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KEN SALYARDS and Mark Evanson along with other residents and staff members at the Haxtun Hospital District Extended Care Unit played Minute To Win It Games on Friday, Aug. 14. Games included cookie face, stack it, pink pong bounce and stack attack. Other residents who played are Alice Larsen, Berdine Koberstein, Jean Benson, Lavonda Snoddy, Vera Fiscus and Ann Rafert....
Phillips County Commissioners voted and approved a motion during the month of July that will allow exempt employees the ability to earn comp time. The announcement came at the usual press briefing held at the end of the month. The County also acted on a number of new hires and wage increases through July in addition to hearing various county department updates. According to information compiled by County Administrator Pam Jensen, an exempt employee who works over 40 hours per week can earn comp time at a rate of 1:1 for time worked over 40...
Normally this time of year includes two-a-day practices on the football field and an early tournament on the volleyball schedule to get back into the swing of things with fall sports and the start of school; but this year is different. Changes within the Colorado High School Activities Association due to the on-going global pandemic cuts fall sports from both Haxtun and Fleming schools including football and volleyball. While students have or plan to return to the classroom this week and next in Fleming and Haxtun, they will not be returning...
The Fleming Town Council met for their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 11 at the Fleming Community Center. The meeting was called to order by Mayor, Susan Einspahr at 6:50 p.m. The following council members were present: Stefan Betley, DeeAnn Christopher, Nancy Glaspie, John Stone, Levi Lowe and Ken MacCrone. Also present were Sandy Kinzie (left at 7:14 p.m.), Zander Marshall and Matt White with Colonial Life Supplemental Insurance Company (left at 7:07 p.m.), Clay Gorman and Keith Beck. Additions/corrections to the agenda: Stone...
Phillips County is no longer awaiting word on gaining Protect Our Neighbors certification with regard to COVID-19-related executive orders from Governor Jared Polis. Too many strings were attached to the Governor’s Aug. 7 executive order, which amended Protect Our Neighbors status, according to Phillips County commissioner Terry Hofmeister. While there were some things that Hofmeister said he liked in the amendment, he noted that the requirement to enforce guidelines and public health orders took it out of the realm of doability. Law e...
The three career and technical education programs at Haxtun High School were recently awarded grant funds in the amount of $81,057. CTE is the practice of teaching specific career skills to high school students through programs such as FFA, Future Business Leaders of America and Family Career and Community Leaders of America. The three local CTE program advisors Jeff Plumb, Janet Brophy and Holly Kelley worked collaboratively to submit an innovative grant from Perkins V. This grant is a highly competitive grant with a total of 21 applications,...
Personal safety guidelines that were put into place during COVID-19 have been successful in many regards. The number of new cases within our State is steadily declining and becoming much more manageable for the health care system. However, these restrictions have had detrimental effects to the meat industry and the economy, as a whole. Consumers have isolated themselves and stayed at home, employees at meat packing facilities have had their hours slashed and nearly every American has changed...
It is not popular to be my relative. Actually, being my friend isn’t too popular either. Truth be known, my wife and kids could be added to the list, also. In my own defense may I say I am not a bad person. Except for a few speeding tickets, I’ve never been in trouble with the law. With the exception of my love of horses and roping on them, I seem to have no serious personality disorders. I don’t kick dogs, use profane language (except at politicians) or indulge in mind-altering subst...
The myth of the super parent or super family is alive and well these days. How do you handle the stress of change? Don’t believe everything you hear or see, particularly online. The perfect happy family that has found impossibly fun ways to cope with the pandemic and our cultural unrest is not as prevalent as we imagine, or that others would have us imagine. One notable post from a “celebrity” I have never heard of made an adventure out of quarantining, enduring the experience in part by makin...
13 years ago Aug. 21, 1935 The Haxtun Harvest One of the prettiest weddings of the season was solemnized Thursday afternoon at three o'clock in the Methodist Church at Haxtun when Miss Hazel Miller became the bride of Mr. Harold Gall of Eustis, Nebr. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Alexander Bryans. Little Betty Lou Gipple, as ring bearer, was dressed in a pink taffeta dress and carried the ring on a white satin pillow. A bottle of deadly acid, drunk with the innocence and curiosity that...
Eldon Reutter died Monday, July 27, 2020 at Columbine West in Fort Collins at the age of 97. Eldon, the son of Harry and Mary Reutter, was born Dec. 27, 1922 in Crab Orchard, Neb. Eldon attended a country school near Crab Orchard through the first grade, when the family moved to a farm four miles north of Sterling. He attended a country school near Sterling through the eighth grade. Eldon graduated from Sterling High School in 1940. He attended Peru State Teachers College from 1940 to February...
Robert “Bob” Allen Sauder, Haxtun, passed away on Aug. 10, 2020 in Sedgwick County at the age of 59. Bob was born on Nov. 7, 1960 to Bill and Nancy Sauder in Julesburg. He attended elementary school at Sedgwick Grade School and graduated from Revere High School in 1979. Bob’s early years were spent working alongside his dad and brother on the family farm in Sedgwick. Bob was baptized on Dec. 4, 1960 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Chappell, Neb. He actively worshiped and was a member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Haxtun where he serve...
