Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
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The 65th Annual Trail Days has now been here and is over, and by all accounts it was considered an unqualified success despite that there were other festivities going on in the surrounding area. The weather cooperated, providing lots of hot weather and sunshine during the day, and cooler breezy night for activities like the street dances and the alumni banquet, and friends and family members streamed into Pine Bluffs to reconnect, visit, and catch up on everything that had happened since the 201...
Fun for Kids! Thursdays: 10-10:45 a.m. August 20: Bikes August 27: Twinkle Toes Join in the fun with stories, songs, fingerplays, and more! Themed storytimes promote and model early literacy skills. (PreK; Pine Bluffs Branch) Movies at the Library Fridays: August 14, 21 1:30-3:30 p.m. Enjoy a variety of family-friendly films this summer! Each week for our Summer Reading Celebration, we’ll show a different one. Popcorn provided. (Children & Families; Pine Bluffs Branch) Summer Reading Send-Off Saturday, August 22... Full story
Some terrible crimes and some oddball happenings have been occurring here during the hottest time of our Wyoming summer. In many parts of the country, the hottest days of summer are referred to as “dog days” because canines cannot stand the heat and go crazy. And so do people. Horrible, incredible crimes occurred in Riverton and Cheyenne during the hottest days of Wyoming’s summer of 2015. In Riverton, a 13-year city employee walked into a detox facility and tried to kill two American India...
The Steel Pan Band from Trinidad and Tobago recently entertained residents of Pine Bluffs at the Pine Bluffs Baptist Church, where Pastor Dan DeBruyn hosted them for a third time. The band played a few hymns, a Disney song and a pirate themed medley for the children. Between each song the musicians looked to each other to prepare for the next song. A round of applause greeted each ending. The musicians minded their instruments and cast broad smiles intermittently to the audience. With bright red shirts signifying their group affiliation...
Ira Wyche Blackwell, III, was born Nov. 18, 1959, in Cheyenne. He passed away on July 3, 2015, in Tyler, Texas. Ira joined the Navy in 1980. He returned home after 12 years of service, spending most of his time on the USS Gridley 21. He moved to Colorado after his discharge, and was employed at a variety of places. As his health failed, he moved to Texas to live with his mother. Memorial services for Ira Wyche Blackwell, 55, Callender Lake, Texas, are pending. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Sarah Christene Blackwell. Survivors include... Full story
If you have ever struggled with the search function or had trouble looking at the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s website on your phone or tablet you should be happier when you visit wgfd.wyo.gov today. Game and Fish just launched an updated website incorporating suggestions from the public and ideas based on past website data. The new site also has an improved search function and adjusts to best fit the user’s device or screen size. “We know most of our customers now visit our website on their smartphones and we want to be responsive to th... Full story
They sing for family, friends and fun. They're the Squash Blossoms, an all-girl Wyoming musical group comprised of Kaci Malmburg, McKenzi Digby, Kim Kuhn and Georgeann Wearin. The band has been together for about a year, practicing weekly. Their first performace was about four months ago, and they appeared this past week as part of the local Trail Days festivities. Wearin is a Pine Bluffs native who has been a professional entertainer for 25 years. Mamlburg and Kuhn have held the title as Miss F...
Friday night saw the end of the Double Bar G Summer Rodeo series, points tallied, and buckle winners named in all of the event categories as well as the All-Around Youth Competitor. Seth Glass, who took top honors in the Jr-Sr Team Roping and Novice Goat Tying, also took the All Around title, earning a combined total of 55 points over three events including Novice Goat Tying. Brenson Bartlett received a buckle by earning 18 points in Steer Riding. Abraham Sarabia, the only rider to score points...
1 Years Ago August 5, 1915 Burns Raises $3,000 in Ten Minutes For New Elevator The contract for the new farmers’ elevator at Burns was let Friday to W. H. Cramer of North Platte, Nebraska. The contract price for this large new elevator is $5,500, to be completed and ready to handle the immense crops about to be harvested by September 15. Harvest is beginning here with the greatest crop by all odds ever grown here since the settlement of this district. The annual meeting of the elevator association was held Wednesday. Charles O. Lyon was e... Full story
[Editor's Note: Mark Watson has had knee surgery, and this week's column is a reprint of a previous column.] During our field days around the Panhandle recently there was a lot of discussion on choosing a good dry land crop rotation and how choosing your rotation will really determine the success of your no till crop production system. I'd like to share some of my thoughts on choosing a good rotation and some golden rules that we go by after more than 20 years of no till farming. I titled this... Full story
The Banner/Kimball Fair has been going on since Monday and will continue through to next Monday; sale day is Aug. 10. Good beef and hog products for your freezer. Show day for hogs is Friday, Aug. 7, at 8 a.m., and for the beef it is Saturday, Aug. 8. So from now on if you see any big black steers walking around Harrisburg better call Stan, they don’t belong to my kids. Football practice will officially begin on Monday, Aug. 10, and school will officially begin one week later. I am not ready. T... Full story
This week at the Hereford Community Church, Janet Steffy and Pee Wee Smock celebrated their birthdays, and Chip and Janet Steffy celebrated their anniversary. Rev. and Mrs. Steffy are from Rockford, Ohio. They are the niece and nephew of Pastor Opdycke, and have been gracious enough to be guest speakers while Pastor Opdycke has been away on a trip to Canada and Alaska.... Full story
Rev. Steffy spoke on the rules for Christian living from Romans 12:9-21. Next week, Pastor Opdycke is scheduled to be back and her sermon topic will be The Four M’s. If you have any news you would like to share, you can contact me at 970-895-2433 or by email at [email protected]. Where did all those kids and livestock go? The Laramie County Fair, of course. These little (and some big) guys have worked all year getting ready for this week. The fair started Saturday and runs through S... Full story
Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (VSV) infection has been found in Wyoming livestock in Goshen County. As a result, the Wyoming State Fair and the Wyoming Livestock Board are requiring a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection within 14 days prior to going to the state fair on all livestock originating from any county in Wyoming or other states where VSV has been found. The following statement must appear on the certificate: “The animals represented on this certificate are not from a premises under quarantine for VSV and they are not showing any c... Full story
Archery season is just around the corner with most areas for antelope opening on Aug. 15 and most areas for deer and elk open to archers on Sept. 1. A few areas have different openers so bowhunters should check regulations for seasons in the area they want to hunt. The following are questions often asked by archers. Do I need an archery license in addition to my big game license? Yes…usually. Archers hunting in the archery preseason need an archery permit in most areas. The exception is for holders of Type 9 archery only licenses. Persons h...
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... Full story
