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HAXTUN STUDENTS Angel, a second grader, and Kenneth, a kindergartner, walk into school with their dad, Shad Grilli, on their first day of school on Wednesday, Aug. 26. Haxtun High School cheerleaders welcomed back all junior high and elementary students at the main doors with cheers and chants....
The Aug. 24 meeting of the Haxtun Hospital District Board of Directors may have been short, but the information presented was positive. Department heads and administration reported a number of positive outcomes from the month of July, including a grant from the Department of Local Affairs. According to Dewane Pace, HHD Chief Executive Officer, HHD recently received an infrastructure improvement grant that will allow for facility improvements over the next few months. “Haxtun Hospital, as we know, is in a building that was constructed and o...
Community healthcare for Haxtun Colorado began 82 years ago with the opening of the Haxtun Community Hospital. Through the years, the local healthcare system has morphed and changed to adapt to community health needs, maintaining its roots and building upon the solid foundation of where it started. Effective Sep. 3, Haxtun Hospital District has adopted the name Haxtun Health to better represent the growth of the healthcare organization and breadth of services it offers. Though its official...
BULLY'S PUB AND GRUB, in Fleming, was recently awarded Best Rocky Mountain Oysters in Northeast Colorado by Discover Rural. Above, Bully's Pub and Grub owners Debbie and Mark Tryboski hold the plaque they recently received along with the award, which is voted on by followers of Discover Northeast Colorado. The Wednesday night special each week features the award-wining menu item at Bully's Pub and Grub. For more information about Discover Rural visit www.discoverrural.com....
As with most events this year, things looked different; but for the Colorado State Fair, the show must go on! Many local youth participated at the State fair and results are as follows: Alyssa Lock: Global Citizenship, Grand Champion Senior, Champion. Issac Strauss: Leadership, Champion. Grace Stone: Scrapbooking, fourth place. Ellie Kleve: Quilting, Reserve Champion. Leah Struckmeyer: Quilting, Reserve Champion. Braden Plumb: Woodworking, Reserve Champion. Owen Brubacher: Woodworking, State...
Without going into great detail, I must admit my office is a bit messy. OK, so it is really messy. It is the way I like it because I know where everything is laying or what it is laying under. Sort of. Some things get hung on my limited wall space. Those, I tend to forget about completely. I stare out my windows not the walls. Occasionally, one of those prized yet ignored wall ornaments jump out and surprise me. That’s where this story comes from. If you are in the cattle business or just w...
Part of getting older (and hopefully wiser) is the ability to recognize when to turn away from chaos in the moment in order to refocus on that which is life-sustaining. It is more than taking a 10 minute break or finishing up a necessary everyday chore. It is purposeful awareness that gently presses us to inquire what role we play in ordered creation. It is not an easy task. There are several paths that suffice. Some embrace meditation. Others name it prayer, an emptying of oneself that...
There is no hiding that the final days of summer has brought more grueling temperatures and limited rain. And, along with these patterns, comes more concern about the current drought in Colorado. As conditions get worse, concerns from farmers and livestock producers grow. Wildfires move through the mountains and spread across ranches, water levels in reservoirs drop, crops continue to struggle and securing forages for cattle become more difficult. These pains are felt throughout the state and...
14 years ago Sept. 10, 1925 The Haxtun Harvest Rodney, Irene and Naomi, son and daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Kennedy, were operated on for the removal of tonsils at the Haxtun Hospital Sunday. It is about five days yet until the prairie chicken season opens, but reports that some of the more impatient hunters were killing a number of birds this season and have caused considerable activity on the part of the game wards with the result that some 14 or more offenders have been arrested and...
THE HAXTUN BOOSTER CLUB didn't let the fact that there aren't any current sports seasons underway in Haxtun damper the fun of the annual kick off picnic. Last week, Bulldog athletes, coaches, parents and community members gathered for activities and a BBQ at the Park to kick off the 2020-21 year. Above, Allie Thompson, K'Lyn Bornhoft, Taylor Schram and Ella Coffin all take a turn down the giant slip and slide, one of many activities for student athletes to take part in during the event, which...
Haxtun Police Chief Tanya Mayhew reported the re-registration of sex offender James Leonard within Haxtun’s city limits last week. Leonard, age 33, is registered at an address in the 200 block of North Wallace Avenue. According to Mayhew, Leonard must register as a sex offender annually following an October 2011 conviction in Phillips County Court for attempted sex assault on a child....
Bonnie Jean (Corning) Harms passed away on Aug. 13, 2020 in Sand Springs, Okla. She was born April 1, 1932 in Colby, Kan. to Lester and Hilda (Goodrow) Corning. As a child, Bonnie's family resided in Kansas, Wyoming, Nebraska, and settled in Paoli. She graduated in 1950 from Haxtun High School in Haxtun. Bonnie married her high school sweetheart, Orville Lee Harms on Jan. 7, 1951. Bonnie's heart and home were always open. No one was turned away from either. Her integrity and support was unsurpas...
Steven B. Edwards passed away Monday, Aug. 24, 2020 at the East Morgan County Hospital at the age of 73. He was born May 12, 1947, in Sterling to Rex and Roberta (Little) Edwards. Steve graduated from Haxtun High School in 1965. He attended Northeast Junior College in Sterling for two years and then attended and graduated from Colorado State University in 1971. During his working career, Steve worked as an agronomist and was district manager for several different seed corn companies. Steve...
Ronald Gene Hart passed away at his home in Sterling on Aug. 17, 2020 at the age of 80. Ron was born July 26, 1940 in Haxtun, one of four children born to Willard and Della Jean Hart. He grew up on a farm north of Haxtun learning his love for hard work and animals at an early age. He attended school every day in town riding the bus with the sisters. Ron, in grade school, took an interest in playing the trumpet, which in the early stages was not as appreciated by the family but as time grew so...
