Week of November 7, 2024

Cancer Benefit raises funds for local Nurse

Karen Lipska

Cancer can be one of the scariest words in the world. The possibility of death is not what a person wants. Although death is inevitable, at least give us a fighting chance. We make plans in our lives of doing things with our families or friends, and that comes to a screeching halt. Survival is the next word. Am I going to survive? Can I pull through this? A person always wants to survive cancer. But not knowing what the battle is, is rough for everyone that has cancer and the ones that are...

The Disabled Veteran

Brian Keith Higgins

Brandon is working the graveyard shift a few weeks into his deployment in Baghdad, Iraq. As a supervisor, he's overseeing the passenger movement, and his airmen are performing well and completing their jobs. He also conducts frequent patrols around the terminal, looking for anything out of place or potentially explosive devices. The enemy can plant explosive devices under Meal Ready to Eat (MRE) packages or anything that may look like trash or something of interest. In training, the members...

Laramie County holds Touch a Truck

Karen Lipska

Emergency vehicles are always seen on the scenes of accidents, fires and many other issues. These people are always hard at work. This year Laramie County agencies got together for the Laramie County Touch-A-Truck held at the Archer Complex on November 2nd. There was lots to look at and participate in along with learning about the different agencies in Laramie County. Every part of the Archer Complex was in use. Everywhere there was something to look at or participate in. Outside the south end...

  • Roger Raymond Jessop

    Roger Raymond Jessop of Rock Springs died Saturday, November 2nd, 2024 at Monument Health in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born on November 14th, 1945 in Berkley, California, the only child of Raymond and Nell Jessop. Roger spent his childhood on the family farm in Pine Bluffs, Wyoming, and joined the Army after graduating from Pine Bluffs High School. Roger returned home and his family continued to live on the farm before moving to Rock Springs. He worked for John Bunning Transfer and for the...

  • Selma Gieber

    Selma Gieber, 91, of Pine Bluffs, Wyoming, died at the Cheyenne Life Care Center on Wednesday, October 30, 2024. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 2, 2024 at the St. Paul's Catholic Church in Pine Bluffs with Father Carl Gallinger officiating. Viewing will be held at the church on Monday at 9:00 a.m. Rosary will be said at 9:30 a.m. with the funeral to follow at 10:00 a.m. Burial will be held in the Pine Bluffs Cemetery. Friends may visit www.cantrellfh.com to...