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HAXTUN'S MATT FIRME stands in for his interview as a top-three placer in front of the grandstands at the Phillips County Raceway in Holyoke Saturday. The 2020 race season opened at PCR on Friday night with a two-night, weekend event. Firme took home the second place trophy in the Sport Mods division Saturday night....
Many of the topics of conversation at Phillips County Commissioner meetings over the month of May pertained to the recent COVID-19 pandemic, upcoming events and a variance request by the County from a public health order set by the State. The variance, which was approved late last month, allowed for the raceway season to get started over the weekend. According to the variance approved by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Phillips County was granted approval to host the raceway 2020 opener, held last Friday and Saturday...
When it comes time to help, Haxtun residents never fail to do so and when the recent pandemic occurred and the call went out to help those affected most, that’s exactly what happened. Many local businesses were forced to shut their doors for the past several months in order to comply with orders from Colorado’s Governor Jared Polis. The closure not only affected the businesses that were forced to close, but also the employees who work there. The Haxtun Chamber of Commerce, along with several other individuals, formed a fund titled Help Hax...
Northeastern Junior College recently announced that Garrett Cockroft and Fallon Goemmer were selected as recipients of the Rising Star Award by the Colorado Community College System and the State Student Advisory Council. The Rising Star Award is bestowed upon community college students who exhibit a high level of leadership and involvement in student activities, along with maintaining a 3.0 grade point average. Cockroft and Goemmer have both shown initiative both inside and outside of the class...
The local electric cooperative in Northeastern Colorado, Highline Electric Association is urging members and elected officials to voice their frustration with the Colorado Public Utility Commission’s recent actions to exclude participation from most Colorado electric cooperatives in an important electric utility industry decision. The CoPUC is hearing a case to determine an exit charge for two of the 17 Colorado cooperatives who are members of Tri-State Generation and Transmission (Tri-State) – HEA’s wholesale power provider. All Tri-S...
Michelle Patterson joins the Northeast Colorado Board of Cooperative Educational Services team as the Director of Special Education. The Northeast BOCES provides cooperative educational services for 12-member school districts in northeast Colorado including Akron, Buffalo, Frenchman, Haxtun, Holyoke, Julesburg, Lone Star, Otis, Plateau, Revere, Wray and Yuma. Patterson's work in this new role begins on July 1. "Patterson possesses a wealth of expertise in education, including a vast amount of...
The Colorado General Assembly returned after a 10-week hiatus to do the one thing they're required to do every year by the State Constitution: pass a balanced State budget. It got off to a somewhat slow start. After putting the Long Appropriations Bill for 2020-21, as the State budget is known, in front of lawmakers on Tuesday, the process got waylaid by protesters Thursday night, mostly white. That caused Democratic leaders to cancel Friday's session, the day the House was scheduled to begin...
Haxtun High School recently released the list of students who qualified for the principal and superintendent’s honor roll for the second semester of the 2019-20 school year. Principal’s Honor Roll Those on the Principal’s honor roll with a grade point average of 3.4 to 3.79 are: Freshmen: Aliyah Engle, Destanie Engle, Cassidy Goodwin, Skyler Lundgren, Cannon Peterson, Mick Scholten and Aerian Swenson. Sophomores: Jacob Anderson, Ashton Ayala, K’Lyn Bornhoft, Macie Davis, Alex Farrell, Victor Knapp, Jeff Miner, Cash Nab and Taylor Schram. Junior...
Since the weather has gotten nicer, we’ve been spending a ton of time outside. My boys could be out there from sunrise to sunset just digging in the dirt, playing on their playground or roaming the place. They are usually muddy, dirty, smelly messes by the time the day is over in the summer and I love it. Lately, we’ve been trying to go for bike rides or walks. We live about half a mile from the dirt road, so often we will get on our bikes and ride down to the dirt road and back in the eve...
Creating personal space and time away from everyday life has always been an important self-care concept, one that is also recognized scripturally. Nevertheless, the world-wide pandemic is now fully present in society making it more difficult to recognize and reserve sacred moments in one’s daily life. For many, increased sharing and looking out for one another have been a boon to family relationships. But, it has also exacerbated less-than-ideal living situations, especially where domestic abuse...
Think you’ve got a bad job? Join the club. Nearly everybody, at one time or another, decides they must have the world’s worst job. Heck, I have those thoughts from time to time ... and I don’t even have a real job! We all have those days. You know the kind I’m talking about. Those days when you just know they gave your boss his job because he was too dumb to do anything else. We’re talking about days that you find small comfort in knowing you have job security because they’d never find anyone el...
13 years ago - May 29, 1935 The Haxtun Harvest The Lutheran Church at Haxtun, which has been closed during the past three years except for occasional services, will be opened the early part of June for regular church services. A minister has been engaged. Flood water takes three lives Sunday night: Grim tragedy struck the Haxtun community late Sunday evening when Mrs. Elsa Lewein and her two children, Donald, 6, and Irene, 4, lost their lives in the flood waters at seven and a half mile creek...
The question is on the top of ranchers’ minds right now; how much grass will we have this summer? Overall, it was dry last fall, over the winter and so far, this spring. How much grass will there be this summer? Directly related to that question, how many head of livestock can I graze this year. How long can they graze? Oh, for a crystal ball. Since one is not likely to drop out of the sky, we can use the next best thing: grass cast. Grass-Cast or Grassland Productivity Forecast, has over 30 years of historical data about weather and vegetation...
Carl Paul Etl entered into eternal life on Saturday, May 23, 2020 at the age of 92. He was born on Aug. 15, 1927 to Paul and Sophie (Riter) Etl. Carl grew up on the family farm south of Fleming in the St. Peter's community; one of eight children. He attended St. Peter's Catholic School. He was dedicated to helping on the family farm. Carl served in the Merchant Marines and the Army. He met his wife Anna T. Kercel and they were married on May 7, 1953. They celebrated their 67th wedding anniversar...
Joan Starns passed away on Friday, May 29, 2020 at her home in Haxtun at the age of 83. Joan Jacqueline Cowen was born Jan. 1, 1937 in Ft. Morgan to Glen Howard Cowen and Gladys Almira (Harding) Cowen. She was the youngest of five siblings; Manuel, Elizabeth, Phoebe and Glen. As a teenager, she began working for her aunt, Zorah Jones, at the Haxtun Hospital as a Candy Striper, earning 50 cents per night. This would lead to a lifelong career in nursing. Following her graduation from Haxtun High S...
