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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THE HAXTUN BULLDOGS brought home the school's first baseball State Championship title on Friday, May 19. Recent graduate Maclin Tempel hoists the trophy at All-Star Park in Lakewood while classmate Jerron Turney and the rest of the team celebrates alongside him following a 19-7 win over Flatirons Academy. For more on the Championship, see inside this week's issue of the Herald....
There is an empty seat on the Haxtun Board of Education. Board members accepted a resignation from Audree Edwards in a Tuesday evening, May 16 meeting due to employment changes that no longer allow her to serve on the local school board. The Board now has 60 days to appoint someone to fill her seat until elections this November. At that time, five of the seven seats that make up the local board will be up for election. The May board meeting opened with the approval of Edwards’ resignation from the school board. She was later approved as the D...
Julie Thayer appeared in front of District Court Judge Justin Haenlein via WebEx technology on Tuesday, May 16. The 41-year-old is facing charges of identity theft, forgery and criminal impersonation stemming from circumstances when she served as the director of local daycare facility. Thayer was initially charged with the crimes and made her first appearance in December 2022. Since then, her case has been held over or continued for various reasons. In the most recent hearing, Thayer appeared on a big screen via tele-conference technology in...
Honor our fallen warriors and contribute to the continuing needs of our veterans on National Poppy Day®, May 26 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Haxtun Post Office when members of American Legion Auxiliary Unit #137 distribute bright red poppies in exchange for a donation. The Flanders Fields poppy has become an internationally known and recognized symbol of the lives sacrificed in war and the hope that none died in vain. The American Legion Family called upon Congress to proclaim the Friday before Memorial Day as National Poppy Day, which was...
First-year State Senator Byron Pelton of Sterling had big shoes to fill when he was sworn into office last January. Succeeding 16-year lawmaker Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg, now a Logan County commissioner, Pelton was immediately part of a coalition of new senators on both sides of the aisle who were expected to stand strong for rural Coloradans and the agriculture industry. In addition to Byron Pelton, that included his cousin, Republican Sen. Rod Pelton of Cheyenne Wells, who until the 2021 redrawing of senate boundaries represented northeastern...
FLEMING's preschool class recently received their library cards. Preschoolers are pictured front row (l-r), Merik Vandenbark, Emmarie Nicolet, Lane Haynes, Emmett Lind, Bruce Overturf, Joseph Betley, Maddy Landry and Walter Lambrecht; back row (l-r), Connor Unrein, Ivyonna Monge, Baylor Bennerr, Reagan Schlenz, Annhalenia Welch, Daxton Ruff, Lucus Iseli and Keith Lowe....
Let me begin this column with a heads up to all my loyal readers. If there is a date, including the month anywhere near the words on this page, I can assure you it was not my hand that put it there. Beginning March 2020, my grasp of time, including what month we are in, has been non-existent. Of course “The Rona” threw us all for a loop in that month. For me, that began a period where one month slipped by and was swiftly and quietly replaced by another. This process continued until, Lo and Beh...
Various metrics all point in the same general direction when it comes to measuring the evolution of the church. For years we depended on membership rolls, bodies in the pews, irrevocable declarations of a saving nature (or so it seemed at the time), numbers of activities offered each week, who threw the best funeral dinners, and the ever-popular cars in the parking lot informal weekly census, fair game for any church, church member or stranger in town for that matter. The desire to best others...
Like all animals, beef cattle need an appropriate amount of minerals to allow for proper body function, lactation and growth. Grazing cattle intake most of their minerals through the forages they eat, but grass and forbs can provide different levels of minerals depending on their growth stage and the soil they grow in. Cattle too have differing levels of mineral requirements depending on their stage of production. There are 17 minerals cattle require. They are divided into macrominerals: calcium (C), chlorine (Cl), magnesium (Mg), phosphorus...
13 Years Ago May 25, 1938 Air mail letters, mailed at Haxtun last Wednesday and Thursday were dispatched by plane here Thursday morning through facilities of a special one-day mail service. Between 75 and 100 letters made up the pouch of mail picked up at Haxtun, according to Tom C. Crist, local postmaster. Several good rain fell through this section of the state during the past week to aid, farming, and soil conditions. Prospects have improved again this week, and the farming region looks...
The Haxtun Police Department re-registered a sex offender living within Haxtun's city limits. Steven Michael Saign lives in the 200 block of North Wallace Avenue. According to the local PD, Saign is a dual resident, meaning he is registered at two locations; one on North Wallace Avenue and a another on County Road 7 in Phillips County. This is his required annual registration. Saign was convicted of sex assault on a child and sex assault on a child, age 15-18, by someone in a position of trust on Nov. 29, 2012 in El Paso County. As part of his...
Haxtun High School celebrated student’s academic achievements during the annual awards breakfast earlier this month. Below is a list of awards presented by high school staff: Corbin Andersen: Superintendent Honor Roll first semester, letter chenille, Outstanding Geometry Student, FBLA letter. Emily Anderson: Superintendent Honor Roll first semester, Student Council pin, FLBA letter. Fallon Bamford: Principal Honor Roll first semester. Mikayli Benson: Principal Honor Roll first semester, letter chenille, FCCLA pin, FBLA letter. Mason B...
HAXTUN Future Career and Consumer Leader of America 2023-24 officers are pictured (l-r), Olivia Stone, Treasurer; Tessa Gales, Secretary; Maggie Kilgour and Zoe Kurtzer, Co-Presidents; and Emma Henry, Vice President....
There was lightning, thunder and lots of rain but nothing could put a damper on the Bulldogs' quest for a State Championship baseball title last week. This year's squad, under the direction of Head Coach Trent Ham, made history as the team clinched Haxtun High School's first ever State Baseball Championship on Friday afternoon at All-Star Park in Lakewood. The road to the Championship wasn't easy as the Bulldogs battled not only the elements but also a tough Akron team in the first round of...
One state championship title and 16 other top-10 finishes is an impressive finish to the Haxtun Bulldog's 2023 track season. The track team competed in the Colorado State Track meet May 18-20 at Jefferson County Stadium in Lakewood. The boys four-by-100 meter relay team made up of Ryland Wolff, Kyle Fryrear, Michael Gerk and Grant Statz took first place at the Colorado 1A State Track meet on Saturday, earning a State Championship medal while also setting a new school record with a time of 44...
The Fleming Wildcat track team competed in a busy and successful weekend at the State Track Meet at Jeff. Co. Stadium last Thursday, May 18-Saturday, May 20. The girls' team broke two school records, took Championships in two events and finished in fourth place overall. Kally Kirkwood took top honors in the 400-meter-dash after breaking the school record with a time of 58.60. The girls' 800 sprint medley relay team of Lexi Schaefer, Siena Donnelson, Maddy Harms and Kirkwood broke the school...
Ralph Elden Salyards passed away on Thursday May 11, 2023 at Gordon Countryside Care at the ripe old age of 77. He was born on Feb. 9, 1946 to Elden and Fern (Papke) Salyards in Sterling. He was the oldest of three children and attended school in Haxtun, where he graduated. He was shortly thereafter drafted into the United States Army on Dec. 22, 1965. He was honorably discharged into reserves in November 1967 and was honorably discharged completely from the Army in 1971. Ralph had three...
Norman N. Duell went to be with the Lord Wednesday, May 17, 2023, surrounded by his family at the age of 88. He was born on Jan. 14, 1935 in Ruleton, Kan., the youngest of eleven children. Norm served his country in the Korean War, and after finishing a college degree, pursued a career in insurance. His priorities were family, church and music. He is survived by his wife, Harriett, of 64 years; children Rebecca Abrahamson, Linnea Bonenberger, Matthew Duell and Andrew Duell and their spouses; 13...
