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A family celebration was held Sunday afternoon as the town of Grover sent off its class of 2013 graduates from Pawnee High School. Of the nine seniors concluding their years at Pawnee, four have spent the last 13 years together. “You have arrived at the end of a goal you set,” superintendent Bret Robinson told the graduates. “What comes with it is a lot of emotion.” He said some of them had yet to meet a tough challenge, but assured the graduates those challenges would come. “Have courage a...
LCCC’s Auto Technology & Auto Body Repair students sweep categories at state competition Students in Laramie County Community College’s automotive technology and automotive body repair program swept categories at the Skills USA competition last week in Casper. SkillsUSA is a national organization that serves technical, skilled, and service occupational instructional programs in public high schools, career and technical centers and schools, and two- and four-year colleges. At the state competition, contestants were judged by industry pro...
Thursday, May 30 Community meeting Have a voice in the future of Pine Bluffs. A community meeting will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Pine Bluffs Community Center to discuss the town’s five-year plan. The previous plan will be gone over, accomplishments identified, and a discussion had concerning what is left to do, how relevant those things are and what changes or additions need to be made to the plan. Serenity Al-anon Pine Bluffs Serenity Al-Anon meets Thursdays at 7 p.m. at United Methodist Church. Use the east door. All are welcome. F...
Louis E. Canady American Legion Post No. 60 was in charge of decorating the graves of every serviceman buried in the Pine Bluffs Cemetery in advance of Monday’s Memorial Day remembrance. The post provided a color guard for the service. The Honor Guard was presented by Post 6 from Cheyenne. Melinda Gibson sang the National Anthem. Post commander Chuck Radcliffe stood aside in leading the remembrance allowing District 6 commander Herb Walker to do the honors....
Norma Jean Hanson (Heigis), 80, of Cheyenne, died on Friday, May 24, 2013, in Cheyenne with two daughters, Sherri and Kevin Pyle and Kathy Schnell, and her grandson, Chad Heigis, all by her side. She was born on Dec. 6, 1932, in Big Timber, Mont., to Don and Georgia (Farthing) Reese. Norma married David Heigis and had seven children. She later married Ronald Hanson in 1973 and they owned and operated Green Acres Café in Pine Bluffs for several years. Norma finally moved to Casper in 1980 and...
Ted and Jeanette Bastian will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with family at a dinner at the home of their daughter and son-in-law. Ted Bastian and Jeanette Mikesell were Sunday school friends at the First Presbyterian Church of Burns and their friendship continued as they attended Burns junior and senior high schools, where they began dating. They were married on June 4, 1963, at the First Presbyterian Church in Greeley, Colo. Ted and Jeanette have lived in the Burns area since they...
Representatives from Laramie County School District No. 2 attended the School Facilities Commission work session and regular meeting in Casper May, 15 and 16. LCSD2 requested to be on the agenda to address their concerns with the differences in the track standards based on the specific classification of school. The standards are split into three separate sets of standards; one set for 1A/2A schools, one set for 3A schools, and a set for 4A schools. Higher classifications mean more generous... Full story
Neil Williams took an early lead in open bull riding as the =G Rodeo Series got underway at the Pine Bluffs Arena Friday night. He stayed seated the full 8 seconds earning a score of 61 for 6 points. Chase Stricklin could not be shaken and exceeded the needed 8 seconds to garner a score of 68 in the steer riding event. He also earned 6 points to begin the season. There were no qualified rides in the novice bulls. Starting off the evening were events for the smaller set. Reata Hoar led the...
The Pine Bluffs EMS crew took a trip up to the bluffs for a team photo to celebrate last week’s EMS Week observance. The life-saving crew is a volunteer organization dedicated to serving local residents and travelers through the area....
After observing a moment of silence last Tuesday for the victims of the tornado in Oklahoma, the Laramie County Commissioners stormed through their agenda. Chairman Troy Thompson thanked commissioner M. Lee Hasenauer and county clerk Debbye Lathrop’s son for all their work on the new Laramie County flag. The commissioners opened the meeting up for a public hearing on the renewal of the counties liquor licenses. Comments were heard regarding “Forum 619” and some illegal events and situations. Cou...
Pine Bluffs Senior Center director Angie Robertson would like to clarify the article written last week about the Pine Bluffs Senior Center. In regards to our funding, the Senior Center receives federal and state funding. Grant funds have been cut the last two years and are expected to be cut for the next several years. What does this mean to our center? It means that with the funding shortfalls we will have to recoup these funds in other ways. Directors from across the state have been working hard on possible ways to raise funds. Some of those...
The Hereford Community Church celebrated Memorial Day last Sunday. The hymns were patriotic. For the special Carol Opdycke read a story for Memorial Day. The sermon topic was “Warnings — Part 1.” Israel is God’s chosen nation. Pastor Opdycke gave a brief history of the nation of Israel. As long as they were following God’s commands they were blessed. But then they turned away from God. 2 Chronicles 7:14 says “ If my own people will humbly pray and turn back to me and stop sinning, then I will...
BRAN, the Bicycle Ride Across Nebraska, will kick off in Kimball this Sunday. We hope to see some riders in Bushnell the day before as they make their way to the border! The Sisters Grimm will hand out maps with information about the village’s history. The Tractor Relay Across Nebraska will also be coming through on Saturday — we welcome them as well! 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 t...
Friday May 24, Delta Club met at the Memorial garden next to the Post Office to take care of our plot. Weeded and planted flowers. Visited with people passing by. We then picked up trash along the hi way between town and the cemetery! We do have one request — please stop throwing out “beer bottles” they are so heavy! Attending this fun morning was Pat Palm, Vernita Anderson, Kathy Hundley and Martha Cannon. Refreshments were provided by Pat Palm....
The Summer Reading Celebration is here in the library! Our theme for this summer is “Dig In” and we have a number of activities to tell you about. First of all, every Friday at 1 pm, we will be showing a family movie. We’ll provide the popcorn and treats! The movies start on June 7, and go throughout the summer. On Tuesday, June 11, children grades three through six, are invited to build their own terrarium. They’ll get a chance to plant their very own tiny plants, add an animal or two and watch the plants grow all summer. Signing up for the...
1 years ago Springfield, Ill. - John Jasper, head baker at the state hospital at Anna, fell into a dough mixer and was ground to death. It must take an ordinary, or even extraordinary, lawyer, doctor or minster very, very much fatigued to read, day after day, of the fanciful salary figures that are being printed of and concerning diverse and sundry dark necks who are capable of hitting about .300 and stealing a few, now and then, says the Milwaukee Sentinel. Indeed, if these worthy professiona...
Over 520 elementary students from the four area schools braved the wind Monday and Tuesday to learn about the outside. Dean Bowman of the High Plains Pheasants Forever said the day has grown over the past four years from one school on one day to two days for all the schools. New classes this year included hunting dogs, honey bees, electrical safety from High West and train safety with Union Pacific....
The weather in our region is always full of surprises and this spring has certainly been a dramatic turnaround from the drought conditions we were experiencing. These extremes in temperature and moisture from year to year really present a challenge for our agricultural producers in this region. This spring has been the complete opposite of what we experienced last year. I have visited with producers the last couple of days from around the Panhandle and the moisture received from this last storm...
Hill Air Force Base, UTAH — An Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technician supporting dangerous route clearance operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, was awarded the Purple Heart during a ceremony here today. Tech. Sgt. Devin L. Datus, 775th Civil Engineer Squadron, was presented the award by Gen. Janet C. Wolfenbarger, Air Force Materiel Command commander. “I am honored to be recognized along with so many other individuals throughout the years that have paid the price to receive thi... Full story
