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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School is back in session and activities are in full swing this fall as Haxtun students return to the classroom for the 2022-23 school year. This year brought on six new teachers in the elementary, junior high and high school buildings including Becky Williams, Ashley McFadden, Dana Davis, Jeanna Clark, Tracy Kennedy and Don Myers. The group of new teachers have been at school for the past few weeks prepping for the return of students and now have classrooms full of students where learning is...
Adding in a sidewalk around the elementary parking lot, approving resignations and new hires, fall coaches and sub lists topped agenda items in a short August meeting of the Haxtun Board of Education. Board members also acted on a proposed agreement with the Holyoke School District to share time with the band/music teacher and agreed to transfer funds to cover the cost of new busses in an Aug. 23 meeting held in the high school meeting room. As typically done, board members heard reports from the administrative team to open the meeting last wee...
Three members of the Haxtun Health administrative team presented to the Board of Directors in a late August meeting. The trio talked about The Haxtun Way, a new movement within the facility, and the momentum carrying forward within Haxtun Health to reach a next level of greatness. Executive Director of Ancillary Andrew Gonzales, Dr. Amy Seinfeld and Chief Community Relations Officer Julia Biesemeier spoke to board members on The Haxtun Way giving information about who they are, the purpose and reasoning behind the new movement. Additionally,...
Haxtun Health's Physical Therapy is changing as Director Wendy Evans transitions out of her role and relocates back to the Denver area. The Physical Therapy team remains strong with existing staff and Haxtun Health has solidified additional PT staff to help fill in the gaps in scheduling. At the same time, a search is underway for a new director. "Even though our Physical Therapy department is changing, we continue to provide a great team of rehabilitation specialists that work with our patients, residents and community to ensure they receive t...
How often have you asked someone “How are you doing?” and received a reply of, “I’m doing OK but I wish someone would shut off this wind!” I find this notable because rarely does anyone want to “shut off this rain, snow, cold or heat.” Why does everyone pick on the wind? Wind does a lot of good if you think about it. For centuries it made travel across oceans possible powering sail boats. Sue has cousins who live on a sailboat, traveling to all sorts of exotic places, courtesy of the wind. Gas c...
It’s hard not to be defensive when someone challenges you by declaring, “Well, that’s not very Christian!” If fruits of the Spirit bolster one’s faith, then perhaps a more appropriate challenge should be, “Well, that’s not very Christlike!” Both point out the reality that living in Christ is a subjective standard at best. Authors of New Testament scripture take their best shots at defining righteousness and yet there exists no clear litmus test that conforms to all circumstances and settings. E...
The calendar may still say that it's summer (and the weather agrees), the fall sports season is in full swing. Several sports are closing in on an entire month of competitions, including boys golf. Fort Morgan had a rough outing in the LPL event hosted by Skyline last Monday, finishing ninth out of the ten squads in the tournament. However, Jeriah Blake just missed out on a top ten finish, shooting a 9-over-par 81, good for 14th place. That was only two shots out of 10th. He was three shots...
There are many variety options to choose from for fall 2022 wheat planting. The best variety to plant depends on your specific situation and planting more than one variety is highly recommended. The top picks discussed below were chosen based on their non-yield attributes and their performance in the Colorado State University wheat variety trials. Crop variety performance trials are conducted by the CSU Crops Testing Program to provide unbiased and reliable information to crop producers to help them make better variety decisions. All the CSU wh...
13 Years Ago Sept. 1, 1937 Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Eller and two sons and a daughter were guests of Eller's mother, Mrs. Magalene Eller, at the George Gueck home north of Haxtun last week. The Eller family is returning from a world tour. They are in their 15th year of missionary work in India and have twice made the trip around the world. Funeral services for George William Lindgren, were held Wednesday afternoon at the Radford Funeral home in Haxtun. The little boy had reached the age of four...
Fifteen sets of volleyball and the Haxtun Lady Bulldogs came out of a weekend tournament 3-1 with wins over fellow league and other 1A opponents the team will see later this season. Haxtun picked up wins over Otis, Dayspring Christian Academy and Caliche before falling in the final match-up of the day to Merino. The Bulldogs traveled to Sterling on Saturday for tournament play at Northeastern Junior College. Overall, the team holds a 4-3 record just two weeks into the regular season. Haxtun...
In a five-match opening week of volleyball action last week, the Fleming Lady Wildcats took three sweeps in two days of competition. The Lady Wildcats opened at home against Peetz last Thursday where they earned sweep number one before playing at Northeastern Junior College in tournament action on Saturday adding sweeps over Holyoke and Caliche. Saturday's tournament also brought a five-set win over Dayspring Christian and a four-set loss to the defending State Champion Merino Lady Rams....
Win number one went on the books for the Fleming Wildcats who defeated the visiting North Park Wildcats in a Saturday afternoon season opener. Fleming looked ready in the opening minutes of the game and tacked on two touchdowns while holding North Park scoreless. The visiting Wildcats found the end zone once in the second quarter, but Fleming upped their score by another 13 to close the half at 25-6. North Park added another TD in the third quarter, but that would be their last of the game. The...
Beverly Jean (Hargis) Anderson died on Aug. 12, 2022 at Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush at the age of 86. Beverly was born Sept. 26, 1935, in Pierce to Charles Hargis and Bernice (Mackay) Hargis. She attended school in Pierce, graduating in 1953. While in high school she was active in the drama club, was a cheerleader and graduated as class valedictorian. This is also where she met her high school sweetheart Leonard. They later married on July 19, 1954 in Raton, N.M. when Leonard came ho...
Eileen Moss, 81, of Holyoke, passed away Aug. 27, 2022. A celebration of life is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 3, at Zion Lutheran Church in Holyoke at 10:30 a.m. Inurnment is planned for Monday, Sept. 5 at Hope Lutheran Cemetery in Burr, Neb. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of the Plains or Zion Lutheran Church....
