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 FLEMING WILDCAT football team took their second consecutive 6-man State Championship last Thursday at CSU-Pueblo's Neta and Eddie DeRose Thunderbowl. Pictured following their victory are (l-r), Connor Merchant, Cade Lousberg, Treyson Kirkwood, Christian Polly, Sam Wolever, Chris Goss, Matix Haney, Charles Hobbs, Kolten Houser, Braylen Feather, Joel Muller, Scott Muller, Stan Tryboski, Harry Harms, Kade Comstock, John King, Brady Kuntz, Larry Unrein, Nolan Japp, Hayden Burr, Wyatt Cochran,...
Haxtun Health has added two new family practice physicians to the lineup of providers currently on staff in addition to a new partnership with a podiatrist who plans to visit patients several times a month at the specialty clinic. Announcement of the new physicians came at a meeting on Nov. 23. Chief Executive Officer Dewane Pace told board members in his report that Dr. Andrea Lewis and Dr. Trevin Cardon will be regular, part-time family practice physicians at Haxtun Health and both plan to work one weekend a month. “They are part of our i...
A temporary moratorium on all permits relating to the expansion and creation of new livestock facilities went into effect in Phillips County last month. The six-month moratorium began on Nov. 9 and will remain in effect until end of day, May 9. The temporary moratorium will allow the Phillips County Commissioners sufficient time to review, study, hold public hearings and prepare and adopt amendments to the zoning requirements, if necessary, in relation to plans of new and/or expansion of existing livestock facilities. The moratorium may be...
The Colorado General Assembly came back to the State Capitol last week for a three-day session in which they passed eight bills tied to COVID-19 relief, worth up to $336 million. The money comes from better-than-expected income tax revenues, revealed in a September 2020 revenue forecast. Governor Jared Polis has already signed a measure that will put $100 million into the State’s disaster emergency fund, designed to help cover State costs of the pandemic. Polis is likely to sign the other seven measures, plus two others lawmakers passed not t...
Everything I know about people, I have learned from cows. This may be the 100th time I have begun an “Under The Wire” with that statement. It’s accuracy continues to astound and amaze me. Throughout my years of doing business, everything from trading horses and cattle, running a livestock auction, selling advertising on our radio network and hiring people for a variety of reasons, I have met a lot of different types of people. Most were wonderful, trustworthy folks. Some became lifelong frien...
A favorite moment in each day is the transition from darkness to the welcoming rays of sunshine as morning gets underway in earnest. Perhaps it’s the warmth that is represented by the light, or the ability granted us to summarily dismiss the glare of artificial lighting. By any measure, it is a moment that is filled with gratitude even when skies are overcast. Only a few days remain until daylight hours begin to increase once again in length. Though barely noticeable at first, it makes a big d...
Letter to the Editor, Sam Peckinpah and standoffs. Sam was a prolific filmmaker whose movies were violent, character driven adventures with unsympathetic male leads. Flawed men but strongly principled who had outlived the times they understood. They were hard bitten. They were men of arms. They also understood you can avoid a gunfight if you can manage a good standoff. A good standoff is where you convince the other their win will be too costly, so best you back off with a wry comment. This cleans the slate for both and the right conclusion...
One limitation of our irrigation capacity is the potential to create saline, sodic or saline-sodic soil conditions. A saline soil has excessive water-soluble salts in the soil solution. This inhibits the plant’s ability to uptake water. A sodic soil has excessive cations bound to exchange sites. This condition degrades soil structure, eventually forming large hardened clods. If both conditions are present the soil is called saline-sodic. Our alkaline soils are susceptible to both conditions. Some wells have high calcium and/or sodium c...
13 Years Ago Dec. 4, 1935 Miss Grace Davis, who is a senior in the Greeley State College of Education, is substituting in the college of music for an instructor, Miss Blanche Collins, during the latter's illness. Mrs. Sherman E. Walrod and daughter Jean of Holyoke were guests of Mrs. L.E. Taylor Wednesday. Homer Wieser drove to Grant, Neb., Wednesday evening to visit with friends for a few days. A baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stoops of Fleming last Friday at the McKnight hospital....
There is some funding available to the Town of Haxtun for a limited number of trees destroyed by the derecho earlier this year. As the area Colorado State University Extension Horticulturist, on behalf of the town Linda Langelo investigated the amount of damage and applied for funding from the Colorado Reforest Grant Program which is specifically for towns devastated by natural disasters. Currently, two grants have been awarded. The Colorado Reforest Grant Program awarded $2,234 for trees and Heginbotham Trust matched the amount for a total of...
On Nov. 4, Colorado State University Extension and the Golden Plains Area hosted a Diabetes webinar titled “Holiday Cooking: Meeting Dietary Requirements without Sacrificing Flavor.” The webinar was presented by Deeona Johnston, RDN. The focus of the webinar was to show how to incorporate common holiday dishes, like stuffing, pies, yams (sweet potatoes) and latkes while still following a diet designed to help manage diabetes. A Consistent Carbohydrate Diet was introduced during the webinar. Thi...
A 20-member squad of Fleming Wildcat football players led by five seniors set out to continue the success obtained by last year's team just eight short weeks ago. Amid a season plagued by restrictions and uncertainty, their goal came to fruition last Thursday at the Colorado 6-man Championship. Last year's group grabbed the title following a one-point win over Stratton/Liberty following a 12-0 season. This year's group added eight wins to that streak and finished with a Championship win over...
Betty Dix passed away at Regent Park in Holyoke on Monday, Nov. 30 at the age of 92. Betty was born to parents Melvin and Hilda Sherwood on June 27, 1928 south of Paoli. She grew up on the family farm and attended Broadway School, a one-room country school south of Paoli, and Haxtun High School. On Sept. 23, 1945, she married Jack Dix of Haxtun. The couple raised five children on the family farm southwest of Haxtun. Betty helped her husband operate the farm raising dryland wheat and cattle...
Bradford L. Clark passed away on Nov. 13, 2020 in Idaho Falls, Idaho at the age of 70. He was diagnosed with vascular dementia in May of 2018. Brad was born and raised in Haxtun, the son of Grover K. Clark and Pauline Heckman. After high school Brad started his family with two sons and began his life-long career in sales which included for a time carrying on the family Chevrolet dealership in Haxtun. He loved the car business but life took him in different directions where he sold everything...
René Davis passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2020 at University Hospital-Anschutz in Aurora at the age of 75. A daughter. A sister. A wife. A mother. A grandmother. A "Grandma Janet." A friend. Her husband, James "Jim" Davis, of almost 55 years loved her more than words can express. She and Jim set an amazing example for their four children who have been married a collective 125 years. Janet passed away on what would have been her mother's 112th birthday. Janet was born near her childhood home...
