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What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope
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Impacting systems to make sure all students have access to a high quality education and opportunities to develop their talents motivates new Haxtun Superintendent Marsha Cody in her role as administrator at Haxtun Schools. Cody signed a contract with the District last spring and officially took over the lead position on July 1. "My mother was a teacher and it was always apparent how much she loved teaching," Cody said of entering in the education field. "She loves children and her joy about...
As a Haxtun High School graduate, Dustin Seger knows the pride that comes along with being a Bulldog and in his new role as secondary principal at Haxtun Schools, his hopes are to help every student make their mark in a positive way to continue the legacy of being a proud Haxtun alum. Seger serves as the seventh though 12th grade Principal at Haxtun Schools. He is a part of the administration team that includes elementary principal Becky Heinz and Superintendent Marsha Cody. Heinz's Principal...
Haxtun Schools started last week and when parents and students gathered for back to school night, they were presented new District behavior and discipline matrices. Those documents were also an area of focus during the Board of Education meeting last week. High School Agriculture Teacher Jeff Plumb presented the new discipline and behavior matrices to members of the Board of Education on behalf of the District Leadership Committee. That committee is made up of seven school staff members including teachers Staci Tempel, Kristie Boerner, Meghan...
By Candie Fix [email protected] The Town of Haxtun will ask voters to approve a $1.9 million street project during an election this November. Plans are to pave approximately 42 blocks of streets next year. The project would be partially funded with the current one-percent sales tax already in place with no increase in taxes to taxpayers. The Town of Haxtun has also applied for a grant from the Colorado Department of Transportation Main Street Revitalization program. Those grant funds would...
We’re not exactly birding hobbyists but we have kept track of a variety of bird species in the various places we have lived. We can share with confidence a number of common birds in our region, both permanent and seasonal. Our first field guides were a delight...officially endorsed editions that later expanded to include flora and fauna as well as sea creatures and seashells. Moths and butterflies were the topic of yet another guide, each narrowing the range of characteristics leading toward a...
“Come on, Honey, let’s go to the horse sale today.” I suggested to Sue the other day. “What are you going to the sale for?” she replied. “You don’t need another horse and you sure don’t have any money to spend.” That’s how our discussion started and it seemed like it went downhill from there. “I know I don’t really need another horse, Sweetie,” (I always use words like Honey, Sweetie, Cutie-Pie when we have this type of conversation). “But if I found one better than some we have now, I could a...
13 Years Ago Aug. 26, 1936 A vacancy appeared Monday for the coming school term when Mrs. Brouhard, who had been engaged to teach the seventh grade, returned her contract. At a special meeting of the school board, John Nauman of Haxtun was hired to fill this position. Mr. Nauman is a graduate of the Haxtun High School and received his life certificate from the Greeley State College of Education. School instructors hired in the west part of Phillips County: Highland Center, John Bainton and...
HAXTUN HEALTH staff and residents of the Extended Care Unit (l-r), Larry Atkins, Julayne Brown, Pat Salyards, Julie Shaw and Barry Dee play games during a Friday night luau hosted on Aug. 20. Others who attended include Vickie Haworth, Tom Walz, Bud Biesemeier, Curtis Burton, Barb Amen, Ann Rafert, Barry Dee, Joyce McCallum and Janice Cheek....
HAXTUN 2021 volleyball players are pictured front row (l-r), Emily Anderson, Maggie Kilgour, Kelsie Hadeen, Megan Walker, LouAnn Buccelli, Heily Avery, Evelyn Mendoza, Kirsta Dishman and Jayleigh Bullard; back row (l-r), Grace Gibson, K'lyn Bornhoft, Ella Coffin, Cassidy Goddard, Allie Thompson, Bobbi Starkebaum, Taylor Schram, Cassidy Goodwin and Aly Lock. Not pictured is Emmaleigh Payne and Manager Zoe Kurtzer. The Lady Bulldogs are coached by Paige Thompson, Don Schelling, Callie Dickerson...
HAXTUN 2021 Bulldog football players are pictured front row (l-r), Kristopher Hadeen, Gage Helgoth, Kash Workman, Avian Calderon, Bret Kanode, Ryland Wolff, Tate Michael and Ryan Davis; middle row (l-r), Braden Plumb, Isaac Andersen, Kailin Kelley, Brock Miller, Grant Statz, Mason Bornhoft, Kaiden Schelling, Keegan Colglazier, Michael Gerk and Brandon Nall; back row (l-r), Gehrig Thompson, Owen Knode, Ashton Ayala, Jake Tori, Maclin Tempel, Alex Farrel, Kyle Fryrear, Victor Knapp, Ossman Coss...
FLEMING LADY Wildcat team members returning to the court for the 2021 season are pictured: front row (l-r), Savannah Taylor, Maddy Zink, Hunter Donovan and Tori Champ; middle row (l-r), Kylie Bretz, Zoey Vandenbark, Lexi Schaefer and Laney Schliesser; back row (l-r), Whitney Chintala, Sam Pope, Maddy Harms and KallyKirkwood. The Lady Wildcats play under the instruction of Head Coach Megan Chintala and Assistant Coach Deron Feather. Not pictured is Madi Serrato....
FLEMING WILDCAT football team members who will defend back-to-back 6-man State Championship titles in the 2021 season are pictured: front row (l-r), Manager Treyson Kirkwood, David Betley, Travis Johnson, Derek Houser, Grant Kuntz, Harry Harms, Triston Castillo and Manager Cade Lousberg; middle row (l-r), Manager Dane Cunningham, Kale Volkman, Braylen Feather, Kolten Houser, Nate Betley, Kody Donnelson, Wyatt Cochran, Matix Haney and Maddix Welch; back row (l-r), Nolan Japp, Hayden Burr, Hayden...
The fall volleyball season kicked off last week as the Lady Bulldogs traveled to Julesburg to compete in the Sedgwick County Cougar tournament. This year's 19-member team is under the direction of Head Coach Paige Thompson, Assistant Coach Don Schelling and volunteer coaches Callie Dickerson and Marissa Schelling. Saturday's action pitted the Lady Bulldogs in two contests as they first faced off with the home team Sedgwick County Cougars followed by a match up with Briggsdale. The team played a...
The Fleming Lady Wildcats returned to the volleyball court last week just a few short months after earning last year’s State runner-up title. Their debut appearance of the season came at the Kit Carson Tournament where they took the Championship title after defeating the defending 2A State Champion Wiggins Lady Tigers. Under the direction of new Head Coach Megan Chintala, a 2015 Fleming High School graduate who helped lead the Lady Wildcats to back-to-back State Championships before going on to play at the collegiate level, the team swept Akron...
Byron "Jack" Cecil Salyards passed away on Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021 at the Haxtun Hospital at the age of 88. He was born on June 27, 1933 to Lloyd and Anna (Holmes) Salyards in Haxtun, the youngest of seven children. Jack and his siblings went to school in Ovid, Daily, Pumpkin Vine, Eaton and Haxtun. He graduated from American School and soon after returned to the Haxtun area to work for Orville Zimmerman. He was drafted into the United States Army in 1953 and was Honorably Discharged as a Drill Se...
