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Pine Bluffs kicked off the 93rd commemoration of Veteran’s Day with a ceremony at the gymnasium Friday afternoon. The bands and choirs paid tribute to America and her military, and entertained local veterans who were honored guests in the packed gym. A video tribute brought many tears to the eyes as scenes from different wars and the families left behind splashed on the screen to the music of “Some Gave All”, “American Soldier”, and the 9-11 dedicated song “Sky scrapper”. Austin Asay expresse...
The elections are over. It almost sounds like a death statement. “Doctor, we have no pulse. Election is dead.” This political season was a rough one. Granted we here in Wyoming didn’t get all the trash talking that those in battleground states got, but we did get our fair share. I wondered for a bit why it was we didn’t get the attack ads when it dawned on me, Wyoming is so Red, there is no point in trying. Sure, the Democrats have to throw a few ads at us to give the appearance that they haven’t forgotten about us, but they saw the writing o...
Someone was sitting in our pew on Sunday. Just one man in a pew all to himself. Blaming life and lack of sleep, we haven’t been using our pew much in the past months. It’s good to know someone else is polishing the wood and it doesn’t go cold from lack of use. It might be a Lutheran thing, but I feel almost “entitled” to my seat at our small church. Not really assigned but it feels odd to sit somewhere else. I suppose we could have said hi, and asked him to scoot over. The poor guy probably...
Carpenter Elementary School first quarter honor roll All As Fourth grade — Layne Burnett, Jenna Devereaux, Hayden Fogg, Kaycee Thomas; Fifth grade — Braxton Olson, Colton Quick; Sixth grade — Kaylee Shook, and Cassidy Weibel. All As and Bs Fourth grade — Cole Allen, Austin Barth, Jeanarae Bouchard, Lily Brown, Vanessa DelaCruz, Austin Forth, Ashton Hufty, Schuylar McDonnell, Madison Thompson, Samantha Wilson; Fifth grade — Anna Butler, David Gordon, Ruthann Holmes, Jaidin Mair, Tanner Wilson; Sixth grade — Aiden Carroll, Gracie Forth, Bran...
The Scholastic Book Fair on Oct. 26 through Nov. 2, was a great success, providing exciting books for our children and raising money for Pine Bluffs Elementary School Library. More than 100 parents and family members visited the fair. During the fair several families purchased and donated books to classroom libraries. Thank you to the Partners in Education, who supported the book fair by giving all the students of the quarter $10 each to spend at the book fair. With their gracious donation 33 students were able to come and shop. Thank you to...
Thursday, November 15 Bookmobile The Laramie County Library System bookmobile will be in Albin today. Fun for Kids Fun for Kids — Chameleon will be presented for preschoolers at the Pine Bluffs Branch Library at 10 a.m. Cover it! Ever wanted to design a book cover? Now’s your chance with the Laramie County Library’s hands-on workshop that will help you create your own cover for a blank book that could be used as a journal, sketchbook, recipe anthology, or even the first draft of a novel! The library in Cheyenne will provide all the supplies nee...
The Pine Bluffs Lions Club celebrated its 90 year anniversary on Nov. 10, by holding an anniversary dinner at the Historic Pine Bluffs High School . Since the club’s chartering in 1922, its members have worked on a variety of projects in the local community, such as preschool vision screening, assisting with eyeglass purchases for qualifying Laramie County School District 2 students, youth activities, and community assistance projects. According to Deane Skinner, club president, “We are proud of our club’s 90 years of service to the community....
TTM, recreation department host movie night The Texas Trail Market and the Pine Bluffs Recreation Department will host their annual Texas Trail Market Movie Night this Friday, Nov. 16, at the Pine Bluffs Community Center. TTM Movie Night will feature the film “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days”, rated PG. The doors will open at 6:30 p.m.; the movie will begin at 7 p.m. and will conclude around 8:30 p.m. Kids of all ages are invited to attend the movie night and are encouraged to bring a blanket and pillow, beanbag chair or whatever is com...
Jerry Beking received notification from the Wyoming High School Activities Association that the Burns football team was presented with the Good Sportsmanship Award for their exemplary conduct and good sportsmanship shown during the Wheatland game on Oct. 5 and the Wright game on Oct. 19. The players and coaches were respectful to the officials and the players helped the opposing players up. In the Wheatland game, Burns “came into the game with a quality attitude that remained throughout the c... Full story
or Laramie County Fire District No. 6 Hillsdale station, was recognized with an appreciation award from the Laramie County Commissioners Tuesday afternoon. McNamar, along with 11 other area firefighters received his award for the work done to establish radio connectivity for all emergency responders within Laramie county. This effort resulted in improving safety and ensuring conformation of the Federal Communication Commissioner’s mandate to be “Narrow Banded” by Dec. 31, 2012. The commi...
Albin received national recognition with the National Title I Distinguished School Award for 2012. The school will be honored at the national conference in January, 2013, in Nashville, Tenn. Albin was recognized because the students have met their academic goals for more than two consecutive years. “We are humbled by the level of success of our students,” said Leann Smith, Albin principal. “Only two schools per state can be selected for this award each year. This prestigiuous honor is a refle...
In every childhood, at some point, every child is going to feel left out, not included in a game. And as a child trying to fit into the world of their peers, exclusion hurts. It is almost impossible to go through childhood without being hurt by other children in some way. But bullying is far beyond having a one-time hurt thrown at you or being left out of a game. In the past few years, bullying has rocketed to the top of parent and school staff radar of dangerous and toxic issues. It is a topic...
David Gordon is a fifth grader at Carpenter Elementary School, but has already formed a solid work ethic for life and receives much respect from his peers and teachers which he in turn gives back to them. “David is a great model of a Carpenter Coyote’s work ethic,” said Laurie Bahl, Carpenter principal. That is why she named David student of the week. “We just love David,” smiled Craig Williams, Carpenter fifth grade teacher. Williams added David is very active with his family on the farm and...
Albin News Readers, The Boyce-Marlatt American Legion Auxiliary entertained State President Joyce Menke at a luncheon meeting Oct. 23. Long term members of Legion Auxiliary were honored this year: Wanda Carpenter, 61 years; Chris Veurink, 62 years; Betty Romsa, 64 years; Janice Romsa, 64 years; Mildred Eklund, 63 years. Phyllis Lundberg came home from the hospital this week and is feeling well. Cole and Kathy (Lundberg) are living just a mile away and are helping take care of Ken and Phyllis. Ken and Phyllis’s son Gary and wife Lea from Colorad...
They celebrated Veteran’s Day at the Hereford Community Church and veterans were honored. For the special Roger Copeland read a story about WWII veteran Eddie Rickenbacker. The scripture for the day was Proverbs 14:34 “Righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to any people.” Pastor Opdycke also gave the story of King Hezekiah from 2 Kings Chapter 20. How does this relate to America? America has been a great nation blessed by God because America has been a Christian nation and h...
I’d like to revisit last week’s article on the wind erosion on our farm. I’ve had plenty of time to think about my management decisions that caused the problem in the first place. I’ve had plenty of time to survey the situation and contemplate as I am stripping these fields with a chisel plow that we adapted to rough up the soil surface without damaging the wheat too extensively. We actually have a good stand of wheat despite my poor management thanks to a timely snow and rain which supplie...
WATCH D.O.G.S. (Dads of Great Students) is an initiative to increase the involvement of fathers in the educational process of our youth. It is a program geared to provide a a faor men to become involved in the school through volunteering in various capacities in the school setting. The Carpenter WATCH D.O.G.S. program was implemented last school year. Mike Olson and Jim McDonnell were the fathers that came forward to get the program off the ground. We hold an annual pizza party to inform dads and get them started. They commit to an amount of...
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at the Burns Branch Library! In 1620, a group of pilgrims sailed from Europe to the United States, on a ship called the Mayflower. The pilgrims settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts. It was winter when the pilgrims first arrived and nearly half of them died that first year. Two Wampanoag Indians names Squanto and Samoset helped the pilgrims by teaching them how to farm the land and build their homes. That next fall, the pilgrims had food to eat and homes to live in. The pilgrims invited the Indians to eat with...
Good Morning, and woo-hoo! We have snow! I hate the stuff, but any moisture is greatly appreciated. Even the calves seem to be in a better mooood. This week starts out as a busy one, as most appear to be. Shortly after midnight, therefore Sunday morning, 11-11-12, Sierra Sue Johnson arrived weighing in at 7lb. 1 oz. and 21 ¼” long. Parents, Stacy and Heath, welcome her as well as big brother and sister, Lincoln and Trinity. The Banner County School staff and just most everyone else! Co...
The village board met last Thursday. They changed the format of the meeting a bit to streamline the order of business and make it more efficient. Dave Hottell from the county roads department was there to discuss the county/village interlocal agreement. Everyone agreed that the agreement should be updated since it was last done in 1998. The current agreement basically states that the village can have use of county equipment as long as the equipment is operated by a county employee (for insurance...
1 years ago Taken up.- November 8, blach (sic) male hog at my place on Sec. 20-16-60. Owner can have the same by paying for this ad and expenses. Gust Carlson. The laying of the corner-stone of the new Agricultural hall will be an important feature of the day’s ceremonies, when Dr Clyde Augustus Duniway is inaugurated as President of the University of Wyoming. January 24, 1913, is the date set for the inauguration, and the occasion will be a significant one in the University’s history. Representatives will be present from Cornell, Har...
Every good story usually has a once upon a time and a happy ending. This one is no different and the ending is one your stomach and those of the ones you dine with will love to tell again and again. It all started in 1954, with Idaho native Neef and brother, Golden Grigg founded the Ore-Ida company. The company was named because it sits on the Oregon-Idaho border, hence Ore-Ida. Pretty nifty how that worked out. The brothers Grigg were trying to perfect a way to make frozen french fries. But...
Over 40 ladies took a seat in the Pine Bluffs Senior Center lunch room for a candy class Thursday. And what a sweet seat it was as Shelia Vella taught about some tips on making candy. Vella moved quickly and easily through chocolate dipping and the easy processes of many sugary concoctions. Vella even showed the class how to make peanut brittle in the microwave. “It tasted really good and broke apart great,” said Alicia Burry, center assistant. “You would never know it was made in the micro...
Monday Women 1. Designs West 224 2. Conoco 194 3. Coyote Sanitation 155 Highs Handicap game: Georgia Smith 248 Handicap series: Georgia Smith 632 Scratch game: Christy Barker 211 Scratch series: Christy Barker 521 Tuesday Mixed 1. Spare Room 32 2. Killer Bs 29 3. P&Z 24 Women’s Highs Handicap game: Kaycee Bruns 243 Handicap series: Beth Steege 661 Scratch game: Amy Zitek 188 Scratch series: Amy Zitek 505 Men’s Highs Handicap game: Heath Rowbal 271 Handicap series: Heath Rowbal 697 Scratch game: Jared Zitek 267 Scratch series: Chris Mos...
The time change came later this year. A few years back, someone who gets paid to make decisions that change our lives decided it would fit better the first weekend in November. Arizona and Hawaii still think it doesn’t fit anywhere, so they stay on standard time all through the year. On November 4th, we turned our clocks back one hour, losing an hour each day. The simple reason for Daylight Savings Time is to take advantage of the daylight (sunlight) hours. For many people that work outside, thi...
