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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WYATT MARTIN, winner of the Burnout Contest at Haxtun's 37th annual Old-Fashioned Saturday Night with his 2017 Dodge. In addition to creating a plume of white and black smoke, Martin blew a tire damaging the rear panel of his pickup. Other burnout winners include: Rawlyn Horton, second, Izach Olson, third, Lou Thompson, fourth, and Zack Henry, fifth....
FACS teacher and FCCLA adviser Holly Kelley presented to the Haxtun Board of Education in a mid-July meeting. The meeting was the first for new Superintendent Aron Jones and while short, contained a wealth of information and several staff appointments before school starts in less than a month. Kelly gave the Board an overview of both her Family and Consumer Science clases and the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America club she oversees throughout the year. As for FACS, Kelley said her...
Producers may be aware of the new licensing requirements and processes set forth by the Colorado Department of Agriculture effective Jan. 1. However, many producers and applicators still have questions about these new laws and regulations. The biggest changes we are seeing effect Northeastern Colorado, and the Golden Plains Area is the change to proctored testing for Private Applicator Licenses as well as the need for a fumigation category called “Category 309B Non-Soil Fumigation Pest Control” in order to buy or sell Fumitoxin used to era...
Many years ago I wrote a column titled “True Love.” It was reasonably funny so it became the first story in our book “Just Barely Under The Wire” and also appeared on our website. Years later, re-titled “Putting The Squeeze On Love” the story was featured in a regional magazine. The column somehow hit the internet via email years ago. People seemed to like it. We have decided to run the story, one last time. If you haven’t already read it, please enjoy “Putting The Squeeze On Love.” I recently s...
It is hard to believe that just a few short decades ago (depending on one’s age) weather spotting was a questionable art filled with myths and wives’ tales. I suspect that many of those tales were conveniently placed at the feet of women by men, but that is for future discussions. The only definitive way of forecasting weather was to view it directly, not much help when a storm was already bearing down on you. Contrast that with todays advanced weather technology that not only apprises us of...
Salvia plants from the Plant Select Program are a great addition to the summer garden. There are several different ones to add to your garden. Salvia greggii 'Furman's Red', Salvia 'Ultra Violet' PP21,411, Salvia pachyphylla, Salvia darcyi x S. microphylla 'PWIN03S' and Salvia reptans 'P016S'. Salvia greggii ‘Furman’s Red’ grows in zones 5b-10 and has moderate to xeric water needs. It does well in clay, loam, or sandy soil and grows best in sun to part shade. In the spring prune dead stems from last season. This plant blooms from June throu...
13 years ago July 26, 1939 A message was received here this week that little Beverly Brayman, six-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Brayman, was fatally crushed beneath the wheel of a tractor that her father was driving. The tragedy occurred on the farm of her grandfather, near Shenandoah, Iowa, where the little girl's father is employed. Mr. Brayman was employed for two years on the George Gueck farm north of Haxtun. A very pretty wedding took place at 2:00 o'clock in the afternoon last...
Joan Ord Dvorak passed from this world on July 11, 2024 at her home in Haxtun at the age of 75. Joan was the third of five children born to Robert and Marie Ord on March 8, 1949 in Denver. She went to Kindergarten at Park Hill School and first grade at Blessed Sacrament grade school. In 1956 the family gave up city life for mountain living in Evergreen, where she continued grade school and graduated from Evergreen High School in 1967. Their house was a mile from the town of Evergreen and about a...
1. Please give some background/history on the opening/purchase of your business. For 50 years, Colorado Housing and Finance Authority has strengthened Colorado by investing in affordable housing and community development. 2. Who are the owners/key players in your business? CHFA was created in 1973 by the Colorado General Assembly to address the shortage of affordable housing in Colorado and began its work in 1974. CHFA is self-funded and is not a state agency. CHFA does not receive any direct ap...
HAXTUN BASEBALL players on the Red Babe Ruth team are pictured front row (l-r), Grant Firme, Jace Bamford, Carter Imhof, Tyce Hofmeister, Caleb Santistevan, Wyatt Mason and manager Lio Ayala; back row (l-r), Aden Ayala, Colton Higgins, Eli Horton, Madden Larsen, Max Grauberger, Baron Starkebaum, Luke Gales and Austin Knox. Not pictured is Gaige Wilson. The Babe Ruth team is coached by Collyn Heinz, Joey Gerk and Braden Plumb....
