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Ready, set, swim! The Haxtun Swimming Pool is set to open on June 10. The new outdoor pool is nearing completion and town crews are gearing up for the first day of swimming next week. A ribbon cutting ceremony and open house is slated for the same day. An open house is set for Monday, June 10 from 9-11 a.m. with a ribbon cutting at the beginning. Community members are invited to visit and view the all-new outdoor facility during the open house while also enjoying coffee and refreshments. Later...
Presidential election years can inspire a higher participation in the electoral process as the voting public weighs public policy considerations and determines if they favor or oppose party platforms and candidates. On Jan. 1 of this year, there were 2,777 active voters registered in Phillips County. Among them, unaffiliated voters exceeded one thousand for the first time at 1,008. In examining trends since the 2016 presidential election year, that's up 64 percent. An unaffiliated voter is somet...
Colorado’s primary election is Tuesday, June 25. It includes local, state and federal offices. Ballots were mailed June 3 to county active registered voters. To be accepted, voted ballots must be received by 7 p.m. on Election Day. Postmarks will not be considered to meet this deadline. The last day a registered elector can apply for a ballot to be mailed to them is Monday, June 17. Otherwise they can pick up their ballot at the County Clerk’s office from now through June 24 during the operating hours of Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and...
According to information from CHS High Plains, credit card sales at the Fleming gas pumps have been temporarily discontinued. The announcement came on the company’s Facebook page. “On Thursday, May 30, CHS High Plains identified fraudulent activity that had taken place at the cardtrol fuel pumps in Fleming. While we work to remedy this situation, credit card fuel sales have been temporarily discontinued at this location,” the announcement said. Local CHS High Plains customer cards will still work to purchase fuel. “No customer informa...
ON Thursday afternoon, May 30, Haxtun P.E.O. members gathered at Pi Kappa Cino Coffee to present recent Haxtun High School graduates Evelyn Mendoza, Cassidy Goddard and Samantha Seger with college scholarships....
All 2023-24 sports seasons have come to an end for the Haxtun Bulldogs and to celebrate this year's accomplishments athletes, parents and community members gathered for the annual athletic banquet at the end of May. As all athletic banquets do, this year's celebration included a special presentation of the 2024 Super Booster Award. This year's Super Booster honor went to Alicia Schram. "Alicia puts in countless hours (often behind the scene) supporting our athletes. She takes pictures, is in...
Haxtun Health, in partnership with the High Plains Research Network is hosting a free COMET training on Wednesday, June 12, from 12-1:30 p.m. at the Haxtun Community Center at 125 East Wilson Street in Haxtun. COMET (Changing Our Mental and Emotional Trajectory) is a unique program developed in rural eastern Colorado. It equips community members with seven simple guiding questions to initiate conversations about mental and emotional well-being with someone they might be concerned about. “We all know that mental health is just as important as ph...
HAXTUN METHODIST Church Pastor Jeri Soens celebrated her retirement last week. First with 110 children and crew leaders during Vacation Bible School and later on Sunday, June 2 with her final church service and luncheon that followed. Pastor Jeri is pictured above with all those involved in the 2024 Haxtun Vacation Bible School celebration on the front steps of the Methodist Church....
Sue quite often sends me off to town on an errand. It may be to pick up the mail, take mail to the post office or, as I often suspect, to just get me out of the house. Prior to every trip she issues these directions to me, “Try not to get into too much trouble” Honestly, I hardly ever get into any type of trouble. I do, however, encounter a few “memorable” situations, such as my most recent. This morning she called me into her office to tell me she needed me to go to the store and buy her a lemo...
It will never be said of me that I am a coffee snob. Is it black, hot, and at least lightly roasted? Good enough. I take some modest degree of pleasure, having waited in line as others’ coffee vocabulary is tested, in simply ordering the core components mentioned above. One would think that at least one or two thank you’s for my promptness would be forthcoming from those remaining in line, but the mental pressure can be acute in laying out coffee particulars. It’s usually best to let them work i...
Property taxes remain a hot topic in Colorado and rightly so. During COVID, economists expected home values to fall as the economy experienced a sharp recession. So in 2020, the legislature asked voters to eliminate a 40-year-old law that prevented property taxes from rising in unison with the value of that property. Voters agreed. Then something strange happened: the COVID recession was brief and instead of tanking, home prices soared because few homes were offered for sale. Without the 40-year...
13 years ago June 7, 1939 Aged man dies at Holyoke Sunday: Charles Williamson, 75 years old, passed away Sunday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. O.H. Hellen of Holyoke. He was retired farmer who moved here from Collins, Miss. Burial will be in Mississippi. An important business transaction was completed this week when the Town of Haxtun purchased the former First National Bank building for use as a City Hall. Through negotiations with the Board of County Commissioners, the tax...
Fleming Schools recently released the list of honor roll students for the second semester. Those on the Superintendent’s Honor roll achieved a grade point average of 4.0. Principal’s Honor Roll includes students with GPAs of 3.5 to 3.9. Below is a list of all Honor Roll students: Superintendent’s List Sixth grade: Easton Japp, Lilly Johnson, Easton Steward, Hank Stull and Jack Williamson. Seventh grade: Daisy Barkley, Abigail Betley and Isaac Fehringer. Eighth grade: Brooks Brekel, Maddox Herskind, Gabriella Manly, Dylon Monroe, Jaron Monro...
PAIGE OLIVER helps Vacation Bible School children at the Sticky Scriptures station last week. Eighty children attended VBS at the Haxtun Methodist Church while 30 crew leaders helped children dive into friendship with God. The week-long event last week helped Haxtun kids officially kick off summer break....
John D. Rhodes passed away Thursday, May 30, 2024 at the Sedgwick County Hospital in Julesburg at the age of 79. John was born in Julesburg on Sept. 30, 1944 to John and Elizabeth (Lundburg) Rhodes. John's love for his family was evident in his upbringing on the family farm in the Fairfield Community, south of Haxtun, with his four sisters. He cherished his time there, creating lasting memories. He graduated from Haxtun High School in 1963. John's unwavering dedication to his country was a...
1. Please give some background/history on the opening/purchase of your business. The NJC Foundation was officially formed in 1979 and its mission remains the same today "Northeastern Junior College Foundation endows and promotes the future of Northeastern, supports its students and faculty through solicitation of funds, manages investments and recognition of donations and provision of scholarships" or we can keep it simple and say that the NJC Foundation is the non-profit organization that...
