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Fireworks West International will be providing the fireworks for Pine Bluffs firework show on July 4. Dean Burch, President and Owner of Fireworks West International, said the company has provided fireworks for the Olympics in Utah and manufactured fireworks for the super bowls. "The funnest part of all is putting on shows for smaller towns because they're appreciative and it's exciting for the residents to go to the show," Burch said. Burch has been part of the business since 1978. Burch said...
This is the time of year when our Wyoming political world truly becomes the crazy season. Between parades, celebrations and backyard meet-and-greets, the folks competing for political office find themselves on the dead run. It is already July and the primary is toward the end of August. Most candidates have been working on this since last fall so it is truly crunch time. So, with that introduction, let’s take a look at a couple of interesting races here in the Cowboy State. Most observers w...
The 86th Albin Day celebration is fast approaching with events scheduled all day July 12. Chairman of the Albin Day committee Jillian McLaughlin said there are some new surprises in store this year. In addition to parades and races, Albin Day will include the grand opening of the museum. McLaughlin said the museum is moving to a new location. Also, for the night show scheduled at 7:30 p.m., Miss America of 2011 Teresa Scanlan will be the special guest. A live auction will also be held during... Full story
Sirens sounded around Pine Bluffs the evening of June 9, but Laramie County Fire District 5 firefighters were not responding to multiple fire calls. It was the annual Fourth of July Fireworks LCFD 5 donation collection. The Firefighters, along with their families and the Texas Trail Pheasants Forever Ringnecks, went door to door collecting donations. More than $3,300 was collected and will be given to the Town of Pine Bluffs to offset the purchase on this year’s fireworks. The Fire District donated its time to collect the donations and to s...
Shannon and Yvonne Ratliff, of Cheyenne, and Dawn Culpepper, also of Cheyenne, announce the engagement of their daughter, Kathryn LeAnn Ratliff, to Joshua Gregory Warren, son of Greg and Heather Warren, of Laramie. The future bride graduated from Burns High School in 2008, and the University of Wyoming, with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She is currently in her Master's program with Grand Canyon University. She is a second grade teacher for Laramie County School District 2. The future groom...
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 Sheriff’s Department has received reports from several individuals saying that they received calls either promising to show up and present awards, or that they had received a real looking check in the mail that looks authentic. However, both scams require people to submit money back to the originator using Publisher’s Clearing Houses name before receiving a prize. Publisher’s Clearing House does not require any monies for receiving a prize. One states that the individual is winning an unclaimed 1.5 million dollar prize. Inclu...
The three Rice Krispie guys have nothing on our favorite American holiday, the Fourth of July. Perhaps they hold up for a while under the saturating pressure of milk, but fireworks keep going long after our ears can hear. Maybe you are looking for a calmer, sweeter, and ultimately quieter way to celebrate tomorrow. Have I got the cookie for you. Many of us travel to the park, to family homes, or possibly to the lake. These little patriotic cookies hold their own in a Tupperware container and...
The Pine Bluffs Double Bar G Rodeo's has events for all ages. Barrel racers of all ages come to town to show off their skills and try to get faster times. A Hillsdale woman who has been seen for many years at the Pine Bluffs rodeos continues to participate in the one event she knows she's good at. Vianna Gurney, of Hillsdale, started barrel racing when she was 14 years old. Gurney said she has rode horses all her life. Gurney said she would flag the roping at the Pine Bluffs rodeos. Her family...
A seven-member selection committee chose Tobin & Associates to design the new Pine Bluffs Elementary School. LCSD2 School Board member and member of the selection committee Julianne Randall announced the pick at a special board meeting June 25. The school board unanimously voted to approve the committee’s recommendation. Nine architectural firms initially showed interest in the project by attending a walk-through. Only five of the nine firms submitted proposals for the project. The selection c...
The Texas Trail Museum and Pine Bluffs Post would like more information on this week's historical photo. Some information of this photos includes: "Here's one of the Past Time theater with the chariot horses from BEN HUR with Charleton Heston. We think George Mills was responsible for bringing these horses to Pine Bluffs on a wager. The owner of the horses lost the wager and so brought these beauties here for us to enjoy." If you have any information about the photo, contact the Pine Bluffs...
The Pine Bluffs Library welcomed kids to take a look at a few exotic animals Friday. The library invited Safari Sally to show off her animals as part of the Summer Reading Celebration Program. More than 80 kids attended the show. Safari Sally is a zoo keeper, naturalist, nationally renowned animal trainer and educator. During her Animal Adventure show, Safari Sally introduced kids to some exotic animals including a rose hair tarantula, a blue-tongue skink, an albino snake, a wallaby and a...
The Pine Bluffs Medical Emergency Services gets an average of 150 calls per year, and has not missed a call in the past four years, said EMT Jerry Lamb. The service of the Pine Bluffs EMS has continued for several years, and with the arrival of new equipment is stronger than ever. But there are still many Pine Bluffs residents who don't know that Pine Bluffs has an EMS. "We had two calls in the last couple of months, and those people did not know Pine Bluffs even had an ambulance service," said...
Egbert-Hillsdale-Carpenter-Burns alumni, 155 in all, enjoyed reminiscing and visiting at the 64th annual banquet in Burns on Saturday, June 14, 2014. Alumni , in addition to Wyoming, traveled from Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Nebraska, Nevada, and New Mexico. Alumni representing 70 plus years attending this year were Don Morse, Carpenter 1939, Everett Rhodes Carpenter 1939, Neva Talbert Moats, Hillsdale 1938, and Ruth Kent Reinholtz, Carpenter 1944. They were introduced by the emcee for the evening, Darwin Pace, Hillsdale 1963, and...
Bob Wagner’s 80th birthday party. July 13, 2014 at the Moose Lodge, 1019 S. Greeley Highway 1 to 4 p.m. Let your presence be your gift. Sometimes the road we travel has bigger bumps than we would like. Literally, the road through Albin is more like moguls down a slope than a street. Cheyenne Avenue, known to us as Main Street, has more than its share of potholes. However, the Town of Albin doesn’t legally own the street or maintain it. The State of Wyoming is in charge of the care and mai...
NEW BERLIN LARGE COLONY OF GERMANS TO ESTABLISH TOWN EAST OF CHEYENNE Many German-Lutherans from Iowa, Illinois and other Eastern States to take up lands under dry farming methods near this city. In connection with the purchase yesterday by the Federal Land and Securities Company, of the J. L. Thomas’ ranch of 40,000 acres of deeded land 20,000 acres of leased land, east of Cheyenne, another important colonization scheme will be launched in this section. J.R. Carpenter president of the Federal Land & Securities company. Is in the city and w...
Happy Fourth of July Everyone! With picnics, parades, and popular fireworks everywhere you look, it is a happy time of the year for sure. Remembering and appreciating the freedom that we have is a great thing indeed. I think of our current service men and women at this time more than on Veterans Day and Memorial Day. As we celebrate we need to remember those who are currently fighting to keep us safe and free and thank them endlessly. Vacation Bible School at the Harrisburg Community Church was...
Sounds like the special village board meeting I missed last week was interesting. They didn’t get a recording of it, so I can’t report on it, but look for the minutes in the mail. The regular July board meeting We are having our 3rd anniversary celebration at The Sisters Grimm from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, July 4. Stop in for free refreshments, door prizes, and 50% off most books. If you have news, announcements, meeting times/dates, information about events happening nearby, or anything els...
It was a special day at the Hereford Community Church. Pee Wee and Cecelia Smock and Jerry Anderson blessed the congregation with music. They sang several songs accompanied by Pee Wee and Jerry on guitars, and Pee Wee read a poem called “Horseback Religion.” Next week Holy Communion will be served and the sermon topic will be “The Great Physician.” The church will have vacation Bible school July 7 to 11 from 9 a.m. till 12 noon. All area children are invited to attend, and any helpers would b...
1 years ago July 3, 1914 Last Monday was an exciting day in our city. Two trials were held in the town hall witnessed by large crowds. The first was the case of the State against Sinon and Sealer on the charge of having saloon open on city election day. The prosecution was made by John Pearson, secretary of the State Anti-Saloon League. Attorney for the defendants was Hugo Donzelman; for the State, Sam Thompson. Witnesses testifying for the prosecution were: Cal Blair as to license and to testify that the day in question was a general electio...
I just got home from a real enjoyable no till field day meeting at Pat and Shane Cullan’s farm south of Chadron. We had a nice turnout and some good conversation throughout the morning on the benefits of continuous no till crop production on dry land acres in their area. I want to thank Shane and Pat for allowing us to use their farm as a starting point for the field day. The Nebraska Environmental Trust supports these field days with grant funding through the Nebraska No till Cadre. If you woul...
State Engineer Patrick Tyrrell announced Monday that his office is extending for a third time the Temporary Order Adopting Well Spacing Requirements within the Laramie County Control Area first issued on April 11, 2012. This extension will run until April 1, 2015. The Temporary Order establishes well spacing restrictions (horizontally and vertically) as well as use limitations for most new groundwater applications within the Control Area. The Temporary Order was initially scheduled to remain in effect until October 1, 2013, but was previously...
