About Town

By Ida and Doris Lessenden

March 26, 2004

Lillie Fox is glad to have her daughter, Madonna, here from Wyoming for a visit. They were among the many folks who went to the Sing-a-Long service and the soup supper Sunday evening.

The six Durrett sisters are here from several states. They are sorting and saving and ready to offer a huge garage sale of items at their mother, Arla’s home Friday and Saturday, March 26 and 27^th.

Delores Rector, LaVerle Kelley, Annie Cole, Faye Barber, and Doris Lessenden went to the AAA, Council on the Area of Aging Agency meeting in Las Animas. They met with delegates from a six counties on a number of issues. The ladies have some valuable fact sheets to share with the public. Copies will be available at the Eads Senior Center and the Haswell Senior Center. The informative topics covered are: managing health and medical bills, giving to charities, making wise investment decisions, planning for increased dependency (with aging) and a list of resource offices and phone numbers to prevent and report senior fraud. We are learning that there is so much to learn to help protect us as we grow older. We just need to ask and in some cases state are concerns or our needs to the correct service people or leaders.

Emily Oswald Coffey was arranging her antiques in the Kit Carson Shepp’s Inn Friday when we were there. It was so good to see one of my student friends from the 60’s era. Emily has many articles like dishes, frames, books, toys and other treasurers that she brings down from Denver once a month.

Cardon and Joyce Berry flew to California to visit her sister, Norma and husband, Floyd Harrison. While they were there several of Joyce’s cousins and two aunts and an uncle came to visit. The Berrys drove a car and trailer back to Colorado for the Harrisons so it will be here when they return to Greeley.

April and Brandy Turcott, Kelcie Smith, and Dally Lessenden, 4-H members, went to the Nursing Home last Tuesday to do some mending and sewed on buttons as part of their 4-H projects. Their mothers took them over to help supervise their community service.

Shirley Britt, daughter of Mildred and Larry Michael’s sister is here this week from Norfolk, Virginia. Shirley has been helping clean out her mother’s home at the Village. Shirley and Billy Jean Buchannan were among those who went to the Sing-a-Long concert.

There was a big turn out of people who came to the Sing-a-Long at the Methodist Church Sunday evening. This county event featured special solos, duets, and a choir from the churches Assembly of God, Baptist, First Christian, Sheridan Lake, and United Methodist. Soloists were Barbara Gitchel, Wendy Lott, Alvin and Margaret Clamp. Six youth: Jennifer and Jayce Negley, Leisha Peck, Alicia James, Marisa Dixon, and Shalyn Laird sang entertaining songs. The Women’s Sextet: Gail Voss, Sandy Jones, Pam Crow, Lynn Puls, Arêta Laird, and Dianna Billheimer sang specials and led songs as introduced by the MC’s, Mary Eikner and Tom Davis. Gary Liesen played the banjo and Pastor Goettel played the guitar with some of the hymns. Their instruments added to the already marvelous, uplifting music played by Philomene Liesen and Jimmy Brown on the piano and organ. Oh, it was also wonderful to look at the words to the hymns on the screen to sing without holding a heavy book. Tom and Kim Richards served as greeters and of course, Nancy Walker was on hand to tend to all the technical details. What a spiritually uplifting evening of worship and prayer that Philomene Liesen planned for us again. Philomene will never, never know what a true blessing she has been to so many people through the years!!

Steve Puls flew to California last week to drive with his daughter, Sarah, who was to drive from Monterey to her new station at the San Antonio, Texas Air Force Base.

Kevin Dawson, Kit Carson potter, has made 100 bowls which will be given to the first 100 people who attend the Artists of the Plains chili supper Friday April 2^nd. There will also be a silent auction of artists’ works at the community building.

The Eads Drama club will have their performance at 7:00 p.m. at the Crow-Luther Arts Center Thursday and Friday, March 25 and 26^th. There was so much acclaim about the fall production this is surely a performance you will want to see. It is so heart warming to see the talents of our students displayed.

Trinity Lutheran LWML and the Eastern High Plains Thrivent group will be hosting a pot luck soup supper and movie: "The Gospel According to John" at the Kit Carson Senior Center on Wednesday, March 31 at 6:00 p.m. A free will offering will be taken for medical and funeral expenses for the Rob and Lori Morlan family who lost their daughter in an auto accident. These funds will be matched by the Thrivent financial group.

Bill and Charlotte Woelk are thrilled to have a new grandson, William Hayden, who was born on March 17^th to Billy and Courtney Woelk in Colorado Springs.

Rosamond Pollreis was pleased to have her son and daughter-in-law from Wiley come over the weekend as well as her grandchildren and great grandchildren from the Denver area to visit her in Eads and to work at her Kit Carson home.

The Eads senior citizens had a noon meal on St. Patrick’s Day at the center which was followed by some card playing. That evening Mona Walker and her fine Weisbrod Dietary Staff and the nurses served a traditional Irish meal of corned beef, creamed potatoes, parsnips, other vegetables and a pie dessert bar. Some auxiliary ladies also distributed green hats and green feather boas to the residents.

Brighton Derby and Justin Krueger assisted Rhonda Krueger for the horseshoe playing at the Nursing Home Saturday. The residents surely do like to see young people there. Brighton is Rhonda’s middle school nephew from Rangely, and Justin is her three year old son.

Milton, T. J., and Trice Watts were in Torrington, Wyoming to compete in team roping events over the weekend.

Friends of Dick and Sue Ramsay are thrilled that they have moved to Lamar from Arizona. Someone asked Sue at the Sing-a-Long, "Why would you move back here?" Sue laughed and replied, "I miss the people and my grandchildren."

LaVerle Kelley and Loretta Seibel have returned from a vacation in Las Vegas, Nevada. Their friends are glad to have them back.

Alice Glover and her sister, Mary Hood, returned from several weeks in Arizona. Alice said they had such a good time with friends. She and Wayne used to enjoy this so much.

Tonya Wood of Kit Carson recently was trying to locate a home for an 18 year old girl from China till the end of May who came to the USA March 10^th. The young lady is glad that Braden and Violet Lane and family have welcomed her into their home near Plainview where she goes to school.

The first high school track meet will be this Saturday, March 27 in Lamar and the Junior Olympic Wrestling matches will be hosted here in Eads. The first baseball game will be at the Eads field with Wiley beginning at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 30. The Belle Bonfils staff will be here on Tuesday also from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the school multi-purpose room to take blood donations.