Local businesses representatives stand beside a truck laden with pumpkins. Pictured from the left are Evan Fust, CEO of CHS High Plains; Brian Gales, branch president of Bank of Colorado; Letty Korte, customer service representative for BOC; Monica Becker, loan officer for Holyoke Community Federal Credit Union; Diana Garfio, PC Telecom service representative; Karla Yanez, teller for First Pioneer Bank; Shannon Talich, loan clerk for First Pioneer; Shelby Kafka, loan officer for the Federal Credit Union; Deidra Torrez, branch manager for Bank of the West; and Kristin Koch, office manager for PC Telcom. — Andrew Turck | The Holyoke Enterprise
Holyoke third grader Lilly Bretz shows off her pumpkin Thursday afternoon outside Holyoke Elementary School. — Andrew Turck | The Holyoke Enterprise
Gift of pumpkins
Holyoke Public Schools received a gift of 400 pumpkins Thursday - for the preschool in the morning and the elementary in the afternoon - delivered atop a flat-bed truck. Six businesses sponsored the endeavor: CHS High Plains, First Pioneer National Bank, Bank of Colorado, Bank of the West, Holyoke Community Federal Credit Union and PC Telcom.