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Pastor Al Smith of First Baptist Church hands a signed copy of “Dear Solomon, My Finances Are a Mess” on Friday afternoon to a customer at Inklings Bookstore. He wrote the book years after fixing his own finances using advice from the Book of Proverbs. — Andrew Turck | The Holyoke Enterprise

‘Dear Solomon’ author opts to save readers from financial ‘cringing’

A set of 19 books showed up 11 a.m. Friday to Inklings Bookstore in Holyoke, along with their author, Pastor Al Smith of First Baptist Church.

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Holyoke Community Excellence Award winners display their plaques Monday evening at the Phillips County Event Center following the Holyoke Chamber’s 31st annual gala. Pictured from the left are Julie Haake, owner of Business of the Year, Creative Traditions; Peggy Davis, Citizen of the Years; Jackie Thompson, owner of New Business of the Year, Thompson’s Grill & Market; Kyrah McConachie, Youth of the Year; Allyn Robinson, owner of STAR Award-winning Happy Jacks Barbeque; Jessie Stewart, Employee of the Year; and Fr. Jerry Rohr, Citizen of the Year. Individual pictures are available on Page 12. — Andrew Turck | The Holyoke Enterprise

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Holly Ferguson, right, former executive director for the Holyoke Chamber of Commerce, presents awards to local community members and businesses. To the left is Jessica Allen Ayala, who took the position Jan. 6. — Andrew Turck | The Holyoke Enterprise

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A Holyoke community member begins a standing ovation for Happy Jacks Barbeque after the business wins the Holyoke Chamber of Commerce’s STAR Award. This award is the only one picked solely by the chamber. — Andrew Turck | The Holyoke Enterprise

Community Pillars

Ninety local residents filled available tables to a chair Monday evening in the Phillips County Event Center, where Holly Ferguson presided over her final gala as executive director for the Holyoke

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A wheat harvest in Phillips County around 1919 is pictured. Included in the group are Glenn, Jerry, Cliff and Charlie Goddard, together with neighbors. Cliff and Charlie Goddard owned the header and header boxes. Harvesting was a neighborhood affair. — The Holyoke Enterprise File Photo

Peekin' into the Past

Five Years Ago

Jan. 25, 2018

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