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The Laramie County School District #2 teacher of the year of 2021-2022 is Amber Barrett. She teaches second grade at Burns Elementary School. This award comes from a committee of educators throughout the district who look at different teachers. The committee decided Barrett was energetic and passionate. She believes building character by focusing on attitude, integrity, grit and purpose. Barrett had a great fifth grade teacher, Mr. McLean. She said, "He just made you love to learn and like it....
A short and sweet meeting ensued on November 22, 2021, at the Burns Town Council. For new business there were two items on the agenda. The first was the use of the community center and who gets charged. As for the rate it is $20 per hour or $100 for the day. There was some discussion of the non-profit organizations and liability insurance. To be fair to everyone the board voted that everyone pays. Plus, once paid the insurance will cover the event or meeting. The second item was the location of the new generator. The board was excited to get...
Three teachers of the Laramie County School District #2 have received an award from the Wyoming Stewardship Project. The Wyoming Stewardship Project is a seven-year pivotal project put on by Wyoming Agriculture in the Classroom. The project informs and explores Wyoming's main economy and addresses future challenges to inspire career opportunities at a young age. It may help students to be informed leaders, critical thinkers and engaged problem solvers. A collaborative team approaches different...
Blas Medina Jr of Egbert, Wyoming passed away on November 2, 2021. He was born on August 4, 1929. Cemetery services will be held at a later date....
Carolyn, "Carol" (Kaufman) Soule, 85 of Brush, CO, passed away peacefully at Eastern Morgan County Hospital on Saturday, November 27, 2021. Carol was born July 11, 1936 in Melbeta, NE to Jake R. Kaufman and Rose (Batt) Kaufman. Carol lived in the Gering Valley area and attended Gering High School. Her mother and her soon to be mother-in-law escorted her to the Air Force base in Biloxi, MS to marry her love, Marvin J. Soule the day after her seventeenth birthday on July 12, 1953 where he was...
The Pine Bluffs Police Department has recently upgraded its in-car camera system. With last year’s update to the department’s body camera system, Chief Walkama said, “we are finally getting with the times.” In car –camera systems and body cameras have been in use with the Pine Bluffs Police Department since 2012 however they have not been updated until recently. Chief Walkama stated, “Police body cameras and in-car camera systems are extremely expensive ranging from $400 to $800 dollars for...
This has been an interesting day to say the least. I finally saw a project that I started last year (2020) come to fruition. I baked my first loaves of bread. I know at least three of you will say, "So what?" That's because I know what your baking is like and it's wonderful. For me it was a new experience. In 2019 I used wheat straw to mulch the garlic bed. That's normal and I didn't think much of it until the spring of 2020 when the garlic started growing. That's when I learned how much wheat...
Just so everyone understands, I don't do Facebook. In fact, after trying to log in today to my account that, yes I have an account, I found that I've been cancelled. Maybe because it's been so long since I've logged in. November 5th. Beats me but I can't log in. But that's beside the point. A couple of weeks ago a post from Joe Shogrin was printed and shared with me. Joe relates the comments from his daughter, Grace, a local high schooler. Her response to the mask mandates from LCSD1...
BAHRAIN – On Thanksgiving day, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) shared dinner with Wyoming sailors and Marines serving in Bahrain. Barrasso visited with service members who are currently stationed at Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain, which is home to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (CENTCOM) and U.S. 5th Fleet. NSA Bahrain provides operational support to U.S. and Coalition Forces in the Middle East and ensures the security of ships, aircraft and remote sites. "In Wyoming, we are a...
King rook, bishop, queen, knight and pawn are in a game that will challenge a person. Pine Bluffs High School has a Chess Club. The club was organized years ago. The club members meet during Friday school every week. Mr. Eric Kestner would even open up school on certain Fridays. The competitions are weekly for points. For the day, points are determined on wins for the day with the number of games. Then the member ranked at the end of the day. The members have running points with the weekly...
CHEYENNE, WYOMING – LCCC Men's Soccer Coach, Vince Gibson is handing over the reins of his nationally recognized men's soccer program to assistant coach, Fernando Perez, to transition into the assistant athletic director position with LCCC Golden Eagle Athletics announced, Dr. Cindy Henning, interim executive director of athletics, exercise science and recreation. "After completing a thorough recruitment and interview process involving campus and community feedback, we are excited that our b...
This is the first year for the Great Northern Livestock Expo held at the Archer Event Center in Cheyenne, WY. The competitors in the Laramie County arena did an incredible job. Of course, a person only got to see a few competitors. But there were many youngsters showing throughout the week. The pride and effect of the youth learning and showing their skills was great. Some of the youth were successful. Here are just some of the results: Tehya Thompson got 3rd in Junior Goat Showmanship, Reserve...
Rachel Derner has come down to the last competition for Miss Rodeo Wyoming. Derner is a graduate from Burns High School in 2015. She was in 4-H and Future Farmers of America throughout high school. Derner was going to College at the University of Wyoming with a major in agriculture communications field. She had a friend challenge her to run for queen in Laramie, Wyoming. As a result of that, Derner won Miss Laramie Jubilee in 2019. She then won Miss Rodeo Wyoming in 2020. Derner has been Miss...
After a disappointing season last year the Burns Lady Broncs are looking forward to a winning season in the 21-22 basketball season. The disappointing record of 5-14 has left a bad taste in their mouths and they are eager for payback. This year they are bringing back a good part of their starting team. Coach Barry Ward said this. “We return the most experience and depth since we changed to 3A” Expected to lead the team this year will be senior Rylee Ward. She was an All-Conference and All-State award winner last year and will be expected to...
"STRIKES" Yes, yes, yes! Made by none other than Adri Rooney in bowling for her senior year at Burns High School. Rooney started bowling in 2011 for the Special Olympics. This will be her tenth year bowling. She was so excited to get her first strike. The last two years Rooney had to bowl virtually because of Covid. Rooney loves others and is a positive person. It is hard for her to meet others and have fun through virtual bowling. This mean there is no one bowling from other towns at the same...
Burns High School winter sports program is starting. With games and matches starting next week the teams are already heading to the gym for some pre-season workouts. Winter sports include basketball, wrestling and indoor track. Kurtis Suloff will be the Broncs Boys basketball coach this year. He says that the team has high expectations for this season. Barry Ward, coach for the Lady Broncs basketball team says that they are returning the most experience and depth since we changed to 3A. This will be coach Suloff’s third year of coaching the t...
The Burns/Pine Bluffs Wrestling team is gearing up for the 21-22 wrestling season. Coming off one of their most successful seasons they are looking to build upon that success. Last year the team had their first state champion. The team was the 3A Southeast Quad champions. “We are excited about this season” coach Dan Clayson said. Nearly the whole team is back including 11 starters from last season. Logan Branigan who won the Quad tournament and finished third at state will be one of the returning athletes. Colter Haws who placed fifth at sta...
The winter sports season is starting and the Pine Bluffs Hornets Boys and Girls Varsity Basketball teams are starting their practices this week. Coach Kimzey believes that the Hornets will be the team to beat this year. However he also believes that Big Horn and Southeast will be right there at the top also. The Hornets will be bringing six players with starting experience back this year. There are five all conference and one all state players returning. After coming so close to going to state the Hornets are ready and motivated to take it all...
New report shows that more than one-quarter of working Wyomingites are low-wage earners. LARAMIE — According to a new brief released by the Wyoming Community Foundation, Wyoming and the families who live here would benefit greatly from raising the minimum wage. Wyoming’s current state minimum wage of $5.15 per hour is tied only with Georgia as the lowest in the nation. Data show that raising Wyoming’s minimum wage to $12.00 per hour would directly and positively impact Wyoming, its families, and its workers. Wyoming Community Foundation Chief...
The question is, do clothes make the man or woman? Some folks believe they do. The students from Pine Bluffs and Burns schools worked together to put on a play at the Pine Bluffs High School on November 19th and November 20th with the help of the Missoula Children's Theatre from Missoula, Montana. Missoula Children's Theatre has been traveling through the fifty states in the United States for over 45 years along with 17 countries. The company has been putting plays on in short time and work...
