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The tables were lined up and ready for diners, adorned with fall flowers and decorations at the Pine Bluffs Community Center on October 23rd. For the last few years St. Paul's Fall Turkey Dinner has been canceled due to the COVID pandemic that turned everyone's lives upside down. The dinner, a yearly traditional event has been sorely missed and was a welcome relief from all of the quarantine's and masks that have kept people from living their best lives. From 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. turkey,...
The stage was set at the Burns High School Commons. On October 18th at 6:30 p.m. the Burns American Government senior class hosted a School Board Candidate Forum. The senior class students wrote out twenty questions. The event began with a meet and greet with the school candidates with refreshments provided. The main questions started at 7:00 p.m. with Johnny Mercer the Language Arts teacher at Burns High School who read the questions to the candidates. Each candidate had a short time to answer...
Issues of cleaning was discussed and dog licenses at the Burns town council meeting on October 24th at 5:30 p.m.. The first issue addressed was the acceptance of a resignation by Mayor Jim Clark. Don and Mary Ackatz submitted a resignation for their cleaning for the town of Burns. Council member Judy Johnstone first stated, "Thank you and I appreciate what they have done. You have done a wonderful job.” Don and Mary Ackatz said thank you. Don Ackatz explained that they are having less cleaning time and more to clean with the extra events. T...
Geraldine (Gerry) Agnes Lang passed away October 21st, 2022, in Sheridan, Wyoming. Gerry was born on March 10th, 1929, to Ellen Ann (Rauner) and Herbert Louis Hruska in Gilead, Nebraska. She was the oldest of eight children, growing up on the family farm outside of Sidney, Nebraska. Gerry attended St. Patrick's Academy in Sidney through high school, graduating in 1947, and she was a student at Loretto Heights College for 2 years. Gerry married John Bernard Lang in 1949 and moved to Pine Bluffs,...
Two sets of paperwork are signed with the town of Albin. The Albin Town Council met on October 13th at 7:00 p.m. For old business the lunch program is looking good. Mayor Kelly Krakow gave three updates. The first was the paperwork was signed for the mobile home/RV park. Mayor Krakow stated, "A date from Pine Bluffs Sand & Gravel to work on the mobile home/ RV park will be soon.” The Third update was Laramie County Fire District #3 who purchased the land from the town in an agreement was signed. It was sent to Alex Davison to record with the c...
Move over, Charlie Brown! There's a new great pumpkin in town. And a new state record. Andy Corbin of Cheyenne broke his own state record this year with a mammoth 1,854 pound pumpkin. In 2019, Corbin broke the state record with a pumpkin weighing in at 1,491 pounds. That's after he set the record in 2015 with a pumpkin weighing 1,268 pounds. Corbin takes growing pumpkins seriously. That's a pretty "smashing" record for a backyard gardener. Harold Stinchcomb is a friendly rival of Corbin's and...
Halloween, a fun imaginative time of year is coming through in the cupcakes at the Pine Bluffs High School Food Science class where the students were competing in Cupcake Wars. Everyone in the school and on Facebook were able vote on the cupcakes. The divisions were, best design, best color, and the coveted grand prize. There were 13 cupcakes entered. There were skeletons, pumpkins with gravestones, ghosts, aliens, slime covered rocks, spiders on a pink cushion, white masks with black eyes and...
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Mark Gordon celebrated the newly constructed Veterans Home of Wyoming with a ribbon-cutting ceremony today. The first skilled nursing facility dedicated to veterans in Wyoming will provide long-term care to veterans, their spouses and Gold Star families. "Our veterans are an integral part of Wyoming's rich heritage, and it is an honor to celebrate the completion of the first veterans skilled nursing facility in Wyoming," shared Governor Mark Gordon. "Veterans, and t...
The kids were lined up for a free pumpkin and activities at the Pine Bluffs Community Center on October 15th for the annual Fall Festival. Every year Pine Bluffs Recreation gives free pumpkins away to the kids. This year there were 125 pumpkins given out.The line started as early as 9:00 a.m. but the festival started at 11:00 a.m. and ended at 2:00 p.m. The craft vendors started at 9:00 a.m. and ended at 3:00 p.m. There was a variety of baked goods, rocks, pictures, clocks, clothes and more....
A highly skilled orthopedic surgery team is joining the Kimball Health Services medical staff, signaling the beginning of an entirely new service line at the Kimball hospital. Dr. Jeffrey MacMillan, MD, and Karen Wenner, APRN, DNP, his assistant and business partner, will begin their practice at KHS on Nov. 1, bringing with them the capability of doing total knee, shoulder and hip replacement surgeries in Kimball. "We couldn't be more pleased to have such skillful and highly regarded providers j...
Last Friday the Pine Bluffs Hornets varsity football team played their final game of the regular season. The Hornets were already set for the post season but they were on a streak of six straight wins and no losses. The team was undefeated and wanted to stay that way. The Southeast Cyclones were the only team left in the conference to beat. The Cyclones were seated second in the East Conference right below the Hornets who are seated number one. The Hornets were just too strong for the Cyclones...
The number three seated Burns Broncs Varsity football team played the number one seated Big Horn Rams who were 6-1 on the season last Friday night. The Broncs lost the contest but compared to last year's team they are way ahead. The Broncs are still seated number three and will be headed into the post season starting this Friday. Coach Romsa has done a great job turning the program around and has given the town and the school an exciting season. The team is unhappy to have lost the last game of...
The number one seated Burns Lady Broncs varsity volleyball team took on the number three seated Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets in a conference match last Thursday. The Hornets were tough and showed that they earned the number three seat. The Hornets stayed right with the Broncs the whole match and made the Broncs earn the victory. The Broncs started off serving but the Hornets broke the serve and got the first point of the game. Then the Hornets got a couple more points with some nice setting by #28...
The Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets faced off against the Southeast Lady Cyclones in a non-conference match last Friday. The Cyclones are the number one seated team in the 1A Southeast Conference at 22-5. The Hornets are the number 3 seat in the 2A conference at 8-16-1. First to face off were the Junior High teams. The Junior High team played well against the Cyclones but they were just a bit too strong for the Hornets. Number 22 and #23 were hitting kill shots but the Cyclones were hitting their own....
The Burns Lady Broncs traveled west to Lingle to face the Lady Doggers in the last game of the regular season. The Lady Broncs are still in the #1 seat and looking forward to the postseason which will start on October 28th. The Lady Doggers are #2 in the 2A Southeast division right behind the Lady Broncs. This match will give one of them a large morale boost heading into regionals. The Lady Broncs did not waste any time in getting the edge. They worked the floor from the net to the back court an...
The Pine Bluffs/Burns cross country track team left on Friday morning–not early which was lovely. The team always starts state day with an EARLY team run. This has been a tradition since long before Coach Rousseau took over. Coach said, “This tradition is one of my favorites, despite me being the opposite of a morning person.” The initial outside meet-up is always grumpy, but within a few moments they are giggling together outside. They found a park in the dark–a couple of loops around, some plyos, and a couple of games of infection and the...
The Burns Lady Broncs volleyball squad traveled down the freeway to the town of Pine Bluffs to take on the Lady Hornets volleyball squad in a conference contest. The Hornets gave the Broncs all they could handle and the Junior Varsity team was the only match loss the Broncs suffered. The Junior High team started off strong as #23 for the Broncs held her serve for eight points. Some good rallies and back and forth service breaks the score is 14-22. Number 24 for the Broncs got the serve and held...
The Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets volleyball squad hosted the Burns Lady Broncs volleyball squad. The Junior High, Junior Varsity and Varsity teams played this night. The Lady Hornets were coming off a win the week before and were looking for a morale boost to head into the next game against the Lady Cyclones and into the post season. The Lady Broncs were sitting in the number one seat and had no intentions of giving it up. First up were the Junior High teams. The first game would belong to the Lady...
In a surprise visit to Pine Bluffs High School last Friday Reed Thompson made an appearance. Thompson was one of the standout stars of the 2021-22 State Champions Hornets Basketball team and a star football player. Thompson graduated from Pine Bluffs High School in 2022 and received a scholarship to Dickinson College in Pennsylvania. There he is playing for the Dickinson Red Devils football team as a wide receiver. Thompson said, "I was home visiting family and friends but was glad to see the...
Pine Bluffs has a junior football league. This league is for fourth, fifth, and sixth graders that would like to learn how to play football. There are several schools in the local area including Kimball that have teams that compete. The coaches and all the teams get together to work our schedules and timings. Last Friday the Junior Hornets played the Junior Southeast Cyclones. For those who just can’t get enough football this is a great time to come out and watch some of these young athletes compete and learn the game of football. Coach Jay T...
