. at the age of 93. She was born to John and Wibke Kruse of Gothenburg, Neb. on Oct. 8. 1919 on a farm north of Gothenburg. She is survived by two sets of twin sons, Dean (and Mary), Dennis (and Cheryl), Dana (and Teri), Daniel (and Rachel) and one daughter Diane. She is also survived by her brother, Robert Kruse of Cozad, Neb. and a sister Mildred Gade of Pine Bluffs, two sisters-in-law, Velma Kruse of Bird City, Kan. and Maxine Kruse o...
Margaret (Mitzel) Lawson went home to heaven Thursday, March 21, 2013. She was at the Life Care Center of Cheyenne. Margaret was born to Henrich and Margaret (Bachman) Mitzel on May 14, 1916. at Keota, Colo. Margaret married George (Buck) Lawson, who died on 1999. They had three daughters: Loretta, who died as a child, Georgia Ann Dorsey and Lorna Lee Dunlap. Family who survive Margaret are her two daughters, Georgia Dorsey, husband Buzz and Lorna Dunlap; three grandchildren, Tom and his wife Cindy Dorsey, Pam Dorsey and Mr. Kelly Collins, and...
Head Start open enrollment set Laramie County Head Start is hosting open enrollment for our community beginning April 1, for the 2013-2014 program year. Yes, we are still here! Laramie County Head Start presents an excellent opportunity to receive outstanding individualized early childhood learning experiences for families and children prenatal to age 5. Families enjoy individualized teaching, education, nutrition in partnership with the USDA free food program, and transportation. Head Start...
Lori and Ty Trevillyan of Saratoga are happy to announce the birth of their daughter, Lainee Lousie, born Feb. 28, at Ivinson Memorial Hospital in Laramie. She weighed 6 lbs., 2 oz., and was 19 ½ inches long. Her grandparents are Ray and Kathy Freeburg of Pine Bluffs and Kim and Julie Trevillyan of Buffalo Gap, S.D. Her great grandparents are Doris Sorensen of Albin, Troy and Loretta Freeburg of Bushnell, Earl and Sue Boardman of Gillette, Lois Rapp of Buffalo Gap, S.D., Ralph Trevillyan of...
Luverne “Lighty” Gade of Pine Bluffs will celebrate his 90th birthday with an open house April 6. The event will also be a celebration of his wife’s 85th birthday and the couple’s 65th anniversary. Gade was born April 6, 1923, in South Dakota. He graduated from Pine Bluffs High School in 1941 and served in the United States Army with the Counter Intelligence Corp as a staff sargent with special endorsement in undercover investigations. Back in Pine Bluffs the Gades owned and operated the Wil...
Friday, March 29 AA Pine Bluffs AA meets at 7 p.m. at United Methodist Church. Use the east door. All are welcome. Saturday, March 30 Coffee club Burns Coffee Club enjoys coffee, cinnamon rolls and conversation with friends and neighbors from 8 to 11 a.m. at 130 Main St. in Burns. Easter Egg Hunts Albin will have an egg hunt in the baseball field starting at 11 a.m. Pine Bluffs will have an egg hunt in the golf course starting at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 31 Easter Sunday Special services will be held. Please see article above. Monday, April 1 Pine...
Bryce Schnug, an eighth grader at Pawnee junior high in Grover, has a passion for math and Albert Einstein. “He seemed really cool,” Schnug said as a sly grin travels across his face. You get the impression that the eccentric trickster personality is present in this 21st generation number cruncher. Schnug credits his math teacher for “caring and making us learn.” “He’s pretty enjoyable,” Schnug claimed. Schnug also finds time to calculate the steps between hurdles on the track. He runs hurdles...
Burns High School is heading back to the boards this year with their production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Pirates of Penzance”. The play will be staged Thursday, April 4 and Friday, April 5. This will be the first production put on by the high school in several years. The show is a dinner theatre with dinner beginning at 6 p.m. dinner, and a 7 p.m. show (guests who arrive after 6:30 p.m. will not receive dinner). Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for students, this includes dinner and the show....
There are a few things fans learn after a few years of watching sports. One of those is to not leave the game too soon. Such was the case for the first game on the diamond at Pawnee High School last week. Facing off with the team from Highland High School, the Pawnee Coyotes found themselves battling not only strong winds, but an 11-point deficit after three at bats by Highland were in the books. But, as fans know, it’s not over ‘til it’s over. “After allowing seven runs in the first and fou...
Monday Women 1. Pine Bowl 240 2. Designs West 200 3. Subway 187 Highs Handicap game: Ashley Thurin 253 Handicap series: Ashley Thurin 674 Scratch game: Jesi Zitek 230 Scratch series: Jesi Zitek 629 Tuesday Mixed 1. Killer B’s 25 2. Spare Room 25 3. Beth’s Team 24 Women’s Highs Handicap game: Kaycee Bruns 249 Handicap series: Lorna Bruns 697 Scratch game: Kaycee Bruns 201 Scratch series: Lorna Bruns 541 Men’s Highs Handicap game: Kiel Harding 267 Handicap series: Kiel Harding 720 Scratch game: Chris Zitek 237 Scratch series: Chris Zitek 650 Tue...
Here comes Peter Cottontail, hopping down the bunny trail, hip-pity hop-pity, Easter’s on its way! Now that the little jingle is lodged in your head, how about a story behind that egg-dropping hare. And maybe a couple of recipes to serve Peter or anyone else who might happen by on Sunday. An ancient Anglo-Saxon myth says that Ostara is the personification of the rising sun, and associated with spring. Ostara is considered to be a fertility goddess and a friend of all children. To amuse them, s...
Easter Greetings from all of us at the Burns Branch Library! Spring Break is just around the corner for all the students in the Laramie County School District No. 2. We have several new DVD’s and books to share so if you or your children are looking for something to occupy your time come and see what the Burns Branch Library has to offer. Our new DVD’s and books are as following: New DVD’s: Rise of the Guardians, rated PG Life of PI, rated PG Hitchcock, rated PG-13 Anna Karenina, rated R The Hob...
Hope you all have a good Easter weekend! The bookstore will be closed so we can spend the weekend with my grandmother. The community center board meets Monday, April 1. The Bushnell Lions Club meets at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 3. The University of Nebraska’s extension office is hosting a “Women in Agriculture” conference in Sidney on Friday, April 5. The Sisters Grimm will be part of a panel in the afternoon session. Please contact me if you would like more information. The Sisters Grimm...
Well, it seemed like we had snow more days last week than any month last winter. It was the nice, light spring snow, and melted quickly. Maybe it helped usher in spring. And spring is here. The irises are sneaking out of the ground, and the green grass is stretching its blades. It might be time to dust off the rakes and hoes, get that yard looking great for the Easter bunny. The Easter Egg Hunt will be held Saturday, March 30th at 11:00 a.m. in the baseball field. Contact the community center...
For the special this week at the Hereford Community Church Shirley Hall played “The Palms” on the organ. Pastor Opdycke told about Palm Sunday by referring to the palm of your hand. Each person’s palm print is unique. Just like fingerprints, palm prints can be used for identification. She pointed out that Jesus worked with his hands. He did miracles with his hands. The sermon topic for the day was “Two Witnesses.” The first witness she spoke about was Simon from Cyrene who was chosen to carry th...
This week may be somewhat less active. At least I am hoping so, as the weather looks like it might warm up quite a bit. However, I am beginning to believe that the only sure thing that the weathermen predict is the wind. If I were a weatherman and I said that the wind was going to blow today in all of beautiful Banner County, or maybe it will not, guess I would hit it on the head! Okay, enough nonsense. One of the reasons I am looking forward to some nicer weather is because I am ready to be...
1 years ago Disastrous floods in last century. 1813-Austria – Hungary, Poland, Prussia, Silesia: floods caused by incessant rains; live lost, 1,800. 1824-St. Petersburg and Ronstadt: overflow of Neva; lives lost, 10,000. 1825-Denmark: North Sea broke through to Limjford, making northern Jutland an island; one-third of Friesland submerged. 1836-South of France submerged. 1843-Canton, China, inundated; lives lost, 10,000. 1874-Northampton, Mass., Mill river valley; lives lost 144.1874-Pittsburg and Allegheny rivers overflowed; lives lost, 1...
There are a few times a year that people tend to take a look at their lives and are either pleased or become determined to make changes. Those times are usually at the dawn of a new year, or at a birthday or anniversary. We also assess our lives, or at least our lifestyles when we file our taxes every year. It gives us a picture of how healthy we are when we add in the deduction of health care expenses. It shows us where we’ve been when we pop in the mileage numbers. It shows what matters to u...
Last week I looked at some of the budgets Jessica Johnson, Ag Educator with the UNL Panhandle Resource and Extension Center, put together for winter wheat production on dry land acres for the Panhandle. Jessica’s budgets were for conventional winter wheat/summer fallow, winter wheat/chemical fallow, and winter wheat grown in a continuous no till crop rotation. These budgets indicate a yield of 28.01 bushels/acre is required to cover all costs associated with winter wheat production grown in a co...
