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Two qualified to go to All-State Choir out of Burns High School. All-State Music is the highest level to get to in Wyoming High School music programs. It is program the students must apply for. The students apply for All-State by October 18th. The state then sets up auditions for the students. The students get scored on select pieces of music chosen for the auditions and a written essay. They also must have a letter of recommendation, and then the committee decides who will be All-State bound....
Four elementary schools from Laramie County School District #2 sent students to the Spelling Bee at Laramie County Community College on January 19, 2022. The students have three rounds of written words they are spelling. There are 20 words per round. Then the top 12 students compete in the oral contest. There are three rounds in this category. Students from fifth grade through eighth grade participate in the contest. Pine Bluffs Elementary school students were Bella Hall, Kashley Fornstrom, and...
Pine Bluffs High School students accepted to play in the Oregon Trail Honor Band. The 15th annual Oregon Trail Band sponsored by Doane University of Crete, Neb., was held Monday. January 10, 2022 at Bridgeport High School. The band was conducted by Dr. Jay W. Gilbert. Dr. Gilbert is the director of instrumental music at Doane University. He has studied with the renowned conductor and arranger John P. Paynter along with outstanding orchestral conductor Victor Yampolsky from Northwestern...
Local youth, Yazmin Munoz brings back her injured steer to show at the National Western Stock Show in Denver. Catch-A-Calf is a program that has happened since 1935. Every year youth that have been in 4-H and Future Farmers of America apply in four states which are Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, and Wyoming. These youth fill out the papers and obtain sponsors to have the opportunity to raise a calf to show at the National Western Stock Show. The youth have a year to prove they have the skills and a...
The Burns Lions Club inducted a new member along with getting ready for several upcoming events. The meeting on January 6th was canceled due to weather but rescheduled for January 12th at 6:15. After a delicious meal, the main meeting began. New business had several issues to be addressed. First was the induction of a new member that was sponsored by Jim Clark. Joseph Nicholson received a certificate along with Jim Clark from the Burns Lions Club. Next order of business, dues are due for...
An ambulance Board resignation and a visit from the Laramie County Sheriff's Department at the Albin Town council that met on January 13th at 7:00 p.m. The Albin town council had two visitors at their meeting Thursday evening. Laramie County Fire District #3 came to listen in on the meeting, and Laramie County Sheriff candidate Boyd Wrede who came to visit the council as he has been doing throughout Laramie County. Wrede introduced himself then explained he was raised here in Laramie County plus he was on the Cheyenne Police Department for 21...
Right before Christmas I attended a craft fair and was able to speak at length to several people about vegetable gardening and growing plants, in general. The most intriguing conversation I had concerned growing vegetables in a very small yard with little space. In fact, that conversation lasted all morning. The yard we discussed was very small with no room to put in a vegetable garden even though the client wanted to grow her own vegetables. She wanted to reserve the tiny grassy area for her...
CHEYENNE, Wyoming – Laramie County Community College has received a $101,000 award from the Microsoft Community Empowerment Fund to support the recruitment and retention of veteran and military-associated students. The award will be used to help create awareness of the educational and career pathways at LCCC for students who have served, or are currently serving, in a branch of the U.S. Armed Forces. “LCCC is committed to helping military-associated students gain access to educational and career pathways,” said Sarah Hannes, director of admis...
You have likely heard the term “filibuster” thrown around a lot over the last couple of weeks. It is a word that isn’t used much outside of D.C., but it is important to you as the resident of a small, rural state. The filibuster is a procedural tool used in the Senate to pump the breaks on a piece of legislation or a nominee that the minority party finds concerning. It raises the threshold for passage of a bill to 60 votes as opposed to a simple majority of 50 votes. Use of the filibuster forces senators from both parties to reach a compr...
COVID-19 vaccine mandates are a source of controversy nationwide including here in Wyoming and Laramie County. Some people feel so strongly about the mandate that I’ve watched a few discussions that I thought may come to blows. Those I’ve seen have all been fueled by anger from people who believe everyone must be vaccinated. This is another topic, among many, that’s tearing our country apart. The basic argument from those who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID is one of personal freedom and our basic human rights. That sounds simple but i...
Kimball – Kimball Health Services (KHS) leadership on Thursday, Jan. 13, announced a $2.2 million fundraising campaign to complete funding for a new hospital in Kimball opening in the fall of 2023. Standing on the site where the hospital will be constructed, officials announced a lead gift of $500,000 from Bonnie Risk to kick off the fundraising campaign. Her contribution brings the private gifts committed to $1.5 million. Risk has been a longtime advocate for Kimball Health Services and is a m...
Frosty the snowman needed some help for the first snow of the year and Mother Nature was more than happy to help. In Pine Bluffs It started snowing on the morning of Wednesday January 5, 2022. Once the snow started falling in came down fast. Laramie County School District #2 released the students by 12 p.m. The teachers sent home lessons for the students to work on while stuck at home throughout the snow storm. Some parents was very happy how efficient the school was on getting everyone home...
LARAMIE, Wyo. - The Wyoming Department of Transportation is issuing a reminder that it is a violation of state law to place snow on state roadways. WYDOT has received many reports this month across southeast Wyoming of people pushing snow into the traffic lanes of state highways. State statute 36-10-401 stipulates that anyone who obstructs a public road or highway, common street or alley, public bridge or navigable river in a way that makes it inconvenient or dangerous to pass is breaking the law. Each violation is punishable by a fine of up to...
On Monday January 10, 2022 at 7 p.m. there was a short and to the point meeting for the Pine Bluffs Town Council. For new business there were two items. First was the resolution 2022-01: a resolution providing for the appointment of a representative to the Wyoming Municipal Power Agency board of directors. This is having someone from the Pine Bluffs council being on the board of directors. Pine Bluffs Mayor Justin Fornstrom said, "I will do it.” The motion was made by council member Alli Leitza to have Mayor Fornstrom to be on the board of d...
On Friday January 7, 2022 Pine Bluffs Distilling released their 100 % Straight Rye malt Whiskey at 12 p.m. This is the second year to release the same whiskey but it has been aged for a year. Chad Brown started it last year. Customers waited to get the first fifty bottles. At that time the customer put their name on the number of the bottle to get one every year for twelve years. Last year, people were waiting in line at 6 a.m. just to be the first one to get a bottle. This year since people...
A local citizen helps with small gesture for the cats in the community. Margaret Thompson has been concerned about all the cats in the streets of Pine Bluffs. She decided to try to help with a small donation to the local veterinary clinic to help spay and neuter the cats in the area. This will help discount the full price of the surgery. Thompson would like to let people know that even five dollars to this account would help the cats in Pine Bluffs to be spayed or neutered. The Town of Pine...
CHADRON, NE (01/05/2022)-- Chadron State College has announced the names of 324 students on the President's List with a 4.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale. To qualify, students must have completed 45 credit hours, be enrolled in 12 credit hours of coursework, be seeking their first bachelor's degree, and have no incomplete grades during the semester. Hometowns listed reflect the student's preferred home address. Katelyn Bach of Burns, Wyo. is a 2020 graduate of Burns High School....
For the past year I've been working to convert my greenhouse over to full-hydroponic even though I don't seem to be making much progress at times. During CFD I moved all of the peppers over to the first hydroponic tray from the climate-controlled warehouse unit and planted cucumbers in the upper tray. I use vertical growing systems to make the most use of the space available. The peppers have thrived with some of the plants approaching their third growing season. The cucumbers were doing very...
The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) is nearing the end of an innovative, major, multiyear effort to improve and modernize key technology systems used by the department, healthcare providers and program clients across the state. WDH directly administers Wyoming Medicaid and Wyoming Kid Care CHIP, the state’s children's health insurance program, providing health and long-term care coverage to low-income children, parents, seniors and people with disabilities. Approximately $550 million in claims are paid each year to healthcare providers f...
WYOMING - The Postal Service is asking customers to help keep their letter carrier safe this winter by keeping walkways, steps and porches clear of snow and ice that can lead to dangerous falls. Here are a few ways to help keep your carrier safe this winter: • Clear enough snow from curbside boxes to allow mail trucks to approach the box, deliver the mail, and to drive away from the box without danger or the need for backing. • Walkways should be cleared of snow and ice and allow enough tra...
I very much appreciate the Guest Columns that Mike Heath has been submitting to the Post. I have not read one single thing he has written that I disagree with. In your December 30th paper, you printed a “Letter to Editor” from Carl B. Enstrom of Lincoln, Nebraska, which I very much disagee. He was extremely critical of a recent column by Mr. Heath. He hopes his “comments will reduce the anxiety for people living in and around Pine Bluffs, Wyoming”. How kind of him to set all us ignorant folks straight. Engstrom states that “Biden has managed t...
Why did I join the Military? This is a question I get asked a ton. The short answer is because I wanted a good job with benefits. However, there is more to it than that. I will give a little story. My dad, was in the United States Air Force and was able to move around. With that, I was born in North Dakota, moved to California, then to Panama and Nebraska, before settling in Illinois when I was in the middle of second grade. Growing up in a military family, you get to see and appreciate many...
It's Back! The Southeast Wyoming Farm and Home Expo at the Albin Community Center on Wednesday February 2nd from 9 a.m. through 4 p.m. The Southeast Wyoming Farm and Home Expo is a yearly tradition that Albin is trying to preserve and grow. Albin has tried hosting the Expo but it has been difficult in the last few years because of Covid. However, the community is excited to be able to do it this year. Ablin would like to welcome all communities to attend the event. At the event will be door prizes of all kinds along with a delicious lunch. A...
The beginning of the year readjusting the town fees and concerns about the ambulance service. The Burn’s Town council met on January 10th at 6:30 p.m. The Council approved a building permit for a single-family home at 104 S Prairie Ave. Moving on to the Sheriffs report was given by Robert Gasket of the Sheriff’s department. The patrol of the school zones before and after school has been better. Next was the Lion’s Club report given by Kayler Madler. On Thursday January 6th the meeting and the dance lessons were canceled. Next for the Lion...
