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When you've spent your entire life in the community you proudly call home it isn't hard to harvest memories of your favorite weekend event that rolls around once a year. For Cork and Trilla Bornhoft, reminiscing of Corn Festivals past comes pretty easy. In fact the couple could probably sit for hours with company and recall stories from their memory banks of Haxtun Corn Festivals over the years, looking back on their favorite class floats, years when the weather didn't cooperate or when their...
FLEMING HIGH SCHOOL crowned this year's king and queen during halftime of the homecoming football game on Saturday afternoon. Kylie Bretz-Hoskins was selected as homecoming queen and Peter Brekel was chosen king. Kindergarten attendants this year were Easton Vandenbark and Makara Weis....
For a current look at historic photos and artistic endeavors the place to be on Sunday, Sept. 22, is at the Phillips County Museum. The event, planned that afternoon from 1:30-4:30 p.m., represents the first ever Gallery Tour at the museum located at 109 S. Campbell in Holyoke. The Gallery includes artwork and photography from many late area artists, photographers and collectors. Each person attending the tour receives a brochure with information about each piece and there will also be museum...
Incumbents Ryan Horton, Tana Pope and Jon Brammer will fill four-year terms on the Haxtun Town Council beginning in November. The three are the only interested community members to return petitions to seek a seat on the local town council. Horton and Pope will return to the Council for four year terms and Brammer will be appointed to his first, four-year term. Brammer is currently completing a term for a former council member who resigned mid-shift. He was appointed to the town council vacancy...
We love structure even when it means restricting one’s own views. Structure prescribes rules and defines arenas for the games that we play — mental, political, relational, spiritual — in forms that are acceptable to the governing culture in the moment. When things are going well, we laud the architects of such structure, praising them for their prudence and foresight. When things sway in opposite less desirable directions, structure remains visible, though it is often used as scapegoat mater...
Letter to the Editor, The annual meeting of the Haxtun High School Alumni will be held from 2-4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28, which is the day of the Corn Festival in Haxtun. This year the location of the gathering has been changed. There will be an Open House reception held at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Haxtun. This decision was made by myself, LaVonne Hart, coordinator of the HHS Alumni. I have several reasons for the venue change. Most of the local alumni know me as being the coordinator for the organization for around 23 years. I am at...
13 Years Ago Sept. 20, 1939 Six-man football, a game new to this territory, is attracting much interest in northeastern Colorado this fall. The six-man game, which makes it possible for small schools to play football, originated in Nebraska and is being introduced in this region. Dailey High School is a member of the new league. Others: Atwood, Ovid, Sedgwick, Crook and Merino. Merrill Cheramy, 15-year-old high school student at Haxtun, passed away at a hospital here Sunday afternoon after an il...
The Town of Haxtun will experience a power outage the morning of Saturday, Oct. 5. The outage is expected from 8 a.m. to noon. The Town of Haxtun will be working with the Western Area Power Administration as part of the planned outage to perform preventative maintenance. "WAPA identified a potential problem out at the substation that they need to fix. In order to do so they need to disconnect the power for the town," said Ron Carpenter, Haxtun Town Superintendent. "If they don't address it the...
The Haxtun Bulldogs put nearly 800 miles on the bus to face the Sanford Mustangs on the gridiron last week. A 60-0 win puts the Bulldogs at 2-0 with two opponents on the schedule before league play begins this season. This week Haxtun is set to host Crowley County at home on Saturday afternoon. The Bulldogs' trek to Sanford started Thursday as the team practiced the last hour of school before loading up and traveling to Fountain for the night. First thing Friday, the team headed south over the...
Skids4Kids was founded by Andrew Angeli and is based out of Springfield, Mo. Angeli often held burnout meetups at a local shop. At first, these meetups were just a way to have fun with the rest of his car enthusiast friends. However, they would sometimes draw crowds of a few hundred people. Realizing what he had, Angeli decided to see what these burnout meetups could become. They decided on a name and a goal for their charity and Skid4Kids came into being. Pretty quickly, they had several...
A single outing over the past week added one in the win column for the Fleming Lady Wildcats who now stand at 5-3 overall. Last Thursday's match at Briggsdale marked the first league contest of the season and a sweep on that occasion puts the Lady Wildcats in the top spot in the North Central League. Weldon Valley, who is scheduled to meet the Lady Wildcats on Thursday, Sept. 19, holds the second spot. Fleming came out hot in the opening sets at Briggsdale last week cruising to 10- and 12-point...
In combined annual homecoming and Fall Festival events held last Saturday in Fleming, the Wildcats took a commanding, 46-13, win over the North Park Wildcats for their first league win of the season. The Wildcats now stand at 2-1 overall and 1-0 in the 6-man North League. According to MaxPreps, the Wildcats sit in the second spot in the 6-man North League behind Caliche who holds a 2-0 league record. The Wildcat offense moved the ball 206 yards throughout the game. Their ground game saw 175 of t...
Richard Hinde died on Sept. 12, 2024 in Haxtun at the age of 90. Dick, as he was known by his family and many friends, was born Sept. 6, 1934 in Haxtun. He is the son of Harold and Katherine (Wilhelmi) Hinde and had six siblings, all of whom have preceded him in death. He and his family lived on several different farms southwest of Haxtun during his childhood. He attended Daily, Fleming and Haxtun schools, graduating from Haxtun High School in 1953. Shortly after graduating, he married his high... Full story
HONORED CITIZENS Mike and Kim Nolde drove through the parade in their 1940 Dodge pickup....
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