Kathryn VanSwearing McCallister was born January 26, 1926, and went to the Lord on July 19, 2020. Kathryn was the mother of Sharon Goeglein and the Aunt of David Hanson. She came from a distinguished family. Her great grandfather was a Christian judge, her great, great grandfather and his fatherContinue Reading
The Yuma School District-1 Board of Education learned quite a bit about getting the 2020-21 school year started at the end of next month. However, there is still a vast amount of details to be nailed down in coming weeks, the board also learned during its regular monthly meeting, MondayContinue Reading
The walls are going up. Community members can now see outdoor, above-ground evidence of Yuma School District-1’s $32 million expansion/renovation project. The pre-cast panels for the auxiliary gym wall at Yuma High School were being put up by a huge crane starting Wednesday. The Yuma-1 Board of Education was informedContinue Reading
The Yuma City Council has two seats to fill following the resignations of Luke Goeglein and Bryson Chrismer. Both submitted their resignations shortly before the July 7 council meeting, so it was not brought up during that meeting. The council held a discussion during this past Tuesday’s meeting about movingContinue Reading
From the Yuma County Fair Board Yuma County Fair plans were finalized at the regular scheduled meeting of the Yuma County Fair Board on Monday, July 20. Final schedule and details can be found on the Yuma County website by going to www.yumacounty.net/county-fair/. With the recent mandates put out byContinue Reading
Colorado Governor Jared Polis’ executive order mandating wearing masks in all indoor public spaces has had an impact on workouts and practices at Yuma High School. It was announced over the weekend that all student/athletes going to the morning workouts in the weight room would have to wear masks forContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s sports teams and activities will remain in the same classifications for the 2020-22 two-year cycle. CHSAANow.com released the enrollment numbers and classification ranges last week. The CHSAA database has YHS’s enrollment at 232. That keeps YHS safely within the ranges for all the sports that have fiveContinue Reading
Evelyn “June” (Adams) Herron, 90, was born in Dodge City, Kansas on November 21, 1929 and passed away in Loveland, Colorado on July 15, 2020 as the result of an automobile accident. She was the oldest daughter of Ozene (Faulkner) Adams and Herbert Dean Adams. She attended Concord School inContinue Reading
Former Yuma County resident, Dale F. Stoops received his Heavenly Promotion July 10, 2020, at Sterling Living Center, having lived 88 years and 11 months. Born Aug. 10, 1931 at his maternal grandparents’ farm near Fleming, Mr. Stoops’ parents were Frank E. and Violet A. (Nelson) Stoops. He was secondContinue Reading
Billy Frank Chapman, 81 passed away May 21, 2020. He was born July 21, 1938 to William E. and Beulah Anna (Wells) Chapman in Wray, Colorado and was the sixth of eight children. He attended grade school at Wildcat School south of Eckley and graduated from the 8th grade fromContinue Reading