About Town

By Ida Lessenden

August 1, 2003

Those attending a reunion of the P.E. and Helen Harris families on July 13 were Paul and Barb Stavely, Billy, Beth and Amanda McLoud, Phil Sheridan, Ken, Sandi, Arnat, Juliana and Beau, Tasha Shelton, Jesse and Taylor, Loren DeGeast and Tiffney, Paula Novak, Samatha and Becky, Alan and Koellena Fitzwater, Heather, Rebecca, Gobe, Michael, Genna and Joshua, Paul and Kim Brown, Madison and Jackson, Etta Harris, Michelle and Dave Spralin, Mindy, Mandy, Brittany and Dakota, Rob and Karen McCaslin, Aleshia, Zak, and Slayton, Christina Vernetti, J.D., Raven, John and Becka, Cindy and Rocky Hiner, Vicki, Josh and Sarah Galloway, Vern, Joann and Trista Harris, Terry and Jo Harris, Wayne and Ellen Williams.

Raymond and Shirley Wissel of Rock Springs, Wyoming came to Eads for several days from Woodland Park to visit Ward and Ruth Wissel. They had been at the Bickel Family Reunion.

Don and Anice Roberts of Siloam Springs, Arkansas have been here to visit their daughter and husband, Max and Donna Owens. They were glad to get to see their great granddaughter, Brandi Shalberg, before she moved back to Colorado Springs where she will be a senior at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs.

Kiowa County Rodeo Royalty girls are taking to the road for several parades and rodeos this month. Saturday night, Queen Lesa Cole and Junior Princesses, Chelsea Batterton and Alicia James went to Las Animas for the Bent County Rodeo. Next Saturday they will ride in the Cheyenne County Fair Parade in their shimmering red, white, and blue outfits. That night they will be at the Little Britches Rodeo in La Junta.

Our Sincere sympathy to the family of Dorothy Keyser of Kit Carson. She has been a postmistress there and served here some years. Dorothy grew up in Eads.

Ruby and Burrel Wissel’s granddaughters came to visit their grandfather in the Eads Hospital recently. Ruby is at her Eads home from their mountain home in Fairplay, Jody Wolf, their granddaughter from Phoenix, brought her two children, Brandon and Sarah. Their other granddaughter, Becky Wissel, came from Colorado Springs to visit.

Congratulations to Destiny Lyon Filbeck of Eads who graduated to gain her GED diploma in a cap and gown ceremony at Otero Junior College Friday evening. Her family, C.J. Filbeck and Skyla, grandmother, Dorothy Lyon, mother Valorie, brother, Jade and Tammy Lyon, Aunt Vicki and Ciara Lyon were there for the reception also.

Word came Saturday morning for Jennifer Wissel of Fairplay to be prayed for via the prayer chain. Jennifer is seventeen years old and has had a serious auto accident and is in Penrose Hospital. She is the daughter of David and Lillian Wissel.

The Kiowa County Sheriff’s office hosted a two day educational seminar and displays for drug awareness for emergency responders and the public Friday and Saturday. Saturday morning, there were several displays of equipment like an ambulance, jaws-of-life, and other demonstrations at the football parking lot.

The Gooden and Buck families were in Fort Collins over the weekend where Kennan Gooden, Jacob Buck, and Demetrius Gilmore played with the Pueblo River Rats Baseball Team.

Johnny and Eunice Weber were glad to have their son, Doug Weber, and friends home from Pueblo for the weekend visit.

Alice Weil, June Blooding, Arêta Laird, Mary Eikner, and Sylvia Weeks of Eads attended the Women of Faith Conference at the Denver Pepsi Center last week They were pleased to see Rachel A. Davis of Denver and Barbara Wilson of Sheridan Lake among the 12,000 women. Rachel is in Medical School at the University of Colorado-Denver.

Tori DeBono of Granada and Rachel R. Buck returned Friday night from a weeks trip to Steamboat and Clark, where they were the two youth delegates selected from the Southeast Colorado area to the Leadership Camp. Their trip was sponsored by the Southeast Colorado Power Company. The girls had a great educational and learning time with teenagers from Nebraska, Wyoming, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Colorado. Kayla Frederick of Eads, was one of the two delegates who attended last year from this area.

Four-H members and their families are getting their projects completed for exhibit at Plainview School on Monday August 4^th. After the judging, there will be a Food Auction and Fashion Show at 7:00 p.m.

Congratulations to Beth Stavely of Haswell who has won another fine scholarship of $1,100.00 from the Charter Fund. There were over 700 applications which were narrowed down to 90. After these students were interviewed, Beth was among the 45 who were awarded scholarships. Beth is a 2003 graduate who will be attending Western State College.

Congratulations to Lynae Vigil of La Junta and Craig Stavely of Haswell and Pueblo who were married at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Pueblo July 25^th. Their reception was held at the Pueblo Union Depot. Lynae is a graduate of the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs and Craig is a graduate at Colorado State University –Pueblo. Family and friends from the area celebrated with this young couple in Pueblo Friday.

There were more folks who offered baked foods of breads and pies by the Larrew ladies, vegetables, eggs, and other goods at the at Farmers Market at the City Park.

Vi Koch and Sis Howard were noon luncheon guests at the Karl and Mary Anne Koch ranch north of Kit Carson to celebrate Sis’s birthday the 24^th. Karl grilled the ladies steaks and hosted a lovely time. We know he is a walking miracle.

We know that our friend, Maxine Mays, is feeling better because she has begun to bake. We have enjoyed two loaves of zucchini bread from her kitchen.

Dawn James came by to visit us and bring us a Fellowship of Christian Cowboy magazine that her children subscribe to. Most every weekend, Brian, Jessica, and Alicia participate in rodeos or shows. Dawn will be teaching Social Studies and Computer Technology courses at Karval this year.

Charlie and Sis Howard are good personal shoppers for us. Last week, they brought a four function copier. This will be helpful to Doris and her 4-H friends. We appreciate their helpfulness in other ways too.

Major changes are happening to the Bransgrove building on Maine Street in Eads. This is the site of the future Child Care Center.

The Haswell Mile Marker 4-H Club met Saturday starting at the home of Greg and Pam Miller where the members showed the progress on their projects and gave demonstrations. After a cook-out, they went to the home of Shane and Pam Lessenden where Dally, and Shane and Kelcie Smith gave demonstrations on sheep, horses, and goats. Other members who gave project presentations at the Millers were, Marisa Dixon and Ciara Lyon, Steve, Brandy, and Amber Turcott.

Saturday afternoon Clothing and Decorate Your Duds 4-H members, Amber and Brandy Turcott, Kelcie Smith, Ciara Lyon, Marisa Dixon and Dally Jo Lessenden with their leaders sewed 22 children’s pillows. With the use of three sewing machines, the pillows were ready to give to Loving Homes of Pueblo to children in sheltered homes or for adoptions. What a truly wonderful community service project these girls have completed

Several 4-H families from Kiowa County joined others from southeast Colorado to honor Rod Buchle and his family at the Lamar Park for their service in Colorado. His job was eliminated by Colorado State University because of budget cuts; however, Rod does have a job in Kansas now.

Bob and Renee Woods and Dorothy Lyon have enjoyed visits from their great grandchildren from Wyoming, the children of Wendy and Matt.