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The 55 And Up Club will hold their monthly potluck luncheon on Friday, Nov. 13, at 12 p.m., at the Friendship Alliance North Church in Grover. Everyone 55 and over are welcome to attend. Come and join in the fun with your family and friends. There will also be a door prize. We will be celebrating Thanksgiving this month. The turkey, dressing, potatoes, gravy, and rolls will be provided. Those attending are asked to bring a side dish to share. Alleen Barry will be giving a presentation on Disaste...
Well Hello Banner County! Welcome to the time of year when we have at least two seasons within one week. Eighty degrees one day and fifty degrees two days later. Summer is trying hard to hang on, and fall is trying to blow its way in for a month or so before the big stuff hits. The weekend was perfect for Banner County School to host MAC volleyball. I do not know how many schools were represented in the competition, but I do know that the parking lot was full, so was the gym. There was a silent...
Some people get to come home every night. Others come home to a place they have never seen before. Some only dream of a homecoming. But everyone, if they stay away long enough, no matter what threshold they cross, are welcomed home with open arms. This past weekend had two different types of homecomings. The University of Wyoming had their homecoming festivities capped off by a long awaited win for the Cowboys. Many of our neighbors, friends and family called UW home for four years or so, and ma...
The 55 And Up Club will hold their next potluck luncheon on Friday, Nov. 13, at 12 p.m. at the Friendship Alliance Church in Grover. Everyone 55 and over is welcome to attend. Come and join in the fun with your family and friends. There will also be a door prize. We will be celebrating Thanksgiving this month. The turkey, dressing, potatoes, gravy, and rolls will be provided. Those attending are asked to bring a side dish to share. Alleen Barry will be giving a presentation on Disaster...
Good morning Banner County. As I sit here this beautiful fall morning the wind is still doing its thing, but not as much as it was last Sunday. Sunday afternoon it filled one of our buildings with those little weeds that I call tumble weed want-a-be's. They are much smaller and not as spiky, but are a nuisance and plentiful. They were traveling east in the pasture, but a thousand or so managed to find their way into my yard. Bless them, now I have something to do! Just because fall is...
Wasn’t it just yesterday when we were mowing our lawns? This week, it seemed like the deck was camouflaged with dry yellow leaves. The time is coming for coats, shovels and very short days. Mother Nature must enjoy taunting us with longer summers, fooling us into thinking it might just last until December. Eighty five years ago, Albin was watching the same seasons change under their brand new town. Incorporated and named as a community in Laramie County, Wyoming, the small community of f...
The Hereford Community Church held their quarterly business meeting Sunday morning. A couple dates to put on your calendar are Nov. 15 - the Prairie Songbirds will perform for the Harvest Home, and there will be a potluck luncheon following the service. Then, on Dec. 20, the church will have their Christmas Candlelight service. Donna Hoke celebrated her birthday on Sunday. The sermon topic was New Spiritual Bodies. The topic for next week will be Our Heavenly Inheritance. The 55 And Up Club...
Good morning Banner County, friends near and far. The changing seasons have been pretty obvious here this past week. This has always been my favorite time of the year. I grew up in a small town with huge trees everywhere. I also spent many a weekend raking leaves while listening to the football game on the radio. Way back then we were allowed to burn the leaves and I loved the smell. The color change of the leaves was always, and still is, one of the most beautiful times of the year as far as I... Full story
Lights flashed on our horizon during a few evenings last week. Storms aren’t out of the ordinary in late September, but what a storm it was. Some of those strikes seemed like a crack on top of our heads. No harm except for a little break in the electricity. But a few hours without modern technology is good for families. The deer may have thought it was the flash of gunfire. It is deer season once again here in Wyoming. Hunters were out and about as bright as the lightening. No word on any of o... Full story
For the special this week at the Hereford Community Church Shirley Wiggin read funny church sayings. The congregation burned their burdens and celebrated Holy Communion. The sermon topic was The Humble Man. After the service the congregation enjoyed a potluck luncheon, then filled Christmas stockings. About 200 stockings were filled to be sent to New York City for underprivileged children. Next Sunday, Oct. 10, there will be the quarterly business meeting of the church at 10 a.m. The sermon... Full story
Each year, the Nuclear 4-H Club, with help from LCSD2 Rec Mill Grant funds, and funds from numerous other sources, hosts as many as 10 robotics teams, with team members ranging in ages six to 18, associated with the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) programs. Four teams currently meet in Burns. Besides building and competing with a robot, some of the teams must also choose a problem society faces concerning trash, and come up with an innovative solution to the problem. Then the youth will create a craft project o...
Good morning friends near and far. I hope you were all able to enjoy this past weekend and the beautiful weather. Yesterday was the first official day of the fall season, so now we might begin to see a few changes. I am still mowing the lawn, but not minding one little bit. The corn is looking like it is getting ready and the fields are still seen with combines and trucks. Many of us are still dealing with insurance companies, and trying to get damages repaired before the snow starts to fly,...
The 55 And Up Club will hold their monthly potluck luncheon on Friday, Oct. 9, at 12 p.m. at the Friendship Alliance North Church in Grover. Everyone 55 and over is welcome to attend. Come and join in the fun with your family and friends. There will also be a door prize! Aileen Barry will be giving a presentation on Disaster Preparedness. This week at the Hereford Community Church, Tommy Reifschneider celebrated his birthday. For the special Steve Hauer sang What Sin?. The sermon topic was The...
The changing color, scenery and temperature makes it seem as if we are living on a quilted landscape and the quilter could not make up their mind on color swatches. Big green machines are plowing through fields stitching a line of freshly cut hay, probably the last of the season. Those same green machines will soon be threading a line through the brown almost dead looking corn crop. Just for an added touch of color, Mother Nature spilled a nice cup of rain over our area this past week. It...
An open house celebrating Virginia Johnston's 95th birthday will take place Sunday, Sept. 27, from 2 – 4 p.m., at the home of Donald and Rita Johnston, 42020 CR 108, Grover. Virginia was born Sept. 30, 1920 in Greeley, to Marvin and Edith Buckendorf. Her family moved to the Sligo/Grover area when she was one year old. She married Wilbur Johnston on March 12, 1938, and together they owned and operated the 11M Ranch south of Grover, until Wilbur's death in 2004. Virginia was a member of the Sligo "Wide Awake Club" and Coleman Community A... Full story
Good morning! I hope you all had a fantastic Labor Day, the last summer bash. Fall is surely in the air. The cooler air is wonderful, early in the morning and later in the evening. Still mowing the lawn and lovin' it. I'm sure you all know by now that the tourist attraction in Custer, The Flintstones after 50 years of entertaining us all, has forever closed. When we lived in Gillette a friend of mine and I used to gather up six kids between the two of us and head to Custer like we go to the zoo...
Everyday, each of us labor over something. Some with physical jobs in the sun. Some in tractors plowing, cultivating and harvesting goods for all of us. Some watering and feeding cattle, pigs, chickens and lambs so we can eat. Some sit in an office and invent, cure, design and build better ways for us to live. Some wake up little humans, feed them and send them out the door to learn to contribute to society. Some teach those little humans how to contribute. Whatever your labors are, we thank you...
This week at the Hereford Community Church Karel Smock celebrated her birthday. The congregation extends their congratulations to the Reifschneider family for the birth of their new baby girl, Zoe. For the special Karel Smock read The Train of Life. The sermon topic was The Banquet. Next week the sermon topic will be Life in the Future. If you have any news you would like to share you can contact me at 970-895-2433 or email [email protected]....
Good morning Banner County and welcome September! I sincerely do not know where the summer went. How 'bout you? Although the past few days have been hitting close to 100, the cooler weather will be great. Even the chickens all but stopped laying, told me it was just too hot! Banner students have spent this past week at State Fair High School Academic Competition. I do not know how well they did. Another local fellow who is competing in state horse shoe throwing is Bill Nelson. We will try to...
September snuck up and took away our summer. Now, instead of lawn mower racket, we have school bus brakes in the morning. Instead of tasty sniffs from the barbecue, we have the smell of burning leaves and yard waste. Instead of early morning sunrises, we have early sunsets. No fear, Albin friends and neighbors. Labor Day weekend is a few days away. You still have time for a weekend getaway to Hawk Springs. Or take in the home opener for the Cowboys in Laramie. Or maybe fire up that grill at...
For the special this week at the Hereford Community Church Carolyn Ragsdale read Time Warp of Passing Time by Mad Jack Hanks. The sermon topic was From Self to Others -- Be like the Good Samaritan. Next week the sermon topic will be The Banquet. The Prairie Songbirds choir has changed the time for its practice. The group will be practicing on Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m. at the Briggsdale Congregational Church. The 55 And Up Club will hold their monthly potluck luncheon on Friday, Sept. 11 at...
Good morning Banner County, friends near and far. Things have warmed up some what this week but it sure feels like we are about to enter into our seasonal fall weather pattern. I am ok with that and it is my favorite time of the year. The goat heads and sand burrs are sure in their prime right now and many of them seem to find their way into the house. They hide out somewhere and jump out in front of me just so that I can step on them and push them as far into my feet as possible. I have lost... Full story
Have you ever experienced something amazing or beautiful or both at the cost of something tragic. It could have been a prodigal son or daughter coming home for a family funeral and reuniting with loved ones. It could be a divorce that leads to a happy marriage. Or maybe something as simple and good as a flat tire in a little town that had a great cheeseburger joint. The beautiful red sunsets that we are enjoying are coming at a high cost to our western neighbors. School children may not see... Full story
Morine Knupple will be celebrating her 80th birthday on Sept. 6 at the Zion Lutheran Church from 2 until 4 p.m. She requests no gifts. The 55 And Up Club potluck luncheon will be held on Friday, Sept. 11, at 12 p.m. at the Friendship Alliance North Church in Grover. Everyone 55 and over is welcome to attend. Come and join in the fun with your friends and family. There will also be a door prize. Donna Forrest will be here to give a presentation on The Conversation Project, dedicated to helping... Full story
Delta Club met at Applebee's on Saturday, Aug.15. Members present were Vernita (Don) Anderson, Joy (Dennis) Barnes, Martha Cannon, Marcel (Gary) Harrell, Mary Jo (Richard ) Larson, Dorothy Seymour, Pat (Chuck) Palm, Elaine (Steve) Whitley and guest Evy Rabou. Our speaker was Dick Hart, cowboy poet and author. We laughed, enjoyed the speaker and our meal. Our float placed second at Albin day parade. Woohoo! For Delta's September meeting we are heading to the quilt show in Torrington.... Full story
