Week of November 14, 2024
Week of November 14, 2024
Phillips County electors cast 2,351 ballots in the general election on Nov. 5. That is an 82 percent voter turnout if gauging it from the 2,871 active registered voters. If using the 3,123 total registered voters, it is 75 percent. Results will not be considered official by the Secretary of State's office until the County canvasing board has completed its process and the County Clerk's Office files its final report with the State. Electors had an exceptionally lengthy ballot because of...
HAXTUN SCHOOLS honored Veterans during a ceremony sponsored by the National Honor Society earlier this week. Students who honored their family members with special speeches during the ceremony are pictured (l-r), Kortlyn and Haylie Carpenter with their dad, Ron Carpenter, United States Marine; Ryan Davis who honored his brother, Andrew Davis, active United States Navy; and Seth and Stellan Seger, who honored their grandfather, Darwin Jeffers, United States...
On Oct. 24, Alyssa Molde celebrated the completion of her Ogallala Commons Internship with a Harvesting Ceremony, marking a milestone in her professional and personal growth. Molde completed her internship at Retread Threads in Haxtun, a local nonprofit, where she gained valuable work experience. Throughout her internship, Alyssa engaged in hands-on work, gaining valuable skills in areas such as retail management, customer service and nonprofit experience. Her internship was sponsored by...
The Lady Bulldogs punched their ticket to the 2A State Volleyball Tournament at the Denver Coliseum this weekend with a Region 12 Championship on Monday. Haxtun enters the State Tournament as the ninth seeded team and is set to face Del Norte in round one on Thursday. Haxtun's road to State was delayed due to Colorado's winter weather. What was supposed to be Saturday afternoon Regional pool play was forced to be played on Monday, Nov. 11 due to snow that covered much of the mountains over the...
The Fleming Lady Wildcats have made their way to the 1A State Championships set for Thursday-Saturday, Nov. 14-16 with a Regional sweep over the Lone Star Lady Longhorns last week. The Lady Wildcats enter the 12-team bracket as the number three seed. Fleming hosted Lone Star last Friday for Regional play. They entered the single-game tournament as the number three seed playing number 22. The Lady Wildcats cruised to the three-set win by scores of 25-15, 25-12 and 25-10. Junior hitters Ashley...
A 60-point home field victory over Hoehne sends the Haxtun Bulldogs to the quarterfinals round of 8-man playoff action. Fall winter weather forced Colorado High School Activities Association officials to run a number of audibles as snow blanketed much of the southern and mountain areas of the State. Brackets throughout all classifications saw schedules changes, forcing games to be played on Sunday and even into Monday the following week to allow teams to travel safely to playoff destinations,...
After going 7-3 overall and 5-1 in the 6-man North League, the Fleming Wildcats' season has come to a close after the first round of playoffs. The Wildcats advanced into the post season as the ninth-ranked team in a 16-team bracket which pitted them against the eighth-ranked Arickaree Bison. Due to weather, the date, time and location of the opening round of playoffs was changed. The game, originally slated for Saturday at Arickaree, ended up taking place on Sunday at Prairie High School....
85 Years Ago Nov. 15, 1939 Mr. and Mrs. C.O. Lundberg of the Fairfield community celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary on Monday, Nov. 13. They came to Colorado 43 years ago. Their children are Mrs. B.J. Anderson, Mrs. Paul Holmquist, Mrs. Henry Anderson, Mrs. Eph C. Johnson, Roy Lundberg and Arthur Lundberg. Miss Helen Crist and E.J. Witt, Jr., Haxtun young people, were married here Saturday afternoon by Rev. E.F. Weaver, pastor of the Church of the Brethren. The ceremony took place at the...
