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HAXTUN JUNIOR Scotty Engle, center, is pictured with his parents Joy and Scott Engle following his 100th high school career win on Friday, Jan. 26 at the Medicine Valley Invitational in Curtis, Neb. Over the past three years, Engle has competed at 113 pounds, 126 pounds and currently competes at 132 pounds. Engle made State appearances in both his freshman and sophomore seaseons. He is currently ranked number four in the State in his division....
The purchase of two new busses, approval of the District’s Core Beliefs, changes in salary schedules to reflect the change in minimum wage and several new hires topped agenda items in two Haxtun Board of Education meetings last week. The regular January board meeting also included a presentation from First Grade Teacher Christie Toops and special recognition of board members during Board of Education appreciation month. Haxtun Board of Education members met on Wednesday, Jan. 24 for a nearly three hour meeting that opened with a Master’s Cap...
Chief Executive Officer Dewane Pace announced the addition of an orthopedic surgeon and physician’s assistant to the care team at Haxtun Health. The brother duo from Fort Morgan plan to begin services in Haxtun this spring. As part of his report in a late-January board of directors meeting, Pace announced the addition of Dr. Kenneth Keller and his brother, David Keller, PA to Haxtun Health. Pace said Kenneth Keller is an orthopedic surgeon that lives and works in Fort Morgan. He and his brother, David Keller, have served the Fort Morgan c...
Phillips County Economic Development recently announced a major milestone in its evolution, marked by a dynamic rebranding initiative in collaboration with Designs By Fergie, a local marketing firm. This partnership has resulted in a refreshed image, including an updated logo and branding efforts that capture the essence of PCED's commitment to growth, innovation and community prosperity. Key features of the rebranding initiative: • Modernized logo: the new logo, crafted in collaboration with D...
Lawmakers had strong criticism for the staff of Colorado Parks and Wildlife over their handling of the release of the first five wolves under the Front Range voter-approved wolf restoration plan. The comments about how the release was mishandled came during a joint agency oversight hearing on Jan. 23 with the House and Senate agriculture and natural resources committees. Comments came from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, who faulted the agency for failing to notify local ranchers, landowners, elected officials or anyone that wolves were b... Full story
THE HAXTUN FFA Chapter took 73 members and two sponsors to the National Western Stock Show on Wednesday, Jan. 17. Members took part in a scavenger hunt made by teacher, Mr. Jeff Plumb. This scavenger hunt encouraged members to meet new people and see new things. The steer show was taking place at the time and many students went and watched that as well. After the morning activities and everyone ate lunch, members went to the coliseum to watch the rodeo. Many said that their favorite part of the...
It has been said that after two people have been married a long time, they begin to look alike. I have seen examples of this a few times. I also will proclaim no amount of years will ever make my beautiful, five foot blonde wife look like me. Thank God for that. It is more common for two long time marrieds to begin thinking alike. I present my sister and brother-in-law as prime examples. Brother-in-law Ken has been a long-time supply source of potential column ideas. Most, I don’t use. He h...
Chicken behavior has long been studied for its contribution to, and partial explanation of, models of human sociology. Aside from establishing pecking order and other flock behaviors, chickens in particular exhibit a number of unique responses to frustration conditions, and just like humans, responses are variable. When individual birds are highly stressed or frustrated they tend to react in surprising ways. One is to become more aggressive, targeting that which frustrates by taking it out on...
13 Years Ago Feb. 1, 1939 The Legion Hall will be opened Saturday evening this week for roller skating. John Oxford of Brush will bring his equipment here and expects to operate the rink every Saturday night in the future. Time: 8 to 10:30 o'clock. Admission: 25 cents. Paoli News - Glenn Brundige and Monroe Bell went to Denver last Saturday where they expected to attend the stock show. Fairfield School, primary room: The pupils in our room on the honor roll for the third six weeks were Leonard...
The Haxtun Bulldogs picked up a four point win on the road in Briggsdale Tuesday night. The win breaks an eight game losing streak for the Bulldogs as the team heads into the final four games of the regular season. Haxtun came out firing at Briggsdale this week, taking a 57-53 much needed win. Senior Keegan Colglazier and sophomores Chase Goddard and Colin Cone all put double-digits on the scoreboard. Colglazier led his team with 20 points followed by Goddard with 19 and Cone with 10. Senior...
Just four games remain on the regular season schedule for the Haxtun Lady Bulldogs. Haxtun is set to face off with Caliche, Wray, Akron and Merino over the next few weeks to wrap up regular season play. Last week, the Lady Bulldogs took on Holyoke at home and Briggsdale on the road. The Lady Bulldogs took on the Lady Dragons for the third time this year in a home contest on Friday night. Haxtun put eight points on the board in the first and five in the second to put the Lady Bulldogs down by...
The Sedgwick County/Fleming wrestling team had a busy week. They started the week off dualing Wray on Tuesday, Jan. 23 in Ovid for parents' night. SCF then hosted Yuma for a dual in Haxtun on Thursday, Jan. 25. On Friday, Jan. 26 the team traveled to Curtis, Neb., to compete in the Medicine Valley Invitational where the team finished third then they finished their busy week at Stratton where some of the guys competed in the Stratton Invitational on Saturday, Jan. 27. Wray defeated SC/F, 50-24....
The Fleming Wildcats competed in a busy, three-game week that pitted them against some of the top teams in the area in 1A and 2A basketball. The teams traveled for all three outings putting them in Merino, Briggsdale and Akron last Friday, Saturday and Tuesday. Both the Wildcats and the Lady Wildcats fell at Merino to the Merino Rams. The Rams' boys' and girls' squads both hold the number two spot in 2A's Lower Platte League, according to MaxPreps. Fleming's boys' team fell to Merino, 79-36; the...
Virgil John Harms passed away Jan. 22, 2024 at the Regent Park Nursing Home in Holyoke at the age of 96. Virgil was born into his family home in rural Paoli on May 4, 1927. He was the first child of John and Irene Harms. He grew up on a small farm north of Paoli and attended Country Elementary School. He graduated from Haxtun High School in 1945. It was there that he met his forever sweetheart Eloise Lundburg. After graduation, Virgil joined the Army and began his basic training in Fort Lewis,...
Iona (Lueking) Bartlett, formerly of Yuma County, passed away on Jan. 18, 2024 and will be laid to rest on Feb. 2 at 1 p.m. at Olinger Crown Hill Mortuary & Cemetery in Wheat Ridge. Services will be held in the Pavilion....
