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Charlene Smith/Pine Bluffs Post The Pine Bluffs Junior-Senior High School were in tune Tuesday evening at their winter concert. After three opening performances, there was a selection of solos and duets. Summer Bowman jazzed up the audience with “All I Want For Christmas Is You”. The high school choir paid tribute to those lost and hurting in Conn. with “Grown-Up Christmas List”. As always, the jam band put warmth into the evening with their version of “Silver Bells....
For a state whose destiny is linked to energy prices, the year 2012 in Wyoming was turbulent. Looking back on the past 12 months, the biggest news story affecting the most people in Wyoming is the fall of energy prices, which resulted in steep declines in tax revenue. This might be an exaggeration since I am assuming that the world did not end on Dec. 21. You are hopefully alive and really reading this column. We are assuming the Mayans were wrong. Next week, I intend to write my annual column...
Every year, I look forward to the 12 days after Christmas. It is the time celebrated in the Christian religions for the time it took for the three wise men reach the newborn Jesus Christ. I learned later in life, it actually took the wise men years to reach the little king. Perhaps they lacked an OnStar or lost “the star” in the desert sand, but it’s still a long journey to meet even a king. Whether it took them 12 days or 12 years, they came bearing gifts. And this is where the crazy, much...
Frenchman Valley Coop, along with the Land O’ Lakes Foundation, has donated $3,000 to three Wyoming FFA Chapters to support local FFA programming. The checks were presented to the FFA Advisors and students by employees of FVC. The donation goes to support FFA programming at each of the schools. The Burns, Pine Bluffs and Wheatland FFA Chapters were all selected by FVC to receive funds to help support the FFA Chapters and agricultural education. “FVC is extremely proud of the efforts put for...
Friday, December 28 Celebrate the 80s Students in grades seven through 12 are invited to celebrate the 80s by watching 80s movies at the Burns and Pine Bluffs branch libraries from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Popcorn, candy and soda will be provided. Come anytime! AA Pine Bluffs AA meets at 7 p.m. at United Methodist Church. Use the east door. All are welcome. Saturday, December 29 Coffee club Burns Coffee Club enjoys coffee, cinnamon rolls and conversation with friends and neighbors from 8 to 11 a.m. at 130 Main St. in Burns. Monday, December 31 Closure...
In some conversations about the number of continents, many people count North and South America as one. Our land-mass sharing neighbors to the south have many spicy versions of Christmas tidings. But for the intent of making friends from neighbors, we say, “Nuestro continente es su continente.” The Americas do Christmas well. So well, that many who don’t believe in the reason for the holiday, celebrate Christmas. Maybe that is the way it is meant, to include as many as we can in the mirac...
After announcing the commissioners would again hear the “on-going saga” of Table Mountain, Chairwoman Gay Woodhouse said she would not be voting. Attorney Frank Falen addressed the commissioners first and thanked them for the work they had done to assist in drafting an acceptable decision. Falen said he approved of the plan for the county to construct a road and charge his client $9,000. “At the risk of sounding over eager, I brought the check with me,” Falen said. Attorney Brad Healy followed F...
Arrivals Damian Josial Leal was born Jan. 1, to Megan Heintz and Joseph Leal. Gwendolyn Dorothea Friis was born Jan. 4, to Brian and Jessica Friis. Wesley Cash Crowder was born Jan. 13, to Sarah Kepm and Robert Crowder. Brookelynn Rae Wagner was born Jan. 14, to Eric and Kati Wagner. Rylie Marie Vetter was born Jan. 17, to Suzie and Scott Vetter. Blakely Marie LaVerne Lindell was born Jan. 20, to Mekali Lynn LaVerne Lindell. Harper Olivia Simkins was born Jan. 29, to Erin and Garth Simkins....
Departures Wilda May Stevens, 82, of Burns, passed away Jan. 4. James Albert Onigkeit, 67, of Fort Laramie, passed away Jan. 13. Elmer “Neal” Badgley, 84, of Pine Bluffs, passed away Jan. 19. Stormy Jessen, 34, of Oshkosh, Neb., passed away Feb. 6. Warren G. O’Dell, 74, of Pine Bluffs, passed away Feb. 18. Doris A. Anderson, 94, of Meridan Route, passed away Feb. 18. Tammy Spinuzzi, 50, of Fort Morgan, Colo., passed away Feb. 18. Edward L. Cowles, 87, of Manitowish, Wis., passed away Feb. 19. R...
Monday Women 1. Designs West 365 2. Conoco 293 3. Coyote Sanitation 290 Highs Handicap game: Sally Reher 227 Handicap series: Johnna Graves 635 Scratch game: Jesi Zitek 190 Scratch series: Johnna Graves 518 Tuesday Mixed 1. Spare Room 48 2. Killer B’s 44 3. P&Z 42 Women’s Highs Handicap game: Kaycee Bruns 272 Handicap series: Kaycee Bruns 689 Scratch game: Kaycee Bruns 221 Scratch series: Kaycee Bruns 539 Men’s Highs Handicap game: Bill Cushing 303 Handicap series: Chris Mossberg 780 Scratch game: Bill Cushing 259 Scratch series: Chris Mossb...
The Burns Lady Broncs took a road trip to South High School on Tuesday and came home with another win in the record books. The 53-41 victory brings their season record to 8-1. They are 1-0 in league play. “The kids forced a lot of turnovers with their defense and converted enough of them into points to get a win,” said coach Barry Ward. Half the ladies on the floor hit double digits in the game. Mckenzie Ward put 19 points on the board to lead the team. Mckayla Ward added 12 and Megan Marker tac...
The Burns Broncs will enter the start of the 2013 segment of the basketball season with a 4-5 record. This after a 54-60 loss at the hands of the South high squad Tuesday. The Broncs came out and posted eight points in each of the first two quarters of the game. South took control of the game combining 20 first period points with 11 in the second to go into halftime with a 31-16 lead. “We executed very poorly on offense to start the game, we had quick possessions that didn’t force the def...
The Pawnee Coyotes concluded the 2012 portion of the basketball season with a game against the Union Colony Prep Timberwolves on Tuesday. The visiting Coyotes gave their host a hard time, going home with a 66-48 victory. Pawnee now sits on a 4-2 record for the campaign. “We played hard again, and that is always our number one emphasis,” said Pawnee head coach Tim Brunelle. “We created many turnovers, didn’t always take advantage of them, but at least had opportunities.” Top scorers for the g...
Tuesday night the Pawnee Lady Coyotes took to the road for a match up with Union Colony Prep. The Lady Coyotes trounced the Lady Timberwolves 63-25 in the non-league bout. Pawnee took control from the outset of the game, shutting out the opposition 24-0 in the opening period of play. In the second canto, Pawnee posted another 12 points, while Union Colony managed to get a shot in for two. In the second half, the Lady Coyotes repeated with 12 points in the third quarter, and the Lady...
As I sit down to write this last newsletter of 2012, I cannot help but remember when we were on the brink of the new century, back in 1999. Some folks were pretty sure that the world was coming to an end. And most recently of course all of the hoopla about the Mayan Calendar and the same fear in the hearts of some folks once again. And here we are! Ushering in 2013 — it just doesn’t seem like 12 years have passed since this century began. The time just keeps going faster and faster. I, for one...
Sorry to have to disappoint the Mayan Calendar that predicted the end of civilization that we know of, but we are all still here. As Friday’s dawn began sweeping across the globe, there was no sign of an apocalypse. Do you ever wonder why we fall for such nonsense? Maybe we should just live for the day and be thankful for what we have and not worry so much about will happen in the future. I know I’m very thankful for the past week’s snow storm that dropped 8 inches. We hope everyone was home when the snow began to fall on Tuesday night. I, of c...
Merry Christmas! I hope everyone found their most favorite thing either under the tree or around the dinner table on Tuesday. The winter moisture, called snow, found its way to us, only to be melted and blown away. Not much going on in the little town this week. The kids are out of school and most of us are enjoying company or traveling. Let us know if you have any news. Send it to [email protected]. We would love to hear from you....
The swearing-in ceremony for the new Kimball and Banner County elected officials will be held Thursday, Jan. 3, at 8 a.m. in the District Court courtroom. This is open to the public, so feel free to come and support your representatives. The bookstore hours will be revamped in January, but we haven’t finalized the details yet, so please call or email to find out if we’re open before you come. That’s all I have for now — talk to you again in 2013! If you have news, announcements, informa...
1 years ago Cody – Three months ago Loe Nau’s lower jaw was destroyed when he accidentally discharged a shotgun. Now he has a new jaw. Nau, who is seventeen, has returned from Chicago, where he was the subject of remarkable bone, skin and flesh grafting. The surgeons built up a new sub-maxilliary (sic) on the ruins of the natural one, grated flesh to this, and skin to the flesh. Hardly a scar shows. Chicago’s Christmas cost nearly $20,000,000, making it the most prosperous in the city’s history. The little cottage in the Bronx where Edgar All...
I’d like to start by wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas! I hope everyone is able to spend the holidays with friends and family spreading good cheer throughout our region. We have the results of our cover crop biomass sampling back and the cover crops performed about like we thought they would. I think we could justify the cost of planting the cover crops with the benefits we’ll see from producing them, but I do have some concerns with producing cover crops. Our sampling from the cover cro...