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pecial meeting on August 30th at Burns High School. The rules stated how the meeting was going to go for the night. They moved the public comment of the meeting to the middle of the agenda. The meeting was attended by over seventy parents from the district. Superintendent Justin Pierantoni presented to the Laramie County District 2 school board the reason for the meeting and to introduce the speakers. He did expect to discuss this subject soon with the district. Superintendent Pierantoni told...
Rachel Derner from Burns, Wyoming is the 2021 Miss Rodeo Wyoming. She is the 63rd Miss Rodeo for Wyoming. Derner grew up in a rodeo family. She is a 2015 graduate of Burns High School. Derner never thought about being a rodeo queen until she went to college at the University of Wyoming in Laramie. She knew that they would give her a saddle and pay for travel to the rodeos. "With the help of a friend who talked me into trying to be a queen, it turns out it is my dream job," she said. Derners favo...
Cheyenne: Absentee and early voting for Laramie County’s Nov. 2 election on the 1% specific purpose sales and use tax (6th penny) begins Sept. 17. Voters will consider 14 ballot propositions, grouped into the categories of public safety, roads, infrastructure, and community enhancements. Voters may vote for or against each proposition and a proposition must receive a majority of votes cast on it to be approved. Laramie County Clerk Debra Lee said any registered voter can request an absentee ballot that will be mailed to their home. ...
CASPER, WY – U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) released the following statement regarding the news that Rylee McCollum of Bondurant was one of the U.S. Marines killed in Thursday’s terrorist bombings at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. “Wyoming’s own Rylee McCollum made the ultimate sacrifice protecting Americans and civilians in Afghanistan. Bobbi and I join everyone in Wyoming in mourning this devastating loss. Rylee was a true American hero. “Rylee wasted no time answering the call to serve our country, joining the Marines right out of hi...
Virginia M. Fuller, 76, of Bushnell, died in Denver on Saturday, August 20, 2021. Cremation has been held and memorial services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 9, 2021 at the Cantrell Funeral Home in Kimball with Devota Burry officiating. Inurnment will be held on Friday, September 10, 2021 at 2:00 CST at Ft. McPherson National Cemetery in Maxwell, Nebraska. Friends may visit www.cantrellfh.com to view Virginia's Tribute Wall and leave condolences and stories for the family....
Roberta "Jean" Petersen, 90, of Pine Bluffs, Wyoming passed away Wednesday afternoon, August 25, 2021 at the Davis Hospice Center. Jean was born April 11, 1931 in Bushnell, Nebraska, a daughter of the late Max R. and Vivian Iva (Sisson) Higday. Jean enjoyed caring for her home and her family while also assisting her husband's service station business as a bookkeeper. She also drove school bus for Laramie County School District #2, was an avid supporter of Hornets' sports, and enjoyed spending...
Delores Maxine "Nick" Hockersmith, passed away August 23, 2021 near her home in Pine Bluffs, Wyo. She was born at the farm near Grover, CO on February 17, 1930. She was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church, East of Grover, Colorado. She attended one room country schools as a young girl, then later attended Grover High School and Pine Bluffs High School. She met the love of her life, Jack Hockersmith, at a dance in Pine Bluffs in 1945, they were married at Kimball, Nebraska on November...
Bobby L. Wagner, 87, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, formerly of Albin, Wyoming, passed away peacefully at his home on August 27, 2021 surrounded by his loving family. Bobby was born July 12, 1934 in Augusta, Kansas, a son of the late Milo and Evelyn (Schilling) Wagner. Bobby graduated from Torrington High School and served honorably in the United States Navy during the Korean War. He will be remembered as a loving husband, father, grandfather and friend, and he will be sadly missed. He is survived by...
Elouise graduated President and Salutatorian of her class of 1943 at Bushnell High School. She married Marvin Schacher July 28, 1949. After graduation, Elouise worked at Kimball County Bank as a Teller and then began a career in many Catholic Church endeavors, including from 1963-1988 Counsel of Catholic Women with her duties consisting of CCW President, Treasurer, and International Affairs Chairman, all while raising her 5 children. She coped with tragic loss of 2 of her sons, John & Dennis. El...
Frank M. Fritz, 80, of Cheyenne, died on August 28, 2021 in Cheyenne. He was born on September 18, 1940 in Colorado. Services will be Thursday, 1:30 p.m., at Wiederspahn-Radomsky Chapel with burial to follow in the Pine Bluffs Cemetery. To view the full obituary please visit www.wrcfuneral.com...
They grow all by themselves. All along the roads, in pastures, in fields, in barrow pits, and in gardens. The can even show up in your flower beds and vegetable gardens. Sunflowers are everywhere this year. If you're a fan of sunflowers this is an especially great year. We usually have a lot of sunflowers but this year there seems to be more than ever. Linda and I took a drive down County Road 214 Sunday and it was almost like a canyon of sunflowers. Beautiful. Maybe we see so many because they like our climate. Sunflowers do well in acidic to...
Grace Steenbergen represented the American Legion Auxiliary at Girls Nation in Washington D.C. on July 24th through 31st. Steenbergen started this endeavor by receiving an application from her school council for Girls State. She was then interviewed and wrote an essay stating why the American Legion Auxiliary should pick her. Once submitted as a represented delegate for the Auxiliary, Steenbergen then went to Cheyenne along with girls from all over the state. At Cheyenne the girls are divided...
James Barth is running for Laramie County Sheriff in November. He is a Disabled Veteran from the Army. Barth has been a certified post Law Enforcement Chaplain and Chaplain of Georgia Homeland Security. Barth has worked with Info Sec Specialist, F.B.I., D. O. J., and other agencies of the federal government. He is a Conservative. Barth was born and raised in Michigan. He went into the military and training in Georgia. Once he got out of the military, he went back to Michigan into the national...
Kicks 4 Kids is a fund raiser for Laramie County School District 1 and 2. This program got its start in 2018, with help from the law firm of Hirst Applegate LLP wanting to help the schools. It was brought to their attention by Shannon Ward that the kids in Physical Education needed shoes. The kids had to sit out because they did not have the correct kind of shoes. This made the kids feel left out along with, it was not good for their feet. Hirst Applegate attorneys decided on a play on the 0.5k...
The Lady Broncs Volleyball team started their 2021 season off with a bang. Competing in the Douglas tournament against such teams as Big Horn, Douglas, Newcastle and Moorcroft. They went 4-2 to sit a top the leader board. According to WyoPrep the Lady Broncs are going to be the team to beat this year as they are currently seated number one. The Lady Broncs have nine returning players from last year. All were letter winners. Rylee Jo Ward, Emma Norris, Kylie Gallegos, Savannah Kirkbride, Sienne...
The Burns/Pine Bluffs Cross Country team starts their season this weekend. The team has nine returning boys with 4 of them being state runners from last year. The girls will have 10 returning runners with 4 of them being state qualified runners from last year. The team started last weekend in Beartrap Meadow which is in Casper last weekend. Although the team has not run there in a couple of years the weather was very cooperative. Three of the Lady Broncs competed, Senior Emma Gonzalez,...
Buzz Bradley Memorial Laramie County roping was held at the Pine Bluffs area in Pine Bluffs on Saturday August 28th. This roping is for the residents of Laramie County only. It does not matter as long you can ride a horse, throw a rope and live in Laramie County, Wyoming. This roping has been happening for years. One roper remembers, when his dad roped when he could barely walk. Now he has his own family. Buzz Bradley loved his roping. He was a gentle, loving, caring and giving man. Bradley was...
The Burns library is gearing up to commemorate 9/11. The library is putting up posters of 9/11 throughout the library that will recount the events of September 11, 2001. Personal stories are on the posters of those that were there. Throughout the month are different activities regarding 9/11 such as reading challenges, and crafts. The week of September 7 through 11 will be crafts. To honor first responders by the youth and adults, they will be making badges. Then the library will collect them...
You’re a bigot! You’re racist! Homophobe! Xenophobe! You just want to throw Grandma over a cliff! Sound familiar? Those are only a small sample of terms Democrats, Socialists, throw around to make Conservatives back down from the battle. Unfortunately it works. Remember the old saying we used as kids, “Sticks and stones can break my bones but words will never hurt me”? I think we all said it at one time or another but it isn’t true. Words do hurt. Nobody enjoys being called names. Words hurt. I’m sure we can all come up with an example of...
Recently the Wyoming Supreme Court issued a public censure of a Cheyenne attorney who was the lead prosecutor in a case against an Albin farm owner, her son and two contractors who were present when DCI agents stormed a farm northeast of Albin. This attorney and the Laramie County DA office claimed that these individuals were conspiring to grow, possess and distribute marijuana. Despite overwhelming evidence disproving the claim, they refused to recognize the crop as hemp. In its findings, the Supreme Court confirmed that “In the course of t...
