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PHILLIPS COUNTY Fair Board members and their families pictured above (l-r), Jayce Boerner, Lindsey Boerner, Kobryn Kafka, Canon McCabe and Gary McCallum wave at familiar faces along the parade route Saturday morning in Holyoke while throwing out candy. Watch next week's edition of The Haxtun-Fleming Herald for compete coverage of this year's Phillips County Fair in an exclusive Fair Section highlighting 2022 results....
COVID updates, staff additions, construction updates, health needs assessment results and new local campaign information were main topics of discussion among staff reports at the latest Haxtun Health Board of Directors meeting last week. The Haxtun Health Board of Directors meet the fourth Monday of the month in the upstairs meeting room of the Extended Care Unit. July’s meeting took place on Monday the 25th. Chief Community Relations Officer Julia Biesemeier told board members that Haxtun Health recently wrapped up a community health needs a...
The Fleming Town Council met for a special meeting on Wednesday, July 27 at the Fleming Town Hall. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Stefan Betley at 6:30 p.m. The following council members were present: Andrew Muller, Cathy Castillo, Bill Langridge, Suzanne Wales and Bonnie Jackson. Alex Gapter was absent. Also present were Lewis Frank, Scott Szabo, Michelle Asfeld, Robin and Eric Walker (arrived at 7:06 p.m.). Additions/Corrections to the Agenda: Betley asked to add the quote for the excavator to Action Items. A motion was made and...
On Thursday, July 21, three Phillips County students competed in Ogallala Commons’ 2022 Summer Virtual E-Fair. All competitors were asked to prepare a business plan that discussed their idea, their financial situation and future plans, as well as their marketing strategies, along with a brief video pitch for judges' review. Student Jaelynn Miller prepared and pitched her business “Amazing Jae’s Kreations,” which has been selling freeze-dried treats since she started her business in March. Student Kaden Herman shared his business “Kaden...
The Main Street Clinic project has a lot of activity happening, it's just not visible as you drive by. Construction crews were on target to begin the last phase of construction in the month of July but with the drastic increase and availability of building materials administration and others have revisited the plans and searched for ways to keep the project moving forward and within budget. According to the Producer Price Index and the National Association of Home Builders, building materials...
The Phillips County 911 Authority Board submitted a request to the Public Utilities Commission to raise the monthly 9-1-1 emergency telephone charge on Phillips County telephone lines to $4. If the change is approved, it will not take effect until Feb. 1, 2023. The current $2.30 surcharge on land lines and cell phones is not bringing in enough income to provide for the increased costs in 911 dispatch staffing and costs to meet vendor annual costs. The Phillips County 911 Authority Board met on Monday, June 27 in the third floor meeting room in...
Ryan "Woody" Hadeen spent much of his summer playing with the Princeton WhistlePigs, a team in the Appalachian League. The Appalachian League is a collegiate summer baseball league that operates in the Appalachian regions of Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina. On Tuesday, July 26, Hadeen played in the Appalachian League All-Star game and was named the 2022 Appalachian League All-Star MVP. He hit a two-run home run and scored the game winning run. Hadeen went two for three,...
Folks like us who make a big part of their living off the land develop an appreciation not only for how it serves us but also for those who took care of it before we came along. As a student, I will admit, history was not my favorite class. In fact it ranked pretty close to the bottom of the list. I only passed Colorado history at Cache LaPoudre high school in LaPorte because the teacher was the football coach and needed me to stay eligible. A side benefit of a small school that needed a 138...
Must of us at one time or another have found ourselves at the mercy of someone offering up a prayer, invocation or similar entreaty to The Divine. Prayer is an important part of living a spiritual life but sometimes we forget that God has already heard it all, our human vanity-strewn egos refusing to let go of the notion that longer prayers yield better results. Situationally speaking, worst fears are often realized while standing in circles for prayer. A minute or two of hands clasped with...
Dear members of the community, Little Sprouts Learning Center is working hard to reestablish a thriving childcare center that our community needs and deserves. The board, director and staff are diligently working hard to overcome the hardship we have endured over the past year. Because of these hardships, we are going full speed ahead with fundraising efforts. We want to make it clear that we have an urgent need for operating funds and we hope that our fundraisers during the month of August will help get us to next month and beyond. As a board...
13 Years Ago Aug. 4, 1937 Claude D. Walrod, well known Holyoke attorney for the past 27 years, passed away at his home at 11 o'clock Saturday night following an illness of several months. He was 62 years of age. A reunion with a brother whom she hadn't seen for 56 years was the pleasant experience of Mrs. Mary Goddard of Haxtun last Sunday. Mrs. Goddard's brother, George Helm of Stockton, Mo., and his wife and their son and daughter, stopped in Haxtun for a visit on their way home from...
