The Voice of the Community Since 1909, Serving Moorcroft and Pine Haven, Wyoming
The Voice of the Community Since 1909, Serving Moorcroft and Pine Haven, Wyoming
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With the clarification of the ordinance for the municipal snow routes, Moorcroft Chief of Police Bill Bryant wants citizens to have a clear understanding of the changes. A few weeks ago, the town installed new signs saying that there would be no parking allowed on these routes from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. starting November 1 to April 1. This is to ensure streets are clear of vehicles allowing plows and emergency equipment passage without interruption. This order is in effect regardless of snow, making the law easier to follow and enforce. The...
Moorcroft Mayor Dick Claar met with the Crook County Commissioners last week to request the formation of a solid waste district in an attempt to save the municipal landfill for the benefit of everyone within the county. After a concentrated effort, the Moorcroft mayor was able to show, via letters, support from Sundance, Pine Haven and Moorcroft for a district. However, even with this, Commissioners Jeanie Whalen and Kelly Dennis did not appear receptive to any realistic arrangement and would co...
Pine Haven’s beautification alliance has again brought smiles of appreciation to those who drive by the beautiful holiday lights along the north end of Pine Haven Road. The entire west side of the fence surrounding the Keyhole Golf Course lights up at dusk with many festive scenes, most of which have been provided by the town including the newest display, a pickup and camper. The only other contribution is a happy snowman and a couple of penguins at the furthest north end that share s...
The week started with the Lindberg Masonry crew, subcontractor for Glenn Construction, working on the block walls, bringing character and identity to the new restrooms at Noonan Park. After completion of the walls, the roof will be mounted, according to Ben Glenn, owner of Glenn Construction....
Monday morning was bright and cold as the Moorcroft Town Council gathered at the municipal lagoon with Public Works Director Cory Allison and HDR Engineer Heath Turbiville to examine the progress of the state-mandated $3 million upgrade project thus far. Councilman Dale Petersen spoke to the unevenness of the safety poles next to each valve, “We have a multimillion dollar project and we can’t even take pride enough to line up the poles and valves. What’s that all about? ” Admitting it’s un...
For the last few years, Moorcroft High School (MHS) agriculture teacher and FFA counselor Hugh Jenkins has been promoting the benefits of a barn on school property for urban kids without access to rural land to have a place to raise animals for fair or 4-H. In October, a big step toward this realization came with the approval from the Crook County School District #1 Board of Trustees of a bid from Sundance based Four Aces Fabrication to build an insulated steel barn southeast of MHS for $81,585. Dirt work, electrical, water lines, concrete,...
A traveling girls basketball team, consisting of around nine fifth graders from Moorcroft and Gillette who call themselves the Black Widows, has requested a discount from the Moorcroft Town Center (MTC) Board to use the building’s gymnasium for practice games four times a month (twice every other week) during their season. Receiving no satisfaction through the board, team spokesman Dan Schutt and several supporters asked to be heard from the floor at Monday night’s meeting of the Moorcroft Council. Schutt explained that he and his ass...
The second application for funding under the CARES Act has been approved by Moorcroft’s council and subsequently submitted to the State Land and Investment Board (SLIB). According to deputy clerk Jody Clark, this new application includes $40,000 for a heart monitor to be installed in the town’s second ambulance, $23,765 for bunker gear for the fire department, $6,478 upgrading phones and $52,600 sprayer system to better disinfect large areas and other needed personal protective equipment (PPE). The total amount requested is $242,500. Of the...
With the Pine Haven Community Center closed for the foreseeable future due to the reemergence of Covid in the neighborhood, the bid of $14,927 from Powder River Heating and Air Conditioning was accepted to upgrade lighting and heating at the center to be completed within the next couple of months. This bid was more than $2000 less than the next of the three bids presented to the town for approval. Mayor John Cook expressed his pleasure with the decision of the governing body. “They do a lot of work out here for us. They know us and they know h...
The 13th annual Harvest Feastival, sponsored by the Moorcroft Area Chamber of Commerce, was held in last Saturday. Long time co-organizer Elaine Buckmiller stated, “For having the year we’ve had, we – the chamber and the feastival committee – consider it a pretty good success. We had to adjust some things because of the COVID-19 and we feel that we did a very good job protecting the people who participated.” Tables were laden with 16 different offerings of homemade savory soups and breads an...
The Town of Moorcroft has been approved for a $203,000 grant from the State Land and Investment Board (SLIB) under the CARES Act. These funds will be delivered into the town’s general funds account as reimbursement for wages paid to clerks and police during the pandemic. Though the money is not restricted for particular issues, the municipality has reserved $4000 to cover laptop computers and any other equipment needed for office personnel to work from home when necessary. The rest, according to Mayor Dick Claar, “We’ll probably just prior...
Don Lancaster, chief of the Pine Haven Volunteer Fire Department, formally resigned from that position at last Tuesday’s meeting of the town council, citing health issues. The department held the election of department officers prior to meeting with the governing body and Preston Bryant was presented to the council as the new fire chief of Pine Haven. Lancaster assured his listeners, “I will remain on board as assistant chief and help Preston with any kind of transition and bring him up to speed on any project.” One of the projects that Lanca...
Going into cold weather, two notable park upgrades are currently underway in Moorcroft. The first is the Noonan Park restrooms: after clearing and compacting the building area, ensuring structural stability, Public Works Director Cory Allison has officially turned over work to contractor Glenn Construction. Owner Ben Glenn said when starting the work that the structure will not be completed until next spring /summer of 2021 due to the lateness of the 2020 season. The second improvement is the...
Moorcroft's senior citizens' center hosted a Veterans Day celebration last Wednesday morning for 21 guests with a breakfast of fruit, biscuits and gravy, juice and coffee. Neal Gray and Donny Walkinshaw played guitars and sang in accompaniment. Attendance was down from last year because of the coronavirus, according to Moorcroft Senior Board member Donna Ricks, but she still considered the event a success. "People don't want to come out and I thought the ones who did come would eat and run, but...
Due to a reemergence of the COVID-19 virus in the area, Pine Haven has made the decision to postpone their Coach Mirich Poker Tournament, the annual Veterans Day celebration and Bingo until at least December. Later discussions determined that the community center may, in fact, remain closed into the new year depending on the situation. Ordinance Committee Chair Chris Bingham, who was part of the deciding conversation, comments, “There are enough cases popping up – we don’t want to contr...
While the COVID-19 virus is disrupting events throughout Crook County, including the annual Veterans Day celebration of the local men and women who have fought for this country, Moorcroft High School teacher Lona Tracy and her class are still on track, not having missed a year in the last almost 30 in making a gift projects for both the local veterans and active duty soldiers currently overseas of calendars or poems and sweets. “Every year the project is a little different, it’s a gift. [We mak...
The unofficial results are in for the 2020 council elections for Moorcroft and Pine Haven. Moorcroft welcomes incumbent Ben Glenn for another term and Paul Gallegos to the governing body. Glenn has been an active part of this council for several years and employs a working understanding of the ever increasing issues facing the town’s representative congress. Gallegos, while a new comer to the council, brings a fresh perspective to the governing of the town. Pine Haven’s council fills three sea...
Intrepid ghouls, ghosties, witches and dragons put on their best hats and joined the fun over the weekend as Moorcroft and Pine Haven celebrated All Hallows Eve; a day when the dead are thought to revisit their old haunts. However, the creatures at these parties all had heartbeats (well, we assume). Friday evening’s Treat Street started the festivities with around 200 guests enjoying the frights of the mad doctor’s lair and the many disturbing monsters on hand. The games, as always, were gre...
Moorcroft Clerk/Treasurer Cheryl Schneider has completed the application for a pandemic-related CARES Act funding grant from the State Lands and Investments Board in the amount of $203,000, which was approved and signed Monday night by the council to help the town pay back wages to police and clerks during the time of the pandemic. The application had to be submitted to SLIB by October 28. Officer Injured Also during Monday night’s meeting, the council heard that residents won’t be seeing Officer Jory Tadlock in uniform for the foreseeable fut...
An estimated 75 tons of yard waste was burned last week by Pine Haven’s Public Works Director Sunny Schell with the assistance of volunteer fire crew Chief Don Lancaster, TJ Gideon, Bruce Lang and Ed Scott. This pile is usually burned once a year, as winter approaches and the danger of open flames lessens. The ash from the burn will not be wasted as the council recently approved Schell’s plan to incorporate this waste material with other components to make compost. “I’m going to separat...
The Second Annual Coach Mirich Texas Hold ‘em Tournament will be held at the Pine Haven Community Center on Saturday, November 7 this year. The party gets underway at 4 p.m. This year’s fundraiser benefits the Pine Haven Volunteer Fire Department. “We are going to, hopefully, raise enough money to buy the Jaws of Life for the fire department,” Councilwoman Karla Brandenburg advocates. The event will celebrate the memory of long-time coach and friend to many Carl Mirich, who passed away around three years ago, with a Texas Hold ‘Em Tournamen...
Moorcroft Mayor Dick Claar has used the last month to visit each municipal entity within the boundaries of Crook County, seeking support by letter for the proposal of a solid waste district before the Crook County Commissioners in December. This reemergence of the solid waste district talks is in response to the negative report by DEQ inspectors who examined the Moorcroft landfill several months ago. A missive sent to the town recently was adamant about the necessity of bringing to fruition the plan for a solid waste district that was...
The Pine Haven Fire Department hosted a fire safety training class featuring kitchen safety for 25 home-school children and their parents Friday afternoon. Teachers included Chief Don Lancaster, deputy chief David Hull, engineer Ed Scott and safety officer TJ Gideon. The event was planned at the time of the September 26 county rural fire training on Pine Ridge Road and surrounding area between the fire chief and the participating East family, who requested to have a tour of the fire department...
Pine Haven Fire Chief Don Lancaster warns area residents of the very real and often overlooked danger of carbon monoxide poisoning during this time of the year when people are turning on their furnaces as the weather turns ever colder moving into winter. “Everybody needs to be checking their chimneys and furnaces, especially propane,” he says. He advises people to examine their exhaust vents for bird nests and debris and be sure they are clear. According to the chief, one household was possibly exposed to the toxic gas last Monday night fro...
Moorcroft resident Paul Galagos is seeking a “mobile vendor’s” permit from Pine Haven’s council to do business as a barber in a shop on wheels that he plans to bring into town on a schedule to serve male patrons. While he was not in attendance at the Tuesday night meeting of that body, the request was discussed. To park and do business on any town property, such as the parking area around the parks, would require a permit fee each time he did so. However, if he made arrangements with a business owner to park on their property on his schedul...
