Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
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Pine Bluffs Lions Club Hits 100 years. 100 years ago 28 men decided to form a club. They started with an informal dinner at the Standard Cafe with their first guest speaker G. M. Cunningham from Houston, Texas who at that time was the International organizer for the district. In January the following year the Pine Bluffs Lions Club hosted their first project. A Mid Winter Fair. It supported a poultry show, corn show, potato show, best loaf of bread and can of jelly. After 100 years the Pine...
The Laramie County Republican Party held its annual Veterans' Appreciation Breakfast on Saturday, November 5th. Each year they select at least one veteran to honor for their service. One of the selectees this year was Merlin Otto Marquart from Pine Bluffs. Otto was born in Strues Farm, Nebraska on December 9, 1939 and enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1958. He was discharged in 1961 to attend college at Midwestern University where he completed a degree in education. He taught school in Colorado...
A year of preparation for memorizing and reciting The Future Farmers of America Creed has payed off for Hayden Hubbard. He received a bronze at The National Future Farmers of America Convention and Expo. In FFA first year, a members does the creed contest. It is encouragement for everyone. Then the best ones in the chapter move on to district FFA contests to compete against the local area FFA chapters. They then move to regionals, state, and then nationals. Hubbard worked hard to know...
The students, families and Lions Club members were at the Pine Bluffs Historic High School on November 1st, 2022 attending the monthly meeting of the Pine Bluffs Lions Club. Every quarter at the Pine Bluffs and Burns High Schools a student is featured. The Pine Bluffs and Burns Lions Clubs reward the work a student accomplishes from each school with a scholarship. The meeting started with an introduction of the guests. Then dinner was served. After dinner, the meeting continued with some games...
For the last few years nurseries ran out of seeds, shrubs, trees and nearly everything else we need to plant our gardens in the spring. Even more surprising, they ran out early in the season. It wasn't only the local nurseries either. Everyone, nationwide, ran out. Even the big national suppliers. Some stocks weren't replenished for the current year. I don't know what the real cause is. It seems like people are still blaming COVID but I don't believe that. At least not anymore. Maybe nurseries...
The dough was being made and the baskets were being weaved at Carpenter Elementary. The students had spent the afternoon time to learn about Native Americans. The different classes spent time in different areas learning about different ways on how the Native American lived. On the playground the students learned about the four seasons. Each season had an activity. For spring, in relay form the students planted an item then raced back to the line to tag the next person to plant something. Next wa...
Veterans Day, formerly Armistice Day, is an annual United States holiday honoring military veterans. It is a federal holiday that is observed on November 11. It coincides with other holidays such as Armistice Day or Remembrance Day, which are celebrated in other parts of the world and also mark the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that ended World War I. (Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 with the German...
They respond to emergencies. They respond to our homes. They are always there when things go terribly wrong. They come to the scene of the accident and make sure that we can get to the hospital alive. But what does it take to be one of these first responders. Each EMT and Paramedic after their initial certifications are required to put in 40 to 50 hours of classroom training every two years. This is CE(continuing education) credits for their certification. There are always new techniques, new...
Three of the new Senior Center board members attended their first board meeting. The Pine Bluffs Senior Center had their monthly meeting on October 31st at 9:00 a.m. The new board members are Dennis Perkins, Lori Kemper, and Jerry Sanders. They were excited to learn about what goes on in the meetings. Dennis Perkins has just moved to the area. He has helped out at the archaeology site with his knowledge this summer. Lori Kemper's mother and father were on the senior center board years ago. She...
National Drug Take-Back Day, an occasion to dispose of unneeded prescription drugs, was celebrated this year on October 26th. The Pine Bluffs Police Department said through this event, they collected over 25 pounds of unwanted or expired medication. These medications will be turned over to the partner in this event, the Drug Enforcement Agency. If you were unable to make it to the event last Thursday, there's still a way to participate. Expired or unwanted prescription medications can be...
The cars were lined up and decorated at the Pine Bluffs Community Center on the night of Halloween for a pleasant start to trick or treating. Thirteen cars of organizations or businesses were waiting for the kids. The Pine Bluffs Police Department started the festivities by handing out trick or treat bags for the kids to collect the much coveted treats throughout their walk of trunks. Next was the Donald Eisenhauer American Legion Auxiliary Unit 60 adorned with spiders in their webs hovering...
This was the second year that the Burns Lions Club hosted the trunk or treat event on Halloween. It was throughout the town of Burns starting at the Burns town hall with three different pickups and a van. The first stop was ghost's and pumpkins to light up the evening with Your Family Chiropractic. Next was Riley Inc Hair studio infested with spiders and their webs waiting for their prey to get stuck. The Rustic Diner sported skeleton dogs and pumpkins. Most of the kids and parent head down...
Catherine Wissner announced last week that she will be retiring on June 30, 2023. Not only is Laramie County losing a gem but this entire region is losing one of our best resources for horticultural knowledge. Wissner has been the Laramie County Horticulturalist for the past 14 years and has been a valuable resource and friend in all of my horticultural endeavors. But her work isn't limited to Laramie County. Although her jurisdiction is local, her reach has been international. She works...
It was a vision of the Second Continental Congress that gave us the United States Marine Corps. On November 10, 1775 they decided there was a need for two battalions of Marines to cover and protect as landing forces with the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War. The war lasted from 1775-1783. After the war ended, they disbanned the Continental Navy, and included in their disbanning the Continental Marines as well. Due to the growing conflict with revolutionary France, they...
The students were ready with sacks and boxes to go trick or treating. Burns Future Business Leaders of America went from house to house trick or treating in Burns on October 25th. The goal was to fill the pantry at the Burns High School located in the entryway for the students to take food home as needed. This is one way for the students to have some food at home. A hungry student does not do good in school. The Burns FBLA students were excited to be able to help others in a time of need. The...
It was a busy night at Knotty Pine Saloon on October 29th. They were having their annual Halloween party. The bartenders were dressed up as a skeleton, Wonder Woman, and a scary nun. They were in charge of mixing the potions for the night. The entertainment was everyone with karaoke. The crowd was singing old time rock and roll, country and heavy rock. Everyone was having a great time. There was a taco bar for people to soak up the potions they ingested. The costume wearers consisted of a...
The Albin Community Center was full of kids and activities for the evening. On October 29th at 5:30 p.m. Albin had their Halloween Carnival At the beginning of the festivities there was a jar full of candy. The kids had to guess how much candy was in the jar. The one closest to the amount received the candy as the prize. There were different booths around the gym and concessions consisting of pizza rolls, nachos, cotton candy, other candy and drinks. The booths were different activities for the...
An informal coffee/donut meeting was recently held at the Pine Bluffs Senior Center to discuss energy, winter service and budget billing. Black Hills Energy spoke to the residents about getting "Winter Ready." They provided Energy Efficiency tips for homes and businesses, and talked about the budget billing programs they offer to help even out monthly energy costs. They also talked about winter safety and the importance of clearing snow accumulations away from your natural gas meter. "We know...
The tables were lined up and ready for diners, adorned with fall flowers and decorations at the Pine Bluffs Community Center on October 23rd. For the last few years St. Paul's Fall Turkey Dinner has been canceled due to the COVID pandemic that turned everyone's lives upside down. The dinner, a yearly traditional event has been sorely missed and was a welcome relief from all of the quarantine's and masks that have kept people from living their best lives. From 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. turkey,...
The stage was set at the Burns High School Commons. On October 18th at 6:30 p.m. the Burns American Government senior class hosted a School Board Candidate Forum. The senior class students wrote out twenty questions. The event began with a meet and greet with the school candidates with refreshments provided. The main questions started at 7:00 p.m. with Johnny Mercer the Language Arts teacher at Burns High School who read the questions to the candidates. Each candidate had a short time to answer...
Issues of cleaning was discussed and dog licenses at the Burns town council meeting on October 24th at 5:30 p.m.. The first issue addressed was the acceptance of a resignation by Mayor Jim Clark. Don and Mary Ackatz submitted a resignation for their cleaning for the town of Burns. Council member Judy Johnstone first stated, "Thank you and I appreciate what they have done. You have done a wonderful job.” Don and Mary Ackatz said thank you. Don Ackatz explained that they are having less cleaning time and more to clean with the extra events. T...
Two sets of paperwork are signed with the town of Albin. The Albin Town Council met on October 13th at 7:00 p.m. For old business the lunch program is looking good. Mayor Kelly Krakow gave three updates. The first was the paperwork was signed for the mobile home/RV park. Mayor Krakow stated, "A date from Pine Bluffs Sand & Gravel to work on the mobile home/ RV park will be soon.” The Third update was Laramie County Fire District #3 who purchased the land from the town in an agreement was signed. It was sent to Alex Davison to record with the c...
Move over, Charlie Brown! There's a new great pumpkin in town. And a new state record. Andy Corbin of Cheyenne broke his own state record this year with a mammoth 1,854 pound pumpkin. In 2019, Corbin broke the state record with a pumpkin weighing in at 1,491 pounds. That's after he set the record in 2015 with a pumpkin weighing 1,268 pounds. Corbin takes growing pumpkins seriously. That's a pretty "smashing" record for a backyard gardener. Harold Stinchcomb is a friendly rival of Corbin's and...
Halloween, a fun imaginative time of year is coming through in the cupcakes at the Pine Bluffs High School Food Science class where the students were competing in Cupcake Wars. Everyone in the school and on Facebook were able vote on the cupcakes. The divisions were, best design, best color, and the coveted grand prize. There were 13 cupcakes entered. There were skeletons, pumpkins with gravestones, ghosts, aliens, slime covered rocks, spiders on a pink cushion, white masks with black eyes and...
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Mark Gordon celebrated the newly constructed Veterans Home of Wyoming with a ribbon-cutting ceremony today. The first skilled nursing facility dedicated to veterans in Wyoming will provide long-term care to veterans, their spouses and Gold Star families. "Our veterans are an integral part of Wyoming's rich heritage, and it is an honor to celebrate the completion of the first veterans skilled nursing facility in Wyoming," shared Governor Mark Gordon. "Veterans, and t...
