Recipe Train
Gail Schlachter said that she likes to look for recipes that are quick, easy and taste good and that this recipe fits the bill.
Local
The Holyoke Rural Fire Protection Association was formed Dec. 4, 1940, financed by a few farmers in the Amherst, Holyoke and Paoli areas. A 1941 one-and-one-half-ton Dodge truck was purchased in March 1941 and was equipped with a pump and a 400-gallon water tank to serve the rural areas. Pictured with the Holyoke rural fire truck in front of the Holyoke Fire Department in the 100 block of North Baxter Avenue are Holyoke Volunteer Fire Department members Cody Patrick, Clinton Kinch, Walter Lutze, Francis Flanagan and Clarence Smith. — source: Phillips County Museum
Peekin’ into the past
Five Years Ago
Aug. 22, 2013
As promised, Holyoke’s National Night Out started off with a routine by the high school cheerleaders. To the delight and surprise of those in attendance, members of Holyoke Police Department, Phillips County Sheriff’s Office and Holyoke Volunteer Fire Department joined in with choreographed moves of their own. Some of the performers are pictured from left, front row, LorenJo Oberle and Brenna Sullivan; middle row, Joseph Marcum and Mary Seeley; and back row, Josie Schlachter, Shaun Beck, Kacia Westfahl and Anthony Wakefield. — Johnson Publications photo
Officer Joseph Marcum of Holyoke Police Department gets in on the Cha Cha Slide during the street dance. — Johnson Publications photo
Officer Marcum has the right to remain funky
Kids, parents, police officers, firefighters — everyone was getting in on the fun at National Night Out last Tuesday, Aug. 7.
Dangling cables spark live wire scare
As PC Telcom continues to wrap up its cable TV operation, the City has been “flooded” with calls from residents concerned about leftover cables dangling from power lines, Superintendent Mark Br