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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HAXTUN SCHOOL BOARD candidate Spencer Holcomb talks with community members Chris Hadeen and Eileen Wagner during a Meet and Greet on Friday afternoon at the Haxtun Community Center. Six candidates vying for three open slots attended the event, giving brief introductions and allowing time for questions, comments and conversations. Ballots are due to the Phillips County Clerk's Office or any drop off location by 7 p.m. on Election Day, Nov. 2. Candidates running for the Haxtun School Board...
The purchase of two new busses, hiring winter sports coaches and approving the substitute teaching list all topped action items during a mid-October meeting of the Haxtun School Board. Members also continued discussion regarding graduation requirements. In previous meetings, administration and board members discussed changing the passing grade for high school students from a D, as it is now, to a C. This, Principal Dustin Seger said, would raise the bar on academic standards and require a necessary level of exceptional learning for students....
An increase in student enrollment, bringing back the baseball program and budget stabilization figures were all topics of Fleming’s Superintendent Steve McCracken’s report to members of the Frenchman Board of Education in a mid-October meeting. According to McCracken, over the past 13 years, Fleming Schools has lost $3,483,369 due to budget stabilization. Those numbers, he said, were recently released from the Colorado School Finance Project. “The State of Colorado has not fully funded education for the past 13 years. The Colorado Depar...
The Fleming Town Council met for their regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 13 at the Fleming Community Center. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Sue Einspahr at 6:30 p.m. The following council members were present: Stefan Betley, DeeAnn Christopher, Nancy Glaspie, John Stone and Levi Lowe. Ken MacCrone was absent. Also present were Bill Langridge, Lewis Frank, Michelle Asfeld and Keith Beck (arrived at 6:36 p.m.). Approval of the Agenda: Hearing no additions or corrections to the agenda, there was a motion and second to accept the...
GROOVE 'N MOTION performed live in Haxtun Saturday night. The event, hosted by the Haxtun Swimming Pool Fundraising Committee, also featured a community meet and greet before the concert featuring a wine and whiskey tasting and refreshments. Above, Dan, Kim and Josh Turney and Theresa Davis join in conversation with Naida Bamford during the Meet and Greet at the Haxtun Community Center. According to Abby Henry, the concert event raised $10,000 towards the goal of building a new...
“OK, somebody’s got to be the first to go,” the rancher said to the group of cows and calves milling in front of the gate as he pushed his horse into the herd. Normally, his words meant that one cow, calf in tow, had to go through the gate with the rest taking their cue from her, following out into the small adjoining pasture. The spring ritual was part of the chore of splitting the herd into smaller groups destined for waiting pastures of green grass where they would spend the summer. This year...
There are moments in many of our lives that, upon reflection, lead us to conclude that we simply were in the right place at the right time for whatever transpired. It’s important to distinguish such moments from the rest of the day for they are often what sustain us as we manage this thing called life. Somedays it is an early sunrise or the trill of Sandhill cranes overhead that captures our attention. In other moments it constitutes a chance meeting of old friends or that short chat in the midd...
As the calendar turns to the final full week of October, the fall athletic season nears its conclusion. Another round of State championships are in the books, with softball handing out hardware last weekend. Sterling advanced to the Class 3A semifinals, with Rachel Fehringer tossing her third perfect game of the season in the opening round. The junior struck out six of the 12 batters she faced in a 12-0 defeat of Meeker and also helped herself with four runs knocked in. She finished the season w...
I used to hate when people would say to me like “You’re going to miss this,” “don’t blink,” or “the days are long but the years are short.” I remember a friend saying something along those lines when our middle child was a newborn. I was extremely sleep-deprived, covered in spit up, hadn’t showered in a few days and felt like I was losing my sanity by the hour. Why would anyone miss this? But now, we are at the stage of parenting where the days feel like years and the years feel like seconds...
13 Years Ago Nov. 11, 1936 Dr. H.R. Rasor, Haxtun physician, and Miss Juanita Welton of Hot Sulpher Springs, Colo., were married last Thursday evening in Denver. The bride is formerly of Ottawa, Kansas. Mrs. Rasor returned to her school in Hot Sulphur Springs this week, but after resigning her position will come to Haxtun within a short time. Wray-Yuma County farm women have adopted a slogan, "Let the Water Do the Running Instead of Mother," to emphasize their plans to have running water...
The Lady Bulldogs boast an overall 18-3 record with two sweeps under their belt over the past week. The team heads into the final week of regular season action with a contest against Akron on Friday before post season play begins. Haxtun took down Otis at home Thursday night and just two days later swept Wiley in a highly-anticipated, top-five Colorado match up. Otis came to Haxtun on Thursday night to face off with the home team Lady Bulldogs in the annual Pink Out match up. Proceeds from...
The Haxtun Bulldogs are the 2021 Plains League Champions! The Bulldogs clinched the league title following a win over Denver Christian on Saturday afternoon in gridiron action at Adam Wernsman Field. The League title is the first for Bulldog football in nearly two decades. “We had three major goals this year: win our league, play at home in the playoffs and win a State title,” Head Coach JD Stone said after his team’s 69-12 win over Denver Christian. “We are excited about our first league championship in 20 years, but our mission for the 202...
The Fleming Wildcat volleyball and football teams remain in top-10 positions in Colorado High School Activities Association rankings and in ratings percentage index standings following court and field action last week. The Lady Wildcats, who hold the second spot in CHSAA rankings and RPI standings, competed in several matches last week, the first of which took place at Idalia last Friday where they swept the Lady Wolves. Idalia entered as the top competitor in their league at 14-4 overall. They fell in sets one through three by tallies of...
Joan Aktin passed away on Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021 at the age of 80 after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. Joan was born Jan. 15, 1941 to Lawrence and Mable Unrein in Sterling . She graduated from Merino High School in 1960. In 1958 Joan met Robert (Jim) Atkin Jr. They married on Sept. 10, 1960, making their home west of Sterling. In 1967, Jim and Joan purchased and moved to a farm south of St. Peter's. There they raised four children. They retired from the farm in 1996 and moved into Flemi...
