Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
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One of the 3000 babies delivered by "Doc" Morris in the Pine Bluffs area was Becky Martinez, who came into the world at the home of her grandparents May 30, 1950. Legally she is named Jennie Elizabeth Martinez, nee Redden. However, according to Martinez only the Farmers State Bank knows her as Jennie. Everybody else calls her Becky. "My dad said, 'I don't care what you name her . . .I'm calling her Becky,' and I've been Becky all of my life," Martinez said. When Martinez was six or...
Veterans buried in the Pine Bluffs Cemetery no longer rest in anonymity thanks to the efforts of SSgt. Charles "Chuck" Radcliffe, Missileer, Ret. and the local American Legion Post. There are 208 veterans interred in the cemetery. Amongst those are three each from the Civil and Spanish American wars. Those who fought in World War I, World War II, Korea and Vietnam have also been laid to rest here including a female U. S. Navy veteran from World War II. In 2012, Radcliffe wanted to do something...
High West Energy (HWE) is looking to expand into the fiber optic broadband internet business in the Pine Bluffs area. They are in the process of determining the amount of local interest to determine if this expansion is viable. HWE is currently only in the due diligence phase and is conducting surveys as part of a feasibility study in their target areas around Cheyenne and a five mile radius around Pine Bluffs as this is a very expensive proposition. To promote interest in this new service, they are seeking to pre-enroll customers who are...
The first time I heard of Charlie Belden was during a visit to Omaha where my old friend Lee Myers lives a nice retired life with his wife Barbara. Lee is a former publisher of the Cody Enterprise and is a native of Lovell. He lives near a wonderful enclave in downtown Omaha called the Old Market. It is full of old warehouses that have been converted to upscale restaurants, bars and neat apartments. He took me to a restaurant called the Twisted Fork and asked me to notice all the wonderful...
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced on January 30 that it purchased 5.04 acres from Cheyenne to establish Wyoming’s first VA National Cemetery. “We are proud to announce the shared goal of honoring our nation’s Veterans by expanding burial service to Veterans, their spouses and eligible family members,” said Interim Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs Ronald E. Walters. “This national cemetery will help us reach Veterans in rural parts of Wyoming who have not previously had reasonable access to a national or state Veterans...
Congress passed its first resolution that would overturn an Obama Administration regulation that was aimed at limiting coal production. The Senate voted Feb. 2 to send the resolution of disapproval to President Trump’s desk. The measure would end the “stream protection rule” issued by the Department of the Interior last year. U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., hailed the vote as not only being important for coal communities, but also the first in a series of votes Congress should take to overturn last-minute and overreaching Obama era regul...
Once a month during the school year, the Pine Bluffs Post will highlight stories from the Pine Bluffs High School journalism class. Valentine’s Day as we know it is a mushy, gooey, dorky day of showing affection and admiration for those significant in your life. That’s great and all, but if we take a look back to what it once was a representation for, you can see that the only gooey thing about the whole ordeal was blood. Valentine’s Day is named after the Roman priest, St. Valentine. During his time, he was under the edict by Emperor Claud...
Activities and calls for the Pine Bluffs Police Department during the week of February 1 through February 7 were as follows: 2 Civil Standbys 2 Welfare checks One Theft Numerous VIN inspections...
Blas and Eleanor Medina of Egbert, Wyoming will celebrate 70 years of marriage with a small family dinner in Cheyenne. Blas Medina married Eleanor (Leonor) Pacheco on February 16, 1947 in Guadalupita, New Mexico. After they married they lived in Coyote, New Mexico. They moved to Rockford, Illinois for a short time and then back to New Mexico. The Union Pacific Railroad brought Blas and Eleanor to Wyoming in 1949. They first lived in Pine Bluffs and then they moved to Egbert, Wyoming in 1950,...
From left, Pine Bluffs High School students Brandon Steege, James Estes, Samuel Garcia, Chris Fornstrom, Melissa Fornstrom and Kenzie Graves recently placed well in the ACT in December. Garcia scored a 30 and was one point away from acing the reading portion with a 35. He was followed closely by Graves, who scored a 28. Chris Fornstrom and Melissa Fornstrom jumped in with 27s. Estes and Steege rounded out the top tier finishers with 25s. All of these students qualified for the top tier of...
Items for possible inclusion in the weekly community calendar should be typewritten or legibly printed. All submissions should include the name and daytime telephone number of the person submitting the information in case questions arise. Items which may be included in the calendar are church events, club meetings, and school events. If your club will not be meeting or has a change, please contact us so we can update the calendar with the correct information as soon as possible. Items should be received by Monday at 5 p.m., one week prior to...
1 YEARS AGO Feb. 8, 1917 The post office will observe the regular Sunday hours on Monday, on account of Lincoln’s birthday. Frand Land this week sold sixteen hogs for $539.35. There were two sows with litters and the pigs were just 9 months old the day they were sold and averaged about 300 pounds each. Some record for a dry farming community. W. A. and Chas. C. Gross have secured the Saxon agency for this territory and have an announcement in this issue. The Saxon needs no introduction to the readers of this paper, as they all know the g...
Good morning Banner County! How about that Superbowl? Quite an exciting game for most football fans I am sure. I for one can take it or leave it and usually watch it on and off. I like the commercials and the half time show, and I will say that the half time show this year was a whole lot better than the one last year. Which is my opinion and I am sure some folks would not agree, oh well. I would like to wish a ‘get well soon‘ to our friends and neighbors, Bill Nelson, Ruthie Brown and Mar...
For the special this week at the Hereford Community Church Carol Opdycke read an article from an eastern newspaper about human trafficking. The sermon topic for the day was The Quest For Joy or How To Be Happy According To Jesus. One of the scriptures was Matthew 5:1-12 which is the Beatitudes. The sermon topic for next week, February 12, is Love Cares! The sermon topic for February 17 is Sin Is Serious. If you have any news to share you can contact me at 970-895-2433 or email...
There is a reason not a lot of people are fond of rodents. They often stink of trash, have a dirty reputation, and represent the lowest of species on the circle of life. But worse than all that is the fact that one of their own tells us we have six more weeks of winter to endure, when he has the option to let spring appear in two. That darn groundhog. If only he would let us see green before St. Patrick’s Day. The community center is a great place to catch lunch with a friend for less than a p...
The Pine Bluffs Senior Center was the setting, Sunday afternoon, for the monthly dance and potluck dinner hosted by Dalton Fuller and his wife, Virginia "Gini" Fuller. The participants were well represented locally, with about 18 Pine Bluffs residents, while only one couple, Mary and Charles Atwill took the time to make the journey to Pine Bluffs. It was generally agreed, though only surmised, that the Super Bowl that evening may have contributed to the lack of out of town visitors. The Atwills...
All A’s Honor Roll 12th Grade Reata Beck Mallory Ickes Meghan Murphy Katie Norris Lauren Streeter 11th Grade Reese Burnett Darrell Goeckeler Colton Sowards Sabrina Vorse Alex Williams 10th Grade Lash Branigan Mackenzie Faircloth Jack Ickes Alec Saukerson Nicole Talkington Cassidy Weibel 9th Grade Boe Clayson Zachary Cudney Wyatt Ebben Erin Griess Harkiran Kaur Gracie Keiter Keenan Manlove Jakobi Mirich Rylee Nichols Brenden Schatz 8th Grade Layne Burnett Alexis Engel Hayden Fogg Brea Hildebrandt Chance Kelly Colby Stockton Kaycee Thomas 7th G...
Pine Bluffs Austin Elizabeth Asay Andrew M. Ferguson Taylen Fornstrom Scott William Gross Bailey Z. Pachel Caleb E. Pachel Burns Cassy Underwood Carpenter Samantha L. Hanson...
The Provost’s Honor Roll consists of undergraduates who have completed at least six but fewer than 12 hours with a minimum 3.5 grade-point average for the semester. Pine Bluffs - Michael Alan Curtis...
A quick ice storm pushed through Pine Bluffs and the surrounding area on Wednesday, Feb. 1, leaving a thick layer of ice on trees, streets and sidewalks. With the quick change in local temperatures, it's no surprise the ice was gone within a couple of days....
The Pawnee Coyotes split a pair of home games last weekend, hanging on to beat the Prairie Mustangs last Friday, 49-46. The next day, the Warriors from Longmont Christian pulled into Grover and defeated Pawnee, 72-43. The boys are now 5-9 on the season with just a couple weeks left on the regular season schedule. No stats from either game were provided to the newspaper before press time. The Coyotes will travel to Briggsdale on Thursday, Feb. 9 to face the 0-15 Falcons in conference play. Then,...
Pine Bluffs senior Kyle Steger hopes to be flying like an Eagle after recently signing a letter of intent to play football for Chadron State College in Nebraska. "I'm pretty excited," said Steger. "When I went on the visit to the campus, the school was welcoming, the coach, staff, players, teachers, etc. With a small school like that, I liked it a lot once I set foot there." Steger expects to play either outside or inside linebacker for the Eagle defense. He plans to study pre-law once he...
The Pine Bluffs Cheer Squad fired up the Hornet faithful last Friday night during the home basketball games against Southeast. It must have worked, because the Lady Hornets won 56-38 and the boys won, 75-46. Pictured from left to right are Abby Gray, Tessa Long, Kylee Bruns and Maddie Graves....
The Burns-Pine Bluffs wrestlers traveled to Yoder last week to take part in the Southeast Duals. It was a strong showing for the young team as they finished fourth overall, losing to Gering, Neb. in the third place match, 45-30. “It was a great weekend,” said head coach Dan Clayson. “The kids wrestled well. The win over Chadron was a big one for us as a team. When we wrestled Gering and Sidney, our youth was really evident. Those teams have a lot of older, more-experienced guys wrestling for them and our team is full of freshman and guys who h...
The Burns Lady Broncs have 4-15 record after splitting a pair of contests last week. Glenrock Last Friday, the girls beat the Glenrock Lady Herders 51-38 on the road. Willow Martin led scoring with 20 points, followed by Katie Norris with 10, Kelsey Faircloth and Malli O'Neal each had 8 and Brittani Wilson had 5. Martin had three 3-point shots, Norris had two and Faircloth and O'Neal had one each. Martin went 3-for-4 from the free throw line, Wilson went 3-for-5, O'Neal went 3-for-7 and Fairclot...
