Week of October 17, 2024
Week of October 17, 2024
Phillips County 4-H members gathered on Sunday, Oct. 6 to recognize member success throughout the year in the annual Achievement Day celebration. Achievement Day was held at the Bank of Colorado Pavilion in Holyoke with members, family, friends and special guests in attendance. Each year a number of special awards are given to those who go above and beyond in their efforts through 4-H in Phillips County, including the Friend of the 4-H Award. Phillips County 4-H Council accepts nominations for...
FLEMING'S LIFE SKILLS class dehydrates apples for a healthy snack. Class members pictured cutting apples are (l-r) around the table Lincoln Castillo, Matthew Robbins, Autumn Volkman, Madalina Cara and Ciana Lousberg. Every Tuesday the class helps in the School kitchen by creating the menu and then spending the class hour helping to prepare food. The class is led by Teacher Denise...
Upcoming elections, preliminary budget discussions, municipal code codification and an economic incentive application are all agenda topics that drew attention of Town Council members in a recent October meeting. Council members met for a regular monthly meeting on Monday, Oct. 7 at the Haxtun Town Hall. As the first item of business, the Haxtun Town Council voted to cancel the Nov. 5 municipal election and in doing so, declared three candidates elected for positions on the Council. Those...
Colorado voters should start seeing ballots in their mailboxes if they haven't already. Ballots will be mailed to all registered voters between Oct. 11 and Oct. 18. Election day is Tuesday, Nov. 5. State-wide, this year's ballot contains 14 measures and of those, seven propose changes to the State constitution, five propose changes to State Statues and two are questions referred to voters by State Legislation. Each measure is outlined, in detail, in the blue 2024 State Ballot Information...
The Haxtun Bulldogs have clinched the number one spot in all of 8-man football according to RPI rankings per the Colorado High School Activities Association following a 48-0 victory over the Akron Rams on Friday. The Plains League shutout leaves the Bulldogs 6-1 overall and in the top 8-man spot just ahead of number two Mancos. Mancos is currently 5-1 overall and 2-0 in the Mountain League along with Sanford. Those two teams are scheduled to meet up this week, one of which will take the top...
The Lady Bulldogs went 2-1 in a busy week of volleyball action over the past week. Haxtun took the court three times in five days; two of those at home and one on the road. Action kicked off at home on Friday where the Lady Bulldogs swept the Akron Rams 25-20, 25-18 and 25-19 in a Lower Platte League contest. That win leaves Haxtun 5-1 and third in League standings, according to MaxPreps. Merino holds the top spot at 5-0 ahead of the second seated, 3-0 Lady Cougars from Sedgwick County. Two...
The Wildcats of Fleming stand in second place in 6-man's North Central League behind top-ranked Caliche following a big Friday night victory over league foe Peetz. The Wildcats are now ranked number 11 in the state in 6-man and Caliche sits at number eight, according to Colorado High School Activities Association rankings. Those two teams are set to meet on Nov.1 in the regular season closer. The story of Friday night's win over Peetz came down to Fleming's running game. The local team rushed...
The Fleming Lady Wildcats have fallen one spot in Colorado High School Activities Association's weekly rankings despite taking wins over Weldon Valley and Peetz last week. Fleming now sits in the number three spot behind Merino and Idalia. Idalia took wins over Genoa-Hugo and Sedgwick County last week, a team that Fleming fell to in five sets earlier this season. On Thursday, Oct. 10, the Lady Wildcats traveled to the home of the Weldon Valley Lady Warriors where they tacked on their first win...
85 Years Ago Oct. 18, 1939 The highest average payment in more than a year and a half went to Colorado's old age pensioners this month. The average payment was $32.33, or $4 more than the average in September. Among those who returned this week with game from deer hunting were A. Jankovsky, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Scott, E.M. Harrell, George Mutchie, A.F. Scott, Milton Hill, Everett Davis, Rex Mooney, John Wright, Gus Hadeen, Leonard Sharpe, Roy Ahnstedt, A.R. Haskins,...
