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The Frenchman School District has a new principal. The Board of Education in Fleming voted during a meeting on May 18 to hire Kortney Firme to fill the role for the coming year. The District is now seeking a first grade teacher to fill a vacancy Firme leaves to accept the new position. Two months ago, members of the Board of Education failed to pass a motion to approve a contract for then principal Stacy McDaniel, creating an opening within the District. Firme, who has taught first grade in Fleming for the past five years, brings with her 13...
Normally, the Haxtun Community Center would be the setting for the annual year-end athletic awards for Bulldog athletes; decorated in all red and black featuring pictures of each student athletes, but not this year. Despite restrictions in place regarding public gatherings due to the current pandemic, members of the Haxtun Booster Club did not miss an opportunity to acknowledge athletes for their successes this year by doing so with featured videos from each coach on the School's YouTube...
Phillips County's variance request from portions of Colorado Governor Jared Polis's Safer at Home executive order has been approved by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. The variance relates to specific functions including planned public gatherings, restaurants, places of worship, bars and gyms. The variance was good through May 26, at which point the State was expected to re-evaluate the Safer at Home plan. According to Phillips County Emergency Manager Bob Heldenbrand,...
As counties begin to re-open and individuals have access to more options and opportunities, it is exciting to start participating and doing some normal things again. However, participating in a cautious way is important. It’s good to remember that COVID-19 is a new virus that scientists have not seen before, it is highly contagious without a cure and is still very much in our communities. This statement is common, “wear your mask and stay back six feet” in every article and from every television report, but why? Here are the whys behind masks...
On June 1, the Colorado High School Activities Association plans to lift the moratorium against all in-person condition sessions between coaches and high school athletes. The announcement came following a meeting last week with the CHSAA Resocialization Task Force. “Starting on that day, any decisions regarding athletics and activities through the summer months will be made at the local school district level,” said CHSAA Commissioner Rhonda Blanford-Green. “The CHSAA's administrative oversight for athletics and activities will resume when...
For the first time in two months members of the Haxtun Board of Education met in person, this time in the school’s cafeteria to allow social distancing for members and administration. In March and April, the group met via Zoom due to pandemic restrictions. The recent COVID-19 pandemic not only has local meetings looking much different these days, it also has educators in a whole new world of learning as they prepare for next year; not only with expected budget cuts but also with the possibility of changes to in-person learning. In her report t...
By Marianne Goodland Legislative reporter The legislature’s Joint Budget Committee wrapped up its efforts to balance the 2020-21 budget in the face of a $3.3 billion shortfall on May 22, with the last cut the largest of all: $577 million from K-12 education. The committee’s members said they held off on making cuts to education until the bitter end and it was a bitter pill to swallow. Said Senator Bob Rankin, a Carbondale Republican and the committee’s senior member, that both parties’ priority during the budget-cutting process has been to...
The May 18 meeting of the Haxtun Hospital District Board of Directors brought re-organization following elections this spring. Despite not having an election due to lack of interested citizens in running, the Board is down a member, Scott Thompson, who finished his final term after 10 years last month. Thompson served as President over the past few years. Two members did choose to run again, including Kent Bamford and Rod Salvador, but even with the two returning members, the Board of Directors still short one member. At the start of the...
“Hello. May I speak to Mr. Gary Hodgson?” the pleasant lady’s voice asked when I answered the telephone. Guardedly, I replied, “This is Gary Hodgson,” bracing myself to repel another sales person wanting to sell me vinyl siding for my brick house, investment opportunities for when I’m not overdrawn at the bank, or my favorite, my “pre-approved” credit card. I know right away they’re lying because if they’d already checked enough for “pre-approval” they wouldn’t even be calling. Standing ready w...
One of the early tasks assigned to woodshop class decades ago was a weekly hour devoted to mechanical drawing using draftsmen’s tools. It was purportedly the bane of many a student, especially when power shop tools awaited their attention. Who could deny the siren call of lathes, table saws and jointers over an impersonal mechanical pencil and drawing board? The specific student task was to measure and draw a small three-dimensional ell-shaped block, then render it into a one-dimensional d...
13 years ago May 22, 1935 The Haxtun Harvest Rainfall measures four inches over period of ten days in Haxtun area: Farmers on the hard land south of Haxtun are jubilant over the prospects for a corn crop and the sandy farm land is believed to be in ideal shape. Award diplomas to Senior Class of '35; Veylerd Baker, Daniel Barkley, Homer Bartling, Wayne Chryst, James Coulter, Earl Dean Donaldson, Lloyd Dunbar, Boyd Dunbar, Keith Hart, Donald Hill, Lorin Hovel, Ted Johnson, William Krueger, Ralph...
Wayne Alden Gibbs passed away, Sunday, May 17, 2020 at the age of 87. Wayne was born March 24, 1933 in Sterling to Ellsworth and Bertha (Becker) Gibbs. He was a longtime resident of the Haxtun area and he farmed southwest of Haxtun his entire life. He did Custom Harvesting Work for over 50 years and he retired in 2005 and moved into town in Haxtun. He enjoyed fishing and hunting with his family in the Rocky Mountains. He was married to Mary Harrah on Nov. 28, 1949, who preceded him in death. He...
