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Fair time is just around the corner, and everyone is getting fair animals ready. The Golden Plains Area Extension is putting on a Small Animal Clinic to help the exhibitors have more success at raising their small animal 4-H projects. The cl...
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Holyoke Junior High Student Council completed its project for the year the last week of school. Members painted “Dragon Fans” and “Visitors” behind the bleachers in the old (west) gym. Student Council members are pictured in the Dragon secti...
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Ten years ago, the Elliott family hosted their first foreign exchange student from Slovakia. “The experience was so good,” said Thom, “we decided to take on more.” Since then, they have hosted another student from Slovakia, and individuals ...
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From store shelves, meat lockers and bakery goods to printing presses, office supplies and computers, the building at 130 N. Interocean Ave. has sure come a long way since 1935. “This building has seen a lot,” said Brenda Brandt, current publishe...
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Three recent HHS graduates Brandon Price, Brett Gerk and Austin Tharp, as well as their baseball coach Kyle Bules, participated in the All-State baseball games at Mountain Range High School in Westminster Sunday, May 31. Price and Gerk, as we...
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City of Holyoke swimming pool is once again offering a variety of options for summer swimmers. Open swim will be Tuesday through Sunday 1-5 p.m. and Tuesday and Thursday 7-8:30 p.m. The pool is available for lap swim Monday through Thu...
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Colorado residents and visitors will have the opportunity to fish without a license on June 6-7 as part of “Colorado’s Free Fishing Days.” The free fishing days are set aside each year for the first full weekend in June as part of ongoi...
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The Senior Buckley Bombers opened up the 2009 season in the Gering, Neb. tournament going 1-3. Bombers won game one over Chadron 23-12, lost game two to Gering 12-3, were defeated by North Platte in game three 8-5 and lost game four to Chadro...
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Holyoke Swim Club hosted the first meet of the season for the Northwest Kansas Swim League Saturday, May 30. The day was sunny, the events ran smoothly and Holyoke placed fourth overall. Several new members joined the team this summer and coa...
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Summer vocal tours are becoming a tradition for HHS student Nicole Brandt as she prepares for her third year with New Way Singers. Having enjoyed performing with New Way Singers the last two years, Brandt decided to audition again last March. Singing...
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A list of students making the Holyoke High School Superintendent’s and Principal’s Honor Rolls for the second semester of the 2008-09 school year was recently released. Students earning a grade point average (GPA) of 4.0 are seniors Dylan Bradley...
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Holyoke Junior High School has announced the students recognized on the Superintendent’s and Principal’s Honor Rolls for the second semester of the 2008-09 school year. Those who earned 4.0 GPAs include eighth graders Molly Brandt, Brett Cumming,...
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Monday, June 8 the Crossroads Teen Choir will be performing the musical David’s Journey at the Holyoke high school auditorium. The event is set to begin at 7 p.m. David’s Journey is a musical written by Kris Wolf, director of the Crossroa...
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Members of the Northeast Colorado Board of Health were brought up-to-date on the current skunk rabies situation in parts of northeast Colorado during their May 27 meeting. Julie McCaleb, the Northeast Colorado Health Department’s environmen...
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Service was the focus of the day as nine youth from Holyoke’s St. Patrick’s Catholic Church participated in a mission outreach project at Children’s Hospital in Denver Sunday, May 31. “Batter Up—Strike Up Some Fun with Us!” was the theme ...
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As the rain began to fall on a wet, yet beautiful, Memorial Day morning, a small crowd gathered at the gazebo near Holyoke Memorial Park to pay tribute to the service of the nation’s veterans and to remember those who paid the ultimate sacrifice ...
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After a year of random drug testing for Holyoke students in grades 7-12, no positive tests were reported. Principal Susan Ortner presented the year’s summary to the Re-1J School Board at its May 19 meeting. With the testing pool inclu...
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Questions about Police Chief Phil Biersdorfer’s reports to the council and a request to review the code enforcement officer’s wages led to much of the conversation that took place at the meeting of Holyoke City Council members on Tuesday, May 1...
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Clark ‘G’ Ginapp and Jerry ‘Willy’ Williamson have collected more than just their unusual nicknames after teaching at Holyoke High School for a combined 55 years. These two teachers have enough stories, inside jokes and memories, they could...
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(Letter submitted to Holyoke City Council and for publication in The Holyoke Enterprise.) I have never felt the need or the desire to write to you before, but feel now is the right time. For those of you who don’t know me, my name is “Moe...
