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BHS FCCLA News by Shelby Clark, BHS Junior Burns High School FCCLA members met on Tuesday, January 10th during lunch to discuss their plans for the new year. Members went over their spring fundraiser plans to sell Little Caesar's pizza kits. Members will begin selling on Tuesday, January 31st. Fundraisers like this help to pay membership fees throughout the year. BHS FCCLA has produced many winners at the State competition in the past few years. Winning at State leads members to compete at...
Recently, one of the the Laramie County 4-H Robotics teams, the Circuit Breakers, competed in a FIRST Tech Challenge robotics qualifying tournament in Colorado. The team placed first with their alliance of two other teams, paving the way for them to attend the Colorado state tournament, where all teams compete for a spot in the FIRST Championship in Houston. Wyoming also has a FIRST Tech Challenge program with 31 teams statewide and the Circuit Breakers plan on competing in that statewide...
Only one student from Laramie County School District #2 qualified to go to All State Music. To play in All State Music, the school and a teacher recommend the student to apply for the honor to go play with a special guest conductor and other students throughout Wyoming. The student has to audition to qualify to go to All State. This year the audition was Etude 1 and 2, Scale 1 and 2, and Chromatic. The judges make sure the player knows the basic music to move on the next level. This year the...
Making a dream come true for Matthew Miller, Mayor of Pine Bluffs, Justin Fornstrom swore in the newest officer to the Pine Bluffs Police Department. The early Monday morning swearing in was well attended by family members of Miller and members of the Town of Pine Bluffs staff as well. Miller, a resident of Pine Bluffs, grew up in Rexford, Montana, but at the age of 15, he moved with his father, who had taken a job in the oilfields of Wyoming. He obtained his CDL and has been driving trucks....
Cheyenne - The Wyoming School Boards Association is proud to celebrate School Board Appreciation Week February 6-10, saluting our local education leaders who form the backbone of our Wyoming communities. These men and women devote countless hours to ensure our schools serve the needs of all Wyoming children. "School boards are a critical component of every community, working tirelessly for Wyoming's children," says Bruce Jolley, President of the Wyoming School Boards Association (WSBA). "We are grateful for their commitment to our future leader...
Being young, their minds are on their adventures in life. Teigen Derner loves animals especially mustang horses. Her mother Tansie Derner is always encouraging her kids to do activities they love. Derner received an email about the contest. She suggested that Teigen Derner enter the contest with one of the stories she wrote in the past. So Teigen Derner decided to rewrite and improve her story. The contest is in The Wild Beauty Fountain website. The mission is to protect the horses and bring awa...
SAN ANGELO, TX (01/27/2023)-- Over 170 Angelo State University student-athletes, including Hannah Kinnison of Grover, have been named to the Lone Star Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll for the 2022 fall semester in recognition of their hard work in the classroom. A total of 171 Rams and Rambelles made the honor roll, including 65 with a perfect 4.0 grade point average. To be eligible, student-athletes and student-athletic trainers must earn a minimum 3.30 GPA for the semester and be on an active roster. Kinnison is majoring in Food Animal...
By 2030, older adults (55+) will be the dominant demographic group in the United States and institutions are adapting to meet their needs for meaningful engagement. A total of 132 public and county library systems in Wyoming and Missouri will develop and/or expand arts education programs that improve the lives of older adults through the Advancing Creative Aging Through State Library Leadership Initiative (2023-2025). The Wyoming State Library (WSL) secured a $646,000 Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian grant from the Institute of Museum and Libr...
Jan. 30, 2023 -- The University of Wyoming lists 179 students from Laramie County on the 2022 fall semester President’s Honor Roll. The President’s Honor Roll consists of regularly enrolled undergraduates who earned a 4.0 (“A”) grade-point average for the semester. To be eligible, students must have been enrolled for a minimum of 12 credit hours taken for letter grades. For more information about the University of Wyoming, view the webpage at www.uwyo.edu. Students are: Burns: Alec Nicholas Saukerson Carpenter: Ryan J. Fogg, Mika L. Poelma...
Dear Editor, I am writing to thank Pine Bluffs-area residents for sharing the true meaning of Christmas with children in need this past holiday season. Generosity throughout contributed to a successful shoebox gift collection season at drop-off locations for the Samaritan’s Purse project Operation Christmas Child. Across the U.S., the project collected over 9.3 million shoebox gifts in 2022. Combined with those collected from partnering countries in 2022, the ministry is now sending nearly 10.6 million shoebox gifts to children worldwi...
ADELPHI, MD (01/26/2023)-- University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) graduated more than 7,600 students worldwide in fall 2022. Students from all 50 states, five U.S. territories, and 18 countries earned UMGC degrees. More than 2,200 graduates attended "Grad Walk" in Adelphi, Md., an in-person experience designed to place the spotlight directly on graduates and their achievements while helping protect the health and safety of their guests and the university community. Bryce John Wygal of Burns, WY, Bachelor of Science in Accounting...
I hope everyone is following the legislative session this year. It’s starting to get interesting now. What started out as a seemingly light session has turned into another labor-intensive endeavor with nearly 200 additional bills being introduced in the House and nearly 100 introduced in the Senate. It’s impossible to follow everything so you’ll need to pick and choose those that are important to you. I would encourage you to read the entire bill and all amendments, though. If you just read the title and the description, you’ll miss what th...
We're finally getting some decent moisture. Of course, it's the cold, fluffy stuff but moisture none the less. I hope you had planned for snow before winter as now may be too late to drive posts for a fence. Snow can be a valuable resource if we control it so we can use the moisture where we need it. We can't control snowfall but we can affect where it lands. At least to some degree. That's where windbreaks and snow fences come into play. They can be used to direct the snow into particular locat...
CHEYENNE - The Wyoming Department of Education, along with Governor Mark Gordon and the Wyoming Military Department, awarded Wyoming's first two Purple Star Schools - Freedom Elementary School and McCormick Junior High School - today at a ceremony at the Wyoming State Capitol. "I am excited to help launch the Purple Star Schools Program in support of military-connected students as they transition into their new homes and schools here in Wyoming," said State Superintendent of Public Instruction...
The sirens go off, and suddenly there is an influx of traffic heading to the local fire station. Such dedication these men and women have for their communities. This goes without saying for Pine Bluffs. Most small towns house a volunteer fire department, and this is true in our area. Their dedication, service and heart drives them to continue serving on the fire department. Yes they have heart and here is a declaration from a fire department volunteer. "If you were to ask me what makes a...
Bison has cornered three territories. High Point Bison is a hidden treasure in Pine Bluffs, Wyoming. The ranch was started in 1924 with Carl and Alma Klawonn who came from Stanton County, Nebraska. They settled 16 miles south of Pine Bluffs. Klawonns started by raising beef, pigs, and chickens. They farmed dry land wheat, corn, and hay. They also had dairy cows. Klawonns sold and delivered by wagon with a team of horses the crops that they grew along with cream, milk, and eggs. The farm and...
The loss, no hope, the question why, did I see the signs, extreme emotions come with suicide on both sides of the coin. Prevention, and surviving suicide may come side by side but the difference is a time of trials. The family of Cole Allen who graduated from Burns High School is trying to spread the news of suicide Awareness and Mental Health. Allen was a normal team roper that went to college at Central Arizona College. This happened during the Covid pandemic and the students had to work in...
The two gyms are getting a much needed facelift. Burns Town Council Member Joseph Nicholson took several painting businesses through the gyms to show them what needed to be done. Quotes were received from First Class Painters for $51,800 and Proficient Painting for $18,200. After a bit of research as to the quality of paint and jobs completed in the past the job was award to Proficient Painting. Both gym floors will be resurfaced in the near future also. Town Clerk Tony Shiery strongly suggests the work be completed in the month of July....
Start brushing up on your culinary skills! Next Friday evening, February 3, the Pine Bluffs Recreation Department will be hosting the 2nd Annual Soup Contest & “Pick A Movie Night” at the Pine Bluffs Community Center. Spend your Friday evening tasting some delicious soups, visiting with friends and neighbors and top the night off relaxing in your favorite portable chair eating popcorn and watching a great movie! The Soup Contest & Movie Night will begin at 6:00pm with soup tasting, something you’re not going to want to miss, it’s a party f...
MANCHESTER, NH (01/13/2023)-- It is with great pleasure that Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) congratulates the following students on being named to the Fall 2022 President's List. The fall terms run from September to December. Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.700 and above for the reporting term are named to the President's List. Full-time status is achieved by earning 12 credits over each 16-week term or paired 8-week terms grouped in fall, winter/spring, and summer. Kori Oedekoven...
Maintenance is getting new equipment for the town. The Albin Town Council met on January 13th with three guests at the meeting. They were Allison Brenneman, Zane Willert, and Lee Willert. The lunch program reported it as normal standards for the month of December. Mayor Kelly Krakow had some concerns on the legislative bills that will be affecting the town of Albin. He thinks everyone staying on top of the issues would be a good idea for the town of Albin. The third reading of the building permits with revised ordinance. The residents of the to...
The temperatures are low, there are icy roads and drifts everywhere. Winter is tough on everything and everyone. There are two options, first stay home or be out in the weather. No one likes being in the cold, zero degree, windy, snow. Yes people like snow. The but is the rest that comes with snow is the problem. No sun has a tendency to make people depressed. No outside and moving around causes low energy. Driving in winter requires a little common sense and skill in knowing what to do. For the people that have lived that year after year they...
Campfires cracklin' and coyotes howling are what might come to a persons mind when listening to the music in the Pine Bluffs saloon. At the Knotty Pine Saloon on Saturday, January 21st, Alex Teller and Shawn Hess performed. Teller was born in Florida and raised on Long Island, New York. He now lives in Michigan. When he was around 13 years old Teller's grandpa passed away. He had learned that his grandpa had an old guitar, to find out his grandpa was not musically inclined but he loved music....
At last, it looks like the drought may be ending. At least that's indication from the weather patterns in the Pacific Ocean. The La Nina in the North Pacific is diminishing and the storm systems are starting to bring in more moisture than in the past two years. It's unclear if there will be an El Nino pattern but right now I think I'll settle for having La Nina somewhere else for the next 300-400 years. I know, that's unrealistic but I don't like drought. Looking at the drought maps though,...
James Patrick Wilkinson, like many from a military family has become part of a Gold Star Family (Nephew). This is not an achievement, it is a membership due to the loss of a family member through war, or a time of conflict. Wilkinson would receive a Gold Star "Son" due to the loss of his uncle, Candelario Patrick "Pat" Bustos. In the family of 12, there were 8 boys and 4 girls. To Wilkinson's knowledge, all 8 boys served in the military. At the time of Pat's death, there were 3 of his brothers t...
