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    Stacey from the Burns Library|Aug 7, 2014

    Summer is winding down, the County Fair is over and school will be starting next week. Do you have last minute vacations planned? I hope everyone has enjoyed their summer! Summer Reading Celebration at the Burns Branch Library will be wrapping up on Saturday, Aug. 9. We will be celebrating the end of summer reading at 9:30 a.m. with sundaes. This is the last day to pick up your summer reading prizes! The Burns Branch Library received some new books including Heaven Sent Rain by Lauraine Snelling, Remains of Innocence by J.A. Jance, Throw in...

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    Stacey from the Burns Library|Jul 24, 2014

    The Lego League will be meeting at the Burns Branch Library Thursday, July 31 from 4-6:30 p.m. to show off their final creations. Stop in the library to check them out! Friday Aug. 1 at 1 p.m., the Burns Branch Library we will be showing a family movie. We will be watching “Frozen,” Rated PG. Fearless optimist Anna teams up with Kristoff in an epic journey, encountering Everest-like conditions, and a hilarious snowman named Olaf in a race to find Anna’s sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom in eternal winter. Summer Readi...

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    Stacey from the Burns Library|Jul 10, 2014

    Saturday July 12 at 9 a.m. the Burns Branch Library Balloon Twisting will begin. Learn how to twist balloons into amazing shapes with Cecilia Villar. Friday July 18 at 1 p.m. the Burns Branch Library we will be showing a family movie. We will be watching “The Lego Movie,” Rated PG. An ordinary Lego construction worker, thought to be the prophesied ‘Special’, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil tyrant from gluing the Lego universe into eternal stasis. Summer Reading Celebration is underway at the Laramie County Library System. If you...

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    Stacey from the Burns Library|Jul 3, 2014

    NEW BERLIN LARGE COLONY OF GERMANS TO ESTABLISH TOWN EAST OF CHEYENNE Many German-Lutherans from Iowa, Illinois and other Eastern States to take up lands under dry farming methods near this city. In connection with the purchase yesterday by the Federal Land and Securities Company, of the J. L. Thomas’ ranch of 40,000 acres of deeded land 20,000 acres of leased land, east of Cheyenne, another important colonization scheme will be launched in this section. J.R. Carpenter president of the Federal Land & Securities company. Is in the city and w...

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    Stacey from the Burns Library|Jun 26, 2014

    Did you know? John Adams believed that July 2 was the correct date on which to celebrate the birth of American independence, and would reportedly turn down invitations to appear at July 4 events in protest? Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on July 4, 1826 – the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. In 1984, President Ronald Reagan designated July as National Ice Cream Month. He recognized ice cream as a fun and nutritious food that is enjoyed by 90 percent of the nation’s population. In the proclamation, Pre...