What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope
What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope
Sorted by date Results 1 - 12 of 12
When school started in mid-August, Fleming schools welcomed three new teachers including Danielle Wernsman, first grade teacher, and Rylie Salyards, high school business teacher. The new line up of staff members also includes new music instructor Laurianna May. Danielle Wernsman Danielle Wernsman takes over Fleming's first grade classroom as former first grade teacher Kortney Firme takes on her new role of principal this year. Wernsman brings with her more than 12 years of experience in...
A phone call to parents from Superintendent Darcy Garretson on Labor Day announced that all Haxtun High School students would be on remote learning until Sept. 16. The call said there have been three positive COVID-19 cases within the high school. "Three students or staff member at Haxtun High School have been diagnosed with COVID-19," Garretson said in a letter to parents that followed the initial phone call. "Each case of COVID-19 is interviewed by public health." As part of that...
The Phillips County Commissioners have reached an agreement with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment regarding groundwater monitoring for the next several years. The agreement’s announcement as well as terms were announced during the Commissioners month end meeting on Aug. 31. Phillips County and the CDPHE’s Hazardous Material and Waste Management Division agreed that through year 2022, the State agency will prepare a sampling and analysis plan and continue to conduct groundwater monitoring at the County landfill. On Jan. 1...
Last week, United States Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture will extend several flexibilities through as late as Dec. 31. The flexibilities allow summer meal program operators to continue serving free meals to all children into the fall months. This unprecedented move will help ensure — no matter what the situation is on-the-ground — children have access to nutritious food as the country recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. USDA has been and continues to be committed to using the Con...
Mental health challenges — such as depression, anxiety, psychosis and substance use — are shockingly common in the United States. In fact, more than one in five American adults will have a mental health problem in any given year. Centennial Mental Health Center provides Mental Health First Aid courses to prepare communities with the knowledge and skills to help individuals who are developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. Centennial Mental Health Center will be hosting a cost covered Mental Health First Aid Cou...
Comedian Dean Martin once said, “I feel sorry for people who don’t drink. When they get up in the morning that’s as good as they’re going to feel all day!” With the exception of a couple of indiscretions in my youth and three daughter’s weddings, I really don’t know much about that. I, on the other hand, feel sorry for those who lives aren’t affected by the seasons. I suppose if you live in the city the seasons don’t mean a lot to you. They put on a sweater to play golf in the fall and the morn...
It is a rare thing to declare something perfected, an apex moment when nothing more could be improved upon. Such moments are more readily acknowledged in the world of art, individual performances or objects that in themselves transcend all previous effort, thus breaking new ground. Even old art re-interpreted becomes something new in itself in spite of its ties to the past. It can be a test of true friendship to allow room for another’s view of what moves them, even when it might be less than a...
As a mother of young children (three boys, for that matter), I am no stranger to the smelliness that accompanies their little bodies. Dirty diapers, vomit, stinky shoes, farts, sweaty clothes, spoiled milk, etc. I’ve smelt it all. This past weekend I went upstairs to change sheets on all the beds when I felt like I had been sucker punched square in the face with this horrible odor. I checked Wade’s room to make sure a poopy diaper didn’t get left in the trash. I checked Knox and Otis’ bedroom...
Integrated pest management is a commonly used term in agronomy. IPM implies the use of multiple tools to control pests in your fields. While the name lends itself to control of unwanted animals, IPM is used as a strategy to control any unwanted organism. Let us look at some of the tools; why they work and why adaptation to current conditions is necessary to keep as many tools viable as possible. Tool 1 Crop rotation has been used for centuries to avoid pests. Insects will lay their eggs in areas where they expect the host plant to be present...
13 years ago Sept. 11, 1935 The Haxtun Harvest Lon Jewell, retired farmer and residents of the Haxtun and Fairfield communities for a number of years, passed away at a hospital here Monday, morning, Sept. 9, 1935. He was 72 years of age. He was unmarried. Donald Ramsay, Willis Marlatt and Bill McKellar left last Friday for Fort Collins where they will attend college during the coming term. Impressive ceremonies to mark dedication of new courthouse: Construction of the new court house was begun... Full story
Jeffrey "Reid" LaMont passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020 at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley at the age of 66. Reid was born in Fairbanks, Alaska on May 6, 1954 to Gerald Bobby "Bob" LaMont and Willa Mae "Billy" (Harvey) LaMont. He is survived by his son Jedidiah "Cole" LaMont, LaSalle, and daughter Scarlet A. LaMont, Sterling; grandchildren Kadon, Korbon and Paislee Trout, Sterling; brother Gerald and wife Sally-Jo LaMont, Deer Trail; and sister Linda and husband Mitch...
Howard Dale Einspahr passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020 at the age of 76 at the Regent Park Nursing and Rehabilitation and Carriage House in Holyoke. Howard was born on Oct. 9, 1943 in Sterling to Emial and Ruth Einspahr of Haxtun. He completed his primary and secondary education at Haxtun Public School in Haxtun. After high school, he attended Northeastern Junior College in Sterling where he studied agriculture. On June 4, 1967, Howard married Lila Mae Earl in Sterling. He then whisked...
