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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2-POUND SENIOR Aliyah Engle became the first Sedgwick County/Fleming female wrestler to qualify for the State Tournament after making a fourth place showing at the Region Three Tournament in Broomfield last weekend. Engle finished the Regional Tournament at 4-2 in her division. Six wrestlers from the boys' team also qualified to compete at State. The State Wrestling Tournament is slated for Thursday, Feb. 16-Saturday, Feb. 18 at Ball Arena in Denver. For more wrestling coverage, turn to pages...
Oaths of office for a new council member and chief of police, maintenance work to the Town's water tower and liquor permits were all items of interest on the agenda for the Monday, Feb. 6 meeting of the Haxtun Town Council. Members met at the Haxtun Community Center for the 7 p.m. meeting that lasted just over an hour. The February meeting opened with a public hearing for a special event liquor permit for the Haxtun Gun Club for a Feb. 25 event at the community center. According to information...
Every student in Mrs. Ashlea Quigley's senior Government class at Haxtun High School is required to write a letter to their Congressperson while studying the Legislative branch. This assignment is meant to engage the students in civic participation, teach them how to write a formal letter and show them that they can affect legislation even at their age. In this project students must first find a bill that interests them and is actively in the legislative process; therefore, it cannot be a bill...
Farmers don’t have the luxury to wait for their equipment to be fixed, so a bill approved by the House Agriculture, Water and Natural Resources Committee will give them leeway to do their own repairs, or at least take the equipment to an independent repair shop. House Bill 1011 won a 9-4 party-line vote and is now awaiting review from the full House. The bill is sponsored by Representatives Brianna Titone, D-Arvada, and Ron Weinberg, R-Loveland. Under the bill, equipment manufacturers would be required to provide parts, software, firmware, t...
I’ll never have to make up stories as long as I have friends. My friend received a card in the mail last month asking if he would participate in a survey evaluating new pickups. They offered to pay him if he would look over the various models and give them his opinions. What in the world were they thinking, anyway? He jumped at the chance, of course. Offering to pay any guy to look at new pickups is like being asked to judge a bikini contest. If he happens to be married ... well, let’s just say...
In the early 1990s, a group of researchers helped pioneer an inventive computational model known as distributed computing. In short, it allowed projects that were hampered by lack of computational power, time, and resources to invite public participation in the processing of data. One notable enterprise was the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. The data gathering capability of the National Science Foundation’s Arecibo Observatory radio telescope in Puerto Rico exceeded available c...
13 Years Ago Feb. 9, 1938 Dr. H.R. Rasor, who for several months has been in charge of the McKnight hospital at Haxtun, suspended his medical practice here last week and returned to Crook where he will reopen his office. It has not been learned whether or not the McKnight hospital here will continue to operate. Charles Spry, well-known Phillips County farmer for more than 20 years, passed away last Thursday at his home two miles east of Paoli. He was past 70 years of age. A rabbit drive will be...
Farm and ranch families are accustomed to dealing with challenging times and 2023 is shaping up to be very demanding. Inflation will not only affect household budgets it will also result in rising farm and ranch input prices. Higher input costs coupled with softening commodity prices will result in razor thin profit margins being squeezed further. The uncertainty surrounding input and commodity prices and yields combined with inflation rates not seen in more than 40 years could result in unusual levels of stress for farm/ranch families in...
The March 15 deadline for farmers to make their ARC/PLC decisions for the 2023 crop year is fast approaching. In an effort to provide growers with the most up to date information needed to make this important decision, Colorado State University Extension and the United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency have teamed up to conduct a Farm Bill Decisions webinar. The webinar was held Tuesday, Feb. 7. Topics addressed were: the mechanics of ARC/PLC and the limitations of ARC for fruit and vegetable producers, the payment outlook...
Northeast Colorado BOCES, in conjunction with Haxtun School District, will be offering free developmental screening to children ages three through five, children who will not attend kindergarten next year and turned three by January 2023. The screen will briefly evaluate the areas of language, gross and fine motor, pre-academic development, hearing and other medical needs. All parents with preschool-aged children are encouraged to participate in this screening. Children living in the Haxtun area can be screened on Monday, March 6 from 9-11:30...
Northeast Colorado BOCES, in conjunction with Fleming Schools, will be offering free developmental screening to children ages three through five, children who will not attend kindergarten next year and turned three by January 2023. The screen will briefly evaluate the areas of language, gross and fine motor, pre-academic development, hearing and other medical needs. All parents with preschool-aged children are encouraged to participate in this screening. Children living in the Fleming area can be screened on Monday, March 6 from 1-3:30 p.m. in...
MACIE WOLEVER, a senior at Hastings High School in Nebraska, recently signed a letter of intent to play softball with the Plainswomen at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling. Wolver played shortstop for the Lady Tigers while at Hastings. She plans to study criminal justice at NJC. Wolever is the daughter of Mike and Kay (Seger) Wolever, Juniata, Neb. She is the granddaughter of Lynn Seger, Haxtun, and Sam Wolever, Fleming....
One game remains on the Lady Bulldogs regular season schedule and as the team prepares for what may come in the post season, they continue to work on lowering turnovers and working together as a team. Last week, Haxtun competed in one game, on the road in Akron, where they fell to the Lady Rams despite an impressive first half that found the Lady Bulldogs down by just four at the midway mark. "As a senior, watching my team grow from where we began this season to where we are now has been an...
The Haxtun Bulldogs improved to 10-8 overall with a win in Peetz Monday night. Over the past week, the Bulldogs took on the Rams in Akron and the Bulldogs in Peetz for a busy few days on the road before the team wraps up the regular season at home later this week. Haxtun will face off with Merino on Friday in the final regular season match up. The Bulldogs jumped to an early advantage in Akron on Friday, putting up enough points in the first two quarters to hold onto an advantage over the Rams...
A pair of losses to two of 1A's top-five ranked teams has dropped the Fleming Lady Wildcats one spot. The Lady Wildcats added a win over the unranked Otis Lady Bulldogs on the road before taking back-to-back losses to McClave and Flatirons Academy last weekend. Action opened on Thursday, Feb. 9 at Otis. Fleming opened with a two-point, 11-9, lead after the first quarter and expanded that advantage by another 12 before the close of the half, 29-15. The Lady Wildcat offense continued to dominate...
The Fleming Wildcats remain in the number nine spot following a loss to second-ranked McClave and a win over Flatirons Academy last week. The week's play opened at McClave on Friday night where the Wildcats kept pace in the opening half. Fleming came out on top by two in the opening quarter, 15-13, but trailed by one at the half, 29-28. The Cardinal offense took over in the second half; out scoring the Wildcats by five in the third and four in the second for a 60-38 victory. Senior Kolten...
The final week of the 2023 high school wrestling season is upon us. The Sedgwick County/Fleming wrestlers completed the 2023 Regional Tournament last weekend. 110-pound senior Aliyah Engle is the first ever Sedgwick County/Fleming Girls' State Qualifier. Aliyah, her twin sister Destanie and Britney Huffman participated in the CHSAA Girls' Region Three Wrestling Tournament this past weekend in Broomfield. Results from the Engle sisters who wrestled in the Regional Tournament out of Haxtun last we...
