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The Air Force visited Pine Bluffs on Monday, March 27th to discuss and comfort some fears that the local residents might have had about the up-coming missile upgrade project. The U. S. Air Force and U. S. Corps of Engineers hosted the event. He is stationed at F.E. Warren AFB and is the project manager and coordinator for the project. Colonel Green brought with him some representatives from different agencies that would be able to answer questions in the areas of construction, land acquisition,...
The Pine Bluffs Lions Club has a change on their meetings and they presented two awards. The first meeting is on the first Thursday of the month. They are now having ZOOM meetings. The second meeting is at Currie's Family Dining and Bluffs Bakery. The Lions had a couple very special guests at the March meeting. President Bob Lyons asked Heather Becerra to come up to the front table. Becerra's son is attending an international competition with the 4-H robotics club. The 4-H members had explained...
It was great night with so many activities in the community. There was about 200 people that attended the dance at Burns North Complex. The Burns Lions Club had music and food for the evenings event. People came from Pine Bluffs, Carpenter, Burns, and Cheyenne. The floor was full of families teaching the young kids to dance. The Burns Lions Club put on their spring dance in March. They raise money to help different organizations and events along with helping people with their sight. The band...
Kathleen Miller passed away at home on Tuesday February 21, 2023. She was born in Portland, OR on April 25, 1946 to Donald and Bernice McCarver She grew up in Fort Collins, CO and was employed by the City of Fort Collins. She had no children but she loved her many "Fur Babies". After moving to Pine Bluffs she owned the Sunset Hotel in Pine Bluffs for many years. As a lifetime member of the VFW auxiliary she participated in the craft fairs. After movin to Cheyenne she worked for Walmart, then...
Three Burns High School students had the honor to be chosen for the Dandies. The Cheyenne Frontier Days Dandies were founded in 1970. Arlene Kensinger was the one that started the drill team. The Dandies were formed to serve as goodwill ambassadors for the sport of rodeo and the western way of life. Kensinger had been interested in rodeo since she was teenager. She dallied in trick riding and barrel racing, and even rode at the Brussels World Fair in 1958 and afterwards added trick water skiing...
The Meals on Wheels of Cheyenne held their annual March for meals to commemorate the anniversary of its inception in delivering more than meals to Laramie County residents in 1970. In March 1972 President Nixon signed into law nutrition that amended the Older American Act of 1965. But established a national program of the senior of 60 years and older. Programs from across the country join together to celebrate this success and garner support needed to ensure continuance. This program helps...
This is the time of year where people are looking for Girl Scout cookies. For years the Girls Scouts had been around the Pine Bluffs area. But with loss of interest the Girls Scouts kind of disappeared. But now with two leaders the Girl Scouts are back. Jessica Murkin and Mikaela Sheets felt their girls needed a Girl Scout Troop in the area. The Girl Scouts was started in 1912 in Savannah, Georgia. This was to bring girls out of their homes to serve the community and experience the out of...
The kids were bouncing around, anxious to get on the lanes at Pine Bowl, in Pine Bluffs. The Eastern Laramie County Homeschool group took time to go bowling in March. It was a time for the kids and parents to learn to bowl. Some siblings were helping others throw the bowling ball or roll the bowling ball. Everyone took their time to bowl the lanes. Some of the kids were excited to throw the ball and never touch the bumper pads. It was an awesome time for all. Everyone was looking forward to...
The members of the Burns Junior High Future Business Leaders of America did great at the Leadership Conference in Douglas. Six of the members attended. One of the division contests was just taking a test on the members knowledge of the subject. Burns members competed in ten subjects. Business Etiquette is a test on proper introduction and direct eye contact, public speaking, tables manners and dining decorum, cell phone etiquette , netiquette, professionalism, international customs and...
Last week we talked primarily about getting a lawn started and annual fertilizing. The one thing I forgot to mention last week about fertilizing is that you should only fertilize in the spring and only once with a high Nitrogen fertilizer. If you use Nitrogen fertilizer later in the year it could slow down the lawn's move into dormancy because it will think it should still be growing. If it isn't dormant when the cold weather strikes, you have set yourself up for severe winter kill. Never a good...
The music was flowing out of the The Knotty Pine Saloon. People were filling up the tables. 'Avenue' is a family band out of Cheyenne, Wyoming that was playing this evening. This band was started in 1978 by Chris Hoover. Throughout the years it has had its up's and down's. When the Covid pandemic hit the bands could not come to Cheyenne. There was restricted travel. Jimmy Harris, a professional drummer decided hey, let's start a band. Harris had played for several different bands during his...
Burns Drama Club Attends Musical By Jared Talmadge, BHS Junior In February, Burns Drama Club traveled to Chadron to view a live theater performance. Recently, the Drama Club had intended on going to the Casper Tech-A-Thon. The Casper Tech-A-Thon is a theater event where students compete in an assortment of events focusing on backstage and technical aspects of theater production. Last year, the BHS Drama Club won numerous awards at the event. Unfortunately, due to scheduling conflicts with the Pi...
This will be the 50th year that the Shriners Bowl, also known as the Shrine Bowl All-Star Football game will be played. This is the high school equivalent to the pro football All-Star game. The state is divided between north and south and a head coach is selected. The coaches are nominated by their peers, then one is selected for the north and one for the south. The head coach then picks his coaching team. This year, Coach McKay Young from the Star Valley has been selected for the head coaching...
The Spring Sports programs are under way for the Burns High School athletes. The Broncs are very strong this year in the Track and Field competitions. The Broncs track and field team traveled to Sidney, Nebraska to compete in the John Ganser Invite Track and Field competition. The Boys Broncs did well with several taking first place in their event and many more placing in the top three. Also many of the boy's athletes placed in the top ten of their events. Cody Hape placed first in the 400m run...
The Pine Bluffs Hornets boys track and field team traveled to Morrill, Nebraska for the Morrill Early Bird track and field meet. This is the first meet of the season for the running Hornets and the first time to stretch their wings against other teams. Although none of the individuals were able to break into the top three the 4x400m relay team was able to finish second in the meet. Carsten Freeburg just missed breaking the top three with a fourth place finish in the high jump clearing the bar at 5ft 4in. The 4x400m relay team of Carsten...
The Lady Hornets track and field team followed the boys to Morrill, NE., to compete in the Early Bird Invite. The girl's team has several stars including the Indoor Track High Jump state champion Alyssa Slade. She hit her record making mark of 5ft 2in to take first place in the event. Time will tell if she is able to keep up her performance and maintain her state championship. Also on the girl's team are several other leaders that will be vying for state recognition. Along with Slade, long jump...
The Burns Girls Track and Field team traveled the their counterparts at the Sidney Invite meet. The girls competed in the John Ganser Invite to hone their skills in the field and track events. Many of the girls were able to place in the top three positions with several others placing in the top 10. Brooke Hansen started her run for a title by placing first in the shot put with a throw of 32ft 4in. Hansen also placed first in the discus toss with a 97ft 6in effort. In the discus, Hansen was followed by DJ Kaur, who placed second with a throw of...
The Burns Broncs Track and Field team started practicing on March 13th for the 2023 season. They are looking forward to improving on their efforts and times. In the 2022 season the girls were ranked fifth and the boys team was ranked sixth. Last year was a good year for them and some individual efforts shined all the way to the State meet. Coach Manlove, one of the coaches for the Broncs is looking forward to the season and working with the young athletes. Cody Hape finished third at Regionals in the 400m run. Cooper Lakin finished third in the...
The spring sports program is underway and the Hornets are buzzing with excitement. The Hornets Track and Field team is hard at work getting ready for their first meet on March 25th. The entire team is filled with anticipation and dedication to best their last year’s performance. There were several individuals that did very well and the teams were just as impressive. The Boys track and field team placed fifth out of 15 teams in the 2A division and the Girls placed fourth out of 16 teams. Individually there were some championship performances tha...
BURNS BRONCS TRACK 2023 Sat. March 25 Sidney Invite Fri. March 31 Wheatland Invite Sat. April 1 Bayard C & D Thurs. April 6 Okie Blanchard Invite Sat. April 15 Burns Invitational Fri. April 21 PINE BLUFFS INVITE @ PINE BLUFFS Tues. April 25 BEST OF THE WEST @ SCOTTSBLUFF Fri. April 28 T Town Qualifier Sat. April 29 Lusk Invite Thurs. May 4 Pine Bluffs Field Event Meet Sat. May 6 Sewac Track @ Burns Fri/Sat.May 12-13 EAST REGIONALS @ Torrington Thurs.-Sat. May 18-20 STATE MEET @ CASPER PINE BLUFFS HORNETS TRACK 2023 Sat Mar 25 Morrill Invite...