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 Town Clerk and Treasurer Karie Wilson recently announced her plans for retirement after more than two decades of service. Wilson read her retirement letter aloud for members of the Haxtun Town Council in a meeting last Monday night at the community center. The Monday, Feb. 7 meeting opened with Wilson’s announcement of retirement and closed with news from Mayor Brandon Biesemeier that he will not be able to fulfill the term of his four-year elected position. Biesemeier was elected as Mayor, a four-year term, during general elections t...
The Fleming Town Council met for their regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 9 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: Stefan Betley, Bill Langridge, John Stone, Ken MacCrone and Bonnie Jackson. Also present were Andrew Muller, Chuck Graber, Michael and Suzanne Wales and family, Joelle Gapter and Michelle Asfeld. Additions/corrections to the agenda: Einspahr asked to add fire hydrant under...
Northeast Colorado Board of Cooperative Educational Services, in conjunction with the Haxtun School District, will be offering free developmental screening to children ages three through five, children who will not attend Kindergarten next year and turns three by January 2023. The screen will briefly evaluate the areas of language, gross and fine motor, pre-academic development, hearing and other medical needs. All parents with preschool aged children are encouraged to participate in this screening. Children living in the Haxtun area can be...
Northeast Colorado Board of Cooperative Educational Services, in conjunction with the Fleming School District, will be offering free developmental screening to children ages three through five, children who will not attend Kindergarten next year and turns three by January 2023. The screen will briefly evaluate the areas of language, gross and fine motor, pre-academic development, hearing and other medical needs. All parents with preschool aged children are encouraged to participate in this screening. Children living in the Fleming area can be...
Local ag-lending cooperative Premier Farm Credit has announced that they will mail $5.5 million in Cash Patronage Dividend checks to their member-owners in early 2022. “Getting a Cash Patronage Dividend check shows that the borrowers of Premier Farm Credit are part-owners of a business that’s working for them,” said Becky Lenz, Board Chair. “$5.5 million dollars is a significant amount and demonstrates the Board of Directors’ ongoing commitment to supporting the member-owners of this lending cooperative — in good times and bad.” This year’s s...
A bill to create a grant program for microgrids, sponsored by Representative Rod Pelton, R-Cheyenne Wells, recently won a 11-1 vote from the House Energy & Environment Committee. House Bill 1013 sets up the Microgrids for Community Resilience Grant Program in the Department of Local Affairs for rural communities that lose electricity during a wildfire or blizzard. The microgrid would be run by a co-op, such as a rural electric association, to provide emergency service to selected community resources when the electricity goes out, Pelton explain...
It goes without saying there is nothing funny about Covid-19. My sincere sympathies go out to those who have lost loved ones to the virus. That said, I have often heard the phrase, “Even in the darkest storm, there will be a flash of light.” Today’s column is about such a flash during the darkness of this pandemic. While she repeatedly denies it, I have a younger sister. I cannot divulge her name since previous such exposure has resulted in phone calls threatening disclosure of embarrassing mome...
Certain objects or collections of objects we encounter in life are valuable on their face, objective representations that stand on their own merits. Subjective value runs a little deeper and is less certain. If it is true that beauty is found in the eye of the beholder, why do we so casually dismiss others’ understandings of how the world operates? It would seem that we are left with many free will choices that have the capacity to either build up or tear down whatever is before us and in us. P...
Girls swimming and diving crowned its Class 3A and 4A State champions last weekend and all four classes of boys wrestling, along with the lone classification of girls wrestling, will do the same this weekend. Basketball will see its regular season come to a close, setting the State for the postseason to begin next week. Fort Morgan's Courtney Smith helped Greeley West to a 14th place finish in Class 4A, as the junior placed fifth in the 200 free and seventh in the 100 back. She was also a...
Nearly 160 years after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, his place in history as “The Great Emancipator” of black slaves is firmly established. Nevertheless, a defense of Lincoln is a required response to the fallacy-ridden 1619 Project in which the New York Times seeks to rewrite American history through a racist lens. In 1620: A Critical Response to the 1619 Project, Peter W. Wood performs documented research that 1619 neglected by citing no sources and providing no foo...
Feral rye, along with other annual grasses are troublesome pests for wheat producers. Rye, along with jointed goatgrass and cheat grass, cost Colorado Wheat producers’ money annually in terms of reduced yield and increased dockage. However, a newer wheat production system termed CoAXium Wheat Production System is an option for wheat producers who have annual grassy weeds. The CoAXium wheat Production System is a herbicide tolerance technology based on a non-gmo AXigen wheat trait. The technology was developed at Colorado State University and i...
13 Years Ago Feb. 17, 1937 J.M. Delander was a passenger to Denver on the Burlington bus Tuesday morning. Dailey News - The Dailey teachers attended a teachers' meeting in Sterling Saturday. Philorado News - Clair Spanjer had the misfortune to have his kneecap broken las week. Reports are that he is recovering nicely. The Haxtun Harvest has a birthday this week, entering into its 19th year with Volume 19, Number One. The Misses Margaret Mattson and Catherine Andrews, Holyoke, were overnight...
The Haxtun community offers options these days for hosting community events, including two fine school gyms and an elegant community center. That was not the case in the 1920s and 1930s when the large capacity of the Haxtun Church of the Brethren building served the community by hosting events such as eighth grade commencement, high school graduation, funerals and marriages. Today, the school, other local churches and the community center meet the space requirements for those events, but there...
The Haxtun FBLA Chapter had a successful District Leadership Conference at Northeastern Junior College on Wednesday, Feb. 9. Aly Lock, State Officer for District 4, led a great conference. Azariah Calderon, Executive Vice President of Service, also assisted along with leading a workshop for members to attend. To round out the workshop team, Brad Clark also presented a workshop. The Haxtun members had an opportunity to attend workshops as well as compete. After the competitions and workshops,...
In their final two weeks of regular season basketball action, the Haxtun Lady Bulldogs picked up a much needed league win over Akron at home last week. Haxtun edged out the fellow Lower Platte League Lady Rams in their solo home game of the week. The following night, the Lady Bulldogs hit the road as the team traveled to face Merino. Despite a tough battle with the Lady Rams, Haxtun suffered a nine-point loss in Merino on Friday to go 1-1 for the week. The Lady Bulldogs outscored Akron by five...
The Haxtun Bulldogs edged out wins over two league opponents last week to boost their Lower Platte record to 3-3. The wins last week gives the team an overall 12-5 record with just one 1A loss on the books. The Bulldogs picked up wins over Akron at home and Merino on the road in Thursday/Friday night action. Haxtun hosted Akron in a home court Thursday night match up, pulling away with a 65-41 win over the 2A Rams. Despite being in a higher classification, the Rams are a part of the Lower...
The Sedgwick County/Fleming wrestling completed the two-day 2A Region 3 wrestling tournament with six wrestlers placing and three qualifying for the Colorado State Wrestling Tournament. The team finished in fifth place out of 15 teams. Individual results for wrestlers competing out of Haxtun and Fleming are as follows: 106-pound sophomore Kaiden Schelling placed second and will be headed to Ball Arena with a record of 34-12. He defeated Logan Haflich of Limon in the quarterfinals with a 15-0...
Joan Myers Joan Zmina Myers passed away on Feb. 6, 2022 at the Haxtun Health Extended Care Unit at the age of 77. Joan was born Dec. 29, 1945 in Cleveland, Ohio Larry and Helen Zmina; she had three siblings including David, Joyce and Kathy. Joan graduated from South High School in Cleveland and was valedictorian of her Class in 1964. She spent her college years at Colorado State College in Greeley where she majored in Education and graduated in May of 1969. Joan taught in Greeley for nine years...
Selma Streich Selma Streich, Haxtun, passed away Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. Funeral services are pending....
