Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
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The Burns Town Council meeting was called to order August 6 at 6:30 p.m. by Mayor James Clark. All council members were present except for Craig McPhie. He had passed away the last week of July. McPhie was on the Burns Town Council for two years. He was on the Parks and Recreation committee. At the meeting Mayor Clark called for a moment of silence in the memory of Council Member Craig McPhie. In public comment, Judy Johnstone reported on the Sixth Penny Funding stating the town has finished collecting the Sixth Penny fund of 2017. Johnstone...
Laramie County School District 2 gave orientation to the new employees on Wednesday August 18th. Fresh new faces are getting ready for the fresh new students. The excitement of the year was bubbling out of the employees. Liz Loyd will be teaching 3rd grade at Burns Elementary School. She is from Wellington, Colorado. Loyd is building a new home in Carpenter. She has been teaching for nineteen years. Loyd has taught almost all elementary grades except kindergarten. Her two kids will be going to...
The twentieth anniversary of 9/11 is fastly approaching. The United Way of Laramie County has decided to help Laramie County Fire District No. 6. On Saturday, September 11, from 5:30 –9:00 there will be a fund raiser put on by the Lions Club of Burns. The United Way is a nonprofit organization that helps with health, education, and financial stability of every person in the community. They help find resources for people. Laramie County has a new executive director of the Unity Way. He is Vernon...
Chalk up another year for the Laramie County Fair. Once again the fair was a week of controlled chaos as exhibitors rushed to get in their entries, set up for the competitions, then held their breath as the judges made their decisions. The livestock competitions were a flurry of activity from the time the doors opened for the entries to the time animals were loaded for the trip home. The chaos slowed down for the static exhibits once the judging was over on Friday. Yet there was always...
Seventeen Honorees will receive the Heart of Agriculture award. One from each county. This award will be given on August 21 at the Wyoming State fair in Douglas. The Heart of Agriculture award is about women in agriculture. These women have been nominated by peers, organizations, and others. This award is given by the University of Wyoming. This year Bobbi Frank is the honoree for Laramie County. She has been in agriculture for all her life in Wyoming. Frank grew up in south Wyoming on the Color...
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Serving the country as well as the community go hand in hand in the National Guard. It's also common for service members to volunteer in their community when not on duty. Once a year, Maj. Cory Castle, dusts off his cowboy boots and hats, dawns a pearl snap shirt, and heads out to the "Daddy of 'em All" to volunteer for Cheyenne Frontier Days. Castle has loved rodeos ever since he was little. Coming from a military family, he didn't have the opportunity to grow up around it....
Don Hollingshead is one of the candidates who will be running for Laramie County Sheriff in the 2022 election after Sheriff Danny Glick announced that he will be retiring when his current term ends. His announcement was posted on his campaign Facebook page in July. Hollingshead has worked for the Laramie County Sheriff’s Department for the past 26 years, starting off his law enforcement career as a detention deputy in 1995. He transferred to patrol where he advanced in rank over the years to the position of Patrol Lieutenant before t...
The Burns Youth Football Camp was August 9th through 11th at the Burns football field. The youth that went to the camp were fourth grade through eighth grade. The Burns High School football team members helped the youth in different drills along with the Junior high Coaches. Each night the youth went to different groups for the areas they are interested in. The first night the coaches worked on the general drills of figuring out where the youth player fit in the positions of football. The...
I’ve heard, “the Left doesn’t understand,” and, “Democrats don’t grasp how the economy works,” and other such comments until my head is about to explode. I nearly called in to a local radio show after the host made a similar comment last week. He was saved by my granddaughter. She had deleted his number and saved him from my diatribe. The fact is the Left fully understands what they’re doing. They aren’t stupid. They understand the economy and the consequences of crippling law enforcement (LE). They fully understand how their reign of terror w...
SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb., ― Regional West is pleased to welcome two family practice residents to Regional West Physicians Clinic-Family Medicine, Scottsbluff. Zachary Holmes, MD, is a family practice resident through the University of Nebraska Medical Center Family Medicine Rural Training Track, Scottsbluff. Dr. Holmes earned a medical degree from Saba University School of Medicine, Saba, Dutch Caribbean. Nathan Van Winkle, MD, is a family practice resident through the University of Nebraska Medical Center Family Medicine Rural Training Track, S...
The week of Trail Days there were five different bands performing at one venue or another. To begin the week The Knotty Pine Saloon had two female singers. The performer on Saturday night was Ja'net Eastman from Belle Fouche, South Dakota. She had written four song albums. She was up for an award in Nashville for her original songs. The album was call Lucky Enuf. The awards are the Josie Awards in Nashville, Tennessee. Eastman's voice was raspy and she sang old country music. The second...
The beauty of the homegrown plants and flowers is in the open class horticulture of the Laramie County Fair. It shows how well the contestants take care of them. The grand champion of plants was a phalaenopsis orchid. This orchid blooms twice a year. The flowers were a beautiful light purple. An orchid is not the easiest plant to grow. This plant cannot be in direct sun or the leaves will blister. It needs some humidity in the air. A person only waters the orchid once a week. The soil is a...
The open class had free classes at the Laramie County Fair. One of the classes was on Wednesday, August 11 by Kathy Boltz. Boltz taught Loom Knitting. Boltz was at the fair with demonstrations of weaving, spinning, and working with a loom throughout the week. She has her own Alpacas to use their fleece. Boltz is very knowledgeable about the animals and the products. She has her own business called Wyoming Dream Alpacas. She started the class with picking a loom which is a plastic round circle...