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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ROB AND ARLENE MARTINEZ stop at the Retread Threads booth manned by Vickie Fuesz and Haxtun Future Business Leaders of America sponsor McCall Etl on Monday morning at the Haxtun Community Center. Nearly a dozen local businesses set up at the Small Business Showcase sponsored by the local FBLA chapter as part of a project for State....
With just two items of regular business and nothing listed under discussion on the agenda, the latest meeting of the Haxtun Town Council lasted just under 30 minutes; a rare circumstance for the Council that meets once a month at the community center. Council members met last Monday evening for the regular March monthly meeting. Under regular business, the Council discussed and passed two ordinances, including one that will change regulations regarding setbacks for chicken coops inside city limits. Last month council members discussed changes...
State surveyors, Federal updates, summer job opportunities and staff reports topped agenda items in a short, less than an hour-long meeting of the Haxtun Health Board of Directors at the end of February. The Monday night, Feb. 27 meeting opened with the financial report, given by Chief Executive Officer Dewane Pace in the absence of Chief Financial Officer Joleen Stroyek. Pace said the average daily census for the acute care unit, or the hospital side, was .9, which is 26 percent over budget for the month. Numbers in the CFO report represent...
As always, National FFA Week was extra busy for the Haxtun FFA Chapter. There was a long list of activities planned for the week, Feb. 21-24. On Tuesday, the Chapter held the annual petting zoo. Classes preschool through sixth grade came and a few local daycares came as well. Members had the usual set of animals including horses, a steer, bottle calves, goats(kids), lambs, a pig, a chicken and of course Mr. Jeff Plumb's dog, Bella. As elementary students came through, members gave their teachers...
Senators Byron Pelton, R-Sterling, and Kyle Mullica, D-Thornton, won approval from a Senate committee last week for a measure that will impose higher penalties for those who deal in Schedule I or II drugs that result in death. The bill mirrors the penalties included in last year’s fentanyl bill to include heroin, LSD, marijuana, meth, Ecstasy, Quaaludes, peyote, Vicodin, cocaine, methadone, Dilaudid, Demerol, OxyContin, Adderall and Ritalin. Senate Bill 109 passed on a 3-2 bipartisan vote, with Sen. Dylan Roberts, D-Eagle, an assistant d...
A local 4-H Livestock Judging Team made up of Kellum Carnahan, Julesburg,, Brooklyn Plumb, Haxtun, Lucinda Mares, Holyoke, and Bradie Midcap, Wray, won the Colorado State livestock judging contest in June 2022. Because of their win, they were given the opportunity to compete at the North American International Livestock Exposition (NAILE) in Louisville, Kentucky in November 2022. This is the most prestigious national contest, and each state can only send their highest-ranking team. The team plac...
I guess I must be pretty easy to entertain. Most of my early morning coffee and quiet times are spent reading headlines from online newspapers. Headlines only because they want to charge me to read the whole paper. I figure the 30 or more I skim through, from ag and cattle magazines to big city newspapers all over the country would cost me about eight calves per year. Calf cost is how I keep track of expenses. I know about how many we will sell each fall and how many the bank is going to want...
Not quite a fully-fledged aphorism, “the power of one” is nonetheless influential enough to incorporate into our day-to-day existence, bringing some degree of hope and imagination to lives dulled by indifferent culture. The everyday can be wearing, and the suggestion that any single person could make a grand difference is a rather distant and foreign concept for many. Daily burdens weigh heavily on a most of the world’s population. “But, this isn’t what I signed up for,” rises the lament. A c...
Last year, the Colorado General Assembly demonstrated the good sense to pass Senate Bill 115, recognizing that property owners are not liable for actions committed on their property by criminals. It didn’t matter, legislators agreed, if the property owner operated a controversial business. Ultimate responsibility for harm rests with the person who pulled the trigger. This bipartisan legislation, which passed the Senate 34-0 and the House 64-1, came in response to a lawsuit arising from the 2...
Letter to the Editor, While in Montana I learned that Sheriff Elliott had passed. From the Saturday door campaign to a deputy’s funeral to several meetings in his office, I got to admire his humility and wit. Thom Elliott was a warm, kind listener. He could be tough with a knack for tongue-in-cheek expression, yet matter of fact intent of which to had better heed! In 2020 he told me my conceal carry permit would be approved if I wasn’t an habitual drunkard. I think he liked my training. I recall the head on truck passing another near Pao...
13 Years Ago March 9,1938 Fitzgerald's Café will be opened to the public this coming Saturday, it has been announced by L.E. Fitzgerald, the proprietor. The business is located in the Fitzgerald building. Dailey News - Callers at the Dale Kennedy home Thursday night were Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Augenstein, Mr. and Mrs. V.E. Kennedy and Phyllis, and Mrs. Harold, Kennedy and son Keith. 70 Years Ago March 11, 1953 The Town of Haxtun recently purchased a used diesel-type Adams motor grader at a sale at...
Although Anderson Wheat Farms is primarily a certified wheat seed producer, Dan Anderson notes that "corn is still king" in Colorado due to the state's number of dairy, beef and livestock farms and three ethanol plants. Corn represents about 35 percent of his farm's revenue stream, so Anderson is taking steps to protect that crop from its most economically-damaging pest, corn rootworm. Anderson, who farms with his son Dusty, brother Dave, nephew Ryan Kanode, and son-in-law Reid Ernst, has seen...
A trio of Chintalas were selected as referees for the 2023 Girls' 3A State Basketball Championship last weekend. The trio, pictured from left to right, Trevor Chintala, Dana Chintala and Greg Chintala spent Saturday afternoon on the court at the University of Denver's Hamilton Gym officiating the Championship between Colorado Springs Christian and The Vanguard Academy. Trevor is the son of Dana; Dana and Greg are brothers....
The Fleming Lady Wildcats made their way into the Regional/State tournament bracket a few shorts weeks ago as the number 11 seed. After Regional victories over 22nd ranked Arickaree and sixth ranked Kiowa, the Lady Wildcats earned their spot in 1A's Great Eight. Following last weekend's 1A State appearance, the Lady Wildcats finished their season as the sixth place team in Colorado - five slots higher than where they entered. The Lady Wildcats took a first round loss to the third ranked...
The Bulldog track team competed in the first meet of the 2023 season on Saturday, March 11. The track team participated in the Fort Morgan Invite, top-10 results are as follows: Boys 100-meter dash: Kyle Fryrear, third, 12.30; Ryland Wolff, fifth, 12.44. 1,600-meter run: Josh Wright, seventh, 5:49.90. The boys team finished in eighth place with 13 points. Girls 100-meter dash: Kayti Williams, sixth, 14.81. 200-meter dash: Williams, 10th, 31.56. 400-meter run: Lilly Lemesany, fifth, 1:19.84; Fallon Bamford, sixth, 1:22.57. 1,600-meter run:...
James Ernest "Jim" Brundige passed away on Sunday, March 5, 2023 at the Haxtun Health Extended Care Unit at the age of 68. Jim was born in Haxtun on Sept. 4, 1954 to Glenn Christie and Dorothy Jeane (Beckman) Brundige. He was the first of the siblings to be born in Haxtun and the only one where his father, Glenn was able to be in the delivery room during the birth. He joined his sister Linda and brother Bill at home in the country. He spent his early life on the family farm. Jim loved being...
Paul Jon Kaiser Jr. passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 11, 2023 surrounded by family in Loveland at the age of 67. Paul Jon Kaiser Jr. was born on April 24, 1955 in Sterling to Paul Kaiser Sr. and Shirley (Dick) Kaiser. Paul graduated from Crook High School in Crook with the Class of 1973. On June 30, 1972 Paul married the love of his life, Janet (Deterding) Kaiser and they would have been married for 51 years in June. Paul and Janet later welcomed three children; Laura (Kaiser) Knode,...
