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Pheasants Forever banquet is Saturday

A fundraising banquet for Phillips County Pheasants Forever is set for Saturday, Nov. 13, at Phillips County Event Center at 5 p.m. The evening will include dinner, drawings, games, hunting prizes, and a live and silent auction.

GPRC/Peerless annual meeting set

The community is invited to the annual patrons meeting of the Golden Plains Recreation Center Board of Directors/Peerless Theatre on Thursday, Nov. 18, at 7 p.m. in the theater auditorium. GPRC will be electing board members and offering a report. Anyone who patronizes the theater, has donated or otherwise supports the Peerless Theatre is welcome and eligible to serve on the board of directors and to vote in the election.

Statewide COVID-19 advisory issued

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment issued a statewide advisory due to steadily increasing COVID-19 cases and a concern for hospital bed capacity. On Nov. 4, Colorado’s daily case rate (49 per 100,000) was the fifth highest in the country. Hospitals serving metro Denver are full or nearing capacity, with less than 10% of staffed beds available — a trend not seen at any other point in the pandemic. Gov. Jared Polis stated that if this surge continues, Colorado will need to request Federal Emergency Management Agency medical surge teams and halt elective surgeries, and hospitals may need to resort to crisis standards of care.   

Students get 4-day weekend

Because of the regularly scheduled four-day school week, Holyoke schools will not have class Friday, Nov. 12. There will also be no school Monday, Nov. 15, due to a teacher inservice. As a result, students will have class Friday, Nov. 19.