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FACS teacher and FCCLA adviser Holly Kelley presented to the Haxtun Board of Education in a mid-July meeting. The meeting was the first for new Superintendent Aron Jones and while short, contained a wealth of information and several staff appointments before school starts in less than a month. Kelly gave the Board an overview of both her Family and Consumer Science clases and the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America club she oversees throughout the year. As for FACS, Kelley said her...
July first marked the beginning of Aron Jones' career at Haxtun Schools. The new superintendent is in his first few weeks in his new role at Haxtun and already meeting staff, colleagues, students and community members in preparation for the year ahead. Jones officially signed a one-year contract following a lengthy superintendent search this spring. "I am excited for students and teachers to be here," Jones said from his Haxtun High School office last week. "I am excited for kids to be here,...
It's fitting that Jerry and Vernette Haynes will be honored as grand marshals of the 2024 Phillips County Fair - it's the same county fair that brought the two together over 40 years ago, creating a lasting legacy of passion, service and dedication to the youth of Phillips County and those surrounding it. The Haynes' are no strangers to the grand marshal honor as the pair were named the same for Sedgwick County's fair last year. Jerry, who had just returned to Holyoke from college, was serving...
It’s mid-July and that means Haxtun’s Old-Fashioned Saturday Night is just around the corner. The 37th annual event is slated for Saturday, July 20 in downtown Haxtun and promises the popular car show as well as town-wide garage sales, poker run, vendors, burnout competition, valve cover races, beer garden and more. Saturday morning’s activities kick off with town-wide garage sales. Thus far, more than 33 locations have registered to host garage sales around Haxtun. Maps for garage sale sites will be available the day of at Haxtun Super’s and Z...
Things are moving along with Haxtun Health's main street clinic project. In a late June meeting of the Haxtun Health Board of Directors, Project Manager Mike Ensminger gave an update on construction progress. According to the update information, window frames have been installed and Skarco is in the process of installing glass now. Several of the windows are complete at this point. Now that all the window frames are in and glass is being installed, crews will finish brick work with window sills....
The Haxtun Town Council acted on a special events liquor permit for Old-Fashioned Saturday Night and approved an intergovernmental agreement with the Phillips County Clerk for November elections during July's monthly meeting on the 1st. The Council met at the Town Hall in a short, 40-minute mid-summer meeting. With the exception of Council Member Bob Coinek, who was absent, a nearly full board reviewed documents submitted by the Haxtun Chamber of Commerce for a special events liquor permit for...
Fleming School is adding a Construction Trades program for high school students. The addition of construction course work comes following a vote in a late-June meeting by the Board of Education. According to Superintendent Steve McCracken, the construction trades class will teach students the skills needed to enter the carpentry industry. Students will learn all phases of residential home construction including foundation preparation, framing, electrical, plumbing and finish work. "We are...
The Haxtun Board of Education officially announced results of the recent BEST grant cycle and although the District did not receive funds this year, plans are to continue to move forward with applying again in 2025. "The Haxtun Board of Education regrets to inform our community that we did not receive the 2024 BEST grant, but we are committed to improving our facilities and learning environment for our students and will continue to re-apply in the next BEST grant cycle," said an official...
The fourth of July marks the debut of the Bulldog Putting Greens, a new disk golf course at the Haxtun Park. The course is the final product of work by Trey Bivins, who has been instrumental in the design and install stages. Disk golf is a game in which a frisbee is thrown into a series of metal baskets situated on an outdoor course. The object is to complete the course using the fewest possible throws. It is played using similar rules to golf. The first tee of the Bulldog Putting Greens is...
The Town of Haxtun's emergency siren system is getting a much needed update. With grant funds from FEMA, Town crews will begin tearing down and preparing for the installation of new sirens next week. Haxtun Police Administrative Clerk Vickie Freemyer submitted a grant for funds to replace the current 50+ year-old sirens system. Grant funds were awarded on Dec. 14, 2023 with a 90/10 split. The total cost of the project is expected to be $49,078; of that, FEMA will cover $44,170, 90 percent of...
Haxtun's 2024 summer ball program etched it's place in history last week with a complete sweep of the Border League softball and baseball tournaments. Haxtun teams claimed championship titles in both the 9-12 and 13-16 softball brackets as well as the pee-wee, little league and babe ruth brackets. Softball tournaments were played Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in Oshkosh, Neb. while baseball played Thursday, Friday and Saturday in Chappell, Neb. The 9-12 softball team, led by Noah Toops and...
The 2024 Phillips County Fair is just a month away. The event is slated for July 22-28 in Holyoke at the PC Fairgrounds. The local Fair Board recently released this year's fair book, which is now available in businesses in Haxtun and Holyoke. Jerry and Vernette Haynes will be honored as Grand Marshals of this year's week-long event this summer. Jerry and Vernette have deep family roots in Phillips County and a rich history with the Phillips County Fair. Jerry's parents, Delbert and Emily, also...
Haxtun's 4th of July Party in the Park promises all of the summer favorites ... burgers, disk golf, ice cream, face painting and of course, fireworks! Next Thursday the Haxtun Lions Club plans to host a 4th of July Party in the Park including burgers and outdoor games at the Lions Club Gazebo starting at 6 p.m. The fireworks show, sponsored by the Haxtun Volunteer Fire Department, is set to start at dusk. In addition to burgers and games, plans are to debut Bulldog Putting Greens, a disk golf co...
The Haxtun-Fleming Herald website has a new look. Online readers will notice a new monarch theme with a clean, modern, next-generation look. The change in the website rolled out two weeks ago with a layout that features more photos and stories on the site's top banner and a page layout customizable to fit weekly news articles and content. Herald subscribers receive free access to the website, which features a complete online edition along with the weekly printed edition. Visitors to the site,...
Haxtun's Brock Miller was recently selected to serve on the 2024-25 Colorado FFA State Officer team. Miller was elected to serve as an Executive Committee member at the final session of the 96th annual Colorado State FFA Convention at CSU Pueblo on June 6. Miller is a 2024 graduate of Haxtun High School. Since his election to the State Officer Team, Miller has attended Colorado Career and Technical Student Organization trainings in Denver which begins his year-long state officer adventure. He...
A familiar face behind the counter at the Haxtun Post Office now serves in the lead role as Post Master. Shannon Maxwell was named Post Master of post offices in Haxtun, Fleming and Crook in late December 2023. Since her appointment as lead of the three rural post offices, Maxwell said her focus is to serve the three rural communities and to keep things local. "I want things to continue to run as they always have here," Maxwell said recently. "I want to keep things local. I am still learning...
The Frenchman Board of Education received news recently that the school district in Fleming was not awarded a BEST grant in the most recent cycle. Hopes were to receive grant funds for major improvements to the District’s main building. In addition to a BEST grant update and plan moving forward, board members acted on several items of business to prepare for the coming year as well as gave nod to several purchases including one for new math curriculum. In his report to board members in a late-May meeting, Superintendent Steve McCracken reported...
Ready, set, swim! The Haxtun Swimming Pool is set to open on June 10. The new outdoor pool is nearing completion and town crews are gearing up for the first day of swimming next week. A ribbon cutting ceremony and open house is slated for the same day. An open house is set for Monday, June 10 from 9-11 a.m. with a ribbon cutting at the beginning. Community members are invited to visit and view the all-new outdoor facility during the open house while also enjoying coffee and refreshments. Later...
All 2023-24 sports seasons have come to an end for the Haxtun Bulldogs and to celebrate this year's accomplishments athletes, parents and community members gathered for the annual athletic banquet at the end of May. As all athletic banquets do, this year's celebration included a special presentation of the 2024 Super Booster Award. This year's Super Booster honor went to Alicia Schram. "Alicia puts in countless hours (often behind the scene) supporting our athletes. She takes pictures, is in...
Haxtun Health’s Specialty Clinic has some new, advanced technology and equipment to go along with the addition of Dr. Ehrin Armstrong, a Cardiologist, who will begin seeing patients locally next month. The announcement of the new equipment, and an update on recent legislation, came to Haxtun Health Board of Directors in a Monday night, May 20 meeting. According to Chief Executive Officer Dewane Pace, the Specialty Clinic now has Venclose technology as well as an ABI machine for vascular studies and MolecuLight for wound care. Several of t...
The Haxtun Town Council met in a special meeting on Monday night, May 20 for a public hearing regarding the CB & Pods Annexation. Hearing no concerns, the proper motions followed to approve the annexation. The one acre of land on the west edge of Haxtun has been annexed into Haxtun city limits following a series of motions as required by Colorado State Statue. The CB & Pods annexation includes an acre of land on the south side of Highway 6, west of the current Better Forage site, also just west of Dollar General. In approving the annexation,...
Three Bulldogs were recognized with post-season honors at the conclusion of the 2024 baseball season. Recent graduate Kaiden Schelling and junior Ryland Wolff received All-Conference designations and freshman Madden Larsen was named All-Conference, Honorable Mention. As a senior, Schelling spent most of his time on the pitcher's mound for the Bulldogs. He struck out 46 of the 154 batters he faced. Schelling also earned a .433 batting average and a .548 on base percentage. He registered 29 hits,...
Haxtun's Cassidy Goddard received All-Conference honors in her final high school track season. The recent Haxtun High School graduate has committed to the Black Hills State track and field team to continue her throwing career at the collegiate level next fall. Goddard received All-Conference honors with her first place finish in discus at the LPAA-YWKC-NC League Meet in Julesburg on May 4. Goddard took first with a throw of 134 feet, 4.5 inches. She currently holds the Haxtun High School girls...
Haxtun's Kaiden Schelling signed a letter of intent to extend his baseball career with Midland University in Fremont, Neb. next fall. The 2024 graduate was a key player in winning Haxtun High School's first ever State title baseball title his junior year. He played four seasons for the Bulldogs and several with the Buckley Bombers throughout his time in high school. According to stats on MaxPreps, Schelling had a .433 batting average his senior season along with a .548 on base percentage. He reg...
After many conversations and months worth of work, the Haxtun Town Council adopted an ordinance establishing a truck route through city limits. The adoption came at a Monday evening, May 6 meeting of the Haxtun Town Council. In 2021 Haxtun voters passed ballot question 2A to approve a major street project by a margin of 325 yes votes to 70 no votes. Since then, the Town of Haxtun has worked to complete those major street repairs and in doing so, the Council wishes to protect that investment. Over the past year or so, many discussions around...
