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Clues abound at ‘It’s a Crime not to Read’
From left, Andrea Marquez, Jimena Nuñez, and Elise Krogmeier search for their last clue in the “Clue” themed scavenger hunt at Heginbotham Library Friday, June 16.
1909 — The Fourth of July in 1909 was celebrated July 5 in Holyoke. A $5 prize was offered for best decoration of conveyance in the street parade, as was a $2.50 prize for the most comical stunt in the parade. —Source: Phillips County Museum
Peekin' into the Past
Five Years Ago
June 28, 2012
Xavier Santiesteban, pictured in back, and his brother David stop to take a look in a vintage lime green Challenger, one of 46 entrants in Saturday’s competition. —Johnson Publications
Look, don’t touch
Holyoke was a sight to behold Saturday, June 17, as vintage vehicles in every shape, size and color filled the Phillips County Court House lawn for the 17th annual Dandelion Daze event, sponsored b
Officers from the El Salvador national police practice putting a tourniquet on a colleague’s arm. Each of the 325 officers who attended the training practiced on both arms and legs and learned such things as tactics to safely take away knives or guns.
Mark Werts drew upon his long history as a paramedic and a police officer while serving on a mission trip to El Salvador, where he helped train officers from the national police and the Santa Ana municipal police.
Sgt. Werts delivers training, supplies
There was a stark contrast between the life Sgt.