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New Medicare cards must be used; old SSN-based cards no longer accepted
Old Medicare cards were based on the beneficiary’s social security number. New Medicare cards instead feature random alphanumeric-based numbers. Each beneficiary’s new number is unique.
Jerry Sonnenberg, Rod Pelton
Lawmakers kick off 2020 session
Lawmakers headed back to the state Capitol Wednesday, Jan. 8, for the 2020 legislative session. The big question: Will it be like last year?
Cast members for Phillips County Players’ Jan. 17-19 production of “The Murder Mystery at the Murder Mystery” are pictured from left, front row, Julie Williams, Janel Wailes, Peggy Davis, Kathleen Fowler, Brooklyn Leonard and Maury Kramer; and back row, Isaiah Rueter, Ricardo Baker, Mariann Landes, Zander Salyers, Mark Meusborn, director Jennye Hughes, Chris Colglazier and Penny Dockins. Not pictured are Steve Young and producer Lauri Gibbs. — The Holyoke Enterprise | Johnson Publications
Players plan murder mystery within a murder mystery
“The Murder Mystery at the Murdery Mystery” is the next play to be performed by the Phillips County Players Jan. 17-19.
This tusk from a prehistoric elephant is just one piece of the puzzle that is helping paleontologists uncover much about Phillips County history. A.J. Brandt, one of several lucky volunteers, worked on the excavation of this fossil.
Issac Brandt and Keegan Shaw show off the massive size of the jaw and teeth from a Stegomastodon found at a dig southeast of Holyoke. The large, heavy fossils were casted and taken to the Denver Museum of Nature & Science.
Top story of the decade selected
Newspaper readers voted on the top story of the past decade from a pool of 20 articles selected by Enterprise staff. Receiving 20% of the votes, a Sept.
