Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
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If you were in the Texas Trail Market this weekend you would have noticed that there is a new business back in the corner. Morgan Shepardson and Chelsea Hershey have opened up the Rustic Rose flower shop, and are offering not only fresh flower arrangements, but art, crocheted items, and handmade consignments. This weekend co-owner Hershey was working at the shop with her girls. Hershey and her family have lived off the Egbert exit for the last two years. Originally from Nebraska, Hershey has...
With the holidays coming up some local families are feeling the pinch more than others. The pressure of buying gifts, cooking meals, entertaining family, and so much more can often be more than a person can handle, especially if that person is already struggling to make ends meet. The Shepherd's Closet at the Burns Town Hall is trying to combat some of that with just a little bit of a hand up. Open Monday through Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The...
This weeks Thursday Fun Day was filled with hidden turkeys and shape recognition. Local kiddos played hide and go seek with Mr. Turkey while working on their shape recognition skills. Library worker Mary Cushing entertained the kids with stories and games. When the stories were over the children were able to participate in craft time. The library sponsors Fun for Kids every Thursday from 10 to 10:45 a.m. Please call Molly Williams or Mary Cushing at 307-245-3646 for more information. There will...
James Clyde Briggs passed away Nov. 15, 2019. June 6, 1931 Jim was born to Bessie and J. Claude Briggs in Holyoke, Colorado. He attended and graduated in 1949 from the Phillips County Schools. 1950 to 1954 Jim was enlisted in the United States Navy. During the Korean War Jim served with the U. S. Marine Corps as a Navy Corpsman and Honorable Discharged as HM2. Jim received a Commendation for Action of saving the life of a Marine. Later he served in the Nebraska and Wyoming National Guard. Using...
CHADRON, NE (11/20/2019)-- Casey Kukowski of Pine Bluffs, Wyo. (82082) is one of 27 Chadron State College students presenting eight 10-minute plays in Memorial Hall's Black Box Theatre Friday and Saturday. Kukowski, director, is majoring in Theatre. The plays, that include comedy, tragedy, music and dance, start at 7:30 p.m. and are free and open to the public. Recommended for ages 17 and above due to some adult content. Chadron State College, which was founded in 1911, is the only four-year,...
The Thanksgiving Day meal is known far and wide as a virtual cornucopia of food. In other words, there’s a lot of different stuff that adorns most tables on that day. I remember growing up we always had Thanksgiving dinner at my Grandmother’s house in Gainesville, Florida. The nice thing about Thanksgiving in Florida is that we would still be wearing shorts and T-shirts. No shoes. They were unheard of unless we were going to church or to school. If we were in public, maybe flip flops. But the Thanksgiving meal…OH, THE MEAL! I haven’t seen th...
Senior year is an often stressful time for our maturing young adults. First semester finals for certain classes are coming up and seniors are starting to feel the stress. Moreover, college applications are becoming more and more pertinent as the clock ticks down to graduation. With this, more and more seniors are beginning their applications and some are planning their signings for sports. Alison Mickelson, planning to go to Casper College, had this to say, "Well, senior year has been quite a...
Serving in the military means often times one is away from home during Thanksgiving time. For many military members their Thanksgiving meal is one provided by the military at the chow hall. This meal, depending upon where the military member is, will depend on whether it is a full fledge traditional turkey dinner with all the normal trimmings and desserts or if their mess tent was able to do a make shift Thanksgiving meal. David J. Parshall, Navy Veteran - Cook saw many holidays aboard ship and...
An emotional Mayor Orr, along with several representatives from the Zonta Club, took part in the annual Silent Witness Procession on Monday to stand up for victims of domestic violence. Rebecca Reid from the coroner's office was also present along with members of St. Marks Episcopal Church, and the Triumph High School Z-Club. A tearful Orr spoke directly to the family members that were there representing their lost family members. "To the families, I want you to know that you have my prayers...
Pine Bluffs Cub Scout Pack 109 recently held an activity for area youth to learn about Cub Scouts last Sunday. There were numerous activities, and discussions on camping, Pinewood Derby Races, Team Building, New Friendships, Pack Adventures with your family and earning Adventure Belt Loops. Scouting will take the members outdoors, learning about camping, nature, survival, and being a team player. Youngsters were invited to come and race the Pinewood Derby cars and to try their hands at the Rain...
Allwayz Manufacturing, Bowman Irrigation, and Bowman Cattle hosted their open house again for those in the area looking for updated technology. Several vendors were invited to display their services while grill master Chris Pace and Teresa Brown served up chili, hot dogs, and cinnamon rolls. Gary "Beak" Shandera and helper Kelly Gordon raffled a .22 Long Rifle while Allwayz Manufacturing had a drawing for several hat and shirt combos, And Bowman Irrigation also raffled several prizes. All...
If you have been a longtime resident of Burns you may be familiar with the farm of William Riedel located at 2439 Road 146. What you may not be aware of is that there is a company out of Isabel, South Dakota called Equine Elite LLC that is trying to buy the farm to create an 80 acre, 5000 head wild horse adoption facility. While in name there is nothing wrong with having that type of facility in the area. There are three in the state of Wyoming at this time. The largest facility is outside of Rock Springs and it runs 800 horses on 24 acres. The...