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HAXTUN VOLUNTEER Firemen Nick Bellendir, Ryan Horton and Chief Garrett Krogmeier look over what is left following an early morning garage fire on Thursday morning, Feb. 16. The fire was in the garage of a house located at the corner of Logan Avenue and Fletcher Street. As of early this week, cause of the fire has not been made public. The garage contained several vehicles and a Harley motorcycle as well as a collection of model airplanes. The fire touched another building located south of the...
Little Sprouts Learning Center is thriving and growing and with the increasing need for childcare in the Haxtun community, board members and staff continue to progress the Center to better accommodate childcare needs. Improvements happening now include addressing safety concerns and playground updates as well as internal structural work to expand services. The Little Sprouts Learning Center is led by board members Darcy Garretson, Tana Pope, Meredith Sparks, Sara Huss, Jocelyn Ham, Michelle...
The Fleming Town Council held their regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 8 at the Town Hall. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Stefan Betley at 6:30 p.m. The following council members were present: Bill Langridge, Bonnie Jackson and Alex Gapter. Cathy Castillo joined the meeting at 6:54 p.m. via conference call. Andrew Muller and Suzanne Wales were absent. Also present were Tim Edgar, Joelle Gapter, Grace Rossignal, Keith Beck and Lewis Frank. Additions/corrections to the agenda: Betley asked for additions or corrections to the age...
HENRY AND NOLAN FRANK recently reached their goal of reading 1,000 books before kindergarten. Henry and Nolan are the sons of Erin and Brian Frank, Haxtun....
The Colorado State House adopted three bills in the past week dealing with prisons, right to repair for agricultural equipment and firearms, and on the latter two, with vigorous opposition from Representative Richard Holtorf, R-Akron. Lawmakers debates a bill that would fund more prison beds, and for the Sterling, Limon and Buena Vista correctional facilities, $4.5 million in housing incentives to boost recruiting and retention. Senate Bill 113 sought $20.3 million for a mid-budget-year adjustment to pay for, among other things, 393 more beds...
Colorado State University Extension and the Colorado Certified Crop Advisors are announcing the second Crops Input Conference; the date is Friday, March 10. Location is both via Zoom connection and in-person at the DeSoto Building located in Sterling. The program begins at 8:30 a.m. and will continue until approximately 4:45 p.m. Seven Certified Crop Advisor credits will be offered for attendance in categories of Nutrient Management, Soil and Water, Pest Management and Crop Management. Speakers and topics will include: Adam Osterholzer, CSU...
Sanctuary is a difficult concept to grasp. There are too many definitions and too few certainties in its use. Is it a building where religious program focuses primarily on worship? Is it related to border issues and so-called sanctuary cities, or is it more personal, individual congregations offering safety within their walls to those who are displaced? Is it inviolable once established or is there definitional wiggle room? Is it a place, an attitude, a blessing, or something more? We have lost...
You may have heard of the Midas Touch. It does not refer to mufflers, rather the fable of a man whose touch turned everything into gold. Lesser known is another fable I created to describe my luck at a point in my life years ago. It’s called the Reverse Midas Touch. Everything I touched turned into a mixture of hay and water put through a horse. During my late teenage years and early 20s I seemed to possess the first recorded case of this phenomenon. It seemed to follow me wherever I went. A...
Environmental conditions affect plant growth in many ways. Conditions that are too dry or too wet, too cold or too hot can all affect wheat production and survival. Determining whether wheat plants are alive in the spring due to adverse growing conditions should be done before spending production dollars on those acres later this spring. Visual inspection 1. Dig 10 wheat plants from the worst spots in the field, (hilltops, driest areas, etc.). 2. Cut plants diagonally and examine inside the root/shoot areas, especially inside the crown area....
13 Years Ago Feb. 16, 1938 E.E. Cronquist and W.L. Garretson will hold a farm sale on Saturday of this week at the farm one-half mile north of Haxtun. The list is headed by 24 head of milk cows. Forty head of livestock, farm machinery and equipment will be sold at an auction Monday by Henry Dillehay and Clarence Sullivan at the farm one-half mile west of Paoli on the highway. The list includes 12 head of horses. Miss Helen Trego, and Arvid O. Anderson were the principals in a pretty wedding, whi...
Seven State-qualifying members of the Sedgwick County/Fleming wrestling team definitely rose to the occasion this weekend and brought home an eighth place team finish out of 44 teams. To finish in the top-10 teams at the State Tournament is a huge accomplishment. The team finished day one of the event with opening round wins by all six of the boys' wrestlers; five by pin and one by decision. At one point the team was sitting in first place. Going into day two all six boys were in the...
The Lady Bulldogs wrapped up the regular season at home on Friday night and the team heads into Districts as the sixth seed in 2A District 2 rankings. District action kicked off on Tuesday with the Lady Bulldogs on the road to Akron. Outcomes of District matches will determine seating for Regional play set to take place later next week. Haxtun took on a tough Merino Lady Rams team in their final outing at home this season. The Rams ran with a 67-26 win. Merino went on to clinch the number one...
Following an unexpected ending to the regular season, the Haxtun Bulldogs enter the 2A District boys bracket as the number six seed and kicked off post season action Tuesday night in Wiggins. Haxtun hosted the Rams from Merino on Friday in what would have been a second-game match up of the two teams this season. The first ended in an over-time win for the Rams. Friday night marked parents night for Bulldog players and after recognition at mid-court the boys took the court in a highly...
Emily Frances Haynes passed away Feb. 10, 2023 at Melissa Memorial Hospital in Holyoke at the age of 98. Emily was born in Holyoke April 26, 1924 to Frank W. Koberstein and Clara Elenor Foy Koberstein. She was the youngest of seven children and learned at an early age to cook, can and sew from her mother. She attended Silver Beam School through eighth grade and graduated from Phillips County School in 1942. On Aug. 24, 1944 she married Delbert Haynes in the Methodist parsonage in Holyoke....
Willard Earl Ellis passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023 at the age of 78. Willard was born on March 26, 1944 in Holyoke to Francis William Ellis and Ethel Caroline Claire (Struempler) Ellis. He lived in and around Holyoke all his life. He rode the bus to school in Holyoke and graduated from Holyoke High School in 1962. He then attended Southern Colorado State College in Pueblo. Willard enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1963 and served for four years, including one tour of duty in...
The Fleming Lady Wildcats have clenched the second seed heading into District 4 action later this week. They wrapped up the regular season with a home loss to the Sedgwick County Lady Cougars and a road win over the Idalia Lady Wolves. With an overall record of 12-6, the Lady Wildcats fall a spot behind the 17-2 Briggsdale Lady Falcons entering the post season. The Lady Wildcats got off to a slow start in the opening quarter against Sedgwick County on Thursday night. They trailed by nine after...
The Fleming Wildcats closed the regular season with a winning weekend. The Wildcats defeated 2A's Sedgwick County Cougars in a home closer and beat Idalia on the road to finish out the season. The Wildcats are now set to enter District 4 play as the second ranked team behind the top-seeded Briggsdale Falcons despite having defeated them in late-January. Sedgwick County led by three after the first quarter of play on Thursday in Fleming, 16-13. The Wildcats battled back holding the Cougars to...
