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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WHERE there's a need there's a Lion. Haxtun Hospital was in dire need for a patient transport and pharmacy delivery vehicle. The hospital delivered almost 2,000 prescriptions and traveled over 15,000 miles last year with a vehicle that was no longer reliable. The ability to take nursing home residents to off campus appointments, such as to the dentist and ophthalmologist and back was now at risk. Through efforts of the Haxtun Lions Club, along with the Hospital Foundation and private donations,...
Haxtun Health will host its annual Health Fair on Saturday, June 1. The Health Fair will be from 7 a.m.–12 p.m. at the Haxtun Community Center. Pre-registration is available online at haxtunhealth.org. Participants can also register in person on the day of the fair. Upon registration, participants can choose which panel fit their needs. Payments for lab panels are due at time of service by cash, check or credit card. Lab draws will be performed by highly trained staff at the Haxtun Community Center on the day of the fair. Results are then m...
Garden to Kitchen Program coming on May 20 is at the Phillips County Event Center in the Ortner Room from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Garden to Kitchen Program will allow participants to learn about caring for tomatoes, peppers and herbs and a demonstration on how to prepare and cook the most common herbs. Colorado State University Extension County Specialist, Horticulture, Larimer County Alison O’Connor will present a program on tomato and pepper cultural care. CSU Extension Area Horticulture Specialist, Linda Langelo will present a program on the m...
My doctor recently told me I am on a path to developing diabetes. I have "prediabetes" and really need to focus on diet and exercise. But I love meat, potatoes, tortillas and a weekly donut. Can I keep the things I love while also focusing on my prediabetes? In the United States, 38 percent of people have prediabetes and this condition is more prevalent in rural areas such as Northeast Colorado than in urban regions. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention developed a program in 2002...
I am constantly amazed by animals. Their superior intelligence is a constant wonder to me. I keep trying to figure out just where we humans went wrong. We probably started out as smart as other creatures. Somewhere along the way our group began to fall behind. Recently I made a startling discovery that reminded me of this. The day began like most late spring, early summer days. I awoke about daylight, consumed enough coffee to get my heart pumping, pulled on my boots and headed outdoors. After...
The first three books of the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) are known as the Synoptic gospels. They are broadly related and represent a unified historical approach for many. Similar theological themes connect them in forming a floor for scriptural understanding. The life and times of Jesus are laid out, to the extent we know them and the narratives and parallels between the three gospels are reassuring to hang our hats on. As a collection, they could easily have been titled, “New T...
You probably already guessed that cool-season crops benefit the most from partial shade. But why is shade more beneficial to some vegetables than others? There are two reasons. One, shade keeps the the leafy vegetables such as kale, lettuce, and spinach more tender. With less sunlight, the plants will not grow to the same size as they would with more sun. Naturally, the more sun, the more energy and photosynthesis the plant produces. What is partial shade in terms of hours of sun per day? Partial shade is less than six hours of sun but a...
13 Years Ago May 10, 1939 Teale J. Orndorff, rural mail carrier at Haxtun, passed away at his home here on Sunday evening from a heart attack. He would have been 40 years old May 11. New teachers were engaged recently in the Haxtun schools. Instructors hired in the grade school are Miss Gladys Skold, fourth grade, who has been teaching at Fairfield, and Miss Darle Pearson of Greeley, sixth. Miss Frances L. Cooper has been engaged as instructor in English and mathematics in the high school. She...
The Haxtun Police Department re-registered a sex offender within Haxtun's city limits recently. Patrick Lee Pittman is registered in the 200 block of West Grant Street. Pittman, 34, was convicted in June 2013 of attempted sex assault on a child in a position of trust in Yuma County. He is required to register as a sex offender annually....
On April 6 Dance Fuzion dancers competed at the Nexstar Regional Compeitition in Denver. This year Dance Fuzion took two teams, one from the Holyoke studio and one from the Yuma studio, including two soloists. Representing Yuma, Washington and Phillips counties, the Yuma studio team took two numbers, "Joan of Arc" and "Legacy of Legends" both performed by Ashlyn Carpenter, Grace Cochran, Hadley Kerst, Harper Barry, Jema Trejo-Mekelburg, Kaitlyn Mekelburg, Sofia Cadena and Taylor Frank. "Legacy...
KAYLEE Wagoner is headed to New York City for the Westminster Dog Show May 13-14. This famous show is by invitation only and Kaylee is one of 11 Colorado Junior Showman and one of about 100 Juniors from all over the country that qualified to attend. Juniors must win seven Best Junior competitions during the calendar year at an AKC dog show. Kaylee is taking her cairn terrier Brinkley with her. She also finished the year as the number one Cairn Terrier junior in the United States and as fifth...
The Haxtun Bulldogs are moving onto Regionals as the seventh seed in a 16 team post-season bracket. Haxtun is set to take on 10th ranked Holly at 3 p.m. on Saturday at Byers High School. The Bulldogs competed in the second round of Districts last week where they met up with the Merino Rams in Fort Morgan. Haxtun took an 11-0 loss to the Rams but post-season RPI rankings from the Colorado High School Activities Association keeps the Bulldog baseball season alive for another week. Final RPI...
Cassidy Goddard once again broke the discus record at Haxtun High School. The senior broke her own record from her junior year with a throw of 135 feet, four inches. Goddard set the new record at the Holyoke Invitational Meet on May 1. Last year, Goddard broke the school record with a throw of 103 feet, eight inches at the HOKA St. Vrain Invitational. At that time, she broke a record set and held by Callie Dickerson who registered a throw of 126 feet, six inches at the 2017 Colorado 1A State Tra...
The Fleming Wildcat track team competed at two meets over the past week. The squad first traveled to Julesburg where they took part in the LPAA-YWKC-NC League Meet on May 4. They closed out the week with at the Holyoke Dragon Invitational in Holyoke on May 6. Top-10 finishers and their respective events from each of those meets are as follows: LPAA-YWKC-NC Legaue Meet Girls 100-meter dash: Brooke Schaefer, fourth, 14.27. 800-meter dash: MadiKay Serrato, first, 2:40.40. 1,600-meter run: Emoree Lousberg, first, 6:42.85. 3,200-meter run:...
1. Please give some background/history on the opening/purchase of your business. We built our first storage unit on Burlington Avenue in 1986. Since then we have expended to three locations in Haxtun. 2. What are the owners/key players in your building? Theresa Davis Grogan, Owner, and Tommy Davis, Co-Manager. 3. What services/products do you offer your customers? Storage Units of all sizes from 5 X 10 to 12 X 24. We also have several containers. 4. Where are you located and how can a customer...
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