Vern “Pancake” Adams smokes his pipe while sitting atop a riding mower in Holyoke Cemetery. Adams is a member of the cemetery’s groundskeeper team, which is led by head groundskeeper Zeke Finch. — Johnson Publications

Cemetery offers residents an outlet for civic pride, window into past
    Just off County Road 41, surrounded by farmland, one of Holyoke’s oldest institutions tells the story of the city’s oldest residents.     Holyoke Cemetery is a site of communion between the city’s present and past. New burials are laid out...

The Kingman family, pictured from left, Jeanette, Jordan, Jocelyn and Jerad, snap a photo at Magnolia Market at the Silos in Waco, Texas. The home furnishing shopping complex created by Chip and Joanna Gaines is very welcoming to families, with a huge lawn, food trucks, bakery and more.

Loco for Waco
    Sure, we’ve got plenty of silos around here. Big ones, little ones, you name it. The problem is, the silos around here aren’t the Silos.     If you’ve got any interest in the home improvement and interior design world, you know exactly what I’m...

Ilario Turcios and Isaac Juarez, pictured from left, carefully watch as water filters through their homemade device. Their goal was to produce water with the lowest level of turbidity. — Johnson Publications

PCFES summer camp is greater than the sum of its parts
    To see the raw materials — disposable water bottles, dirt, coffee filters — the June 14 activity at PCFES summer camp may not have looked like much. Those items were, however, combined into a fascinating lesson on water filters.     Traveling...

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Vern “Pancake” Adams smokes his pipe while sitting atop a riding mower in Holyoke Cemetery. Adams is a member of the cemetery’s groundskeeper team, which is led by head groundskeeper Zeke Finch. — Johnson Publications

Cemetery offers residents an outlet for civic pride, window into past

    Just off County Road 41, surrounded by farmland, one of Holyoke’s oldest institutions tells the story of the city’s oldest residents.

By Max Levy, The Holyoke Enterprise

Sylvia Stockton, pictured at left, and 60-year pen pal Bakri Marshi meet for the first time in Holyoke on May 20.

60 years later, pen pals meet face to face

    On May 20, Holyoke resident Sylvia Stockton found herself waiting for the arrival of a friend whom she had never met.

By Max Levy, The Holyoke Enterprise

Saturday to feature cars, shopping, antiques

    Residents and visitors of Holyoke and the surrounding area won’t be short on things to keep themselves busy this Saturday, June 23.

Sports

Giving it his all, Juan Nuñez takes a swing in a machine-pitch baseball game last Friday. — Johnson Publications

Take me out to the ball game

    In typical summer fashion, the youth of Holyoke have been busy on the baseball field.

HSC breaks 8 records in Oberlin

    First place was just out of reach for Holyoke Swim Club last Saturday, June 16, in Oberlin, Kansas.

By Jes-c French, The Holyoke Enterprise

Saturday’s Dandelion Dash 5K to support transplant patients

    For some, running is fun. It’s a reward in and of itself to participate in a race.

By Jes-c French, The Holyoke Enterprise

Ag & Business

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Public takes a peek at pavilion progress

Project manager Matt Brasby, pictured at left, takes a moment away from his work on the Phillips County Pavilion and Education Center to visit with County Commissioner Don Lock and his wife, Bev Lo

Peerless Theatre strives to make movies accessible — for everyone

    Many in the community have probably noticed by now that 2018 has found the Peerless Theatre showing movies in Spanish — or with Spanish subtitles — each Friday.

By Jes-c French, The Holyoke Enterprise

Lauren Bergner

Bergner represents Highline on Washington, DC, Youth Tour

    From monuments to museums, Lauren Bergner soaked up all things Washington, D.C., during a June 7-14 youth tour.

By Darci Tomky, The Holyoke Enterprise

School

MMHF awards 8 scholarships

    Melissa Memorial Hospital Foundation has awarded eight scholarships for the upcoming school year.

Ilario Turcios and Isaac Juarez, pictured from left, carefully watch as water filters through their homemade device. Their goal was to produce water with the lowest level of turbidity. — Johnson Publications

PCFES summer camp is greater than the sum of its parts

    To see the raw materials — disposable water bottles, dirt, coffee filters — the June 14 activity at PCFES summer camp may not have looked like much.

Holyoke FFA members at the Colorado State FFA Convention are pictured from left, front row, Jalen Hunter, Taylor Hendrix, Emma Roll, Kaylee Camblin, Brenna Sullivan, Jillian Hunter and adviser Shauna Brown; and back row, Alex Vieselmeyer, Holden Redman, Corben McCallum, Tristen Roll, Trent Huffman and Colby Purkeypile.

Hendrix elected as state FFA executive committee member

    Last week was exceptionally busy for Taylor Hendrix, a recent HHS graduate and newly elected state FFA officer.

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