Peekin’ into the past

Five Years Ago

June 9, 2016

Danny Vernon and his parents made a trip to San Francisco, California, May 10-19 to see the dolphins at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Action should prove to be quite entertaining when the Thrashers softball club hosts its first annual coed backward softball tournament on June 18, with games to run through the night.

Ten Years Ago

June 9, 2011

Jeff and Tricia Michael and Mark and Sheryl Farnsworth founded Helping Other People Engage Uganda (HOPE Uganda) in the last several months. Their mission is to mobilize churches and citizens in response to God’s desire to come beside the orphaned children in the African village of Wera, Uganda, to experience the blessing of family and acquire the skills necessary for independent life.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture released the new MyPlate icon on June 2 to replace the decades-old food pyramid.

Nominated by former HHS student and 2011 Amherst (Massachusetts) College graduate Jes-c Brandt, longtime Holyoke English teacher Clark Ginapp was one of three recipients of the Phebe and Zephaniah Swift Moore Teaching Award at commencement exercises on May 22.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

June 13, 1996

The public hearing on the city ordinance pertaining to the curfew continued at the June 4 regular meeting of Holyoke City Council. After much discussion, the council voted unanimously for a citywide curfew, with 5-2 in favor of an under-17 age limit. Curfew times are 11 p.m.-6 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and midnight-6 a.m. Friday and Saturday. The only exception is if the individual is accompanied by their parent, guardian or other adult family member.

Kwik Stop Inc. out of North Platte, Nebraska, plans to open its first Colorado store in Holyoke this fall. The store will be located at the intersection of highways 6 and 385. Kwik Stop will include Total brand petroleum as well as a Taco Bell.

Darrel “Boog” and Connie Krieg purchased the Plains Liquors store at 119 N. Interocean Ave. from Joe and Lois Paloucek of Ogallala, Nebraska, and announced that they will be opening Boog’s Liquor on June 15.

Golden Plains Recreation Center has received a $10,000 grant to renovate the Peerless Theatre in downtown Holyoke.

Robert Brandt Jr. was honored by his peers when he was named Outstanding Rural Carrier at the state convention of the Colorado Rural Letter Carriers Association last weekend.

Fifty Years Ago

June 10, 1971

On June 3, tornadoes struck 11 miles east and 4 miles south of Holyoke, causing severe damage. Some hail and 4-6 inches of rain fell in the same general area during the storm.

Members of the Holyoke Volunteer Fire Department celebrated 50 years of service to the community at their annual banquet last Saturday night at the Zion Lutheran Church.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

June 13, 1946

Eighty-five planes by actual count and their pilots and passenger loads assembled here Sunday for the first flyers breakfast at the Holyoke Airport when Gene Spillman, manager of the airport, and a committee composed of local flyers and members of the Lions Club carried through a most successful meeting, breakfast and program. This was the largest attendance at any breakfast meeting yet held in Colorado.

Large numbers of horses and riders were in evidence at the Phillips County Fairgrounds on Sunday morning as the spur clubs of Holyoke and Haxtun prepared to put on a gaited horse show. A crowd of spectators soon assembled, and by afternoon, parking space was very scarce on the grounds.

Psychiatric facilities to diagnose and study each person committed to a state prison are a special feature of California’s new Department of Corrections, the Council of State Governments reports.