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HAXTUN ATHLETIC DIRECTOR Rich Gerk threw the first pitch of the District 5 Baseball Championship in Fort Morgan on Friday afternoon. Gerk's youngest son Michael, a senior on the Bulldog baseball team, was on the catching end of the strike. Organizers honored Gerk for his dedication to the Haxtun School District over the past 30 years. Gerk began his teaching career covering a maternity leave in Merino in the spring of 1992 and in 1993 he began teaching in Haxtun. That same year, he took his...
A short agenda list, brief discussion during public comment about truck parking, talks of dental insurance and staff reports took just 45 minutes of time for the Haxtun Town Council meeting last week. The May meeting opened with a community member’s concerns about truck parking on east Fletcher Street. Ryan Hofmeister, local Haxtun resident, spoke to the Town Council about one of two designated areas for truck parking within city limits, specifically the area on east Fletcher Street near the Phillips County shop. Hofmeister, who lives on S...
Reports from staff, hiring for the coming year and the purchase of a new math curriculum topped agenda items in a late April meeting of the Frenchman Board of Education meeting in Fleming. To open the meeting, staff heard from Music Teacher Laurianna May and Third Grade Teacher Amy Brekel. May thanked the local board of education for allowing her students to participate and travel to several activities this year including honor band events, state sporting tournaments and a trip to Winter Park. Next year, May said she hopes to begin to develop...
Haxtun Health will host its annual Health Fair on Saturday, June 3. The Health Fair will be from 7-11:30 a.m. at the Haxtun Community Center located at 125 E. Wilson Street in Haxtun. Pre-registration is available online before the event at HaxtunHealth.org. Participants can also register in person on the day of the fair. Upon registration, participants can choose which health screenings they would like. Payments for lab tests will be taken on the day of the fair by cash, check or credit card. Lab draws will be performed by highly trained...
The School Finance Act is headed to the Governor, although not without some last-minute protests from progressive Democrats who argued against the money set aside in the measure for schools that shelled out thousands of dollars to replace mascot symbols. Senate Bill 287 provides $266 million to cover the State’s share of expenses for the 178 school districts. That raises the per-pupil funding by eight percent, to $8,076.41. Rural and small rural districts also get a $30 million boost, with 55 percent going to rural districts and 45 percent t...
Early morning haze and the specter of rising humidity accompanied morning coffee this week. It felt the same as in the past, yet differences were apparent. It had been over five years since our last visit to some favorite Flint Hills fishing ponds. Busy schedules and busy lives took much of the blame but little of the responsibility. That belonged to us. It’s a pattern familiar to many; places visited, richness gained, declarations to return soon, and always the perception that there was plenty...
Gambling is nothing new. That, my friends is a major understatement. What is new, however, is how common it has become. Every vacation destination seems to need a casino to draw travelers. A stop at the local convenience store for a cup of coffee also offers a chance to retire forever by way of a lottery ticket. I am not writing this to slam the industry. Just the opposite. I’m here to admit to my major addiction to gambling. I am not a traditional gambler who must include a slot machine as a d...
Optimum soil temperatures for corn germination and plant progress begins at 50 degrees F. Soil temperatures lower than 50 F can cause corn seed to lay dormant, exposing the seed to disease and insect damage. When corn seed is planted into soils that are too cold to allow adequate germination a condition called imbibitional chilling can occur. Seed imbibition is a two step process; water is absorbed by the seed and the seed swells. When seed swelling occurs, imbibition begins which activates enzymatic processes in the seed, including increased...
We are in the final days of the 2023 Colorado Legislative Session, four days remaining to be exact. One would think that we, as the State General Assembly, would be trying to wrap up work on the remaining bills and that there would not be any new bills still being introduced this late in the session. However, this is not the case as we saw the introduction of Senate Bill 23-303 “Reduce Property Taxes And Voter-approved Revenue Change.” Whether we like it or not, property taxes are going up in our State. We are predicted to see an increase of...
13 Years Ago May 11, 1938 Good progress is being made on construction of the high school gymnasium at Haxtun and bricklayers are expected to complete their work by the end of the week. 70 Years Ago May 13, 1953 Mrs. Gus Beckman and her son Everett, former Haxtun residents, both passed away at their homes in Denver following heart attacks. The mother's death was evidently caused from the shock of learning that her son, 48, had suffered a heart attack. Lee Bamford of Wenatchee, Wash., is expected...
As a first-generation, multilingual, graduating senior from Haiti, J.P. Gaspard's accomplishment of earning his Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education is no small feat – and he has no plans to take a break from overcoming obstacles now. Jean Junior P. (J.P.) Gaspard, is the third of eight children who were born and raised in Haiti. He was only seven years old when he started working, picking up numerous jobs to help support his mother and siblings after his father died. As a result, Gaspard d...
Colorado FFA State CDEs were held primarily at the Colorado State University campus on Saturday April 30 and Sunday May 1. The Haxtun FFA chapter sent 26 to compete at the state competitions. Most of the group enjoyed a game of wiffle ball in the parking lot while the Flora Culture team competed on Saturday. On Saturday night, the group went out to eat at Torchy's Tacos. They spent their night at the hotel hanging out and studying for their events the next day. Most competitions happened...
Seventeen students in Mrs. Tricia Etl's fifth grade class presented their World Fair projects in Fleming last week. The annual project requires students to pick a country to feature at the World Fair and throughout the project students are required to research, prepare and present their project to fellow students in Fleming the day of the Fair. This year, Hank Stull chose Italy in part to his family's Italian background. In doing so, his presentation at the World Fair included many artifacts and...
Whether rodeo is your way of life or you are just interested in trying a rodeo event, Rodeo Bible Camp is a great opportunity for area youth. Platte Valley RBC is excited to host our 17th annual camp on June 7-10 at Phillips County Fairgrounds in Holyoke. This year’s theme is L. I. F. E. (Live Initially for Eternity) in honor of past staff member, Bryan Kroeger. Kroeger served as a spiritual team leader during 2008, 2009 and then remained as a spiritual advisor to the board and the camp director. This year’s camp verse is one that Bryan liv...
The Bulldog baseball team is headed to Regionals following a runner-up finish in the District Tournament last week. Haxtun enters Regional action as the sixth seed in a 16 team bracket set by the Colorado High School Activities Association. Haxtun held home field advantage in round one of Districts as they took the field against Briggsdale. The Bulldogs cruised to a 14-0 win that sent them to the next round slated for Friday in Fort Morgan. That action started with a match-up between Merino and...
It’s been a busy week for the Haxtun Bulldog track team. Tracksters are running faster, jumping further and throwing harder as the season nears the finale. In doing so, the boys four-by-100 meter relay team that broke the school record just several weeks ago broke it again. The team broke their own record of 44.60 with a new record time of 44.41. The team is made up of Michael Gerk, Ryland Wolff, Kyle Fryrear and Josh Wright. The Colorado State Track Meet is slated next Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Jefferson County Stadium in Lakewood. R...
The Fleming Wildcat track team competed in a busy week of track meets as the season nears completion. The Wildcats attended three track meets over the past week beginning on Wednesday with the North Central League Meet where the members of the girls' team broke three records. Senior Kally Kirkwood competed in the 400-meter dash where she broke the League record with a time of 58.80. The record was previous held by Fleming alumnus Ashley Atkin. Junior MadiKay Serrato broke Fleming School's record...
Anna Theresia (Kercel) Etl entered eternal life on May 4, 2023 at the age of 87. She was born on May 20, 1935 in Ivankovo, Yugoslavia to Josef and Eva (Hahn) Kercel, the oldest of four children. She grew up in Yugoslavia until rising political tension forced her family to flee Europe. They spent several years in Austria as refugees before the family of Ted Wernsman sponsored her family's relocation to Fleming through St. Peter's Catholic Church. She was just 16 years old when she arrived in...
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