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The purchase of two new busses, hiring winter sports coaches and approving the substitute teaching list all topped action items during a mid-October meeting of the Haxtun School Board. Members also continued discussion regarding graduation requirements. In previous meetings, administration and board members discussed changing the passing grade for high school students from a D, as it is now, to a C. This, Principal Dustin Seger said, would raise the bar on academic standards and require a necessary level of exceptional learning for students....
An increase in student enrollment, bringing back the baseball program and budget stabilization figures were all topics of Fleming’s Superintendent Steve McCracken’s report to members of the Frenchman Board of Education in a mid-October meeting. According to McCracken, over the past 13 years, Fleming Schools has lost $3,483,369 due to budget stabilization. Those numbers, he said, were recently released from the Colorado School Finance Project. “The State of Colorado has not fully funded education for the past 13 years. The Colorado Depar...
The Lady Bulldogs boast an overall 18-3 record with two sweeps under their belt over the past week. The team heads into the final week of regular season action with a contest against Akron on Friday before post season play begins. Haxtun took down Otis at home Thursday night and just two days later swept Wiley in a highly-anticipated, top-five Colorado match up. Otis came to Haxtun on Thursday night to face off with the home team Lady Bulldogs in the annual Pink Out match up. Proceeds from...
The Haxtun Bulldogs are the 2021 Plains League Champions! The Bulldogs clinched the league title following a win over Denver Christian on Saturday afternoon in gridiron action at Adam Wernsman Field. The League title is the first for Bulldog football in nearly two decades. “We had three major goals this year: win our league, play at home in the playoffs and win a State title,” Head Coach JD Stone said after his team’s 69-12 win over Denver Christian. “We are excited about our first league championship in 20 years, but our mission for the 202...
Voters within the lines of the Haxtun School District will be asked to choose three candidates to fill vacant seats on the local Board of Education. Six candidates are vying for the three open slots, including incumbents Audree Edwards and Jay Wisdom as well as Cole Fix, ChristiAnne Gibson, Dean Michael and Spencer Holcomb. The six candidates running for a seat on the Haxtun Board of Education plan to attend at Meet and Greet event slated for Friday, Oct. 22 from 4-6 p.m. at the Haxtun Community Center. Each candidate will give a short,...
Phillips County voters should have received ballots in their mail boxes last week for the general, Nov. 2 election. According to Phillips County Clerk and Recorder, ballots were mailed between Friday, Oct. 8 and Friday, Oct. 15. Locally, registered voters in Haxtun will decide on a number of issues including two ballot questions for the Town of Haxtun and one for the Haxtun School District. The Town of Haxtun is asking voters to approve a $1.9 million street project in this year’s election. If approved, plans are to pave approximately 42 blocks...
Haxtun’s Lady Bulldogs added three wins to their now impressive 16-3 season record last week. The local ladies in red took on Bethune and Hi-Plains in triangle action on Saturday and picked up a five-set victory over Weldon Valley on Monday. Saturday’s action took the Lady Bulldogs south to Siebert to face off with Bethune and Hi-Plains in best-of-three triangle competition. Haxtun met Bethune first, picking up a win in two sets, 25-11 and 25-4, respectively. Senior Allie Thompson and sophomore Megan Walker led the team at the net with sev...
The beginning of October always marks an annual celebration of the current 4-H year's success and this year was no different as Phillips County 4-H members gathered at the Phillips County Event Center in Holyoke to celebrate the efforts and achievements of 2021 on Sunday, Oct. 3. This year's achievement program honored Friend of the 4-H award recipient Jessica Brown, who received her recognition from 4-H Council President Brooklyn Plumb. Brown, who is the FFA Advisor at Briggsdale High School...
Julie R. Thayer attended an advisement hearing on charges of child abuse and assault via web cam in Phillips County Court on Thursday, Oct. 7. The 40-year-old former childcare director appeared via Webex software in front of Judge Kimbra L. Killin in Holyoke. Thayer and her lawyer, Justie Nicol, waived her rights to formal advisement. After doing so, Judge Killin issued protective orders for the two victims in the case, both minors, which prohibits Thayer from being around or having any contact with throughout the duration of the case. Charges...
Police Chief Tanya Mayhew submitted her letter of resignation to members of the Haxtun Town Council on Monday evening, Oct. 4. Her intended last day of employment with the local police department will be Monday, Nov. 1. After accepting her letter of resignation and voting to retire her badge number, council members formed a police chief hiring committee to immediately find a suitable replacement for the already short-staffed police force. “After almost 19 years with the Town of Haxtun, I am retiring my position as Chief of Police for the T...
For the first time in nearly a decade, the Haxtun Bulldogs put a stomping on the Sedgwick County Cougars. Haxtun defeated the Cougars in their annual homecoming celebration on their home turf in Julesburg Friday night to improve to 7-0 on the season and remain one of three undefeated teams in all of Colorado 8-man action. The loss for the Cougars is the first from a Colorado team since Merino took them down in 2018. The Bulldogs came out with a bang, putting six points on the board with a...
With just a handful of games left on the regular season schedule, the Haxtun Lady Bulldogs boast a 13-3 overall record while clinching the second place seed in the 2A/1A Lower Platte League following action on the court last week. The team took a three-set sweep over Fleming last Tuesday but suffered their first loss of the season since opening weekend at the hands of the high-ranking 2A Sedgwick County Lady Cougars on Friday. Haxtun hosted Fleming for a 1A battle on the court last Tuesday. The...
Utilizing ESSER funds to purchase two new busses was one of many highlights of Superintendent Marsha Cody’s report during the regular September Haxtun Board of Education meeting. In addition to busses, board members and administration also talked about changes to graduation requirements and the possibility of refinancing district loans for lower interest rates in the late-September meeting. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress passed three stimulus bills that include funding for education: the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic S...
The COVID vaccine mandate discussion continues at Haxtun Health. Chief Executive Officer Dewane Pace gave an update to members of the Haxtun Health Board during a recent month-end meeting on Monday, Sept. 27. Pace said the administration team has held multiple all-staff meetings with the Haxtun Health team, as well as many one-on-one conversations, while working to communicate policy, exemption processes and the intent of the hospital district. Pace said that on Aug. 30, the State Health Department voted six to one to pass an emergent rule...
Groove ‘N Motion is coming to town! In their efforts to raise local funds for a new community pool, the Haxtun Swimming Pool fundraising committee plans to host the premier powerhouse variety performers on Saturday, Oct. 23. A special meet and greet will take place for ticket holders from 5-6:30 p.m. followed by a live show at 7. Groove 'N Motion, and the Rocky Mountain Horns, is a stylistically unique horn band that has been singing, performing and playing in sync as if they’d been together their entire musical careers. As they bring a pow...
Two more wins, including a sweep over the Merino Lady Rams, gives the Lady Bulldogs an 86 percent winning percentage and a third place ranking in Colorado Preps 1A volleyball action. Haxtun beat Yuma on the road last Tuesday and later took down the Lady Rams in front of sea of red in black at home on Friday night. Haxtun sits in the number three slot just behind number one Briggsdale and number two Wiley in State standings. As of Tuesday morning, the Lady Bulldogs hold an RPI rating of .647;...
The Haxtun Bulldogs remain unbeaten as the team rolled to an impressive 64-20 victory over the Rams in a Plains League match up at Adam Wernsman Field Friday night. The Bulldogs are one of just three teams who remain undefeated in eight-man gridiron action in all of Colorado sports. Mancos boasts a 5-0 record, Haxtun improved to 6-0 over the weekend and Vail Christian holds a 5-0 overall record. Haxtun opened the first quarter with a 69-yard touchdown run from Michael Gerk to put the Bulldogs...
Fall student test scores, a new student services program and a bid for electric work for the new bus barn all topped action items in a recent Frenchman Board of Education meeting in September. Principal Kortney Firme reported on NWEA test scores during her repot at the start of the meeting. “Test scores were impressive,” said Superintendent Steve McCracken in later follow up. “We tested our kids right at the beginning of the school year and most of our students were at or above their goal.” McCracken said the District will test again at the...
The Haxtun Lady Bulldogs added another notch to the win column in their lone contest last week. A three-set sweep over the Lady Eagles in Wray leaves the Lady Bulldog 10-2 overall and 4-0 in league play, according to Maxpreps. Haxtun will face off with top-ranked Merino at home on Friday and turn around and host the neighboring Fleming Lady Wildcats on Tuesday. In Wray last week, Haxtun took set one 24-17 and sets two and three 25-16 and 25-12, respectively. Senior Allie Thompson had a stellar p...
They're on a roll - the Haxtun Bulldogs secured a Plains League win over Dayspring Christian on the road last week to improve to 5-0. The Bulldogs remain the only Plains League team to be unbeaten so far this season. Both teams remain scoreless as each defense held their opponents out of the endzone throughout the first quarter but just five minutes into the second, Haxtun's #7 Kyle Fryrear found an opening into the endzone with an eight yard run to put the Bulldogs on the board first. The...
Haxtun's new restaurant is open and serving customers. Chandler's Backyard Bar and Grill opened at the corner of Colorado Avenue and Fletcher Street earlier this month and is aiming to serve the Haxtun community. Owners Alsey Chandler and Kristi Emory soft opened the business on Sept. 1 but officially celebrated with a ribbon cutting last Friday, Sept. 17. The two operate the local bar and grill together with hopes to add a full-service winery to the operation later down the line. Alsey said he...
The Phillips County Commissioners continue to disburse CVRF funds through grants to business owners in Phillips County. Throughout the month of August, the Commissioners distributed $123,529 to local businesses affected by COVID shutdowns over the past year and a half. In addition to giving to local businesses, the CVRF funds have also been given to local food baskets and helped the Town of Haxtun install a new drop box. In their first August meeting, the Commissioners meet three times each month, the County Commissioners voted to distribute...
The intensity level was at a 10 in Haxtun's gymnasium last Tuesday as the Haxtun Lady Bulldogs cruised to a three-set victory over the Wiggins Lady Tigers. A victory over the defending 2A State Champions upped the Lady Bulldog's RPI, giving them a top five standing in 1A rankings with the Colorado High School Activities Association. Others who sit in the top five include Merino, Fleming, Briggsdale and Wiley, three of which Haxtun has left on the regular season schedule. The Lady Bulldogs found...
Chalk up another gridiron win for the Haxtun Bulldogs. A 50-0 shutout of the Caliche Buffs leaves the Haxtun football team with a perfect 4-0 record midway through the 2021 season with just five games left on the regular season schedule. In a warm, Saturday afternoon contest with Caliche it was all Bulldogs as the team put up 22 points in the first quarter alone. With 7:30 on the clock in the first, senior quarterback Owen Knode found junior Michael Gerk open with a short, eight-yard pass to put...
Throughout her 37 years as a small business owner, local florist Marilyn Michael has been honored for her service to the Haxtun community more than once. As she packed up her belongings from The County Rose upon retirement this summer, she counted eight awards that collected on her wall over the years. While they all are meaningful and deserving, the one she receives Saturday, Sept. 25 might be the sweetest of them all. Marilyn has been selected to serve as the 100th annual Corn Festival Grand...
