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What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope
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Haxtun Schools' high school and junior high robotics teams competed at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling on Saturday, Nov. 6. Both teams qualified for finals in the competition; the high school went on to earn a top, first-place finish and the junior high team came in fourth place. The first-place finish qualifies the high school team for the Regional competition in December. Robotics teams are tasked with creating their own robot out of provided materials to represent the them, "Demo...
The Haxtun Town Council passed a resolution to set animal licensing fees during a regular, Monday night meeting in early November. The resolution coincides with the most recent animal ordinance passed the month before which allows residents to own chickens inside city limits. The new animal ordinance allows for up to six chickens within Haxtun’s city limit. The ordinance officially passed in the October meeting and has since been published as legally required before taking effect. According to Town Clerk Karie Wilson, the ordinance will o...
Forty-six percent of Phillips County voters turned out for the General Election on Nov. 2. A total of 1,404 ballots were returned to the local Clerk last Tuesday. Phillips County has just over 2,920 registered voters within county lines. Voters determined the outcome of two questions for the Town of Haxtun while also electing three community members to sit on the Haxtun Board of Education. Town of Haxtun The Town of Haxtun asked voters two questions regarding a $1.5 million street project; both passing by a large margin last week. Ballot...
Julie Thayer attended her second court appearance on charges of child abuse and assault last week. The charges stem from an incident at the Haxtun Community Childcare Center earlier this year. At the time, Thayer served as the Director of the Center but has since resigned from her position. Thayer appeared in Phillips County Court on Thursday, Nov. 4 via WebEx technology. She has yet to personally appear in the local court room in front of Judge Kimbra Killin, who is presiding over the case. Representation on Thayer’s behalf told Judge Killin t...
Fall is upon us here in northeastern Colorado. When cooler temps arrive, so do illnesses. Dr. Amy Seinfeld, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine at Haxtun Health, discusses what we can do to prevent transmission, RSV symptoms and how to treat those symptoms. Symptoms As parents, we want to ensure our children are healthy and thriving, but we know that germs are everywhere and children will get sick at some point or another. So, let's dive into what symptoms of RSV may look like and how the virus...
HAXTUN HIGH SCHOOL'S Knowledge Bowl team recently competed in Akron along with 10 other teams from around the area. Haxtun High School took two teams to the competition; teams A and B. The A team, consisting of Jeff Minder, AJ Calderon, Allie Thompson and Brayden Clark, pictured above, earned a first place finish. Team B, made up of Michael Gerk, Kyle Fryrear and Aly Lock finished sixth. The Haxtun Knowledge Bowl team has a total of 12 members who compete in teams of three or four at local...
Another round of state hardware was awarded over the past weekend, as gymnastics took its turn in the spotlight. While no area squad factored into the team title chase, a number of strong performances were turned in. Lone Star's Alivia Weathers qualified for the individual finals of the vault and floor in the Class 4A event. She finished 14th in the vault and 17th on the floor and was also named the first recipient of the Colorado High School Judges Association scholarship. She was joined in the...
Northeast Colorado is home to the plains pocket gopher or Geomys bursarius. Prairie voles or Microtus ochrogaster also find their home in our area. But wait there is one more damaging critter, moles or Scalopus aquaticus spp caryi who live along the Lower South Platte which includes Logan, Sedgwick, Phillips, Morgan, Washington and Yuma counties. Each one of these critters will leave their mark in a different way. First, plains pocket gophers like to leave mounds and dig tunnels. These are usually found more frequently in sandy and silty...
Writers occasionally develop something called writers block. In cowboy terms that means you can’t think of nuthin’ to say. Different writers do different things to get rid of it. Some go to a bar, others to a mountain top. All seek inspiration. Me? I go to a horse sale. When my brain says to me, “You’ve written about every odd thing you’ve ever seen or heard," it leaves me no choice but to go directly to the source of human oddity, variety and ingenuity ... the local horse auction. There, in...
Republicans must confront the “elephant in the room” — former President Trump’s persistent claims that the 2020 election was stolen. Many Republicans believe him. Most Americans do not. By 2-to-1, independents voters believe the 2020 election was legitimate. Yet they are rapidly souring on President Biden due to soaring energy costs, empty store shelves, under-staffed businesses, rising consumer prices, the border crisis, our Afghanistan humiliation, growing threats from China and the realiza...
13 Years Ago Nov. 25, 1936 Six boys and girls, graduates of Haxtun High School, are now members of the student body at Colorado State College of Education located in Greeley. They are Phyllis Anderson, Ruth Cheramy, Geraldine Gebhard, Evangeline Mooney, Donald Schachterle, and Gardner Wood. Old-age pensions were paid to 92-persons in Phillips County during the month of November. The average pension paid was $27.39 per person, ranging from $12 to $30 each. No action will be taken in the near...
A 56-12 first-round playoff win advances the Haxtun Bulldogs to quarterfinals action this week. Haxtun knocked off #16 ranked Byers in a first-round home contest at Adam Wernsman Field Friday night. Eight teams remain in all of Colorado 8-man action including Haxtun, Akron, Dove Creek, Holly, Vail Christian, Sanford, Dayspring Christian Academy and Mancos. Bulldog captains won the toss under Friday Night Lights in Haxtun and elected to receive. After just a handful of plays in the Bulldogs'...
The Haxtun Lady Bulldogs punched their ticket to the 2021 State Volleyball tournament following a Championship finish at the Region C Tournament in Haxtun Saturday afternoon. The Lady Bulldogs earned a third place seed in the Colorado State Volleyball Tournament set for later this week at the Broadmoor Arena in Colorado Springs. A first round bye puts the team on the court for a 5 p.m. contest on Thursday, Nov. 11 in their first outing in the State competition. A top-three finish in State...
Three Fleming Lady Wildcat seniors made their final home appearance on the volleyball court last weekend. The trio - Whitney Chintala, Sam Pope and Zoey Vandenbark - led their team to a number two ranking in the opening bracket of the post season giving them home court advantage for regional pool play. The squad hosted the La Veta Lady Redhawks and the Springfield Longhorns last Saturday. As the highest seed entering the Region B tournament, the Lady Wildcats took the court for matches one and...
The Fleming Wildcat football team took the week off last week following a forfeit by the Hanover Hornets. The number-five ranked Wildcats were scheduled to host the 12th-ranked Hornets on Saturday afternoon to open 6-man State playoffs, but a positive COVID-19 case forced the Hornets' forfeiture. Fleming now advances to the quarterfinal round against the Idalia Wolves. The Wildcats traveled to Idalia in late October where they suffered their first and only 6-man loss this season. Idalia won...
On Oct. 20, 2021 Breck Irene Spear McCarty gained her angel wings at the age of 43 after a lengthy journey with metastatic breast cancer. Breck was born to Kenneth Spear and Connie (Fleenor) Swain on March 24, 1978, in Cheyenne, Wyo. She later gained two additional parents to love her as their own, Stanley Swain and Velta Spear. Breck grew up in Cheyenne, where she graduated from Central High School in 1996 and went on the University of Wyoming, where she earned her Bachelor of Science degree...
