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Exciting things are happening for Haxtun’s main street. Discussions at the November meeting of the Haxtun Town Council centered around joining Colorado’s Department of Local Affairs Main Street Program along with the possibility of obtaining ownership of the old hospital building located at the corner of South Colorado and Fletcher Street. DOLA’s Colorado Main Street Program offers support for community-led downtown revitalization. The program helps communities thrive by providing a customizable framework to focus efforts, energy and resou...
Little Sprouts Learning Center is under new direction. Carissa Kirschbaum took over as Director in October after serving as interim for the past few months. Kirschbaum first started her career at Haxtun's Little Sprouts Learning Center in 2022. Kirschbaum grew up and still lives in Merino. After high school, she attended Northeastern Junior College in Sterling where she obtained her Associates degree. She is currently finishing up her qualifications to earn her Director's certificate. Always...
Haxtun Health is thrilled to welcome Morgen Budde, Physician Associate to the team. Morgen is very familiar with the joys and challenges that come along with rural living. Her hometown of Leoti is located in the heart of America within the western plains of Kansas. Leoti is home to a hospital much like Haxtun Health. They have an emergency room, clinic, inpatient care, as well as a long-term care unit all within the same building. She is accustomed to seeing a handful of providers assist in all...
The Fleming Town Council held their regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 8. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Stefan Betley at 6:30 p.m. The following council members were present: Andrew Muller, Cathy Castillo, Bill Langridge, Bonnie Jackson and Alex Gapter. Suzanne Wales arrived at 6:39 p.m. Also present were Kerry Brown (left at 6:40 p.m.), Grace Rossignol (left at 6:49 p.m.), Joelle and Daniel Gapter (Daniel left at 6:49 p.m.), Michelle Asfeld, Keith Beck (left at 7:45 p.m.) and Lewis Frank. Additions/Corrections to the...
The Oct. 31 meeting of the Phillips County Board of County Commissioners included the establishing of a new contracted position, adopting a resolution, conducting a public hearing, receiving information and updates, hiring part-time election officials and other miscellaneous actions needing board approval. The board passed a motion to create a contracted position in 2024 for a Phillips County Fair Manager from the hire date through Aug. 31, 2024. For the past few months the board has been contemplating a paid county Fair Manager position due...
Regular “Under The Wire” readers know I write a lot about cattle. They are a big part of any rancher’s life and I suppose we do tend to spend too much time thinking, talking or, in my case, writing about them. Today, as a surprise to no one, I’m going to do it again, however, from a different approach. This column is going to be about cattle being a big pain in the, how can I delicately say it? OK, just to be straight out honest, cattle can be a major pain in the “derriere.” Staying with the ho...
Violence levied against innocents worldwide has raised achingly difficult questions on how to respond. The sense of hopelessness and despair is dark and deep for many. The specter of change for the better is distant and uncertain. “How can I help?” remains a difficult, often unanswered question. For those residing in a relatively ordered society, the chaos can feel remote and distant, leaving a sense of guilt in its wake. Conversations with good people have been helpful the past month or so....
Part 1: Holiday cactus Thanksgiving or Christmas cactus or Easter Cactus? Which is which? There are subtle differences in the margins of the leaves. One feature that stands out with Easter Cactus is their flowers represent more of a star shape — the petals are thinner and there are more of them. Naturally, they bloom in the spring but start producing buds in February. Thanksgiving Cactus will bloom one month before Christmas Cactus. Notice the Thanksgiving Cactus has broad segmented leaves with serrated edges on both sides — two-four that com...
13 Years Ago Nov. 23, 1938 Miss Ruth Price and Veylerd Baker, Haxtun young people, were married Sunday afternoon at two o'clock at the home of the bride. The ring ceremony was performed by the Rev. R.W. Drummond of the Methodist Church, with members of the families in attendance. The bride is the daughter of Ray Price, and is a young woman of pleasing personality. She was reared in the Haxtun community and was graduated from the Haxtun High School in 1937. Mr. Baker is the son of Mr. and Mrs....
The Haxtun Police Department re-registered a sex offender living within Haxtun's city limits. Steven Michael Saign lives in the 200 block of North Wallace Avenue. According to the local PD, Saign is a dual resident, meaning he is registered at two locations; one on North Wallace Avenue and a another on County Road 7 in Phillips County. This is his required quarterly registration. Saign was convicted of sex assault on a child and sex assault on a child, age 15-18, by someone in a position of trust on Nov. 29, 2012 in El Paso County. As part of...
Four games in three days with a top six finish and the Haxtun Lady Bulldogs wrapped up the 2023 volleyball season on the biggest stage possible. The Lady Bulldogs qualified for the 1A State Volleyball Tournament with a home court Regional win over Belleview Christian. Haxtun entered the 1A finals bracket as the number ninth ranked team. That pitted the Lady Bulldogs in a match up with eighth ranked Dove Creek to open tournament play last Thursday at the Denver Coliseum. Haxtun's state...
The Haxtun Bulldogs are one game closer to the ultimate goal. The Bulldog football team heads into semifinals action this week following a 20-8 win over Byers in quarterfinals on Saturday. The now 10-1 Bulldogs are set to face off with Simla on the road this weekend. Saturday's action against Byers opened with neither team scoring in their first possession. Haxtun's next attempt brought the Bulldogs inside the 10-yard line in perfect scoring position but Byers' defense held them out. The Byers...
Steven Dennis Salvador passed away on Tuesday Nov. 7, 2023 in Sterling at the age of 72. Steve was born on May 31, 1951 to Harry and Mary (Reynolds) Salvador in Holyoke. Steve attended the Haxtun Schools. Steve married Pamela Ruth Hadeen on Feb. 14,1971 from this union Kevin Salvador and Robin Fugate were born. On June 2, 1995 he married Pamela Eugin Wilkerson and brought Tony Thomas and Meridith Bredemeier to the family. Steve held various jobs over his life span, but his all-time favorite was being a cowboy. Steve is survived by son Kevin...
