Peekin' into the Past

Five Years Ago
March 27, 2014
    Phillips County is celebrating its 125th anniversary March 27, while proudly looking back to its history from 1889-2014.
    Master electrician Ryan Brackhan has recently joined the local business community with Brackhan Electric LLC. He offers a wide range of electrical services for residential, commercial and industrial projects, including new construction.
    Holyoke High School senior Maddie King has been chosen to participate in the Colorado Coaches of Girls’ Sports All-State basketball game March 30 at Arvada West High School.
    The Colorado High School Activities Association recently announced the winners of its inaugural “You Can Play, Colorado!” contest — a program focused on stopping bullying and delivering messages of inclusion and acceptance for all students participating in high school activities. HHS’s TV productions class earned second place for its video submission titled “If You Can Play, You Can Play.”
    
Ten Years Ago
March 26, 2009
    Noting that 10-12 girls will potentially participate in a high school girls golf program this season, a club sport agreement was approved by the school board last week. In previous years, HHS girls have competed with the Fleming team.
    Colorado House of Representatives passed a bill Monday that will allow Colorado residents to register to vote online at the secure Secretary of State’s website. The bill modernizes the voter registration process in Colorado and significantly increases voter accessibility.
    HHS senior Maddie Starkebaum was one of 17 girls basketball seniors selected to play in the Colorado Coaches of Girls’ Sports 2A All-State game March 22 at Arvada West High School.
    
Twenty-Five Years Ago
March 31, 1994
    A currency exhibit from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City is on display at First National Bank of Holyoke from March 28-April 8. The display at the local bank offers a unique visual lesson on the history of American currency.
    HHS senior Kasie Hethcote will be competing for the title of Miss Northeast Colorado on April 2 at the Dorothy Corsberg Theatre at NJC. The seven young women in the contest will be vying for scholarships and a chance to participate in the Miss Colorado Pageant.
    Covenant Players, an international repertory theater utilizing a unique kind of drama, will entertain at the HHS auditorium in Holyoke on April 8. The event is being sponsored by Youth Challenge.
    
Fifty Years Ago
March 27, 1969
    Miss Linda Akin, a student from Colorado State College in Greeley, is doing her student teaching in the home economics department of Holyoke High School under the supervision of Mrs. Caroline Kenyon.
    Five Pakistani graduate students from Colorado State College in Greeley were visiting and observing classes in Holyoke schools last week. They are teaching-principals from vocational-technical schools in East Pakistan.
    Thirteen sixth-grade girls have finished Holyoke’s first Red Cross course for mother’s aides. This newly prepared course is designed to help upper elementary and junior high school students consider some important aspects of child care and learn some simple procedures they might be expected to use if they have to take the responsibility for younger members of their family or when teenagers are entrusted with the care of children.
    
Seventy-Five Years Ago
March 30, 1944
    Leonard Jecminek, proprietor of the Holyoke Implement Company, has made arrangements to resume business as dealer for the International Harvest Company and also continue repair work in the Brown-Nash garage where he was formerly engaged in the business. They have been busy the past week clearing away the debris and salvaging anything of value after the fire of March 21.
    W.F. McCaffrey of Boulder arrived Monday to assume management of the local Safeway store. Robert Meredith, who succeeded Floyd Gowin in November, has been accepted for military duty.
    Farmers can insure better yields of war-necessary crops this year by planting only tested seed, whether it is purchased or of their own growing. As one means of helping the farmer avoid buying or planting poor seed, the new Colorado Seed Law requires that all agricultural seeds sold for planting bear a label giving definite information about the quality of the seed. Seed sold by farmers must be so labeled.