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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HAXTUN HIGH SCHOOL business students took part in an Entrepreneur Fair on Wednesday, May 4 including those pictured above Cierra Dick, Nevaeh Dick and Ryan Davis. Davis was awarded $800 for his business, The Shirt Off My Back. Cierra and Nevaeh Dick received $600 for the their business the Crazy Farm. Students submitted a business plan ahead of time and then offered sales pitches to judges at the Entrepreneur Fair in Holyoke last week. The Entrepreneur Fair was hosted by Ogallala Commons and...
Several changes are coming as of June 1 for the Town of Haxtun. In addition to a new face at the Town Hall, residents will see a rate increase in sanitation and electric rates. Council members voted on the rate increases last month, but officially passed resolutions to do so this month, making the change effective June 1st. Haxtun Town Clerk Karie Wilson submitted her letter of resignation to members of the Town Council in February. In preparation for her departure after 24 years in her role at the Town Hall, council members voted to name Deput...
The Phillips County Commissioners extended a moratorium on processing permits relating to construction of any wind farm system or facility in Phillip County. The moratorium is now in place until Oct. 19. The original moratorium was signed and put into place last October. At the time of its adoption six months ago, Phillips County Commissioner Terry Hofmeister said there hadn’t been a permit request in Phillips County yet, but there has been talk of interest. Per the document extending the moratorium approved by County Commissioners in April, t...
April 17-19 the Haxtun Future Business Leaders of America Chapter attended State FBLA, where students competed in a variety of events and attended many business leadership workshops. Twelve Haxtun FBLA members earned the honor to go to Nationals and represent the Haxtun chapter this summer in Chicago. Top results from State FBLA are as follows: Aly Lock, Brayden Clark and Michael Gerk, Local Chapter Annual Business Report, State Champion; Cassidy Goddard, Introduction to Business Procedures,...
The 2022 General Assembly adjourns for the year on Wednesday, May 11, having worked on 655 bills, including 100 introduced in the session’s final month. Among the actions in the last full week: the House reviewed Senate Bill 230, a bill that would affirm in state law the right of county workers to engage in collective bargaining. House Republicans were prepared to offer more than 500 amendments to the bill for the May 6 debate, including exempting most of Colorado’s counties, one at a time, or exempting other county elected offices, such as...
I can’t believe I did it but I forgot about winter. I’ll admit that seems pretty silly but it happened. It must have been all those pretty pictures I’ve been looking at. My eyes have gazed lovingly at scenes of snow covered mountains, trees blanketed with pure white snow and frost covered fences. I have lingered over a picture of a snowy meadow scene where a team of horses pulls a sled of hay, with cows strung out behind eating the fresh green hay being thrown on the marshmallow like snow....
The process of hardening off plants is integral to the success of transplanted garden stock. Gradually introducing plants to an outdoor environment is key. Hardening exposes plants to the true conditions that they are expected to thrive under: wind, humidity, wind, high and low temperatures, wind, direct sunshine and of course wind. It takes patience and a little time — perhaps a week or so — for garden and bedding plants to harden off. The result is worth the wait. When we were growing up in...
The final month of the spring sports season is upon us and it's time to start handing out hardware. Boys volleyball crowned its state champion last week and girls tennis joins the party this weekend. Track and field and 1A baseball finals are next week and everything else finishes no later than June 4. While there aren't many tennis programs in the area, two saw athletes qualify for the 3A state tournament as alternates. Fort Morgan Olivia Wolff (1 singles), Ali Guerrero (3 singles) and Merle...
God saw fit to stop at 10 commandments, but politicians can’t leave well enough alone, so a series of “Eleventh Commandments” apply to them. One of those admonishes: Thou shall not make the voters more cynical. This year, Democrats at our State Capitol are breaking that commandment, too. With polls showing that Colorado voters may finally be ready to end their four years of unrestrained power, Democrats are discarding their professed priorities like a sinner headed for confession — hoping voters will forgive and (especially) forget. So, let...
13 Years Ago May 12, 1937 Showing extreme boldness, thieves visited the Henry Anderson farm in the Fairfield community last Thursday night and made off with two fat hogs. Mr. Anderson said that a similar theft occurred in March of this year when four hogs were taken from the pen. He says that the visitors may save the trouble of coming back, as the remaining hogs were taken to market this week. Graduates of Haxtun: Harold Delander, Winnifred Chryst, Irma Hannewald, Rex Hess, Dorothy Snyder,...
The Bulldog baseball team is Regional bound following a second place finish in the District 4 Tournament last week. Haxtun took down Briggsdale at home in round one to advance to the second round in Fort Morgan last Friday. Friday's action brought on a win over Otis to advance to the Championship match where the Bulldogs met up with Merino. Haxtun suffered a 15-3 loss to the Rams but secured a spot in the 1A Regional/State bracket slated to be played out later this week. Rainfall early last...
With just a week's worth of time left to qualify for the Colorado State Track meet, Haxtun track team members are running faster, jumping further and throwing harder to earn their spot in the lineup. State Track is set for the end of next week at Jeff. Co Stadium. Over the past week, the Bulldogs competed at the Highland Twilight Invitational in Ault and the LPAA/YWKC League Meet in Holyoke. Top-10 results from those two meets are below: Highland Twilight Invitational Girls 400-meter dash:...
Wildcat tracksters competed in two meets over the past week. The girls' team earned a first place finish at Brush in the North Central League Meet on Wednesday, May 4, with 154 points. The Lady Wildcats took first through fourth place finishes in all of their events throughout the day on Wednesday. The boys team finished the day at Brush with 34 points for a fifth place finish. They took several top-10 places in their events. Top-10 placers from the League Track Meet are as follows: Girls...
FLEMING PITCHER Will Bornhoft hurls the ball to first trying to beat an Otis Bulldog runner to the bag. The Wildcats' season ended last Tuesday, May 5, at Haxtun in the opening round of Districts. The team finished the year at 3-10 overall....
