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Sterling city attorney Kelly Barlean filed Monday, July 6, with the Secretary of State as a Republican candidate for the University of Colorado Board of Regents for the 4th Congressional District.
“My background and experience will make me an effective...
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Colorado Community College System (CCCS) has launched a federally funded five-year effort intended to ultimately increase the gender balance of occupations in Colorado that are currently dominated by one sex or the other.The initiative is being 100 percen...
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Those looking to get a good feel for the one-room school house setting in Phillips County during the late 19th and early 20th centuries would benefit from visiting the Pleasant Prairie School building at Phillips County Museum, located south of the museum...
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From preschool teachers to grocery store clerks, people all around Holyoke have fallen in love with the infectious smile of Blye McCallum. He’s ornery, said his mom Andrea McCallum, but he’s a delight.
Blye is being honored this year by the Living to...
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Providing assurance of his intent to become familiar with Holyoke School District Re-1J, new Supt. Bret Miles outlined his Superintendent’s Entry Plan at a work session following the board’s regular meeting July 7.
Miles explained his plan for establ...
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Focusing on integrity of the selection process for the past year’s random student drug testing, JR/SR High Principal Susan Ortner presented information on an audit process at the July 7 meeting of Holyoke Re-1J Board of Education.
Because this has been...
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Although it wasn’t part of the agenda for the July 7 city council meeting, council members spent the following day working on airport planning.
Council members were asked by City Supt. Mark Brown to attend two meetings with Armstrong Consultants Inc. o...
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Returning to his home town, Bret Miles is excited to have started as Holyoke School District’s new superintendent and looks forward to summer planning and a great 2009-10 school year.
Miles began working in the office Wednesday, July 1, and is already ...
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With 27 years of experience in area cooperatives under his belt, Rick Unrein began his President/CEO duties on Monday, July 1 at Grainland Cooperative.
Unrein got his start at the Farmers Co-op Elevator in Fleming in 1982 and in 1985 took over as general...
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Upsetting the Denbo family’s winning streak, Matt Winterrowd, pictured at left, takes the traveling trophy award from Holyoke Chamber of Commerce member Casey Blake after being announced the winner of the July 4 Steak Grill-off at Homesteaders Park on S...
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After much deliberation, Phillips County Commissioners accepted a plan to replace the courthouse heating system. At their meeting Tuesday, June 30, they reported an approved $40,000 energy impact grant for the project.
An energy audit was taken on severa...
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Setting off on a slightly chilly and cloudy 4th of July morning at approximately 10 a.m., the “Nicole Marie” made its maiden voyage across the Holyoke Lions’ Fish Pond, much to the delight (and relief) of builder Rick Hinck and his friends and famil...
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With a desire to work in full-time ministry, Chad Rozelle recently accepted a position as assistant pastor at First Baptist Church. Having already jumped on board many of the church’s ministry ventures, Rozelle will be assisting the church in expanding ...
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Making its first appearance on the Phillips County Fair schedule of events in 2009 is the Pickup Derby, scheduled for Saturday, July 25 at 8 p.m.
A significant amount of interest has been shown toward the event, according to Fair Board president Sherry M...
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Thirty young adults with Bike & Build Inc., a national non-profit committed to affordable housing, are bicycling into Holyoke Monday, July 13, on their journey across the United States. The riders will be working on July 16 to help Habitat for Humanit...
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Throughout Colorado this summer, numerous law enforcement agencies, including the Colorado State Patrol, plan to repeat an aggressive effort to keep drunk drivers off streets and highways. The enforcement campaign is called “100 Days of Heat.”
The ca...
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A Good Sport
I watched Michael Jordan play in a Final Four game, saw the first World Series game ever played in beautiful Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, witnessed first hand how crazy Ohio State football fans are on game day, saw Kareem play in the fab...
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According to a report released recently by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Colorado’s cigarette smoking rate has significantly declined from 1998 through 2007.
The CDC analyzed data from the 2007 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Syst...
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European corn borer moth numbers continue to increase in pheromone traps in most of the trap locations in northeastern Colorado. We should be able to see larva feeding damage in corn starting this week and continue scouting. Larval damage is noticed as fe...
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Ella Stewart, a junior at Holyoke High School, traveled to Washington D.C. with 45 other Colorado 4-H members June 13-20.
Citizen Washington Focus (CWF) is an annual event for 4-H members from around the country. On Stewart’s trip there were members fr...
