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The season has ended, not as hoped for but as expected, for the Pine Bluffs High School (PBHS) Academic Challenge team. Four members of the team, Brandon Steege, Samuel Garcia, Amy Bauer and Scout Pachel were in Riverton at the Central Wyoming Community College April 8 to compete for the state title in the Wyoming Academic Challenge (WAC) in the small school category, schools with 250 or less students. "Laine (Vasko) and Nicole (Kimble) were unable to make the event, so we were playing with...
Nicole Talkington of Burns High School was awarded the Eastern Laramie County Citizenship Award at the Laramie County Retired Education Personnel luncheon at the Raddison Inn in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Nicole, a sophomore at BHS and the daughter of Justin and April Talkington, was selected by school staff. In her young life, Nicole has achieved much in the arena of service to others. She is a member and officer of BHS Student Council, and has earned a Congresswoman Award for her many hours of...
"Dear Mom: It's been a long time since I've written, I know, but I could tell from your letter that you understood. This letter will probably be a little late getting there, but if I could rush it any I would, you know that." The preceding is the beginning of a letter written by Pfc. Donald W. Eisenhauer to his mother, Truly Eisenhauer who was living in Pine Bluffs, Wyo. Eisenhauer was serving in Company A, First Battalion, 27th Regiment of the Fifth Marine Division in World War II. Eisenhauer...
For a long time, the Riverton radio station KVOW was located in a small house along the Big Wind River. Unbeknownst to statewide politicians back in 1984, the radio station moved and the building was turned into a private residence. U. S. Rep. Dick Cheney was running for reelection and late for his radio interview. He pulled up to the house and barged through the front door. He totally surprised a woman who was vacuuming the floor. A baby was in a high chair. Neither Cheney nor the woman knew...
The Cheyenne Culture Fest will hold a free Youth Night for teens, 12 to 18 years old, from Cheyenne, Pine Bluffs, Burns, Laramie, Wheatland and surrounding areas, on April 28, 2017 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Laramie County Community College Pathfinder Building. As part of Enroll Wyoming’s Coverage to Care initiative to ensure that individuals and families, including youth, have access to care, the idea of Culture Fest took shape. “As a navigator who has traveled the state of Wyoming serving our residents and providing enrollment assista...
It’s that time of year again; time to start your annual spring cleaning! Clean and organize your home and then be ready to peddle your gently used treasures at the Pine Bluffs Recreation Department’s Ninth Annual Community Wide Garage Sale slated for June 3. Everyone in town and the surrounding areas is invited to participate! If you don’t live within the town limits, load up that flatbed, head to town and set up shop at the Veterans Memorial and Community Plaza! Maps of the town marked with the participating garage sales will be made avail...
Activities and calls for the Pine Bluffs Police Department during the week of April 12 through April 18 were as follows: 3 Traffic stops 1 Citation for public intoxication 1 Unattended death call Numerous VIN inspections...
Services for Everett John Shields, 87, of Pine Bluffs, will be held Saturday, April 22, at St. Paul's Catholic Church with the Rev. Kevin Koch officiating. Praying of the rosary will begin at 10 a.m. followed by a Mass of Christian burial. Interment of the his cremains will follow at Pine Bluffs Cemetery. He died early Monday, April 17, 2017, at his home in Pine Bluffs. He was born July 1, 1929, near Havensville, KS, the fourth of five children of the late William and Helena (Gunther) Shields.... Full story
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...
1 YEARS AGO April 19, 1917 WILSON ISSUES CALL TO CITIZENS The whole nation was called upon for war service in a formal proclamation issued by President Wilson last night. Declaring that “mere fighting will be fruitless,” the president demanded the active cooperation of men and women in every walk of life---”a great international service army.” From the farmer to the housewife, each individual was called upon to do his or her share in conserving and making available for war use the vast resources of the nation. “The supreme test of the nation...
Good morning Banner County! Wow what a beautiful place we live in right now. Everything is green and bright blue, little rain and hail when we least expect it. Baby calves all over the county side too. I have been watching a herd of deer out west, close to twenty of them and quite a few antelope. Our local mail carrier on the north side of the county caught big horn sheep one day last week. Great time of the year for sure. Our kids enjoyed a four day weekend to celebrate Easter last week and...
The 55 And Up Club met on Friday, April 14, for their monthly potluck luncheon. The theme for the day was Easter. Everyone enjoyed a good meal, then they played bingo for the door prizes. The winners were Judy and Kirk Rush and Leonard Wiggin. The Hereford Community Church met at 6:30 a.m. for their Easter Sunrise Service. For the special Steve Hauer sang O Glorious Day. The sermon topic for the morning was The Voice of Mary Magdalene and the scripture was from John 20:1, 11-18. Mary was the...
No one ever said Spring came with low expectations. As soon as you expect a cold dreary day, the sun breaks through and warms places in your soul that felt frozen in winter and gloom. It tosses in days where the smell of fresh tilled earth seems to grow new life everywhere it floats on the wind. And if our senses needed more nudging to the new season, the colors of the rainbow burst around every flower garden. Even the yellow dandelions in our front yards are a welcome sight to the eyes that...
Wyatt Ebben, a freshman at Burns High School, did Wyoming and his school proud by taking a first place in the Chadron State College Scholastic competition April 7 in Nebraska. Ebben managed to out-test sophomores, juniors and seniors in the Business Information Systems test. Fellow Burns students, Tyler Norris and Kate Norris, were also competitive in the event. Tyler took second in the Physical Education and Sports Knowledge category, while Kate took a third in Accounting. According to Jeri Neuharth, assistant to Dr. Margetts, dean of the...
In a seven to one vote the Laramie County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees approved the school boundaries that were proposed and debated these past two months. At the April 10 meeting, board member Lee May was the sole dissenting vote on the matter. While he did not oppose the the issue philosophically, he believed that the district might lose students to Cheyenne schools. He was not convinced that action at this time was necessary. “I'm a little bit torn, but if we could wait a year I think I would rather do that personally and I t...
Voters in the Albin Town elections on May 2 will be under the watchful eyes of Carol and Sheri Sorensen, who were chosen as election judges by the Town Council at their regular monthly meeting April 13. The Sorensens will perform their duties at the Albin Community Center for those who wish to cast their ballots for the mayor, the two vacant council seats in addition to the seat currently held by Jerrie Gehrman, who was appointed to the council upon the resignation of Gary Woolington. Gehrman is seeking to retain this seat in the election....
Pine Bluffs Town Treasurer Kim Patterson addressed the annual town clean-up at last Monday's town council meeting. During the following discussion the subject of county residents driving into Pine Bluffs and depositing their trash in town dumpsters, a subject and sore spot that was also the topic of conversation amongst the council two meetings previous, in addition to contractors pitching their debris into the dumpsters. “Recently, with the nice weather we've been having a lot of contractors are out there making repairs to a lot of homes a...
Farmer and local businessman, Justin Fornstrom, is seeking the office of town councilman in the upcoming May 2 town elections. He is one of three candidates hoping to secure one of the two vacant seats, one of which has been held for eight years by his brother, Mark who is stepping down from his seat. Justin Fornstrom states that while they are brothers, their styles are different. "My brother and I own several businesses, we have the NAPA Auto Parts store, are farmers and the owners of several...
Pawnee High School held its annual prom on Friday, April 7 with the theme "Diamonds Are Forever"....
The Pine Bluffs track and field team visited Burns last Thursday and both the boys and girls teams came in second overall in team standings. It was also a good day individually, as head coach Dustin Lee said more Pine athletes pre-qualified for state. "We had several highlights throughout the day with three more athletes pre-qualifying in four events," Lee said. "Natalie Christofferson made the mark in the 100h, Montanna Chrystal in the 200m, which makes her fifth pre-qual mark for the year,...
Monday Women 1. Texas Trail Market 337 2. Bluffs Vet Clinic 301 3. Knotty Pine 278 Handicap Game: Carla Thurin 244 Handicap Series: Carla Thurin 704 Scratch Game: Jo Radcliffe 185 Scratch Series: Val Eastman 500 Tuesday Mixed 1. Tristen’s Trio 45 2. Wyoming Malting 44 3. NEO Mark 36 Women - Handicap Game: Carol McLees 242 Handicap Series: Carol McLees 694 Scratch Game: Carol McLees 169 Scratch Series: Carol McLees 475 Men - Handicap Game: Heath Rowbal 281 Handicap Series: Heath Rowbal 744 Scratch Game: Heath Rowbal 230 Scratch Series: Kiel H...
The Burns track and field team hosted several teams from Wyoming and Nebraska last Thursday and both the boys and girls teams came in third overall in team standings. Team results: Varsity - Boys 1. Gering 266 2. Pine Bluffs 127.5 3. Burns 99.5 4. Garden County 52 5. Southeast 26 6. Potter-Dix Public 25 7. Cheyenne East 24 8. Banner County 1 Varsity - Girls 1. Gering 215.5 2. Pine Bluffs 163.5 3. Burns 116.5 4. Potter-Dix Public 77.5 5. Cheyenne East 25 6. Banner County 17 7. Southeast 12 8....
The Easter Bunny spent a busy Saturday in southeast Laramie County hopping from Albin to Burns, in the morning, and finally to Pine Bluffs in the afternoon bringing joy, eggs and candy to kids in the area. In Albin, the holiday hare was assisted by the Town of Albin and the Community Center in hiding his eggs. The town spiced up the hunt by providing books for the children to take home, snacks to eat and coffee for the parents. Due to the windy and cool conditions, the younger children, ages...
