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The Pine Bluffs Branch Library invited kids in kindergarden through 6th-grade to enjoy a day of Halloween fun on Tuesday, Oct. 21. Librarians Mary Cushing and Christina Heard helped kids have a spook-tacular time with enchanting activities. Kids used feathers and Sharpies to decorate mini pumpkins, and made spider webs by cutting out the middle of a paper plate, stringing yarn through it and placing plastic spiders on the web. Kids also decorated their tasty treats by spreading chocolate icing...
Residents in Pine Bluffs have been asking why their water tastes like chlorine. Tom McDonough, Maintenance Supervisor with the Town of Pine Bluffs said chlorine is put into the town water during the summer and taken out for irrigation and harvest season. However, the chlorine hadn’t been taken out of the water supply yet. Chlorine is used as a disinfectant in the ground water pipes. About .1 to .2 parts per million of chlorine is the average amount put into the town’s water. The chlorine in the water is tested with a chlorometer. McDonough sai...
The Wyoming Community Foundation of Rock Springs (WYCF-RS) is proud to announce that they are hosting the 2015 Wyoming State Spelling Bee. Western Wyoming Community College our co-host on this event, has generously agreed to be the site of the Bee on March 21, 2015. This is the third year that WYCF-RS will be hosting the Bee and has an ongoing commitment to literacy among youth. We are so excited to bring this special event to Wyoming’s students. Right now, all over Wyoming, schools are working on getting students ready for their local c...
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 received on Monday at 5 p.m., one week prior to... Full story
The Pine Bluffs Town Meeting held on Monday, Oct. 20 might take the gold for the quickest meeting, lasting less than eight minutes. Mayor William Shain, Councilman Mike Ragsdale, Councilman Mark Fornstrom and Town Clerk Carleen Graves were the only council members present. The Mayor quickly approved the consent agenda and moved right into new business. Even though the A-133 required audit expenses were approved last meeting, Monday Oct. 6, they were approved again to amend the 2014-15 budget. Tammy Tucker was scheduled to make a proposal to...
The Lady Hornets declared victory on two three-game wins to complete their volleyball season last weekend. On Friday, Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets played Guernsey Lady Vikings on the road. The Lady Hornets beat the Lady Vikings and took home the win. "It wasn't pretty, but the girls got the job done," Pine Bluffs Volleyball Coach Chris Nusbaum said. The Lady Hornets began their winning streak with 25-14. They continued to dominate the court in the second set with 25-16. The Lady Hornets had a close...
Burns Lady Broncs had a defeat and a victory to complete their season this week. On Tuesday, The Lady broncs were on the road to play against Southeast Lady Cyclones. The Lady Cyclones are a tough team to beat and the Lady Broncs were blown away. During the first set, the Lady Broncs put up a fight against the Lady Cyclones but were swept away 19-25. The Lady Cyclones dominated the second set when they won 13-25. However, the Lady Cyclones didn't have an easy win during the third set when the La...
The Pawnee Lady Coyote volleyball team traveled to Sterling, Colo. Tuesday Oct. 21 to the NJC gym for the first round of district tournaments and lost the match. However, Kaeley Malcom, coach for the team, is proud of their efforts. "The Pawnee five rallied with Peetz on Tuesday during the first round of districts," she said. "They played very well for their last game of the season." She believes the girls are only getting better. "The improvement I have seen in these girls was a wonderful...
Burns Lady Broncs volleyball team is No. 2, rating 10.72 in Wyoming, right behind Shoshoni Lady Wranglers, rating 10.84, and before Southeast Lady Cyclones, rating 9.98. Pawnee Lady Coyotes rank No. 291 in Colorado. The Lady Coyotes have a ranking of -15.32. They come after Granada whose ranking is -15.2. Arrupe Jesuit is Ranked No. 292 with a ranking of -15.35. Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets have not yet been ranked for the current season. Find more rankings at maxpreps.com...
The Burns Broncs finished their season with a victory against the Wright Senior Panthers Friday at Pine Bluffs football field, 34-8. The Burns Broncs made the first touchdown of the game. Bronc River Schroeder ran for seven yards to make the first touchdown. Teammate Klayton Clark made the point after kick. The score after the first quarter was 7-0. Bronc Paden Wilson made two touchdowns during the second quarter. With about eight minutes on the time board, Wilson ran for 13 yards to score his...
The WHSAA has partnered with the NFHS Network to video stream State Culminating Events. We would rather have everyone in attendance at each of our events, but know that not everyone will be able to attend. Make sure your students and parents are aware of the events being covered so their out of state relatives will have the opportunity to view. Below is the schedule of Fall events that will be streamed. For a one month subscription fee, all of the events below will fall within the month. It will be the subscribers responsibility to cancel...
The curtain dropped on the Pine Bluffs Hornet’s football season on the road Friday at Dayton. The feisty Hornets fought all the way to the last minute, but couldn’t overcome the Tongue River Eagles’ early onslaught as they fell 53-22. Tongue River struck early in the first to go up 7-0. On the proceeding kick off, the Hornets’ Preston Thurin couldn’t secure the ball and fumbled it. The fumble was promptly picked up by Eagle Matthew Lobach, who ran it in for a score. The two-point conversion attempt was good to give the Eagles a 15-0 lead. Bot...
The cross country season has come to another successful close for the Pine Bluffs-Burns Cross Country team, and boy, has it been a wild ride. The team had new additions all around—a brand new freshmen runner, new runners from both schools and a new assistant coach. The girls have done it again, they are the 2A Girls’ State Champions. The PB-B Girls scored 27, beating the Wyoming Indian girls by 5 points. “The Sheridan VA course was so great that every girl was able to PR, except one,” Cross Country Coach Cole Manlove said. “The girls were on f...
State Capitol— Secretary of State Max Maxfield reminds employers that Wyoming law requires that employees be given one hour off to vote in next Tuesday’s General Election. However, the law does not apply to employees with three or more consecutive non-working hours during the time polls are open, and there are exceptions for some federal agencies. “Under the statute, the hour off to vote shall not be a meal hour and may be selected at the convenience of the employer,” said State Election Director Peggy Nighswonger.... Full story
Good morning Banner County, neighbors and friends near and far. Mowed my lawn again this past weekend and was thinking at the time, “Gee whiz, one more week and we are into November!” Fantastic weather we have been having, and it rained Sunday evening; lightning and thunder. This week for school events we have a high school triangular meet here at home TONIGHT at 5 p.m. The other competing teams are Hyannis and Crawford. After these games, the girls will begin competing in sub district play, whi...
Someone left the front door open. Or so it sure does feel like it. It must be time for Halloween because the temperatures took a nose dive down the thermometer. Remember to bundle up your little goblins Friday night. A late happy birthday to Travis Mclaughlin. He celebrated Saturday and we hope all his wishes came true. The Albin Elementary School Book Fair will be open late tonight, Thursday, until 7 p.m. to catch all you parents attending the parent teacher conferences. The “Sir R...
The 55 And Up Club potluck luncheon will be held on Friday, November 14th, at 12 noon at the Friendship Alliance North Church in Grover. Everyone 55 and over are welcome to attend. Come and join in the fun with your friends and family. This being our Thanksgiving luncheon, turkey, potatoes and rolls will be provided. We ask those attending to please bring a side dish. For the special this week at the Hereford Community Church Shirley Wiggin played “What A Friend We Have In Jesus” on the aut...
I wanted to take a look at the dry land crop rotations designed for the Dakota Lakes Research farm. Dr. Dwayne Beck has given careful consideration to the rotations in place at the research farm. I think looking at his rotations may give helpful insight to designing rotations for my farm. Designing the proper crop rotation for your farm is the single most important consideration to successful no-till crop production in my opinion. Dr. Dwayne Beck has many publications that address the concepts...