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Pine Bluffs resident Jeff Bruckner didn't intend for the heart and ribbon he cut into the grass to become a symbol of hope, but his work inspired a whole community. Bruckner carved the two symbols into the grass, viewable from Cemetery Road south of Pine Bluffs, several weeks ago. The heart represents 35 years with his wife, Sandy Bruckner, he said. Bruckner cut the heart before, about two years ago. However, the the ribbon, which has been an inspiration for many, is a new creation, Bruckner...
The Pine Bluffs Town Council approved a few items June 2 that may help improve the town of Pine Bluffs. The first item of new business was deciding which insurance company the town would use to insure buildings and vehicles. Mark Anderson, of Burns Insurance, presented two options to the council, Cincinnati Insurance Company and Travelers Insurance. The council made a motion to choose the Cincinnati Insurance Company. The motion was approved. Anderson said CIC is based out of Cincinnati, Ohio. They have been in business for more than 80 years....
Morning people have always impressed me. For some time now, it has been my desire to reinvent myself as a lark, rather than an owl. These two birds pretty much represent those two unique kinds of people – the morning person and the night owl. A few years ago, I discovered how beautiful it could be early in the morning and I now delight in being up at an early hour. Let me tell you about a recent morning. Maybe it was a sudden gust of wind or a deer bumping into one of Nancy’s bird feeders, but...
Robert "Wayne" Adamson, 93, of Kimball, died at the Kimball Health Services on Saturday, May 31, 2014. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, June 5, 2014 at Calvary Methodist Church in Bushnell with Pastor Carla Gunn officiating. Burial was held in the Kimball Cemetery. Memorials have been established to the Wounded Warrior Project or the Donor's Choice. The services for Wayne have been entrusted to the Cantrell Funeral Home. Robert Wayne Adamson was born in Bushnell, Neb. on Oct....
Parents Justin and TJ (Beavers) King are proud to announce the birth of their son Jordan Ralph King. Jordan was born at 5:59 p.m. on Friday, May 16, 2014 at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Neb. He weighed 8.04 pounds and was 21 inches long. He joins big sisters Jenna and Jillian. Grandparents are Russell and Sheila Beavers of Burns and Donald and Jane King of Clarinda, Iowa. Great-grandparents are Verne King of Clarinda and Elnora Beavers of Cheyenne....
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 th... Full story
The Laramie County School District 2 Board of Trustees unanimously approved a new benefits and salary plan Monday night, which includes the addition of a deductible and a base salary increase. “We feel we have an excellent benefits package at LCSD2, and we try to find ways to keep it as rich as it is,” said the district’s business director Rob Bryant. LCSD2 was forced to maintain that competitive plan in the face of rising premiums. Bryant said, due to more large claims last year and “unkn...
Residents in Carpenter had a front row view of the storm Sunday afternoon. When a tornado touched down east of the town. According to Gerald Claycomb, lead forecaster for the National Weather Service in Cheyenne, funnel clouds were reported and a tornado touched down east of Carpenter. Claycomb said one house was touched by the tornado and another house was damaged. A few buildings had minor roof damage and at least two trees were partially uprooted. The tornado was rated as EF-0 which means it was a weak tornado. The tornado moved in a south...
High West Energy has announced the recipients of its 2014 college scholarships. High West Energy’s scholarship award program was created to encourage and assist in the educational pursuits of the co-op’s members and their families. “These scholarships are one of many ways we strive to demonstrate to the members and local communities that we are always looking out for them,” said Brian Heithoff, CEO/general manager of High West Energy. For students to be considered, their parents or legal guardians must be current members of the coopera...
Father’s Day is upon us. It’s that day when we try to tell those big, burly, noisy (or small, skinny, quiet) men how much they mean to us. It may not be a father by blood or marriage that you honor this weekend. It may be a man who looks after you. Fixes your trailer hitch, it helps you connect a propane tank when you can’t figure it out. Or maybe it is a man who puts your son’s prosthetic foot back on his fake leg. For all those men in our lives, we say, Happy Father’s Day. Fish, golf, gri...
The Burns Branch Library would like to send out a thank you to the person who is mowing our lot. Lorraine Smith, a teacher at Burns Elementary School, has retired. She asked that donations in honor of her retirement be given to the Burns Branch Library. Lorraine, thank you! We will put the funds to good use. Summer Reading Celebration is off and running. Sign up at any Laramie County Library facility or on the bookmobile. Read through the summer to earn prizes! Every Friday in June at 1 p.m. you can view a family movie at the Burns Branch...
The Hereford Community Church held their yard sale and bake sale on Saturday. They did not do a car wash because of the wet weather. They would like to thank the Freedom Riders Motorcycle Club for coming from Cheyenne on the cold, wet day to support the church. For the special this week at the Hereford Community Church Steve Hauer sang “East and West.” The sermon topic was “Seven Symbols” referring to the Holy Spirit. The seven symbols are a dove, rain, rivers, wind, oil, wine, and fire. T...
Looking for a secure method of destroying your old, outdated personal files? Laramie County Farm Bureau Federation will provide a FREE service to SHRED your personal files on Wednesday, June 18, from noon till 2 p.m. Clean out your old bank statements, pay stubs, tax records, household bill stubs, medical bills, credit card bills, cancelled checks, legal papers and more...Box them up and bring them out to Farm Bureau Financial Services 206 Main St. in Pine Bluffs. Each person is limited to 100 pounds or 2 copy paper size boxes. Free Shred Day i...
Happy June to you all. It sure has felt more like fall on more than one day this past week, right? The rain has been great and the countryside is beautiful, but it has been cold! More rain is expected this coming weekend and as you know we don’t want that for our local Quasquicentennial, or 125 year Banner County celebration. Historical Day will begin June 14, with a pancake feed at the fire hall at 7 a.m., followed by a fun run at 7:30 a.m. The barbecue cook-off will get started at 9 a.m. a...
The Bushnell Alumni Banquet will be held Saturday, June 14. Classes ending in “4” are honored guests. Register and greet with appetizers at 6 p.m., meal at 7 p.m. Meals are $10 per person and $5 dues for graduates. Meals for honored guests will be $5. Anyone who attended or taught school in Bushnell is welcome. And a note to the reunion attendees - the bookstore keeps some Bushnell yearbooks for folks to look through (mostly from the 50s and 70s). Please feel free to stop in before the ban...
The Panhandle No-till Partnership will host a series of field days around the region during the last full week of June, 2014. These field days are informal meetings to visit about all aspects of no-till crop production on dry land and irrigated acres. Everyone interested is encouraged to attend and bring along your questions, thoughts, and ideas on how to improve no-till crop production in our area. Producers and landlords who are considering adopting no-till crop production into their...
The Texas Trail Museum and Pine Bluffs Post would like to identify the people in this week's historical photo. If you know one or more people in this photo, please contact the Pine Bluffs Post, 307-245-3763 or email [email protected]....
The fog didn't stop residents and visitors from enjoying Burns Day held on Saturday. The foggy day started with a pancake breakfast served by the Burns Fire Department. Seating was available inside the fire house. The fire fighters bought eight 10-pound bags of pancake mix. One at a time, they put a bag of mix in a bin, added water and mixed it with a giant drill. The fire department has served breakfast every year since 1907. Annette Beavers, President of Woman's Association, said about 2,000...
More than 30 households lined their lawns and garages with items for sale June 7 for the annual Pine Bluffs Community Garage Sale. "I think it went well," said Recreation Director Sonja Fornstrom. "I was worried in the morning with the weather, but at about 9 a.m., it turned out to be a nice cool day. We had a lot of people say they liked the cool weather instead of the heat." With about 34 registered for the garage sale this year, the event hit an average turnout, with 36 registered garage...
1 years ago June 12, 1914 Although it has been but a short time since patriotic demonstrations were prevalent in our city, on June 15th, flags should again be seen. Flag Day is really June 14th, but since that date comes on Sunday, June 15th has been decided upon. Perhaps some are not acquainted with Flag Day, nor do not know its origin. On the 14th of June, 1777, Congress enated: “That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white, that the Union be thirteen stars, white in blue field, representing a n...
