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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...
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Well, it is that time of year once again. Summer is coming and soon it will be time to head out camping, boating, tubing and water skiing. Before heading out on a well deserved vacation, there are a few things to remember to make vacation less stressful.
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Opponents of a bill to require rural electric co-ops to increase their use of renewable energy resources are putting on a full court press this week to persuade Gov. John Hickenlooper to veto the bill.
Republican legislators at the state capitol held a p...
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Five Years AgoMay 15, 2008
Moving the sixth grade to the junior high building in Holyoke for the 2008-09 school year brought a number of citizens to the May 6 school board meeting to ask questions, listen to reasoning and express opposition.
The origina...
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Holyoke Enterprise May 16, 2013...
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Reception to honor teachers
A community reception to honor retiring teachers is set for next Tuesday, May 21 from 3:45-5 p.m. at Holyoke Elementary School cafeteria. Honorees are Mary Austin, Title I; Kristina Ham, vocational business; and Cathy Sullivan...
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Emotions ran high Sunday afternoon, May 12 as the Holyoke High School Class of 2013 celebrated a successful high school career at their graduation ceremony. Clad in black caps and gowns, 38 seniors crossed the stage in the HHS gym to receive their diploma...
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Emotions ran high Sunday afternoon, May 12 as the Holyoke High School Class of 2013 celebrated a successful high school career at their graduation ceremony. Clad in black caps and gowns, 38 seniors crossed the stage in the HHS gym to receive their diploma...
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For nearly four decades, Cathy Sullivan has welcomed kids into her classroom at Holyoke Elementary, but when the children exit the building for summer break Friday, May 24, Sullivan will officially begin her retirement.
“I still can’t quite get my he...
