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What brings you peace of mind? For a former Pine Bluffs graduate and lifelong Wyoming resident, it is serving others in a country far away. Logan Armstrong, son of Brenda and Jeff Armstrong of Pine Bluffs and grandson of Don and Marge Sabin of Sidney, joined the Peace Corps for many more reasons than that. “It is an opportunity of a lifetime that, once I heard about it, I couldn’t pass up,” smiled Logan. “It is the thrill of an adventure in another country; a fodder for personal growth, an oppo...
Great news for our journalism students; The Pines was selected as the Class 2A All-State Newspaper and tied with Cody for the People’s Choice recently at the Wyoming High School State Journalism Convention in Casper Oct. 7 and 8. The students attending the convention vote on their favorite yearbook and newspaper, so winning this award is pretty important to our students. The convention was more than a competition, it was an educational opportunity for students and advisers alike. Nationally k... Full story
The whole concept of what a lighthouse is and can mean has always been a big deal to me. The idea of a place serving as a beacon of hope and safety to desperate folks enduring their worst possible times forms a perfect metaphor to how a person may want to position himself or herself when it comes to aiding their fellow human beings. Over the years, Nancy has bought me models of lighthouses, photos of lighthouses and even a chess set made up of lighthouses. Until two weeks ago, I had only seen...
Monday was Columbus Day. On my way to work, the deejay asked what people thought about celebrating a holiday whose premise has been dis-proven. Oh, Columbus did sail the ocean blue and he did prove that the world was round and not flat. Sometimes people forget the pieces of truth when trying to get their truth heard. But Columbus wasn’t the first one to America. Native Americans and almost the entire state of South Dakota celebrates Native American Day on the second Monday in October. And, as ge...
A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.” ~ D. Elton Trueblood...
Special meeting for LCSD #2 The Board of Trustees for Laramie County School District #2 will meet for a Special Meeting on Wednesday, October 23, 2013, at 3:30 p.m. at the Pine Bluffs High School Commons at 512 Maple Street. All are welcome and encouraged to attend this mjeeting that will review the districts exit report from the school review. The purpose of this special meeting is to hear the district exit report as provided by Advanc-ED. Advanc-ED is the agency conducting the external review...
What does it look like when you mix musical talent, athleticism, academic success and kindness together? The Pawnee high community would point to Afton Zitek. Afton is the daughter of Lisa and Merle Zitek and the older brother to Holden, a seventh grader at Pawnee. With all her talent being used in high school, Afton would like to learn the talent of helping and caring for others and make it a career. She plans to attend IBMC in Cheyenne after graduation to pursue a career in nursing. “I think t...
Over 100 people stopped by the Pine Bluffs Senior Center Oct. 7 for the second annual health fair. The center hosted vendors including the Pine Bluffs volunteer firemen taking blood pressure, Laramie County Community College offering information on the Building Forward Initiative, Acute Care Rehabilitation Unit out of the Cheyenne Regional Medical Center, and Peak Wellness. Flu, DPT and pneumonia vaccinations were give to 70 people and the center fed 69 lunches after the fair...
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The Albin Town Council listened to Jim Sorensen as he discussed the poor condition of 5th street at their meeting Thursday evening. “It just seems to get slicker and slicker,” Sorensen said. “Would it be possible to get a load of gravel dumped on the street?” Mayor Kelly Krakow said he would check to see how busy maintenance man Arron Anderson was the next few weeks and get something done. The lunch report was reviewed by the council and town clerk Jillian Kriz added that one catered event h...
The Lady Hornets had a busy schedule this past week with a game in Lingle, as well as playing host to a double triangular Saturday. Pine Bluffs lost in Lingle 14-25, 32-30, 19-25, 25-27 but came home ready for some tournament play. “Even though we ended up on the losing end of this match I was very happy with our effort, Coach Christina Nusbaum said of her team. “They hit the ball well and I felt that the way we fought back after game one was a testament to the ‘never say die’ attitude of this...
Monday Women 1. Designs West 125 2. Farmers State Bank 102 3. Subway 98 Highs Handicap game: Amy Zitek 232 Handicap series: Carleen Graves 682 Scratch game: Amy Zitek 204 Scratch series: Carleen Graves 529 Tuesday Mixed 1. Team Hard Ball 15 2. Bob’s Team 15 3. P&Z 15 Women’s Highs Handicap game: Debbie Cypher 288 Handicap series: Debbie Cypher 790 Scratch game: Debbie Cypher 207 Scratch series: Debbie Cypher 547 Men’s Highs Handicap game: Heath Rowbal 270 Handicap series: Heath Rowbal 723 Scrat...
Coach Will Gray sees through the adversity of this season to the future. As the winless Hornets continue their slide to the bottom of their conference, Gray is watching for areas to work on next year. “We have many fundamentals to work on from now until next fall,” Gray said with a hope only someone who works with young athletes can have after the mudslide of a season Pine Bluffs is experiencing. The Lingle game showed Gray the team had a little fight left in them. “Things seemed to snowb...
The Lady Broncs welcomed two teams into Bronc nation last week. But only one went home feeling the horse print on their back. Burns beat Lusk 25-14, 24-26, 25-14, 25-16 and lost to Lingle 22-25, 16-25, 25-19, 25-17, 12-15. Coach Christina Patterson said she liked the unity she is seeing in her players and hopes to see stronger comebacks when the score starts slipping to the opponent. “We played some great volleyball this last week,” Patterson said. “We are starting to play as one unit and are l...
The Burns Broncs have been here before. Sitting on the top of their conference, undefeated. And the fans, parents, coaches and players all have hopes of this season following the 2008 season. Taylor Kirkbride threw two touchdown passes to Mikky Heward in the first quarter and then targeted Wyatt Berg with a handoff and a 5 yard run into the end zone. Berg would have another short run in to the end zone late in the fourth quarter. The big play of the night came from Heward with a 90 yard touchdow...
The Lady Coyotes traveled to Fleming last Thursday to take on a tough conference foe, the Fleming Lady Wildcats. Pawnee lost to Fleming in four sets; 25-13, 25-16, 21-25, 25-12. With only three ace serves in the evening, the Lady Coyotes’ own offense contributed to the loss. The Lady Coyotes host the Colorado Deaf and Blind tonight and open their doors Friday night to Liberty Common. Individual Stats Kerby Anderson 6 kills, 4 digs Emily Ellis 1 ace, 1 kills, 4 digs Kyndra Konig 1 ace, 12 k...
What a great day of racing! Despite a cool windy afternoon the Pine Bluffs - Burns cross country team ran exceptionally well all around! In the junior high races Sara Love ran solo today and ran a great time for her longest race of the year. She earned a 14th place finish and is looking great going into the last week of the season. The junior high boys had all four boys compete in a race, which hasn’t happened due to injuries in quite a few weeks. They also ran one of the longest races of the season and ran it well. It was fun to see all f...
The Pawnee Coyotes bettered themselves to 2-5 overall and 2-4 in the league with a 36-7 win at North Park Saturday afternoon. Freshman Bryce Schnug showed the fans and the coaches to expect great things in the coming years and claimed the player of the game award by Maxpreps. Schnug had 9 tackles and 5 assists along with a fumble recovery and grabbed a pass for a touchdown. Pawnee will play their last home game of the season tonight against the Colorado Deaf and Blind. Their playoffs will start...
“Have no fear, the illusionist is here,” exclaimed Duane Laflin to over 150 people in the Albin gym Thursday night. The Albin Parent Group hosted a family fun night that started off with over 125 people making pancakes disappear, and ended with eyes as big as pancakes as Laflin, the internationally recognized magician amazed and kept the crowd in awe. He told the audience “what you see is not always what you know and what you know is not always what you see.” His job was to help them see wha...
Now you see Albin neighbors, now you don’t. A bunch of us were at the Magic Show Thursday evening. And what a show it was. Rumor had it Cody and Shawnae Branigan and family saw this act in Custer last summer and talked them in to coming down to do a show for the Albin Parent Group. Very nice. And although I didn’t make it in time for pancakes, I hear those disappeared as quick as a rabbit in a magicians hat. Thank you to the Albin Parent Group for making it happen. At the end of the show, Jil...
For the special this week at the Hereford Community Church Alison Mickelson read “Grandma’s Letter.” Then Steve Hauer sang “What If I Give All?” Pastor Opdycke began her teaching on the Holy Spirit with “The Gift of the Holy Spirit.” In John 14:15-31 Jesus tells his disciples that He will be leaving them, but the Holy Spirit will be coming to take his place and will live in them. The Holy Spirit helps us, guides us, teaches us, and makes us forget about ourselves and think of others. We ne...
The Burns Branch Library has two Halloween programs coming up! First of all, on Friday, October 25 at 1 pm, we are showing The Haunted Mansion with Eddie Murphy. This is great for all ages and we’ll provide the popcorn. The second program is our annual Halloween FUN! Drop by on Saturday, October 26 from 10am – 12pm for some games, trick or treat candy, crafts and a washable tattoo. Come in costume – we will be! There is no school on Friday, October 25 in the afternoon. In the Pine Bluffs Libra...
Keystone, South Dakota as well as other places are now dealing with flooding. Other areas are still cleaning up with earlier floods or maybe destructive tornadoes. Our weather here has been pretty lousy off and on this past two weeks; however, I think we can count ourselves lucky considering how bad it is in those areas. This past Thursday evening was awfully bad with hard rains and high winds. The kid’s trampoline is on the ground. So are a few tree limbs. We were without electricity for at l...
The village board met on Wednesday, October 9. Tim Nolting announced that a petition to recall him as board member has been filed with the county clerk. He suggested that if the required number of signatures is collected, the village should hold a town meeting to get input from everyone in town on how to proceed. He was told by the county that a special election will cost the village $3000-5000. Concerns were raised about harvest trucks moving through town too fast and not stopping at stop...
