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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HAXTUN AND FLEMING students who recently competed in a Voice of Democracy speech contests are pictured (l-r), Reagan Jones, Kinsley Koberstein, Siena Donnelson, Kale Volkman, Colton Cochran and Corbin Andersen. In Fleming, junior high students wrote research papers on a person who has impacted history and later turned them into speeches. The top three winners in the March contest included Cochran, Volkman and Donnelson. Haxtun students in Mrs. Kristi Boerner's English classes had the option to...
The Haxtun Board of Education has selected Marsha Cody as the next Superintendent of Haxtun Schools. Marsha was chosen during a special meeting last week and verbally accepted a short time later via a phone conversation with Board President Rich Starkebaum. Board members began the special meeting, each voicing their top selection between the three candidates who interviewed in early April. A unanimous vote followed to offer the position to Cody, who serves as Interim Superintendent in Alamosa....
Michelle Patterson, Director of Special Education, at Northeast Colorado BOCES, has been chosen by the faculty at the University of Northern Colorado to be recognized as a College of Education and Behavioral Sciences Scholar. Only a very small percentage of the students receive this distinction each year based upon their academic achievement, research involvement, leadership and potential for success in their discipline. Patterson was recognized at the Honors Convocation ceremony, which was...
There is nothing like seeing new wheat varieties growing in the field and attending a wheat variety tour in person. Colorado Wheat Field Days let farmers see new and traditional varieties side-by-side in our variety trial plots. Dr. Jerry Johnson, a seasoned veteran of crop variety testing, leads off with a short introduction and selection information before our new Colorado State University wheat breeder, Dr. Esten Mason, discusses the pros and cons of the varieties in each of ten dryland locations and one irrigated trial. Brad Erker,...
HAXTUN 2021 Prom Queen Kylee Workman and King Dylan Buccelli were crowned during grand march festivities in the high school gym Saturday night. Queen and king honorees are chosen by a vote of the high school student body. The junior-hosted prom theme this year was Passport to Paris....
The Haxtun FFA Chapter held their annual Oyster Fry on Monday 29. The Oyster Fry is a time for the Chapter to thank member auction buyers for their continued support. This is also a time for members to meet with their buyers and talk to them about work. It is usually held in October but had to be postponed. The meal consisted of rocky mountain oysters, chicken tenders, beans, salad, cherry dessert and peach cobbler....
On April 14, the General Assembly sent to the Governor a bill that could establish a new State agency. House Bill 1097 contains recommendations from a behavioral health task force, including setting up the behavioral health administration, initially to be housed within the Colorado Department of Human Services. Once the behavioral health administration is up and running, CDHS has until Nov. 1, 2024 to decide if it stays in CDHS or becomes a stand-alone agency. HB 1097 won unanimous support from the State Senate and a 52-8 vote in the House....
Glenda A. (Goddard) Hovel passed away March 15, 2021 in Mesa, Ariz. at the age of 99. Glenda was born Dec. 23,1921 on a farm two and a half miles east of Haxtun. She was the daughter of Glenn and Alta Goddard. The family moved to a farm five and a half miles south of Haxtun and she attended school at Highland Center and later at Fairfield where she went through the 10th grade. Her junior year was spent in Haxtun and she graduated from Julesburg High School with the class of 1940. In August 1941...
“The pen is mightier than the sword.” A guy named Edward Bulwer-Lytton said back in 1839. One hundred and seventy-four years later, I have found a way to rewrite his thought to describe my own experience. “The pen might get you chased by someone with a sword.” Ed’s quote was one of many things that led him to be remembered 17 decades later. My hopes are that the world will quickly forget a couple of slips of my pen that came close to the sword chasing variety. Months ago Sue and I visited I...
Finding good help these days can be difficult. Not the domestic notion kind of help that is cast deep in fiction and culture, but the good friend help where one person stands by and with you when challenges arise. Often it is a spouse or significant other fulfilling the charge. Sometimes the best help comes as a surprise that results in true grace and encouragement for the soul. On rare occasions it arrives by committee. Opening the door to that help is a tough call for many people, Christian...
Two is somehow my most and least favorite. It’s a stage that comes with so much fun and new found independence, but also with a formidable dose of tantrums and tears. There’s not a button that goes unpushed by my two-year-old on a daily basis, and if anyone is needing a theatrics coach, he’s your guy. This is my third time through the “terrible twos” and you would think I’d have a little bit of a handle on it by now. It turns out that toddlerhood smacks you in the face even when you think you’r...
The first set of state championships in Season C will be awarded this weekend, as gymnasts from around the State will converge upon Thornton High School. Class 5A will compete on Thursday and Saturday, while the 4A athletes shine on Friday and Saturday. Lone Star's Alivia Weathers won the vault competition at the Overland regional, and the junior was in the mix to land multiple spots in the state field, as she also placed third in the floor and second in all-around. Teammate Elizabeth Miller...
13 Years Ago April 22, 1936 Miss Evangeline Mooney of Haxtun was one of 18 girls who were recently pledged to sororities at the Colorado State College of Education at Greeley. She became affiliated with the Sigma Upsilon Sorority during the spring pledge week. She is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W.E. Mooney and graduated from Haxtun High School in 1933. Philorado News - Mr. and Mrs. G.A. Starkebaum and family were Sunday dinner guests at the Edwin Wagner home. Wages News - Funeral services were...
The Haxtun Lady Bulldogs improved their record with two wins last week, sweeping Prairie and Wray, both on the road. The team also took on Holyoke, but suffered a three-set loss at the hands of the Lady Dragons. Haxtun took the sweep over Prairie on the road last Tuesday, 25-6, 25-10 and 25-13, snapping the Lady Bulldogs four-game losing streak. Two Haxtun hitters combined for a total of 18 kills, leading the Lady Bulldogs in Prairie. Allie Thompson and Taylor Schram each put down nine kills throughout the three-set contest. Megan Walker added...
With just three matches remaining on the regular season schedule following last week's volleyball action, the top-ranked Lady Wildcats added three more victories to their overall record. Fleming remained undefeated at 11-0 when they opened the final week of play on Tuesday, April 20. Last week put the Lady Wildcats on the court with the Holyoke Lady Dragons, the Prairie Lady Mustangs and the Arickaree/Woodlin Lady Indians. The local ladies dropped just one set for the week bringing their season...
