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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Mayor (1 seat) John Stone - 15 Stefan P. Betley - 55* Town Council Member (3 seats) Bonnie L. Jackson - 63* Andrew J. Muller - 61* William R. Landridge - 58* *Indicates unofficial winner...
The Jolley Dozen annually hosts an essay contest with Haxtun fourth grade students; each year selecting a topic for students to write about. This year's topic, titled Fairness, drew three winners in the contest including first place Jeorjia Stroyek, second place Ellery Bornhoft and third place Ruby Santistevan. Stroyek's first place essay will advance to the State competition. Winners receive cash prizes while every fourth grade student receives a book, donated by the Jolley Dozen Club. Fairness...
Shane Schliesser will take a seat around the Frenchman Board of Education table following his appointment last month. Schliesser fills a roll left vacant several months ago by a pervious member who was elected during November elections but later moved outside of district lines. Schliesser is no newcomer to the Board. Schliesser was initially elected to the school board in 2015 and served in that role for four years when his term expired in 2019. At that point, he had a change in employment and could no longer seek an elected office. Also in 201...
Haxtun Health Board of Directors heard from Dr. Nancy Dickey with the Center for Optimizing Rural Health in a late March meeting last week. The CORH team is part of the Texas A&M Rural and Community Health Institute tasked with ensuring health care remains available in rural areas. CORH operates under the HRSA-funded Vulnerable Rural Hospital Assistance Program grant. This grant provides targeted technical assistance for vulnerable rural hospitals across the United States. Through an application and selection process, CORH identifies...
Ben and Casey Stephenson, Haxtun, announce the birth of their daughter, Noa Josephine Stephenson on Feb. 8, 2022 at UC Health in Highlands Ranch. Noa weighed five pounds, 15 ounces and measured 19 inches at birth. Grandmothers are Rose-Anne Raimondi, Haxtun, and Diane Stephenson, Kansas City, Kan. Great-grandparents are Michael and Josephine Raimondi, Haxtun. Big brother Titus, age 4, is tickled pink to have a baby sister....
Senator Jerry Sonnenberg, R-Sterling, won a surprising 23-10 vote on Senate Bill 53, which would allow a patient in a hospital or nursing home to have a family member visit during a pandemic. The March 29 vote was bipartisan, with 13 Democrats and 10 Republicans in favor. The bill now heads to the House and an uncertain future, given that three previous House-sponsored bills on the same topic have failed to gain traction. Representative Rod Pelton, R-Cheyenne Wells, will sponsor the bill in the House. Sonnenberg is hopeful, telling this...
I have operated a commercial cow/calf operation nearly all of my adult life. That follows having grown up, depending on who you talk to, on cow/calf ranches operated by my parents, all my aunts and uncles and grandparents on both sides of my family tree. The cow owner lineage goes back much farther than that. Since most of us Westerners got here because our ancestors lived east of here where there were just farms, I can’t say those generations were ranchers. Unlike all my predecessors, I a...
It’s hard to wait. If we’re not connected when and where we think we ought to be, then we become selfishly impatient. We’ve come by it honestly through worldwide merchandisers as they ply their trade to the masses. Overnight deliveries are becoming the standard and consistent same day delivery is just around the corner. Anywhere a line forms, the potential for annoyance and irritation exists. We are taught that we shouldn’t have to wait, that squeaky wheels get the grease, and that if we must...
Outside of some unsettled weather early in the week, conditions were good enough to see competition is multiple sports in the past seven days. Some of the top performances during that time came on the golf course and in track and field. Swink's girls golf team took home the title at last Thursday's Rocky Ford Invitational, as the Lions were 24 strokes better than the hosts, who finished second. Kinzie Ensor was the low individual, shooting a 92 to lead Swink. Teammate Emma Hanagan tied for third...
The blinker is the most misused item in a vehicle. It’s a great tool to have when trying to communicate with fellow drivers. What an invention. A system that lets others know what your thinking and you don’t have to utter one word or make any other sound. So why are so many drivers afraid to let others know what they are going to do? I know there aren’t that many shy drivers out there because I’ve seen a lot of them. They use the horn for everything. Tapping it to say hi, letting someone know they light is green or you cut me off. So, there s...
13 Years Ago April 7, 1937 Funeral services were held last Saturday morning for Mrs. R.T. Fisher, who passed away Thursday at her home in Haxtun. She was 61 years, six months and 28 days old. She was the mother of 10 children, two having preceded her in death. It was learned this week that the election to decide the question of voting bonds for a new high school gymnasium at Haxtun will be in a special election in the latter part of May. 70 Years Ago April 9, 1952 Glenn J. Jones, secretary of...
April is National Donate Life Month, a national observance highlighting the importance of organ, eye and tissue donation. Each year Phillips County shows their support by sharing resources and posting information on donation in the driver license office. This year, Phillips County is joining five hospitals and three driver license offices in counties across the State in raising the Donate Life flag at the Phillips County Courthouse to honor organ and tissue donors and recipients from our community, raise awareness and acknowledge the support of...
The Bulldogs improved to 4-2 on the baseball diamond last week with double-header wins over Sedgwick County and a 1-1 split with Wiggins. According to MaxPreps, the week's events leaves the Bulldogs as one of the top three teams in the 2A/1A Lower Platte League. Merino, currently 5-1, holds the top spot just ahead of the second ranked Bulldogs. Wiggins falls in the third place slot with a 3-3 overall record. Haxtun took on the Cougars of Sedgwick County on the road early last week in their secon...
In yet another cold and windy spring day in Colorado, the Haxtun track team weathered the cold in wind for the 2022 Wiggins Invitational on Friday, April 1. Top 10 results from the Wiggins meet are as follows: Girls 1,600-meter-run: Emily Anderson, seventh, 7:25.34; K'lyn Bornhoft, ninth, 7:25.45; Hadley Feik, 10th, 7:42.23. 300-meter hurdles: Jayleigh Bullard, eighth, 1:00.34. Four-by-100 meter relay team: sixth, 56.75. Four-by-200 meter relay team: seventh, 2:04.90. Four-by-400 meter relay tea...
A pair of league wins last Saturday over Weldon Valley leaves the Fleming Wildcats at 2-0 in the league and 2-3 overall. The Wildcats hosted the Warriors for a double header marking their only contests of last week. Fleming opened the day with a big 27-1 victory over the visiting Warriors. The game ended after three innings. Freshman Derek Houser, sophomore David Betley and junior Kody Donnelson led the Wildcats at the plate; all three batters batted a thousand with one hit on one at-bat. The...
The Fleming track team traveled to Wiggins for the Wiggins Invitational last week. The Lady Wildcat team took top places in several of the day’s events. Top-10 placers from the Friday, April 1, Wiggins Invitational Track Meet are as follows: Girls 100-meter dash: Zoey Vandenbark, sixth place, 13.84. 200-meter dash: Vandenbark, eighth place, 28.67. 400-meter dash: Maddy Harms, seventh place, 1:08.66. 1,600-meter run: Madi Serrato, first place, 6:35.05. Four-by-100-meter relay: Team of Lexi Schaefer, Whitney Chintala, Vandenbark and Kally K...
Elda Marie Rizzolo Lousberg passed away on March 26, 2022 in Sterling at the age of 90. Elda was born on April 26, 1931 to Tiberio and Angelina Rizzolo on a farm in Sterling. She was the third of seven children. She attended grades one through eight at Springdale Valley School and was the only one to graduate from the eighth grade in 1945. She earned her high school diploma from Sterling High School in 1949. On June 4, 1955, Elda married John H. "Jack" Lousberg at St. Anthony's Catholic Church...
April is here, which means it is almost time for our annual summative assessments (i.e., SAT, PSAT, CMAS). Summative assessments are used to make systems-level decisions about curriculum and instruction. It is aligned to grade level standards and happens once a year. Summative assessments should not be scary. It is simply to see if our students have mastered grade level standards for English Language Arts (reading and writing), Math and Science. It is similar to the work they do each day. Each...
