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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FLEMING HIGH SCHOOL 2020 graduates Peter Betley and Bonnie Polis are recipients of the Fleming Library Association's annual scholarships. The two were recognized during commencement ceremonies two weeks ago....
The ending to the 2019-20 school year and the recent COVID-19 pandemic has left many parents and community members wondering what the coming year will look like. Even with the 2020-21 school year approaching quickly, Superintendent Darcy Garretson told Haxtun Board of Education members during a Tuesday night meeting last week that there is still so much unknown at this point. “I held an all-staff meeting earlier in the month to share the information I had,” she told board members in her administration report at a June 16 meeting. “It was good...
The 2020 Phillips County Fair “Barn in the USA” kicks off in less than a month and recent news is that the COVID-19 pandemic will not limit evening events. According to the Phillips County Fair Board, all evening events have been approved to continue for the week-long event slated for July 21-26 at the Phillips County Fairgrounds in Holyoke. Evening events include team roping, ranch rodeo, barrel racing, Sunny Ledfurd concert and Bulls Gone Wild Show. “Things may look a little different than usual, but we are excited to share our good news,...
The Fleming Town Council met for their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, June 9 at the Fleming Community Center. The meeting was called to order by Sue Einspahr at 6 p.m. The following council members were present: Stefan Betley, DeeAnn Christopher, Nancy Glaspie, John Stone and Ken MacCrone. Guests included: Sandy Kinzie (arrived at 6:02 p.m. and left at 6:20 p.m.), Levi Lowe (arrived at 6:19 p.m.) and Matt Salvador joined by ZOOM at 6:10 p.m. Additions/corrections to the agenda: A motion was made and seconded to approve the agenda, all...
The recent pandemic caused the cancellation of many things this spring, including the annual meeting of the Phillips County Economic Development Corporation. Despite not being able to gather together in April to celebrate the organization's success and grant and intern recipients, PCED Executive Director Trisha Herman compiled a list of top notable happenings for the year. Perhaps one of the biggest 2019 accomplishments, Herman said, is that PCED completed a six-month housing study with...
Colorado’s agricultural center is the State’s Eastern Plains, where whence comes 84 percent of the State’s gross agricultural sales. The Colorado State Fair is among the biggest events every year that celebrates that agricultural impact. But you wouldn’t know it to look at the State Fair’s Board of Directors. The only alleged representative of the Eastern Plains lives in Boulder County. That’s not sitting well with Republican lawmakers at the State Capitol and a fair number of Democratic lawmakers aren’t pleased with it, either. On the last day...
Sometimes I wish I had become a football coach instead of a cowboy. I admire football coaches because their lives seem so simple compared to the rest of us. If we pass a coach on the street or meet him at the Post Office, most of us do the same thing out of habit. “How ya doing?” we’ll ask. I have to admit I utter those words out of habit. Honestly, most of the time I really don’t care how that person's doing. In fact, I’ve usually passed on by before they issue the standard OK. Truth be known,...
Hard as it is to hear, the business of the church is sometimes no business of God. Given enough time, every church and every congregation will experience the corporate side of church that sometimes has little to do with its declared focus. Today’s churches are ever in flux, an unsettling reality for many and an invigorating challenge to others. Fear is a moderating factor keeping us from ill-advised or rash moves, but it doesn’t mean that the soul of the church and its members cannot be wou...
We had just gotten home last Saturday night around 8 p.m. and by 8:30 p.m., our two massive trees had blown over, barely missing our house. It was a whirlwind, to say the least (see what I did there?). I had just put our youngest to sleep in his room upstairs, which is on the front side of the house. The older two were watching TV in our living room, also on the front side of the house. As I was coming down the stairs from putting Wade to bed, Knox started screaming “Mom! Mom! Mom!” in a sca...
13 years ago June 19, 1935 The Haxtun Harvest Contracts of construction of Phillips County's new courthouse building were awarded by the board of county commissioners last Friday afternoon. The general contract was awarded to Knutzen and Son of Kearney, Nebraska at $61,300. A contract for heating, plumbing, electrical, and lighting equipment went to George Zeiler of Holyoke for approximately $11,500. This figure does not include architect's plans and equipment for the new building will be...
