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SUPERINTENDENT CANDIDATE Marsha Cody visits with a group of community members during a meet and greet hosted Friday night, April 9. Cody is one of three candidates named finalists in the search of a new superintendent for the Haxtun School District. Candidates toured the school grounds, attended interviews and the meet and greet over two days last week. Now, the Board of Education plans to name a finalist this week followed by an official vote during a meeting on Tuesday, April...
The Haxtun Town Council will welcome a new member following a swearing in ceremony at the upcoming May meeting. Rob Martinez will fill a vacancy left by Craig McCarty earlier this year. McCarty was elected to the Council in the most recent election, however, resigned following a move to Holyoke. Martinez has been appointed to fill the open spot around the Council table, a position he will hold until the next municipal election. He is slated to be sworn in on Monday, May 3. The Haxtun Town Council reviewed two letters of interest during a...
The Fleming Town Council met for a special meeting on Wednesday, March 31 at the Fleming Town Hall. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Sue Einspahr at 6:30 p.m. The following council members were present: DeeAnn Christopher, Nancy Glaspie, John Stone, Ken MacCrone and Levi Lowe. Stefan Betley was absent but called in by phone. Keith Beck, Justin Hickey and Michelle Asfeld were also present. Additions/Corrections to the Agenda: none. Public Comment: none. Action Items: MacCrone presented the Council with information on a 1990, F350,...
As news comes from Colorado's Governor that the latest version of the State's COVID-19 dial will retire this week, the Phillips County Commissioners have chosen to lift face covering requirements. Governor Jared Polis said in a news conference last week that the current COVID-19 dial will expire on April 16. As the dial and its framework of openness for each Colorado county expires, control has been given to local County Commissioners in conjunction with local health departments. In a press...
Haxtun Health is beginning the demolition of its recently acquired main street location in the coming weeks. The community can expect to see more activity around the site beginning the week of April 19. Haxtun Health has been working with the Town of Haxtun as well as Ensminger Construction on the demolition plan which is slated to last a few weeks. The community should expect to see partial disruption to main street access at times as the project progresses. For the safety of our community members, Haxtun Health and the Town of Haxtun are...
FLEMING HIGH School crowned this year's king and queen during Prom festivities on Saturday, April 10. Seniors Chris Goss and Ana Resendiz were chosen by the student body as king and queen. The event was held at St. Peter's Catholic Church....
The 2021-22 State budget, as contained in Senate Bill 205, is on its way through the General Assembly. The State Senate last week had its first crack at the $34.1 billion budget, up by about $4 billion from the current year’s spending. Much of that extra money is in one-time funds left over from the 2019 tax year, due to higher-than expected income tax revenues. The Joint Budget Committee, the six-member group that annually crafts the budget, also cut $3.4 billion in general funds from the 2020-21 budget and that turned out to be more than w...
Virginia Rose (Braun) Prussman passed away April 9, 2021 at Regent Park Nursing Home in Holyoke at the age of 97. Virigina was born on April 15, 1923 to Robert Simon Braun and Rose Hannah (Hess) Braun in Minneapolis, Minn., the eldest of four daughters. She grew up in Robbinsdale, Minn., moving to Minneapolis when she was 13 years old. She graduated from Marshall High School in Minneapolis in 1941. Virginia had secretarial training in high school, but no experience, so she traded her office...
She was willing and available. She was my best friend’s wife, but I needed her. Heck, at that point, I needed anybody! We were going to pour cement for a new pasture stock tank and help wasn’t exactly lining up at my door. (Well what did you think I was talking about, anyway?) My friend was absolutely the best help a person could have. But even with his talents and strong back this was going to be a challenge. When his wife offered to help, I was skeptical. Sue, my wife, was going to help. She...
The office desk I use isn’t exactly modern art. It stems from the 40s or 50s, a hand-me-down that has served well but will never win a beauty contest. It was made during the era of everything veneer, and while it no doubt was unspoiled when new, it has become something less than striking from a visual standpoint. The oak veneer has chipped and taken damage on most outside corners and the drawers require wrestling moves to open them on occasion. It’s most redeeming characteristic was summed up...
Gymnastics has reached its regional weekend and a couple area competitors wrapped up their regular season on high notes. In a meet at Rocky Mountain, Lone Star's Alivia Weathers took home first place in the vault, second in both the bars and floor, and third in the all-around. Teammate Elizabeth Miller secured a third place finish in the vault. For Weathers, her score in the vault was the 11th best in Class 4A this season. The 10 spots ahead of her are owned by only four different athletes....
13 Years Ago April 15, 1936 In honor of her 80th birthday anniversary, Mrs. C.J. Eckman was given a pleasant surprise party last Friday. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Eckman and family, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Eckman, Mr. and Mrs. Orville Eckman, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Eckman, Mr. and Mrs. A.P. Sandquist, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Franson, Mrs. Allen Tack and Mr. and Mrs. Peterson. Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Sand called in the evening. Death: Griffin Wilkinson Crossland, 24, April 14, 1936. In addition to his...
Despite a rough week of volleyball action, the Lady Bulldogs are determined to reset and finish the regular season strong. Haxtun took on Otis, Wiggins and Merino, all on the road last week, suffering 3-1 set losses in all three matches. “It was a tough week for our varsity,” Head Coach Paige Thompson said. “We did not play solid volleyball and we are going to have to put quality sets together to finish out the next two weeks. We would play one strong set and then the next set we would make too many errors to come out with a win. Our junio...
The Fleming Lady Wildcats maintained their perfect season last week with wins over Sedgwick County and Briggsdale. The Lady Wildcats stood at 8-0 on the year as of Tuesday morning, April 13. Fleming traveled to Ovid last Tuesday, April 6 where they faced off with the then undefeated Lady Cougars. Both teams entered the match at 6-0 on the season. Sedgwick County put up a solid fight, falling by just five points in the first set and four in the second and third, but Fleming swept the match 3-0. Senior setter Kendyl Kirkwood assisted the Lady...
