1909 — The Fourth of July in 1909 was celebrated July 5 in Holyoke. A $5 prize was offered for best decoration of conveyance in the street parade, as was a $2.50 prize for the most comical stunt in the parade. —Source: Phillips County Museum
Five Years Ago
June 28, 2012
Xavier Santiesteban, pictured in back, and his brother David stop to take a look in a vintage lime green Challenger, one of 46 entrants in Saturday’s competition. —Johnson Publications
Holyoke was a sight to behold Saturday, June 17, as vintage vehicles in every shape, size and color filled the Phillips County Court House lawn for the 17th annual Dandelion Daze event, sponsored b
Officers from the El Salvador national police practice putting a tourniquet on a colleague’s arm. Each of the 325 officers who attended the training practiced on both arms and legs and learned such things as tactics to safely take away knives or guns.
Mark Werts drew upon his long history as a paramedic and a police officer while serving on a mission trip to El Salvador, where he helped train officers from the national police and the Santa Ana municipal police.
There was a stark contrast between the life Sgt.
Many gun shop owners across Colorado, including Deaver Guns & Ammo in Holyoke, now display suicide prevention information as part of the Gun Shop Project, presenting separation from firearms as a basic safety measure for someone at risk of suicide. —Johnson Publications
Customers at local gun shops may have noticed some new pamphlets at the counter during their latest firearm purchases — suicide prevention information, provided by Centennial Mental Health Cent
Father Jerry Rohr is the new priest at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Holyoke. —Johnson Publications
Believe it or not, a priest’s collar is not tattooed onto his neck. Holyoke welcomed St. Patrick Catholic Church’s new priest, Father Jerry Rohr, to town Tuesday, June 13.
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