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Jim Fisher honored with new bench at fishing pond
With a last name like Fisher, it was fitting that Jim Fisher spent a great deal of time at the Holyoke Lions Club Fishin’ Hole.
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New Haxtun Community Choir forms
The newly formed Haxtun Community Choir is kicking off its first season and is looking for participants.
Recipe Train
This one-pan macaroni and cheese recipe is Susanne Drescher’s go-to for potlucks. “It’s nice because I can put it in the oven before church and then run home and grab it before lunch!” she said.
110 attend Krueger reunion in Colorado Springs
The triennial family reunion of the descendants of Simon and Ida Krueger was held in Colorado Springs at the Hotel Eleganté Conference & Event Center Aug.
George Kestler is pictured in center (wearing a white hat) with his Case steam plowing outfit breaking sod near Haxtun around 1915. The engine is a 1909 25-horsepower Case. In a 10-to-12-hour day, this engine would use approximately five horse-drawn tanks of water, or 2,600 gallons, and 2,500 pounds of coal and would plow 25 acres at a speed of 2.4 miles per hour. The plowing price was $3.50 per acre with coal furnished, and the pay for the engineer-fireman was $3 per day. — source: Phillips County Museum
Peekin’ into the past
Five Years Ago
Aug. 14, 2014