Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
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Christmas at home was a great success - parade, food and fun. A Snowy Mountain Christmas was less than snowy but very, very cold. On December 6th Pine Bluffs kick started the Christmas season with a home town celebration. The star on the bluffs was lit to brighten the town spirit. At 5:30 p. m. a Pine Bluffs Police car driven by Sgt. Rodney Kemp with lights a flashin' lead Santa Claus down Main Street up to the Community Center where the crowd was waiting in anticipation. The parade was small...
Santa Claus came early to the Shepherd's Closet. On Saturday December 4th at 9 a. m. the Shepherd's Closet in Burns, Wyoming opened their doors and their hearts to help families have a Merry Christmas. Shepherd's Closet is a place for people that cannot afford clothes and other items they can have. It is all free and donations are accepted. This year the organization decided to try to help for Christmas. For three Saturdays the family can pick gifts for Christmas. The staff takes each child...
Sweetness was in the air on Saturday December 4th. The Future Scholars of America 4-H Club members brought in nine different varieties of cookies to package up to give away for Christmas. They went to the Pine Bluffs Senior Center, Pine Bluffs town hall, Pine Bluffs Police Department and Laramie County District #5 fire department. Laramie County District #5 gave cool hats to the members for the cookies delivered to the firehouse. The 4-H program helps teach the members to work as a team and...
John Keith Marquardt, age 87, passed away on November 26, 2021 at his home in Pine Bluffs, Wyoming. John was born in Scribner, Nebraska to John W Marquardt and Meta (Sievers) Marquardt, where his family operated a dairy. When John was a young man his family moved to Pine Bluffs, Wyoming, where John attended Pine Bluffs High School, graduating in 1950. He married Roberta Johnson in 1953. Together they had 4 children. After serving in Germany in the United States Army, he began farming and...
Leonard Charles Wiggin was born in Burns, Wyoming at the Burns Hospital December 28, 1929 to parents Hermia and Charles Wiggin. He passed on to heaven November 26, 2021. His family farmed and ranched west of Grover where he lived his whole life except for the years he lived in Fort Collins when he attended Colorado State University. His education started at Geary Valley School, a one room schoolhouse just a half mile from his family homestead. After 8th grade Leonard attended Pawnee High School...
What symbol says, "Christmas" to more people than the Christmas tree. Since I don't play political correctness I'll call it what it is, a Christmas tree. Be it live or artificial, green or another color, frosted or plain, it's still a Christmas tree. Some of my fondest memories here in Wyoming was the Christmas tree decorating competition Glenn Chavez used to have in Cheyenne's downtown area. We participated one year and it was a blast. The decorations and themes were as different as the trees...
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Are you struggling financially? More Wyoming households, including those homeless or without a current residence, may be eligible for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) with the recent opening up of additional federal dollars. Wyoming has received federal funding to help eligible Wyoming households struggling to make rent and/or utility payments during the COVID-19 pandemic. Community based organizations located in every county are ready to help eligible households get the assistance they deserve. For additional...
For thousands of years politicians have been held in contempt, scorn, distrust and a whole host of other negative thoughts, often well-deserved. Before the United States politicians were associated with the ruling class, the aristocracy. To maintain their place at court, they had to be absolutely loyal to the ruler. Disloyalty was often met with death. Tyranny was the order of the day, for everyone, and rulers were often considered gods or the voices of the gods. It’s no wonder that politicians earned their bad reputation. That attitude is s...
It was December 7, 1941, and many members of the military were still sleeping in their bunks this Sunday morning, along with residents of the Pearl Harbor, Oahu area. At 07:55 the first attack hit. From that moment on, there were bombs, machine gun fire, explosions and more. A quote from the Honolulu Star Bulletin states, "A Day that will live in Infamy." From this first initial attack, the waves of war hit home, and the United States was now at war with her attacker of the Pacific... Japan....
Brains are working hard on the right design for Christmas to win. The students have been working on cake wars for Food Science class for a week. They work on techniques and design as a group of three. The team decides who does what part. Since they are learning to decorate a cake, they are created over tins as opposed to real cakes. The students work with fondant to design the cakes. The students were excited to win but glad to have the project done. The first challenge for the students is to...
The smell of delicious food was at the Pine Bluffs Senior Center on December 5th as the Donald Eisenhauer American Legion Post 60 and Auxiliary Unit 60 were having their annual Christmas Social. The members collect donations from businesses in and out of town to help raise money. The funds raised are used for building upkeep, assisting veterans locally or at the VA hospital in Cheyenne and even the rare traveling veteran who might need assistance on the road. The items donated and collected are...
For all the wresrling fans the 21-22 high school wrestling season is right around the corner. Coming off one of their most successful seasons the Burns/Pine Bluffs wrestling team is 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 in his...
Burns High School winter sports program is just around the corner. 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. This will be coach Suloff third year of coaching the team. Barry Ward, coach for the Lady Broncs basketball team says that they are returning the most experience and depth since we...
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 will again have the reigns for the Hornets. He 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. Coach Lindsey will be the Lady Broncs coach again this year. Over the last nine years the Lady Hornets...
The Lady Broncs girls basketball team will have a lot of depth when they start the season. They are returning four starters to their lineup. Coach Ward said, “They are bringing back the most experience and depth since we changed to 3A. Ward also said, “Our Conference will have the most parity as it has had in the last several years”. The Lady Broncs will have Rylee Ward, an all-conference and all-state award winner last year to lead the team. Along with Ward, Molly Mosley, Kylie Gallegos and D.J. Kaur will be returning to assist Ward this...
The Lady Hornets will return two starters and six letter winners. Seniors Jaden Shelit and Andrea Reifschneider are the two returning starters and will be expected to lead the team. Shelit earned both All-Conference and All-State Honors a year ago and Reifschneider made All-Conference team. Maddison Loyd (senior), Mady Graves (senior), Abby Gray (Junior), Hannah Wallowing Bull (junior), and Kelsie Bymer will also be returning. Coach Lindsey Forbes says that she is expecting the youngsters to contribute their experience and bring diversity to...
Rewards for hard work on November 30th for the Pine Bluffs football team fall banquet. Coach Will Gray started with what the goals was and what the team did for the year. The goal offensive was 4000 yards. At the end the team did 4011 yard which averaged 400 yards a game. Offense had 58 touch downs and defense had 61 touchdowns divided by 10 games with six scores a game with 42-point a game. The goal for rushing was 2000 yards, they achieved 1796 yards. The goal for passing was 2000 yards, the...
Coach Brad Morrison was excited to get the results of the year. He wants to have a meeting before of the end of the year. The results were fresh and well deserved. To work four years and letter was great along with rare. Varsity letter winners are Freshman-Mason Medley; Sophomores-De'Drick Nichols, and Tagr Holmes; Juniors-Brandon Winslow, Baylen Smith, Jose Flores, Jaspur Nusbaum, Jared Allen, Cody Hape, Riley Mclaughlin, Carter David, and Cooper Lakin; Seniors- Caden David, Jackson Kirkbride, Conor Manlove, Ryan Fogg, Cody Winslow, and Joel...
One of Burns/Pine Bluffs cross country track team members has signed with South Dakota State in a division 1 league. Emma Gonzalez was recognized for her accomplishments on the cross country team. Gonzales took 3rd in last years State Championship in October. Her time was a solid 19:49.75. Gonzales has been competing since her freshman year and has improved each year. In her junior year she placed 8th at state. In her sophomore year she placed 24th and in her freshman year she placed 39th....
The Burns/Pine Bluffs High School wrestling team is still in practice but the junior team is going full steam ahead. They competed at SEWAC last weekend and did very well. Taking first place in their weight categories were: Ty Scarborough, Riggin Cathcart, and Kohl Krakow. There were eight wrestlers that placed second in their weight class: Merlin Mikesell, Andrew Leininger, Teegan McLaughlin, Rutley Hansen, Christopher Ornelas, Keaton Lukassen, Caysen Ross and Hagen Cowley. Scoring a third...
P2P – God's Country - Results for TRI-STATE GRAPPLERS on 10/30/21 Ault, CO 10U 56-54 Jesse Gortney 1st Place 84-92 Jax Thurin 2nd Place 14U 86-95 Cable Botha 2nd Place P2P – Rebel Shootout - DGC Results for TRI-STATE GRAPPLERS on 11/13/21 Keenesburg, CO 10U 86-98 Jax Thurin 2nd Place P2P - Hammer or Nail - DGC Results for TRI-STATE GRAPPLERS on 11/20/21 Ault, CO 6U 41-45 Jaxon Lynch 3rd Place 57-59 Haize Graves 1st Place 10U 56-58 Jesse Gortney 6th Place 69-76 Aiden Perry 4th Place 84-93 Jax...
