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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By Candie Fix [email protected] Four new teachers joined staff at Haxtun Schools who welcomed students back to school last week. High school and junior high students returned to school on Aug. 13 and elementary students started the 2024-25 school year on Aug. 15 following several days of fall assessments. Collyn Heinz, Riley Thompson, Jessica Japp and Dylan Huss join the faculty at Haxtun Schools as new staff this year. All take on new and various roles throughout the building teaching...
Determining what health care plan is best for you can be daunting. Along with premium costs, you need to consider deductibles, co-pays, prescription coverage, provider networks, claim processes and so on. The community is invited to a webinar on Thursday, Aug. 29 from 12-1 p.m. to learn more about making the outcome of this process end up being the most beneficial for you. Amy Everhart is a local pharmacist at Walker Pharmacy in Sterling. She specializes in helping her customers choose the best Medicare plan that works for their pharmaceutical...
Coffee is best "done" with others, conversation and fellowship combining with the ritual of sharing to create moments in which our lives intersect with others in mostly positive ways. According to coffee research.org, 54 percent of the United States population drink coffee regularly (over 3 cups per day) while another 25 percent drink it occasionally. Overall, daily per capita consumption of coffee in the U.S. is 1.9 cups for men and 1.4 cups for women. I pretty much like my coffee simple;...
As we transition from summer to autumn, change is all around us — leaves are taking on new colors, temperatures are dropping and the days are getting shorter. But you can also experience different seasons in various aspects of your life — including when you invest. What are the seasons of an investor’s life? And how should you respond to them? The first such season may happen when you are in your 20s and just starting out in the working world. At this stage in your life, it’s especially important to prioritize your financial goals. At the top...
Plant scientists have been employing science to improve crops for centuries. David Harris from the University of London believes that gatherers began selectively breeding wheat about 12,500 B.C. Cutting edible grasses with rock-edged sickles they took the grain-bearing grasses home. Only the strongest kernels of wheat or barley were left on the stalk because they may have been hard to cut. Those plants had stronger stalks and those plant seeds fell to the soil nearest the Neolithic campsites, and after sprouting and growing, they produced...
13 Years Ago Aug. 23, 1939 Ralph Hallinan of Golden has been employed as social science instructor and athletic coach at the Haxtun High School, according to an announcement made this week by Marion G. Talcott, principal of the school. C.M. Bertagnolli, coach last year, recently resigned to accept the superintendency of a cooperative farm for young men near Grand Junction. Midway News - Mr. and Mrs. Chase Meakins and Viola Belle, Mrs. Ella Monk and Mahlon Jones returned home last week from...
The Haxtun Police Department re-registered a sex offender living within Haxtun's city limits. Steven Michael Saign lives in the 200 block of North Wallace Avenue. According to the local police department, Saign is a dual resident, meaning he is registered at two locations; one on North Wallace Avenue and a another on County Road 7 in Phillips County. This is his required quarterly registration. Saign was convicted of sex assault on a child and sex assault on a child, age 15-18, by someone in a position of trust on Nov. 29, 2012 in El Paso...
Teresa Ann (Cheney) Blackburn Yost passed away peacefully at Mesa Valley Estates on Aug. 17, 2024 at the age of 85. She was born April 2, 1939 to Harold C. Cheney and Minnie DeBuhr Cheney in Haxtun. She grew up in Haxtun where she and her sisters Velda Lee and LaVonne Kay were known as the "Cheney girls." She was very busy with school activities and working with her mother and sisters in Minnie's Cafe. In highschool Teresa was active in the band, the school choir, and was a cheerleader for the...
