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For all of Fran Gilliland's 101 years, she's lived in a small town. Fran was born in rural northeast Nebraska and later moved with her husband, Keith, and then two high school aged daughters to Haxtun where she continues to reside today, at home, with the help of her daughter Cindy. Fran turned 101 on Sept. 8 and in just two weeks, she will lead the parade as Grand Marshal of the 101st annual Haxtun Corn Festival. An honor just one Haxtun citizen holds; being the same age as the community's...
JACK WILLIAMSON is laser focused on the egg as he backs up to make a catch in the egg toss in Saturday's kids games at the annual Fleming Fall Festival. For more pictures from the day, see inside this week's issue of the Herald....
In two months, Haxtun will have a new mayor. With elections nearing, the Haxtun Town of Haxtun opened up nomination packets for the mayor position as well as seats on the Haxtun Town Council. One packet was submitted for mayor as well as three of four open council seats. Current council member Mike Ensminger turned in the lone packet to run for Mayor and with just three packets for four open seats, the general November election for the Town of Haxtun will be canceled. Three community members, incumbents Lori Lundgren and Bob Coinek, and Dave...
Some things in this world don’t require much explanation for them to make sense to just about anyone. On the other side of the coin, there are certain situations that are difficult to explain to another person. It’s hard because even the expert doesn’t seem to understand what he’s saying. Among the easy ones is the recommendation to not walk suddenly behind a horse. If you violate this law of nature, Plaster of Paris will become a very big thing in your life the next five to eight weeks....
Eighty-seven cents of taillight bulb, six dollars of waiting. Anyone who frequents auto parts counters knows that that is part of the price for a truly remarkable capitalist system in which one can find even the most esoteric part for whatever is in need of repair. The web provides the latest twist, transferring the hunting and parts research to our side of the counter, if not the ordering, shipping, waiting, installation and determination of the level of consumer satisfaction! Age and...
The time to begin preconditioning calves is here. The fall sale run will begin in a few short weeks. Still many producers do not prepare their cattle for sale time or at least do not prepare early enough. At our recent Pasture to Profit program in Burlington, Jim Santomaso, owner and auctioneer of Sterling Livestock Commission, spoke and testified on the value of properly preconditioned calves versus those that were not. In his observations at his sale facility, calves who were 45 to 50 days weaned and vaccinated received the best possible...
13 Years Ago Sept. 15, 1937 A pretty church wedding Sunday, Sept. 12, at high noon united Miss Dorothy Heldt and Mr. Walter Hovel. The ceremony was performed at the Emmanuel Church with Rev. Jos. Hannewald officiating. Sixty guests attended a reception for the young couple at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Pack immediately after the ceremony. Dailey News - The Dailey school opened Monday morning with all teachers present. The new teachers are Miss Janet Johnson, high school, and Mr. Habgood,...
Haxtun Police Chief Nate Nadow reported the re-registration of sex offender James Leonard within Haxtun’s city limits last week. Leonard, age 35, is registered at an address in the 200 block of North Wallace Avenue. According to Nadow, Leonard must register as a sex offender annually following an October 2011 conviction in Phillips County Court for attempted sex assault on a child....
The Paoli Hustlers 4-H Club met on Sunday, Sept. 11 at the Haxtun Community Center for the first meeting of the year. President Braden Plumb opened the meeting at 5 p.m. Present were Advisors Kindra Plumb and Lyanne Santistevan along with members and parents. Kortlyn Carpenter led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance and the 4-H Pledge. It was moved by Addie Oliver and seconded by Leah Edwards to approve the secretary’s report as written by Brooklyn Plumb. Caleb Santistevan gave the Treasurer’s report, which was approved. In old business, mem...
The Haxtun Bulldogs remain unbeaten and on top of 8-man leaderboards following a commanding 54-8 win over Holly on the road Friday night. The Bulldogs advance to 2-0 with the win of Holly and remain the number one team in all of Colorado 8-man football. This week, Haxtun will face off with number two ranked Mancos in a rematch of the Championship game last November. In that contest, the Bulldogs claimed the school's eight football championship title with a 40-0 shutout against the Bluejays....
Despite a tough five-set battle on the hardwood in Prairie last week, the Haxtun Bulldogs suffered a loss to the Lady Mustangs leaving the team 4-5 overall as they head into another week of volleyball action. Haxtun took on Wiggins this Tuesday on the road, details of that match up were not available as of press time. Prairie took the first set 25-19 but the Lady Bulldogs settled into routine for sets two and three, 25-14 and 25-23. The fourth was a battle to the finish, in extra points, as the...
Last week's action on the volleyball court brought sweeps number four and five for the Fleming Lady Wildcats who now stand at 7-2 on the season. Fleming opened with a sweep over Akron on Tuesday, Sept. 6 and followed up with a road sweep over Weldon Valley on Thursday, Sept. 8. The Lady Wildcats cruised to Tuesday's victory over Akron by 11 points in the first set and 10 in the two that followed; 25-14, 25-15 and 25-15. Akron dropped to 0-6 after last week's play. Freshman setter Ciana Lousberg...
FLEMING WILDCAT senior Blake Feather watches for blocks as he carries the ball up the field in Fleming's most recent outing against Idalia. The Wildcats moved to 3-0 on the year following a forfeit by Granada last week. Fleming is set to return to the gridiron this Saturday, Sept. 17 at Crawford, Neb....
On the evening of Aug. 27, 2022, Eileen Moss, 81, of Holyoke, at her residence passed away peacefully surrounded by family in the arms of Jesus. She was born on March 19, 1941 at home north of Unionville, Mo. to Joy and Gladys (Oldenburg) Sporhase. She was the second of four children. She was welcomed home by an older sister, Marlene and followed by a sister, Janet and a brother, Gary. Eileen was baptized on July 8, 1941 in Otoe County, Neb. and was confirmed on May 29, 1955 at St. John...
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