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FLEMING SENIOR Hayden Burr closed his high school wrestling career at the 2A State Tournament last weekend where he earned the 160-pound title. He went 49-1 in his final season with the Sedgwick County/Fleming wrestling team....
Haxtun School Board members tackled a full agenda in a Tuesday evening, Feb. 15 meeting with topics including students presentations, coaching assignments and personnel matters. A good deal of coaching and personnel discussions centered around preparing for the coming year including votes on extending retirement transition years for two staff members and hiring high school volleyball coaches. The meeting last week opened with a presentation from a group of junior high students who have been working, as part of a school assignment, to build a...
A pickup stolen from a residence just north of Haxtun on Tuesday evening, Feb. 8 was later recovered following a police chase in Perkins County, Neb. In the late hours of the evening, William Klingenfuss, 30, of La Marida, Calif., found a Chevy Silverado with the keys in it at a home along Highway 59, about a mile and a half north of Haxtun. Klingenfuss entered the vehicle, started it and stole the pickup from the residence. Later the night, just before midnight, a Nebraska State Trooper observed the pickup speeding on Interstate 80 near...
A bill that would allow illegal ponds to remain undrained in order for the water to be used for wildfire suppression got its first hearing in the past week in the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee. Senate Bill 114 would allow those ponds to remain, given that the alternative is that they be ordered drained by the State Engineer, since they’re unpermitted. The bill only applies to ponds that can be accessed by firefighting vehicles; those that don’t have that access could still be ordered drained, Senator Dennis Hisey, R-C...
Well, I did it again! New Year’s Day, widely celebrated throughout the land by nearly everyone, came and went more or less unnoticed by yours truly. How does anyone manage to miss such an obvious holiday? For me, Holidays trigger columns or at least are supposed to. There are, again, supposed to be columns dedicated to Christmas, New Years, even Valentine’s Day. I try to treat all equally by missing about all of them. It seems that when I sit down to write a column, the near disastrous exp...
It is once again time for gardeners to wake from their wintry slumber and purposefully step into that spring rite known as planting season. Plastic trays, peat pots, mulch and soil amendments are all part of the conversations which, once started, can become all-consuming. A growing stack of seed catalogs attests to the urgency of the matter. This is known as the horticulturalist’s “everything is possible” stage and woe to those who give it short shrift. When did it get to be so involved? For y...
State wrestling took center stage last week, with championships decided at Ball Arena. Lots of hardware is making its way back out to the eastern portion of the state, including a team title. After a third place finish last season, Wray is back atop the Class 2A standings, as the Eagles beat second place Meeker 167.5 to 146. Rocky Ford (6th) and Fowler (7th) also took top-ten finishes in the team race, while Wiggins tied for 10th. Traven Sharon of Fowler out-dueled Holly's Tripp DuVall 9-5 in...
13 Years Ago Feb. 24, 1937 A pie and box supper will be held in connection with the literary at the Sun Beam School Friday evening. Everyone welcome. Mrs. Monteith, 43, died suddenly from apoplexy; the community was shocked last Friday evening to learn of the death of Mrs. D.S. (Margaret Manning) Monteith, which occurred quite suddenly at the family home here. A pretty wedding that took place last Wednesday, Feb. 17, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Ricker of Ovid, their daughter, Miss Violet...
PASTOR JERI SOENS was honored with the 2022 Wellness for Women award on Saturday night during Haxtun Health's Girls' Night Out annual celebration. Always, steadfast and love were three words that resonated throughout Pastor Jeri's nomination for the award. "She always has a smile on her face, always willing to help and always full of love. Women going through difficult times of losing loved ones, Pastor Jeri is there to give the most perfect prayers during the most difficult times. Pastor Jeri...
Donald Lock and Beverly Roelle were married on Feb. 12, 1972 in Peetz at the Sacred Heart Church. Their children include Melisa and Jay Goddard, Andrea and Tony Ertle, Brian and Michelle Lock and Krystal and J.D. Stone. Grandchildren include Peyten, Tate and Avery Goddard, Anna, Lizzy and Abby Ertle, Aly, Carter and Kaylee Lock and Olivia and Grace Stone. The Locks will be honored at an open house celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary on Sunday, March 6 from 2-4 p.m. at the Haxtun...
Sixty-six was a lucky number for the Haxtun Bulldogs last week. The Fightin' Bulldogs racked up 66 points in both of their home games last week for a combined 132 points in the final two outings of the regular season. Haxtun outscored their opponents by more than 30 points to go 2-0 before heading into post season play. Haxtun hosted Wiggins on Thursday in a late night, mid-week match up. Following a double-overtime win from the Lady Bulldogs, the guys took the court for a 66-56 win over the...
The Lady Bulldogs ended the regular season with two hugs wins, both on their home court last week. Haxtun took down Wiggins in a double-overtime thriller Thursday night and the next, earned a five-point win over 1A foe Lone Star. The victories give the Lady Bulldogs an 8-11 overall record as they head into post-season action. Haxtun found themselves down by seven at the end of the first quarter against Wiggins at home Thursday night. The Lady Bulldogs added 18 points in the second quarter while...
In their final regular season game, the Fleming Lady Wildcats suffered at 57-49 loss at the home of 2A's Sedgwick County Lady Cougars. The then 12-5, sixth-ranked 2A team according to Colorado High School Activities Association rankings, Lady Cougars opened with just a two-point advantage over the visiting Lady Wildcats last Thursday. Fleming entered in the number four spot in 1A at 15-2 overall. The home team bested the Lady Wildcats by eight points in the second quarter to take a 10-point...
The Fleming Wildcats closed out the regular portion of their season last week with a home win over Peetz and a one-point, road loss at the home of the 2A Sedgwick County Cougars. The Wildcats opened the Tuesday, Feb. 15 contest against Peetz on top by eight, 12-4. The home team maintained the lead throughout the game while holding the visiting Bulldogs to single digits for each of the opening three quarters. Fleming held an 18-point lead heading into the final minutes of play, 39-21. Peetz...
It was an exciting weekend at the Colorado State Wrestling tournament held at Ball Arena in Denver last weekend. Sedgwick County/Fleming has a new State Champion to add to their wall of Champions. Senior Hayden Burr reached his goal and earned the title of 2A 160-pound Colorado State Champion. In addition to Burr's State title, sophomore Kaiden Schelling earned hardware finishing in fifth place at 106 pounds. Freshman Scotty Engle wrestled a tough tournament, but came up just a little short of b...
By Larry Nelson COL, Retired, U.S. Army Volunteer interviewer, Veterans History Project Milt Hunholtz graduated from Diggins High School in Missouri in 1951. Fairly soon thereafter, he went by car to California where he would work as a telephone lineman. While there, he heard from the Draft Board in Diggins. They gave him a heads up that it was more than likely he was going to be drafted into one of the Branches of military service. There was a lot going on in the world at the time. He may soon...
