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The Texas Trail Market held its annual meeting Monday night at the Historic Pine Bluffs High School complete with dinner and door prizes. General Manager Bill Cushing gave his annual report and Linda Coffman received a service gratitude award for 35 years of service to the store. In addition to the meal, goodie bags were handed out to all who attended....
Cody native Shelley Simonton, while volunteering as a Salvation Army bell ringer, makes this observation: “Those who appear to have the least, ALWAYS find spare change or a shaggy dollar to put in the bucket.” Her Facebook post caught my attention as I was doing research for my annual column about “the perfect Wyoming Christmas gift.” It sometimes takes a lot of years before people truly learn that “giving” makes you feel a lot better than “receiving.” An example: for the past two decades-plu...
When we tell a friend or provider something we really want, we whisper. We talk low when praying, we are often barely audible when we say I love you to loved ones for the first time or the umpteenth time, and children whisper to Santa their top gift choice for the the year. Wouldn’t you want to scream your longing to make sure they’re heard or in case someone else listening had the power to bestow? Who doesn’t like vocalizing their fancy? No man is an island, and sooner or later, we all need...
As Christmas edges ever closer and families scramble to finish their shopping, another annual occurrence is taking place. That being the annual Christmas parties. For some of us, this isn’t much, maybe a gathering with a few select friends. For others it is a full blown office soiree full of fun, holiday cheer and holiday spirits. It’s those holiday spirits that tend to get people in trouble. According to statistics gathered by www.dmv.org, Alcohol-related crashes are the top cause of death among people age 16-24. Approximately 25,000 are kille...
“Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them” said Shakespeare. Rachel Purdy has no fear of doing great things. It happens to be one of her favorite quotes. Rachel is the president of FBLA, Future Business Leaders of America, as well as FCCLA, Family, Career and Community Leaders of America. Rachel was previously involved with FFA, and drew much of her desire to work in the agricultural field from that foundation and her fat... Full story
Cassie Garcia and Josh Fuller are engaged to marry Dec. 26, 2012, in New Zealand. The bride-elect is the daughter of Carl and Gwen Garcia of Casper. The prospective groom is the son of Judy and Jeff Fuller of Sheridan. Grandparents include Al and Mary Garcia of Casper, Keith and Jeanne Schoene of Burns, Joann and the late James Fuller of Torrington and Betty and Ross McMillan of Herbert, New Zealand. Cassie graduated from Kelly Walsh High School in 2006, graduated from University of Wyoming...
Calling all veterans and veteran’s families Join American Legion Post 60 for their Christmas Open House on Dec. 16, 1 to 6 p.m. at the legion hall located at 210 West 3rd Street in Pine Bluffs. A donation of two (2) cans of food per person is suggested for their food pantry. The Pine Bluffs FFA will finish the year with two major community service projects Blood drive Come and give the gift of life on Monday, Dec. 17, the Pine Bluffs FFA Chapter will host their second blood drive of the school year. The drive will start at 2:30 p.m. and run u...
Monday Women 1. Designs West 315 2. Conoco 250 3. Coyote Sanitation 249 Highs Handicap game: Mary Burson 238 Handicap series: Franny Haukap 628 Scratch game: Mary Burson 198 Scratch series: Franny Haukap 523 Tuesday Mixed 1. Spare Room 43 2. Killer B’s 41 3. P&Z 38 Women’s Highs Handicap game: Kaycee Bruns 254 Handicap series: Kaycee Bruns 712 Scratch game: Jo Radcliffe 204 Scratch series: Kaycee Bruns 556 Men’s Highs Handicap game: Chris Mossberg 271 Handicap series: Chris Mossberg 767 Scratch game: Corey Bruns 254 Scratch series: Chris Mossb...
The Burns Town Council meeting opened Monday night with discussion on the future of the planned dollar store in the former town hall building. Expecting to have renovations done on the interior, an asbestos study was done. That study revealed tile flooring containing asbestos. That news caused prospective store owner Sabrina Mathews to reconsider taking on the building lease. However, her additional plan to open an H&R Block tax service caused reconsideration. The tax service requires specific...
Laramie County School District 2 Board of Trustees were sworn at the meeting Monday evening in Albin. The officers remained the same, with Esther Davison as the chairwoman, Steve Trimble vice chairman, Jeff Kirkbride clerk, and Julianne Randall treasurer. Newly elected Todd Fornstrom joined the board, but had been a trustee years ago. Ashley Lerwick was selected by the board to replace Kristen Smith who resigned from the board. Lerwick will finish Smith’s term. After the voting and ceremonial d...
The Burns Lady Broncs opened the gym for the second Burns Winter Classic and at the hot hand of Mckenzie Ward came away with two wins in three games. The locals played two games on Friday against Central of Cheyenne and Shoshoni. They ended the day in a 1-1 split, before ending the classic with a win over Moorcroft. Mckenzie Ward set the scoring pace against Shoshoni with her high score of 13. Chelsea Engel found the net for nine points. Alex McCart had the team-high boards with seven. Despite... Full story
The Burns Broncs played host last weekend for the Burns Winter Classic and came away with two wins in three contests. “We were happy to pick up two more wins on the season, but realize we still have a lot of room for improvement,” coach Sean Patterson said. Travis Romsa hit the double-double in the teams’ games on Friday while helping his teammates post a 58-53 win over Shoshoni and a 50-38 victory over the Central Indians. His first DD came with 23 points and 12 boards against Shoshoni. The s...
The Burns/Pine Bluffs wrestling squad headed to Cheyenne for the Charlie Lake Memorial Tournament last weekend. Both varsity and junior varsity wrestlers competed, with the JV coming away with two firsts, a second and a third place finish. “Our varsity kids had a tough tournament this weekend,” coach Dan Clayson said. “We learned a lot, and will be better for it. Our junior varsity kids did really well.” For the varsity, all five Burns/Pine Bluffs wrestlers were defeated by pin.Those wrestle...
The Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets headed west to compete in the Burns Winter Classic last weekend. On Friday, the posted victories over Cheyenne Central (38-28)and Moorcroft (45-20). On Saturday, they fell to Shoshoni 26-39. “Overall, 4-2 is a great start,” Lady Hornets head coach Lindsey Forbes said of the season so far. “The girls are working hard and we will continue to improve.” “Against Central we got a great start,” Forbes said. “I think we handled their pressure pretty well and did some good...
ree teams on the court at Burns High School last weekend. Their performance earned the Hornets a 2-1 record for the weekend and moved them to 4-1 on the season. Up first Friday was the Central High School sophomore team. The Hornets took control of the game in the first three quarters posting scores of 15-7, 13-6 and 11-9, before allowing Central to make a 17-12 surge in the fourth period. The final score was 51-39 giving Pine Bluffs its first win of the weekend. Lane Nusbaum completed the game...
Burns/Pine Bluffs junior varsity wrestlers Nolan Schindler, at left, and Zane Thompson work to pin their opponents during the Charlie Lake Memorial Tournament. Both grapplers took first place medals for their efforts....
My trip to Pierre, S.D., went well considering the wintery conditions I drove through on my way there. We had a couple of inches of snow here in Alliance and as I drove north through the Hay Springs and Rushville area they had significant snow on the ground, 6 to 8 inches. Fortunately the wind wasn’t blowing so the roads were in good shape. The band of snow lasted until just north of Martin, S.D. It was good to see some old friends at the Ag Horizons conference. I hadn’t attended this con...
It was a very busy start for the basketball season as the Ladies played in the Canine Classic Highland/University Invitational tournament. Other teams playing in the tournament were all 3A schools, Liberty Common, Lyons, University High, Frontier Academy and Highland Ault. “The Coyotes played three games in four nights all against the 3A teams,” said coach first-year head coach Dean Smock. “Wednesday, Dec. 5, in Greeley at University High we played Frontier Academy from Greeley, winning a hard fought game 48-45.” Led by Lyndee Johnsto...
It was a slow start to the season for the Pawnee Coyotes. Facing three opponents last week, the locals lost to Highland on Tuesday 67-57, then fought through two overtimes only to come away on the losing end of a 53-47 score against Frontier Academy on Thursday. On Saturday, the Coyotes posted a 63-59 victory over Lyons. “We really got out of the gates slow in our first game of the year,” said Pawnee head coach Tim Brunelle. “We were not moving our feet defensively, rebounding well, or playi...
Yay! My favorite time of the year is here! I can finally play Christmas music without guilt or funny looks from others. I am a huge fan of Christmas music. I have a station dedicated to it on Pandora’s Internet music site, and I organized my CDs so all my Christmas music was in one spot and easy to find. I have tried to analyze why it is that I love this season, and I’m not sure I’ve really gotten to the heart of it all. But I have a fairly decent grip on it. I love winter. Summer is too hot.... Full story
The board held a public hearing regarding a Subdivision permit and plat for Table Mountain Ranches. Before the hearing began, Gay Woodhouse, chairwoman, excused herself from the process since she had represented one party in the matter, and said she would not vote on the matter. Brandon Jensen, attorney, spoke on behalf of Brad Carnahan who owns a home that sits on the edge of the subdivision road in Table Mountain Ranches. Jensen reviewed the long and drawn out battle between two land-owners...
Our spotlight takes us to Europe, the second stop on our Christmas tour of the continents. And a large percentage of Europeans are Jewish, and celebrate Hanukkah. The holiday occurs on the 25th day of Kislev, according to the Jewish calendar, which occurs any time from late November to late December. Sunday was the start of Hanukkah. A Jewish holiday that celebrates light and the eight nights the light stayed lit at the Holy Temple after it was rededicated in second century BCE. The lighting of...
1 years ago The Catholics will begin the erection of a church at this place in the near future. In the meantime they will hold morning service at Blair’s hall every two weeks commencing next Sunday. Threshing has been finished in some parts of the district. The yeild (sic) has far exceeded expectations in all instances but the low prices of grain this fall has been quite a set back to many farmers. Denver.-Poverty stalking at the gateway to old age, displaced the visions of gold, comfort and happiness, and caused DeWitt C. Johnson, r...
This past week has been pretty busy and aren’t they all this time of year? Students ended the week, some of them anyway by holding a 4-H meeting right after school in the cafeteria. Seven girls went over sewing machine mechanism recognition and then were introduced to a new sewing project by Lisa Brenner. They had a great time for a couple of hours and plan on meeting again next year to continue! The newly formed Banner County Booster Club also met that night and helped prepare the gym for t...
For the special this week at the Hereford Community Church Paula Copeland signed “Joy To The World.” Pastor Opdycke taught about Mary and Joseph. Luke 1:26-36 tells the story of Mary. Mary was a young Jewish girl who God chose to be the mother of Jesus. Matthew 1:18-25 tells about Joseph who God chose to be the earthly father of Jesus. Pastor Opdycke told a little about the Jewish custom for marriage. First there was a one year engagement period during which the couple were not together. It was...
