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It is always great to be home for Christmas. Pine Bluffs residents feel that way. To start the season of Christmas, the town of Pine Bluffs celebrates with Christmas at Home. It is a great celebration to get in the Christmas spirit. The first Monday in December has always been the time for the town and the residents of Pine Bluffs to celebrate. In the past, the tree was in the middle of Main Street by the old police station. The parade came down Main ending at the Christmas tree with the...
Events that are coming up and a donation was announced at the Burns Town council meeting on November 25th. For new business, yet old business was about the Shepherd's Closet. It was said by Mayor Joseph Nicholson, “ The Shepherd's Closet is up and running like before. There are volunteers and the people in the community are loving it.” In December the organization is being looked at on progress. Because the council was thrilled on how the place is doing they will continue to keep Shepherd's Closet open unless otherwise informed. The people at...
Holidays, festive and enjoyable can also be difficult when it comes to having food on the table. Most people are going over to family, friends, or have something at their house. For other people that do not have much it is just another day. They only wish to have food on the table and not to be hungry. Family members always try to take care of their loved ones. At times a mother and father do not eat so the kids can have food. It sounds like everyone should share but sometimes there just isn't e...
Casper, Wyo. - Dec. 2, 2024 - The University of Wyoming Extension has opened registration for its 2025 Master Gardener training, an online program for Wyoming residents interested in expanding their gardening knowledge and assisting fellow gardeners. "I am so excited to get the online Master Gardener training up and going for 2025," says Donna Hoffman, UW Extension educator and state Master Gardener coordinator. "People across Wyoming have been looking forward to the next online training...
Literature classes worldwide study Anton Chekhov (1860-1904), a great innovator of the short story. He wrote closely observed and deeply empathic slices-of-life with a great sense of humor - but the Russian-Lit-class-version of Dr. Chekhov often overlooks the vitality of his work in the theater. Theater-people like me know him as a playwright, the creative counterpart to the acting teacher Konstantin Stanislavsky, who directed and starred in Chekhov's breakthrough play, The Seagull. Together...
CHEYENNE, Wy. –December 1, 2024 –Multiple Wyoming energy companies have joined together to kick off the thirty-third annual Energy Share of Wyoming season. The program which begins accepting applications on December 1, 2024, was started to assist individuals with energy-related emergencies when unusual circumstances create financial needs not met through existing energy assistance programs. Voluntary contributions from sponsors and individuals support the program that runs through the spring of 2025. “During the 2023-24 heating season, Energ...
The Season of Small Business is an annual U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) led campaign designed to drive Americans to shop at small businesses throughout the entire holiday season. The pandemic confirmed the essential role that small businesses play in our daily lives. The holiday shopping season is a crucial time for small firms that depend upon the boost in sales earned between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve. It sounds cliché, but locally owned small retailers and restaurants truly are the heart and soul of our cities and towns. No...
Gillette, Wyo. - Nov. 26, 2024 -Three county extension educators have partnered to offer the University of Wyoming Extension's first virtual class on lambing and kidding. The one-session course will take place Friday, Dec. 6, at 5:30 p.m, and is geared toward those new to the lambing or kidding process. "We have so many new 4-H members and families who are excited about the sheep and goat area," says Kim Fry, a 4-H educator in Campbell County. "We'll go through the basics and try to give them...
It is always fun to design you own vehicle to be able to go to the drive-in movies. Drive-in movies were the thing to go to in the 1960's clear up to 1980's. All the family would be able to go to it. Kids played on the playground, the teenagers were hanging out with their friends, and mom and dad had time to watch the movie in the car without to much concern. It was a community event. Times change, now there are only 300 drive-in movie theaters left in the United States. The nearest one from Pin...
KUWAIT – This Thanksgiving, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) traveled to the Middle East to celebrate the holiday with Wyoming National Guard troops serving in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and in Kuwait. Barrasso met with members of the Wyoming National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 300th Field Artillery Forward. The soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 300th Field Artillery are part of the first full battalion deployment in over 70 years to conduct a field artillery mission in the Middle East. More tha...
It is always great to visit businesses throughout the season. There has been an open house for the businesses for years on the first Monday in December. The history of people checking out the business for the Christmas season started December out great. It is a time for the residents to support and shop in the town for Christmas. The years have changed but open houses are still held during Christmas at Home. A lot of people support the businesses that still do the open house. There were five...
December 2, 2024 – The Cheyenne Animal Shelter is thrilled to announce its participation in Giving Tuesday tomorrow, December 3, 2024. This global day of generosity presents a meaningful opportunity for our community to unite in support of homeless pets. With a $35,000 fundraising goal and a generous $6,000 matching donation, every contribution will make an even bigger impact. Thanks to the kindness of Mister B’s Heating and Cooling and Dr. Elsey’s, all donations made on Giving Tuesday will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $6,000. This means...
The Pine Bluffs Booster Club hosted an awards banquet and ceremony for the fall sports athletes Monday, November 25th. The banquet recognized the Cross-Country Track team, the Volleyball team and the Hornets Football team. The event was catered by Currie's Cuisine restaurant. Tacos were the meal of the night. Before the athletes took center stage, Mr. Gray, the school's Athletic Director, recognized a long-time member of the administration. "Mr. Loyd Sisson has dedicated over 40 years of...
Ethan Bomberger, an offensive and defensive lineman for the Pine Bluffs Hornets has been named as the Wyoming State 1A nine-man Lineman of the Year. Bomberger played both sides of the ball and was a major factor in the Hornets reaching and ultimately winning the state championship. Bomberger had a total of 61 tackles in the season. He also had eight tackles for losses. He accumulated 102 defensive points over the course of the season. On offense he was a strong reason why the Hornets had 240 on...
If you follow high school football for the Pine Bluffs Hornets, then you have heard the name Carsten Freeburg. Freeburg is the starting quarterback for the State Champion Hornets. After being awarded Prep Athlete of the Week, All-Conference and All-State Honors, Freeburg has been selected as the WyoSports Laramie County Football Player of the Year. Freeburg won the starting position early in the season from last year's starter Justin Lerwick. Lerwick said of Freeburg, "He brings an additional...
Three Hornets football team members were named to the 2024 All-Laramie County Football First Team. Carsten Freeburg, Ethan Bomberger and Shawn Shmidl. Freeburg finished the season as the Class 1A nine man's leading passer, averaging 139.3 yards per game and 1,532 total yards through the air. Considering this is his first season as the starting quarterback for the Champions his future looks promising. Freeburg had 19 touchdowns to five interceptions over the season. He was also the only...
Kaitlynn Schnell was injured during last season's track and field season and missed most of the season with a leg bone fracture. One day, when she was mostly healed, she told her mother that she wanted to try swimming. Since this was something new for the young athlete her mother said "ok!" Schnell likes to mix things up with her sports and tries different things annually. Since Schnell was not used to swimming competitively, she went to the school's Athletic Director, Mr. Gray, for advice on...
Mason Terry, the star receiver for the Burns Broncs football team has been selected to the WyoSports All-Laramie County Football First team. Terry finished the season as the Class 2A top receiver putting up 857 yards on 58 receptions this season directly contributing to the Broncs winning regular season. Terry's average of 85.7 yards per game was second in the conference. Terry also had two punt returns for touchdowns and directly contributed to the Broncs first playoff berth in two years....
Coming back from a very disappointing season can be a coach's nightmare. The Hornets were well on their way to a back-to-back championship season last year when the unthinkable happened. With a 6-0 record the team headed into the last two games of the regular season with high hopes. Then, they just fell apart. They lost their last three games and were knocked out of the playoffs. Coach Gray had to find a way to get the team back on track and find that winning drive for the team's upcoming...
For all the wrestling fans the high school wrestling program is under way. Practice started a couple of weeks ago, but the Junior High team has already been putting in mat time. The Junior High team has already competed in several meets and have been pinning the competition. The Burns/Pine Bluffs Jr. High Wrestling Team is making waves this season under the guidance of second-year head coach Will Luna. With a roster primarily made up of younger athletes, many of whom are new to the sport, the team has shown impressive growth and determination,...
At the Pine Bluffs Senior Center they are always doing activities. They play cards, bingo, watch movies, have dances, or do crafts. Every month there is crafts for the seniors. In the last two months a lady named Amber Dancliff has been helping with craft time. Her store is Graffitos. It is a pottery store that a person can paint their own pottery items in Cheyenne,Wyoming. Dancliff brought in three choices for the people to choose from this time for crafting at the senior center. During the cla...