Week of October 31, 2024
Week of October 31, 2024
HAXTUN FIREMEN Ron Carpenter and Joel Woodside work to put out a fire in the backyard of a residence on the south side of Haxtun on Saturday afternoon. According to Fire Chief Garrett Krogmeier the fire started in a compost pile that then spread to the wooden privacy fence next to it. There were no injuries reported with the...
THE HAXTUN LADY Bulldog volleyball team honored Dr. Lila Statz in the team's annual Pink Out game in honor of Breast Cancer Month during a home game with Idalia on Oct. 22. Statz, long-time community member and Bulldog mom, recently beat breast cancer and is now on her own mission to spread awareness and help others along with her family via an Instagram account, statz_cancer. The account bio has a link to a risk assessment calculator to assist in determining the lifetime risk of an individual...
JESSICA AYALA holds a chunk of her own hair just cut by Jane Shafer during half time activities of the Bulldog's pink out football game Friday night. In honor of Breast Cancer Month, the Haxtun Cheerleaders hosted an event to collect donations for Locks of Love and in addition to Ayala, four others made donations on Friday with haircuts by Shafer. Ayala's donation is her second to the Locks of Love organization. Locks of Love is a non-profit organization that provides free or low-cost hair...
Twenty-two Fleming High School students are taking college classes through Northeastern Junior College this semester through the concurrent enrollment program. Those 22 students are enrolled in 84 credit hours at the local college. The Frenchman Board of Education in Fleming voted in a Oct. 22 meeting to approve an invoice with NJC for concurrent enrollment for $14,204 for those 84 credits. According to Fleming Superintendent Steve McCracken, the majority of the classes are held on NJC's...
The Haxtun Lady Bulldogs added their 14th win of the season at home with a sweep over Dayspring Christian Academy on Friday, Oct. 25. According to the Colorado High School Activity Association's weekly rankings released on Monday, Oct. 28, the Lady Bulldogs are 11th in 2A. This week they are set to take on the second ranked Sedgwick County Lady Cougars in the final regular season outing on the road Friday night. Haxtun picked up a 25-9 set one win on Friday and rolled on with 25-13 and 25-11...
The Haxtun Bulldogs remain the top team in the Lower Platte and unbeaten in the league following a 62-0 home win over Dayspring Christian Academy at Adam Wernsman Field on Friday night. Thus far, the Bulldogs have allowed only six points in league play while putting 180 on the scoreboard. Haxtun faces their final league opponent this week with a contest on the road against Sedgwick County. The Bulldogs came out hot against the Eagles from Dayspring Christian Academy in the final regular season...
The Fleming Lady Wildcats sit in the fourth position of the Colorado High School Activities Association's Seeding Index as of Wednesday morning, Oct. 30. Just one match against Caliche remains on the regular season schedule. The Lady Wildcats hosted Idalia last Friday and swept the Lady Wolves, 3-0. Despite the loss to the Lady Wildcats, Idalia is listed as the second seeded team in Colorado 1A volleyball. On Saturday, Oct. 26, Fleming traveled to Simla where they took part in a triangular...
The top two teams in the 6-man North Conference are set to meet up Friday when the 8-1 Caliche Buffaloes host the 7-2 Fleming Wildcats. Both teams hold perfect 5-0 league records. The Wildcats stood at 7-1 prior to last week's outing against the Idalia Wolves. Fleming sat two spots behind Idalia entering last week's play; Fleming in number seven, Idalia at number five. The Wildcats trailed by 12 after the opening quarter in Friday's home contest against the Wolves, 20-8, and Idalia would go on...
85 Years Ago Nov. 1, 1939 Mrs. Walter E. Hickey, well-known resident of the community south of Haxtun, passed away at her home Tuesday evening. Her age at the time of death was 48 years, three months and 26 days. Mrs. Cynthia E. Olson, one of the oldest pioneer residents of Haxtun, passed away at her home Tuesday evening at the age of 83 years. She came to the Haxtun territory over 50 years ago, and with her husband, homesteaded five miles northeast of town. Surviving children: Henry Roy,...
Larry David Rutledge entered into eternal life on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024 at the age of 80. Larry was born Nov. 14, 1943 in Auburn, Neb. to Carroll Carson and Cora Merle (Hutchinson) Rutledge. Larry enlisted in the United States Army at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. and was honorably discharged on April 24, 1965. He married Carolyn Sue Henderson on Dec. 28, 1971 in Loveland. Larry worked as an engineer at Lockheed Martin for many years. Larry is survived by his wife Carolyn; daughters Barbara... Full story
