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Monday night’s meeting of Burns Town Council started off with the swearing in of second-term mayor Judy Johnstone by town clerk Toni McNamar. Johnstone then proceeded to conduct the swearing in of re-elected councilman Harvey Humphrey and newly elected councilmen Dennis Bastian and Charlie Vosler before attending to the remaining agenda items. Johnstone cleared some “new year” hurdles by asking the council to appoint Monique Ojeda as the town attorney and making appointments of the counc... Full story
We are most appreciative of the Purple Heart article included in the May 30th Pine Bluffs Post. Our Son, Devin, is certainly worthy of the Medal. He took several direct hits in his role as EOD technician and displayed the courage that can be expected from a young man raised in a small town such as Pine Bluffs. He was one of the few that returned to unrestricted duty within two years after the IED blasts. Others involved in the incidents were not able to cope and have left the Military or are in...
Every once in awhile a song comes over the radio that simply blows your mind. So good is said song, that you scour the record stores, online or where ever else you get your music, just to find this song. You can’t live without it! Right now, for me, there is an album that is pulling so strongly at me, I just have to tell people about it. Please keep in mind, my tastes tend to be a bit eclectic. My iPod really does have some of every genre on it — every genre. Recently I am enamored with Ray LaM...
Communication may be even more vital among family members when you live in Wyoming, the lowest populated state in the country. But not every generation thinks of communication in the same way. Older folks think of using a telephone for that craziest of all reasons — making phone calls. Some will even write a letter through the post office. To their credit, many seniors occasionally use email by using the Internet on their ancient home computers. But Facebook? Twitter? And the biggest biggie o...
Friends and family of Don and Joyce Smock will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary at an open house in the Grover Park, Grover, Colo., from 2 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 22. Donald Smock and Joyce Anderson were married June 23, 1963, in Grover, Colo., with the late Rev. Gertrude Horn officiating. They have lived in the Grover area all their lives with both graduating from Grover High School, and their children graduating from Grover also. Don farmed and ranched for many years and since...
Evelyn Marie (Johnson) Stephens was born on a homestead near Dix, Neb., on February 24, 1917, to Lambert and Tensia (Bengtson) Johnson. The family moved to Wheatland in 1920. Evelyn graduated from Wheatland, Wyoming High School in 1935. She worked for the Rural Electrification Administration in Wheatland, transferring to the Pine Bluffs office in 1941. She married Neil Stephens on Nov. 25, 1943, at her parents’ home in Wheatland. She and her husband farmed southwest of Pine Bluffs for 24 years,...
Betty Nussbaum honored by Burns Masonic Lodge Longtime Burns resident Betty Nussbaum was honored as the “Citizen of the Year” by Burns Lodge No 41 A.F. & A.M. at an open house held June 1 at the Masonic Lodge in Burns. Betty was presented a plaque by Darwin Pace, Master of Burns Lodge honoring her for her 31 years of service on the Senior Board Center, the Senior Representative to the Burns Town Council, and for tending the Burns Cemetery and the flowers, planters and trees in the Burns Community. Several members of Betty’s family was prese...
Alarm 2 Ambulance 8 Animal Complaint 23 AOA Kimball County Sheriff 1 AOA Laramie County Sheriff 3 AOA Other 2 AOA WHP 3 Arrest-Warrant 1 Attempt to Locate 2 Civil Assist 4 Controlled Burn 16 Crash 6 Fire 1 Gas Drive off 1 Good Sam 3 Hit and Run 1 Info Only 58 Lost Property 2 Message 51 Motorist Assist 3 Noise Complaint 2 Non Sufficient Fund Check 1 Other 1 Panhandling 1 Pedestrian Assist 2 Phone Scam 1 Reckless Endangerment 1 Report Every Drunk Driver 2 Registration Inquiry 1 Special Detail 2 Suspicious Circumstance 3 Suspicious Person 1...
LCCC announces GED completers Laramie County Community College is proud to announce the 2012-2013 GED® completers, who completed their studies between May 2012 and May 2013. Those students who completed with distinction have a “*” by their name. Pine Bluffs — Victorya Garcia, Dustin Gorman* Burns — Kathy Charles, Riley Swaney* Carpenter — Jody Michael, Tyrell Michael Cheyenne — Michael Abeyta, Ryan Abreu*, Deborah Alksnis, Tamara Allison*, Ashley Anaya, Jamie Anderson, Andrew Arellano, Mary Avila-Elias, Sondra Baker, Kristen Ballesteros,...
Friday, June 14 Senior Shape-Up This exercise program is designed to promote flexibility, muscle strength, coordination and general overall fitness. Takes place at the Pine Bluffs Fitness Center from 8:15 to 8:45 a.m. Movies @ the Library Family movies every Friday from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Burns and Pine Bluffs branch libraries throughout the summer! We provide popcorn and drinks. (Children & Families) =G Rodeo The =G Rodeo season continues with the little ropers and riders starting early...
The oath of office was read for the incumbents winning the recent election at the Pine Bluffs town council meeting Monday, June 3. Mayor Bill Shain, councilmen Alan Curtis and Mark Fornstrom accepted the responsibilities of the council for another term. The council approved the appointments of Alex Davison for town attorney and Robin Clark for Chief of Police. Rick Wagner requested a food vendor license for Trail Days as a fundraiser for the fire department. He said the only complaint he heard... Full story
Pine Bluffs Police Department officially has three officers after Robert Armstrong was sworn in last Wednesday at the Pine Bluffs court room. Armstrong received the oath of office from Judge Moran with Armstrong’s wife and children looking on. Armstrong’s father-in-law and mother-in-law were also in attendance, and no strangers to the oath as his father-in-law is a deputy for Laramie County Sheriff’s Department. Judge Moran commended Armstrong on his decision to be an officer, and he “appl...
Albin resident Jim Sorensen expressed his dissatisfaction with the council approving a building permit for a shed in his neighborhood Thursday night at the Albin council meeting. Sorensen said his “beef” was with the council approving the permit and not with the homeowner applying for it. He added the council should have asked more questions before their quick approval. After visitor comments, the council approved the hiring of Bethany Malm as lifeguard and Curt Fox for maintenance summer hel...
On Saturday, June 29, TeamMates of Kimball will be sponsoring a four-person scramble at the Four Winds Golf Course in Kimball. Participating golfers will be furnished lunch at 12:30 p.m. and there will be a shotgun start at 1:30 p.m. Cost is $200 per team ($50/person) which includes lunch but does not include carts. All proceeds will benefit the Kimball TeamMates Chapter. There will be 18 flag prizes, prizes for the top six teams (including tickets to a Nebraska Football Game, a Denver Broncos...
Four area youth persevered through spring blizzards, getting up early before school and staying up late after to hone their skills, and the many miles of travel across Wyoming in their journey to qualify for the National Junior High Rodeo Association Finals to be held in Gallup, N.M., June 23 through 29. Wyoming state finals were held in Casper on May 17. Sixth through eighth grade members from around the state and bordering states competed to add points to their regular season totals hoping to...
Cole Jackson of Hillsdale has been selected to the 2013 sub-junior (ages 14 and under) All-American trapshooting team. The Amateur Trapshooting Association determines the teams. More than 100 years old, trapshooting is a competitive sport of shooting at clay targets with a shotgun. This is the second time Jackson has been named an All-American. The ATA hosts both the Grand American 11-day world tournament and a series of smaller regional satellite Grand tournaments. The association also sponsors five zone shoots. Jackson earned points toward...
State bowling winners The Wyoming state bowling tournament took place at the 2 Bar Bowl in Cheyenne recently. Bob McLees won the Senior Division age 70 to 74. John Melms won the Senior Division age 60 to 64. McLees and Melms will represent the state of Wyoming at the Senior Nationals in 2014 in Reno, Nev. Burns athlete, coach honored Shana Wilcoxson, 2013 graduate of Burns High School was named the Beynon Sports Surfaces and The Wyoming Coaches Association 2013 Track & Field Athlete of the Year for Division 2A. The WCA also announced Coach of t...
At their bi-monthly meeting June 4, the Laramie County Commissioners discussed adopting a bi-weekly pay schedule for all county employees including elected officials. County attorney Mark Voss explained to the commissioners his interpretation of the state constitution regarding elected officials pay. “I am not the ‘priest king’ and that is why I have requested the attorney general’s opinion,” Voss said. “But he has not responded to me yet so I am advising the commissioners to approve the...
After a quick vote by the trustees, board member Jeff Kirkbride took the helm at the Laramie County School District No. 2 board meeting Monday evening in Pine Bluffs due to the absence of chairwoman Esther Davison and vice chairman Todd Fornstrom, who arrived later. During visitor comments, a WINhealth representative thanked the school board for their past business, and encouraged the board to “keep their business in-state” when they selected an insurance company later in the evening. Board mem...
Four Neighbors Day started early for some, as the Burns Volunteer Fire Department offered up a free pancake breakfast at their firehall Saturday morning. Shortly after 8 a.m., over 20 runners and walkers traversed Burns in the 5K run/walk. Morgan Martin won the men’s division with a time just under 25 minutes and Julie Taylor won the women’s division with a time just over 29 minutes. Taylor showed the true spirit of neighborly love when she revamped her gold medal and gave it to a 10-year-old ru...
As usual, there is a lot happening at your library! Join us at the Burns Branch Library on Saturday, June 15, at 10 a.m. to watch a Superman movie. We will provide the popcorn and pop. Draw to win two passes to see the new Superman movie. Bring your friends! On Saturday, June 22, 1 p.m., we will DIG IN to Duct Tape! We’ll show you how to make a cell phone cover, a wallet, flowers, a belt or a lunch bag. Come try it out. We supply the materials and you Dig In! (Grades 3-6) Have you signed up for Summer Reading Celebration? Every child and t...
Good morning to folks in Banner County and to our neighbors! Beautiful weather that we have been having, it has warmed right up. Nice rain we received this past Saturday but, it would have been a little bit nicer if it had rained about 4 hours earlier. It started in just before the Fun Run during Historical Day and every one of the competitors were completely soaked. Not a one of them stopped though, as far as I know. The day continued to run a roller coaster type of weather pattern all day,...
The Albin Baptist Church hosted their vacation bible school this week. The hungry youngsters were well fed with Bible verses, songs, fun and of course food. Thanks to all the church members for helping with lunch and snacks and to Pastor John Morrison for “feeding” the students positive learning. The temperatures are creeping upwards. Time to take a dip in our community center pool. Open swims will be held Wednesdays and Fridays from 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. To make paying for open swims easier, the cen...
The village board will meet at 7 p.m. this Thursday, June 13. Family Night is Saturday, June 15. Bring a potluck dish to the community center to share with your neighbors. The Bushnell Community Garage Sale will be held Saturday, June 15. It will start around 8 or 9 a.m. and last through the afternoon. Start shopping early for the best selection! So far 12 locations are confirmed. Call Sally Johnson at 308-230-0763 for more information. We are trying something different for Bushnell Day...
The Hereford Community Church held their annual yard sale, bake sale, and car wash last Saturday. Because of the wind, everything was moved to the church basement. They would like to thank all those who donated, those who helped in any way, and those who came to buy. For the special this week at the Hereford Community Church Pastor Opdycke’s nieces from Ohio, Helene Moog and Janet Steffy, sang “Broken and Spilled Out” and “I Love You, Lord” accompanied by Shirley Hall on the piano. Pastor Op...
