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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The committee has formed, the plans are drawn, now it's time to come together and raise funds to build the dream; a new Haxtun swimming pool. Committee members on the Haxtun Pool Project have a renewed energy and a goal of raising $1,000,000 locally for a new swimming pool. So far, the group has a total of $185,000 pledged towards the project. The conditions of the existing pool now are to the point of no repair and the threat of closing what we do have is a real possibility. While this year...
Haxtun students moved to remote learning following a phone call to parents from Superintendent Darcy Garretson shortly after lunch on Thursday, Nov. 19. Students were released early from school that day and are expected to continue remote learning at home through Nov. 30. Garretson's phone call was followed by a letter with additional details, including information on when students are expected to return to in-person learning. As of Tuesday, Nov. 24, students in Kindergarten through fifth grade...
The spread of coronavirus continues in Phillips County and while the threat of notching one level higher on the Colorado COVID-19 dial inched closer, the Phillips County Commissioners worked diligently with the local health department to reach an agreement to remain at Level Orange - High Risk with a Local Public Health order in place for the next 30 days. The public health order keeps Phillips County at Level Orange and not higher on the dial at Level Red. The Public Health Order, which became...
Fleming seniors will be visiting Texas next month. Members of the senior class presented plans for the annual senior trip during a meeting of the Frenchman Board of Education on Tuesday, Nov. 17. Fleming’s 12th grade this year consists of 10 seniors who plan to visit San Antonio on their senior trip, slated for Dec. 15-18. Trip highlights plan to include the Alamo, the Natural Bridge Caverns, the Riverwalk and other attractions. Several seniors presented the trip to members of the board of education last week, after which the Board voted to a...
The current COVID pandemic and the toll local rising numbers is having on the Haxtun School District took up a good chunk of time during a two-hour Board of Education meeting last week. When the Nov. 17 meeting took place, all Haxtun students remained on campus for in-person learning but just three days later, that situation changed as students were sent home in the middle of the day for remote learning due to the lack of staff and positive tests results within the District. Students are expected to return on Tuesday, Dec. 1. In her report to...
Things might look a little different this year, but Santa will make his annual visit to Haxtun next week. As always, Santa Clause will be part of the line up during Haxtun’s Country Christmas slated for Tuesday, Dec. 1 in downtown Haxtun. Along with a visit from Santa and the traditional chili supper at the Haxtun Fire Hall, Country Christmas goers will also have the opportunity to shop local and enjoy a variety of entertainment downtown at the event next week. Volunteer firemen plan to serve dinner beginning at 5 p.m. Other events slated for d...
Phillips County is accepting applications from Phillips County businesses for available Coronavirus Relief funds. Phillips County understands the challenges that small businesses in our communities are facing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With that in mind, the County has established a program to provide grants to businesses located in Phillips County. The State of Colorado has appropriated, through the Department of Local Affairs, COVID Relief funds to distribute to small businesses for reimbursement of business interruption costs, unbudgeted...
Students in Mrs. Sara Michael's Kindergarten class at Haxtun Elementary School shared their favorite Thanksgiving recipes below: Green beans by Tyson Bazan Put green beans in the pot. Put the bacon in the pot. Put candy sauce in a pot. Put it in a pan. Put the pan in the oven on three degrees for 14 minutes. Open the oven and grab it out carefully and then eat it. Turkey by Tyndle McConnell First, I cut it open. Then I take the meat out. Then we turn it into hamburger with a grounder. Then we...
Students in Mrs. Cindy Johnson's Kindergarten class at Fleming Schools shared their favorite Thanksgiving recipes below: How to make turkey Brody Wernsman You put it in the oven, then take it out. Put stuffing inside it. Then you eat it. Emily Unrein Mom puts some brown powder in the pot, then she puts salt and pepper in the pot. She puts in on the stove and turns in on medium and then stirs it a little. Then it goes in the oven. She takes it out and we eat it. Grayson Gentry Mom puts the...
Well, here comes another holiday. That means an “Under The Wire” dedicated to the event. Not every holiday warrants a column as loyal readers have probably figured out now after 30 some years of doing this. Halloween doesn’t deserve a column as far as I am concerned. Never liked it as a kid. Probably because wearing weird clothes, a costume to most, complete with a mask I couldn’t see out of and hardly breath through, while walking down the barrow pit of our county road in the dark in late Oc...
Separation is hard. Separation that distances – physically, mentally, spiritually – is worse. It is natural to seek answers for such stresses from the church, for it, of all institutions, should champion the value of community and the caretaking of one another. But, our record has not always been stellar in that regard. Examples of persecution under the Christian banner are not exactly new. My own denomination employed the practice of shunning in an earlier life, an incredibly destructive for...
My Sunday morning was a picture-perfect day on the Colorado Plains: warm sun, hot coffee and my beautiful wife, Vonnie. Imagine my concern when the shocking tones of an emergency alert lit up my phone and shattered the peaceful morning. What could be so urgent, that my government had to send out these warnings to individual cell phones and interrupt morning routines like mine all across Colorado? A medical alert: this region is at severe risk from deadly COVID. Really?! I had no idea. The past nine months of watching friends and loved ones get...
Overuse of a crop leads to long term promotion of its pests and diseases. While disaster is frequently averted with breeding efforts and good IPM. A national scale failure of a crop is always a possibility. In the United States, the corn leaf blight epidemic of 1970 was a large-scale agricultural disaster. In Ireland a combination of potato blight, economic abuses of the British empire and overuse of a single crop led to the Great Famine. More recently much of Texas’ grain sorghum crop was destroyed by the sugarcane aphid. Alfalfa is easily the...
13 Years Ago Nov. 20, 1935 List of contestants who have signified a willingness to share in the handsome prize awards that The Haxtun Harvest is offering free in its subscription drive contest: Lillian Cronquist, Fairfield; Mrs. Leslie E. Gabel, Dailey; Sarah Hafeman, Fleming; Mrs. A.R. Haskins, Haxtun; Mrs. Howard Lindgren, R.F.D. No. 1; Mrs. J.L. Lingle, Haxtun; Mrs. Carl Lundgren, R.F.D. No. 1; Mrs. Velma Plank, Fleming; Mary Fern Salvador, Wages; and Mrs. Ella W. Sharpe, Haxtun. Good Hope P....
Haxtun Health is launching their first annual Healthy for the Holidays: Annual Lab Draw campaign, Tuesday Dec. 8 through Friday, Dec. 18 at the Hospital. In the absence of this year’s health fair, cash pay lab packages at a significant discount have been put together by Haxtun Health in order to fill in the gap for those relying on the annual blood draw. Lab appointments are required but appointment times from 8 a.m. to noon have been reserved specifically for Healthy for the Holidays participants. Participants can make appointments in just a...
A Saturday afternoon quarterfinal win over the number-eight ranked Kit Carson Wildcats allows the number-one ranked local Wildcats to advance to the semifinal round of 6-man playoffs later this week. The Fleming Wildcats hosted Kit Carson on Saturday for the opening round of playoff action and quickly sent the visiting Wildcats home with a completed season. Kit Carson received the opening kickoff and chipped away at yardage on the ground. The visiting Wildcats ran several plays before they'd...
Although Kendyl Kirkwood's senior volleyball season has been put on hold, that hasn't prevented her from planning for a future on the volleyball court. In a year where the Colorado High School Volleyball State Championships would have already been played, COVID-19 restrictions have forced a postponement to the finale of Kirkwood's high school career. Despite the setback, she recently made her commitment to play college volleyball official with a signing ceremony held Friday, Nov. 20, where she...
