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SATURDAY'S REGIONAL Championship loss marked the final outing in Lady Wildcat basketball uniforms for this year's seniors MadiKay Serrato, left, and Tori Champ. The two met up for a hug as the final minutes wound off the game clock at Idalia High School. The Lady Wildcats defeated the Granada Lady Bobcats on Friday to advance to Saturday's Championship where they were defeated by the Idalia Lady Wolves....
More than two dozen parents, staff and community members packed into the Fleming School/Community Library for the February meeting of the Frenchman Board of Education. The meeting opened with two closed-door meetings for the purpose of conferencing with the Board’s attorney and to meet with two different families who filed complaints against the superintendent and principal through the District’s policy process. The Board first voted to enter into executive session for the purpose of conferencing with the Board’s attorney to receive legal...
The Haxtun School District is in search of a new Superintendent. Marsha Cody submitted her resignation to the Board of Education earlier this week. In an announcement to staff on Monday, March 4, Cody said she has accepted a position with the Brush School District for the 2024-25 school year. She plans to complete her contract with Haxtun through the end of June. The Board of Education met in a special meeting on Tuesday, March 5 to discuss plans moving forward to seek a replacement. According to Board President Amy Kilgour, the Board plans...
Haxtun Health has added a cardiologist, vascular surgeon and a certified wound care physician to the care team in Haxtun. The addition of Doctor Ehrin Armstrong brings all three specialty areas to the Haxtun community. Chief Executive Office Dewane Pace announced the addition of Dr. Armstrong in a meeting in late February. He told the Board of Directors that Dr. Armstrong has deep roots in Northeastern Colorado through family in the Julesburg area. He will soon be seeing patients in Haxtun while also maintaining a practice in Thornton. Dr....
The Haxtun Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominations for 2023 year-end awards. Awards are given out at the annual Chamber banquet which is slated for April 15 this year. Each year the Chamber honors those who stand out in the community with eight different awards. Those include Employee of the Year, Business Person of the Year, Volunteer Group of the Year, Youth of the Year, Employee Group of the Year, Volunteer of the Year, Fix Up-Paint Up and Golden Star. The Gold Star award is given to a Chamber member that has gone above and beyond in...
Renewable energy, migrants and dispatchers were on the Phillips County Board of Commissioners’ radar at the last two of its three February meetings. Board chairman Terry Hofmeister, who serves on the Colorado Counties, Inc. legislative committee, reported at the Feb. 16 meeting that it appears the State wants to control more matters having to do with renewable energy. He gave an example that would implicate local land use codes, such as prescribing set-backs on installations. A related bill has not yet been introduced but he’ll watch for act...
Two of Governor Jared Polis’ three appointees to the State Parks and Wildlife Commission got a thumbs-down from the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee on Feb. 29. The committee, with chair Senator Dylan Roberts, D-Summit County, voting with its three Republicans, are sending an unfavorable recommendation on Gary Skiba and Jessica Beaulieu. The committee did approve the recommendation for John “Jack” Murphy. Skiba was appointed to represent sportspersons — hunters and anglers — on the commission. Murphy and Beaulieu were appo...
LOCAL and state fire crews battled a field fire southeast of Haxtun near County Road 7 on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 25. The Haxtun Volunteer Fire Department was assisted by the Wages Volunteer Fire Department and the Colorado State Wildland team to gain control and extinguish the blaze. Red Flag warnings blanketed much of the State of Colorado throughout the weekend and the first part of the week, including Phillips and surrounding counties due to dry weather conditions and high...
Haxtun Board of Education members heard a detailed report from the District’s Wellness Committee as well as reviewed and approved Superintendent Marsha Cody’s annual evaluation in an early morning meeting on Friday, Feb. 23. Board members also looked over the proposed school calendar and ratified employment for several staff members for the 2024-25 year. The Friday morning meeting opened at 8:45 with a special presentation from Elementary Counselor/Teacher Audree Edwards and High School Counselor Sharon Seger. The duo presented the Haxtun Schoo...
Brock Miller, Haxtun High School senior, was recently honored at the Colorado Farm Show as a recipient of the esteemed Chuck Urano scholarship. With graduation on the horizon this spring, Miller has set his sights on Northeastern Junior College, where he plans to pursue a degree in agricultural business with a specialized focus on economics and animal sciences. His aspirations extend towards a future career in grain merchandising or agriculture finance, driven by his profound understanding of...
Senator Byron Pelton’s bill to enhance the criminal penalties for human trafficking won a 4-1 vote last week from the state Senate Judiciary Committee and now heads to the full Senate for debate. The measure, Senate Bill 35, makes human trafficking for involuntary servitude and human trafficking for sexual servitude crimes of violence, subject to enhanced sentencing guidelines and increases the statute of limitations for prosecution of these offenses. This would make servitude a crime of violence and extend the statute of limitations from f...
HAXTUN JUNIOR Grant Statz won the Championship match in the 157-pound division of the 2A State Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Feb. 17. Statz went 4-0 at the State Tournament and finished the season at 30-4. He is the son of Steve and Dr. Lila Statz....
Six individuals were arrested southwest of Fleming Friday following a pursuit that began in Washington County early that morning. According to information from the Logan County Sheriff’s Office, two of the six that were arrested included juveniles wanted on active warrants out of Wyoming. According to the Logan County Sheriff’s information, deputies were advised of an active theft from northern Washington County on Friday, Feb. 16 at about 5 a.m. Deputies were able to locate the vehicle involved in the theft which included a vehicle on a tra...
The Fleming Town Council held their regular monthly meeting on Feb. 14. Mayor Stefan Betley called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. The following council members were present: Andrew Muller, Bill Langridge, Suzanne Wales, Alex Gapter and Bonnie Jackson. Cathy Castillo arrived at 6:54 p.m. Also present were Jess and Phyllis Smith (left at 6:41 p.m.), Joelle and Daniel Gapter, (Daniel left at 6:46 p.m.) Grace Rossignol (left at 6:46 p.m.), Michelle Asfeld and Lewis Frank. Additions/corrections to the agenda: Betley asked for any additions or...
A successful career in high school track and field has afforded Cassidy Goddard, Haxtun High School senior, the opportunity to compete at the collegiate level. Goddard signed a letter of intent to join the Black Hills State University track and field team while in front of family, coaches, teammates and supporters last week. Black Hills State University boasts a 123 acre campus in Spearfish, S.D. "Cassidy got my interest as an all-around athlete. I don't necessarily recruit based off size,...
The retiring Mike Salyards will spend his last day on the job as the Phillips County Road and Bridge Department Manager on Thursday, Feb. 29. He has been employed with the County since 1985. At the Feb. 9 Phillips County Board of County Commissioners meeting, the board approved Salyards’ request to move assistant manager, Kevin Scott, to fill the Road and Bridge Manager’s position, effective March 1. Scott works in the Road and Bridge District 2 office in Holyoke. The board also approved Salyards’ requests to move Dave Salyards to Road and B...
Democratic lawmakers at the State Capitol have started their efforts to allow local governments to regulate pesticides, despite testimony from farmers and their allies that pests and weeds don’t respect county boundaries. House Bill 1178, sponsored by Representatives Cathy Kipp, Fort Collins, and Meg Froelich, Greenwood Village, would allow local governments to regulate which pesticides could be used within their borders. The bill has been years in the making, but Republicans and rural Democrats have managed to keep state control of p...
MEMBERS OF the Sedgwick County/Fleming boys' wrestling team who took home the runner-up plaque from last weekend's 2A Region 1 Tournament are pictured (l-r), Levi Reichman, Zach Statz, Ryan Davis, Scotty Engle, Kale Volkman, Owen Harris, Ethan Bagby, Cooper Edson, Bryce Kinnie, Kaiden Schelling, Gage Helgoth, Grant Statz, Cash Campbell, Cade Hoschouer and Mario Ortiz. Edson, Campbell, Schelling, Engle, Harris, Ortiz, Grant Statz and Davis have qualified to compete in this weekend's State...
The Haxtun Town Council has a new member sitting around the meeting table. Jon Brammer was appointed to fill a vacancy left by former council member Dean Anderson. Anderson filled a council position for nearly a year, being appointed in February 2023 and just recently resigned. Anderson’s position on the Board was one left open in elections last year, forcing the Council to solicit interest from the community to fill. At that time, two individuals submitted letters of intent to fill the opening, including Anderson and Brammer. At that time, A...
During the Jan. 31 meeting of the Phillips County Board of County Commissioners, the board held a public hearing to consider the subdivision exemption request from Timothy and Arlene Carper to divide a 12.8-acre parcel of land from a 160-acre parcel. Arlene Carper explained that the request is so that the parcel of land, which is all non-farmable ground, could be sold to another family member. This sale would represent the next, or fifth generation, to maintain ownership of their farm that has a Centennial Farm designation. No one else was...
The Jolley Dozen Club annually hosts an essay contest with Haxtun and Holyoke fourth grade students. Each year a topic is selected for students to write about. This year's topic, Citizenship, drew three winners in the contest including first place Harrison Kleve, Holyoke, second place Lesley Cabrera Benitez, Haxtun, and third place Haylie Jones, Haxtun. Kleve's first place essay will advance to the Colorado Association for Family and Communication Education's state essay contest. Local first,...
By Marianne Goodland Legislative reporter The State Senate this week took on the issue of behavioral health in rural Colorado, with two measures designed to help farmers and ranchers with mental health programs and providers. Senator Perry Will, R-New Castle, called the need for behavioral health a pervasive issue in the agricultural industry and in rural communities. That need is compounded by a lack of adequate behavioral health providers and programs, Will said. Farmers and ranchers have a suicide rate three and a half times that seen in...
Haxtun senior Kailin Kelley signed a letter of intent to extend his football career with Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina, Kan. next fall. The 2024 Haxtun graduate has been a part of the Bulldog football program that notched the school's eighth State Championship as well as a runner-up title and a final four finish. "Kailin really peaked our interest because of the tenacity and the aggressiveness that he plays with, said Justin Sullivan, KW Assistant Coach. "He really has a nose for the...
Keegan Colglazier, Haxtun High School senior, signed a letter of intent to play college football in Salina, Kan. at Kansas Wesleyan University in the fall. The upcoming graduate played four years with the Bulldogs and while doing so, was a part of the team that clinched the school's eighth State Championship as well as a runner-up title and a final four finish. "What really peaked our interest in Keegan is that he can make plays all over the football field, Justin Sullivan, KW Assistant Coach...
Haxtun Future Business Leaders of America recently competed at the District Leadership Conference at Northeastern Junior College. The following students placed in the top 10: First place: Agribusiness, Brock Miller*; Website Design, Emily Anderson and Kelsie Hadeen*; Intro to Programming, Jack Feik, Zach Fryrear and Zach Statz*; Spreadsheet Applications, Kanin Koberstein*; Journalism, Kash Workman*; Introduction to FBLA, Mikayli Benson*; Electronic Career Portfolio, Samantha Seger*; Graphic...
