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Pine Bluffs Junior-Senior High School Principal Todd Sweeter was emotional at times as he presented this year's graduating class Sunday afternoon. It's understandable why. Watching the students grow from soft and wide-eyed junior high students to young adults, he saw the PBHS Class of 2018 experience remarkable success in academics and athletics. The group that received its diplomas Sunday had grown into a group of outstanding young men and women. They've experienced the highest of highs and...
Twenty-nine students took the first steps of the rest of their lives Sunday at Burns High School before a gym filled with friends and family. "This packed gym is only one of many examples I can remember of growing up in a very supportive community," Valedictorian Reese Burnett said. For Burnett, high school has been a journey of trials and tribulations. When he started junior high basketball, Burnett traveled to Kimball with the rest of his teammates. When the B-team took the court, Burnett...
Pine Bluffs Town Council members on Monday passed a resolution paving the way to relocate the Main Street railroad crossing. The council briefly discussed the resolution at their meeting earlier this month, but did not take any formal action. Monday’s resolution begins the process of relocating the crossing from North Main Street to Butler Street in Pine Bluffs. Mayor Alan Curtis said the resolution has been a pet project of his over the past few years. The Wyoming Department of Transportation will work with Union Pacific Railroad and the t...
Governor Matt Mead and other dignitaries will be in Pine Bluffs next week to dedicate the recently installed “America the Beautiful Mural.” The mural was installed last week after years of work from Pine Bluffs resident Larry Silvey. Located at 211 Main Street in Pine Bluffs, the mural was just the latest piece of artwork honoring veterans to be added to the Pine Bluffs Veterans Memorial Plaza. In 2016, statues representing members of the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force and Navy were added. Governor Mead was on hand for that pre...
Lindsey Jo Kohnert graduated with honors from Northern Arizona University (NAU) with a Doctorate of Occupational Therapy (OTD) on May12, 2018. Kohnert is a member of Pi Theta Epsilon Occupational Therapy Homor Society. During her time in the occupational therapy (OT) program at NAU, she was both a member and officer within the Student Occupational Therapy Association (SOTA). On May 18, 2018, OT faculty presented Kohnert with a Student Award of Excellence for Outstanding Community Service....
American Legion Auxiliary Unit 60 of Pine Bluffs is seeking names and information on veterans from the area who have served and graduated from Pine Bluffs High School. Date of graduation, branch of service and dates served is the information requested. Photographs would be great too! Information may be sent to the Pine Bluffs Post, attention Penny Merryfield at [email protected] or calling 307-245-3763....
Strawberries are easily grown and are a common plant in the garden. But, there are many other berries that grow well here and bear discussion as well. I don’t think we’ll ever be the “berry capital” of the country, but we can and do grow many berries and they grow well enough that they are even grown commercially. Raspberries are the first berry that comes to mind after strawberries. They are pretty common here and come in a wide variety of colors and flavors…anything from gold, to red, to black. Generally speaking, the red raspberri...
High West Energy in conjunction with Greater Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce and the Cheyenne VA Medical Center hosted a Military Appreciation BBQ for Armed Forces Day....
My service goes back, way back to the Battle of Bunker Hill. I was in the (Continental)Army (formed June 14, 1775) with a rank of field officer and my rank could be seen on my hat with a pink or red cockade. I was a captain. Serving under General George Washington. I fought with my flintlock musket, a pistol and my bayonets. It was a tremendous battle, where over 400 of my fellow soldiers died for America. The British wounded and or dead topped 1,000. This battle was called the bloodiest of the Revolutionary War. I was proud to serve and I can...
Long time teacher, Donna Crandall of Pine Bluffs High School and school secretary, Amy Zitek are the two coordinators for the Eastern Laramie County Special Olympics. Crandall has been taking part in the Special Olympics for some 14 years and has worked many many hours to reach the point of getting the go-a-head to organize the ELCSO. Crandall and her other coordinator, Zitek have taken students to the Wyoming Special Olympics for several years. "Last year there was forty-one students that went...
The Pine Bluffs Hornets capped off an impressive year with a third-place finish at the Wyoming High School State Track and FIeld Meet in Casper over the weekend. Lovell won the title with Pine Bluffs narrowly finishing behind Big Horn. Head Coach Dustin Lee said it's difficult to compete against Lovell at the state level given they're the largest 2A school in the state. In addition to contributing to a third-place overall finish, Tucker Norman won state in the discus throw with a a distance of...
Maddie Fornstrom capped off a stellar sophomore campaign with all-state honors in the pole vault at the Wyoming High School state track and field meet held in Casper over the weekend. Fornstrom vaulted to a height of 9-06.00. But that wasn't the only success the sophomore experienced during the three-date meet. In the 100-meter hurdles, Fornstrom placed fourth with a time of 17.19. She was sixth in the 300-meter hurdles (50.53). The relay team of Amber Abrams, Jourdaine Cerenil, Maegan Madden...
The Burns Lady Broncs finished their 2018 track and field season with a fifth-place finish at the state meet in Casper held over the weekend. Malli O’Neal took fourth in the 100-meter dash with a time of 13.43. Sophomore Piper Perez was sixth in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:30.18. In the same event, Layne Burnett finished eighth at 2:32.44. Burnett had better success in the 1600-meter run. She finished third with a time of 5:46.83. Perez also earned a top-eight in the 1600. She finished seventh at 5:52.36. In the 3200-meter run, B...
The Burns Broncs earned 15th at the Wyoming High School state track and field meet in Casper over the weekend. Results follow: Wyatt Ebben took home eighth place in the 3200-meter run with a time of 11:19.30 Aiden Carroll finished eighth in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 17.07. The 4X800-meter relay team of Jack Ickes, Kaden Lakin, Daniel Childers and Wyatt Ebben finished fifth at 8:52.78. In field events, Tyler Norris and Boe Clayson finished fifth and sixth. Norris vaulted at 13-01.00 and Clayson was at 11-01.00....
Pine Bluffs and Burns High Schools held the graduation ceremonies Sunday....
