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Children at schools in Pine Bluffs and Carpenter Fifth grade, sixth grade and kindergartener Saw a man in a hat with stripes red and white Tell Dr. Seuss stories, what a delight! They laughed, they giggled, they shouted with glee They heard of the "Sneetches." What fun, yippee! He told of "The Zax" and about "The Big Brag" He kept their attention, he wasn't a drag Two other stories he told them that day Then he was finished and went home to L.A. Los Angeles-based actor Duffy Hudson visited...
After 24 years Deidre Hanson is retiring form her duties as a school nurse at Pine Bluffs and Albin and with the honor of being named Wyoming's Greatest School Nurse. In a contest put on by the Pfizer Corporation, Hanson was chosen to represent Wyoming in an effort to name America's Greatest School Nurse. The goal of the contest is to recognize school nurses who go above and beyond and honors those who often don't get the credit they deserve day in and day out, according to Amy Procaccini of...
In this world, there are big ships. And there are really, really big ships. To put the name Wyoming in the same sentence as “the biggest wooden ship ever built” just would not make sense to most residents of this state. But it is true. The largest wooden ship ever built was called the Wyoming and the centennial of that event occurred about five years ago. And as might be typical of anything Wyoming, that ship’s entire existence had a lot to do with coal. But not Powder River Basin coal, but east...
U.S. Senators Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and John McCain, R-Ariz., recently reintroduced the Currency Optimization, Innovation, and National Savings Act of 2017 (COINS Act), legislation that would modernize our currency by moving to a $1 dollar coin, reduce the cost of nickel production and suspend the minting of the penny, which currently costs more than one cent to produce. These money-saving reforms, which have been studied and supported by the non-partisan Government Accountability Office, could generate up to $16 billion in taxpayer savings....
U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) praised the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee for passing two Barrasso water bills, the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) Transparency Act S. 216 and S. 199, a bill that would expand the water storage capacity of the Fontenelle Reservoir in Wyoming. “Today, the committee passed two important bills that will help improve the way we manage water in the West,” said Barrasso. “Aging water systems make it harder for people in Wyoming and throughout the West to have access to a clean, abundant and relia...
Mr. and Mrs. Brett Woern of Anchorage, Alaska are pleased to announce the upcoming wedding of their daughter, Anna Carolyn Woern to Trenton Lloyd Culp, son of Mr and Mrs Kevin Culp of Pine Bluffs, Wyoming. Trenton is a 2012 graduate of Burns High School. The bride and groom met at college and both graduated in 2016 from Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota. The bride earned a Bachelor's degree in special education and the groom earned a Bachelor's degree in wildlife biology. The...
Activities and calls for the Pine Bluffs Police Department during the week of March 16 through March 21 were as follows: 1 Fight call 1 Citation issued for possession of marijuana 3 Traffic stops 1 Assist to outside agency 3 Calls for civil standbye Numerous VIN inspections...
Walking tacos, bingo and prizes were the fare for the evening at Carpenter Elementary School Saturday night to raise funds for the kids, schools and communities of Carpenter and Burns. The parent's organizations of both communities put on the event each year. This year Carpenter School and Community (CSC) operated the bingo games while the Parent Organization of Burns elementary furnished the food. Kierstin Butler was the coordinator for the bingo night, as president of CSC. "It's primarily for...
Items for possible inclusion in the weekly community 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...
Rocky mountain oysters were on the menu at the 47th Annual Grover FFA Hired Hand Auction and Oyster Fry held at Pawnee School in Grover, Colo. last Saturday night. Also being served were chicken strips, potato salad, beans and corn. A silent auction was held, with attendees able to bid on various items like, welding gloves or masks, a roll of barbed wire, wildflower seeds, tools, etc. The oyster fry was over seen by Alexandria Sanders the FFA advisor. Sanders, in addition, teaches the fifth thro...
1 YEARS AGO April 5, 1917 DECLARATION OF WAR IS CERTAIN April 3---President Wilson, addressing a joint session of Congress, characterized the “present German submarine warfare as a warfare against mankind.” “I advise,” he continued, “that the Congress declare the recent course of the German government to be in fact nothing less than war against the government and people of the United States and that it formally accept the status of the belligerent which has thus been thrust upon it and employ all of its resources to bring the governmen...
Good morning! Here is hoping that you all are having a great week. The rain is wonderful isn’t it? Roads are pretty testy but still the rain is nice. Things are starting to look pretty good, nice and green. I look out one window and I see mud holes and I look out the other and I see tulips. Those tulips are sure nice! Well here it is April. April Fools Day was on us as far as the weather, right? The boy at our house decided to be cute and pull apart a couple of oreos, scrape out the center a...
This week at the Hereford Community Church Holy Communion was served and the congregation burned their burdens. For the special Steve Hauer sang Behold. The sermon topic was The Voice of Caiaphas. He was the high priest that year and the Bible tells about him in John 11:45-57 and Matthew 26:57-67. It was Caiaphas who prophesied that Jesus should die for the people. Next week, April 9, the church will hold their quarterly business meeting at 10 a.m. before the worship service. That will be Palm...
Why is it on the dreariest day of early Spring do the bulb flowers decide to bloom? It must be one of those built-in fail safe natural cheers just in case we get too gray with our colorless lives. Many of Albin neighbors took advantage of the wet weekend to start outside cleanups. Sooner than later our little corner of the world will be just as bright and unfortunately just as fleeting as the color on top of those green bulb bursts. Enjoy it while it lasts. Birthdays certainly are a burst of...
Competing in their fifth Wyoming Science Olympiad (WYSO), Burns Junior High students won their first trophy, taking home third place, in Division B. The competition took place at Casper College campus on March 25. The WYSO is open to junior and senior high schools across the state and consists of two divisions: Division B for junior high students, which may contain 5 ninth graders, and Division C for high school students. Eric Nelson, Physical Science, Physics, and Chemistry at Burns Jr./Sr....
Elementary and Junior High School students in the district were treated to constructive analysis and critiques of their musical ability at the District Music Festival held at Albin Elementary March 30. Their performances were judged, or adjudicated, by University of Wyoming music education majors. Sharon Duffey, music teacher K-6 for Pine Bluffs Elementary and Albin Elementary Schools, served as the chairman for this year's festival. The other directors were Misty Curtis-Pine Bluffs Jr./ Sr....
Throwing his cowboy hat into the ring, Donn Randall is vying for one of the two open Pine Bluffs Town Council seats which are to be decided in the May 2 election. Randall had briefly considered a run for mayor but realized he had not the experience in, at least in governmental affairs. He believes it would be better to serve on the council before any real consideration for higher office. "I've never served on the council. I've dealt with them a lot over the years with teaching and the many...
The Burns and Pine Bluffs teams were all set to compete at the Bayard Invitational last weekend, but unfortunately, Mother Nature had other plans. With the threat of inclement weather looming, officials cancelled the meet. Pine Bluffs was just coming off a dual first-place finish at the Kimball Invite the previous week and they hope to keep some momentum going when they head to Chappell this Friday. The Burns track and field team will head to Mitchell on Thursday to compete....
The Pawnee boys track and field traveled to Holyoke last Thursday, where they took fifth place. Place School Score 1st Burlington 150 2nd Sedgwick County 78 3rd Limon 64 4th Akron 59 5th Pawnee 57 6th Arickaree 50 7th Idalia 43 8th Yuma 40 9th Otis 38 10th Fleming 31 11th Haxtun 28 12th Flagler 26 13th Holyoke 24 14th Peetz 20 15th Merino 15 16th Caliche 5 Jade Cass set a new meet record in the high jump with a leap of 6'2" to take first place in that event. Here's how Pawnee participants...
Members of the Louis E. Canady American Legion Post 60 from Pine Bluffs gathered at Calvary United Methodist Church in Bushnell, Neb. to pay respect to Wayne Marshall, a U.S. Army veteran who passed away on March 16. Marshall served honorably during the Korean War from 1951-1953, driving a fuel truck while stationed in Alaska. He and his wife Roberta moved to Bushnell in 1997 and lived there until moving to Vista Villa in Kimball, Neb. this past August. During a 30-minute memorial service...