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Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
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Is there a benefit to organic foods over standard foods? I was asked that question during my monthly radio show and it threw me for a loop for a few seconds. Not that it was a bad question or I couldn't answer but it was off topic and I was completely focused on fresh vegetables versus processed vegetables. This is a call-in show so I should be ready for anything but I was caught off-guard. And the answer to the question really isn't as easy as it sounds but it is a good question for the topic...
Is it ugly, really ugly or is it ugly cute, that's the question at Pine Bluffs Distilling where an Ugly Sweater Party was in full force on Saturday December 23rd. The first ugly sweater was invented in the 1950's. They were called Jingle bell sweaters at the time. It was when the television sitcoms like the Bill Cosby show and the movie National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation exposed the sweaters more. Of course, different countries claim it came from them. Now with the help of retailers the ugly...
So, mom and dad decide to take the kids to the movies for a night out and to enjoy some together time. Upon returning home they find the Christmas tree gone, no lights on the house, a trail of Christmas cookie crumbs leading to the fire place or out the back door. What is going on here? Wait a minute. Somehow this all seems very familiar! This has happened before. Oh Yeah! That Grinch fella, he's the culprit. Thank goodness it's just a movie. It's all in our heads. Right before Christmas the kids and parents got a chance to a have a break and e...
How many businesses have you visited this year that had signs “HELP NEEDED”? How many businesses have you seen close their doors and liquidate or go bankrupt? How many signs have you seen on business doors that business hours have been reduced due to lack of help? How difficult is it to find a handyman or a person to do needed repairs or simply mow your lawn or shovel your sidewalks covered in snow? My point is, what will we do if we lose power and the grids shutdown due to an EMP strike? If our local society is closed down because people do...
Families often carry on old traditions or begin their own new ones. The family of Harry and Truly Eisenhauer joined the ranks of the latter when all seven of their sons served in the U.S. Marine Corps over two decades. Between 1942 and 1962, their sons, Don, Delbert, Bob, LLoyd, Tom, Howard and Loren, served their individual enlistments as Marines. The Eisenhauer boys were born in Wallace, Neb., and moved to Pine Bluffs during the summer of 1942, where their father had a new job as a mechanic,...
"WHAT! No cookies? Wait, there's cookies just no where to put them. Ah well, it's time to overcome and adapt. The event started out as, Holiday Lights Cookie Jar Paint & Sip Cookie Exchange. Everyone loves cookies, and Christmas cookies, oh boy, swapping cookies with other painters, getting to try new recipes, man, what could be better? Unfortunately the shipping company did not get the memo about the seasonal event. The cookie jars did not make it in time. So, the event had to change. The...
“It's easy to vote your way into Communism. It's impossible to vote your way out of communism.” Author unknown. After our Legislature gave in to the Liberals and accomplished absolutely nothing during the special session except cost the taxpayers more than $300,000 I thought I saw a glimmer of hope coming down from the federal level. A federal judge stayed Biden’s vaccine mandate to private business. Almost immediately OSHA announced that they were not going to issue any rules for a vaccine mandate until after the court renders a decis...
Mike Heath's guest column of September 9, 2021, was extremely alarming and pessimistic, especially after the disastrous four years America~ experienced during President Trump and the Republican's near' destruction of our democracy. Could a Democrat in the White House do worse than Trump's/Republican's attack on our core values, their sponsored betrayal of our troops, (freeing 5,000 Taliban/lsis fighters in 2020 during our fight with 'them), betraying our allies in Syria and the Ukraine and the 6 January 2021, insurrection supported and aided...
It started with the fifth and sixth grade band students playing three songs. The songs were Jingle Bells, Good King Wenceslas, and Jolly Old St. Nicholas. Next was the whole Albin Elementary School sang Christmas in the West. At this point the students started a play about Bubblegum Bart stealing Christmas. Different members concerns and how to solve the problem with help of Santa sending Candy Cane Kid for the rescue the community in trouble. First and second grade was first using flags to the...
An Old-fashioned Christmas Program is the name of the winter concert for Pine Bluffs Junior and senior High School on December 15th. The Pine Bluffs Historic High School was packed with students, parents, grandparents, and friends. The buzz of the night to begin was excitement throughout the whole gym. The fifth-grade band performed two songs. The first one was Jingle Bells and the second was Jolly Old Saint Nick. Next the sixth-grade band played First Winter's Sleigh Ride. These student bands w...
The winners are asked to stop by Pine Bluffs Town Hall to collect your $20 gift card to Texas Trail Market. A big thank you goes out to ALL the folks who helped fill the town full of Christmas spirit by decorating and illuminating your homes for the Christmas season, such a wonderful way to welcome family, friends, and visitors. The judges enjoyed looking at all the wonderful lights and decorations. There were so many beautifully decorated homes to choose from and picking out just 10 homes prove...
The Burns town council had a busy night on December 13, 2021. It all started with Molly Dennis asking if it would be okay for the Youth League to apply for a grant to get new score boards for the north gym. Council member Johnstone motioned to approve with Council member Rick Lakin seconding it. It was approved. The Lions Club announced that they will have a dance on February 12, 2022. Also, lessons to learn how to dance on January 6th at 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and February 4th from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the north gym. On the ambulance report, Mayor...
Pine Bluffs town council stressed consideration about the residents who need help and to watch over their property. The council is working on the policy of the budget billing. The billing will be recalculated every April. A person needs to be in the home for twelve months. This program will auto pay or direct draft. No cash or checks will be honored at this time. The program is designed to keep the amount the same throughout the twelve months. The town does put five percent on for hot summers or cold winters. Jackie Fornstrom did her research...
"Shop with Cop" was an exciting day for 31 students. The Wyoming Highway Patrol, Laramie Country Sheriff"s office, Wyoming State Parks, Cheyenne Police Department, and Pine Bluffs Police Department all came together to put this event on. This started in 2015 by the Wyoming Highway Patrol Association. Later the other law enforcement agencies were invited to help. This program is to build trust within law enforcement and the youth while assisting families in need. Each child gets $150 to shop....
Few plants are identified with Christmas as the Christmas cactus is. Growing up I really had no idea what a Christmas cactus was. My grandmother had one, but to me it was just "that plant over there". It was pretty for a few weeks out of the year and I never understood why it was so special to her. It was only after I met Linda that I got an idea of what the Christmas cactus was and why it was so special to people. Her mom had several and one was absolutely HUGE. It dominated the bedroom it was...
CHADRON, NE (12/16/2021)-- Eighty-three Chadron State College graduate candidates will be recognized Friday in the Chicoine Center at 2 p.m. The event will be available on CSC Live. Grounds supervisor Lucinda Mays will be the commencement speaker. Morgan Palser of Carpenter, WY (82054) earned a Master of Arts in Education degree. Chadron State College, which was founded in 1911, is the only four-year, regionally-accredited college in the western half of Nebraska. As a public institution with...
The month of November came and went very fast for the Pine Bluffs FFA because of the many activities that they had going on. The month started off with a community service project on November 5th where members met and cleaned a few yards for local senior citizens that needed a little extra help, fence around the Subway/Exxon fence, and painted the Welcome to Pine Bluffs sign. After the cleanup was done members went and had Pizza at Grubby'z. The welcome sign was in bad need of paint and was the...
This Christmas is more poignant than most for me. I have a nephew just entering the Air Force and facing his first Christmas away from home. It’s caused me to think back to when I went to basic training so long ago. I left just before Thanksgiving so I missed two holidays. Since I was a little older than most trainees it wasn’t as bad for me but I recall the distress that so many of the others felt. They were all fresh out of high school and most were pretty homesick. This is only one of many sacrifices that military members are called upo...
Christmas comes with a lot of beautiful things to help celebrate the season. Christmas trees, ornaments, wreaths and lights. Again, one way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear! (Buddy the Elf) To accomplish this a group of dedicated ladies set out to go caroling. Last year it was so windy it was hard to even walk. But this year the Pine Bluffs United Methodist church had gotten a trailer and some hay bales. There were only six people but it sure was fun. The ladies knocked...
Santa paid a visit to Hillsdale Wyoming on Saturday December 18th. The cars were lining the streets to get the perfect spot to see the parade. A small fire truck started the parade and all the floats were full of people wishing everyone a Merry Christmas. Four of the floats had lights a twinkling making the day merry and bright. Then came the big engine fire truck of Laramie County Fire district six carrying none other than the big man himself, Ol' Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, Santa Claus! The...
In a free society it is absolutely imperative that elected officials be respectful of their constituents and of their fellow elected officials if anything positive is to be accomplished. It doesn’t matter if you like the other person or not. What matters is that you treat them with respect as a human being and, in some cases, as a peer. That’s one of the reasons we use Robert’s Rules of Order to conduct public meetings, to keep them civil and respectful of others. We have a free society because our system encourages civil discourse and frown...
Christmas at home was a great success - parade, food and fun. A Snowy Mountain Christmas was less than snowy but very, very cold. On December 6th Pine Bluffs kick started the Christmas season with a home town celebration. The star on the bluffs was lit to brighten the town spirit. At 5:30 p. m. a Pine Bluffs Police car driven by Sgt. Rodney Kemp with lights a flashin' lead Santa Claus down Main Street up to the Community Center where the crowd was waiting in anticipation. The parade was small...
Santa Claus came early to the Shepherd's Closet. On Saturday December 4th at 9 a. m. the Shepherd's Closet in Burns, Wyoming opened their doors and their hearts to help families have a Merry Christmas. Shepherd's Closet is a place for people that cannot afford clothes and other items they can have. It is all free and donations are accepted. This year the organization decided to try to help for Christmas. For three Saturdays the family can pick gifts for Christmas. The staff takes each child...
Sweetness was in the air on Saturday December 4th. The Future Scholars of America 4-H Club members brought in nine different varieties of cookies to package up to give away for Christmas. They went to the Pine Bluffs Senior Center, Pine Bluffs town hall, Pine Bluffs Police Department and Laramie County District #5 fire department. Laramie County District #5 gave cool hats to the members for the cookies delivered to the firehouse. The 4-H program helps teach the members to work as a team and...
