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For the special this week at the Hereford Community Church Amy and Renee Martin sang “I Surrender All.” The sermon title was “Where’s Timbuktu?” Timbuktu is a city of 32,000 people in Mali, Africa. It was the center of Islam for trade and scholarship from 1300 until 1800 when the French took control. It would not be a place where Christians are welcome. Before Jesus was taken up into heaven, he gave commandment for his followers to take the gospel to all people. Missions are in God’s hea...
Bob Wagner’s 80th birthday party. July 13, 2014 at the Moose Lodge, 1019 S. Greeley Highway 1 to 4 p.m. Let your presence be your gift. Pd. Adv. Life is not meant to be lived forever. However, some deaths hit us harder than others. Maybe because we will miss the quick smile, the loving support and interest in our lives, or maybe because we get used to seeing their friendly face at lunch or at church. Helen Peters, 91, passed away Saturday. She was a bright light to her family, church and communi...
Wow! Can you believe this weather? Monday morning we had exactly one inch of rain in the gauge, and more throughout the week. I know the area farmers appreciate it and so do all of the trees we have recently planted. I hope it does this off and on until harvest. One day last week Joe went out to do chores and found a huge bull snake draped across the back of the golf cart. He peddled pretty fast back to the house, and I didn’t blame him one bit. I went out to make sure it wasn’t a rattler and...
The Bushnell Lions Club meets at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 2. We are having our 3rd anniversary celebration at The Sisters Grimm from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, July 4. Stop in for free refreshments, door prizes, and 50% off most books. If you have news, announcements, meeting times/dates, information about events happening nearby, or anything else you’d like to share, please contact me at [email protected] or 308-230-0683....
Good morning to you all! It was good to see, those of you who were able, out and about this past Saturday, as Harrisburg celebrated it’s 125th year as a County. The weather was fairly nice, little too much wind, but at least the rain held off. It was great to see a few new entries in the parade, I hope they plan to participate again next year! It was also good to see the teenage crowd attempt to be involved as they brought out the ‘dunk tank.’ However, it was disappointing that they were unnec...
On June 25, 1987, President Ronald Reagan began a presidential proclamation with the words “More and more Americans are discovering a uniquely American food delicacy — farm-raised catfish.” June 25 is National Catfish Day. It’s a day to enjoy fishing and some tasty fried catfish, or catfish cooked with your favorite recipe. My family loves to go fishing! We will no doubt enjoy National Catfish Day along the banks of Oliver Lake. The bounty of our fishing trip will be saved for a family fish fry on July 4. Summer Reading Celebration is underwa...
The village board meeting was held last Wednesday. It was a short meeting with little to discuss. The board held the 3rd and final reading for the resolution to adjust water and sewer rates and then passed the resolution. Source Water Protection is offering grants to villages. Bushnell plans to apply for one for a generator for the water pumps. Two building permits and a mobile home permit were approved. Residents and landowners must have lawns mowed by Monday, June 23. The health board will...
Summer begins this weekend. With it comes new life, new adventures and opportunities to make cherished memories. Pastor and Mrs. John Morrison of the Albin Baptist Church began a journey that would include all those things. They traveled down to Texas for the celebration and ceremony of their son’s wedding. Congratulations to the Morrison family and we all hope they had a safe trip and made lasting memories. The first baseball games for the Wildcats were this past week. The little sluggers showe...
In honor of Father’s Day the fathers chose the hymns at the Hereford Community Church this week. For the special Kathy Zitek read a story from Guideposts about a veteran dad. Pastor Opdycke centered the service around fathers. She read several scriptures that tell the roll of fathers concerning their children. The Lord nurtures the child through the parents. Proverbs 13:24 says “If you love your children, you will correct them.” Children mimic their parents, so be a godly example. Next week...
The Pine Bluffs Town Council approved a few items June 2 that may help improve the town of Pine Bluffs. The first item of new business was deciding which insurance company the town would use to insure buildings and vehicles. Mark Anderson, of Burns Insurance, presented two options to the council, Cincinnati Insurance Company and Travelers Insurance. The council made a motion to choose the Cincinnati Insurance Company. The motion was approved. Anderson said CIC is based out of Cincinnati, Ohio. They have been in business for more than 80 years....
Father’s Day is upon us. It’s that day when we try to tell those big, burly, noisy (or small, skinny, quiet) men how much they mean to us. It may not be a father by blood or marriage that you honor this weekend. It may be a man who looks after you. Fixes your trailer hitch, it helps you connect a propane tank when you can’t figure it out. Or maybe it is a man who puts your son’s prosthetic foot back on his fake leg. For all those men in our lives, we say, Happy Father’s Day. Fish, golf, gri...
The Burns Branch Library would like to send out a thank you to the person who is mowing our lot. Lorraine Smith, a teacher at Burns Elementary School, has retired. She asked that donations in honor of her retirement be given to the Burns Branch Library. Lorraine, thank you! We will put the funds to good use. Summer Reading Celebration is off and running. Sign up at any Laramie County Library facility or on the bookmobile. Read through the summer to earn prizes! Every Friday in June at 1 p.m. you can view a family movie at the Burns Branch...
The Hereford Community Church held their yard sale and bake sale on Saturday. They did not do a car wash because of the wet weather. They would like to thank the Freedom Riders Motorcycle Club for coming from Cheyenne on the cold, wet day to support the church. For the special this week at the Hereford Community Church Steve Hauer sang “East and West.” The sermon topic was “Seven Symbols” referring to the Holy Spirit. The seven symbols are a dove, rain, rivers, wind, oil, wine, and fire. T...
Happy June to you all. It sure has felt more like fall on more than one day this past week, right? The rain has been great and the countryside is beautiful, but it has been cold! More rain is expected this coming weekend and as you know we don’t want that for our local Quasquicentennial, or 125 year Banner County celebration. Historical Day will begin June 14, with a pancake feed at the fire hall at 7 a.m., followed by a fun run at 7:30 a.m. The barbecue cook-off will get started at 9 a.m. a...
The Bushnell Alumni Banquet will be held Saturday, June 14. Classes ending in “4” are honored guests. Register and greet with appetizers at 6 p.m., meal at 7 p.m. Meals are $10 per person and $5 dues for graduates. Meals for honored guests will be $5. Anyone who attended or taught school in Bushnell is welcome. And a note to the reunion attendees - the bookstore keeps some Bushnell yearbooks for folks to look through (mostly from the 50s and 70s). Please feel free to stop in before the ban...
The fog didn't stop residents and visitors from enjoying Burns Day held on Saturday. The foggy day started with a pancake breakfast served by the Burns Fire Department. Seating was available inside the fire house. The fire fighters bought eight 10-pound bags of pancake mix. One at a time, they put a bag of mix in a bin, added water and mixed it with a giant drill. The fire department has served breakfast every year since 1907. Annette Beavers, President of Woman's Association, said about 2,000...
More than 30 households lined their lawns and garages with items for sale June 7 for the annual Pine Bluffs Community Garage Sale. "I think it went well," said Recreation Director Sonja Fornstrom. "I was worried in the morning with the weather, but at about 9 a.m., it turned out to be a nice cool day. We had a lot of people say they liked the cool weather instead of the heat." With about 34 registered for the garage sale this year, the event hit an average turnout, with 36 registered garage...
The Pine Bluffs Council approved on second reading of the Fiscal Year 2014/15 Budget during Monday’s town meeting. Changes had been made to the budget before it was approved. The third and final reading of the Fiscal Year 2014/15 Budget will be on Monday, June 16 at the Town meeting. The RV Park has been separated as its own stand alone fund. The first reading proposed the RV Park expenses to add up to $31, 743.08, which would be its share out of the general fund. Now that it’s a separate fund, the expenses have raised to $70,100.00. $100 com...
A hardware store that contributed to the development of Pine Bluffs is going out of Business. Lipps Lumber and Hardware's last day of business will be on Saturday, June 7. Lipps' only store is in Pine Bluffs. The business provided parts to clients in town as well as surrounding areas. When Lipps opened five years ago, it was a booming store because Pine Bluffs had a good housing market. But after the housing went down, it wasn't enough to carry the business. "It's not paying to stay open,"...
This summer, get out of town and enjoy some new activities. The Pine Bluffs Recreational Center has planned bus trips that will take residents to fun, summer-time destinations. The bus trips are scheduled for once a month throughout the summer. The recreation center gives residents the opportunity to get out of town for the day and do an activity that isn’t available to do everyday. The trips are also for people who would like to visit different places, but can’t drive or choose not to. Some trips are planned for kids, while others are ide...
The caption on this photo is: "First Hotel in Pine Bluffs, 1892." If you can identify any of the people in the photo, call the Pine Bluffs Post staff at 307-245-3763. The Texas Trail Museum is now open for the summer. Stop in to see more of your town's history....
About 40 years ago, Alyce Krakow was sending her children to school. Living out in the country, far out, the school district gave the Krakow’s two options; drive a bus or drive their children to meet the closest bus. Alyce choose the job opportunity and has no regrets. “They were paying for the fuel and transportation and giving me a paycheck, so I don’t think it was a bad deal.” Alyce had a grandson of one of her first students on her bus this year, and realized just how fast 40 years goes by...
For the special this week at the Hereford Community Church Carol Opdycke read “Renew Your Character” from her devotional. The sermon title was “The Old Lamplighter.” A person would walk along the street in the evening and light the street lights. Ephesians 5:6-20 tells us to live as people of light. Just as the lamplighter left a trail of light behind him, we should leave a trail of light behind us as we tell others about Jesus and show our love by our good deeds. Next week the sermon topic w...
Looking for a secure method of destroying your old, outdated personal files? Laramie County Farm Bureau Federation will provide a FREE service to SHRED your personal files on Wednesday, June 18, from noon till 2 p.m. Clean out your old bank statements, pay stubs, tax records, household bill stubs, medical bills, credit card bills, cancelled checks, legal papers and more...Box them up and bring them out to Farm Bureau Financial Services 206 Main St. in Pine Bluffs. Each person is limited to 100 pounds or 2 copy paper size boxes. Free Shred Day i...
Good morning! I hope you all are enjoying the beautiful, cool summer morning that we have had for the past several days. The rain we have been getting sure has been nice. The fields and pastures are looking great. Have you seen many snakes yet? We have quite a few bull snakes out and about, scaring the socks off of us when we least expect it. The work for the 2014 Cattlemen’s Ball is coming to completion as the folks involved put on the finishing touches. The Central/Banner 4-H Club members w...
