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Holyoke School District Re-1J Board of Education will meet Tuesday, May 21 at 7 p.m. in HJHS Room #218.
The superintendent’s report will include 21st-century skills class presentation, teacher evaluation instrument policy, preliminary budget for 2013-1...
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Holyoke students were all smiles as they made the loop around the fields between HHS and the elementary school for National Bike to School Day Wednesday, May 8. The event was put together by the health advisory committee at Holyoke School District to enco...
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Reviewing prior budget discussion, Holyoke School District Re-1J Board of Education approved parameters for 2013-14 to set the direction for drafting the new year budget.
Adoption of the parameters was approved at the May 7 board meeting. Budget options ...
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Motorcycle crashes killed 82 riders and passengers on Colorado’s roads last year. Over two-thirds of those killed (69 percent) were not wearing a helmet, so the Colorado Department of Transportation is reminding riders they have a choice to wear gear t...
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For the fifth straight year, Holyoke third-grade reading scores on the Transitional Colorado Assessment Program exceeded the state average.
TCAP results released last week showed 79 percent of Holyoke students scored proficient or advanced while the stat...
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Holyoke Elementary School art teacher Christina Martinez has been elected to serve with the Colorado Art Educators Association as the regional board representative for the northeast region.
Martinez said she is excited for this opportunity to get more in...
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The description on the photo used for the May page in the Enterprise’s quasquicentennial calendar simply said “Phillips County Bank,” which Enterprise staff is hoping refers to the Phillips County State Bank in Holyoke.
If this is, in fact, that ba...
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Cliff Dwellers Acting and Singing Society of Wray are presenting “Bingo,” a delightful musical comedy based on a book by Michael Hertzmeier, Ilene Reid and David Holcomber. Production is courtesy of Samuel French.
The curtain will rise Saturday, June...
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While weather conditions prevented HHS students from attending World Language Day at the University of Northern Colorado on April 17, eight students managed to place for videos they had submitted to be judged. Participants are pictured from left, front ro...
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The Northeast Colorado Health Department received word that a cat has tested positive for rabies near the Washington/Yuma County lines. The cat was an ill outdoor cat that bit and/or scratched an adult and minor. Those individuals have been started on pos...
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Simple ways to incorporate exercise in daily routinesExercise is an essential element of a healthy lifestyle. When coupled with a healthy diet, exercise puts men and women on a path toward optimal health while reducing risk for a host of ailments, some of...
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Thanks to funds from the District 5 4-H Council, Phillips County libraries recently received copies of James Owen’s “Cowboy Ethics: What Wall Street Can Learn from the Code of the West,” “Cowboy Values: Recapturing What America Once Stood For” a...
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Roughly 170 fifth-grade students from Holyoke, Julesburg, Wray, Haxtun and Platte Valley attended AgFest at Phillips County Event Center Friday, May 3. The event was put on by CSU Extension. Children were treated to a number of booths on a wide range of t...
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On Thursday, May 2, VM Odells LLC, the owner of the Bella’s Market operating in Wray, filed in Federal Court to sell the Wray store to NECO Grocery LLC, a grocery operator with a store in Holyoke and an affiliate store in Imperial, Neb. The sale must be...
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency administrator Juan M. Garcia recently announced that farm payments, which had been temporarily suspended, were scheduled to resume Wednesday, May 8.
This includes payments for the 2011 Supplement...
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Seaboard Foods’ new feed mill took in its first load of corn Thursday morning, May 9 at the facility two miles west of Holyoke just off Highway 6 and County Road 35. Feed mill manager Mike Benedict said they wanted to make sure everything was working pr...
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Juniors enlisted to capture spirit of their communitiesMaking Colorado, the most inclusive, collaborative and ambitious branding effort ever undertaken by a state, is looking for youth ambassadors to support the effort and join the Making Colorado team.
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A mini fishing camp for kids ages 5 and up is set for Friday, May 24 from 4-8 p.m. at the Holyoke Lion’s Club Fishing Pond. Aimee Ryel from Colorado Parks and Wildlife will be teaching fish ID, fishing ethics, casting, equipment, proper ways to cook fis...
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Thanks to a generous grant, the American Red Cross is offering free baby sitter training for northern Colorado youth who might not otherwise be able to afford it.
The course not only trains youth in essential caretaking and lifesaving skills, it also ope...
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Take a closer look at the 4-H shooting sports program
Next to the livestock projects, one of the most popular 4-H general projects to participate in is shooting sports. This year, Phillips County 4-H has 14 members enrolled in the shooting sports program...
