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On a windy spring day, 25 soon to be alumni of Pine Bluffs high stood over the future and their past as they readied themselves with their selected candle bearers. Some of the selected were too young to understand the day and needed Gatorade and snacks. Others knew all too well the walk down the isle meant stepping away from the close relationship they had known in the past with the graduate. The graduates chose these individuals to walk them down the isle, not to the end of a time, but a...
Inside the Burns high library sat 31 expectant graduates with an individual they chose to escort them down the isle to their future. As they readied themselves for the crowded gym, some took the time to meet and thank loved ones as they arrived. This would be the underlying theme of the afternoon. Cole Bastian delivered the invocation and thanked the families and teachers for supporting the graduates up to this point. Salutatorian Shana Wilcoxson told her class to take a moment and thank the...
A funeral service for John J. “Jack” Curless, Sr., 90, was held Saturday, May 18, 2013, at 3:30 p.m. at the All Saints Episcopal Church in Wheatland, with Reverend Ray Grieb officiating. Interment followed the service in the Wheatland Cemetery with military honors from Laramie Peak VFW Post #3358, American Legion Post #10, and the Wyoming Army National Guard Honor Guard. Jack passed away Saturday, May 11, 2013, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Jack was born Aug. 7, 1922, the son of James Andrew and Nancy Jan...
The Grover Marketplace in Grover, Colo., will open June 8 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Grover city park by the water tower. The marketplace will also be open July 13, and Aug. 10. The marketplace will feature: handmade treasures, tasty treats, garden goods, collectables, antiques and trinkets. Breakfast and lunch will also be available as a fundraiser for the Pawnee class of 2014. Want to be a vendor or need directions? Call Krista Beerman at 970-895-2474....
Local students selected for Summer High School Institute at UW An opportunity to achieve intellectual and personal growth for 85 talented sophomores throughout the state will be presented in the 29th annual Summer High School Institute June 9 through 29 at the University of Wyoming. Three students from Laramie County School District No. 2 are included in the group. They are Rachel Derner and Morgan McDonnell from Burns High School, and Cheyenne Matthews from Pine Bluffs High School. The...
A baby girl was born to Courtney Steege and Jeff Skelton of Cheyenne. Natalie Marie Skelton was born Friday, May 10 at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center....
Jim and Jenny Pratt of Pine Bluffs are pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter Megan Pratt to James Findlow of Basingstoke, England. Findlow is the the son of Martine and Liz Howe of Basingstoke and Paul and Debbie Findlow of Swindon, England. Megan graduated with an associates degree in general studies from Laramie County Community College. James is a graduate of Peter Symonds College. The couple currently resides in Perm, Russia where they work as...
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...
David and Kara Acton of Burns asked the council to approve the transfer of the liquor license from Pal’s Pub to them Monday evening at the Pine Bluffs council meeting. The Actons have purchased the business and plan to close on May 31. “The state statutes require the legal notice to be in the local paper four consecutive weeks prior to the public hearing,” explained town attorney Alex Davison. The Actons asked what the process would be after that. “I think I can speak for the entire council... Full story
In last weeks issue of the Pine Bluffs Post we had the wrong day in the Buster and Sylvia Childers’s 50th anniversary ad. The ad should have said Sunday, May 26th not Saturday we apologize for any confusion. The article on the Sunday Social Dance in last weeks edition listed the date as Saturday, June 2. It should have said Sunday, June 2. The person who submitted the story apologized for any inconvenience this may have caused....
Late Wednesday morning, May 15, tones went out calling the Pine Bluffs Fire Department and ambulance crews and Laramie County Sheriff’s Department to the site of a plane crash 1.5 miles west of the Pine Bluffs Airport runway. A Cessna 188 crop duster piloted by Mark Nardin, of Emigrant, Mont., lost lift at 2200 feet while practicing touch and go landings. Nardin was able to land the aircraft but struck a fence causing very extensive damage to the aircraft operated by Circle S Aviation. The F...
It was Burns High School’s year at the 2A state track and field meet, held last weekend in Casper. The Burns girls won the division with 98 points. Field event star Shana Wilcoxson finished her high school career by earning 40 of those points on her own when she took first place in all four of her events. “The Burns girls had a great state meet,” said coach Brooks Hoffman. “Lovell is a very strong, well rounded team. They know how to compete at the state meet having won the title the past th... Full story
The Pine Bluffs Hornets worked their way through a growing season in track this year. Hampered by weather and the lack of meets to compete in, both the boys and girls teams placed twelfth at the state meet last weekend. The girls earned a score of 27, while the boys had 18 points. “The state meet was a tough meet for us,” said coach Dustin Lee. “Although there were some unfortunate happenings it also had some positive ones. We are a young team with young talent. That talent will be tough to be...
House Representative John Eklund, R-District 10, spoke to the Laramie County School Board No. 2 as they met last Monday evening about the information he had on the Pine Bluffs Elementary School being lowered on the building list. Eklund said his research revealed “something fishy” as he learned more about the needs index for the schools. “Pine Bluffs has dropped from the number one position to 32nd last year and down even lower this year,” explained Eklund. “Some schools that were below Pin...
Tuesday Mixed 1. Killer B’s 38 2. Spare Room 38 3. Beth’s Team 35 Women’s Highs Handicap game: Lorna Bruns 243 Handicap series: Lorna Bruns 686 Scratch game: Lorna Bruns 190 Scratch series: Lorna Bruns 527 Men’s Highs Handicap game: Keil Harding 268 Handicap series: Chris Mossberg 665 Scratch game: Chris Zitek 269 Scratch series: Chris Zitek 627 Tuesday Men 1. Bruns Farm & Ranch 357 2. Raghorns 291 3. Pine Bowl 289 Highs Handicap game: Braxton Clark 285 Handicap series: Braxton Clark 756 Scratch game: Chris Zitek 266 Scratch series: Chris Z...
The Burns Town Council discussed construction of a community kitchen at the Burns-Plex at its May 13, meeting. Jessica Loyd brought the issue up as part of her plan to start a daycare center in the building. “I have an in-home daycare and am interested in renting room at Burns-plex to provide a larger daycare,” Loyd said. A couple concerns included the need to become compliant with the health department. For that a commercial kitchen is needed. Mayor Judy Johnstone said the council needed to...
Pine Bluffs Senior Center director Angie Robertson discussed her plans to enhance the attraction of membership to those non-members using the services of the center at the monthly board meeting Monday morning. The centers staff has been trying to plan events and activities right before lunch or right after, hoping to get some seniors to come in for the activity and stay for lunch. But Robertson said she was still having problems with some groups not eating lunch at the center even though they...
The village board will hold a special meeting May 23, at noon to discuss the Nebraska Department of Roads ADA requirements, the possibility of spraying for pine beetles in the cemetery again this year, and the posting of the village clerk job opening. The Bushnell Alumni Banquet will be held Saturday, June 8. This year’s theme is “You Are My Sunshine,” and class years ending in “3” are the honored guests. Meals are $10 per person and dues are $5 for graduates. Registration and appetizer...
Good morning Banner County! If I remember correctly, May came in pretty much like a lion, looks like she may be going out like one too! We have been fortunate enough to have some rain now and then, and appreciate all we can get. School is out for us until August and last Thursday, the fifth and sixth grade classes ended the school year with a bang. They spent the day in Denver at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Three levels of various interests and a bus load of excited kids. Thank you...
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Whether Memorial Day weekend finds you cleaning off the graves of loved ones, honoring our fallen military heroes, or possibly appreciating the great outdoors, the stomach will need to be remembered. What better way to honor our heroes than with recipes from each branch of the military. Army cooks have to nourish their soldiers for 10-mile pack runs. So, the heartier, the better. You might not want to eat like the Army everyday unless you are burning huge tanks of calories. Here is a “side d...
With all this cool rain and warm days, we could be fooled into thinking our drought days are behind us. I just wish the rain would not help the dandelions and the sun would scorch them into green grass. Chris Beckman who lives south of Albin wanted everyone to know his wife, Abby, who helps Mike at the bar sometimes, is in ICU at CRMC. Abby has been in the hospital with pneumonia since April 23, and is not doing well. She can’t have flowers in ICU, but Chris hoped everyone would keep Abby in o...
1 years ago Cheyenne, Wyo.,- When Henry Johnson, a ranchman residing near Bucknum, Wyo., hospitably invited Frank Connors and John Williston to come in and have dinner, he did not realize that the pair would be “ready money” for him. They were worth just $400 each, however, as Johnson has been informed by the United States department of justice. He has been notified that reward of $800 will be paid him for arresting the pair. While Williston and Connors were eating dinner Johnson received a t...
We hear often in Christian circles people saying, “I just don’t know how to live for God. I don’t know what He wants.” We constantly wonder to ourselves and aloud just what the will of God is for our lives. The trouble is when He tells us we are busy or closed off, or just not paying attention. I thought of a simple formula to solve this problem when researching addiction for a college class. It’s even easy to remember. The word HOW covers it all. If we want to know how we need to be Honest, O...
No one really knows how far this Brown Revolution can take modern agriculture in this soil health initiative. The last time our soils were really in top soil health was before the prairies were turned into farm land. Through the development of agriculture the soil’s health has declined mostly due to tillage and the removal of plants growing in the soil throughout the growing season. With the introduction of no till crop production, the elimination of tillage, use of cover and forage crops, a...
