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This year's Christmas at home event is not quite what everybody has remembered in the past. That's why the town of Pine Bluffs has decided this year's theme will be "Memories of Christmas Past". Although there are changes there will still be the usual festivities that everyone has come to enjoy. Per usual, the event will be held at the Pine Bluffs' community center where there will be vendors with all of their little Christmas treasures waiting for all to see. Santa and his elves will be there t...
"As we begin to prepare our hearts and homes this Advent Season to celebrate the Miracle of Christmas, we remember favorite stories of Christmases Past. Picture a church volunteer, trying to organize preschool angels to practice their songs for the church pageant. "Boys and girls, we’re standing still, look at me, we're not wiggling our wings or talking to the angel next to us." (If you have not had a similar experience, it's like herding kittens!) The teacher, pleading with the choir, "Angels, why are we doing this?” The answers came in rap...
In times like these many people have been asking how to get out with their families and do something but still social distance. What's better than an outdoor scavenger hunt with the family. The Pine Bluffs library hosted their first letterboxing scavenger hunt. They have a packet with different clues all written in Dr. Seuss language giving hints on where to find six different boxes around the town. Each box is hidden in a specific location in which the Dr Seuss hints Will lead you. In every...
On Thursday November 19th 10 people gathered to watch and learn the great skills of Ashley Hottell. Sadie's Cafe hosted the ornament painting party. Everyone gathered and painted and decorated their own ornaments. Each ornament was made out of a wood disc in which they could decorate using stencils or their own creativity. With the never ending options of designs the attendees really got creative. Some used the shapes of the wood to base their design. For example one of the attendants made a...
The Pine Bluffs high School intermediate art classes have begun their annual Christmas window painting. With many businesses on their list like Grubby'z, Farmers State Bank, Points West Community Bank, Sadies Cafe, Pine Bluffs Exxon, Pine Bluffs Sinclair and the Texas Trail Market, the high school students are sure busy getting these paintings up. This is a tradition that has been going on for many many years, and has many years to come still. Kayla Werner is the art teacher in charge of...
The Pine Bluffs Town Council meeting had a very special guest this week. Brian Lovett, one of the county commissioners, attended to check in and see how things were going for the town. There were a few questions concerning ambulance and rescue services for our area and concerns about funding said services.Aside from the commissioner questions there were several other topics needing attention. The Pine Bluffs Senior Center building permit was brought up. The senior center is planning to build a bus building on skids so it can be moved...
Artists in the Kimball area have formed a new artist group called The Kimball Art Walk. This group is providing community events that celebrate the diversity and culture for lovers of art and future art lovers. Their first community event is a downtown Kimball Art Walk which will be displayed from November 13th through December 20th. Photographers will be displaying their work in downtown business windows creating a artful walk of downtown. Community members, families, friends and visitors can...
A Rural Craft Fair was hosted by the Burns Town Hall this past weekend. Crafters and vendors from all over the tri-state area came to sell their wares. Crafters from Nebraska, Wyoming, and Colorado loaded the area with many homemade items like towels, baked goods, doilies, wood crafts, barbed wire crafts, food, items made of antlers, honey, and much more. The show consisted of over eighty vendors show casing in both gyms with walking space only. The attendance for the craft fair was great as...
Pine Bluffs Distillery hosted their first Inaugural Bar Bucks Chili Cook-off. Many people showed up to support the event. In past years the cook-off had been hosted at the Knotty Pine. Many people came out to show their support for local businesses and also local families. There are multiple different activities to keep everybody busy. There was a 50/50 raffle card game, a silent auction and of course the chili taste testing. As a group they played a 50/50 raffle card game. They would take a dec...
The Laramie County Christmas basket Program is a great thing for the community, but not many understand or even know what this program does. The program was initially founded in 1962 by Robert S. McCracken. Meaning this program has been up and running helping local families and even individuals for about 58 years now. The Program helps support the Laramie County community. Around Christmas time they will collect many applications for families or individuals that are in need of help around the holiday season. The program usually supplies a...
Covid strikes again, knocking out several events in the weekly agenda. Many of which are for Veterans Day, a huge part of our community. With the recent rise in Covid activity, many different groups have made adjustments on how they have decided to celebrate. The schools will not be able to hold their typical Veterans Day programs. This year Burns and Pine Bluffs alike will be posting their own videos of thanks on their school Facebook pages. The Pine Bluffs Community Center will be postponing their box car and drive in movie night. The movie...
Donald Eisenhower American Legion Post 60 has been forced to cancel their Veterans Day activities. Several members, family, and legion friends were able to help place flags and memorials at the cemetery. Alongside members of the post there were a couple of boy scouts and Cub scouts that were able to assist with placing the flags next to headstones....
Every year Nicole Horrocks challenges her freshman students to a cupcake war and every year the groups of students battle it out bringing their best to the table and never disappointing. This year the three categories were the Grand prize winners best color and the most creative. The Grand prize winners this year are Kathy Purdum and Courtney Vallance. Bringing home the win with their sea creatures cupcakes. The Best Color prize went to Alexis Vallance, Alexa Sanchez, Twyla Butler, and Maddie...
The Texas Trail Market has been serving and hosting the annual meeting for over 35 years. This year things will be a little bit different due to the recent community outbreak of Covid-19. At the very first meeting in 1985 Texas Trail Market served donuts. They served about 192 doughnuts. At the 2019 meeting they served roughly 150 people with a full meal, desserts included. This year the annual meeting will not be held. For those interested in voting for the board of directors you can cast your...
Carrying a flag across country for a fallen hero is a deeply moving and emotion filled event. Such an event has landed in Pine Bluffs to the Pine Bluffs Police Department by means of delivery from the Wyoming State Patrol. Officer Mike Moore was on hand for Pine Bluffs to receive a folded flag carried in a large ziplok bag with badges from the various law enforcement agencies and a flyer about the fallen hero. This fallen hero is from Fort Bragg, NC. Captain Tyler R. Erdman with the 44th...
Pine Bluffs Town Council meeting on Monday night November 2nd had quite the conversations. With discussions ranging from building permits to Corona Virus Relief Grant Application talk. The first major subject of the night was the discussion of building permits for 607 Parsons which was in regard to the Cobblestone Hotel sign and 603 East 10th Street in regard to a privacy fence. The building permit for the Cobblestone Hotel sign had the motion passed and was approved. According to the diagrams sent to the governing body it seems the sign will...
Pine Bluffs own Refugio Cerenil spent Halloween in competition at the Cowboy State Raw Meet in Casper. This was Cerenil's first time at the Cowboy State Raw Meet Competition in Casper. He set a lot of personal records during the weekend's competition. Cerenil came home with the winners seat for the masters under 120 weight class. Setting his new personal records at 463 pounds for squat and deadlift. While he wasn't able to set his new personal record for benchpress he still persevered and...
Although it wasn't your usual "Trunk or Treat", the drive through event, hosted by the Pine Bluffs Recreation center, turned out to be quite a success. There were many different activities going on through the parking lot. Parents circled the parking lot with children pouring out of windows while even some overflowing through the sunroofs.There were many costumes ranging from tormentingly terrifying to absolutely adorable there were also some very amusing ones. They even had many different...
This past weekend has proven to be an abnormally cold one even for Wyoming. Although it tends to be cold and windy in late October the temperatures usually range from 68 to 55degrees. Temperatures rarely falling below 39 degrees and hardly exceeding 81 degrees. On October 25th the temperature ranged from a high off 11 degrees and low of 2 degrees averaging out to about 7 degrees most of the day. Aside from the the temperature changes there was an abnormal amount of snow left behind. Up to 14...
Halloween is fast approaching and we here at the Pine Bluffs Post want to see all of our readers have a safe and Happy Halloween. That being said here is some things to keep in mind as your little ones prepare for trick or treating this Saturday evening according to safekids.org/halloween: While out walking: • Cross the street at corners. Look left, right and left again when crossing and keep looking as you cross. • Put electronic devices down, keep heads up and walk, don't run across the street...
Tuesday, January 23rd the Pine Bluffs Hornets demolished the Lusk Tigers in a tough battle. With a final score of 84 - 36 the Hornets made sure they had the win. In the first period the Hornets made sure to guarantee the win by starting off with a total of 29 points, while the Tigers only had 7 points. Second period the tigers tried to catch up but failed, they only gained another 10 points putting the score now at 17 to the Hornets 54 points. In the third and fourth period the hornets gathered...
During the Burns Broncs and the Pine Bluffs Hornets game on Friday, January 19, the Hornets took home the win with a score of 74 points against the Broncs 16 points. In the first period the Boys Hornets made sure to shut the game down and seal the deal by scoring 23 points against the Boys Broncs’ 6 points. Within the first 3 minutes the Hornets had a total of 13 points. The Broncs Scored their first 2 points with 4 minutes and 40 seconds left. In the second period the Hornets scored another 26 points. Bringing the score to the Hornets 49 p...
The Pine Bluffs Recreation Center has always been known for their involvement in the community, alongside their efforts of involving everyone else in community events. Many people may be aware of all the fantastic events put on by the Rec Center but there are also some who aren’t aware of such events. There are quite a few different events available for the community members. One of these events is called “Monday at the Matinee”. The Rec Center has been been hosting these movies for about 10 to 12 years. This event used to only take place...
As many may know, or not know, the organic business is a huge business, and is very much sought after for many different uses. Mosher Farms is one of many 100% certified organic farms in Bushnell NE, but not only is he a producer but they are also a 100% organic transporter. Leonard and son Jacob Mosher are two of the people behind this small town, yet all natural operation. Many organic farmers in the Bushnell area are very fond of L. Mosher and what he does. There is a lot of demand for him...
When it comes to new things, there always seems to be kinks that need to be worked out. For the Pine Bluffs new elementary school the same would apply. After being in the new building for more than a month, most of those flaws are almost fixed. Although things are coming together there are still some issues being ironed out. One of the biggest issues is managing the balance of heat in the school. "Some rooms stay too warm, and others are too cool." said Pine Bluffs Superintendent Jon Abrams....
