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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A THURSDAY afternoon blood drive at Haxtun High School brought in 53 units of blood. The event, hosted by the Future Business Leaders of American, also included three power red donations, which counts as double units. Above, community member Judy Berkheimer gives one of the Power Red donations at the Jan. 28 event. The local FLBA chapter hosts blood drives regularly in conjunction with the American Red Cross....
Since the release of COVID-19 vaccinations, Haxtun Health has administered 350 vaccines, not wasting a single dose. Those numbers came from Chief Executive Officer Dewane Pace during a Monday, Jan. 25 meeting of Haxtun Health Board of Directors. Pace told board members during his CEO report that Haxtun Health was the first hospital on the Eastern Plains to administer the COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Ben Stephenson, Haxtun Health Chief of Staff, was the first person to receive the vaccine in Haxtun on Dec. 18. Since receiving the Pfizer vaccine and...
The Phillips County Commissioners voted to rescind a motion authorizing employment with Pam Jenson as Phillips County Administrator last month. The resolution authorizing employment for Jensen had been approved just 10 days earlier. During a re-organization meeting on Jan. 12, Phillips County Commissioners Terry Hofmeister, Garold Roberts and Tom Timm, all voted to appoint Jensen as County Administrator for the 2021 calendar year. That motion requires a resolution, marking the second of the new year for the County. However, just 10 days later,...
Laura Schroetlin is the new Phillips County Administrator. Schroetlin, who has been with the County since August 2010, officially took over administrator duties on Jan. 28. Schroetlin began her career with Phillips County a decade ago as a part-time administrative secretary and later moved to full-time administrative support. Moving through the ranks, Schroetlin then became the administrator assistant and later interim administrator when Randy Schafer passed away. Following Schafer's passing,...
Mental health challenges — such as depression, anxiety, psychosis and substance use — are shockingly common in the United States. In fact, more than one in five American adults will have a mental health problem in any given year. Centennial Mental Health Center provides Mental Health First Aid courses to prepare communities with the knowledge and skills to help individuals who are developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. Centennial Mental Health Center will be hosting a cost covered Mental Health First Aid Cou...
I’ve noticed some columnists display a cartoon-like caricature of themselves at the top of their work. They jump right off the page at you, big head, little body with a goofy cartoon smile to greet you. What’s with that, anyway? First, let me offer my apologies to any fellow columnist for whom the picture is not a cartoon but what he or she really looks like. These folks have enough problems already, without me making fun of them. I can only imagine what it must be like to wear a size 9 shi...
Responding to food insecurity Let’s face it; the pandemic has altered how we do food. Some of us have become more resourceful and efficient in our food choices. We shop differently, meal plan differently, stock our pantries differently, and occasionally try new recipes based on what is re-discovered in the bottom tiers of the freezer, a heretofore perilous adventure in the best of times. What is truly dismaying is the food we wasted by not keeping a more current inventory of our home canned g...
As Winnie the Pooh stated, “It undoubtably looks like a rather blustery day.” As that silly old bear stated so many years ago, it still rings true. We have seen a lot of blustery days this year with some gusts reaching as high as 116 miles per hour. Wind can affect your travels in many ways. The one that comes to most people’s minds is how it can and often does topple big rigs pulling trailers. Even though you may not be driving a semi, you do need to be aware of them in a wind storm. If you are feeling wind gusts while driving, it could mean...
While the last week saw the beginning of Season B for athletics, it also included the culmination of the speech and debate season, with the 2021 festival. Due to the COVID restrictions, this year's event was conducted via virtual format, with schools from across the region participating. Fort Morgan and Limon each had multiple students bring home honors over the weekend. Elizabeth Gross from Fort Morgan had a very successful outing, claiming second place in Program Oral Interpretation and 12th...
13 Years Ago Feb. 5, 1936 Death brought sorrow to the family of Mr. and Mrs. G.B. Hire twice within 12 hours last Saturday. By the strange hand of fate, a sister of Mrs. Hire's passed away in Curtis, Neb., a few hours after Mr. Hire's sister died in Haxtun. Mrs. Hire's sister was Mrs. Catherine Nichoali, 59. Mr. Hire's sister was Mrs. Faye A. Green, 54, who had been visiting with the Hires. Three carloads of pipe for Haxtun's new water mains were unloaded here this week by WPA laborers. One...
HAXTUN FIRST RESPONDERS Alan Nall and Bruce Mahnke check the scene of an accident at the corner of Bryan Street and Edmund Avenue just past noon last Wednesday. Snow fall the two days prior caused for slick conditions all throughout Town. According to information from Police Chief Tanya Mayhew, Heather Dee, 66, Haxtun, was driving a Cadillac utility vehicle and stuck a pickup driven by 18-year-old Carson Salvador at the intersection. Both vehicles received moderate to light damage, no injuries...
A 2-0 start including a four-point win over a top 1A team ... the Lady Bulldogs took the court ready to play in their first outing this season and did so with a bang. For the first time this 2020-21 school year, Lady Bulldog athletes took the stage to compete, opening their basketball season in Peetz Friday night. After upsetting the Bulldogs in green on the road, Haxtun hosted the season's home opener in a competition with Fleming on Saturday. "Our first two games of the season were fun and...
Jan. 18 marked the start of Season B, including high school basketball under new guidelines set by the Colorado High School Activities Association. With just the required nine practices under their belt, the Haxtun Bulldogs took the court in Peetz on Friday to kick off 2021 basketball action. The team is under direction of new Head Coach Jayden Stieb and Assistant Coaches Tanner Serrato and Lance Chapdelaine. Stieb takes the reins after serving as Assistant Coach the year before when the team...
The Fleming Lady Wildcats, who have not participated in a CHSAA sanctioned sport in nearly a year, reappeared on the basketball court last weekend. Last year's season came to an abrupt halt just one game into the 1A State Tournament in mid-March 2020 due to COVID-19 and with CHSAA's rescheduling of sports seasons this year, the volleyball season is set to take place following basketball. This year's squad strapped on their shoes a few weeks ago to begin preparing for last weekend's season...
Season B, as dubbed by the Colorado High School Activities Association, finally got underway for the Wildcats of Fleming High School on Jan. 29. The school returned to extra curricular athletic activities following a gridiron 6-man Championship victory in early December. The Wildcats opened with two away games on the basketball court; the first resulting in a win at the home of the Caliche Buffaloes and the second a loss at the home of the Haxtun Bulldogs. Friday's season opener started off...
The Sedgwick County/Fleming wrestling team opened their much anticipated season last week with a triangular at Atwood, Kan. and a quad at Fleming High School. The team traveled to Atwood on Friday, Jan. 29, where they competed with Rawlings County and County Line. Sedgwick County/Fleming came out victorious over both teams to win the event. They defeated Rawlings County, 37-36, and beat County Line, 46-24. Individual results from the triangular are as follows: Kaiden Schelling, 106-pound class:...
Larry Gene Stein passed away on Jan. 19, 2021 at the age of 84 at Melissa Memorial Hospital in Holyoke. He was born on Jan. 7, 1937 to Erwin and Jo (Rice) Stein in Topeka, Kan. After graduating from high school Larry attended Western Colorado University in Gunnison. Larry married JoAnn (Weiss) Stein on March 9, 1958 at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Holyoke. This union was blessed with three children Brian, Cheryl and Eric. Larry and JoAnn spent 62 years together before his passing. Larry...
Burnell (Buster) Lee Holcomb passed away Jan. 18, 2021 in Muskogee, Okla. at the age of 91. Burnell was born on March 19, 1929 in Helena, Mont. He moved to Michigan from Montana at the age of six with his family. Later in life he worked on a ship as a Merchant Marine, worked as a crane operator and served in the Army during the ending of the World War II. Then Burnell met Wauneta, married and settled down in Michigan, where he went into farming like his father and grandfather. In 1969 Burnell, Wauneta and their son bill moved to the Wages...
Nova “Joy” Blancken went to be with the Lord on Jan. 22, 2021 in Holyoke. She was born in Fowler, Kan. on April 29, 1934. Joy started school in Kansas and during her elementary years, they moved to a wheat farm in Stratton. She graduated from Stratton High School and then attended Colorado Women’s College and earned her degree in Secretarial Science. She worked at the First National Bank of Colorado Springs and soon after relocated with her two children to Stratton. Joy worked at the First National Bank of Stratton for 37 years. During that...
