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VETERAN DENNIS Patriquin recently took a trip to Washington, D.C. as part of a Veteran's Honor Flight. As part of that flight, students from Haxtun Elementary sent cards and letters of well wishes and thanks. Following the flight, Patriquin reached out in effort to meet the students who wrote to him and other Veterans. He visited Haxtun Schools last week sharing stories, photos and mementos from his recent trip. Above, he is pictured with Mrs. Dana Davis' third grade class....
Olivia Stone, a bright and talented student from Haxtun, has achieved a remarkable milestone by winning the mural design competition for the Colorado State University Rural Action Project. Her artistic vision and creativity have earned her this prestigious recognition. The competition, aimed at showcasing the artistic talents within rural communities, saw numerous impressive entries. However, Stone's design stood out for its originality and the vibrant representation of the local culture. The...
The Fleming School/Community Library recently held a community event to honor outgoing Town Librarian Grace Rossignol, who is returning to Maine, and new Town Librarian Kamie Lambrecht. Also pictured is School Librarian Sandy Kinzie and Librarian Association member Alice Chermay, who recent resigned from her long-term position. Cheramy dedicated many hours to the library finding books and organizing the annual Collector's Day. Also pictured are Fleming Library scholarship recipients Madisyn...
OVER the course of the 2023-24 school year, Haxtun Future Business Leaders of America's Community Service Project team has created a mentorship program known as Business Buddies. Team members, pictured above, Brandon Nall, Alyssa Molde and Corbin Andersen, are the founders of this mentorship. The main aspect of Business Buddies is to assist younger students with academics and social skills. Since the beginning of January, the Community Service team has been meeting with some select elementary...
On April 6 Dance Fuzion dancers competed at the Nexstar Regional Compeitition in Denver. This year Dance Fuzion took two teams, one from the Holyoke studio and one from the Yuma studio, including two soloists. Representing Yuma, Washington and Phillips counties, the Yuma studio team took two numbers, "Joan of Arc" and "Legacy of Legends" both performed by Ashlyn Carpenter, Grace Cochran, Hadley Kerst, Harper Barry, Jema Trejo-Mekelburg, Kaitlyn Mekelburg, Sofia Cadena and Taylor Frank. "Legacy...
KAYLEE Wagoner is headed to New York City for the Westminster Dog Show May 13-14. This famous show is by invitation only and Kaylee is one of 11 Colorado Junior Showman and one of about 100 Juniors from all over the country that qualified to attend. Juniors must win seven Best Junior competitions during the calendar year at an AKC dog show. Kaylee is taking her cairn terrier Brinkley with her. She also finished the year as the number one Cairn Terrier junior in the United States and as fifth...
April 4 through April 6 Haxtun High Schools' Future Career and Consumer Leaders of America students attended the Colorado FCCLA State Leadership Conference in Downtown Denver. This conference was led by the Colorado State FCCLA Officers. Highlights of the conference included workshops for students and a community service special event. Students also competed in STAR (Students Taking Action for Recognition) Events. The following is a list from those events: Zoe Kurtzer, Gold, National Qualifier,...
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month with an aim to recognizing the importance of families and communities working together to protect children. Childhelp (www.childhelphotline.org/identify-abuse) puts it very simply: Child abuse is doing something or failing to do something that results in harm to a child. According to the Child Welfare Information Gateway, the first step to helping children who may be experiencing maltreatment is to recognize the signs. A single incident does not necessarily mean that abuse or neglect is occurring i...
The Haxtun FBLA Chapter had a great showing at the Colorado FBLA State Conference. This year, 60 students competed at the conference. This included students in presentations, objective tests, production events and the Business Achievement Awards. Throughout the conference, students were able to explore the Gaylord Rockies Resort and attend various activities related to the conference. Haxtun attended the opening general session on Monday night. Here, the chapter was recognized for their...
Colorado State University’s Crops Testing Program is hosting the 2024 Wheat Field Days on June 6-7 and 11-12. Events are made possible by farmer-cooperators, seed company and industry partners as well as colleagues from the Colorado State University Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, CSU Dept. of Agricultural Biology, the Agricultural Experiment Station, CSU Extension, Colorado Wheat and the USDA-ARS. Field Days include a walk-through of the official CSU Wheat Variety Trial with wheat breeder Dr. Esten Mason. CSU faculty and experts will als...
Boettcher Foundation has announced awardees for the 2023 fall cycle of their Rural Catalyst program. PCED is honored to be among the awardees to launch a new county website with a focus on economic and community development. PCED's recognition as one of the awardees in the Boettcher Foundation's Rural Catalyst program marks a significant achievement in the pursuit of economic and community development in Phillips County. The decision to launch a new county website, with an emphasis on simplicity and user-friendliness, demonstrates a...
The High Plains Sunflower Committee is hosting a series of sunflower production meetings. Dates and locations are Tuesday, March 12 in Hugoton, Kan. and Wednesday, March 13 in Burlington. Times at both sites will be from 1-3 p.m. Attendees can register online at www.northwest.ksu.edu/events or by contacting Ron Meyer, Colorado State University Extension Specialist at (719) 346 5571. These meetings are available without cost. This program will be available both in-person and remotely via Zoom. When registering by phone, if your choice is to...
The Colorado CattleWomen announces the first CattleWomen Legacy Scholarship. The Heather Hays Stinnett Memorial Scholarship honors Colorado CattleWomen past President Heather Stinnett and will be awarded to a woman pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree. Heather was a staunch advocate for the beef industry and a proud fifth generation Coloradoan who traced her cattle industry heritage to early Colorado statehood and ranches homesteaded by ancestors on both sides of her family. Heather’s agricultural credentials include serving as C...
Northeast Colorado BOCES, in conjunction with Fleming School District, will be offering free developmental screening to children ages three through five, children who will not attend Kindergarten next year and turns three by January 2024. The screen will briefly evaluate the areas of language, gross and fine motor, pre-academic development, hearing and other medical needs. All parents with preschool aged children are encouraged to participate in this screening. Children living in the Fleming area can be screened on Monday, March from 1:30-3:30...
The 2024 Northeastern Colorado Free Theological Conference will be held at Calvary Lutheran Church in Wray on Feb, 24. The topic this year is Stewardship. The presenter is Rev. Dr. Nathan Meador, who serves as Stewardship Specialist of the LCMS Office of National Mission. He is the co-author of the book “Stewardship for the Care of Souls” published by Lexham Ministry Series. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. There are four sessions as Dr. Meador focuses on The Stewardship Story, Stewardship Partnership, Congregational Stewardship Culture and...
Northeast Colorado BOCES, in conjunction with Haxtun School District, will be offering free developmental screening to children ages three through five, children who will not attend Kindergarten next year and turns three by January 2024. The screen will briefly evaluate the areas of language, gross and fine motor, pre-academic development, hearing and other medical needs. All parents with preschool aged children are encouraged to participate in this screening. Children living in the Haxtun area can be screened on Monday, March 4 from 9-11 a.m....
Phillips County Economic Impact and Opportunity scholarships are available youth of the County. The scholarship is meant to award and recognize young individuals in Phillips County who have contributed to, have the desire to or have fostered the overall economic growth, economic innovation, community development or entrepreneurial spirit of Phillips County. Nominations can be made for any youth between the ages of 12-21 who reside in Phillips County. Scholarship winners will be announced at the annual Phillips County Economic Development...
THE HAXTUN FFA Chapter took 73 members and two sponsors to the National Western Stock Show on Wednesday, Jan. 17. Members took part in a scavenger hunt made by teacher, Mr. Jeff Plumb. This scavenger hunt encouraged members to meet new people and see new things. The steer show was taking place at the time and many students went and watched that as well. After the morning activities and everyone ate lunch, members went to the coliseum to watch the rodeo. Many said that their favorite part of the...
Haxtun Schools recently released the list of honor roll students for the first semester. Those on the Superintendent’s Honor roll achieved a grade point average of 4.0. Principal’s Honor Roll includes students with grade point averages of 3.5 to 3.9. Below is a list of all Honor Roll students: Superintendent’s List Seventh grade: Taivyn Bullard, Haylie Carpenter, Lillian Firme, Kaylee Lock and Baron Starkebaum. Eighth grade: Leah Edwards, Bella Hill, Eli Horton and Caleb Santistevan. Freshmen: Jinjer Stroyek, Emma Lemesany, Lexi Imhof, Luke...
A Caring Pregnancy Resource Center of Northeast Colorado is gearing up for annual fundraising banquets from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on four consecutive evenings at four locations: Friday, Jan. 26, Sterling Trinity Lutheran gymnasium; Saturday, Jan. 27, Phillips County Event Center; Sunday, Jan. 28, Yuma First Church of the Nazarene; and Monday, Jan. 29, Morgan County Event Center. This year’s banquet theme “Bee Strong” features speaker Evie West, a woman who grew up as a gang member in Los Angeles, but who overcame huge obstacles in her life to choos...
Local ag-lending cooperative, Premier Farm Credit, will pay a record $6.75 million in cash patronage to its customer-owners in early 2024. The financial services cooperative has returned more than $87 million through its Patronage Dividend Program. This year marks the 27th consecutive year a patronage has been paid. As a customer-owned cooperative, Premier Farm Credit understands that extra capital can make a big difference in a customer’s operation. The checks are a significant benefit to the member-owners and also to local communities. It i...
Fleming Schools recently released the list of honor roll students for the first semester. Those on the Superintendent’s Honor roll achieved a grade point average of 4.0. Principal’s Honor Roll includes students with grade point averages of 3.5 to 3.9. Below is a list of all Honor Roll students: Superintendent’s List Seventh grade: Abigail Betley. Eighth grade: Brigette Riemenschneider, Maddox Herskind, Evan Williamson, Brooks Brekel, Piper Withers, Jaron Monroe, Dylon Monroe, Madilyn Johnson and Gabriella Manly. Ninth grade: Hadley Stull...
The Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles revealed the most popular license plates of 2023, including a rereleased plate and a longstanding design that honors victims and survivors of a Colorado tragedy. Based on Colorado’s 1945 variant (Retired Style Black plate in the attached report), the Blackout plate quickly became one of the State’s most popular license plate designs. Coloradans chose the classic black-and-white design 169,998 times in 2023, contributing more than $4.2 million to the Colorado Disability Funding Committee this year. The...
The Colorado Association of Wheat Growers will award two $1,000 scholarships in 2024. One scholarship will be awarded to a graduating high school senior who plans to attend an accredited college, university, junior college or community college. The student must enter college the same year as their graduation from high school. The second scholarship is the Larry K. Haynes CAWG Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship will be awarded to a college sophomore, junior, senior or graduate student who is attending an accredited college, university,...
Make plans now to attend the 10th annual Farming Evolution event February 21- 22 in Holyoke. There will be a close look at fascinating information about the world of soil microbes and plants. Also on the topic list are wheat stem sawfly, grazing cover crops plus much more. As always, there will be several producers sharing their insights and experiences. Dr. James White will give an intriguing presentation about the plant/microbe relationships. Microbes don’t just make nutrients available; they are physically consumed by plant roots! Then t...
