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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United States Senator Michael Bennet, accompanied by Crestina Martinez, Colorado State Director for Rural Development, recently visited Haxtun Health to tour the campus and witness the progress of the Main Street Clinic project. Senator Bennet's visit highlights his commitment to Eastern Colorado, demonstrated by his push for $2 million in Congressionally Directed Spendingto support the project. The CDS funds, distributed through the USDA, aim to support critical community projects, including he...
The Haxtun Board of Education officially announced results of the recent BEST grant cycle and although the District did not receive funds this year, plans are to continue to move forward with applying again in 2025. "The Haxtun Board of Education regrets to inform our community that we did not receive the 2024 BEST grant, but we are committed to improving our facilities and learning environment for our students and will continue to re-apply in the next BEST grant cycle," said an official...
The fourth of July marks the debut of the Bulldog Putting Greens, a new disk golf course at the Haxtun Park. The course is the final product of work by Trey Bivins, who has been instrumental in the design and install stages. Disk golf is a game in which a frisbee is thrown into a series of metal baskets situated on an outdoor course. The object is to complete the course using the fewest possible throws. It is played using similar rules to golf. The first tee of the Bulldog Putting Greens is...
Phillips County electors cast 1,443 ballots in Colorado’s Primary Election on June 25. With 2,772 active registered voters, that’s a 52.04 percent voter turnout. Challengers to Republican incumbents running for re-election gave voters a choice in the races for the District 2 Commissioner and the Sheriff. Although the incumbents had the most votes and will therefore move on to the General Election, the challengers each received a respectable number of votes. The sheriff’s race was won by only 36 votes of the 1,166 total. Sheriff Michael Beard...
Books - that's what's new! The Haxtun Public Library has added several fiction books to both the adult and juvenile sections. The series many are excited about is "Wings of Fire" by Tui T. Sutherland in the juvenile fiction section. "I read the first book in the series, "The Dragonet Prophecy on a drive to Indiana and had to finish the last half hour of the book before going into the house and being social," said Haxtun Public Librarian Carolyn Davis. "I decided to purchase the first six books...
In a recent column I explained why I never became an Olympic athlete. In summary, no talent. Besides, all I ever wanted to be was a cowboy. The previous explanation also applies somewhat to my cowboy efforts. It was tough enough for me the way it was, I hate to think how hard it would have been if “cowboy” had been made a regular Olympic event. An entire country or two of competitors able to rope better than me was bad enough. I shudder to think how it would have been to open the field to the...
One of the most intriguing items in our kitchen/household junk drawer (c’mon, you know you have one) implicates an iconic office necessity, the embossing label maker of old. It’s the one that uses stiff plastic tape and sports a rotary alphabet and number wheel atop a hand-held grip. No batteries for this baby. If you wanted to label something, you had to live with the hard work of squeezing a handle before moving on to the next letter or symbol. It was best not to allow interruptions while cre...
Throughout the ages, farmers have planted seed saved from their previous wheat crop. When making seed wheat decisions, they selected the best quality seed from the highest yielding varieties. Choosing wheat varieties based on yield and quality continues, but now seed decisions include a new consideration. With the advent of hybrid crops like corn, farmers discovered that they did not get the advantage of hybrid vigor when they saved their seed, the ensuing crop was not uniform and yields were poor. It was quickly learned they needed to buy new...
13 years ago July 5, 1939 Miss Doris August Johnson became the bride of Winston L. Cedarburg of Axtell, Neb., last Sunday in Axtell. The Rev G.A. Peterson officiated at the double-ring ceremony. After keeping the secret for six months, Miss Ellen Finnigsmier and William H. McKellar, former Haxtun young people, announced to relatives and friends this week that they were married Saturday, Dec. 31, of last year in Greeley. Management of the Shirley Hotel at Haxtun changed hands this week when Mrs....
The Town of Haxtun's emergency siren system is getting a much needed update. With grant funds from FEMA, Town crews will begin tearing down and preparing for the installation of new sirens next week. Haxtun Police Administrative Clerk Vickie Freemyer submitted a grant for funds to replace the current 50+ year-old sirens system. Grant funds were awarded on Dec. 14, 2023 with a 90/10 split. The total cost of the project is expected to be $49,078; of that, FEMA will cover $44,170, 90 percent of...
Haxtun's 2024 summer ball program etched it's place in history last week with a complete sweep of the Border League softball and baseball tournaments. Haxtun teams claimed championship titles in both the 9-12 and 13-16 softball brackets as well as the pee-wee, little league and babe ruth brackets. Softball tournaments were played Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in Oshkosh, Neb. while baseball played Thursday, Friday and Saturday in Chappell, Neb. The 9-12 softball team, led by Noah Toops and...
HAXTUN Summer ball players on the Grey T-Ball team are pictured front row (l-r), Cole Lambert, Henry Frank, Bryan Heerman, John Henry and Nolan Frank; back row (l-r), Dakota Higgins, Wade Edwards, Andrew Bell, Koda Johnson, Maddison Mull and Titus Stephenson....
HAXTUN Summer ball players on the Red T-Ball team are pictured front row (l-r), Greyson Sparks, Quincy Stone, Newt Harris, Oliver Ensminger and Parker Reagan; back row (l-r), Thomas Clark, Cayson Bellendir, Lorenzo Grilli, Sylar Gorman, Jack Lundgren and Preston Reagan....
Sallie Munson passed away on June 24, 2024 at the Sedgwick County Nursing Home in Julesburg at the age of 98. Sallie was born on Aug. 22, 1925 in Norphlet, Ark., the daughter of W.H. Murphy and Maggie Elva Sullivan. She grew up in a large family with three sisters and six brothers. Sallie attended school in Norphlet, graduating in 1942. After high school, she attended secretarial school in El Dorado, Ark. In 1944, she went to work for a local lawyer for a short time, then went to work for the Wa...
With all 64 Colorado counties reporting, the State had only a 25.72 percent voter turnout for the 2024 Primary Election held June 25. Statewide, 977,525 ballots were cast from a total of 3,801,029 registered active voters. By contrast, Phillips County had a 52.04 percent voter turnout with 1,443 ballots cast of 2,773 registered active voters. In addition to voting for the next two-year term for the United States House District 4 seat, electors within District 4 also voted in a special election...
1. Please give some background/history on the opening/purchase of your business. Haxtun Community Hospital's humble beginning started back in 1938 on the second floor of the Drake Mercantile building. It was operated by two registered nurses at the time. In 1960, Haxtun Hospital District was founded. Eight years later, in 1968, Haxtun Hospital District moved into its new building on West Fletcher, where it sits today as Haxtun Health. 2. Who are the owners/key players in your business? The...
