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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THIS CREW of cousins spent one of their final days of summer vacation operating a lemonade stand on Friday, Aug. 6. Pictured from left to right are Jaymie Ham, Taivyn Bullard, Jayleigh Bullard, Cooper Bullard and Mollie Ham. Haxtun students are set to return to class on Wednesday, Aug. 18....
Phillips County commissioners have been provided an update regarding the American Rescue Plan and the funds to be distributed to each entity in Phillips County. The county itself will receive $828,426, Holyoke $554,980, Haxtun $227,220 and Paoli $8,546. Half of the funds are available now and the balance will be paid in 12 months. The funds must be expended by Dec. 31, 2026. Conditional use permit reviewed Commissioners reviewed the April 19, 2018, conditional use permit and its conditions for Sprague Brothers Land LLC for a swine nursery...
Haxtun’s new website is live! Residents can now pay Town bills and utilize other features on the site, townofhaxtun.colorado.gov. Haxtun Town Council members originally saw a draft version of the website during a Monday, June 7 regularly monthly meeting. Over the past few weeks, final touches were complete and the site sent live just recently. Now that it is live, local residents can use the website to pay utility bills as well as view hot topic ordinances and other forms such as building permit applications and golf cart permits. The site a...
Golden Plains Area Extension Horticulture Agent Linda Langelo has been awarded the Lois Woodward Paul Memorial Award for outstanding horticulture achievements in her horticulture career. The award is given by the Professional Gardener Program started by Pierre DuPont, the founder and creator of Longwood Gardens. The alumni of the program vote on nominees to decide who should receive the award based on their horticulture achievements. The Executive Director, Patti Tingle, of the Holly Foundation...
JACK FEIK is pictured with Coach Mike Trader at the Mid-America basketball camp at Grand Island Central Catholic in late July. Jack was a part of the boys' major league All-Stars. Jack is the son of Devron Adams and Jen Feik, Haxtun, and he will be an eighth grader at Haxtun this fall....
Call it perspective if you will. Some might call it having your head in the sand or in some other very dark place. Didn’t see that coming. Seriously? How could I not have seen it? This past year, being in the possession of a few old mama cows has been a pretty enjoyable experience. Even though they seem to stay up nights thinking of ways to annoy those of us assigned to care for them, there have been considerable pluses to owning some lately. Namely, it is profitable. For those of you whose l...
A regular interaction with my life partner has been encouraging one another to find the best in each day, no matter the circumstances. It usually occurs in the form of a question, “What was something new that you discovered today?” or “What was the best part of the day for you?” It is sometimes hard to come up with an adequate, let alone noble, response depending on the events of the day. A similar question manifested itself in the guise of a well-into-nineties couple who hosted me overnig...
Back to school is here. The hustle and bustle of cramming in last minute family vacations, shopping for school supplies, getting back into regular bedtime routines and saying our sweet goodbyes to pool days and fire pit nights. As a kid, I remember picking out new shoes for school as being my favorite part of the back to school season, so I let my two oldest do the same. My middle (starting kindergarten) picked out some red, white and blue shoes because they reminded him of Captain America. My...
13 Years Ago Aug. 12, 1936 Whether or not old-age pensioners in Colorado will receive an increase in payments depends upon the action of the state welfare board, which meets in Denver the latter part of this week. Although Governor Johnson has instructed the 63 counties to pay the maximum of $30 per month to every person on the pension rolls, the county welfare directors are without authority to increase the payments without approval from the state headquarters. Walter L. Huey, county welfare...
Darrell Neil Whittington passed away Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, while residing at The Harmony Home in Yuma at the age of 89. Darrell was born on July 7, 1932 in Sterling, to Dwight and Viola (Held) Whittington while they were farming south of Fleming. During the Depression, they left their family farm and moved to Fort Collins in 1935, then to Denver in the spring of '42 and to Cambria, Calif. in the fall of '42 during World War II; back to Denver for one year, then settled in Fort Collins where he g...
Connie Kay Nagel, 64, of LaSalle, went to be with the Lord on Aug. 2, 2021. Her daughters were by her side. Connie, the youngest of three daughters born to Rex & Mary Ellen (Davis) Faules, graced the world with her birth on April 26, 1957, in Haxtun. The family relocated to Greeley when Connie was very young. She attended Greeley schools and was a student at Greeley Central High School when she met and married Ed Campbell in 1973. In September of that year, they welcomed a baby girl, Amy...
