Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
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A recent extra trip from the North Pole brought Santa to Pine Bluffs to help raise funds for the Laramie County Community Christmas. Santa Claus had local help from Brian Kozak. This event took place at Pine Bluffs Distilling was open at 4:00 p.m. through 8:00 p.m. on December 17th. Before Santa Claus arrived each youth received presents and the adults received a raffle ticket with a chance to win a prize at the end of the night. Janine Kozak was selling raffle tickets for the Laramie County...
We want to wish everyone a safe and Happy New Year!! Have fun celebrating, but please keep a few things in mind. If you plan on consuming alcohol, please be responsible. Have a designated driver, call a sober ride, walk without disturbing the neighbors, or plan to stay at the location you are at if you consume to much. Walking home will not get you arrested unless you trespass or cause a disturbance. Again, as long as you are respectful and not trespassing or causing a disturbance you will be ab...
The wind may have been blowing over 50 mph but that did not stop the people from coming to the Albin Community center for lunch and a musical concert. The town of Albin makes sure there is lunch on the weekdays for their community members and their guests. You do not have to be of a certain age to have a delicious lunch. They served white chili. It was perfect for a cold day. The people were treated to a special performance from the entire Albin Elementary school. The students filled the room....
LeRoy W. Gardner, 92, of Cheyenne passed away December 24, 2021 at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center. He was born June 9, 1929 in Kimball, Neb. to Myles and Ruth Gardner. He married Beverly Watson on April 1, 1955 while serving in Washington. She died in 1989. On December 1, 1990, he married Glenda Clements in Pine Bluffs, Wyo. He was a veteran, having served in the U.S. Army and was a farmer. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Pine Bluffs, Elks Lodge and American Legion...
Rodney H. Seymour, Jr., 62, of Lewellen passed away December 18, 2021 at his home. Memorial Services will be held at 10:30 am Monday, January 3, 2022 at the Lewellen Tiger Den. Services will be streamed live and available to watch after the service on the Holechek-Bondegard Facebook page (www.facebook.com/hbfunerals). Holechek-Bondegard Funeral Homes and Cremations in Oshkosh is serving the Seymour family. Memorials to the family to be designated at a later date. Family and friends can view a...
Nancy M. Walls, 78, of Kimball, passed away on December 22, 2021. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 30 at Cantrell Funeral Home with Pastor Dan DeBruyn officiating. A private inurnment will be held by the family at a later time. Memorial contributions may be made to the Kimball Hospital Foundation for the construction of the new hospital building. Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared on Nancy’s tribute wall at www.cantrellfh.com. Cantrell Funeral Home has been entrusted with the a...
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Is there a benefit to organic foods over standard foods? I was asked that question during my monthly radio show and it threw me for a loop for a few seconds. Not that it was a bad question or I couldn't answer but it was off topic and I was completely focused on fresh vegetables versus processed vegetables. This is a call-in show so I should be ready for anything but I was caught off-guard. And the answer to the question really isn't as easy as it sounds but it is a good question for the topic...
Is it ugly, really ugly or is it ugly cute, that's the question at Pine Bluffs Distilling where an Ugly Sweater Party was in full force on Saturday December 23rd. The first ugly sweater was invented in the 1950's. They were called Jingle bell sweaters at the time. It was when the television sitcoms like the Bill Cosby show and the movie National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation exposed the sweaters more. Of course, different countries claim it came from them. Now with the help of retailers the ugly...
So, mom and dad decide to take the kids to the movies for a night out and to enjoy some together time. Upon returning home they find the Christmas tree gone, no lights on the house, a trail of Christmas cookie crumbs leading to the fire place or out the back door. What is going on here? Wait a minute. Somehow this all seems very familiar! This has happened before. Oh Yeah! That Grinch fella, he's the culprit. Thank goodness it's just a movie. It's all in our heads. Right before Christmas the kids and parents got a chance to a have a break and e...
How many businesses have you visited this year that had signs “HELP NEEDED”? How many businesses have you seen close their doors and liquidate or go bankrupt? How many signs have you seen on business doors that business hours have been reduced due to lack of help? How difficult is it to find a handyman or a person to do needed repairs or simply mow your lawn or shovel your sidewalks covered in snow? My point is, what will we do if we lose power and the grids shutdown due to an EMP strike? If our local society is closed down because people do...
Families often carry on old traditions or begin their own new ones. The family of Harry and Truly Eisenhauer joined the ranks of the latter when all seven of their sons served in the U.S. Marine Corps over two decades. Between 1942 and 1962, their sons, Don, Delbert, Bob, LLoyd, Tom, Howard and Loren, served their individual enlistments as Marines. The Eisenhauer boys were born in Wallace, Neb., and moved to Pine Bluffs during the summer of 1942, where their father had a new job as a mechanic,...
The Burns Broncs traveled to Sidney, Nebraska to participate in the Cabela's Holiday Shoot out. A neutral tournament game. The first team they faced was the 7-1 Sidney Red Raiders. The Broncs put up a good fight but in the end fell prey to the Raiders 67-49. The Broncs were aggressive and stole the ball away 12 times. The score does not reflect the intensity and tenacity with what the Broncs played. The now 4-4 Broncs brought down 23 rebounds and as a team had 12 assists. The team hit 36% of...
The Burns Lady Broncs played in the Cabelas Holiday Shootout Tournament this week. The 3-4 Lady Broncs took on the 7-1 Sidney Red Raiders in a neutral game. The Lady Broncs were not up to the challenge of the Raiders and fell 66-28. The Lady Broncs just never got in the game and fell behind early in the game. Rylee Jo Ward is averging 12.8 points per game. National average is 4.4. Daljit Kaur is averaging 7.3 rebounds per game while the national average is 3. Ward is also way above the national...
The Pine Bluffs Hornets Boys varsity basketball team is sitting in a good position to go to the state championship tournament. In the 2A Southeast Conference they are sitting on top with a 5-2 record. Niobrara County is in the second seat and Glenrock is third. In the Wyoming Class 2A Conference they are seated number 2. Big Piney is sitting on top with a 3-1 record and Tongue River is in the third spot. The Hornets next game will be on Friday, January 7 at 11:30am. It will be a neutral non-conference game against the 5-3 Shoshoni Wranglers....
The Burns Lady Broncs are looking forward to the rest of the basketball season. Currently sitting in tenth place in the Wyoming 3A division they have a little payback for a couple of close games that they lost. They will face teams like Torrington and Wheatland in the coming rest of the season. In the state standings the Lady Broncs are sitting at 35th. Looking forward to the challenging road ahead for the Lady Broncs and watching the Broncs athletes rise up to the challenge. The Lady Broncs start their comeback run against the Alliance...
As the new year starts the Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets are not out of it yet. They are currently sitting in sixth place in the Wyoming 2A division. They currently are sitting in 32nd position in the state. In the division they sit behind Wyoming Indian team, Moorcroft, Rocky Mountain, Sundance and Wright. With the rest of the season to go they can still make a run for the championship. It will be a hard load to pull but they seem eager and ready for the challenge. The Lady Hornets next game is on...
As the Burns Broncs basketball team look forward to the rest of the 21-22 season they are in a good position to make a run for the division and state championship. The Broncs are in the second seat in the 3A Southeast Conference behind Rawlins. With a 4-3 record they are poised to make their run for the number one spot. In the Wyoming Class 3A division they are in second place half a game behind Kemmerer Rangers. The Broncs next game will be Tuesday, January 4 at Alliance against the Alliance...
"WHAT! No cookies? Wait, there's cookies just no where to put them. Ah well, it's time to overcome and adapt. The event started out as, Holiday Lights Cookie Jar Paint & Sip Cookie Exchange. Everyone loves cookies, and Christmas cookies, oh boy, swapping cookies with other painters, getting to try new recipes, man, what could be better? Unfortunately the shipping company did not get the memo about the seasonal event. The cookie jars did not make it in time. So, the event had to change. The...
Pine Bluffs traveled to Windsor, Co to take on the Pouder Community Academy (PCA). The Academy team did not pose much of a challenge to the 3-1 Hornets as they beat the Academy team 79-20. The Hornets having beat the Bridgeport Bulldogs (58-39) only had one day to practice before taking on the PCA team. “That was a tough competitive game, (Bridgeport) was fast and they’re a good shooting team but they just didn’t shoot well against us,” Kimzey said. The Hornets were ready showed their strength early as they went on a 10-0 run in the early s...
The Lady Hornets traveled to Westminster, Colorado to face the Academy Wildcats in a neutral Tournament game. The Lady Hornets were looking to get their second win of the season but found themselves turning the ball over too many times. The Hornets made a valiant effort in the fourth quarter but the deficit was too much and they fell to the Wildcats 65-58. This gives the Lady Hornets a 1-4 record so far this year. The first quarter was even as both teams scored 16 points. Jaden Shelit #14 was focused and hit for nine of the Hornets 16 points....
The Pine Bluffs Hornets traveled to Bridgeport to take on the Bulldogs in a non-conference game. The Hornets are coming off a 2-1 record at the Burns Winter Classic Tournament and were eager to improve their record. The Hornets proved to be too much for the Bulldogs as they improved their record to 3-1 and beat the Bulldogs 58-39 The first quarter was pretty even as both teams were only able to score 9 points. An up and down battle going into the second quarter as the Hornets were able to outscore the Bulldogs 17-14. The Hornets were able to...
“It's easy to vote your way into Communism. It's impossible to vote your way out of communism.” Author unknown. After our Legislature gave in to the Liberals and accomplished absolutely nothing during the special session except cost the taxpayers more than $300,000 I thought I saw a glimmer of hope coming down from the federal level. A federal judge stayed Biden’s vaccine mandate to private business. Almost immediately OSHA announced that they were not going to issue any rules for a vaccine mandate until after the court renders a decis...
Mike Heath's guest column of September 9, 2021, was extremely alarming and pessimistic, especially after the disastrous four years America~ experienced during President Trump and the Republican's near' destruction of our democracy. Could a Democrat in the White House do worse than Trump's/Republican's attack on our core values, their sponsored betrayal of our troops, (freeing 5,000 Taliban/lsis fighters in 2020 during our fight with 'them), betraying our allies in Syria and the Ukraine and the 6 January 2021, insurrection supported and aided...
It started with the fifth and sixth grade band students playing three songs. The songs were Jingle Bells, Good King Wenceslas, and Jolly Old St. Nicholas. Next was the whole Albin Elementary School sang Christmas in the West. At this point the students started a play about Bubblegum Bart stealing Christmas. Different members concerns and how to solve the problem with help of Santa sending Candy Cane Kid for the rescue the community in trouble. First and second grade was first using flags to the...
