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Monday evening, April 17 brought businessmen and women, volunteers, community members, area youth and Haxtun Chamber of Commerce members together for this year's annual banquet, featuring awards night. The event included dinner by Haxtun's new restaurant El Paso at the Haxtun Community Center, a Chamber report from Director Jessica Ayala and the presentation of 2022 community awards. The evening opened with a welcome and word of prayer from local Pastor Tim Hahn. Nearly 90 community members gath...
A new junior/senior high principal, approval of upgrades to the preschool room and salary increases for certified and classified staff as well a hiring new staff and approving several resignations topped agenda items in a Thursday night, March 20 meeting of the Haxtun Board of Education. Board members took action on several staff changes including hiring Amanda Ridlen as the Junior/Senior High Principal for next year. The position of Principal came open last month when Dustin Seger submitted his resignation to the Board. Ridlen holds 16 years...
The Fleming Town Council held their regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, April 12. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Stefan Betley at 6:30 p.m. The following council members were present: Andrew Muller, Bill Langridge, Bonnie Jackson, Suzanne Wales and Alex Gapter. Cathy Castillo arrived at 6:44 p.m. Also present were Joelle and Daniel Gapter, Lewis Frank (left at 7:37 p.m.), Keith Beck (left at 7:07 p.m.) and Michelle Asfeld. Additions/Corrections to the Agenda: Betley asked for additions or corrections to the agenda. Hearing none, it...
The school finance act, the legislative measure that funds public schools, is well on its way to passage through the General Assembly in the waning weeks of the session. Senate Bill 287 funds each student at $8,076.41, an eight percent increase over 2022-23 levels. It’s just shy of $1,000 more per student, according to Senator Rachel Zenzinger, D-Arvada, the bill’s sponsor. The bill also begins a two-year process for finally paying off the debt to K-12 education, known as the budget stabilization factor. Using money from the State edu...
THE FLEMING Library Association recently awarded two future graduates with scholarships. Scholarship recipients are pictured above, Jaime Nab and Alaina Schliesser....
Change falls hard on religious institutions and its members because we care intensely and deeply for what our churches have provided to us in the past. Theological conviction and foundation, laid over decades of participation, willing or unwilling, shape and mold us still. While much of religion has grown beyond its infancy, we can still look to the past as inspiration to continue moving forward. Believing religion to be static and unchanging has done more for its decline than almost any other...
Ever wonder where the term “online” originated? Most will answer, “Well, that’s an easy question, it began with the internet.” While many have claimed to have first thought up that monster, the truth is “online” goes way further back than the computer age. If any one person is responsible for coining the term, only one, Judge Roy Bean, can be given the title. This traveling circuit judge had another nickname which made him most famous, “The Hanging Judge.” It seems that a majority of his c...
As the temperatures begin to slowly warm, it is time to start thinking about warm weather parasite control. Controlling external parasites on beef cattle can provide a benefit not only to cattle comfort but also benefit the bottom line. Controlling flies can help prevent decreased gains, added expenses, and prevent disease. Of external parasites, flies are the most prevalent. Horn flies, stable flies, face flies and heel flies can be extremely harassing and annoying to cattle. When flies become bad, we see cattle bunch up and use group swatting...
Recently an individual that works at the school stopped me at the grocery store and told me how much she enjoys my son and how kind he is to others. He always says hello to her and gives her a hug and she just appreciates it so much. And while to her this was just a casual conversation, it meant so much more to me than she could have ever guessed. As parents, we are typically in the trenches and it is hard to see down here! We are weighed down with the hustle and bustle of raising children. Socc...
Letter to the Editor, Please permit me to make myself perfectly clear. I could care less if one wants to smoke, just don’t throw your cigarette butts out your vehicle window into my yard, the corner street and the neighborhood, especially during a red flag warning! Please. I know not everyone watches the TV news/weather, but the colored map of the eastern plains counties including our community is not a frivolous bulletin to hassle you, but a serious matter deserving respect. This public notice frequently issued during high winds, heat in o...
13 Years Ago April 20, 1938 Mrs. Ella Sharpe entertained with a lovely Easter breakfast at her home Sunday morning. Guests were Mesdames C.W. Schofield, Carl Zeigler, Grover Clark, Gordon McIntyre, Milton Cooper, Harold Rumin of Denver, and Mrs. Esther Ewing and Maxine Gale. The Dunbar twins, former high school athletes, here, competed for Colorado University in a dual track meet against Wyoming U last Saturday. Boyd Dunbar was winner of the half-mile run with a time of 2:05.6 Lloyd Dunbar place...
Thirty-one members of the Colorado Future Business Leaders of America from Fleming High School had the opportunity to attend and compete at the 2023 FBLA State Leadership Conference. Throughout the conference, members had the opportunity to make connections with members across the state, network with business professionals, showcase their talents and skills and become better leaders within their schools and communities. This three-day conference provided members with various educational...
FHS PROM King Nolan Japp and Queen Lexi Schaefer were crowned at Fleming's 2023 Junior-Senior Prom on Saturday, April 22 at Sky Ranch Golf and Grill. Prom royalty is voted on by the student body at Fleming High School....
KING Jake Tori and Queen Destanie Engle were crowned at Haxtun's 2023 Junior-Senior Prom on Saturday, April 22. Prom court is voted on by the student body at Haxtun High School....
It is time for the stock dogs to take center stage again in Yuma County. The third annual Heartstrong Cattle Dog Classic will be April 28-30, at Ronda Pletcher’s ranch located at 31228 County Road M, southeast of Yuma. The event starts Friday at 11 a.m. with the horseback trial. There will be two divisions, an open division of handlers who have trialed before, and a ranch division for local ranchers who use their dog in their day-to-day ranching operation. The on-foot portion of the trial will start Saturday morning and run throughout the d...
The Phillips County Raceway will be kicking off the season with two nights of exciting racing. Racing starts at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 28 with five different IMCA divisions and Dwarfs. Come out and watch the cars fly around the track as the drivers vie for a spot for the win! This Saturday night, don’t miss out on the exciting live racing action. Beginning at 6 p.m., fans can watch Sprint Cars, Lightning Sprints, Dwarfs and IMCA take to the track for an evening of thrilling competition. Saturday night will feature World of Outlaws C...
With just one opponent remaining on the regular season schedule the Bulldogs hold onto the top spot in 1A baseball action. This past week, Haxtun added two more wins to an already impressive record with a sweep over the Eagles at Wray on Saturday. Both MaxPreps and the Colorado High School Activities Association rank the Bulldogs as number one in State 1A rankings. That also means Haxtun holds the number one slot in Lower Platte League standings as well. Several other Lower Platte League teams...
Bulldog track athletes participated in the Dick Evans Invitational on Thursday, April 20 in Wray. Top-10 results from that meet are as follows: Girls 100-meter hurdles: Kayti Williams, ninth, 20.07. 300-meter hurdles, eighth, Aliyah Engle, 57.34. Four-by-100-meter relay team: eighth, 57.67. Four-by-200-meter relay team: ninth, 2:04.04. Four-by-400-meter relay team: ninth, 5:00.08. High jump: Jayleigh Bullard, seventh, four feet, five inches. Triple jump: Bobbi Starkebaum, seventh, 29 feet, 10.5 inches. Discus: Cassidy Goddard, sixth, 98 feet,...
The Fleming Wildcat track team returned to action last week following a nearly two-week break. The group traveled to Wray for the Dick Evans Invitational on Thursday, April 20. Top-10 placers from that meet are as follows: Girls 100-meter dash: Kally Kirkwood, tie for fourth, 13.45. 200-meter dash: Kirkwood, second, 27.64. 400-meter dash: Siena Donnelson, fifth, 1:10.59. 800-meter run: Ciana Lousberg, fourth, 2:49.95. 1,600-meter run: Emoree Lousberg, eighth, 6:39.11. Four-by-100-meter relay: Team of Lexi Schaefer, Brooke Schaefer, Ciana...
