Hazen Star News
Hazen High School gears up for 2011 Homecoming Week
It’s not every day you can come to work or visit the grocery store in your favorite sports jersey, super hero costume or pajamas. During Hazen High School’s Homecoming Week, that behavior is actually encouraged.
Haglers 2011 Harvest Fest parade Grand Marshals
A person can’t make a significant impact on their community by sitting idle. Two Hazen residents almost constantly on the go are Don and Alvina Hagler--and the differences they’ve made in Hazen has earned them the honor of being named Grand Marshals of the 2011 Hazen Harvest Fest Parade.
Harvest slow to gain momentum
Harvest is the 100-meter dash of the growing season. For a few weeks every August, small-grain producers hit the fields in hurried fashion to harvest their crops while the sun shines.
Here’s to Harvest Fest
In the sentence that is summer, end it with an exclamation point next weekend with Hazen’s 2011 Harvest Fest celebration.
Preliminary city budget one and done
The Hazen City Commissioners needed only a light snack, instead of a meal as in past years, to make it through their first preliminary 2012 budget meeting Monday at Hazen City Hall.
(Home-)School year begins
Students in Mercer County will once again be breaking out the pencils and hitting the books Thursday for the start of the 2011-2012 school year. When bad weather inevitably hits this winter, however, not all students will be getting a storm day.
City asks residents to do the math before building
Garages and sheds are some homeowners’ dreams mounted outside their houses. But Hazen residents will eventually have new specifications when adding a detached addition to their lots. City officials are on the road to a new amendment for accessory buildings.
School hallways ready for students’ return
For the last three months, the echo of class bells and students’ chatter in the hallways of Hazen Public School was replaced with the sounds of construction. Next Thursday, Aug. 25, students return to see just what improvements have been made during their summer break.
County 20 residents concerned about health and livelihoods
Dust from an increase in truck traffic and the proposed relocation of a county road intersection has several Mercer County residents concerned.
Harvest Fest schedule in final stages of completion
You may officially begin the countdown. Hazen’s annual Harvest Fest celebration kicks off in 30 days, and the Hazen Chamber of Commerce is finalizing plans for the 2011 event to be held Sept. 9-11.
