About Town

By Ida Lesseden

September 26, 2003

This week finds my Mother, Ida, in Weisbrod Hospital for a while. Now that she is a little stronger, she likes to see the people come and go. It appears that the nurses are very busy and that there are a lot of folks in most of the rooms on the hospital side and the Nursing Home side. She says the food and hospitality is good at Weisbrod. My family is very, very grateful that we have a hospital and a nursing home right here in our home town where we can trust that our mother and grandmother is being well taken care of, as well as all the other people who stay or reside there. My mother was talking about writing the "news for About Town" last night. So I (Doris) am going to write the news we didn’t have room to submit last week and some news for this week.

When Virgyln and I were in La Junta Monday, we visited with Edna Eagle in one of the stores. She was one of our dear Arlington friends in the l950’s when she and Melvin, Ruthie, and Carroll lived near Adobe Creek. We have such happy memories of our 4-H days. Edna says that the former Rosemary Philpy brought her a big stack of Kiowa County Presses and she has been enjoying reading the "About Town" sections to "keep up" with happenings in our county.

Floyd and Phyllis Griswould of Limon visited our home several times during the county fair days. Their son, Greg Griswould of Wetmore, has another promotion with the Teller County Sheriff’s Department. He is now a Lieutenant based at Divide. He is in charge of Emergency Preparedness for such happenings as blizzards, forest fires, and terrorism. Greg was back in Eads in August for his 20^th year class reunion.

Bill and Charlotte Woelk were glad to have their children and grandchildren home over the fair weekend. Last weekend they went to see their granddaughter, Carli Korral perform with the Tigerettes at the Tiger Rag during the Cheyenne Wells Homecoming festivities Friday evening. This is the 40^th Anniversary of the Tigerettes who have become well known for their superior dance and cheer routines through the years.

Lougene Jacobs had an open house for some family and friends after the parade last Saturday. I hear from the ladies that they really do enjoy her cheerfulness at the ceramics classes which are held at the Senior Citizen Center each week.

Brother Alvin Clamp was the preacher for the Nursing Home service Sunday afternoon. Quite a large group of folks were there as well as some visitors, like Linda Apple who comes each week to visit her mother, June Wilcox. Faye Barber comes nearly every Sunday faithfully to join the worship service. I have heard her say, "Well, I used to work there, and I know how much it means to have people come from the community to visit."

Kaye Kasza hosted the ladies of the FCE Club at her home north of McClave for their meeting Thursday afternoon.

Jim Baxter called me Saturday afternoon. It was snowing in Anchorage, Alaska. He had moved his 129 or more big flowering plants like roses, hibiscus, hydrangeas, and geraniums to winter in a greenhouse. That is a very expensive service but the photos he has sent to me in July show that it is worth the huge cost.

EHS Homecoming is next week on the theme of "Paradise". Student Council Advisor, Dorie Musgrave, and Cheerleader Coach, Kathy McCracken and their student leaders are busy having organizational meetings for the Community Rally on Thursday evening, October 2^nd and Parade on Friday morning at 10 a.m. this year because the Volleyball games begin at 2:00 p.m. with the Football game at 7:00 p.m.

Annie Cole and Faye Barber went to the Lamar Senior Citizens Center last Tuesday to help wrap gifts for the door prizes and bingo games to be given at the Speak Out which will be held at the Cow Palace on October 2-3 for senior citizens. Esther McCoin drove down for the afternoon meeting of the Area of the Aging Association meeting.

A Golf Tournament brought a number of golfers to town Sunday. We see Gail Crawford out at the Eads Golf Course often watering the greens. It surely looks nice.

Our sincere sympathy goes to Dusty Tallman who lost his wife, Linda, in a tragic accident on a country road north of Brandon near Burl and Cathy Scherler’s place.

Lavern and Ilene Eder entertained Ilene and Faye Barber’s sister and husband, Evelyn (Walker) and Gerald Roberts of Golden during the Fair. They were also among the folks who came expressly for the Brandon School reunion.

Frances Bowen is a frequent visitor to the hospital where Buster is recuperating from a foot injury. He was in good humor and told me a funny golf joke Sunday.

"Happy Birthday" to a dear lady, Charlotte Phillips, who does so many kind deeds for people around this county. Her husband, Don, got her out of town for a couple of days to enjoy the colorful aspens in the mountains and some city sites.

Our sympathy to Sue (Burrows) Stansbury whose husband, John, died recently. Sue lives in Sugar City and was a frequent visitor in Eads when her mother, Neva Williams, lived here.

Martina Le Grand was delighted to have her son, Tommy and wife, Tina, come from Clearwater, Kansas, to stay overnight. They were on their way to Colorado Springs. Martina is so good to take time to visit with folks on her walks about town.

Another mother in town who appreciates her adult children so much is Lorene Richardson. Her twin daughters, Marilyn and Karilyn, were here from Colorado Springs last weekend. They are a good team to mow the lawns, houseclean, and do other errands for their mother.

Lutheran Women’s Missionary League Sunday was held at Trinity Church in Kit Carson. After Sunday School with Sara Crawford, the women led the worship services by reading the scriptures, ringing bell, and prayers. Zone LWML President, Sis Howard, greeted the congregation, Corynne Bracket sang "Hark the Voice of Jesus Calling", and Tracie Weeks led the Children’s Sermon. They invited Charles Howard to deliver the sermon while other ladies served in various capacities to make this a meaningful service.

Legal Education Day is a very important opportunity for people to attend on Wednesday October 1^st at 2:00 p.m. at the Haswell Community Center. I know too many couples and single folk neglect to get informed. They often do not write their wills or get "powers of attorney" for medical and business dealings. I know people just don’t seem to accept how "fragile" life can be.

Monday afternoon, Sept. 22^nd was a nice sunny evening to watch the Eads Junior Varsity football team play the Granada team.

A number of people take advantage of walking and using a pedometer as well as changing their diet to eat more fruits and vegetables for better health. They have been having meetings at the school cafeteria for several months.

The Artist of the Plains Gallery was quite a show place of fine art pieces for two weeks. Many local artists as well as those from southeastern Colorado and larger cities brought paintings, drawings, pottery and other outstanding art pieces many of which won money prizes. People could even purchase some of the pieces that were for sale. The Art club members praised the Judge and Professor, Barbara Preskorn, who runs the Prairie Sky Art Studio and Gallery on North Main Street in Lamar for her hours of work and critiquing of the art entries. President Sandy Jones did an outstanding job of organizing this show with the help from local artists.

One of the nicest sounds to me is the clink of horseshoes. A number of men gather to play near Maine Street at about 4:00 p.m. most sunny days. Then if you drive north to the football field you can see the team practicing football and younger kids riding bikes and scooters around town. More autumn leaves are beginning to fall and turn colors about town. Several times this week, I have seen the tents of some bicyclists in the park who have made an overnight stay during their trek across our nation.