Senior adds to Roosevelt’s pole vault lore
By Martin B. Hamilton/The Johnstown Breeze
Like father, like son.
Nearly three decades ago, David Starr of Milliken was an Oklahoma state pole vault champion. In 1985, he won the Class 4A title with a height of 13 feet, 6 inches.
Last Saturday, at the Colorado High School State Track & Field Championships at Jefferson County Stadium in Lakewood, Starr’s son – Roosevelt High School senior Tanner Starr – was crowned as the 2013 4A pole vault champion.
Roosevelt reaches its golden anniversary, as Class of 2013 is its 50th group to graduate
By Martin B. Hamilton/The Johnstown Breeze
It’s been a half-century since the inaugural graduating class filed out of Roosevelt High School.
At commencement ceremonies at 1 p.m. this Sunday at Peterson Field, just more than 130 seniors will receive diplomas as the Class of 2013 (see the special supplement in this issue).
Roosevelt’s Class of 1963 contained 52 seniors, many of whom still reside in the Johnstown-Milliken area and have memories of that golden age.
By Martin B. Hamilton/The Johnstown Breeze
JOHNSTOWN – Last Thursday, a family of five had to leave their home after it was severely damaged by a fire.
Johnstown-Milliken Fire Chief Ron Bateman said firefighters were called just after 5 a.m. May 9 because of smoke coming from a residence on Woodbine Lane in the Clearview neighborhood on the west side of town.
“They went into the attic and found heavy fire,” Bateman said. “(Firefighters from) Milliken brought in a second-hand line and were able to get ahead of the fire.”
Photo courtesy Milliken Elementary School
Classmate cheering section - We all would likely welcome having this kind of support and encouragement. May 9, the Weld County Special Olympics were held at Northridge High School in Greeley. Representing Milliken Elementary School were Logan Wheeler and Anya Wild (inset). The entire first-grade class at MES attended the event to cheer them on. The pair were also recognized May 8 at the Milliken Town Board meeting. Do you have a picture for Page 3? Items of interest for Around Town? Please submit them to editor@johnstownbreeze.com.
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Milliken honors ‘the ultimate sacrifice’
Alexa Rodriguez, a fifth-grader at Milliken Elementary School, sings the National Anthem Friday morning at the Memorial Day ceremony held at the Milliken Meeting House, while flag bearers Erling Lundell (center) and Gary Nolin salute. Photo by Zant ReyezCeremony Monday morning in Johnstown
By Zant Reyez/The Johnstown Breeze
MILLIKEN – The weather was not too hot or too cold. The wind was not present, but a handful of veterans and residents were, at the Memorial Day ceremony held Friday morning at the Milliken Meeting House.
Erling Lundell and Gary Nolin, who served in the U.S. Marines and U.S. Army respectively, presented the colors.
Milliken Trustee Lois Ann Onorato led the Pledge of Allegiance, and the crowd followed suit.
Milliken Elementary School fifth grader Alexa Rodriguez sang the National Anthem, and cheers and whistles followed, “The home of the brave.”
Mayor Milt Tokunaga welcomed and thanked everyone for coming out. Tokunaga said he has fond memories of going to cemeteries in Cheyenne and Denver with his mother and grandparents when he was younger. The mayor recalled asking his mom questions about the flags placed on graves while they walked amongst the headstones.
“I’m actually very honored to be asked to welcome people today,” said Tokunaga about speaking to the audience at the service, which marked its third year of taking place.
The week the war came home
Across the United States during the 1940s “the war” was in the forefront of people’s hearts and minds, including among the citizens of the small and close-knit communities of Johnstown and Milliken.
And one tragic week, within the span of 24 hours, the fighting a world away came heartbreakingly home.
During World War II, The Johnstown Breeze was owned by C.N. (Clyde) “Breezy” Brust and his wife, Marie. Like most newspapers, big and small, The Breeze was solidly behind the war effort; with stories about rationing and war bonds and scrap drives, and even a weekly service news column – “With the U.S.A. Colors” – that had small items about who had been home on leave, or who was where and what they were doing.
The sentiment even carried over to advertising, such as one for the Kuner-Empson farm implement company, which had the headline: “You can kill Nazis with a plow” and talked about farming’s importance in winning the war.
Rec center survey should be ready next month
TRPR Board visits possible sites
By Martin B. Hamilton/The Johnstown Breeze
In about a month, residents of the Thompson Rivers Parks & Recreation (TRPR) District can begin participating in the feasibility study for the possible construction of a community recreation center.
Following Monday night’s meeting of the TRPR Board of Directors, TRPR Executive Director Clint Dudley said the final form of a survey is expected by mid-June.
Dudley said 3,000 households will receive surveys that would be returned by mail, while all other TRPR residents could take an online survey.
“Everybody has odds of receiving” the hard-copy survey, he said. “But everybody will have the ability to take the survey. That’s the point, and that’s why we’re doing it both ways.”
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