Peekin’ into the past

Five Years Ago
Sept. 19, 2013
    Conditions in much of Colorado went from drought to flooding this past week. Torrential rains on Sept. 11 triggered flooding in Boulder and Larimer counties the morning of Sept. 12. Flooding resulted from the St. Vrain, Thompson, Cache la Poudre and South Platte rivers. The South Platte overflow was expected to hit Sedgwick County by Sept. 17 or 18 and move on into Nebraska in the next couple days.
    Two months removed from the farm accident that claimed the lower portion of his leg, Luke Sprague is ahead of schedule with his rehab and just days away from walking on his new prosthetic leg without the aid of crutches.
    
Ten Years Ago
Sept. 18, 2008
    Vicki Conklin’s photograph of the Mississippi kite, a majestic bird with a falcon-type look not typically found further north than southern Colorado, has resulted in her being recognized on the cover of Colorado Field Ornithologists magazine.
    Recent efforts have been made by the State to take advantage of the country’s need for renewable resources. Particular attention has been paid to harnessing the abundant wind energy found on the eastern plains, but little activity has occurred in northeast Colorado. All of that is about to change, however, according to Roy Pfaltzgraff, a local wind turbine dealer who recently visited Washington, D.C., as a delegate for Rocky Mountain Farmers Union.
    
Twenty-Five Years Ago
Sept. 23, 1993
    Making way for progress, the back portion of the former Peerless Theatre will be demolished in a weekend project Sept. 24-25.
    With their one-year lease expiring at the end of this month, Darlow and Debbie Speicher do not plan to continue operating Jo-Na’s Koffee Shoppe at 230 N. Interocean Ave. in Holyoke. Jo-Na’s owner Wynona Baker said she would like to sell the business but is undecided as to immediate plans.
    In the Nov. 2 election in Colorado, voters across the state will decide whether to maintain Colorado’s “tourism tax,” which has been used for 10 years to promote the tourism industry in the state. This small tax involves two-tenths of one percent — or in other words, 2 cents on each $10 of sales.
    
Fifty Years Ago
Sept. 19, 1968
    The 25th annual Harvest Festival celebration of the United Methodist Church in Holyoke will be held Sept. 29. Paul Hagiya of Denver will give the morning worship sermon and will speak again at a program in the afternoon.
    There will be free swimming for residents of school district Re-1J, according to an announcement made yesterday by Gary Sperber, swimming pool supervisor for Holyoke schools. The school will entertain a different geographic area, represented by director districts A-G, every Monday night starting Sept. 23 and running through Nov. 4.
    
Seventy-Five Years Ago
Sept. 23, 1943
    Oldtimers and some not so old may appreciate a new feature starting in this issue of The Enterprise. It is made up of items taken from The Enterprise files of 10, 20 and 30 years ago, entitled “In Former Years.”
    The city council voted to purchase from the utility fund of the City of Holyoke $4,000 worth of war bonds in a meeting here Monday night. The money is a cash reserve, as were the previous purchases of $11,000 of war bonds from the utility fund.
    Colorado now has 42 soil conservation districts, which include 12,188,201 acres of land, or 18.6 percent of the state’s total area, declared Nate C. Warren of Fort Collins, chairman of the Colorado soil conservation board. Twelve new districts were added in the past year, and much public interest is shown in forming new districts in 17 counties, including Phillips County.