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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HAXTUN ELEMENTARY students have taken advantage of warm afternoons while logging miles for 100 Mile Club. Now in its fourth year at Haxtun Schools, 100 Mile Club encourages youth to be active by walking or running, tracking their progress and earning rewards. The 100 Mile Club started at Haxtun Schools with grant funds from Northeast Colorado Board of Education Services. That grant lasted through the first three years and since then, Haxtun Schools decided to keep the Club active. Students...
Big things are coming to Haxtun’s main street. Members of the Haxtun Town Council heard plans for the old Smith Hardware building from Dewane Pace, Haxtun Health’s Chief Executive Officer. Haxtun Health purchased the building at 125 South Colorado Avenue this fall. Pace told town council members that demolition of the old building would begin soon and construction of a new, two-story building would follow. After the purchase of the building, Haxtun Health circulated a community survey to gain input on what to do with the space. According to...
Phillips County COVID-19 numbers are going down. As of Monday, Dec. 14, Phillips County has a total of 208 cumulative case since the onset of the pandemic and just 13 new cases over a 14-day period. According to the Office of Phillips County Emergency Management, for the first time since Oct. 21, Phillips County’s COVID-19 data is within or below Level Orange criteria in every category of the Colorado COVID-19 dial. In late November, Phillips County faced jumping from Level Orange to Level Red, which would have brought on a number of additional...
The Fleming Town Council met for their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 8 at the Fleming Community Center. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Sue Einspahr at 6:30 p.m. The following council members were present: Stefan Betley, DeeAnn Christopher, Nancy Glaspie, John Stone, Ken MacCrone and Levi Lowe. Also present: Clay Gorman, Keith Beck and Michelle Asfeld. Additions/corrections to the agenda: Betley asked to move the hiring of the maintenance person to after the Executive Session. Einspahr asked to address the Christmas Festival...
MICHELLE Henry, left, and Emily Bazan paint a holiday picture during a recent Ladies' Night Out to benefit the Haxtun Swimming Pool project. In addition to the painting event, pool project committee members are also hosting an online auction. All proceeds from the auction and painting event will benefit the Haxtun Swimming Pool project. Online bidding is taking place now and will remain open through Thursday, Dec. 17. To view and bid on auction items, visit the Haxtun Swimming Pool project on...
Five Haxtun Bulldog football players were honored with post-season awards following a six-game season. The team finished 3-3 overall with wins over Dayspring Christian Academy, Caliche and Akron in the 2020 season. The 21-member team is under the direction of Head Coach JD Stone and Assistant Coach Marc Bornhoft. Post-season honors are announced at the conclusion of the season and are determined by a vote of coaches from the Lower Platte League. Three Bulldogs received All-Conference honors,...
The Fleming Wildcat football team celebrated a successful 2020 season with a repeat Championship win over Stratton/Liberty a couple weeks ago. Seven Wildcat student-athletes earned accolades following the completion of this year's undefeated, 8-0, season. Senior Brady Kuntz, who broke the State record for kickoffs returned for a touchdown mid-season, earned All-Conference designation for his roles on the team as a defensive end, outside linebacker and half back. He was named Player of the League...
The 2021 "A Healthier Weigh" challenge is set to begin in six eastern Colorado counties in early January. There will be a staggered start as each county has setup their own registration and weigh-in date. However, the educational content of the program will be consistent for all counties. The AHW challenge encourages increasing activity, making wise food choices and living a healthier lifestyle in 2021. The annual 12-week Health and Fitness Challenge will take on a theme of Make 2021 Your Healthiest Year! Surely this year we have all learned...
If you are involved with agriculture in any way you probably have heard of the National Agricultural Statistics Service or NASS for short. An offshoot of the USDA, their job is to conduct surveys among agriculture producers and then publish their findings in reports most disagree with. To say it is a thankless job would be an understatement. When they hit the mark with a report, the big USDA officials take the credit. If a report misses the mark, say a few million bushels of corn someone forgot...
Writer, philosopher and novelist Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn survived a decade in Soviet prison camps, his time documented in the two-volume set titled “The Gulag Archipelago.” He exposed the dangers of political abuse of power in the Soviet Union and his outspoken critiques earned him a Nobel Prize among other accolades. In one account, he shares a story of political abuse of power and how easy it is to be drawn in. I offer no interpretation of his story other than to allow it to rest on its own...
We are very fortunate in rural Colorado to have young people who have been raised to use common sense, to be honest, and to tell it like it is. Two of our high school students in NE Colorado made the news with their pleas for some normalcy. They addressed the Governor and Colorado High School Activities Association and both shared concerns about the mental health of Colorado youth and how the governor seems to have missed the message that our young people deserve some sense of stability in these trying times. According to a Denver news station,...
Several organisms help protect aboveground growth of plants. Among them are predators of pests, parasitoids, lichens and pollinators. Predators can be birds, spiders or insects. Parasitoids are wasps. Lichens are symbiosis between algae or cyanobacteria and fungal hyphae. Pollinators are insects, bats or birds. Predation of pests reduces pest damage to crops. Lacewings and ladybeetles are the most frequently introduced predators to production fields. Mountain Bluebirds eat grasshoppers and many caterpillars. Black capped chickadees eat a wide...
13 Years Ago Dec. 11, 1935 A branch store of the Boyd Hardware Co. was opening in Fleming this week, with Homer Collins of Haxtun in charge. Fleming has been without a general hardware store for several years. Going into the home stretch in The Haxtun Harvest $2,000-prize subscription campaign, Mrs. A.R. Haskins, one of the live-wire contestants competing for first grand prize and high honors, takes the lead. Following closely on the heels of Mrs. Haskins is Mrs. Carl Lundgren. A business deal...
Donald Gene Salyards died peacefully at 1:15 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020 at Heritage Point in Mishawaka, Ind. following a brief illness at the age of 89. Don was born on Feb. 6, 1931 in Haxtun to Clyde and Maude (Holmes) Salyards. He grew up during the Depression in several small farming towns in Colorado including Littleton and Eaton. He started working after school at a young age and was always very resourceful. His numerous jobs included working in his Dad's blacksmith shop, helping at...
Royce James Potter passed away peacefully with his family by his side Nov. 28, 2020. Royce was born June 3, 1942 to Rose and Roy Potter in Haxtun. Royce was the youngest of five siblings, Robert (Bob), Helen, Richard (Dick) and Patricia. He graduated from Haxtun High School in 1960 and attended Colorado State University for two years. Royce married Janet Heermann on Aug. 18, 1962 in Fort Collins and they moved to California. Royce worked at Laurentide, a finance company, for the next six years in California and Nevada. Their son Rick was born...
William Bruntz, Haxtun, passed away in Fort Morgan on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020 at the age of 91. Bill was born on Jan. 23, 1929 in Scottsbluff, Neb. to Fred and Mary (Wambolt) Bruntz. He married Luella Bartels on Aug. 3, 1945. In 1952, Bill enlisted in the United States Army. During his service time, he was a barber. He was honorably discharged in 1954. Bill was a farmer, auctioneer, owned his own service station, truck driver, worked on trailers, trained students for truck driving and raised his...
