What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope
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GRAND MARSHAL Carol Scheel has both hands up for her catch from granddaughter Carisa Bamford in the egg toss Saturday afternoon at the 99th annual Haxtun Corn Festival. Scheel has attended all but one annual Corn Festival event in her 85 years, missing it just once when she was with her husband, Kerm, who was stationed in California while in the military....
Steve Bahnsen's last day as General Manager of Paoli Co-op, a post he has held for the last 28 years, will be Oct. 2, after which he will retire. He started his career in Brandon, Neb., in the fall of 1966, where he spent 11 years working at the Fitzgerald and Stewart elevator. He then worked as operation manager of the Dudden elevator in Venango, Neb., for 11 years, followed by two years at the Venango Co-op. After a two-year stretch as location manager in Hill City, Kan., he accepted the...
The Frenchman Board of Education accepted several resignations as well as approved a purchase for new technology equipment during a Sept. 15 meeting in Fleming. The hour and a half meeting also included action items for extra duty assignments and substitute teachers. While approving the consent agenda, board members approved resignations from Linda Hawthorne and Carol Clark. Hawthorne, the District Bookkeeper, has been with Fleming Schools for 20 years, Superintendent Steve McCracken said. Hawthorne plans to retire on Sept. 30 and will...
The Northeast Colorado Health Department recently rolled out a new COVID-19 dashboard. This new dashboard has been in the works for several months. The COVID-19 dashboard has been developed by an internal team at NCHD, consisting of a data analyst, epidemiologist and an external consultant. The goal of the COVID-19 dashboard project is to make COVID-19 data as easy to access as possible. NCHD built the dashboard to ensure our residents can quickly find out the most current information about the impact of COVID-19 in local communities. The...
The ever-popular street games drew children and adults to downtown Haxtun Saturday afternoon for the shoe kick, foot race, three-legged race and of course, the egg toss. Results from Corn Festival street games are as follows: Shoe kick Ages one to four: Amber Edwards, first, Kellan Mentzel, second, Phoenix Bowers, third. Ages five to six: Kortlyn Carpenter, first, Reilly Oleary, second, Lio Ayala and Kyla Wilson, third Ages seven and eight: Sawyer Bowers, first, Jenor Frost, second, Flynn Jolley...
The annual Crop and Garden show drew many entries during the 99th Haxtun Corn Festival over the weekend. Results from the show are as follows: Irrigated Corn King: Scott Thompson. Dryland Corn King: Harms Sunny Acres. Okra: Teri Gilbertson, first. Onions, yellow: Lois Orth, first. Onions, red: Teri Gilbertson, first. Onions, green: Teri Gilbertson, first, Teri Gilbertson, second. Broccoli: Teri Gilbertson, first. Swiss Chard: Gay McDaniel, first. Kohlrabi: Teri Gilbertson, first. Cucumbers, pickling: Teri Gilbertson, first, Teri Gilbertson,...
The Violet Mae Anderson flower show is a continued hit as many enter flower and arrangements into the 99th annual Corn Festival event. Results are as follows: Adult Marigolds: Caroline McLaughlin, first, Lennette Hutt, second, Teri Gilbertson, first. Dahlia: Betty Uber, first, Bev Tuell, second, Norma Burke, third. Choice: Colleen Weaver, first, Colleen Weaver, second. Iris: Lennette Hutt, first. Mum: Haley Edwards, first, Mimi Weaver, second, Colleen Weaver, third. Snap Dragon: Kathy Wernsman, first, Colleen Weaver, second. Mixed: Lennette...
The 99th annual Corn Festival parade drew crowds to downtown Haxtun Saturday morning. Results from the kiddie parade and parade are as follows: Kiddie parade Miscellaneous: Zakiyah and Treyzin Crose, first, Victoria Clark, second, Eleanor Korbe, third. Preschool and kindergarten: Amber Edwards, first, Otis Edwards, second, Jack Risley, third. First and second grade: Knox Edwards, first, Piper Jones, second, Mollie Ham, third. Third and fourth grade: Olivia Romero, first, Otto Kurtzer, second,...
The J. Jeffryes Memorial run/walk drew a record setting number of participants Saturday morning at the Haxtun Corn Festival with a total of 173 runners and walkers. Braden Anderson also set a new record in the 5K event. One mile Overall female: Taylor Schram, 6:47. Overall male: Coleman Firme, 7:05. 5K Overall female: Haley Mead, 22:06. Overall male: Braden Anderson, 17:56. Female, ages six to 12: Leah Edwards, 27:26. Male, ages six to 12: Kanin Koberstein, 30:11. Female, age 13-19: Kelsie Hadeen, 32:16. Male, ages 13-19: Braden Anderson,...
The 2020 Corn Festival quilt show featured 33 finished quilts, 12 unfinished quilt projects and nine quilts for display only. The displayed quilts were from two different charity groups. The first one was Haxtun Sew Giving, which is a group of ladies who put together lap quilts for the nursing home, quilts for cancer patients and whatever else is needed. The second charity group was Quilts of Valor. This year, 142 people attend the quilt show, which is close to last year’s attendance. The People’s Choice Quilt winner went to Janice Eve...
Participation in the broader church’s judicatory is an eye opener for many people who are thrust into it for the first time. It is even crazy-making for those who have been immersed in it for some time, baptism by fire as it were. Divisions in the institutional church are at an all-time high as we deal with the daily challenges that COVID, politics, and social unrest have laid at our feet. Particularly vexing in this day and age, however, is the increasing tendency of some churches to embrace a...
You know what I mean? The best explanation I’ve ever heard regarding the relationship of a man to his horse is, “The outside of a horse is good for the inside of a man.” In the spirit of being socially and politically correct please delete “man” and insert “person” instead. Now that I think about it, the statement, very old I’m sure, needs further updating and corrections. It probably would be illegal to make a blanket claim that the outside of a horse is good for the inside of a person. More...
The biggest hurdle to implementing innovation is people stuck in their ways. Scientific research finds improvements using methodical efforts to test the validity of potential changes. For these improvements to be effective, people who practice in the effected field must accept and expand the use of the improvements to a commercial scale. In my research experience I have been lucky enough to study under some greats. After accepting a transitional retirement program, Elmer Gray continues to work pro bono to improve agriculture and public health k...
13 years ago Oct. 2, 1935 The Haxtun Harvest Miss Luella Pope and Bernhard Burmester, both of this city, were married Sunday afternoon at two thirty o'clock. The Rev. Jos Hannewald officiated at the exchange of nuptial vows. Sunrise News - Miss Nelson of the Sunrise school took the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades to a lecture on Ireland Friday evening of last week at the Methodist Church in Haxtun. The new bus line, operated by the Burlington Railroad, began its schedule through Haxtun...
4 Little Mr. and Miss Corn Festival crowned on stage are Farina Anderson and Jakson Yockey....
HAXTUN High School 2020 Homecoming King and Queen Ryan Tempel and Katie Swan....
