App helps determine emerald ash borer risk
To help Colorado homeowners determine whether trees on their property are susceptible to being killed by emerald ash borer, the Colorado State Forest Service and Colorado State University Extens
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Danielle Lamb and her horse round the final barrel in the Thursday, July 27, barrel racing competition at the Phillips County Fair. — Johnson Publications
Barrel racing added to fair
With a rider count of 84, there was plenty of barrel racing action in the Phillips County Fairgrounds arena Thursday, July 27.
With a barn that actually raises (and lowers), Better Beef Makers 4-H Club wins the honor of overall champion at the Phillips County Fair parade last Saturday. Manning the barn building are 4-H members Trent Huffman, at left, and Austin Vieselmeyer. — Johnson Publications
Challengers 4-H Club won first in the youth mini division. Pictured from left are Anna Jelden, Drew Stewart, Tristen Ferguson and Kassidy Porter. — Johnson Publications
Parade is ‘Barn Raising Good Time’
Barns of all shapes and sizes went up for the Saturday, July 29, Phillips County Fair parade, led by grand marshals Clark and Laverne Starkebaum on Interocean Avenue in Holyoke.
BOCES director of special projects Arlene Salyards, at left, won the Friends of Technology Award for her collaboration with team members, from left, Tim Miles, Jarred Masterson and Denise Shorey that helped reduce the price of internet service for school districts.
Salyards receives Friends of Technology Award
At the annual convention of the Colorado Association of School Executives held last week, Northeast Colorado BOCES director of special projects Arlene Salyards was presented with the Friends of
Vieselmeyer takes first at National Junior Angus Show
Amherst’s Austin Vieselmeyer was one of the cattle evaluators to receive top honors in the senior division of the judging contest at the 2017 National Junior Angus Show July 9-15 in Des Moines,