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HAXTUN HIGH SCHOOL'S FBLA Chapter sponsored a Halloween costume contest during halftime of Saturday's football game against Merino. Earning prizes this year were back row, Tom Bullard as a Ghostbuster; front row (l-r), Kason Hadeen and Max Firme as Maverick and Goose, Lio Ayala as a clown and Greyson Biesemeier, Eli Horton and Grant Firme as Wild Cards from Fortnite Battle Royal....
Upgrades to the Bank of Colorado Pavilion floor, the purchase of a new road grader and briefings with various department heads fills the month-end report from the Phillips County Commissioners for October. The Commissioners met three times each month, the final meeting of the month includes a press briefing for local newspaper staff. During the Oct. 9 meeting of the Phillips County Commissioners, Phillips County Economic Development Director Trisha Herman and Holyoke Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Holly Ferguson submitted their respecti...
Two students at Haxtun High School scored among the top business students nationwide on rigorous exams to test their business knowledge. The exams are part of the school’s High School of Business™ program, a national accelerated business administration program of MBA Research and Curriculum Center. Approximately 6,000 students from across the nation participated in the program during the 2019-20 school year. Receiving top scores were: Allie Thompson and Kendrick Fetzer. Students participating in High School of Business™ complete real, hands-on...
Haxtun Health has been working diligently to gather information, assess and evaluate the building and work toward developing a plan for the Old Smith Hardware location that the District recently purchased. One of the primary goals Haxtun Health wanted to accomplish was to engage the community on what they would potentially like to see happen with the location. Recently, Haxtun Health put out an electronic survey and received an overwhelming response from the community from all age demographics....
If you are lucky you will have a “Bob” in your life. If you are very lucky, having a “Bob” in your life won’t get you killed or seriously injured. I met Bob many years ago. This means we were both considerably younger and thus possessed the accompanying younger outlook on life. We were invincible, occasionally invisible and always on the lookout for our next great adventure. Older readers will recognize and remember this time of your life. Younger readers might not since you are at this poin...
We could all use a break this week, one that’s timely and well-deserved, but we can’t engage it haphazardly. It needs to be done with intent and purpose so that we will appreciate that something good resides within. Seeking what is life-sustaining is more than just doing what we would like to do, including pounding away at others who do not share the same view. The object is to find our place, even for a short while, in the greater communities that encompass our lives. Only by living thr...
Crop production management can mean any aspect of farming from the rotation order to the investment level within a year. Corn is often referred to as management sensitive. Implying that corn yields are highly correlated with what you put into the crop. Hybrid grain sorghum is often referred to as management insensitive. This reputation is in some part a result of the challenge of designing experiments that will show sorghum’s reaction to different management techniques. Statistically speaking, sorghum tends to have a higher coefficient of v...
13 years ago Oct. 30, 1935 At the monthly meeting of the Fairfield Ladies Aid held last Thursday, the history of the organization was given. Although the church was organized in 1888, the Ladies Aid did not come into existence until 1903. Charter members were Mrs. Ida Berg, Miss Agnes Berg, Mrs. Christine Bentson, Miss Hilma Bentson, Mrs. John Bjorklun, Mrs. August Bjorklun, Mrs. Chas. Bjorklun, Miss Esther Bjorklun, Mrs. Ellen Holmquist, Mrs. Jennie Holmquist, Mrs. Chas. Johnson, Miss Sophie...
On Oct. 27, the Haxtun FFA Chapter held a Halloween-themed night meeting. While following COVID guidelines, the members held a costume contest, carved pumpkins and watched a movie. In the individual costume contest, Heily Avery won first place. Cash Nab and Ella Coffin won the group costume contest. Tyler Mavis and Kristopher Hadeen received first in the pumpkin carving contest. Chapter members are waiting for COVID restrictions to lift so they can hold the annual Oyster Fry in a gesture to...
The Haxtun Bulldogs fell to 1-2 in the Plains League following a loss to the Merino Rams at home on Saturday afternoon. Dropping to the Rams leaves the Bulldogs at 1-3 overall with two games left on the already short schedule, both conference contests in the 8-man league. Merino entered Saturday's match up with Haxtun as one of two teams with an undefeated record in the Plains League four weeks into the season. The Rams scored early in the first quarter, putting up six points just seconds after...
The Fleming Wildcats met up with the Peetz Bulldogs in a rare Thursday night appearance last week. The Thursday contest marks the first and only Thursday scheduled in the six-game 2020 season. Peetz received the opening kick off, but the Wildcat defense stopped their running plays short and forced the fourth down punt. The Wildcats completed two plays on their first possession before sophomore Nolan Japp ran 45-plus yards to put Fleming on the board with six. Fleming led 6-0 following a failed...
Gerald Dean "Lefty" Haynes passed away Oct. 28, 2020 at the age of 90 in Sterling with his loving family by his side. Gerald was born Oct. 2, 1930 in Holyoke, the seventh child of 13, born to Mary (Noren) and Clyde W. Haynes. He attended school from first through eighth grade at Sunnyside District 3. The family moved to Dailey and he attended one year of school there. He then attended Fleming, graduating with the Class of 1948. During high school, Gerald played all sports, but his first love...
