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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SUMMER READING at the Haxtun Public Library is winding down. For the past few weeks, children have met on Mondays for story hour, crafts, snacks and library checkout. Above, Volunteer Deb Dickerson helps a table full of children at one of the Library's weekly events....
The Haxtun Town Council acted on a second Economic Incentive Policy application for the year during a recent, Monday evening July 3 meeting. In addition to reviewing and voting on an incentive application from Meraki Salon and Spa, council members also voted on a change order for swimming pool construction and approved the 2022 financial audit. The July meeting opened with the approval of the 2022 audit as it was presented by Scott Szabo with Lauer, Szabo and Associates during a June 19 work session. Report findings came back as they typically...
The start to the 2023-24 school year is just around the corner and as summer winds down, Haxtun Schools is hosting registration for students of all ages. Registration for the coming year is open and available on Alma, the District’s student information website. The District also recently released updated school supply lists for 2023-24. “It is important to review the information that we have in our student information system every year to update phone numbers, doctors, allergies, meds, emergency contacts, update permissions, etc.,” said Miche...
An old joke asks the question, “Why do cowboys roll up the sides of their hats?” Answer: So three of them can sit together in the front seat of a pickup. I’m pretty sure there’s no truth to that since cowboy hats pre-date the crew cab dually. I wouldn’t have thought about it at all if something strange hadn’t happened many years ago. In an odd twist of fate, a large city newspaper began running this column. I was their first cowboy writer, I guess, because when the first column came out, my pic...
It is official. The annual gathering of members representing my denomination is in the books. For over 230 years, and a few early unrecorded events, the business of the church has been placed before a delegate body for deliberation. One need not be a delegate to speak one’s mind at the microphone, a time-honored ideal insuring that all have a voice. The speeches in support or non-support of business items mirror many protestant gatherings. We have our bright shining moments as well as those t...
Cottonwoods are fast growing trees in Populus genus. These trees are hardy to zones two through nine. Cottonwood trees produce cotton every other year. They preserve their resources. There is a cottonwood fluff produced around the seed which are cotton fibers. These seeds will cover the lawn or driveway and other parts of the landscape. This can go on for two weeks or more starting late April or early May through either June or July. Is there a way to control the cottonwood seeds? You can reduce the cottonwood seeds with an annual treatment...
13 Years Ago July 13, 1938 Dairymen and other person to handle milk and cream for commercial purposes have been warned by Dairy Commissioner W.H. Skitt that syrup pails, large cans, cooking utensils, cans without covers, galvanized pails and cans, or other containers that cannot be properly washed and sterilized are not proper containers for cream and milk. A.B. Stauffer suffered an injury last Sunday that, it was feared, would cause him to lose the sight of his eye. He was working on machinery...
Dennis "Denny" Duane Grauberger passed away Wednesday, June 28, 2023 in Sterling at the age of 74. Denny was born on Oct. 9, 1948 in Sterling to Duane and Doris (Saylor) Grauberger. He attended elementary at Harding School, graduated high school from Fleming in 1966 and some college at Northeastern Junior College. He was a wheat harvester, worked as a Mechanic in Holyoke, Otis and Sterling, worked at the Sugar beet factory in Sterling, at Fleming schools in Fleming, the HBF Feed lot in Haxtun,...
Frances "Fran" Gilliland passed away Thursday, July 6, 2023 in Haxtun at the age of 101. Frances Jane "Fran" Ruzicka Gilliland, second child of Joseph and Ethel (Allen) Ruzicka, was born on Sept. 8, 1921 in Plainview, Neb. She graduated from Plainview High School before enrolling in Doane College (now University) in Crete, Neb. There, she met the great love of her life, Keith DeLaine Gilliland of Dorchester, Neb. When Keith asked her to be his bridge partner, that led to an even longer lifetime...
