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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WHAT WAS once a two-bedroom home along North Walker Avenue in Haxtun is now on top of a new basement at 232 West Grant Street. Brandon Biesemeier and family had the home moved from near the Haxtun Park to a new location just a block and a half west of Colorado Avenue along Grant Street. Biesemeier said the foundation had to be broke out but no real problems came from the move. The plan was to perform the large move before the street project this summer....
Two meetings in seven days and the Frenchman Board of Education tackled a number of agenda items in preparation for the coming school year. Board members in Fleming acted on a wide-range of action items including the purchase of a new utility car, hiring a new first grade teacher and agreeing to approve an elementary interventionist position throughout two separate meetings last week. The Board met for their regular June meeting on Tuesday, the 21st and again in a special meeting a week later on June 27. The first meeting opened with reports...
Haxtun Health Board of Directors swore in one new member and held board officer elections during a regular, Monday night meeting in late June. Last month, Jeri Soens and Jeff Firme were sworn into office following election season this spring. A third, Rebecca Ensminger, took her oath of office in June as she was not present during the May meeting when Soens and Firme took theirs. Following the final oath of office to complete the board of directors slate, members voted to elect officers; turns out, all officers remained the same. Kent Bamford...
ADDISON OLIVER recently competed in the Nebraska State Rodeo finals. She entered the Nebraska State High School finals as one of only 28 freshmen out of more than 150 high school competitors. Oliver competed in pole bending and finished in the top 14. Addison will be a sophomore at Haxtun High School this fall. She is the daughter of Ryan and Jessica Oliver, Holyoke....
With planting season in full swing and harvest around the corner, it is time to think of tractor lunch box ideas or meals for field delivery. The long days and typical farming complications can sometimes cause hard working farmers and their helpers to get in a rut when planning meals. It is important to plan not only for a healthy meal but also food safety. One of my favorite jobs as a child was getting to make meals with my mom or grandma and deliver to the field during wheat harvest. My mom always made sure each detail was thought through; fr...
Anyone who has ever hauled a horse to a rodeo, team penning, barrel race, cutting or horse show, has had this happen. You’ve been tuning and grooming on old Bay for days, maybe weeks, even months. Today is the day it all comes together. Bay looks good and you feel great. The hours on the road fly by because today is your day. You have plans to take names and kick ... well, you get the idea. About five miles from the fairgrounds you begin to notice them. One over there in a field, two a...
Time flies when you’re having fun, or at least when you’re a National Weather Service reporting station. For the past couple of decades, the daily routine has included recording highs and lows of the previous weather day, precipitation amounts, wind velocities and directions and other noteworthy meteorological events. While ultimately compiled and collated with other volunteer observer sites across the nation, the original data is most often hand recorded prior to being sent in over the net...
High and dry gardens are needed now more than ever. What are they? A high and dry garden demonstrates which plants can survive on natural precipitation. There is a high and dry garden located in the northeast corner of the Washington County Fairgrounds in Akron. We have used it for trialing plants to see how well they fare in drought. What defines a drought? According to Oxford dictionary, a drought is a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water . In the Golden Plains, a prolonged period could mean 10-14 days....
Equality of all citizens is a uniquely American concept. Historian G.K. Chesterton said, “America is the only nation in the world that was founded on a creed.” That creed comes from the Declaration of Independence: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. This declaration came at a point when slavery was nearly universal. Native...
13 Years Ago July 7, 1037 Martin Bryant, a resident of the Haxtun community for nearly 30 years, passed away last Saturday night (July 3, 1937) at the farmhouse where he was farming southwest of town. He was 52 years of age. He also served for a time as a night marshal here. North County Line - Phyllis Anderson, Arvid Anderson and Hele Trego visited over the Fourth in Greeley. Miss Freda Anderson, who has been visiting here for a couple of weeks, accompanied them home. Dailey News - Mr. and...
The community is invited to roll up a sleeve and answer the call for patients in need by donating blood on Tuesday, July 12 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the school. Blood donors are lifesaving heroes. At this special blood drive, they also have the chance to help high school seniors earn scholarships through the American Red Cross High School Scholarship Program. This program is available to high schools that schedule at least one Red Cross blood drive during the school year. Scholarships are awarded to students that demonstrate leadership in the...
Douglas Lynn Post went home to be with Jesus on June 26, 2022 at the age of 54. He was born on Dec. 11, 1967 to Leslie and Alice (Kummer) Post. Doug graduated from Wray High School with the Class of 1986 and shortly after started his first job working for John's 66. He really loved that job and learned a lot from his coworkers. He met the love of his life, Kandi Herman, at a church youth group function at the Wray Nazarene Church. Although, he didn't let on to his infatuation for several...
Edna (Sewell) Koellner passed away on Sunday, July 3, 2022. She was born on July 6, 1923. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, July 9 at 11 a.m. at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church at 1200 South Taft Hill Road in Fort Collins....
