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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FLEMING LADY Wildcats watch intently as senior Whitney Chintala reaches to put up a bump set to prepare for a kill in their only home contest so far this season against Weldon Valley. Pictured from left to right are Laney Schliesser, Chintala, Kally Kirkwood and Lexi Schaefer. The Wildcats will return to their home court and field to host homecoming contests against the Flagler Panthers during Fleming's annual Fall Festival....
Concurrent enrollment, graduation requirements and this year’s preliminary student count all topped information presented to the Frenchman Board of Education during an August meeting in the Fleming Library. Counselor Randy Stahley, Athletic Director Lisa Chintala and administrative team members Kortney Firme and Steve McCracken gave board members an update just as the 2021-22 school year kicked off in Fleming. Stahley told board members there are 15 Fleming students who are taking concurrent enrollment classes this semester. Concurrent e...
On Tuesday, Nov. 2, voters within the lines of the Haxtun School District will be tasked with selecting the candidates to fill vacancies on the local school board. Seats currently held by Tamara Durbin, Jay Wisdom and Audree Edwards are up for election in November. Two of those three, Edwards and Wisdom, returned petitions to seek another term on the Board of Education along with candidates Cole Fix, ChristiAnne Gibson, Dean Michael and Spencer Holcomb, all of whom recently completed the necessary petition to fill one of three four-year terms....
Four of five seats on the Frenchman Board of Education are up for election this fall. Four community members returned petitions for the open seats, which means the Board of Education will cancel the general election in Fleming this November. Incumbents Kim Nolde and Christa Lousberg will each take a second four-year term on the Board and new members Karianne Donnelson and Nick Wernsman will each serve a two-year term beginning this November. Donnelson and Wernsman replace seats currently held by Randy Kirkwood and Shane Schliesser. Kirkwood is...
Local 4-H members recently competed at the Colorado State Fair held in Pueblo Aug. 27-Sept. 6. The following is a list of both general project and livestock placings from the State Fair: Market hogs: Brooklyn Plumb: Reserve Champion Spot Market Hog, first in Class 1 of Spots, first in Class 2 of Medium Weight Crossbreds, State sale qualifier. Market poultry: Isaiah Rueter, third in Pen of 3, Meat Chickens, sixth in Roaster Single, second Hen Turkey, third Hen Turkey, first Best Tom Turkey,...
On Friday Sept. 3, Haxtun Hospital District filed a State Regulation Waiver Application Request with the Colorado Department of Health and Environment on behalf of Haxtun Hospital District regarding the recent "emergent" regulation change for COVID-19 vaccination for healthcare employees. The Waiver asks that Haxtun Hospital District be exempted from the requirement. Haxtun Hospital District believes that this change will cause a critical staffing shortage and adversely affect the health, safety...
Any of the authorized vaccines will help to keep you safe against COVID-19 and the Delta variant Last week, the Food and Drug Administration gave full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for eligible people aged 16 and up. While it's the first to receive this designation, all available COVID-19 vaccines have been proven safe, effective and authorized for emergency use. The State remains focused on vaccinating as many eligible Coloradans as possible. "We want Coloradans to be as...
Trees are more valuable to us because they are an integral part of our lives. Without trees we would have less oxygen since they take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen. Trees cool the atmosphere. Trees give us food and materials to build our homes and so much more. If you have space in your landscape, consider adding another tree. Here are two reasons why: It is good to have a diversity of trees in your landscape. If they are all the same, when one is effected by a disease the other trees are not a host to it. But there are many more benefit...
Another week of the fall season is in the books and the top teams and individuals are already beginning to separate themselves from the pack. The past week was full of important clashes that filled the highlight reel. In volleyball, there was a huge match-up in the 1A North Central last Thursday, where Briggsdale, #3 at the time, took down last week's top-ranked squad, Fleming, in three sets (25-22, 26-24, 25-21). It was a good night to be named Krise, as sisters Courtney (14 kills) and Jenna...
Letter to the Editor, Some of you I know won’t agree with me however I’m not responsible to protect others who won’t protect themselves or others. A COVID card, not a mask, is my defense. Some 90 percent of recent hospitalizations ion Colorado and elsewhere are non-vaccinated people. 9News reported 57 percent of Coloradoans are now fully vaccinated — good for them, me included! I believe all health care workers, teachers, business management, office personnel, service industry, stores, public gatherings, first responders and anyone who encount...
Writing “Under The Wire” the past few months has been more challenging than anytime the past 35 years of cranking them out. The reason? Too many topics have become difficult to make fun of. During the past 1,800 or so columns I have held to a few very strict, self-imposed rules. First and foremost, I never want to offend any reader. Rule number two is my mother had to be able to read them. She passed away two years ago but the same question hangs over me. “Would she have approved of my sayin...
It is late summer, otherwise known as tickle grass time. Its grassy seed heads seemingly pop up overnight and manage to cartwheel their way into every nook and cranny around the exterior of the house as well as the garden. They are a nuisance to a well-tended lawn, something some of us have yet to perfect. Another player in the late fall weed sweepstakes is the tenacious mallow. Tightly bunched and anchoredac with a muscled tap root, mallow thrives if disrespected. It can sully the best of...
New presidents often find themselves tested early in their administration; their performance is revealing to allies and enemies alike. JFK’s failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba and subsequent summit with Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev, about which Kennedy remarked, “He just beat the hell out of me!” led the Russians to believe they could place nuclear missiles in Cuba. The ensuing “Cuban missile crisis” brought the USA and USSR to the brink of nuclear war. By contrast, Ronald Reagan’s...
13 Years Ago Sept. 9, 1936 George Decker, 67, passed away at a hospital in Haxtun Thursday morning. Mrs. Clifford Gum of the Wages community passed away last Friday at a Denver hospital at the age of 19 years. Main street in Haxtun is to be oiled surfaced, it was announced this week by town officials. The work will begin next Monday, using state highway equipment. The Tin Can Tourists of the World, folks who have put wheels under parlor, bedroom and bath, assembled 2,000-strong for their summer...
Haxtun Police Chief Tanya Mayhew reported the re-registration of sex offender James Leonard within Haxtun’s city limits last week. Leonard, age 34, 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....
Not even the rain could stop Haxtun's ground game Friday night as the Bulldogs rolled to a 60-14 win over West Grand at Adam Wernsman Field Friday night. The Bulldogs have racked up 126 points just two weeks into the 2021 football season with dominating wins in their first two contests. Haxtun outscored South Park and West Grand by a total of 112 points as the Bulldogs defense has allowed just 14 points in the two-game stretch. Junior running back Michael Gerk and senior counterpart Isaac...
The Fleming Lady Wildcats dropped their first match of the season at the home of the Briggsdale Lady Falcons last week. Both teams saw 1A State Tournament action earlier this year in mid-May and fell at the hands of the Merino Lady Rams; Briggsdale in round one and Fleming in the Championship. The Lady Wildcats sailed to a smooth 3-0 victory over the Lady Falcons just a few short months ago at the home of the Lady Falcons. Briggsdale returned the favor on Thursday taking sets one through three...
Week two of 6-man football action put the Fleming Wildcats on the road to Peetz where they faced off with the Bulldogs. Both teams took wins in the opening week of play; Fleming won at home over Arickaree/Woodlin; Peetz took a home win over Miami-Yoder. Fleming jumped to an early lead over the hosting Bulldogs last Friday afternoon. They tacked on 22 points while holding the home team scoreless to go up 22-0 in the first quarter. The Wildcats expanded their lead by another 24 points before the...
Kenneth Eugene Houghtelling passed away on Sept. 1, 2021 in Greeley at the age of 74. Kenny was born in McCook, Neb. on Oct. 24, 1946 to Milton Houghtelling and Leona Williams. In 1964 Ken met the love of his life, Sonya Kay Main. They married on July 27, 1965, and enjoyed 56 years together. Shortly after being married, Kenny began six years in the National Guard. A year later their son Craig was born. Two years later their daughter Kimbra joined the family. Kenny started his career as a...
