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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ANNA IMHOF, Haxtun kindergartener, gathers treats at Haxtun Park during the Haxtun High School National Honor Society's annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday morning. Anna is the daughter of Evan and Stacy Imhof....
The price per paper of The Haxtun-Fleming Herald has increased. For the first time in 15 years, Publishers have been forced to increase the price of the newspaper. Individual papers are now $2. Issues of the Herald can be found at Haxtun Super’s, Zip-Trip and Pi Kappa Cino in Haxtun. Papers at those newsstands will reflect the increase this week. However, yearly subscription costs will remain the same. Local residents can subscribe to the Herald for $50; those outside a 50-mile radius can do so for $60. “Subscribing to the Herald annually giv...
An hour-long March meeting of the Frenchman Board of Education focused on preparing for the upcoming year. Following administration reports, board members voted to approve Principal Kortney Firme’s contract and salary schedules for Fleming in 2024-25. In her report to the Board, Firme gave an update on spring sporting events, field trips, concerts and contests. She said plans are in the works for end-of-year assessments. Looking forward, the Principal is focusing on the student handbook and registration, which will be online for next year. Supe...
Members of the Haxtun Board of Education approved the 2024-25 District calendar during a month end, March meeting. In addition, the Board approved a list of resignations and personnel report for the coming school year. At the start of the two-hour meeting on March 19, the Board of Education honored a number of student athletes including high school wrestlers and coach Don Schelling. Haxtun junior Grant Statz took first place in his weight division at the Colorado State Wrestling Tournament and Coach Don Schelling was honored for 30 years of coa...
Main street clinic progress, Chief Executive Officer Dewane Pace’s contract and staffing updates topped agenda items in a nearly two-hour meeting of the Haxtun Health Board of Directors in late March. The Board of Directors voted to extend Pace’s contract for another three years. The Monday, March 25 board meeting opened with a progress report on the Main Street Clinic from Project Manager Mike Ensminger. Later in his CEO report, Pace also outlined, in detail, the work that has been taking place. “There is a lot happening simultaneously and c...
In recent weeks, local governments in northeast Colorado have considered their capacity, or lack thereof, to manage an influx of migrants into their communities, including but not limited to, when droves of arrivals in the Denver-metro area are sent to destinations other than on the Front Range. The Phillips County Board of County Commissioners, at its March 18 meeting, adopted Resolution No. 2024-03-18-01 to oppose the entry, transportation, employment and settlement of, specifically, illegal immigrants in the county. The supporting rationale...
Several years ago, when I was given the opportunity to write a few columns for a big city newspaper, I was informed by the editorial board this would probably not lead to a career writing for them. No commitment beyond a few weeks. No job security. I respected them for being so up front about our employment agreement. Others should be so honest. Were you, a family member or friend until recently employed by an airline? How about an up and coming dot com or major corporation? I’ve never been r...
A family member completed her PhD requirements this week, successfully defending five years of reading, research and data gathering while suffering the occasional indignities that accompany any graduate program and its institutional biases. That has not changed much over the decades. The “good ol’ boy network” is alive and well, but progress is progress any way we measure it. A three-and-a-half-decade gap separates her graduate experience from my own. The most significant change during that...
13 Years Ago April 5, 1939 Work was started this week on the new super-service station that will be built by the Haxtun Cooperative Oil Co. The new building will be located opposite the Shirley Hotel, on lots purchased some time ago by the company. 70 Years Ago April 7, 1954 Hospital news: Roger Hill, small son of Mr. and Mrs. W.L. Hill, was a medical patient Thursday. He returned home Friday. Kenneth Melburg and Dean Davis were uninjured in a one-car automobile accident shortly after midnight...
Bulldog baseball advanced to 2-2 on the year following double-header action at home against Wiggins on Saturday. Haxtun took the first game, 7-1, for the league win but fell 7-5 in extra innings in game two. A slow start on Saturday left both Haxtun and Wiggins scoreless through the third inning of game one. The Bulldogs figured things out at the plate in the bottom of the fourth inning, putting four runs on the board to control the score. Wiggins put their one and only run up in the top of the...
1. Please give some background/history on the opening/purchase of your business. We purchased this business from Bryan Kroeger in 1996. We have owned and operated the Locker Plant for 28 years. Trever also worked at the Locker Plant right out of high school for Steve Starkebaum. 2. What are the owners/key players in your building? Trever and Roxanne Fix 3. What services/products do you offer your customers? Custom processing of beef and hots from area ranchers. Retail sales of a variety of...
