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The Pine Bluffs Town Council took a step closer into jumping into the deep end of renovations at the city pool Monday evening at the council meeting. The council agreed the work needed to start immediately in order to be completed before the pool opens the end of May. They discussed the playground and picnic area being moved and the field being sodded for the soccer fields after the pool work was finished. Council member Mike Ragsdale asked about the concrete specifications, adding they might... Full story
Pine Bluffs student Jason Weller had the honor of playing the National Anthem at the inaugural indoor football game between the Cheyenne Warriors and Northern Colorado Wolfpack Saturday night. The 12-year-old began playing guitar two years ago and really rocked the Anthem for the crowd at the Cheyenne Ice and Event Center. He also played a halftime show for the game....
Have you ever noticed that there is a “timeline” for when things should happen in our lives? Ok, this doesn’t necessarily mean that our lives are mapped out, but it’s true. If you look at many parenting books it indicates a base age for when your kid should start doing certain things — this can include teething, walking talking and so on. For my youngest son, Aydin, that timeline was thrown out the window. Aydin walked late, talked late and basically did everything else late, too. I thought t...
I think if fishing is referred to in the Bible, then it’s an activity everyone should partake in Easter Sunday. I try very hard to stay on the straight and narrow, and eagerly got myself shoreside Sunday afternoon. All the necessary items were loaded in the truck such as poles, bait, chairs, chocolate, and refreshments before we headed to the family pond. Less spectators there for the adventure with three young children. Any of you who have fished or done any activity with humans below the a...
rns, died March 30, 2013. Gary was born in Burns on July 8, 1935, to Harvey J. Humphrey and Ruby J. (Bishop) Humphrey. He married Irene E. Weber on July 13, 1957. Except for a brief time after his marriage, Gary lived in Burns his entire life. He worked for the Union Pacific Railroad after high school and in 1962 went to work for Pioneer Printing and Stationary Company. He spent the next 42 years of his working career there until his retirement in 2004. Gary coached little league baseball for ma...
Kenneth Ray Lundberg, 94, of Albin passed away March 29, 2013, at Davis Hospice Center. Kenneth was born at the family home in Albin on March 24, 1919, to the late Harry and Carrie Lundberg. He graduated from Albin High School in 1938 and enlisted in the US Army in 1941. As a pilot in the Army Air Corps, First Lieutenant Lundberg was stationed in the China-Burma-India Theatre during World War II and flew 57 missions over the “Hump” (Himalayas) delivering goods, ammunition and supplies into Chi...
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....
A son, Adam Charles, was born to Erica and John Poelma of Burns, Jan, 12, 2013 at 3:59 p.m. at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center....
Property Assessment Schedules mailed Property Assessment Schedules for Tax Year 2013 were mailed March 20. According to Laramie County Assessor Brenda Arnold, “Properties throughout Wyoming are assessed to the owner of record and valued as they existed as of Jan. 1, each year.” The assessor’s office has the statutory responsibility for determining the current fair market value of taxable property annually. The level of assessment is set by statute and the mill levy is based on budget requests from various taxing entities (school distr...
mmunity calendar should be typewritten or legibly printed. All submissions should include the name and daytime telephone number of the person submitting the information in case questions arise. Items which may be included in the calendar are church events, club meetings, and school events. If your club will not be meeting or has a change, please contact us so we can update the calendar with the correct information as soon as possible. Items should be received on Monday at 5 p.m., one week prior to the date they will appear in the calendar. They...
Tossing an eight pound ball or a three pound frisbee might not be tops on every athletes list. But Pine Bluffs junior, Andrea Baker, wouldn’t spend her track days in any other event. “I’m in the 4x100 relay because someone got sick and I am the alternate,” Baker smiled and sighed. Looking over the athletic career Baker has had in high school, you might not see the alternate route she often had to take. “As a junior she has learned that in track, things don’t just come right away,”expla...
The sound of calves bellowing overrides the chatter of over 40 cow hands trying to brand, vaccinate, tag and check over 250 calves for Ron Lerwick at his branding Saturday afternoon outside of Albin. With over 560 farm and ranches in Laramie County, this process will be done quite a bit in the next few weeks. The beef industry is strong, having an inventory production value over $57 million for the county according to the latest captured statistics from the University of Wyoming Laramie Count...
Shana Wilcoxson proved the indoor track season is a boon to outdoor performance at the Bayard Invite last week. She won the outstanding athlete of the meet along with setting two meet records and taking first place in three events. Her performance helped the Burns high girls team take third place at the meet with a score of 61. The boys earned 47 points to place fourth. While none of the boys scored a pre-qualification for state in the meet, there were several note-worthy performances. Paden...
Three Pine Bluffs athletes pre-qualified in their respective events in their first track outing of the season. Coach Dustin Lee said it was a beautiful day for a track meet and was pleased with both teams’ performances. “We really just were anxious to get a meet under our belt,” Lee said. “The first one is always a big question mark as to how the kids are going to perform and just getting routines developed.” Lee said he was very impressed with the young athletes on his teams. “I thought the...
Cheyenne held its first professional developmental indoor football game Saturday night when the Cheyenne Warriors hosted the Northern Colorado Wolfpack. Quarterback Bobby Washington led the team to victory with a stellar second half of play coming out of a 19-3 deficit to win 59-19. The Warriors stadium announcer and Warrior Zone host is Pine Bluffs’ own Bryan Stevens. The team has a bye week, then will take the field at home against the Rocky Mountain Thunder on April 13. Game time is 7:05 p...
Pawnee senior Lyndee Johnston, daughter of Don and Rita Johnston, was chosen to participate in the 2013 Colorado Coaches of Girls’ Sports All-State Basketball Games. The games took place on Sunday, March 24, at Arvada West High School in Arvada, Colo. CCGS began sponsoring an All-State Basketball Game in 1978 to provide girls a showcase for talent. Each senior athlete is nominated by coaches in her league, while coaches representing all the leagues make the final selection of 90. Players are c...
Monday Women 1. Pine Bowl 258 2. Subway 218 3. Designs West 205 Highs Handicap game: Sheri Klinginsmith 287 Handicap series: Sheri Klinginsmith 682 Scratch game: Sheri Klinginsmith 231 Scratch series: Jesi Zitek 555 Tuesday Mixed 1. Spare Room 29 2. Killer B’s 27 3. Beth’s Team 26 Women’s Highs Handicap game: Teri McLees 312 Handicap series: Teri McLees 739 Scratch game: Teri McLees 269 Scratch series: Teri McLees 610 Men’s Highs Handicap game: Dennis Bruns 289 Handicap series: Dennis Bruns 772 Scratch game: Jared Zitek 257 Scratch series:...
Pine Bluffs Junior/Senior High School third quarter honor roll All A’s Seventh grade — James Estes, Brady Fullmer, Samuel Garcia, Kenzie Graves, Harper Pachel; Eighth grade — Montanna Chrystal, Melissa Fornstrom, Reata Hoar, Kami Schaefer, Sierra Shelit, Brandon Steege, Laine Vasko; Ninth grade — Brooke Darden, Jaclyn Davison, Taylen Fornstrom, Casey Kukowski, Caleb Pachel; Tenth grade — Cordell Burry, Madison Heithoff; Eleventh grade — Austin Asay, Samantha Hanson, Bailey Pachel; Twelfth grade — Jamie DeBruyn, Rachel Purdy; 3.6 and above Sev... Full story
Easter weekend began with activities for the kids at Pine Bluffs and Albin. The Pine Bluffs Lions Club hosted its annual hunt in Pine Bluffs at the Leaning Rock Golf Course in the bluffs. Community sponsors then awarded prizes for the numbers found in hundreds of eggs collected. The Albin Community Center provided eggs with candy inside and special sparkly eggs offered the lure of prizes once the hunt was over. On Sunday morning, the annual Community Sunrise Service was held with about 50...
A presentation of “Strings & Stories” will be held on Sunday, April 14, at 2 p.m. at the Pine Bluffs Historic High School Little Theatre. Commissioned in 1995 by the Education Department at the Kennedy Center, Washington DC, Strings & Stories continues to delight audiences of all ages. Initially created as a children’s concert, Strings & Stories offers a great variety of styles and sounds ranging from classical short stories, insightful letters and prose by Leonard Bernstein and Beethoven to the music of Bach, Paganini and Fritz Kreisler. For t...
Opening tomorrow April 5, at the Historic Atlas Theatre in Cheyenne, The Cheyenne Little Theater Players will present The Tony Award Winning Musical “Rent” featuring local resident and actor Matt Hockersmith. The original production of Rent opened on Broadway in New York, NY in 1996, winning the Pulitzer Prize for best drama and the Tony Award for best musical. The production ran on Broadway for twelve years, closing in September 2008. The musical was written by Jonathan Larson and directed by Michael Greif. The story unfolds in the East Villag...
Good morning! I am sitting here this morning very thankful for a beautiful, blessed Easter and hoping yours was as well. Sunday was of course the grand finale to weeks of preparation and anticipation for this day of celebration. Elementary students at Banner County celebrated in several ways (sugar was involved) and kids all over the place were coloring eggs. We wanted to try an experiment at our house. I boiled some eggs, and once cooled Ayden and Joe put piles of shaving cream on a paper plate...
our Neighbors Day, formerly Burns Day, will be Saturday, June 8, 2013. The committee is looking for vendors, crafters, youth groups, volunteers, parade entries and live entertainment. The committee will meet on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at the Burns Senior Center at 7 p.m. The Four Neighbors Day committee invites you to bring your classic cars, antique cars and unique cars, trucks and machinery to show off. Enter them in the parade or have them ready for display. Egbert, Hillsdale, Burns and Carpenter alumnus will meet the...
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 Friends of the Library group is holding their annual meeting on Sunday, April 7. Jeff Barnes will present “To Live and Die on the Plains,” an unconventional accounting of the many ways one could perish along the emigrant trails through Nebraska....
Welcome to April! What a nice mellow start to the first spring month. Many local children came to the Easter Egg Hunt. The community center sponsored the event and everyone enjoyed the warm weather, the candy and the sparkly surprise eggs. The lunch program at the community center will host a community lunch Sunday, April 28 from 11:30 a.m until 2 p.m. They will also draw the winner of the quilt raffle that afternoon. So, stop by the center today and get your ticket. Our ranchers are into...