Articles from the March 31, 2021 edition
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Three finalists selected in Superintendent search
Three finalists have been named in the search for a new superintendent of Haxtun Schools. Following a closed-door, executive session last week, the Haxtun Board of Education released the names of three finalists who will now take part in a school...
Phillips County moves to Level Green
Phillips County is one of 29 counties in Colorado to move to level Green: Protect our Neighbors on the new COVID Dial 3.0. News of the level status change came from County Commissioners on Thursday,...
Haxtun Town Council opts to go under contract with Haxtun Health
Under contract! After months of discussion and several special meetings later, the Town of Haxtun is under contract to sell property to Haxtun Health. At a special meeting last week, council members reviewed bids from three companies for a new town s...
Haxtun Health enters contracts with Town of Haxtun and CEO Pace
At the conclusion of a meeting that lasted just over an hour, Board of Directors at Haxtun Health voted to approve two contracts: one to purchase land from the Town of Haxtun and the second to extend an employment contract with Chief Executive Office...
Legislative debates continue on conservation easement tax credits
The fragile peace between land trusts that hold conservation easements and landowners cheated out of State tax credits is teetering on the brink, after a second bill not authorized by a 2019 working committee surfaced in the State House....
Under the Wire
There is an old saying, “You can take the boy out of the country but you can’t take the country out of the boy.” Well, a recent experience I just barely lived through has proven those words to be very...
Fearless Faith
For many who claim Christianity as their own, unfettered joy is one description discoverable in Palm Sunday liturgies and writings. The entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, on a donkey of all things, was ca...
Colorado Preps Weekly
With the completion of the Spirit state championships last weekend, CHSAA's Season B has officially ended. That allows the focus to be shifted to Season C, which is already nearing its midpoint....
Extension Spotlight
Grow & Give is returning this growing season. Colorado State University launched Grow & Give in 2020 as a “modern victory garden project” in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Together with 600 volunteers we provided over 20 tons of fresh, local pro...
Times Past
13 Years Ago April 1, 1936 A popular and unanimous vote was accorded Chief Harry O'Hare at the annual meting of the Haxtun Volunteer Fire Department meeting Wednesday evening. The members re-elected...
Bulldogs receive post-season honors for 2021 basketball season
Four Haxtun student athletes were recently honored for their efforts on the basketball court at the conclusion of the 2021 season. All-Conference honors are determined by a vote of head coaches from e...
Haxtun falls to Akron; set to face Yuma and Sedg. Co. this week
For the second time so far this season, the Haxtun Lady Bulldogs met up with the Lady Rams from Akron on the volleyball court. The season kicked off just over a week ago and last-minute schedule changes due to COVID sent the Lady Bulldogs to the...
Nine Fleming Wildcats earn All-Conference basketball honors
The conclusion of this year's basketball season brought a host of All-Conference selections for student-athletes at Fleming High School. The Lady Wildcat team competed in the State Championship and...
Lady Wildcats switch gears; open volleyball season with victory
It’s safe to say the Lady Wildcats have successfully transitioned into the volleyball season. Following an extended season on the basketball court to allow for post-season play the ladies were forced to switch gears quickly in to Season C — vol...
Fleming Volleyball 2021
MEMBERS of the Lady Wildcat volleyball team for the 2021 season are pictured front row (l-r), Lexi Schaefer, Whitney Chintala, Madi Serrato, Zoey Vandenbark and Laney Schliesser; back row (l-r),...
Victoria Santomaso
Victoria Rae (Burmester/Benedict) Santomaso passed away on March 22, 2021 at Sunrise Assisted Living of Westminster at the age of 78. Vickie was born to Bernhard Otto Henry "Ben" Burmester and Luella...
Jesus of Nazarath
Jesus of Nazarath Jesus the son of Mary and Joseph passed away at the age of 33 ½, surrounded by friends and family. Jesus was a well-known teacher throughout his life. Traveling approximately 19,000 miles by foot around Galilee and Judea, with...
