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"Sew Blessed" group seeks to aid young and old using recycled items
Each Monday a group of women gather in the Haxtun Church of The Brethren basement with a spiritual presence that involves sewing, recycling and laughter. The resulting projects offer more benefit...
Corn Festival & Fran Gilliland turn 101
For all of Fran Gilliland's 101 years, she's lived in a small town. Fran was born in rural northeast Nebraska and later moved with her husband, Keith, and then two high school aged daughters to...
Fran Gilliland happily remains a "small-town girl" after 100 years
Fran (Ruzicka) Gilliland lived the first 20-plus years of her life in Plainview, a town with a population of just over 1,300 that is "tucked" into the northeast corner of Nebraska between South...
Haxtun's Jeane Brundige continues a life well lived at 100 plus
One hundred years spans a lifetime and a quarter for most people, but for Jeane (Beckman) Brundige that 100 years represents one lifetime well lived. That message came through the vast number of...
Church of the Brethren offers a safe place for all age groups to gather
The Haxtun community offers options these days for hosting community events, including two fine school gyms and an elegant community center. That was not the case in the 1920s and 1930s when the...
Haxtun resident Jim LaJudes finds Open Mic to showcase talent
Jim LaJudes' life on the High Plains of Colorado, where his is surrounded by prairie grass and farm ground, could be likened to his being "a fish out of water." In Jim's case, however, he is a surfer...