What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope
What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope
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THE HAXTUN HIGH SCHOOL Future Business Leaders of American hosted a blood drive in cooperation with the American Red Cross on Thursday, Jan. 26 at the Immanuel Lutheran Church. Above, Val Wilson prepares to make her donation. According to event organizers, more than 40 units were collected by nearly 30 donors. The next blood drive is scheduled for April 18 at the Haxtun Community Center. For more information on blood drive events, contact McCall Etl at Haxtun High School at (970)...
Construction on the new main street clinic should begin again over the next few weeks. That message came from Haxtun Health Chief Executive Officer Dewane Pace in a Jan. 23 meeting of the Board of Directors. Pace said Haxtun Health has been waiting for final confirmation of funding that will give the Hospital what it needs to complete construction without asking District taxpayers to incur debt. “Our goal from the beginning has been to have a brand-new clinic debt-free and we are on track to do that,” Pace said. “We could have finished the clin...
The Haxtun Police Department registered a new sex offender in Haxtun's city limits. Ronald Arthur Gilbert, 77, lives in the 200 block of West Fletcher Street. Gilbert was convicted of at-risk sexual contact, no consent, in Fort Morgan in August 2010. He is required to register with law enforcement annually....
Community members are invited to a webinar on Thursday, Feb. 9 from 12-1 p.m. to learn more about diabetes and oral health including routine care recommendations, insight on home care and how blood glucose control is related to oral health. Dr. Alexa Crete from Northeastern Dental Associates in Sterling, will share her insight and expertise related to best practices when it comes to dental care for people with diabetes. Dr. Crete was born and raised in sunny Phoenix, Ariz. and graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Arizona with a...
The March 15 deadline for farmers to make their ARC/PLC decisions for the 2023 crop year is fast approaching. In an effort to provide growers with the most up to date information needed to make this important decision, Colorado State University Extension and the United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency have teamed up to conduct a Farm Bill Decisions webinar. The webinar will be held Tuesday, Feb. 7 from 6-8:30 p.m. Topics to be addressed are: the mechanics of ARC/PLC and the limitations of ARC-IC for fruit and vegetable...
Members of the Colorado National Guard, who are called out by the governor to help with natural disasters, should not have to use vacation time from their jobs when they’re out for longer periods of time, under a bill approved by the General Assembly’s House State, Civil, Military and Veterans Committee on Jan. 26. Senator Byron Pelton, R-Sterling, is the Senate sponsor of House Bill 1045, which won unanimous approval from the committee and now awaits action from the full House. The bill would require employers to grant up to three weeks of...
For the past 26 years an extra rider has accompanied us in one of our vehicles. It is in fact a small cartoonish plastic cricket from a fast-food children’s meal ordered from a drive thru in mid-summer 1988. There is no rhyme or reason to have kept it other than to humor our kids and whimsically reflect on our time together. Long after the cricket’s built-in chirp faded. we still found ourselves reluctant to give it up. It had grown on us. Through no real effort on our part, we had an hon...
Recently, it was pointed out I exhibit prejudice in my stories. Sadly, I had to agree. Looking back at past columns, a pattern of blatant prejudice is evident. Before you call the Civil Liberties Union, however, let me explain. The manner in which this revelation came to me was as odd as the accusation itself. It was channeled through my wife from a lady at our local convenience store. For those of you who don’t live in a small town, that’s how news gets passed around in a place where the cit...
Letter to the Editor, After listening to the Governor’s State of the State address recently, both my cousin and I were in dismay at the lack of importance given to our agricultural sector. Now to Governor Polis’s credit, he did include one point about water where he highlighted the importance of water to our great state of Colorado and to agriculture. It may be the first time in history that the Governor of Colorado did not mention (or at least allude to) the importance of our agricultural industry. The State of the State is a speech that is...
13 Years Ago Jan. 26, 1938 A public sale is being advertised for next Monday by John B. Cooler two and one-half miles south and one and one-half miles west of Fleming. The list includes six head of horses, 11 head of cattle and farm machinery. Numerous items of household furniture, chickens, feed, hay and other farm equipment will be disposed of at auction with Ray Price, auctioneer. Harvey Stenmark of Denver was awarded the contract to build the new high school gymnasium at Haxtun. His base...
The Haxtun Lady Bulldogs came out on top in back-to-back barnburners this weekend to improve to 6-8 overall this season. The team picked up a third win over the Holyoke Lady Dragons at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling on Friday and a one-point win over Leyton in Nebraska on Saturday. “We are so proud of how hard the girls worked this past weekend! They never give up,” said Alicia Schram, Lady Bulldogs Head Coach. “They truly believe in each other and in their abilities as a team. They have developed a refuse to lose attitude. Joyce Meyer...
The Bulldogs kept fans on the edge of their seats as they took on the neighboring Holyoke Dragons at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling Friday night. In a back and forth match up of the two rival schools, with numerous lead changes and a final second finish, the Haxtun Bulldogs fell short of a win by just two points. In the second meeting of the two teams, this match up proved much closer as the two battled on the hardwood through four tough quarters of competitive basketball. As it came...
The Fleming Wildcats notched a league victory over the Briggsdale Falcons last Saturday to leave them undefeated and in top spot in the North Central League. Fleming opened the week with a five-point loss to 2A's number six ranked team, the Merino Rams. The Wildcats opened on top by three after the first quarter, 18-15, and maintained that three point lead at the half, 41-38. Merino shaved two points off Fleming's lead in the third, outscoring the home team by two, 10-8. The final quarter...
Fleming's Lady Wildcats faced a challenging weekend last week going up against 2A's top-ranked Merino Rams and 1A's second-ranked Briggsdale Lady Falcons. Following losses on both occasions, the Lady Wildcats dropped a spot in Colorado High School Activities rankings to the number five slot. Fleming held a perfect 8-0 record on the year prior to this weekend's action. Merino stepped onto Fleming's court on Friday night to take a 53-40 victory over the Lady Wildcats. Briggsdale came to town for...
The past week was a busy one for the Sedgwick County/Fleming wrestlers. They started their week out on Tuesday, Jan. 24 with a dual against Wray. The team would have liked to have seen a better outcome for this dual which ended with a score of 55-9, Wray. The team then traveled to Yuma on Thursday, Jan. 26 for a dual. This dual ended with SCF on top, 45-30. Wrestlers competing out of Haxtun and Fleming who ended their day at Yuma with wins were: 113-pound Kaiden Schelling, fall in 1:50;...
Finnis Dwayne Brown went to meet his Heavenly Father on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023 at the age of 95. He was born July 28, 1927 in Yetta to Abe Brown and Beulah P. (Cochran) Brown. Finnis graduated from Fleming High School in Fleming. He joined the United States Navy and served in WWII, spending most of his time in the Philippines. He married Virginia M. Lousberg on July 9, 1947 at St. Peter's Catholic Church south of Fleming. They were married 70 years before Virginia's passing on April 13, 2018....
Bryan William Kroeger entered into the loving arms of Jesus at Melissa Memorial Hospital on Jan. 29, 2023. Bryan was born Sept. 4, 1963 in Wray to Lawrence and Donna (McCauley) Kroeger. Bryan's early years were lived in the sandhills of Wray at the Alvin store until the age of five and then the family moved to Colorado Springs. The family then moved to Paoli where Bryan attended high school in Haxtun and graduated in 1981. So many fun memories and stories were shared over the years of him being...
