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Pine Bluffs’ 70th annual Trail Days celebration may officially be limited to three days this year, but there’s enough going on to keep anybody busy through the weekend. Donn Randall, chairman for the annual celebration, said several groups have planned their own activities separately from the Trail Days Committee for the event scheduled to run Friday, July 31, through Sunday, Aug. 2. “There’s a lot of things that just pop up because people are trying to be creative,” Randall said. “Sometimes, it’s kind of hard to keep up.” Concerns raised by th...
Taking a stroll down memory lane takes on a whole new meaning when visiting the Texas Trail Museum. Opening day for the summer season of 2020 started on July 1st. According to museum curator Mary Chowns, "The opening was soft, following health precautions with limited travelers. However, more and more people are starting to come through and love to walk through our history." Locals and many out-of-staters have visited so far. The museum recently received items for two new displays. Julie Butler...
Carol E. Fyfe Goranson took her last earthly breath and was in the presence of her Lord and Savior on Friday, July 3rd, 2020 at Heritage Estates in Gering, NE. Although she had been "isolated" from family for nearly 4 months due to COVID, she was blessed to be able to have her family by her side the last 2 days of her life. A celebration of life will be at Monument Bible Church on Thursday, July 9th, 2020, 10:30am, with Pastors Jake Roberts and Jeff Banks officiating. For those unable to attend,...
The search for a maintenance man to serve the Town of Albin continues. According to Town Clerk, Jillian Kriz, interviews are continuing. Old business consisted of a review for the lunch program; with regards to the generators - a company will be out next Friday to look at them and give an estimate. A voting drop box will be in the town clerk's office for ballots; a building permit for Dominguez; Mike's Saloon requested a liquor permit for the junior rodeo; the purchase of 1.55 acres of church...
CHEYENNE, WYOMING — Laramie County Community College is proud to announce the list of graduates for the 2020 spring semester. Under the list of graduates, students earning high distinction (HD) graduated with a cumulative grade point average between 3.75 and 4.0, and students graduating with distinction (DS) earned a cumulative GPA between 3.5 and 3.74. Some students may have signed a non-disclosure request with the college to have their names omitted from these lists. Associate Degree in Nursing Graduates Nebraska Kimball – Madison Irene Sny...
Just in case you haven't noticed, it's been HOT the last several days. And it's only going to get worse. This is the time of year that everything dries out. We feel really good when we have plenty of rain in the spring and early summer, but every year the weather follows a similar trend. Mid-July to the end of August, maybe early September, it just turns hot and dry. Miserable you might say. Then those spring rains...well, they just provided fuel for fires when the vegetation dries out. The...
7 years ago, members of the then Pine Bluffs Businessmen’s Association met to organize the first Pine Bluffs Trail Day. Since that time, it has grown from a one-day event featuring a parade, a barbecue and rodeo, to a five-day celebration filled with a little bit of something for everyone. That is until this year, when a pesky little virus infiltrated the world. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, this year’s Trail Days has been condensed into three days, July 31-Aug. 2. According to the Trail Days committee, they have been planning for a few yea...
"I felt it was my calling!" said Vernon A. Kitchen of his military service. Kitchen comes from a military background. His father, Richard C. Kitchen served in the U. S. Army and is a Korean War veteran. He was born to Richard and Kathy S. Kitchen in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania on January 14, 1963. Kitchen attended Pleasant Valley High School in Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania and graduated in 1980. "I graduated, and headed to the recruiter. I knew what I had to do, and was ready to make that...
CHEYENNE—More than 25 percent of Laramie County’s 35,572 registered voters have requested an absentee ballot for the August 18 Primary Election. Since the start of absentee voting on July 2, the Clerk’s office has mailed nearly 9300 ballots to voters who requested them and requests are still coming in. Voters have until the day before the Primary to request a mail ballot. Laramie County Clerk Debra Lee said the response from voters is “unprecedented”. “Typically, we mail an average of around 1600 Primary Election absentee ballots during the...
Cheyenne cowgirl Reagen DeLancey picked up first-place honors in two events at the July 11 Tim Malm Junior Rodeo in Albin. DeLancey, one of dozens of competitors at the fourth annual rodeo held in honor of the former state champion high school rodeo cowboy, placed first for both senior girls goat tying and senior ribbon roping. Also winning two events at the rodeo was Cheyenne cowgirl Kaige Reisdorfer, who placed first in junior barrel racing and junior pole bending. The rodeo is held every year...
Beau Scarborough, a 2019 graduate of Pine Bluffs High School still chases his dream of being one of the best in bronc riding. Scarborough will be starting his second year at Casper College in the fall. With this, comes riding for the college rodeo. Due to the COVID-19, rodeos were cancelled for the college this spring. During this time, Scarborough continued to practice, train and go to Forbes School in Kaycee, Wyoming. After school, he started competing at the rodeos being held this summer. He...
The Coronavirus Pandemic has proven to be one of- if not the- hardest times to be a student of any kind. It has taken me nearly two weeks to get started writing this newspaper article because I didn't even have the faintest idea of what to write about besides, 'It gets boring to stay inside all day' or something else that comes off as whiny. In many ways, I kind of just want to use this article to blame a whole list of things for everything. I kind of do just want to use this as an excuse to...
A Pine Bluffs three-piece band will be treating listeners to a mix of classic rock and heavy metal music on July 31 as part of Trail Days. And some of the songs that will be played by Galactic Lemonz at the Knotty Pine Saloon are about as old as the combined ages of all three of the talented musicians. Jason Weller, 20, his sister Jessi Weller, 15, and Carson Rabou, 16, have an affinity for playing classic rock and heavy metal that comes from a combination of the influences of their parents...
