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At its Jan. 19 meeting, the Board of County Commissioners met with Mattie Haney, representing the Northeastern Junior College Foundation. She spoke about the Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative and requested a letter of support from the board. She explained that Northeastern Junior College can apply for state-funded Matching Student Scholarship grants that help off-set costs of student attendance such as tuition and fees, books, room and board, etc. The NJC Foundation raises funds to provide the match funding. It applies to serve as...
Colorado State University Extension's Family and Consumer Science Department recently worked with Haxtun Elementary School's third and fourth grade students to encourage them to take a proactive approach to brain health. Recent neuroscience studies have shown that teaching children how the brain works and fostering a growth mindset can improve their motivation to learn, ability to process information and retain knowledge. Studies have also shown that engaging in art and music can promote...
Farmers who want to sell raw milk directly to consumers are one step closer to being able to do it legally. A bill co-sponsored by Senators Byron Pelton, R-Sterling, and Dylan Roberts, D-Frisco, recently won a unanimous vote from the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee. Senate Bill 43 “is about freedom and choice” for consumers to pick the foods and beverages they want to consume and to help promote local agriculture producers, Roberts told the committee on Jan. 18. Many other states already allow for direct sales of raw mil...
Haxtun Health has joined the Colorado ALTO (alternative to opioids) Project to reduce the administration of opioids in the hospital’s emergency department. Haxtun Health’s goal is to improve pain management for its patients and return them to a maximum quality of life while also recognizing and controlling the inherent risks of prescribing highly addictive medications like opioids. Haxtun Health’s clinicians are dedicated to understanding and responding appropriately to their patients’ physical and emotional symptoms of pain in addition to taki...
HAXTUN JUNIOR Scotty Engle, center, is pictured with his parents Joy and Scott Engle following his 100th high school career win on Friday, Jan. 26 at the Medicine Valley Invitational in Curtis, Neb. Over the past three years, Engle has competed at 113 pounds, 126 pounds and currently competes at 132 pounds. Engle made State appearances in both his freshman and sophomore seaseons. He is currently ranked number four in the State in his division....
The purchase of two new busses, approval of the District’s Core Beliefs, changes in salary schedules to reflect the change in minimum wage and several new hires topped agenda items in two Haxtun Board of Education meetings last week. The regular January board meeting also included a presentation from First Grade Teacher Christie Toops and special recognition of board members during Board of Education appreciation month. Haxtun Board of Education members met on Wednesday, Jan. 24 for a nearly three hour meeting that opened with a Master’s Cap...
Chief Executive Officer Dewane Pace announced the addition of an orthopedic surgeon and physician’s assistant to the care team at Haxtun Health. The brother duo from Fort Morgan plan to begin services in Haxtun this spring. As part of his report in a late-January board of directors meeting, Pace announced the addition of Dr. Kenneth Keller and his brother, David Keller, PA to Haxtun Health. Pace said Kenneth Keller is an orthopedic surgeon that lives and works in Fort Morgan. He and his brother, David Keller, have served the Fort Morgan c...
Phillips County Economic Development recently announced a major milestone in its evolution, marked by a dynamic rebranding initiative in collaboration with Designs By Fergie, a local marketing firm. This partnership has resulted in a refreshed image, including an updated logo and branding efforts that capture the essence of PCED's commitment to growth, innovation and community prosperity. Key features of the rebranding initiative: • Modernized logo: the new logo, crafted in collaboration with D...
Lawmakers had strong criticism for the staff of Colorado Parks and Wildlife over their handling of the release of the first five wolves under the Front Range voter-approved wolf restoration plan. The comments about how the release was mishandled came during a joint agency oversight hearing on Jan. 23 with the House and Senate agriculture and natural resources committees. Comments came from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, who faulted the agency for failing to notify local ranchers, landowners, elected officials or anyone that wolves were b...
HAXTUN'S top spellers from this year's Spelling Bee held on Jan. 11 are pictured (l-r), Angel Grilli, first, Leah Edwards, second, Kira Christensen, third, and alternate Bella Hill. The four will advance to the Regional round set for Feb. 7 at Brush Middle School. (Courtesy photo)...
Several new hires, the approval of a new speaker system at the football field, updates to the classified salary schedule and a brief update on the pending BEST grant application process all topped agenda items in an hour and a half meeting of the Frenchman Board of Education meeting in Fleming on Jan. 16. The January meeting opened with staff reports, including one from Superintendent Steve McCracken who gave updates on the BEST grant application and projects around the district building. McCracken said lights in the old gym and the ag shop...
Medicaid recipients to ensure they receive the comprehensive care and services they need to improve their health. Colorado’s Medicaid program is called Health First Colorado. In 2022, 57 percent of all Colorado adults aged 19 to 64 were covered by Health First Colorado. In 2023, eligibility thresholds were changed due to the official end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. Automatic renewals have also stopped. This means fewer Coloradans will be eligible for Health First Colorado. It also means that members are now required to fill out p...
Following the regular Jan. 9 Board of County Commissioners meeting, the board convened its usual reorganization meeting that occurs at the start of each new year. As its first item of business, the board appointed Terry Hofmeister to serve as chairman for 2024. His term follows Garold Roberts who served as chair in 2023. Roberts followed Tom Timm who held the seat in 2022. The board then adopted nine resolutions having to do with county administrative matters for 2024. Resolutions established county operations, official holidays for the year...
This week marks the beginning of bills hearings at the Colorado legislature and among the bills lawmakers will consider is one dealing with “de-Brucing.” Currently, 51 out of 64 counties, including the counties in northeastern Colorado, have obtained permission from voters to retain tax revenue paid to the counties when it exceeds revenue limits imposed by the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR). Those permissions for the northeastern counties was granted by voters between 1994 and 2004, with Phillips County the first among those counties to ob...
ON JAN. 23, Logan County Sheriff Powell awarded Deputy DelRay Mayhew with the Sheriff's Commendation Award for his actions on Dec. 20, 2023 during a semi crash on I-76 at milepost 141. Deputy Mayhew was the first emergency responder on scene and observed the driver, who was severely burned laying on the ground outside of the semi, which was fully engulfed in fire. Deputy Mayhew recognized the dangers associated with this and quickly moved the driver, along with bystanders, away from the semi to...
HAXTUN SENIOR Kaiden Schelling, center, is pictured with his parents Don and Kirsten Schelling following his 100th high school career win on Friday, Jan. 12 at the Elm Creek Invitational in Elm Creek, Neb. Over the past four years, Schelling has competed at 106 pounds, 113 pounds and currently competes at 120 pounds. Following a freshman season cut short by COVID-19, he earned a fifth place finish at State in the 106-pound division his sophomore season and a State runner-up finish last year at...
With the new year brings a new face to the role of Phillips County Administrator. Andrew Nygaard took over as County Administrator effective Jan. 1. Former Administrator Laura Schroetlin retried from her position with the County at the end of 2023 after more than 13 years of service to Phillips County. Schroetlin was named County Administrator in 2021. "She has stayed on in a part-time capacity to help with the transition," Nygaard said. "I am very grateful for all of her help, as she has a...
The Fleming Town Council held their regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 10. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Stefan Betley at 6:30 p.m. The following council members were present: Andrew Muller, Bill Langridge, Bonnie Jackson, Suzanne Wales and Alex Gapter. Cathy Castillo arrived at 6:46 p.m. Also present were Sue Einspahr (left at 6:43 p.m.), Tola Wales, Joelle Gapter, Lewis Frank, Michelle Asfeld and Keith Beck (left at 7:44 p.m.). Additions/corrections to the agenda: Betley asked for any additions or corrections to the...
Lawmakers have returned to the State Capitol for the 2024 legislative session. The first two days were full of pomp and circumstance and drama. Legislative leaders led off day one with remarks on how they’d like to see the 2024 session progress and all struck a very similar tone on civility. The end of the 2023 session, as well as the special session in November on property taxes, both produced behavior that has troubled lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. Two House Democrats resigned in December, both citing the toxic environment in the H...
Hired in the Phillips County treasurer's office in 2001, Sheila Gift ended up serving the public alongside three different elected county treasurers that spanned 21 years. County treasurers Linda Statz, Sharon Michaels and the current Steve Young have all been aided by her vast knowledge and experience, reliability and attention to detail. Prior to retiring in December of 2023, Gift had already started training the next deputy treasurer, Crystal Oakley, who joined the office on Dec. 1. If not...
The Haxtun Police Department registered a sex offender within Haxtun's city limits on Jan. 5. Patrick Lee Pittman is registered in the 200 block of West Grant Street. Pittman, 33, was convicted in June 2013 of attempted sex assault on a child in a position of trust in Yuma County. He is required to register as a sex offender annually....
The Frenchman Board of Education plans to proceed with a BEST grant application for major renovations the school district building in Fleming. Plans are to submit the completed application next month. The decision to submit the grant application comes following a zoom meeting with the Colorado Department of Education and Treanor, a full-service architectural firm, at the start of a mid-December board of education meeting. The local school board opted to move forward with the BEST grant application process which requests funds to add two new...
The 2024 General Assembly session began on Wednesday, Jan. 10, with an election looming just 10 months away that could determine whether Republicans gain lost ground in the House or keep Democrats from a super majority in the Senate. The two Republican lawmakers who represent northeastern Colorado have their first bills ready to go and their priorities set for the next 120 days. Senator Byron Pelton, Sterling is entering his second session as a state senator. He intends to run legislation on sex trafficking, a bill he has been working on with...
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FLEMING PRESCHOOLERS (l-r), Cyrus Haynes, Vance Muller and Karlee Iseli perform in front of a large audience in the Fleming Performing Arts Program's "A Pirate Christmas" held Tuesday, Dec. 5 in the Fleming gymnasium. This year's program featured preschool through 12th grade entertainers....
