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After 10 years of service to the Haxtun Hospital District, Scott Thompson is stepping down from the Board of Directors. Thompson has held the position as President, leading the Board for a large portion of his time with the special district. At the end of an hour-long, Monday, April 27 meeting, board members, administration and staff recognized Thompson for his dedicated service to the District. "Scott's passion for the Hospital is obvious by his years of service, dedication and commitment,"...
Throughout the month of April, the Phillips County Commissioners met for their regular business meetings at the Phillips County Event Center in the Biesemeier Room so those in attendance could practice social distancing due to the current COVID-19 pandemic. Other county employees and residents who need to give reports or speak to the Board of County Commissioners log into the meeting via Zoom, a video conferencing tool. During an early April meeting, Phillips County Fair Board President Kayla Kafka said the fair board has met to discuss...
The April Frenchman Board of Education meeting kicked off with reports from Superintendent Steve McCracken and Randy Stahley on Monday evening, April 20. McCracken gave board members an update about the current at-home instruction delivery method. “Our at-home instruction is a learning process for us,” McCracken said in follow up later in the week. “The elementary teachers create packets for students to work at home each week. The junior high and high school teachers are corresponding with students using email and the Google classroom program....
HAXTUN'S Tate Michael, left, and Kelsie Hadeen were among seventh grade Masonic Lodge 2020 award winners. Other students also recognized were Bret Kanode, Brandon Nall and Addison Oliver. Students are recognized for outstanding achievement in the seventh grade at Haxtun Schools. Students were nominated by middle school staff based on citizenship, leadership and scholarship and are required to complete a resume and write a short essay on education....
Monday, May 4 is the day offices could reopen for up to 50 percent of their workforce, according to the Safer at Home order issued by Governor Jared Polis a week prior. It’s also the day that budget writers for the Colorado General Assembly got to work to figure out how to cut $2 billion to $3 billion out of the 2020-21 State budget. At $3 billion, that’s just under 10 percent of the total budget, but that includes federal funds, which make up just under one-third. And that’s in addition to the order Polis gave on April 30 to cut $228.7 milli...
It is completely impossible to write a humorous column addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. Humor aside for a bit, there are some surprising developments to all this. A big surprise to many of us is the hoarding issue. Folks rushing to the grocery store to stock up on the essentials of life. Gone from the shelves are canned goods, flour and the hardest to come by of all, toilet paper. Granted, nobody wants to run out of it. However, this is when I see a big upside for Agriculture. As a small boy,...
There is no trophy like a dog trophy. Never a mere participation award, dog trophies are earned by finding something rank and dragging it back home or bringing other small critters dead or alive to the back step until the vanquisher is praised to no end. At great risk of compromising my age, I believe our dogs are far and above the Lassie variety that some of us remember rescuing little Timmy from the bottom of a well. Instead, they earn their commendations and keep by assuring us that they...
June gardening tasks The month all gardeners have been waiting for is upon us. Now that nighttime temperatures are above 50 degrees Fahrenheit and staying consistently into the mid-50s, we can plant many more plants in our gardens. It is safe to plant out the geraniums, petunias and any other annual you want to use in your landscape. If you prefer to start some things from seed, now is the time to plant out California poppy seed, morning glory, four o’clock and many more. It is time to start acclimating those indoor plants by moving them o...
The Help Haxtun Committee would like to update the community on our efforts to raise money for those businesses that were mandated to close because of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Our first distribution of $10,000 was given to the businesses and employees on Friday, April 24. A large portion of the donation was due in part because of a very generous $4,000 donation by the Haxtun Lions Club. The committee will continue to collect donations and distribute money to the businesses and employees as the funds become available. You can still donate to the...
13 years ago May 1, 1935 The Haxtun Harvest Wesley McCune of Haxtun was one of six students chosen recently for membership in Adelphi, honorary debating society at the University of Colorado. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. McCune and is a sophomore. The Rev. Luther Stromquist, who was pastor of the Elim Lutheran Church at Haxtun for a number of years, died Friday, April 26, 1935, at Lindsborg, Kan. He is survived by his wife Ida, daughters Gwendolyn and Lorraine, and son Arthur. John A....
Gerald Dean Brewer, affectionately known as Bud, passed away Sunday, April 26, 2020 at Melissa Memorial Hospital in Holyoke at the age of 88. Bud was born Oct. 25, 1931 in Hiawatha, Neb. to John and Opal (Lines) Brewer. His mother passed away when he was two and his father died when he was 12. At that time, he and his two sisters were taken in by their aunt Ruth Jaeger and raised alongside her children in Imperial, Neb. where he attended school and worked at the family business. He joined the Na...
Harold Eugene McConnell passed away on Feb. 3, 2020 in Tempe, Ariz. at the age of 91. Harold was born on May 3, 1928 in Haxtun, the son of Gaylord and Elva (Critchlow) McConnell. He attended grade school at Community Center and was a 1946 graduate of Haxtun High School. Following graduation, Harold played a season of semi-pro baseball for the Riverside Dons in California. He returned to Colorado and worked for Sterling Ice and Cold Storage, Whitcomb Motors in Sterling and a summer for Laurence...
