About Town

By Ida Lessenden

August 29, 2003

Julie Rife made business calls about town in her new job with Lamar Community College as the Lifelong Learning Director. She distributed schedule books for community education classes. She and Ed and the girls moved to Willow Valley in Lamar. Their three daughters attend school at McClave.

There was a good turnout of Eads Senior Citizens August 20^th for the noon dinner and business meeting.. Their next meal time will be Thursday evening, September 4^th at 6:00 p.m. for pot luck sandwiches and side dishes. On September 17th they will have a pot luck noon dinner meeting.

Tiffanie Gooden EHS 2003 grad began classes at Otero Junior College in La Junta last week. Three 2002 grads are continuing their studies there, Bleu Ellis, Leslie Laird, and Jalynn Richards.

Faye Barber has been in Denver to attend the family reunion of the Barber-Walker families. While she was there, her daughter, Shirley, and her mother-in-law, and Faye took a tour of the Molly Brown House. Faye said that was a real treat for a history buff.

Phyllis Vanderwork’s niece, Dianna Meyer, and her daughter, Stephanie, and daughter-in-law, Sherill Spellious, from Moline, Illinois, had lunch with her and her husband, L.G. at the Our Place Restaurant last week. Joe and Sheila Sheilds of Vilas and their three grandchildren joined them for the meal.

Our sympathy to Ken Baer of Eads whose father passed away. His services were held in Las Animas last week.

FFA Instructor, Lance Jagers, has been a busy man with so many youth exhibiting at the Colorado State Fair. The 14^th and 15^th, Lesa and Vance Cole, Tyler McCracken, and Hunter Uhland showed their hogs in showmanship and market classes. On the 16^th and 17^th, Ashley Brown and Jace Roberson showed their lambs, and on the 17^th and 18th Lesa and Vance Cole showed their goats. Brandon Cordova and Lance left after football practice to get his calf to Pueblo for the show. Brandon won his calf in the "Catch it and Keep it" contest at the National Western Stock Show last January.

Ula Robertson of Bennett, and Kenny and Cathy Robertson of Arizona spent the evening at the Haswell Westenders Senior Mexican Supper last Wednesday. They were pleased to have Ula’s brother, Norris and Beth Rush come over from Cheraw for the evening.

Some individuals and clubs are making plans for floats in the county fair parade. The theme this year is "Pages from the Past".

Pansy Foxworthy returned last week from a visit to Kansas City with her families there.

Phil and Madonna Pollreis of Wiley stopped by to visit us Friday morning. They were on their way to Denver to attend the memorial service for their great nephew, Kyle Davis, on Saturday. June Blooding, Tim and Sylvia Weeks, and other friends and relatives from the area attended. Kyle’s grandmother, Phyllis (Wissel) Griswould’s Eads classmate Pastor Rita Anderson Basham, led the service.

A bus full of folks from the Westender Senior group had a great time at the Colorado State Fair and seeing the rodeo and exhibits last Friday.

Kiowa County Rodeo Queen Lesa Cole and Princesses, Chelsea Batterton and Alicia James rode in the Arkansas Valley Fair Parade in Rocky Ford last week. Lesa and Chelsea also competed in the Youth Rodeo. Alicia had to return to school in Karval that day. All three young ladies represented our county in the Colorado State Fair Parade Saturday morning dressed in their glittery red, white, and blue cowgirl attire.

Harvey and Kathy Shade of Eads are bursting with joy over their first grandchild,Saige KayLynn Torres, whose parents are Adrian and Audrey of Greeley.

A hearty congratulations goes to Chuck and Lola Igou on their 50^th anniversary which they are celebrating in their home Saturday the 30th. Although their special day is later in the fall, their son and daughter from Oklahoma can come to be with them on this weekend.

Lesa Cole, Erika Rice, and Ryan Trosper of the class of 2003 and Autumn Adamson, Jessica Borns, Hillary Kerfoot, Chelsea Kraft, and Brandi Roberson from the class of 2002 are enrolled in Lamar Community College this fall. Dustin Wyckoff is returning to his studies at LCC also.

Betsy Evans of Kit Carson visited me Thursday afternoon and she brought some of her wonderful cinnamon rolls. They surely have tasted good with the tasty peaches Sis Howard gave to me. She and her daughter, Dr. Angela Howard of Houston, Texas, were here to see me while Angie came to visit her parents.

Thursday morning, it looked as if lots of people were eager to buy western slope peaches from Carl and Freda Schmitt of Towner who had their horse trailer parked for a few hours outside the courthouse.

Saturday morning the newspaper scores reported that our former Eads grad and cowboy, Cody Fox, now of Sedalia, was tied for second in the "first go" of bareback riding. He has been an outstanding rodeo cowboy through his college years.

While Larry and Nola Engstrom were in Denver last week, Nola, her daughter, Jura, and granddaughter, Amy, attended the quilt show at the Colorado State Capitol. They also attended a performance of "Chicago" at the Boulder Dinner Theatre. Their son, Russel, helped them with yard and house repairs in Eads last week also.

There were so may people at the park Saturday morning that we couldn’t’ quite "take it all in". We did see a big display and sign for fresh garden produce offered by Matea Mayo who is using this enterprise in her FFA project. She will be having bedding plants and veggies in the spring.

We enjoyed watching the high school football scrimmage Friday afternoon from the shade of a Maine Street tree. We have about 16 boys out for the team. Best Wishes guys. The volleyball girls had an "all day" scrimmage at Wiley Saturday.

Chevaun Glover and Shalyn Laird excitedly called Doris Saturday afternoon. They had just won Champion of the Creative Cooks Intermediate Teams and Reserve Champion overall and the "Cook Choice" award over all the table settings and foods. The "Cooks Choice" award is chosen by their fellow 4-H members. They were dressed in Japanese kimonos to present their beef sukiyaki meal. They were especially happy too because their fellow club member, Jennifer Negley, had won Reserve Champion of the individual Creative Cook competition with her Norwegian soup and meal.

Larry and Nola Engstrom were hosted with a lovely 50^th Wedding Anniversary party in Golden by their family and friends. They will be on a tour in New England on their actual anniversary.

Monday morning the Eads elementary students began classes. I hope they have a great, fun and very educational year. I hear there is a lot of excitement with getting school supplies, book bags, and clothes. My contacts with high school students say they really enjoy it and are looking forward to a good year. Doris Musgrave, and the Student Council she sponsors hosted a "social" Thursday evening for high school students.

Our friends to the north are preparing for Kit Carson Day Saturday the 30^th. This is a fun day of community games, rodeo, barbeque, exhibits, the melodrama, parade, and other events.

Pastors Gary and DeEtte Goettel were back from their vacation and in their pastorates in Eads, Haswell, and Lamar Sunday.