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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Letter to the Editor, I believe that Haxtun is a community built on love, so it troubles me that there's a Confederate flag in the window of a store on main street. Change is happening all over the country and I think it should happen here, too. The kids who grow up here shouldn't have to see a symbol of hate every time they go down main street. And if we want visitors to Haxtun to know who we are and what we stand for, we should, as a community, unite in love and ask that the flag be taken down. If the rest of our country can do it, so can...
A FRIDAY night thunderstorm producing hail up to two inches in diameter passed through Fleming and the surrounding area causing damage to structures, vehicles and crops. At left, Fleming resident Brea Chavez snapped a picture of hail at her home in Fleming. At right is a what is left of a vehicle north of Fleming following the storm....
Doctor Ben Stephenson is the new Chief of Staff at the Haxtun Hospital District. His appointment came early last week following a resignation of Doctor Breck McCarty from her duties as both a physician with the District and Chief of Staff. Dr. Breck McCarty’s resignation is effective as of June 30. Board of Directors for the Haxtun Hospital District met last Monday, June 22 and during the Chief of Staff report, were informed of Breck McCarty’s resignation effective at the end of the month. Following the news, board members reviewed the medical...
Phillips County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a body with a gun in an abandoned building earlier this week, according to Sheriff Thom Elliott. Deputies discovered a mummified, unidentified deceased white male at an abandoned farmstead near Phillips County roads 57 and 40, near Amherst, on June 13. A release from Sheriff Elliott says it appears that the victim died from a gunshot wound to the head. The body, he said, had no identification and there was no vehicle found at the location. Elliott said a canvass of surrounding c...
The 2020 legislature session that ended on June 15 was unlike any other and not in a good way. In the session’s final three weeks, 67 bills were introduced in the House and 20 in the Senate. The House’s list included 42 bills tied to the 2020-21 budget plus the School Finance Act. That meant a lot of rushing and it did not sit well with State Senator Jerry Sonnenberg, Sterling. He pointed out that one measure was introduced at 7:45 p.m. one evening, was through its only committee hearing by 8:15 p.m. and with a preliminary vote by 8:30 p.m...
When I was eight years old, the favorite game neighbor kids, my sister and I use to play was “Cowboys and Indians.” Because I had black hair and mostly because I was younger than everyone except my sister who refused to run around without a shirt on, I usually was assigned the role of Indian. I really didn’t mind. I thought Indians were pretty cool, even though my only contact with them was old Gary Cooper and John Wayne movies. Indians got to do all the things I was good at. According to stere...
Set aside grandstanding, bickering, politicizing and anger. Send them packing in short order along with impatience, intolerance, ungratefulness and wont. Unguarded emotions and irritable conversations are also not welcome for a time. Reclaim ownership of your life from the media noise and hype. This is not a call to reject personal belief in favor of anything or anyone. Most of us will not change our minds or positions on most issues anyway. We should at least heed a call to respect others e...
13 years ago July 3, 1935 The Haxtun Harvest New Haven - Yards and pastures are beautiful with patches here and there of the wild red geranium. The flower has never been seen before in such abundance. Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Brooks and children, Mildred Brooks and Grace Bevard, drove to Byers last Thursday for a short visit. Mrs. Brooks and children will remain in that city for a few days. Miss Nadine Bevard accompanied the party to Haxtun for a visit. Bryant - The funeral services for the infant...
Helen Potter Haskins passed away on Friday, June 19, 2020 at 2:12 p.m. at Acadia General Hospital in Crowley, La. at the age of 86. Helen (Potter) Haskins was born in Fleming on Feb. 17, 1934 into a family of wheat farmers in the small town of Haxtun, making her 86 years old. She met her husband, Larry Haskins, when she was four years old and they married when she was 17. Eventually they made their way south to Marrero, La., a town on the west bank of New Orleans, where they raised their four...
