Peekin’ into the past

Five Years Ago

July 21, 2016

Lili Rojo has started Lili’s Detail Shop at 143 S. Morlan Ave. in what used to be the First Nazarene Church. With the help of her husband, Astolfo Rojo, Lili cleans and details motors, interiors, exteriors and tires of all makes and models. In time, they hope to expand to waxing vehicles as well, broadening their clientele to boats and recreational vehicles.

Known for specialty items like barbacoa, carnitas and chicharones, Amanda’s Mercado, run by Eric Dominguez and a host of family members, is back and open for business at 430 E. Denver St. in Holyoke. While the building has been owned by the Dominguezes since 2012 when Eric’s father, Ramón, originally opened Amanda’s Mercado, the restaurant went through a revolving door of renters after Ramón’s back problems led him to give up the business.

Sweeping the nation since its release on July 6, Pokémon GO has combined nostalgia and augmented reality to capture the attention of smartphone-toting millennials.

Holyoke’s own Lynda Lee Lindley recently published her first children’s book, “Meadow Muffin.”

Ten Years Ago

July 21, 2011

New projects have been seen with some Holyoke businesses recently. Vieselmeyer Seed has been busy erecting a brand-new building which will be used to expand the business. Scholl Oil & Transportation Co. broke ground a few weeks ago on a new automatic car wash at the service center. And after moving to Holyoke in March, Smith Wholesale Hardware built a new product storage building to the east of their new location.

Rainy weather has held off long enough for area farmers to really get up and going with winter wheat harvest. As of Monday, Grainland Cooperative grain merchandiser Steve Young said harvest was nearly 30%-40% complete.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

July 25, 1996

Anyone interested in arts and crafts, dancing, food or the spoken word is encouraged to attend the chautauqua after the fair parade on Aug. 3. The event will be held on the midway of the Phillips County Fairgrounds. The chautauqua provides everyone an opportunity to meet and talk with some of the area’s most gifted artists.

For the first time in northeastern Colorado history, one agency will meet the Red Cross needs of Logan, Yuma, Phillips and Sedgwick counties. Now called the Northern Plains chapter of the American Red Cross, the local American Red Cross chapters in Logan, west Phillips, east Phillips and west Yuma counties have merged into a single chapter, along with the former Sedgwick and east Yuma County chapters.

Fifty Years Ago

July 22, 1971

Dale Hofmeister, Wray, formerly of Holyoke, has purchased the building occupied by the Holyoke Furniture Co. from M.O. Colver. Hofmeister stated that his plans are to open a grocery store that will handle the AG line of groceries.

Midwest Cable TV, Mitchell, Nebraska, has signed a lease with Ralph Loughman for their tower site to be located about 8 miles southwest of Holyoke. A canvass of Holyoke will be started in the near future for signers for the cable TV service. Initial signers for the cable service will receive the first month free and will not be charged for installation. After the first month, the charge will be $6 per month.

Although interrupted by scattered light afternoon showers along the northern line of the county, winter wheat harvest made good progress last week and around the Holyoke area is almost completed. A total of 3,869,000 bushels of wheat, barley and rye have been received by area elevators since the start of harvest.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

July 25, 1946

A special event is taking place at the Lions Club dinner this noon as radio station KLZ, Denver, broadcasts from the basement of the Methodist church on a private hookup. KLZ is making awards to the Holyoke Future Farmers of America, who won grand prize in a four-state safety contest held recently. The local FFA organization was judged winner in Colorado, and at Chicago the National Safety Council judged them winners among four states.

The members of the Amherst Lutheran Church purchased a new five-stop Reuter pipe organ costing about $4,000. The organ will be dedicated to the boys of the Amherst church who served in World War II.

Possible elimination of guesswork in irrigating potatoes will be one of the topics at the potato field day of the Colorado Potato Station here on July 30. An instrument called a tensiometer is the key to timing irrigation for best results — It reads soil moisture at any depth, depending on the depth at which it is installed.