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In an emotional and sometimes heated debate the Burns Town Council once again dealt with the topic of using personal vehicles to arrive at emergency calls. In last month's council meeting Mayor Jim Clark announced that the towns liability insurance would no longer cover the use of personal vehicles during an emergency call. Since then there has been a problem getting responders to a call. "I am absolutely freaked out about this because I am going on month number two of no responses." Stated...
Good food, good company, and an election turn out that put the town hall to shame. With an overwhelming 47 votes, Leo Urbanek won a seat on the senior center board. A familiar face from the Lions Club, Urbanek has promised to work hard to serve the senior population of Pine Bluffs. Current president Dema Gilbert wanted to remind all in attendance that there would be an election for a new president during the next meeting. Director Alisha Michaud reported that the center has seen steady numbers...
George Lloyd Butler, 88, of Pine Bluffs died September 1, 2019 in the comfort of his home. He was born July 10, 1931 in Kimball, NE. George was a war veteran, serving the US Navy and Army. He was a pilot and farmer, but most of all, a family man. After the service, George returned home where he married the love of his life, Darline Fritz. They shared 65 years together. He is survived by his wife Darline Butler; daughter Kim Abe (Leonard); daughter -in-law, Julie Butler; two granddaughters,...
The Wyoming State Geological Survey (WSGS) is once again offering toolkits to junior high school classrooms statewide in celebration of Earth Science Week Oct. 13–19. The American Geoscience Institute (AGI), which has held Earth Science Week every October since 1998, provides 50 complimentary toolkits to the WSGS to distribute to Wyoming teachers on a first come, first serve basis. Toolkits include learning activities, posters, fact sheets, and a calendar. Additionally, there are resources from organizations such as the National Aeronautics and...
The Wyoming Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (WCADVSA) is pleased to announce the recipients of the WCADVSA’s 10th Annual P.E.A.C.E. Awards. The 2019 P.E.A.C.E. Award recipients are: Outstanding Advocate – Jess Barnes, Victim Advocate at Uinta County SAFV Task Force Inc. in Evanston; Outstanding Advocate – Kathy Steward, Victim Advocate at Laramie County Safehouse Services in Cheyenne; Leadership in Advocacy – Matt Gray, University of Wyoming Professor of Psychology in Laramie; Partners in Advocacy – Libby Thorson,...
This week I took down my hydroponic system in the greenhouse. No, it wasn't because of disappointment or failure or anything like that. I've learned all I could from that particular system and I had to remove it in order to begin building the permanent system. I was still getting very large, beautiful tomatoes and the peppers coming from the hydroponic plants were at least twice as large and three to four times as numerous as those from the soil-based plants. But I need to get started on the...
The Pine Bluffs volleyball team has been in season for 3 weeks. The girls had their first tournament 2 weeks ago in Douglas, and ended up being the champions of the tournament, they went 6-0. I had the opportunity to sit down with some of the players and ask them some questions about the upcoming season. I sat down with returning players, Savannah Norman, Sydnie Fornstrom, and Sophie Howard and started out by asking "What is the team's Mantra or slogan," The team decided on the slogan "T3, T...
Taking part in the Veteran's History Project (VHP) this weekend was more than just an interview for me. In 2017 there was an estimated 47,220 veterans living in the state of Wyoming, of those only 267 have participated in the VHP. What this means for the state is that there are approximately 46,953 vets here that have not had their stories recorded. Those of us who served in the past know that today's military is very different from the one that our forefathers served in and the one before that...
Volleyball is under way and last week the Lady Hornets had their chance show their stuff.. The Lady Hornets hosted the Lingle Volleyball on Thurdsday 5 Sept. and then traveled to Yuma, Colorado on the Sept 6 to play the Yuma team.. The Lady Hornets won the match with Lingle with a 3 to 2 victory. The match had to be decided with a tie breaker game. Coach Gilbert says, "The Lingle game was ugly. I think we didn't mentally prepare and thought we could come out and walk all over them." The Lingle...
In their first home game the Burn's Broncs were able to put away the Wright Panthers on Friday with a final score of 32-6 even though the game was stopped in the 4th quarter due to lightning. Defense played well only giving up 138 total yards. Seniors Ben Banville and Tanner Wilson were also excellent defensively. Offense was on point with #34 Boe Clayson amassing 277 yards rushing on 21 carries that included an amazing 95 yard touchdown run in the third quarter. Quarterback #1 Kaden Lakin...
The Pine Bluffs/Burns XC team had their first full team meet today in Gering, Nebraska--we are only missing a few runners that are facing some season-opening injuries. With 6 races and over 40 runners, we have a full day and lots of things to be happy about, but holy heck was it a scorcher today. The Five Rocks Amphitheater is a challenging course. Hills, trails, grass, switchbacks, a beautiful jaunt around the cemetery, more hills, and finally a grassy downhill to the finish--the grassy finish was like a supercharger for all the runners....
