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History is important to learn from and to discover oneself especially if a person know the family or the area. The Texas Trail Museum will be opening on May 1st for people to do some learning and discovering. With the weather changing and becoming warmer, it is the perfect time to explore parts of the town of Pine Bluffs and other areas through families that have lived in the past here at the museum. The Texas Trail Museum is full of a plethora of items and books from times gone by. Every time...
Trees are so beautiful in so many ways and very important to the world. In Pine Bluffs the annual Arbor Day celebration was held with the first graders from the Pine Bluffs Elementary School in the Pine Bluffs City park on Main Street. Arbor Day was established on April 26th for planting trees. In 1872, one million trees were planted with the help of the Nebraska Board of Agriculture set up by J. Sterling Morton. Now all 50 states celebrate Arbor Day by planting trees, which in 2023 was 1.7...
The explorer program and the trash truck were discussed at the Pine Bluffs Town Council meeting on April 24th. The consent agenda had several permits and invoices to be approved. The invoices were: HDR Engineering on the North property development Phase I Design for $40,574.39; Jerry’s Electric for the North property development Phase I Electric $66,270.00; and Jerry’s Electric for North property development Phase I electric for $43,000.00 The permits for the consent agenda was a 24 hour alcoholic beverage sales for the Knights of Columbus. Plu...
Most people like to eat cookies, and every year a person can get cookies that are sold by the Girl Scouts of America. These cookie sales are an event that a lot of people look forward to. Girls Scouts started to sell cookies in 1917. The girls and the mothers would make the cookies to be sold as one of the girls projects. In 1951a company stepped in and started making the cookies to be sold and took the burden off the girls. At this time there were only three varieties of Girl Scout cookies,...
As we approach the end of our 22nd season, I would like to thank our audience for trusting us to bring them health information that is current and accurate. There are many doctors out there who cannot make the same claims as the Prairie Doc's and I would like to take this opportunity to help sort out those charlatans and quacks from trusted sources of health information. While tasty and refreshing, I would not trust Dr. Pepper for medical advice. Nor would I trust Dr. Evil from Austin Powers,...
Laramie, Wyo.-April 25, 2024-To address growing concerns about insecticide resistance across the West, the University of Wyoming Extension has released new recommendations for alfalfa weevil management. In a free digital publication, university researchers share results from a study conducted in Sheridan and provide suggestions on how to maximize alfalfa weevil control while minimizing the risk of developing insecticide-resistant populations. The report, titled "Considerations for Managing Alfal...
Over 44 million people in the United States face hunger, that includes one in five children. But the United States Post Office letter carriers understand people need food to survive on a daily basis. People do not eat only at Thanksgiving and Christmas. The United States Post Office branches in Albin and Pine Bluffs are participating in the Nationwide Stamp Out Hunger. It is an annual food drive that the Post office workers help with. It happens the second Saturday in May. This year the date is...
There are always concerns when it comes to emergencies or disasters nearby. This time of year the weather is changing to beautiful sunshine and warm temperatures. However, good weather can turn into bad weather very quickly. At the Pine Bluffs Senior Center, RAVE Mobile Safety was introduced to the senior citizens of Pine Bluffs. This is a system or platform of notifications that is set up to help Laramie County residents. When a person sets up with the system, it can provide the RAVE mobile...
Laramie, Wyo.-April 29, 2024-The University of Wyoming welcomes Mandy Marney as director of UW Extension and associate dean of the College of Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources. Marney joined UW Extension in 2020 as associate director and was named senior associate director in 2022. She will assume her new role on April 29. "I am pleased that Dr. Mandy Marney will join the leadership team of our college as an associate dean and the director of UW Extension," says Kelly Crane,...
It was 1963 when President Kennedy issued the first National Small Business Week proclamation marking the first week in May as a time to observe the critical importance that small business plays in our local and national economies. National Small Business Week (NSBW) serves as the nation's annual tribute to America's small businesses and innovative startups, the tireless engines of our economy and backbones of our communities. From Main Streets to innovation hubs, small businesses create...
Art can be relaxing and yet stimulating for a persons mental heath. Murals are a way for one person or several people to design an incredible piece of wall art. Alisha Floy, Pine Bluffs High School art teacher and Paulie Dunnam, the elementary art teacher from Pine Bluffs, Burns, and Carpenter was contact by Laramie County School District #2 Superintendant Justin Pierantoni, pitching an idea to the teachers that the school could enter the contest. The contest was with the Emergency Management...
One night of the school year is one of the biggest events for elegance, glamor, and to cut loose. Prom is about having the last big party before graduation. This a time for the seniors to have one last hooray with friends and fellow underclassmen. Burns High School held their prom at the Pathfinder at Laramie Community Community College on April 20th. Their theme this year was Masquerade. The Masquerade theme came from the Venetian Renaissance 16th century in Italy. It's a time for people to...
Prom was started in the late 1920's. It was a casual and inclusive event for teenagers in high schools. At Pine Bluffs High School, it has changed with time much as with other historic events through time. Years ago prom was only for junior and senior students along with their dates. But with the lower number of students, especially in smaller towns the prom needed more people. So now, at Pine Bluffs High School, all of the high school students are invited to prom. It is the last time to celebra...
It is an honor and achievement to receive this awesome award. On Sunday, April 21st, at the Laramie County Community College was the Annual Congressional award. This award was help started by Wyoming Senator Malcolm Wallop and New Jersey Congressman James Howard in 1979. Queen Elizabeth's childhood friend, Earl of Conavon the 7th married Senator Wallop's sister Jean.The Earl of Conavon was very good with horses. At one point Queen Elizebeth appointed him as her race horse manager. Senator...
Insurance and new leases was on the agenda for the Burns Town Council on April 22nd. The room was almost full of Burns residents and people that had business with the council for the night. The second reading for Ordinance 18A.48 2024-2025, fiscal year budget was approved by the council. For reports from the council, council member Ralph Bartel stressed to the public that the Main Street project will not be worked on until after Burns Day. Council member Rick Lakin informed the town that there is a Junior High Track meet on Friday April 26th....
If there is a real Super Woman, this woman would be it. This person is running two programs, soon be three programs. Alisha Michaud graduated from Pine Bluffs High School in 2011. She then married Tim Michaud in May of 2013. She has two fun and active boys. Michaud worked at the Pine Bluffs Seniro Center as an assistant, then in 2015 she became the Director of the Pine Bluffs Senior Center in Pine Bluffs. The program was good but she had ideas to improve it. Michaud had the food program but she...
An exceedingly common question I get in clinic, especially in the heart of a South Dakota winter, is how to remedy dry skin. And the questions aren’t just in clinic; my own kids, family, friends, everyone seems to have an occasional problem with dry and irritated skin. Dry skin is something we are all familiar with; if your dry spots come with a rash or anything else unusual, it may be worth showing it to your primary care provider, as it could be something else entirely. Eczema, a common inflammatory skin condition, often goes along with a...
"This is freaking me out, Ron!", exclaimed Cristy. In retrospect, driving blindly in the night as we inched along some random road in a classic Western Wyoming blizzard was probably not the wisest choice we had ever made, especially at the age of 18 with no way to contact anyone if we had trouble. But then again, it was part of the adventure and we just needed to persevere a little bit longer. My fellow state FFA officer, Cristy Dicklich, and I were traveling around the state presenting...
Laramie, Wyo.-April 15, 2024-For grass seed producers and others concerned about controlling grass thrip populations, the University of Wyoming Extension has released a new management guide. The free digital publication, titled "Grass Thrips in Perennial Grasses Grown for Seed," provides instructions on how to sample grass seed fields for thrips as well as recommendations for cultural and chemical control. The authors also address the efficacy, application rates, and possible advantages and disa...
Laramie, Wyo.-Apr. 17, 2024-David Fay, a professor in the University of Wyoming Department of Molecular Biology, recently chaired a blue-ribbon advisory panel for the National Institute of Health (NIH). This panel provided advice about how the NIH funds grant proposals. The NIH's Center for Scientific Review creates Evaluating Panel Quality in Review (ENQUIRE) panels to ensure that the NIH continues to identify and support high-impact, cutting-edge research. ENQUIRE panels for specific subject a...
Have you ever questioned why there are not many stories shared by heroes in fire and rescue service? Have you heard how some people have done heroic deeds to save lives or property but never read about them in a newspaper or seen them on TV or shared in social media? There are a lot of these people in the USA and we may not even know who they are. Why? The answer remains a mystery to most of the population. But to those who do such deeds they just want to do what is natural for them because it...
Music in Words sounds like a song, but it is a contest that is put on by the Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra annually. They invite third and fourth grade students to write creative stories in response to the music that is performed by the Cheyenne Symphony. The students received awards for their writing and were invited to attend the symphony on April 13th, along with their families.. Rhonda Morrison, elementary music teacher of Burns and Albin had the students listen to the musical selection...
The Pine Bluffs High School music students went to Laramie, Wyoming on April 15th and April 16th. There were 21 students that attended the event. The Southeast District Music Festival is the last contest of the high school year. There is over ten different high school groups that participate in this event. The judging is based off of individual groups or solo's on how they did on the musical piece. Rebecca McCollum is a flute soloist from Pine Bluffs, who received a division one rate. A...
During the weekend of April 6, 2024, High West Energy suffered widespread outages across its service territory due to high winds and winter conditions. This outage resulted in the loss of approximately 600 poles, downed or twisted line, and about 3,000 members without power during the peak of the storm. This represents the largest recovery effort High West Energy has undertaken since the winter storm of 2019, during which over 300 poles were lost. The outages stretched from north and south of...
Spring clean up and an ambulance fundraiser was on the agenda at the Albin Town Council monthly meeting on April 11th. This was a first in a year that Mayor Kelly Krakow had nothing to report. He also tried to keep the town informed about items that pertain to the council and town. There were two major votes at the meeting. There was the resolution of the Emergency Management Agency that was presented by Jeanine West, the Director at Cheyenne/ Laramie County Emergency Management. This resolution will help guide the town officials on how to...
