Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
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The Texas Trail Museum is creating a display to preserve some of the history of the Pastime Theatre in Pine Bluffs. The theater was built in 1918 by Frank Rabou of Albin. It was destroyed by fire in early 2000. Through the foresight and generosity of Jack Harrison, the museum has the projectors that were used in the theater for many years. They were installed in 1936 and served all of those years. The museum also has several posters and mailers that advertised movies shown there. The museum...
Pine Bluffs Feed and Grain is reporting the wheat harvest for this region is complete. Although the quantity wasn’t outstanding, the quality was good if not better than other local regions. Pine Bluffs Feed and Grain employee Jessica Fornstrom said most bushels had a good test weight between 59 and 62, “and some were even better than that.” Protein averaged between 12 and 16 with 5-15 bushels per acre yield for most farmers through the local elevator. Harvest was slowed this year by the rain. “W...
While Congress was not in session for most of August, events and announcements continued to happen in Washington this month. The Wyoming delegation fought successfully to secure the return of our state’s mineral revenue that was withheld by the Administration earlier this year. The Senate also passed an important bill to increase hydropower development and rural jobs in Wyoming and President Obama signed it into law. Wyoming Delegation Secures Return of Mineral Revenue to State Earlier this y...
Remember that old tune from Anne Murray, “Little Good News?” Back in 1983 it hit the number one spot on the country charts and was in the top 50 of the pop chart way before cross-over music was as common as reality shows. The lyrics talked about fighting in Lebanon, bad economy, and “one more sad story's one more than I can stand.” The song goes on to say how she would like to have the papers say “not much to print today, can't find nothin' bad to say.” I started in the print business a...
Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity. Og Mandino (1923 - 1996)...
Nichole Lanning and Clint Littell of Maywood, Neb., are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Jessie Jane Littel. Jessie was born on Aug. 23, 2013, in North Platte, Neb., at 8 a.m. She weighed 7 lbs., 10 oz., and measured 20.5 in. long. She is welcomed by her tow older sisters, Sadie Littell and Raelene Lanning. Her grandparents are Charles and Marlene Jones of Maywood, Neb., Carey Lanning of Pine Bluffs, and Dale Littell of Maywood, Neb. Her great-grandparents are LaVetra Lanning...
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...
Mrs. Marjorie B. (Gassett) Romsa, 96, of Cheyenne, passed away at her home at Sierra Hills Assisted Living Center on Thursday, Aug.29, 2013. Mrs. Romsa was born Feb. 3, 1917, in Cheyenne, a daughter of the late Walter and Helen (Bowman) Gassett. Marjorie will be remembered as a ranch wife who loved to care for her home and her family. Marjorie is survived by her son, Larry Romsa of Laramie; six grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. She is preceded in death by her...
Students in our reading area have the first week or so of school under their belt and are getting settled in their classrooms and working on the task at hand. It’s an innocent and necessary pursuit we have all been through, and often without thought to something going horribly wrong in the process. But even in small towns like Pine Bluffs, Albin, Burns, Carpenter and Grover danger can lurk for our students. One local student has already been approached by a stranger with criminal intent in m... Full story
U.S. Senators Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and David Vitter, R-La., today announced they will introduce legislation in September to reverse and clarify the recent decision by the Office of Personnel and Management (OPM) on Obamacare. Their legislation will require that all Members of Congress, the President, Vice President, and all political appointees in the Administration must purchase their health insurance on the Obamacare Exchange without the help of taxpayer-funded subsidies. Congressional staff... Full story
Applications for the Wyoming Arts Council’s Governor’s Arts Awards are accepted until the postmark deadline of Oct. 7. Any Wyoming citizen, organization, business or community may be nominated for a Governor’s Art Award. Noted accomplishments should reflect substantial contributions, made in Wyoming, that exemplify a long-term commitment to the arts. Special consideration will be given to nominees whose arts service is statewide. Established in 1982, the Governor’s Arts Awards recognize excelle...
Facing Merino and Briggsdale in the opening contests of the 2013 volleyball season, the Pawnee Lady Coyotes set the standard for the next few months. On Thursday, the Ladies from Pawnee defeated Merino in four sets at home. On the road Friday, Pawnee put away Briggsdale in three sets. The Merino Lady Rams came out weak in the first set on Thursday losing 10-25 to Pawnee. They came out stronger in the second set, winning 25-22. In the third set Pawnee won 25-17 and held on in a tight fourth set...
On a very hot and dry day on Casper Mountain the girls and boys varsity teams from the combined Burns/Pine Bluffs squad ran their first cross country race of the year. “In a field of runners made up of mostly 4A schools from around the state both boys and girls teams ran very well,” coach Dustin Lee said. Early in the girls race the top local runners went out and finished strong. Austin Asay finished seventh, Celeste Morales placed 17th. “Our remaining runners of Celeste Jackson, Sam Hanso...
A 20-46 loss is in the books for Pawnee’s Coyotes after the Briggsdale Falcons proved unhospitable hosts Friday night. “We had six turnovers which makes it pretty hard to get any momentum going,” said Pawnee head coach Doug Miller. “There were not a lot of bright spots but it was the first high school game for six of the players. Freshmen Joe Sanders did a good job at defensive end.” The game got off to a rocky start with the Falcons scoring 16 points in the first quarter and the Coyotes not abl...
From the look around the 91,000 plus football fans at Memorial Stadium, only a thousand or so boasted the Brown and Gold for the Cowboys. Wyoming came into the game a heavy underdog against the No. 18 Huskers, but showed up to be Cowboy tough and “Never Quit.” After scoring first, the Cowboy’s defense began taking dominant steps to slow down Nebraska’s offense. But when the Huskers scored, and a few calls were questionable, even by the fans in red, Wyoming was undaunted. After 602 total offensi...
What can you use in cakes, salads, breads, side dishes, main dishes, and face peels but yet everyone wants to give it away this time of year? Zucchini of course! The kids’ great-grandma Smith used to say Windex was good for everything. Great-grandma Brown thought dryer sheets could fix anything. Well, I am here to say, zucchini can fix any meal, no matter what you’re craving. This miracle squash is so easy to grow, you can easily end up with a bumper crop. But don’t let it go to waste. Skin...
We hope everyone had a safe Labor Day and was able to enjoy the last holiday of summer. Upcoming sport events for Burns High School for the week will be on Friday, Sept. 6. The Burns High School cross country team will be in Gering, Neb., for an invitational that starts at 1 p.m. Burns high school girl’s volleyball team and the boys football team will be at Southeast. The girl’s volleyball game begins at 3 p.m. and the boy’s football game begins at 7 p.m. Good luck Broncs! This week’s zucchin...
For the special this week at the Hereford Community Church Kathy Zitek read an article by Bill Jordan. Then she told about the Christmas stocking project. The church fills and sends Christmas stockings to underprivileged children in New York City. The church will be filling Christmas stockings on October 6th after a potluck dinner. Pastor Opdycke encouraged the congregation to “Think About Eternity.” The scripture was James 4:7-17 which tells us to resist the devil and he will run from you. The...
Do you enjoy seeing the sunflower fields follow the sun as much as I do? I don’t know how much profit the farmer gets out of those fields of moving yellow, but I truly enjoy driving or biking by them. It sounds like a cold winter is coming, so soak in that warm yellow sight as much as you can so the Indian summer can keep you warm through the frigid months. Jillian tells me soccer and volleyball registrations are continuing. She would like you to volunteer to coach, ref, or just help out with t...
The community center board meets on Monday, Sept. 9. Granny Craft Club meets on Tuesday, Sept. 10. The Calvary United Methodist Women meet on Wednesday, Sept. 11. The village board meets at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 11. The bookstore’s September hours are Monday and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. However, we will be closed on Wednesday, Sept. 11. You’re welcome to make an appointment to visit at another time, provided we can arrange for som...
Welcome to September in Banner County, Nebraska and many parts of the country where the hot, hot weather continues! Early morning and evening have been beautiful however. We had a terrific amount of rain one evening last week, about Thursday I believe, and it was accompanied by fierce lightning and thunder that roiled forever. Was absolutely great! Friday early afternoon was a different story though. The clouds moved in, little lightning or thunder, and lights out at about 3:20 and stayed that...
1 years ago A.R. Whiteman of Salem has just completed the interior of his house by a coat of plaster. Otto Anderson was in town after a load of lumber with which to build a vestibule on the Grange hall at Albin. The weather man is getting quite generous with his moisture these days. He let down another downpour over Pine Bluffs again Wednesday evening. C.E. Worley, a farmer living southeast of Pine Bluffs, brought in 225 pounds of the juiciest, finest, most delicious tomatoes we have ever...
The week is very young as I type this, but it has been fraught with pain and anguish for my family and me. I am experiencing the difficulty of living a thousand miles from“home” and it really hurts — a lot. I got a call Monday morning from my mother that opened with “I have bad news.” It wasn’t unanticipated, but it was unwelcome. My father’s older sister has been ill for a few weeks. Planning a vacation back home soon, I was praying heavily that she would get better enough for me to see her on...
Last week I traveled around the Panhandle to attend various field days. The crops around our region look to be doing pretty well if a hail storm hadn’t hit the fields. There seems to be more hail storms around this year than most years. Almost every producer I visited with had a hail storm somewhere on their farm. I drove to Grant, Neb., to Steve Tucker’s farm to attend a field day hosted by the Colorado Conservation Tillage Association in conjunction with No-till On the Plains. This field wor...
