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EDWARDS boys Knox, Otis and Wade sit at the family computer and take part in circle time with Preschool Teacher Paige Thompson via Facebook. Due to Governor Polis's orders, in-school learning has been suspended through the entire month of April in order to help stop the spread of COVID-19. The pause in attending school has led districts across the State to get creative in the teaching process. Haxtun Preschool staff have set up a Facebook page and teachers post morning circle time, where...
When events happen that affect rural communities, volunteers never hesitate to step up and help those in need. The recent COVID-19 pandemic that has hit locally as well as at the State and National level is no different and a group of Haxtun community members have stepped up to do what they can to help those affected most. And they are asking for help. Almost every business and countless employees in the Haxtun community have found themselves in uncharted territory; some forced to close their doors, for what could be, at the very least six...
Haxtun and Fleming family medicine centers have implemented new changes in order to keep communities safe and healthy while still allowing individuals to get the healthcare they need. Haxtun Hospital District recognizes that individuals have other healthcare needs other than COVID-19 symptoms but there could be an overall fear of entering a healthcare facility during this time. The Haxtun and Fleming family medicine centers have taken strides to help eliminate that fear. HHD is ramping up...
HAXTUN HOSPITAL District Chief Executive Officer Dewane Pace, center, and Wray Hospital CEO John Hart met a single engine Piper airplane at the airport in Holyoke on Saturday, April 4 to receive a much-needed delivery of mask kits for their teams. With help from the Colorado Hospital Association, the Eastern Plains Healthcare Consortium and Angel Flights West, several hundred mask kits were delivered. The kits contain the pre-cut fabric, patterns and attachment straps for making...
The Phillips County Commissioners have declared a local emergency disaster due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Colorado and around the world. The resolution to declare an emergency disaster was approved by all three Commissioners and took effect March 20. Throughout the month of March, the local commissioners met during their three regularly scheduled meetings in addition to two emergency meetings, held on March 16 and March 17, to discuss situations regarding COVID-19 at a local level. As news of Phillips County positive COVID-19 cases spreads,...
Jonathon and Marquel Vance, Commerce City, announce the birth of their son, Briggsland Dell Vance, on March 30, 2020 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Lafayette. Briggsland weighed seven pounds, 15 ounces and measured 21 inches at birth. Grandparents are Mark and Susan Gueck, Haxtun, Jacque and Van Swanson, Keenesburg, and Tim Vance, Dalhart, Texas. Great-grandparents are Carol Gueck, Apache, Ariz., and the late Kenneth Gueck, Eileen Moss, Holyoke, and the late Delmer Moss, and Rod and Marj Jones,...
I must begin today’s “Under The Wire” with a first-ever warning. At the present time, no more than 50 people are allowed to view this column at a time. If several hundred of you are gathered around to read this together, you need to lay down the paper, place your hands behind your head and slowly walk away. There, that should take care of any liability issues that may arise in this unusual world we find ourselves living in today. Now for the good news. I, along with many of you may become candi...
Life was simple growing up in a small rural community. The highlights of carefree youth included explorations of most of the local businesses and their owners, knowing every person in town through a paper route, and, consequently, them knowing us which kept behaviors somewhat in line. One did not want to risk a neighbor stopping by to have a serious conversation with one’s parents. Weekends were magic, for there was always something to do that took little more than inspired imagination. The haun...
Gardening tips for April Now that COVID-19 has most all of us working remotely from our homes, here are a list of tips to help you get outside and enjoy the garden. Most of your perennials are putting on new growth. The first ones putting on new growth are the spring flowering shrubs, late spring and early May perennials. When should you remove the dead stalks/stems? If you see new growth starting either on the stem or at the base of the plant, then prune out the dead. If the growth is coming from the base, prune the stem to the ground without...
13 years ago - April 3, 1935 The Haxtun Harvest Further assurances that Phillips County will have a new courthouse was given this week when the application for a $23,000 PWA grant was approved in Washington. The federal grant will be used in connection with the $27,000 which now lies in the courthouse building fund. The building will cost approximately $76,000. Virginia the five-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Kinzie, submitted to an operation for a ruptured appendix at a hospital in St...
Otto Eugene Lueking, better known as Junior, passed away on March 30, 2020 at the Sloan's Lake Rehabilitation/Hospice in Denver. Junior was born on July 21, 1940 to Otto C. and Lorene (Welp) Lueking. Junior joined his sisters Norma and Iona. The family lived near Idalia. On Nov. 1, 1943, the family moved to a farm north and east of Yuma. Junior started his education by going to Ford Elementary which was a one-room school house and Buffalo Grass near his home. He graduated from Haxtun High...
On April 2, Governor Jared Polis signed Executive Order D 2020 22 that extended the responsibility to file certain documents and information typically due to county assessors April 15. This does not affect payment dates, or forgive the necessity to ultimately file, but relieves an administrative burden on certain businesses and owners of taxable property to file by April 15. In the order, the Governor directed the State Board of Equalization to promulgate emergency rules to extend these filing deadlines to June 15. The Governor further...
With COVID-19 bearing down on our daily lives, the inevitable question that arises is: Are my affairs in order? This question is frequently followed by: What do I need to do to get my affairs in order? The documents you may need to resolve these concerns are generally divided into two categories: 1. Those you need in place while you’re alive but perhaps unable to act on your own (i.e. you are incapacitated). These include financial and medical powers of attorney and a living will (also called an advance directive); and 2. Those governing your a...
