Peekin' into the Past

Five Years Ago
Dec. 19, 2013
    Seeing a need to begin educating children earlier to the dangers of peer pressure, as well as offering ways to deal with stress and effective communication strategies, Holyoke police officer and school liaison Larry Drake took it upon himself to introduce the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program to the students of Holyoke Elementary School.
    HHS junior Anastasia Conklin was one of six Colorado students selected for the student panel at the Colorado Association of School Boards student leadership strand in Colorado Springs Dec. 6-7.
    Dixie Fagerlin of Holyoke spent Nov. 23-Dec. 4 in the Central American country of Belize on a family mission trip with her son Richard Fagerlin and his family.
    
Ten Years Ago
Dec. 18, 2008
    Damon Ellis joined the Holyoke Police Department as its first home-grown police officer on Dec. 5.
    Following several years of fundraising and rehabilitation work, the renovation of the Villa East Apartments in Haxtun is finally complete.
    
Twenty-Five Years Ago
Dec. 23, 1993
    A recent burglary involving a 1994 pickup, as well as numerous shop tools and equipment, is estimated to involve a loss of something in the $100,000 vicinity, said Phillips County Sheriff Scott McBee. Baldwin Chevrolet, located approximately three-quarters of a mile east of the stoplight in Holyoke, was the site of the Dec. 14 or 15 break-in and burglary.
    Enhanced 911 service is officially in place in Phillips County. Remodeling at the Phillips County Communications Center has been uderway for several weeks, and last week the dispatcher station was transferred to its new site in the northwest corner of the office.
    Representing the Fourth Congressional District of the State of Colorado, the 20-member HHS Political Science II class took fifth-place honors in the recent “We the People” program. Competition was conducted Dec. 13 at the State Capitol.
    
Fifty Years Ago
Dec. 19, 1968
    High winds started blowing in the High Plains area of northeastern Colorado early last Thursday morning and continued most of the day. Winds gusting up to 72 mph were clocked in Holyoke, according to James Scholl, who has a wind velocity gauge at the Scholl Oil and Implement building on East Denver Street.
    Venango High School will host a holiday tournament on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 27-28. Basketball and volleyball teams from Arthur, Wallace, Haigler and Venango will participate.
    
Seventy-Five Years Ago
Dec. 23, 1943
    Last week the former E.T. Hall building, recently owned by Helgoth Brothers and leased by Ora Crouse, was bought by Charles Brown for Brown-Nash Motor Company. Brown is having minor changes made in the building preparatory to moving his business into it from the present location on East Denver Street.
    The Highline Electric Association, which has headquarters in Holyoke, moved its offices into the former First National Bank building.
    Colored or decorative lights on streets are forbidden by the OPA this Christmas season as a conservation measure. To conserve fuel used in generating electricity, current should not be used unnecessarily, the government bureau advises. Although the Town of Holyoke had planned to use colored street lights before this order was received here, the idea was abandoned to abide by the ruling of the government office. Nothing was stated in the order about restricting residences in the use of electricity for colored lights.