Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
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"Oh say can you see by the dawns early light. Over hill, over dale we have hit the dusty trail and the army goes rolling along, From the halls of montezuma to the shores of Tripoli, Anchors aweigh my boys anchors aweigh, Off we go into the wild blue yonder, God bless America, land that I love," the beautiful sound of Marty Mace on the bagpipes all could be heard at the Veterans Memorial plaza on Friday, May 14 for the dedication of the new mural entitled 'A Tribute to America's Fallen Heroes'...
Time has flown by for two college students. Beau Scarborough and Jason Weller have graduated from Casper College. Scarborough has earned an Associate's degree in applied Science of Agribusiness. He will continue working for his bachelor's degree at University of Wyoming. Scarborough will be continuing with the Danielson Scholarship that he has two years left on. This summer Scarborough will be riding Broncs at amateur rodeos. In the fall he will be on the University of Wyoming rodeo team with...
Jody K. Malm, 61, of Cheyenne, Wyoming passed away May 14, 2021 at Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, Colorado surrounded by his family. Jody was born August 21, 1959 in Scottsbluff, Nebraska to Kent and Betty Malm and was raised on his grandparent's farm in Albin, Wyoming. He graduated from Pine Bluffs High School in 1978 and began working at Edwards Construction. April 4, 1981, he married his high school sweetheart and was later blessed with two amazing children, Gunnar and Kirsten. In 1988...
Nancy M. Steege graced this world from Feb 07, 1952 to May 07, 2021. On May 7, 2021, heaven got a little brighter. Nancy Marie Steege passed away peacefully in Scottsbluff, NE surrounded by family. Nancy was born at home on their family farm in Carpenter, Wy on Feb 07, 1952 to Clayton (Bud) and Katherine (Katie Couch) Butler, Jr. She attended schools in Carpenter and Burns, Wy. Nancy loved all animals big and small. She always had a cat, dog, or horse in her life. She was a former member of the Golden Spike Riding group and rode her horse in...
Ronald William Stevenson, 73, of Cheyenne, Wyoming passed away May 16, 2021. He was born in Laramie to William and Mildred Stevenson on June 25, 1947. He graduated high school in 1966, and attended WyoTech and was one of the first graduates of the program. After that he served in the Air Force as a Staff Sergeant as a cable splicer. He then went on to work at John Deere in Pine Bluffs, then for the town as parks maintenance. Not only was he a volunteer fireman/EMT, but he was awarded as fireman...
I don’t know who has been playing around with Mother Nature but I sure wish they would stop. I know that the Midwest is Mother Natures dumping ground but come on now. Yes that’s right, whatever she has left over in her winter events bag she sprinkles on the Midwest during the spring and early summer. We have had snow on the 4th of July and blizzard conditions on Halloween so our children had to stay inside during the “trick or treat” time. First she teases us with spring type weather then she dumps a snow storm on us. Then a few more days of...
I hope. I pray. Cross my fingers. Cross my toes. And whatever else I can cross. Warm weather, are you here to stay this time? I certainly hope so. Here it is almost May and we're still having some pretty severe cold snaps. With the temperatures running 20 to 30 degrees below normal it seems like winter will never end. Then I look at the calendar. May is next week and it's only two weeks until our Plant Sale at the Archer Event Center. That event is supposed to signal the upcoming arrival of the...
High School Juniors of Laramie County get an opportunity to earn leadership skills through the Laramie County Junior Leadership Program which started in 2001. This program has a cost of $75, but has scholarships that are available on a limited basis. There are eight classes, once a month throughout the year where the students, county wide meet to work on their leadership skills. Starting in September, they worked on team building skills. October had the students visiting museums and working on...
Ten Pine Bluffs High School students participated in the Wyoming Academic Challenge. The Wyoming Academic Challenge was founded in 1996, it is a contest for academically challenged students. It starts in October and ends in April. This year all the contests were held on Zoom. Each contest consists of four to five questions. Most contests are oral but a few are written. The team consists of four members. There are six regional contests to participate in to qualify to go to State. Each High...
JAY EM, Wyo. – It was an overcast and drizzly day on Saturday for Staff Sgt. Felicia Holbrook and her soldier Pfc. Brandon Miller. Holbrook is a recruiter in the Wyoming Army National Guard's Recruiting and Retention Battalion. Miller is one of her Recruit Sustainment Program soldiers. The two arrived at the Mirrored K Legacy Ranch in Jay Em, Wyoming, to start their day helping clean out the horse barn in preparation for a program called Operation Remount. Originally, there were supposed to b...
CHEYENNE –Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon has proclaimed July 14, 2021 as Wyoming Environmental Stewardship Day. Governor Gordon signed the proclamation on Wednesday, April 28, 2021 in Cheyenne. Each year, Wyoming Environmental Stewardship Day marks the date of the Environmental Stewardship Tour hosted by the Wyoming Stock Growers Association (WSGA) and the Wyoming Department of Agriculture. The annual event showcases that year's award recipient's conservation efforts. The 2021 recipient of the a...
On Friday and Saturday, May 14th and 15th the Burns Broncs Track and Field team participated in the WHSSA East Regional Track Meet. This meet will decide who goes to State competition. The entire team does not have to qualify and individuals who placed high enough will be invited to compete. The top eight in individual events and the top four in relays will qualify for next week's state championships in Casper. For the Broncs many of the athletes qualified for state. For the boys Matt Ashworth...
The Pine Bluffs Hornets track and field team competed in the WHSSA East Regional Track Meet to see who would be going to state. The Hornets had several athletes that made the state team and should show well next week. Even though the team might not qualify the individual athletes can. The top eight in individual events and the top four in relays will qualify for next week’s state championships in Casper. For the Hornets on the boy’s side Carson Rabou will be competing at state in the 110m, 300m hurdles and pole vault. The 4x100m relay team wil...
Reliance on government not self I’ve spent the morning watching comment after comment on the pitiful “jobs report” just released. Everyone had an opinion why it was so low but the general feeling was that people have no reason to work while receiving expanded unemployment benefits. We had the same phenomenon under Obama, too. I was an employer then and I remember how difficult it was to get employees when they were getting extended unemployment. That’s a sad commentary on our society. Unemployment payments aren’t near what a person would make w...
The Pine Bowl team recently traveled to Cheyenne to compete in the Sr. High Five in the State Competition at the Two-Bar Bowl. The team members are: Jim Zitek, owner of the Pine Bowl in Pine Bluffs, Dave Herrington, Darrel Jones, Craig Johnson and Tim Lang. The tournament took place on May 15 and 16. When they finished the first day they were in first place. They played a total of eight games, and managed to pull off a sweet victory, having never faultered. It is very rare that a team stays in...
Music was flowing through halls of the Burns High School. Parents and students found their seats. Music teacher Jack Rudisell was excited too as the the 7th and 8th choir set up on a semi circle in the middle of the gym. The first song was Antiphonal Kyrie. It is for a young choir. The second song was Sakura were Japanese folk song. This song is about the spring season of cherry blossoms. The Burns High School choir went next. First song was 'Jubilate'. This song has three melodies and great...
Laughter rolls in at the Knotty Pine in Pine Bluffs. May 8th Rio Hillman put on his comedy act. Hillman wanted to do comedy after going a comedy show with a friend. He when doing comedy for 15 years First partime, then decided to take it to a full time job. Hillman started at Chicago with stand- up clubs and open mic nights. His style is call back jokes. It is a joke that refers to one at the beginning that were told. He feeds of the audience. Some of the material he had about other night were...
Jim Wilkinson, is a celebrity in Laramie county. Wilkinson when been in music most of his life. High School and college he were a DJ. With his brother being in a band he decided to played, too. Start with rock and roll band singing and playing bass. Later Wilkinson went in country music. He was influenced of the 70's rock and rolls and George Strait. Through the years he has been in several bands. One of the main band he were in Cheyenne area was Allison Draw. Time and being active in community...
Meditate, and focus were the first step the yoga this weekend. On May 15, at the Pine Bluffs Distilling the owner Theresa Hansen of Little Lotus Yoga had a class. With the students on the their mats to start with a comfort sit. Relaxing letting your senses connect with mind and body. Hansen soothing voice moving to each stretch at the start. Next she moved on the positions. Keep a eye on her class made sure are they are in that poise before move on to the next one step. At the end she had a...