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Christmas is less than a month away, so that means Santa will make his appearance in Haxtun very soon. Haxtun’s Hometown Christmas is slated for Tuesday, Dec. 3. The annual event promises opportunities for local shopping, visits with Santa and a hearty chili supper at the fire hall. The event is sponsored by the Haxtun Chamber of Commerce. The Haxtun Fire Hall will set the scene for Santa’s visit the first week in December. Along with the annual chili supper beginning at 5 p.m., Santa is set...
Haxtun High School's gym will receive a major facelift next summer. The local board of education approved hiring Top Notch Painting for the gym painting project in a meeting early last week. In addition to the approval of the painting project, the Haxtun Board of Education approved several substitute positions and reviewed the 2023-24 audit. At the start of the Tuesday, Nov. 19 meeting, board of education members heard an audit presentation for the 2023-24 year from Auditor Scott Szabo....
In the heart of the community, Haxtun Health stands as a beacon of trust and compassion for families seeking the best care for aging loved ones. Haxtun Health's commitment to providing the highest quality of care is unwavering while offering a comprehensive range of services designed to ensure the well-being and happiness of its residents. "We understand that the decision to move a loved one into a care facility isn't an easy one. The family must feel a sense of warmth and welcoming with the...
With the election mercifully behind us, Americans should expect those we’ve elected to get to the less-pleasant task of governing responsibly. While hot-button issues such as immigration, inflation and foreign affairs will garner most headlines, a more pressing concern is too often overlooked: America’s staggering national debt. Growing faster than the economy and projected to reach a record share of gross domestic product within three years, our debt is a national crisis. If we continue down th...
We all hope to enjoy long, healthy lives, retaining the ability to think clearly and make our own decisions. But life doesn’t always work out that way — which is why you need to prepare for a potential incapacity that could affect your independence and possibly create financial problems for your family. So, in thinking about incapacity planning, you may want to consider the following arrangements: • Health care power of attorney – When you establish a health care power of attorney, you name so...
We all have seen it. We just didn’t know it had a name. “It” is the angular gothic-styled Germanic lettering called “fraktur” that is often discoverable on bookplates, manuscripts, handbills and similar artifacts from the mid to late 1700s and early 1800s. One of the earliest stylistic schools of fraktur ascended from the Ephrata Cloister in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, (1745-1755). Ephrata was known, in part, as one of the few places in Colonial America where women could exercise their own...
13 Years Ago Nov. 29, 1939 A pretty wedding took place at the Methodist Church Sunday with Miss Trilba Goddard of Haxtun became the bride of Mr. Elwood Brock of Denver. The 12:30 o'clock single-ring ceremony was read by Rev. W. Drummond, pastor of the church. A farewell for Rev. and Mrs. E.W. Fondell and was held at the Fairfield Church Sunday. They left Monday for their new home at Paxton, Ill., where they will take charge of a pastorate. About 200 were present for the farewell meal. Mr. and Mr...
HAXTUN BULLDOG volleyball players Maggie Kilgour, left, and Bobbi Starkebaum along with their Head Coach, Don Schelling, participated in the Colorado Coaches of Girls Sports 2024 All-State volleyball games on Sunday, Nov. 24. Seniors who were named All-Conference players were selected to play in the event, held at Fossil Ridge High School. The high school senior Lady Bulldogs were a part of the Red Team along with others from Sedgwick County, Simla, Wiggins, Yuma and Sanford. Schelling, along...
In the spirit of Thanksgiving week, students in Mrs. Christie Philp's kindergarten class in Haxtun shared their favorite recipes for the holiday season. Emory - Deviled Eggs Cook the eggs in water. Take the shells off. Put salt, pepper and cinnamon in the yolks. Mix it all up. Then you eat them. Sylar - Turkey Turn the oven on to 50 degrees. Put some salt and pepper on the turkey. Put it in the oven for 50 minutes. Take it out and eat it. Jack - Pumpkin Pie Smash the pumpkins. Put cinnamon in...
Students in Mrs. Cindy Johnson's kindergarten class in Fleming shared their favorite Thanksgiving recipes for the holiday season. Charlie - Pumpkin Pie First put sugar, eggs and that brown stuff made out of water. Oh vanilla. Then mix it and then like put water in it and mix it again then put it in the pan to make a cake form then put it in the cooler and put frosting on it. Then that's it. Easton - Sweet Corn First you put seed corn into the ground then you water it the rain waters it then it...
The Haxtun Bulldogs are one step closer to their ultimate goal with a 28-8 semifinals win over Mancos at home on Saturday. The victory over the Bluejays punches Haxtun's ticket to the 8-man State finals, the third appearance for the Bulldogs in the past four years. The first of the Bulldog's two main goals this season was a League Championship, which the team secured at the end of the regular season. The next is a State Championship and it's within arms reach. The energy was pure electric as...
