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After many conversations and months worth of work, the Haxtun Town Council adopted an ordinance establishing a truck route through city limits. The adoption came at a Monday evening, May 6 meeting of the Haxtun Town Council. In 2021 Haxtun voters passed ballot question 2A to approve a major street project by a margin of 325 yes votes to 70 no votes. Since then, the Town of Haxtun has worked to complete those major street repairs and in doing so, the Council wishes to protect that investment. Over the past year or so, many discussions around...
Following a long application and interview process, the Haxtun Board of Education selected the next Superintendent of Haxtun Schools. The Board voted to appoint Aron Jones as Superintendent starting July 1. That decision came on Tuesday afternoon, May 14 following candidate in-person interviews earlier that day and a community meet and greet the night prior. The search for a new superintendent began in March. At that time, the local school board partnered with McPherson & Jacobson, LLC an executive recruitment and development firm used by the...
Cork and Trilla Bornhoft have been selected to serve as the 2024 Haxtun Corn Festival Grand Marshals. The Haxtun Chamber of Commerce recently announced the Grand Marshal selection along with this year's theme. Grand marshal and theme selections are chosen by Chamber of Commerce members. The 2024 Corn Festival theme is "Harvesting Memories." Cork and Trilla Bornhoft, who celebrate 62 years of marriage this year, are long-time Haxtun residents. Cork was drafted into the United States Army in 1962...
The Haxtun Police Department re-registered a sex offender living within Haxtun's city limits. Steven Michael Saign lives in the 200 block of North Wallace Avenue. According to the local police department, Saign is a dual resident, meaning he is registered at two locations; one on North Wallace Avenue and a another on County Road 7 in Phillips County. This is his required quarterly registration. Saign was convicted of sex assault on a child and sex assault on a child, age 15-18, by someone in a position of trust on Nov. 29, 2012 in El Paso...
A successful four-year high school softball career has afforded Fallon Bamford the opportunity to compete at the collegiate level next fall. Bamford, recent Haxtun High School graduate, signed a letter of intent to join the softball team at Northwest Kansas Technical College in front of family, coaches and supporters two week ago. Fallon was a part of the Holyoke High School softball team throughout high school, playing outfield for the Lady Dragons. As a senior, she helped lead her team to the...
The Haxtun Bulldog track team put in an impressive showing at the 2024 Colorado State Track Meet at Jeff. Co. Stadium in Lakewood last weekend. The boys team brought home the State Runner-Up Title and earned two first place finishes while several Lady Bulldogs earned top three placings in individual events. The boys team earned the Runner-Up Title with a total of 51 points. The top team, Cheyenne Wells, won the Championship trophy with 64 points. Two Bulldog relay teams earned first place...
Sunday afternoon not only marked a day to honor Mothers, but to also recognize graduates of Haxtun High School. Nineteen students entered graduation ceremonies on Sunday, May 12 and exited as Haxtun High School graduates after hearing from fellow classmates and administration and receiving diplomas in a gym packed full of friends, family and community members. Graduate Kaiden Schelling welcomed the Class of 2024, parents and guests following the traditional entrance to pomp and circumstance on a...
Aron Jones has been named Superintendent of Haxtun Schools. Jones' announcement came Tuesday afternoon following a community meet and greet Monday evening and board interviews Tuesday morning. His contract date is slated for July 1. Jones graduated from Pueblo Central High School and earned his Bachelor's Degree in Sociology from the University of Southern Colorado with a minor in Elementary Education and a K-6 teaching license. He later received his Master of Arts in Education/Administration...
The Bulldog baseball season came to a close Saturday afternoon in Byers following a 6-4 loss to the Holly Wildcats. Despite holding the advantage until the top of the seventh, the Bulldogs came up short, ending the season just shy of returning to the Colorado 1A State Baseball Championships. The game in Byers Saturday remained scoreless throughout the first two innings of play. In the top of the second, Holly found themselves in scoring position with two runners on base but a pop fly turned to...
Eight individuals and three relay teams qualified for the 2024 Colorado State Track meet slated for later this week at Jeff. Co. Stadium in Lakewood. As time to qualify neared, the Bulldog track team competed in two last chance meets to run faster, jump further and throw harder. Below is a list of top-10 results from those meets and a complete list of State Track Qualifiers. HOKA St. Vrain Invitational, May 10 Discus: Reagan Jones, seventh place, 114 feet, nine inches. 60th Warren Mitchell...
The Haxtun Police Department re-registered a sex offender within Haxtun's city limits recently. Patrick Lee Pittman is registered in the 200 block of West Grant Street. Pittman, 34, was convicted in June 2013 of attempted sex assault on a child in a position of trust in Yuma County. He is required to register as a sex offender annually....
The Haxtun Bulldogs are moving onto Regionals as the seventh seed in a 16 team post-season bracket. Haxtun is set to take on 10th ranked Holly at 3 p.m. on Saturday at Byers High School. The Bulldogs competed in the second round of Districts last week where they met up with the Merino Rams in Fort Morgan. Haxtun took an 11-0 loss to the Rams but post-season RPI rankings from the Colorado High School Activities Association keeps the Bulldog baseball season alive for another week. Final RPI...
Cassidy Goddard once again broke the discus record at Haxtun High School. The senior broke her own record from her junior year with a throw of 135 feet, four inches. Goddard set the new record at the Holyoke Invitational Meet on May 1. Last year, Goddard broke the school record with a throw of 103 feet, eight inches at the HOKA St. Vrain Invitational. At that time, she broke a record set and held by Callie Dickerson who registered a throw of 126 feet, six inches at the 2017 Colorado 1A State Tra...
Three finalists have been named in the search for a new Superintendent of Haxtun Schools. The local Board of Education announced the three following a closed-door, executive session to review applications in a Tuesday, April 23 meeting. With the assistance of Randy Zila, with McPherson & Jacobson, LLC, the Board of Education received 10 applications for the superintendent position. McPherson & Jacobson is an executive recruitment and development firm hired by the Haxtun School District to help facilitate the search. After review of...
The medical team at Haxtun Health is fully staffed. That news came from Chief Executive Officer Dewane Pace in a late-April meeting of the Haxtun Health Board of Directors. Pace said that Dr. Dana Morgan has accepted a full-time position with Haxtun Health. Dr. Morgan grew up in Montana and graduated from the University of Washington School of Medicine. She finished her residency in Family Medicine at Poudre Valley Hospital in 1996. Dr. Morgan’s areas of interest include family medicine for all ages, age management medicine, bio-identical h...
Haxtun senior Samantha Seger signed a letter of intent to play softball at Lamar Community College next fall. Seger sealed her commitment with friends and family by her side in signing ceremonies at Haxtun High School last week. Seger played four softball seasons with the Lady Dragons in Holyoke. "Samantha has a great personality and loves the game of softball, said Greg Cary, Softball Coach of the Lamar Lady Running Lopes. "She will bring that personality with her and also her athleticism to...
It’s post season and the Haxtun Bulldogs have secured a spot in the second round of District baseball action slated for later this week in Fort Morgan. The Bulldogs finished the regular season with a 13-4 overall record and number two in league standings. The Bulldogs hosted Prairie in the first round of Districts on Tuesday afternoon. Haxtun dominated the contest, taking a 20-6 win in just five innings. The win advances the Bulldog team to the next round of playoffs, which will put them in a contest against Merino on Friday, May 3 at 11 n...
The Haxtun School District Board of Education named three finalists in the search of a new school superintendent. The Board made the announcement following an application process that drew 10 applicants and a lengthy close-door meeting Tuesday evening to narrow those applicants down to the below named finalists. The three applicants who will now go through a community meet and greet and in-person interview process are Aron Jones, Fort Morgan; Todd Bissell, Windsor; and Barry Schaeffer, Lewellen, Neb. A candidate meet and greet is slated for...
Monday evening, April 15 brought businessmen and women, volunteers, community members and Haxtun Chamber of Commerce members together for this year's annual banquet, featuring awards night. The event included dinner by Haxtun's Pi Kappa Cino at the Haxtun Community Center, a Chamber report from Director Jessica Ayala and the presentation of 2023 community awards. The evening opened with a welcome and word of prayer from local Pastor Jeri Soens. Nearly 60 community members gathered to celebrate...
Tuesday afternoon baseball in Haxtun brought on a clash of two top-ranked teams in Colorado 1A baseball as the Bulldogs hosted the Rams from Akron for a Lower Platte League contest. Going into the double-header, both teams held top-three spots in State rankings; the Rams entering with just one blemish on their record. As the Bulldogs would have it, that all changed in Haxtun this week. The Bulldogs took the field against the Rams in game one with senior Kaiden Schelling on the mound. Goose eggs...
Teacher contracts are approved and agreements have been granted for classified staff members at Fleming Schools for 2024-25. The local Board of Education finalized preparations for next school year in a short, one-hour meeting on Thursday, April 11. In addition to planning ahead for the coming year, the Board also approved the purchase of a network system to help monitor computer and network use. Last week’s meeting opened with a staff reports, including information from Superintendent Steve McCracken. He told board members the schools Wi-Fi p...
The Haxtun Bulldogs took a win in four of their last five outings. Over the past week, Haxtun took on Otis, Merino and Sedgwick County, all on the road. As of mid-week, the Bulldogs hold an overall 8-4 record. The Bulldogs kicked off their road series at Otis last Thursday. The visiting team put two runs on the board in the first, five in the fourth and four in the fifth for an 11-1 win in five innings. Madden Larsen and Colin Cone led at the plate, both batting 1.000. Cone hit a home run giving him three runs-batted-in, the team high. Larsen...
The Haxtun Town Council voted to make changes to policy regarding the use of the community center by non-profits as well as elected to change employee health insurance companies during a recent, April meeting. Additionally, the Council discussed the possible annexation of one acre of land on the west end of Town and signed a letter of support for Haxtun Health. During a meeting earlier this year, the Council disused the use of the community center by local non-profits. Recently, there has been an influx of non-profits booking the community...
The application deadline for the superintendent position at Haxtun School District has closed. According to Haxtun School Board President Amy Kilgour, the District received 10 applications for the lead position. Over the next few weeks, the Board of Education, with assistance from McPherson & Jacobson, LLC, an executive recruitment and development firm, will narrow those applications down with finalists selected on April 23. A candidate meet and greet is slated for May 13 at the Haxtun Community Center. Watch future editions of the Herald for...
The Haxtun Bulldogs went 2-1 over the past week with games against Prairie, Yuma and Briggsdale. Haxtun took down Prairie and Briggsdale on their home field but suffered a loss to Yuma on the Road. Thursday's action pitted the Bulldogs in a home contest with the Prairie Mustangs. Haxtun took a commanding 16-0 advantage after just two innings of play to control the entire contest, which only went to four innings. The Bulldogs added another four in the third, enforcing the mercy rule as Haxtun...
