About Town

By Ida Lessenden

July 25, 2003

Al and Mary Riechel of Greeley spent the weekend with their daughter, Laura and husband, John Negley, and children Jennifer and Jayce. Jennifer’s, grandmothers, Mary Riechel and Dorothy Negley of Eads, came to see Jennifer give her Creative Cooks 4-H presentation on her Norwegian Meal of a beef-vegetable soup Saturday at the District contest.

Laverne Eder has an interesting tree near their home on Goff Street. There are no apples on the south side of the tree and yet on the north side, the tree is loaded. It was nice to visit with our neighbor.

Dr. Biernat and some of her family were in Wisconsin to look for a home. We surely hate to lose our good neighbors. Her neighbors enjoy watching her swift walks to the hospital down 13^th Street.

Our neighbor, Mona Walker, grows such pretty flowers for us to enjoy. Last year, she stuck the tall red rose buds through the knot in her wooden fence. This year, she already has blooming moon flowers, zinnias, and marigolds along the alley fence.

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Dixon hosted a 6^th birthday party for their son, Dylan, Saturday afternoon. He had several little boys as guests, cousins, and other family members for water games and homemade ice cream. Dylan had fun decorating his own birthday cakes around the Hulk theme.

Mr. and Mrs. John Watts and Haley of Paola, Kansas, came by to visit us Thursday morning enroute to their home.

L. G. and Phyllis Vanderwork of Eads and Dixie Scott of Broomfield, New Mexico had Sunday dinner with Robert and Marilyn Hopkins of Towner. Phyllis said they had such a good visit with these folks who have been friends for years.

Out of town guests, Beulah Glover of Lamar and Donald and Jan Pettiger of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Chandler and Ashlyn Miner were lunch guests in the Wayne and Alice Glover home in Eads. Other guests were Rick, Coy, and Chevaun Glover, Bill Glover, and Al and Jo Forrester of Eads. The Glovers really do appreciate their friends, the Forrester’s, who take time to visit Wayne’s mother, Beulah, in Lamar each week.

Vinton and Mary Ellen Englehardt of Eads visited their daughter, Tina Foster, and family in Texas this month. They enjoyed bringing their little three year old granddaughter, Samantha, home for a week. They also got to see their six month old grandson.

James Deverman returned from the Chicago area last week after spending time with his Albuquerque grandparents at their summer cabin. He said he had a great time seeing the sites of several cities.

Members of 4-H are busy finishing their project requirements for the August 4^th 4-H Achievement Day which will be held at Plainview this year. I admire their determination to do their best.

Barbara Seay and sons, Mike, Steven, and Matt, flew to Minnesota Friday to spend some time at a family reunion near a lake. Most of Barb’s family and the Arth family live in that area so they were excited to see relatives again.

Last week a Kit Carson coach called to ask if the coaches here could get up a T-Ball game, so they got together some little tots for a game Thursday evening. Lots of family members and friends really turn out for these games, even on short notice. We had fun watching people and the children from the car.

Sunday evening, Dwight, Bonnie, and Tearle Lessenden hosted a cook-out supper for the Prairie Queen 4-H Club for families after their afternoon Club Tour to member’s homes. They have such a lovely yard with lots of trees, flowers, and a rock garden with a fish pond. Some of the members gave talks and showed their progress on project work before the meal. Other members had already given demonstrations at their homes. They were happy to be finishing supper when the rain shower came.

A big blue moving truck was in front of neighbor Jerry and Vonda Jones’ home Thursday and Friday. Remington Brandt was glad to have one last get together with his good friend, Jesse Jones, and another birthday party.

Saturday family and friends were helping Lilly Fox move into the Jones home. Her daughter, Darlene and husband, Don, are here from Illinois to assist Lilly with this transition. Her friends are glad she moved in from her country home. Lilly loves to go to the school ball games and events.

Shane and Pam Lessenden hosted a fried chicken picnic supper for their daughter Dally Jo’s, 12th birthday at their home in Haswell for family and friends. This week

Dally’s grandparents, Virgil and Wanda, plan to take four of their grandkids to Frontier Days in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Brooke and Jaxon Crawford of Kit Carson stayed over night with their grandparents, Gail and LaDonna Crawford in Eads. We often see Gail out watering the golf course greens. Now that the pastures are brown, those golf greens really do show up pretty.

Brady Baxter is home from Colorado Springs to visit his family and friends this week. Brady works for the City of Colorado Springs.

Alex Goleblueski, Josh Crow, Jacob Buck, of Eads and Ty Trayern, Tom Rhoades, Caleb Crocker, and Andrew Maxcy were members of the 14-year-old Hi Plains All-Star Team that played at Potter Park in La Junta. Their parents and many other relatives and fans spent three days in La Junta for the State Tournament.

Many evenings we can hear the sound of motors in the Hopkins big garage around the corner. Brad Hopkins, Skyler Weeks, and Lance Jagers are local men whose cars I have seen being fixed up for the races at Lamar Speedway.

Because of the 4-H Demonstration Contest, we missed the Farmer’s Market Saturday morning. We heard that Fran Larrew and her daughter, Kristie, had breads and pies for sale again. June Blooding said you have to get there early to get one of those good pies.

Vivian Gifford was glad to have her son, Chuck, and wife, Joan, here from California last week. She says it is such a joy to get to go to church on her own the last two weeks.

Many family members went up to Yuma last weekend for the 11 and 12 year old Babe Ruth District Baseball Tournament. Allen Wade Watts was the coach of Eads boys, Austin Adamson, Cardon Brandt, Jake Fox, Hayden Uhland, and Adam Watts. Kit Carson boys were Wade Jacobs, and Joe Paintin along with Danny Gibbs, J. D. Eden, and Justin Smith from Cheyenne Wells.