Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
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Pine Bluffs and its’ businesses were given an economic shot Monday evening. Diane Wolverton, executive director of Wyoming Smart Capital Network, spoke to the council about the opportunity they accepted with the Small Business Credit Initiative. The city of Laramie took the lead for the consortium of 17 communities who applied together to the US Department of Treasury to receive funds from the 2010 Small Business Job Act. There will be $13.2 million available for economic development for t...
Laramie County made its choice for president Tuesday, but it did not match up at all with the rest of the nation. If the rest of the county went the way of Laramie County Mitt Romney would be sworn into office in January after winning over 60 percent of the vote. US Senator John Barrasso won his first, full six-year term and US Representative Cynthia Lummis beat her challenger for the states’ lone seat in the House. Locally, Wayne Johnson retained his seat in the Wyoming State Legislature for S...
Children gathered at the Pine Bluffs Community Center Wednesday night for the annual Halloween Carnival. Games and snacks were interrupted by a fire alarm set off by a fog machine, but the fun continued unhindered once everyone was allowed back in the gym. Recreation director Sonja Fornstrom got in on the fun with her costume, arriving on the scene as "Aunt" Fester....
This weekend, every town, in every state, will host some sort of celebration to honor the men and women of the United States Armed Services in honor of Veterans Day, this Sunday. Most of these men and women entered the services freely, some of them were drafted. It doesn’t matter. What matters is they all went. They went while you and I stayed home, went to college, got married and started a family. Some of them fought. Some of them never saw action. Some of them stayed back in support. Some of them never came home. Some never came home fully....
The time change came later this year. A few years back, someone who gets paid to make decisions that change our lives decided it would fit better the first weekend in November. Arizona and Hawaii still think it doesn’t fit anywhere, so they stay on standard time all through the year. On November 4th, we turned our clocks back one hour, losing an hour each day. The simple reason for Daylight Savings Time is to take advantage of the daylight (sunlight) hours. For many people that work outside, thi...
Pine Bluffs Elementary School first quarter honor roll All As Fourth grade — Johnna Fornstrom, Brant Fullmer, Wesley Miles, MacKenzie Montanes, Ashley Schmidl; Fifth grade — Hunter Bice, Tayah Curtis, Hyleigh Fornstrom, Maddie Fornstrom, Sydnie Fornstrom, Bradley Green, Hayden Hancock, Sophie Howard, Edward Lundy, Savannah Norman, Reagan Pachel, Kaetlin Paice, Dylan Sweeter; Sixth grade — Douglas Fornstrom, Hunter Jeffres, Tucker Norman, Kammie Ragsdale, and Paige Thompson. All As and Bs Fourth grade — Brooklyn Bymer, Grace Garcia, Madelyn...
walked gently through the hallways of Pawnee High School Monday morning. His slow lumber was due to the ankle injury sustained at the play-off game Friday night against Fleming. “We lost,” Klinginsmith said leaning on the better foot. But Klinginsmith, a senior at Pawnee, is looking to the future beyond football. “It’s better if you do well in school now because it will provide more opportunities for college and have a better paying job later,” he said. He hopes to play a few more years of...
Lula S. Gordon, 83, of Carpenter died Oct. 21, 2012, at Cheyenne Healthcare. She was born Jan. 13, 1929. in Poplar, Minn., to Herbert and Edna Kesselring. She married Gene Gordon on Nov. 10, 1962, in Burns. She attended Cheyenne Hills Church and was a member of Western Wives and Heritage Quilting. She is survived by her children, Linda Oliverius of Cheyenne, Jeannine Metzger of Gordon, Neb., Calvin Oliverius of Albin, and John (Charlene) Gordon of Carpenter; grandchildren, Amanda Gordon, Sarah Gordon, David Gordon, Miranda Oliverius, Angela...
Wyoming State Spelling Bee set for March, 2013 The Rock Springs Area Community Foundation is proudly hosting the 2013 Wyoming State Spelling Bee. Western Wyoming Community College, the co-host on this event, has generously agreed to be the site of the Bee on March 9, 2013. This is the first year that RSACF will be hosting the Bee and has an ongoing commitment to literacy among young people. We are so excited to bring this special event to Rock Springs. Right now, all over Wyoming, schools are working on getting students ready for their local...
Thursday, November 8 Fun for Kids Fun for Kids — Jungle will be presented for preschoolers at the Pine Bluffs Branch Library at 10 a.m. Serenity Al-anon Pine Bluffs Serenity Al-Anon meets Thursdays at 7 p.m. at United Methodist Church. Use the east door. All are welcome. OA Overeaters Anonymous meets at the First Christian Church, 219 West 27th St., Cheyenne, at 5:30 p.m. Friday, November 9 Veterans program A program honoring veterans will be held at the Pine Bluffs school gym at 2 p.m. AA Pine Bluffs AA meets at 7 p.m. at United Methodist C...
The big yellow buses are out in force transporting the most valuable future resource, our children. But even parents who have children on a bus somewhere in the county might get impatient when it comes to stopping for a school bus. Ross Heinen, transportation supervisor for Laramie County School District No. 2, would like all drivers to be aware of the tragedies that occur when impatient drivers illegally pass a school bus. “I want to educate the drivers on the safety hazard created by not s...
Earlier in the school year the results from the PAWS 2012 tests were released, and showed 96 schools in Wyoming did not make AYP. Burns and Pine Bluffs elementary were two of those schools. The Wyoming Department of Education reviewed the results for the year due to some discrepancies found in the results. Sue Stevens, Pine Bluffs elementary principal, said after the state reevaluated the PAWS tests, Pine Bluffs met the AYP for math and reading in 2012. Burns Elementary met the math AYP after...
Senior Citizen News The Thanksgiving Senior Citizen pot luck luncheon will be held on Friday, Nov. 16, at 12:15 p.m. at the Grover Senior Center. Everyone 55 years of age and older is welcome to attend. Come join in the fun with your family and friends. Community Thanksgiving Dinner The community is invited to share in a traditional Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday, Nov. 18, in the Pawnee School multipurpose room at 4 p.m. Turkey, ham and drinks will be furnished. Please bring a side dish, if you can. This event is sponsored by the Friendship...
Here we are enjoying the first full week of November. As I write this Election Day has not yet occurred, so by next week it will all be a thing of the past. I cannot say that I will miss all of the campaign hoop-la. I will however at this time express my ‘Thanks’ to all of you who voted for me and also give a smaller ‘thank-you’ to each of you that did not. On the one hand I would really appreciate a second term; on the other hand I feel that this is something that is entirely not up to me. So w...
We’ve noticed a significant increase in traffic on the north end of Maple Street recently. I know you are all trying to avoid the speed dips at the stop sign intersection, but please remember that there’s poor visibility between Birch Street and the corner where Maple turns to the south, particularly if you’re coming from the south on Maple or from the north on Birch. Jess and Juan live right on the corner; the bookstore is at the south end of the stretch; and my parents live right in betwe...
The time changed on us this past weekend. What a nice weekend to enjoy a few more hours of sunlight. The season will change soon enough to meet the winter time we are now on, so be sure to clean your heat filters and check your propane levels. Or maybe get a load of wood by the back door to feed the roaring fire during the cold nights of November. The Albin Community Thanksgiving Dinner and Praise Service will be at Albin Baptist Church on Sunday, Nov. 11 after the morning service. The service will be a time of thanksgiving and praise as well...
For the special this week at the Hereford Community Church Carolyn Ragsdale read an article called “Something New” from the Tales From The O-NO Ranch by Mad Jack Hanks. Pastor Opdycke’s message was titled “Redeem The Time.” We all have the same amount of time each day. Many places in the scriptures tell us to use our time wisely. Time is our most valuable procession and should not be wasted. Spending time with the Lord should be our top priority. Beginning our day with Bible reading and praye...
Junior high often is the void between youth non-competitive games and high school’s “every game counts” mentality. A lot of employment opportunities come with the expectation that you will have experience in that field. But you can’t get experience if you never get a job. So, the athletic departments of our area schools rely on the junior high teams to give our players much needed experience, and act as a “farm school” for our high school teams. Here’s a wrap-up of how the junior high athletes...
The Burns volleyball season ended after two consecutive losses at the conference match. But the team and its’ coach took home much to be proud of. Christina Patterson, Burns volleyball coach, was named 2A Conference coach of the year, along side Val Djakovich, Makenzie Ward and Makayla Ward who were named all-conference players. The Lady Broncs had a solid season even though they suffered some injury set-backs and loss of players. Patterson used her bench well by rotating in strong net protecter...
Fourteen members of Pine Bluffs FBLA attended the Junior Achievement Stock Market Challenge that was sponsored by the Allstate Foundation at the Cable Center on the Denver University Campus on Friday, Nov. 2. Pine Bluffs sent three teams to the competition that simulated being on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Each team started the competition with $500,000 and competed with 58 other teams around the Denver area to build the best portfolio in two months’ worth of simulated t...
Monday Women 1. Designs West 193 2. Conoco 164 3. Coyote Sanitation Highs Handicap game: Kathy Freeburg 246 Handicap series: Carleen Graves 619 Scratch game: Kathy Freeburg 223 Scratch series: Carleen Graves 529 Points leader: Kayla Kay Zitek 29 High average: Kathy Freeburg 172 Tuesday Mixed 1. Spare Room 28 2. Killer Bs 26 3. P&Z 21 Women’s Highs Handicap game: Sandy Hunter 261 Handicap series: Beth Steege 684 Scratch game: Sandy Hunter 193 Scratch series: Jo Radcliffe 530 Men’s Highs Handicap game: Chris Mossberg 285 Handicap series: Chr...
1 years ago While the enthusiastic airmen have succeeded in putting France far ahead of all other countries in the way of Military aeronautics, one captain, Saconney by name, has been doggedly working over many-carrying kites, of which so much was once expected, but which have been put in the dade by the more showily performing aeroplanes. With the election of Woodrow Wilson to the presidency assured by the earlier returns, the reports up to midnight gave indications that the electoral vote to the Democratic candidates would pass the 300 mark...
High West Energy, a local not-for-profit electric utility serving western Nebraska, northern Colorado and southeastern Wyoming, recently announced the payment of approximately $1.5 million in patronage capital dividends. This is the second largest dividend in the cooperative’s 75 years of being in business. According to Brian Heithoff, general manager for HWE, “High West Energy is proud to provide a dividend to current and former members. The benefits of being a member of a cooperative is that our members — whether home owners, ranchers or bu...
One of the best visualizations I’ve heard for managing your soil moisture and the precipitation you receive is to compare your soil’s moisture holding capacity to a bucket. The size of your bucket depends on the soil texture, organic matter content, and soil structure. With good surface residues you can get the precipitation you receive to infiltrate the soil and start filling the bucket. If you have good soil structure you can get the moisture to the bottom of the bucket, and if you have good organic matter content your soil will act as a spo...
