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HAXTUN HIGH SCHOOL seniors included in the 2022 Homecoming court are pictured (l-r), Kyle Fryrear and Destanie Engle, Maclin Tempel and Grace Gibson, and Michael Gerk and Aliyah Engle. King and queen will be crowned on Friday night during half time activities of the Bulldog football game at Adam Wernsman Field. Candidates and queen and king choices are determined by a vote of the student body....
The annual Haxtun Corn Festival is slated for the last Saturday in September in downtown Haxtun. This year’s event will take place on Sept. 24 and honor Grand Marshal Fran Gilliland who celebrated her 101st birthday on Sept. 8, just two weeks before the 101st Corn Festival. This year’s theme is “Pulling Together Since 1909.” The Haxtun Corn Festival, sponsored each year by the Haxtun Chamber of Commerce, opens again this year with the Haxtun Volunteer Fireman’s pancake breakfast at the fire hall at the corner of North Colorado Avenue and Stroh...
Colorado State University Extension for the Golden Plains Area (Phillips, Yuma, Washington, Kit Carson, Morgan and Logan counites) is pleased to announce that we will be offering a bi-weekly health and wellness package to residents 55 and over. The program is called the Aging Mastery Program®. It was developed by the National Council on Aging and has been successful at helping older adults build their own playbooks for aging well. This is a wonderful opportunity for older adults to participate in, and reap the benefits of, this cutting-edge...
Eastern Colorado community forestry conference is set to be hosted by Colorado State University Extension and the Colorado Forest Service on Saturday, Oct. 1 in Otis at the Ambulance Barn from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Donna Davis, Community Forestry Program Specialist of Colorado Forest Service, will talk about Right Tree, Right Place. Colorado State University, Horticulture Agent Linda Langelo, will talk about the Best Local Trees. Attendees will also learn about tree pruning and tree care and will get the opportunity to do some hands-on pruning and...
National Renewable Solutions, a Minnesota based renewable energy developer, has recently surpassed a critical mass of acreage under lease for land planned to site two separate wind projects in Northeast Colorado - Overland Pass East, located between Julesburg and Holyoke, and Overland Pass West, located south of Haxtun. Walt Page, NRS employee and landowner in Overland Pass West, has been hard at work with others from the NRS team to reach this milestone: "It's been great to have had such a...
THE FLEMING Library Association plans to host their annual Collectors Day on Friday, Sept. 30 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Fleming School/Community Library. Pictured above, Zeb Lambert showcases his Pokémon collection at last year's event. Some collections at the event will include: baseball and football sports cards, Elvis memorabilia, old license plates, painted rocks, die cast pencil sharpeners, archery and snowboards, Statues of Liberty and Star Wars Legos. This event is open to the public...
Fall is a wonderful time of the year. Trees turn wonderful colors, night begin to become longer and cooler, days are shortened a few seconds every day and best of all the frosts that accompany fall kill flies, mosquitoes and weeds. Fall also is very expensive. Folks with kids in school get hammered with fees for everything from lockers to cheerleading uniforms. For me personally, that part of fall is long behind me but I hear getting them born is nothing compared to the cost of sending them off...
There are lots of ways to hide behind faith when it suits our purpose. The reasons are varied and broad, but the bottom line is that whipping out the Christian label sometimes becomes a way to deflect arguments rather than taking responsibility for actions. After all, who dares to argue when we summon Christianity as sole arbiter of our behaviors, no matter how egregious they might be? A 2020 census by the Public Religion Research Institute regarding religious affiliation notes that...
My late father often reprimanded my loquacious tendencies by quoting Proverbs 10:19: “In the multitude of words, sin is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is wise.” The passing of Queen Elizabeth II reminds me of that wisdom because her 70 years as ceremonial monarch of England shows the power of silence. If my parents were still here, they would rightfully remind me that I could learn from her example. In Great Britain, the Prime Minister — somewhat like our President — is “head of government,” but the King or Queen is “head of st...
13 Years Ago Sept. 22, 1937 The first pension checks authorized under the new $45-a-month pension law were received at Haxtun Tuesday. The checks were mailed from Holyoke by Dana Archbold, county director of public welfare. There were 110 who received checks in the county this month. Arland Weers, age 3, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Weers of Venango, was fatally injured Saturday afternoon when struck by a truck on the highway at Venango. The little fellow had gone to the store to buy an ice cream...
As the years go by, our diets can go by the wayside. For adults 50-plus, eating and drinking become more about keeping our systems running optimally by finding the right balance of adequate nutrients and calories to stay healthy. Proper nutrition throughout your lifespan is key in preventing — or diminishing the dangers — of age-related risks. Chronic diseases can be significantly reduced, and overall quality of life can be improved through adequate and timely nutrition intervention. Although calorie needs may decrease with age, the bod...
For the second time in just 10 months, the Haxtun Bulldogs took a commanding win over the Mancos Bluejays in a highly anticipated rematch of the State Championship match up from last November. The Bulldogs met the Bluejays in neutral territory for a third week contest in the 2022 schedule. Haxtun notched a 50-6 win that leaves the Bulldogs in the number one slot in 8-man action and 3-0 on the season. Haxtun entered as number one and Mancos as number two in Colorado rankings and the two teams...
In a three match day of play in tournament action on Saturday, the Haxtun Lady Bulldogs came out 2-1 with wins of over Wellington and Weldon Valley and a loss to Prairie. The weekend’s action leaves the local volleyball team 6-7 overall as the Lady Bulldogs head into homecoming week and their first home games of the season. The tournament, played in Brush, featured best of three action in which the Lady Bulldogs totaled six sets on the day. Haxtun fell to Prairie in game one, 2-0, but came back to sweep Wellington and Weldon Valley, 2-0, to t...
A pair of wins - both sweeps - over the past week puts the Fleming Lady Wildcats at 9-2 on the season. The squad continues to hold a top spot in Colorado High School Activities Association's 1A rankings. The week's play opened on Thursday, Sept. 15 with a home-court match against the unranked Lone Star Lady Longhorns. Fleming earned their first sweep of the week, their sixth of the then 10-match season, by scores of 25-16, 25-10 and 25-19. Senior Kally Kirkwood and junior Madi Serrato led the...
KOLTEN HOUSER, Fleming #35, keeps his footing as Idalia Wolf defenders try to take him down. The Wildcats have been on a two-week hiatus following game cancellations. They are scheduled to return to the field this Friday against Haxtun for an eight-man contest that marks Haxtun's homecoming....
