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Preceded by candle bearers and moving to the strains of "Pomp and Circumstance," the 2017 Graduating Class of Pine Bluffs High School took the stage for the last time at the school and prepared to move on to the next stage of their lives. Graduate Kyle Steger provided the welcome and the invocation prior to the singing of the National Anthem by the Jr./Sr. High Choir. Leading in the singing of the school song was Carmen Ladd: "We will never fail to try, For the purple and gold, Let the tale be...
I am not afraid of tomorrow for I have seen yesterday and I love today. – William Allen White This is a message for 2017 graduates – there are just two times in your lives when you feel you are done with learning and just do not want to learn any more. First is when you graduate. Enough already! You have had your poor brain filled with so much stuff in your young life, that you are ready to just go out there in the working world and start using all that knowledge. The second time is when you...
The Homeland Security and Government Affairs (HSGAC) Committee voted May 17 to advance two bills that could help control excessive government regulations. The bills, cosponsored by U.S. Senators Mike Enzi and John Barrasso, both R-Wyo., would give Congress new options to review regulations and rules proposed by bureaucratic agencies, such as the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Labor. Enzi, who serves on the HSGAC committee, voted to advance both bills so they can be considered by the full Senate. “Congress has given far t...
U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) questioned William Hagerty, President Trump’s nominee to be the next U.S. ambassador to Japan, on soda ash, beef exports and energy security. The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations held Hagerty’s confirmation hearing today. On Soda Ash: “The United States is the most competitive supplier of soda ash in the world because of the abundance of the raw material trona in our country. “U.S. ‘natural soda ash’ is refined from the mineral trona. The Green River Basin in Wyoming has the world’s largest-known...
Activities and calls for the Pine Bluffs Police Department during the week of May 17 through May 22 were as follows: 2 Traffic stops 1 Suspicious person call 1 dog bite Numerous VIN inspections...
Friday, May 26 10 a.m. Members of the Louis E. Canady American Legion Post 60 and Auxiliary will fix crosses and place flags on the graves of U.S. military veterans at the Pine Bluffs Cemetery Monday, May 29 MEMORIAL DAY 10a.m. Members of the Louis E. Canady American Legion Post 60 and Auxiliary will hold a Memorial Day service at the Pine Bluffs Cemetery. 1 p.m. Post 60 Memorial Day Steak Feed Members of the Louis E. Canady American Legion Post 60 and Auxiliary will be serving steaks and pork chops with all the good fixin’s at the post. R...
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All A’s Allen, Hogan 6 Lerwick, Stuart 6 Morales, Edwin 6 Eklund, Saria 5 Hildebrandt, Aleasha 5 Kirkbride, Savannah 5 Serrano, Abraham 5 Allen, Cooper 4 Nusbaum, Kinzley 4 Eklund, Alina 3 Lerwick, Hattie 3 Tidyman, Stesha 3 All A’s & B’s Petsch, Sam 6 Olivas, Miguel 4 Solis, Jesus 4 Eklund, Shanessa 3 Kriz, Duggan 3...
1 YEARS AGO May 24, 1917 U.S.TROOPS TO GO TO FRANCE Washington May 21---President Wilson signed the conscription bill after rejecting that section of the measure which would permit Col. Theodore Roosevelt to organize volunteer divisions. President Wilson directed that an expeditionary force of approximately a division of regular troops under command of Maj. Gen. John J. Pershing proceed to France at as early a date as practicable. General Pershing and staff will precede the troops. All men between the ages of 21 and 30, inclusive, whether...
Good morning! Hopefully this week will bring us more sunshine and less rain, at least long enough for the fields and our yards to dry up some what. I should not even mention the roads, several of which are dangerous to even be on. Others are in great shape, but if you have no choice but to travel on the bad ones, well there you are. It is bright and beautiful this morning and very, very green! Well there is still about a week of school left for many schools in the area, but we here at Banner...
Congratulations to all the graduates! This was a big day for a lot of local schools. We wish all the graduates the very best in the future. Carol Opdycke was celebrating her birthday this week at the Hereford Community Church. For the special Karel Smock read from her book Laugh with Church Humor. The theme for the day was Graduation Sunday. Pastor Opdycke related what she might say if she were the speaker at graduation. She focused on What Is Truth from the scripture in John 8:31-59. .Next...
The end of school brings field days and class trips. If you are curious about how the future generation’s minds work, take the time to watch elementary races. Some runners hit it hard, never look back. Some get out in front and turn to check on who is behind them and how close. Some just run the race without a bead of sweat or worry crossing their brow. But the most curious is the one that comes in last. The norm is for the last guy to really kick it in to give all effort. But the elementary m...
On Monday, May 29 of this year the nation will come together to recognize those of her young who have given their lives in the service of our country. In Pine Bluffs and the surrounding communities there is much to be grateful for the fact that so few of their sons and daughters have paid the supreme sacrifice. Of the more than 200 veterans interred in the Pine Bluffs Cemetery, only two were discovered to have lost their lives in service. One of them was Pfc. Donald Eisenhauer. The other as Pfc. Fay F. Marlatt, United States Army. From the...
“Dear Mom and Dad, Boy Mom, this is the life. . .Everyone gripes but I don't think there's anyone that would trade if for anything else. . .I enjoyed Poot's letter. Seems he's learning to write without going to school. I miss that kid more than you think. I hope that he will recognize me as quickly when I get home next time. I'll never forget how I woke him up, and he said, “Don” the first thing.” On March 21, 1945, the Fifth Marine Division dedicated on Iwo Jima their cemetery, wherein lay the bodies of those men who fell during the battle....
Jo Radcliffe, member of American Legion Post 60 Auxiliary, places a flag on the grave of Archie Hixenbaugh, a World War I U.S. Army veteran....
Recipient of the Arch Coal Teaching Achievement Award Thursday May 18 was Wanda Theobald, Pine Bluffs Elementary third-grade teacher and Patroness of Riverwish, Wyo. Theobald was one of ten teachers in Wyoming who received the award and the $3,500 that went with it, for outstanding achievement in teaching. Below is Theobald's winning essay: "Why I Teach" A young girl gathers her dolls and pets around her…tells them stories… sings… reads…shares… learns. The seed is planted. At eight she gathe...
There are times when those with special needs or disabilities want someone to talk to, someone to play cards with, or to read to them or just someone for companionship. There are times when those caring for these individuals need some respite time but don't want to leave those in their care alone. That is when the Wyoming Senior Companion Program (WSCP) is ready to step in and offer, at least two hours a day, someone to fill those times when caregivers need time to themselves. Mary Reinhardt is...
A play within a play, a little Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, sword fights, dances, a dancing bear, or what you will were all part of the fare served up by the drama students of Pine Bluffs High School (PBHS) drama club last Tuesday night. The night with the Bard saw the Pine Bluffs students perform the one act, Bill Shx Presents: All's Well that Ends, written by Jaime Cruz of Casper. This is the fourth play by Cruz to be performed by the drama club. "PBHS Drama always gets a wonderful group of...
To the strains of "Pomp and Circumstance," the 2017 graduates of Burns High School, the 100th graduating class of the school, marched forward arm in arm with their candle bearers to take their seats before the stage. Following the National Anthem, performed by the school's band, Lauren Streeter provided the welcome, stating she had received this honor by raising her hand quicker than any of the other graduates when volunteers were called. Timber Kelly, soldiering on through a cold, gave the...
The Kranz family had at least one family member attending Burns schools for the past 53 years. That streak came to an end last Sunday as Dylan Kranz (right) graduated from Burns High School. Ed Kranz (left) was the first to attend 53 years ago when he entered third grade in 1964. Ed, the oldest of seven children, graduated from Burns High School in 1973....
The Wyoming high school track and field season came to a close last weekend in Casper with the state tournament. In 2A action, the Pine Bluffs girls took third place in team standings, while the Pine boys, the defending 2A champs could nly muster a ninth-place finish. The Burns girls finished 12th overall as a team and the Burns boys finished in 13th place. Here are final results from state heats involving local athletes: Girls - 2A 1) Big Horn High School 79.50 2) Big Piney High School 77 3) Pine Bluffs High School 63 4) Niobrara County High...
Reaching the century mark in anything is quite an achievement and this year's graduating class at Pawnee High School in Grover, Colo. is no exception, as noted on the sashes of their gowns emblazoned "100th Class". Friends, family members, faculty, staff and well-wishers in general gathered in the gym at Pawnee High School last Sunday to watch the 100th Class head out into the world. Junior attendants Grace Robinson and Josh Duggan started the ceremony off as the crowd rose to their feet to...
