Articles from the September 9, 2020 edition
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Fleming Schools welcomes new staff members
When school started in mid-August, Fleming schools welcomed three new teachers including Danielle Wernsman, first grade teacher, and Rylie Salyards, high school business teacher. The new line up of...
HHS moves to remote learning following three positive cases
A phone call to parents from Superintendent Darcy Garretson on Labor Day announced that all Haxtun High School students would be on remote learning until Sept. 16. The call said there have been three...
CDPHE to continue sampling at Phillips County Landfill through 2022
The Phillips County Commissioners have reached an agreement with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment regarding groundwater monitoring for the next several years. The agreement’s announcement as well as terms were announced during...
USDA extends free meals for kids through Dec. 31
Last week, United States Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture will extend several flexibilities through as late as Dec. 31. The flexibilities allow summer meal program operators to continue serving free...
Centennial Mental Health Center to host Mental Health First Aid course virtually via Zoom
Mental health challenges — such as depression, anxiety, psychosis and substance use — are shockingly common in the United States. In fact, more than one in five American adults will have a mental health problem in any given year. Centennial Men...
Under the Wire
Comedian Dean Martin once said, “I feel sorry for people who don’t drink. When they get up in the morning that’s as good as they’re going to feel all day!” With the exception of a couple of indiscret...
Fearless Faith
It is a rare thing to declare something perfected, an apex moment when nothing more could be improved upon. Such moments are more readily acknowledged in the world of art, individual performances or...
Son Up to Son Down
As a mother of young children (three boys, for that matter), I am no stranger to the smelliness that accompanies their little bodies. Dirty diapers, vomit, stinky shoes, farts, sweaty clothes,...
Extension Spotlight
Integrated pest management is a commonly used term in agronomy. IPM implies the use of multiple tools to control pests in your fields. While the name lends itself to control of unwanted animals, IPM is used as a strategy to control any unwanted...
85 years ago - Sept. 11, 1935
13 years ago Sept. 11, 1935 The Haxtun Harvest Lon Jewell, retired farmer and residents of the Haxtun and Fairfield communities for a number of years, passed away at a hospital here Monday, morning,...
Jeffrey "Reid" LaMont
Jeffrey "Reid" LaMont passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020 at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley at the age of 66. Reid was born in Fairbanks, Alaska on May 6, 1954 to Gerald...
Howard Einspahr
Howard Dale Einspahr passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020 at the age of 76 at the Regent Park Nursing and Rehabilitation and Carriage House in Holyoke. Howard was born on Oct. 9, 1943 in Sterling...
