Articles from the December 8, 2021 edition
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Oh, Santa?
BEN HENRY, middle, shows his look of surprise after he hops up with his brother, John, to visit with Santa Claus during his annual visit to Haxtun in conjunction with County Christmas. The Haxtun...
Fuse fails at substation; power restored to Town of Haxtun residents following 20-hour outage
Haxtun residents spent the day and most of the night without power Monday. Shortly after eight in the morning on Dec. 6 all Haxtun residents lost total power. According to Town Superintendent Ron Carpenter failure in a fuse caused the situation. Carp...
Thayer case continued to January
For the second month in a row, Judge Kimbra L. Killin granted an extension in court proceedings for Julie R. Thayer. Thayer appeared in Phillips County Court on Thursday, Dec. 2 via WebEx technology. She has yet to officially appear in court in...
RV campground to be expanded at Harvest Park in Holyoke
Phillips County Commissioners have made progress on the expansion of the Harvest Park recreational vehicle campground, as reported at their end-of-month meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 24. The existing RV...
Eiley Jablonski
Reed and Dani Jablonski, Paoli, announce the birth of their daughter, Eiley Marge Jablonski on Nov. 3 at 5:40 a.m. at the Wray Community District Hospital. Eiley weighed six pounds, 14 ounces and...
Under the Wire
Well, Thanksgiving is barely over and everyone is talking about Christmas. Guess “Under The Wire” might as well jump on the band wagon. A couple of days ago, Sue handed me her Christmas gift...
Fearless Faith
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not let them be afraid. John 14:27 (NRSV) Most of us are familiar...
Colorado Preps Weekly
The final football championships of the season were earned over the weekend and the fall campaign officially comes to a close this weekend, when State spirit wraps up the slate. Fort Morgan ended a...
Times Past
85 Years Ago Dec. 23, 1936 With plenty of live targets available, hunters brought to an end one of the largest rabbit hunts ever to be held in this territory last Thursday. It was estimated that from...
Lady Bulldogs kick off basketball season on the road in Fleming
By Candie Fix [email protected] The Haxtun Lady Bulldogs kicked off the 2021-22 basketball season with match ups against two of the four top-ranked teams in Colorado 1A preseason rankings. Preseason...
Haxtun opens basketball season with wins over Fleming & Merino
Exactly one week after winning the 8-man State football Championship the Haxtun Bulldogs took the court to open the 2021-22 basketball season. Haxtun traveled to Fleming for the season opener where th...
Lady Wildcats open with solid 2-0 start
Fleming's Lady Wildcats opened the basketball season last week with a solid 2-0 start. The local ladies hosted the neighboring Haxtun Lady Bulldogs on Friday night and the Evangelical Christian Lady...
Wildcats suffer two losses in week one
The Fleming Wildcats suffered two losses last week on the basketball court following at-home, season-opening action. The Wildcats hosted Haxtun Friday night and the Evangelical Christian Eagles on...
Sedgwick County/Fleming wresting team
WRESTLERS competing on this years Sedgwick County/Fleming team are pictured front row (l-r), Gage Helgoth, Kaiden Schelling, Scott Engle and Ryan Davis; back row (l-r), Joshua Wright, Keegan...
State Champions named All-Conference at season's conclusion
Ten State Champions on this year's Fightin' Bulldog football team earned post-season honors. The Bulldogs brought home Haxtun's eighth State Championship just two weeks ago with a 40-0 shut out over...
Wildcat football players earn honors at close of this year's season
Six members of the Fleming Wildcats' 6-man football team earned All-Conference designation at the conclusion of the 2021-22 football season. The Wildcats finished at 9-3 overall with an 8-man loss to...