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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This week has been a great week celestially speaking. Not long after sunset, Jupiter, Saturn and Venus extend in a straight line from one another in the darkening sky, Jupiter toward the east and Saturn in the middle. We’ve all seen pictures of these larger than life planets, first in school and then in advertisements for dime store telescopes that promised more than they could deliver. Although the marketing images are marvelously detailed, they cannot compare with the experience of seeing S...
As summer made another effort to hold on, the action across the region became even hotter last week. Top teams continued to pull away from the pack, and a few individuals turned in record performances. Brush softball got an outstanding effort from junior pitcher Mason Unrein in last Thursday's 13-0 win at Valley. Unrein struck out all 12 hitters she faced in a four inning perfect game. She only needed 45 pitches to accomplish that feat. The Beetdiggers scored four runs in each of the first three...
Dear HCCC families, community members and friends, The Haxtun Community Childcare Center Board of Directors and our staff have been faced with numerous challenges over the last several weeks. We felt as a Board, that we needed to address our families and community about what has been going on. Our previous director had allegations brought against her regarding two of HCCC’s currently enrolled children. An investigation was performed and the allegations were founded by the Haxtun Police Department, the Phillips County Child Protective S...
Fall is finally here. I believe I like fall better than any other time of the year. Cooler days, fall colors and weeds quit growing. It is hard to find much wrong with fall except for one thing. Flies. Flies, of course, move inside your house in the fall. Somewhere there is a fly travel journal. Written right there on the first tiny page are the words, “At the first sign of fall all flies shall leave the manure piles, barns, backs of all bulls, any candy the kids have dropped in the yard and mov...
Some things are never meant to last. The bountiful summer produce we enjoy is the perfect example. Sweet corn, cantaloupe, summer squash, and rhubarb are rivaled only by the free-wheeling joy ride known as peach season. It is marvelous, wonderful, and all too fleeting. Western slope peaches are simply the best with Cache Valley peaches from Utah coming in a close second. If they were available year round there would be little anticipation of their arrival and use. It is the six week window of...
I guess it’s that time of year to make sure everyone is ready for the impending snow season. This is mostly a list of making sure you haven’t taken anything out of your vehicles that you may need when you are traveling this winter. Let’s go over the basics. Are your tires in good condition and do they have at least 3/16th inch of tread as required? I know you don’t take these out of your vehicle, but do you usually run snow tires during the winter? It’s a good time to get ready and make sure the tires are in good condition, and there are no cra...
Area teams were treated to a couple tastes of fall last week, and the cooler temperatures did little to slow them down. In a week dotted with top match-ups, several athletes turned in stellar performances. Jumping right into volleyball, Sterling's Sydney Henry reached a career milestone. The standout senior recorded her 1,000th career kill in a 3-0 sweep of Strasburg last Tuesday. She tallied a dozen in the next outing against Eagle Ridge Academy and is hitting .327 on the season. The Tigers...
Sue is always trying to add variety to our meals. Since we both have worked out of our home offices the entire 35 years of our marriage, this is a very good thing. “Eating out” is a luxury reserved for only the most special and the most desperate of times. To her extreme credit, she can make a meal out of anything and sometimes, nothing. I mention this because of something she brought home from our grocery visit recently. Unpacking the bags she proudly removed a plastic tray full of chopped, str...
Being fully present in today’s world can be trying to say the least. Socially, it feels as though we are pushed to the edge. Telling people why they are wrong takes precedence over inviting others to share their wisdom and knowledge. People are openly rude and demanding of one another over some of the most menial things, while others simple don’t have the space for anyone different from themselves. Is this how we’ve always been? It’s looking more and more that way. It has long been known that cl...
On Sept. 11, 2001, Islamic terrorists on a murder-suicide mission flew commercial airliners into the two World Trade Center towers in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington. A fourth crashed in a Pennsylvania field. The attacks against our country unified Americans in a sense that’s almost inconceivable today. Together, we mourned the 2,600 people killed in the collapse of the twin towers and were horrified to watch many leap to their deaths to escape the inferno. We celebrated the c...
Fall is right around the corner and the regular seasons across the board are nearing the midpoint. Volleyball and softball tournaments have been the norm and football is beginning to see more league match-ups. Cross country and golf have been almost as hot as the late summer temperatures. Stratton's girls had a strong showing at the Fort Morgan Invite last Friday, with Keirstyn Louthan turning in a 17th place finish and Whitney Cure coming in 31st. Claudia Sanza checked in at 40th place and Trudy Goodnow claimed 51st. There were 80 runners in...
Trees are more valuable to us because they are an integral part of our lives. Without trees we would have less oxygen since they take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen. Trees cool the atmosphere. Trees give us food and materials to build our homes and so much more. If you have space in your landscape, consider adding another tree. Here are two reasons why: It is good to have a diversity of trees in your landscape. If they are all the same, when one is effected by a disease the other trees are not a host to it. But there are many more benefit...
Another week of the fall season is in the books and the top teams and individuals are already beginning to separate themselves from the pack. The past week was full of important clashes that filled the highlight reel. In volleyball, there was a huge match-up in the 1A North Central last Thursday, where Briggsdale, #3 at the time, took down last week's top-ranked squad, Fleming, in three sets (25-22, 26-24, 25-21). It was a good night to be named Krise, as sisters Courtney (14 kills) and Jenna...
Letter to the Editor, Some of you I know won’t agree with me however I’m not responsible to protect others who won’t protect themselves or others. A COVID card, not a mask, is my defense. Some 90 percent of recent hospitalizations ion Colorado and elsewhere are non-vaccinated people. 9News reported 57 percent of Coloradoans are now fully vaccinated — good for them, me included! I believe all health care workers, teachers, business management, office personnel, service industry, stores, public gatherings, first responders and anyone who encount...
Writing “Under The Wire” the past few months has been more challenging than anytime the past 35 years of cranking them out. The reason? Too many topics have become difficult to make fun of. During the past 1,800 or so columns I have held to a few very strict, self-imposed rules. First and foremost, I never want to offend any reader. Rule number two is my mother had to be able to read them. She passed away two years ago but the same question hangs over me. “Would she have approved of my sayin...
It is late summer, otherwise known as tickle grass time. Its grassy seed heads seemingly pop up overnight and manage to cartwheel their way into every nook and cranny around the exterior of the house as well as the garden. They are a nuisance to a well-tended lawn, something some of us have yet to perfect. Another player in the late fall weed sweepstakes is the tenacious mallow. Tightly bunched and anchoredac with a muscled tap root, mallow thrives if disrespected. It can sully the best of...
New presidents often find themselves tested early in their administration; their performance is revealing to allies and enemies alike. JFK’s failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba and subsequent summit with Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev, about which Kennedy remarked, “He just beat the hell out of me!” led the Russians to believe they could place nuclear missiles in Cuba. The ensuing “Cuban missile crisis” brought the USA and USSR to the brink of nuclear war. By contrast, Ronald Reagan’s...
A friend recently asked why I have not written a column about these new fangled telephones. It was after the third time we were mysteriously cut off mid-sentence that he made the suggestion. “I have,” was my quick reply given without much thought first, my normal method of reacting to most situations. A few moments later, after taking my brain from neutral to first gear, I remembered what that column had been about. My office at the old Livestock Exchange, Inc., where I was spending 60 to 80...
Summer is casually wearing on flowerbed annuals and perennials. Not much has changed temperature-wise, yet there is a smugness one senses in the season that fall is close by. Happily, there is much left of summer that still inspires. Two elements of the growing season in particular are tied to one another: texture and color. Texture provides the depth and context for the flowers to thrive. Color invites us to pay attention to the breadth of creation and the amazing diversity it represents....
There are people other than our family that we are blessed to have in our life. They are role models, mentors and people always willing to help anyone that needs assistance. And then there are people that take that relationship to a higher level. Brian Allmer was one of those incredible people that will continue to influence my life. Maybe we were incredible friends because we both were driven to be advocates and spokespeople for agriculture. We enjoyed feeding off of each other but Brian was the person that could teach and then share all the...
There are people other than our family that we are blessed to have in our life. They are role models, mentors and people always willing to help anyone that needs assistance. And then there are people that take that relationship to a higher level. Brian Allmer was one of those incredible people that will continue to influence my life. Maybe we were incredible friends because we both were driven to be advocates and spokespeople for agriculture. We enjoyed feeding off of each other but Brian was...
We’re not exactly birding hobbyists but we have kept track of a variety of bird species in the various places we have lived. We can share with confidence a number of common birds in our region, both permanent and seasonal. Our first field guides were a delight...officially endorsed editions that later expanded to include flora and fauna as well as sea creatures and seashells. Moths and butterflies were the topic of yet another guide, each narrowing the range of characteristics leading toward a...
“Come on, Honey, let’s go to the horse sale today.” I suggested to Sue the other day. “What are you going to the sale for?” she replied. “You don’t need another horse and you sure don’t have any money to spend.” That’s how our discussion started and it seemed like it went downhill from there. “I know I don’t really need another horse, Sweetie,” (I always use words like Honey, Sweetie, Cutie-Pie when we have this type of conversation). “But if I found one better than some we have now, I could a...
According to a notation on my calendar, Feb. 16 began the Chinese year of the Dog. This fits in between last year’s Rooster and 2019’s Pig. These three join the Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep (Goat) and the Monkey to make up the Chinese Zodiac. I respect the importance of this list to the Chinese. I would however, like to propose an addition for which there seems to be room. Cattle, horses, sheep, cows dogs, jack rabbits, I know they aren’t really rabbits, rats and snake...
The wild onions inhabiting a corner of our rhubarb patch do not lend themselves well to sayings equating life and peeling back layers. Pulling apart the layers isn’t exactly easy when stalks and pods go every which direction. Curves, loops, and odd angles of all kinds contribute to the beauty of its complex bio architecture. It shouldn’t be surprising to discover that life is also not simple and that complex explanations require time and contemplation. Decoding divine inspiration takes a gen...
