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Grover, Colorado 'got their celebration on' for Grover Days on Saturday, September 4th starting at 10:00 a. m. The town of Grover was plotted on November 10, 1888, and then incorporated October 6, 1916. Through the years the town's folk would pick a time to get together to celebrate the end of summer with events for the families to participate in. This year there were several events throughout the day. There were games for the children, lawn tractor pulls, and the barbecue cook off. The town...
The Grover Annual Barbecue Cook off was held on Saturday September 4th during the Grover Days celebration. The cook off started four years ago. Some of the towns folk wanted to fire up the barbecue and see who had the best recipes. At the end of the summer, they started the Northern Colorado Barbecue Association. Anyone can participate. Through the summer you get points on different wins. At the end there are awards for the ones that have joined. This year there were seven different teams. Of...
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Mark Gordon will join the Wyoming Veterans Commission on behalf of the Wyoming Military Department and other state and local agencies to hold a wreath-laying ceremony this Saturday, on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. The event will honor the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that took the lives of 2,997 men, women and children. “Twenty years after that devastating day that every American who was alive that day remembers, we witnessed the American People’s resolve and the best of our spiri...
Melvin C. Fornstrom, 87, of Pine Bluffs died at home surrounded by family on Wednesday, September 1, 2021. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 7, 2021 at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Pine Bluffs with Father Kevin Koch officiating. Burial will be in the Pine Bluffs Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday, September 6, from 6:00 until 7:00 p.m. at Cantrell Funeral Home in Kimball, NE. Friends may also visit www.cantrellfh.com to leave condolences and stories for the...
Chleo Imelda Moats, 74, of Cheyenne passed away September 4, 2021 in Cheyenne. She was born August 23, 1947 in Pine Bluffs, WY to Ronald and Dorothy Haines. She married Alan Moats on July 1, 1963 in Cheyenne and was a manager for AT&T and a homemaker. She is survived by her husband Alan Moats of Cheyenne; children, Casey ( Marian) Moats of Cheyenne and Marilyn (Stan) Sutherland of Albin; grandchildren, Jordan Moats, David Moats, Tyler Burton, Shawna Sutherland and Cory Sutherland; sister, Gerri...
The Future Business Leaders of America in Pine Bluffs has started with their activities of the school year for 2021-2022. President Alexis Depaulitte said, "We as members had a Gutter Party to start the year. This is to introduce the officers and the new members." The youth from the Pine Bluffs High School and Junior High School had participated in the Annual Rock, Paper, Scissors Tournament. They then moved on to a game of musical chairs with Jesson Loyd in charge of the music. There were over...
This spring brought an abundance of wildflowers and other plants that I've never before seen, at least in the profusion that decorated my pasture. Quite a few of the plants were poisonous but one edible plant stood out to me. The wild onion. I've always had one here and there but this year they were everywhere. It's almost as if I'd planted them intentionally. At first I wasn't confident in what I thought I was seeing since there were so many. I only remembered my father-in-law's comments about...
Welcome to the Grover Musuem located at the east end of Main Street in Grover, Colorado. The building was originally the Railroad Depot. It became a museum in 1975 donated by Fritz Duggan. Duggan was the last railroad agent in Grover. He bought the building when he retired. Duggan then donated to the Pawnee Historical Society. It took some work to put it back together. With donations and loans of different items from families of the area the museum is now full of history. The first room...
Governor Gordon of Wyoming has proclaimed September 17, 2021 at National POW/MIA Recognition Day. This day was established in 1979 through a proclamation signed by President Jimmy Carter. From that year forward, every President in office has issued a proclamation commemorating the third Friday of September as National POW/MIA Recognition Day. Many Americans across the United States pause to remember the sacrifices and service of those who were prisoners of war (POW), as well as those who are...
Heidi L. Paulec is an author and speaker with fifteen years teaching experience. She holds a bachelor's degree from John Brown University and holds certificates of distinction from RZIM Academy on Apologetics and Why Suffering. She's contributed to several studies over the years, including B1 Studies of Brave Girls Gather and Sacred Holidays. She knows wounds, wandering, and wresting serve as invitations to intimacy with God. Walking with Him, she's learning to discover... to remember... to...
The Grover community loves to throw horseshoes throughout the year. However, during Grover Days it's about who's the best thrower in town. "Challenge accepted." At this tournament each person is on their own. There were three pitties to throw at. The pitties are set up with a stake in the middle and sawdust around it. There is a backboard to protect people from the over zealous horseshoe thrower. On the top of the board is a score board to keep track of the points. Each person gets two horseshoe...
The Pine Bluffs Hornets football team traveled to Riverside for their contest last week on Thursday. They played the Riverside Rebels. The team was looking for a win in the faraway city of Riverside and they were ready to play. After all the pre-season prep and work outs the team was fit and looking for a win. And win they did as they shut out the Rebels 30-0. Quarterback Stu Lerwick completed 14 of 22 passes for 183 yards. He has one touchdown and one interception. He also ran seven times for 37 yards. Number 17, Sean Rhoads ran 11 times for...
The Burns/Pine Bluffs cross country track team ran their second race of the season on Sept 3, 2021 at the Five Rocks Amphitheater in Gering, Nebraska. The weather was a little humid and overcast but the runners were anxious to get out there and give it their all. Overall the girl’s varsity team placed fourth and the boy’s varsity team placed 7th in the 5k run. In the 5000m run, the girl’s took first place and boys took second. According to Coach Rousseau “our team is incomplete because of illness, injury or mandatory practices, instead of Pine...
The Pine Bluffs Hornets Girls Volleyball team traveled to Yuma, Colorado to face their counterparts there. The Hornets were ready and anxious to put their talents to work and were looking for a win to start the season off. However this was not the time nor the place for the Hornets. They ended up dropping three of five games to the stronger Yuma team. The Hornets dropped the first game 20 to 25. The second game was just as good but the Hornets still fell 19 to 25. The third was close and the Hornets came back with a close game 23 to 25. Not a...
The Grover Garden Tractor Pull was Saturday September 4th. There were twenty-five contestants. They ranged in ages of three years old to eighty–seven years old. Men, women, and children were out to pull that day. The track was side dirt street by the park. The sled is out of Grover. This is just like the big tractor pulls but on a smaller scale. The tractors are lawn mowers, but some are souped-up with motor cycle engines. That is why there are so many classes. This is to keep it fair for e...
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - On July 18, Spc. Aiden Carroll, a Horizontal Construction Engineer with the 133rd Engineering Company in Laramie, made the journey from the rocky plains of Wyoming to the beautiful mountains of Flagstaff, Arizona. His mission? To compete in and win the 2021 Army National Guard National Best Warrior Competition held July 19-23. Carroll already had two victories under his belt. He placed first in the Wyoming state competition in April, and again in the Region Six competition in...
This is not a good time for our country. Joe Biden abandoned our civilians in Afghanistan, many of whom are retired military who stayed as p\ contractors at the government’s request. He gave the Communist Chinese Party (CCP) billions of dollars of some of our best technology so they can teach the Taliban to use it against us. He has turned world leaders and our allies against us. He lied about a phone call with French President Macron. He has opened our southern border and is allowing drugs and criminals to flow freely into our country. R...