About Town

By Ida and Doris Lessenden

July 2, 2004

Vivian Gifford returned recently from a flight to her home area in Michigan where she attended the wedding of her nephew and visited her sister and other dear friends. Vivian enjoyed the lovely wedding and parties with her family and friends.

Bill and Charlotte Woelk of Eads went to meet other relatives at Horace, Kansas, for a family reunion last week with Bill’s three sisters and their families. About 60 relatives came from Colorado and many states for the reunion.

Martina LeGrand of Eads was delighted when her daughter, Lois Howard, came for her Saturday. Some of her family took her to see the movie, "The Passion" and then went on over the mountains where they had a family reunion with some other family members.

Thursday evening, LeAnne Bradley RN arranged a graduation ceremony for the ten young ladies who took the Certified Nursing Assistant classes at Weisbrod Hospital. Family and friends were there to congratulate students, Andrea Johnson, Amanda McLoud, Crystal Martinez, Caitlyn Philpy, Alyssa Hadley, Daniyelle Sheridan, Karissa Sicklebower, Amber Hossman, Beth Stavely, and Rachel R. Buck.

Many family and friends went to Denver last Friday night to watch the performance at the 53 National Square Dance Convention. We mentioned the Eads teenagers names or the Denim and Lace Dancers last week who danced but didn’t know that alumni Tim Weeks also danced. He was an outstanding dancer with the Dudes and Dames years ago.

Since this is the end of June many of the youth baseball and softball leagues are winding down with tournaments. Because of the rains some games have had to be re-scheduled. Isn’t this good news?

June Blooding, and daughter, Mary Eikner, met her daughter, Mickie Faulkin, from Davis, California, at the airport in Oklahoma City, so they could go to the Potawatomie Indian Tribe Pow Wow. Terry, Arêta, and Shalyn Laird met the family at the Pow Wow Site in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Mickie came back to Colorado with them Sunday and traveled on up to Denver to spend a few days with her daughter’s family.

Although experts tell us that these rains we have been having are not going to break the drought, we are glad to see the prairies greening up. I hear that there is very little wheat that will be harvested and the water level at the lakes is very, very low.

Rosamond Pollreis was very happy to have her granddaughter, Kim and Troy Garnhardt come from Colorado Springs for a visit with their daughters, Abigail, Kennedy, and Kori. The staff arranged a noon luncheon in the "pretty room" for her family and her son, Phillip and Madonna, of Wiley.

Thank you, to generous people who have mailed money donations or have brought gifts to me for our Vacation Bible School to send in "goodie boxes" to some soldiers in Iraq or overseas. Some people have asked me what could they bring to my home or have us buy. These are a few suggestions they gave us: dried foods, beef jerky, tuna snack kits, matches, crossword puzzle books, playing cards, toothpaste, tissues, toilet paper, underwear, hand cleansers, writing paper, pens, hometown papers, magazines, baby wipes, dry drinks like pre-sweetened powdered drinks, and hard candy, lip balm., sunscreen and books are valued items. Betsy Evans of Kit Carson and I will be helping send these items in "Moral Packages" if readers have any questions.

L. G. and Phyllis Vanderwork were pleased to have Bobbie Lowery of Golden, have lunch with them Monday. She has been a long time friend of theirs for many years. She is the coordinator for L.P. Gas in Colorado.

Melissa and Keith Orman of Eagle Point, Oregon, have been enjoying having meals and visits with family and friends the last two weeks. They are closing out their home here and will return to Oregon till next year. Melissa’s father, Gerard Bachand, is looking forward to moving in to their home on Hickman. There is much more room in the garage for him to do his artistic intarsia wood work.

Several Eads folk traveled to Cheyenne Wells for the installation of their new Pastor, Martin Davis, who will serve at Grace Lutheran and Kit Carson Trinity Lutheran Churches. The five other pastors were here for the installation and ordination ceremony and dinner.

Three gentlemen that we know of in our community have had surgery this week. We are hopeful for their quick recovery.

I am delighted to have many children come to our 5-Day Bible Club in my home this week. The teen missionary-teachers are Christopher Plummer from Holly and Rachel Bachert from Two Buttes.

4-H members presented demonstrations, creative cook meals, and participated in cake decorating at the fairgrounds Monday evening. The participants were Cardon Brandt, Jennifer Negley, Chevaun Glover, Shalyn Laird, Remington Brandt, Carrie Roberson, Tara Spady, and Milly Spady, These youth are all members of the Prairie Queen 4-H Club.

The Artist of the Plains Gallery is hosting its 7^th annual Art in the Park beginning at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, July 3^rd on the Courthouse lawn. It is always such a lovely sight to see people browsing around the artist’s booths on the lawn.

People can enjoy a July 4^thpot luck evening meal and fun at Haswell Sunday evening or Fireworks with games and a barbecue at the fairgrounds in Eads the evening of the 4^th.

Best Wishes to Lisa Hester who has opened the full service HI Plains Salon on Maine Street in Eads. She will be opened Monday through Friday at 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and on Saturdays from, 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the former Sharon’s Cuts and Styles Salon. Lisa moved here in May and is a delightful person.

We have surely missed seeing Vernon (Beetle) and Sharon Koch about town the last couple of months since they moved to Florida. Our best wishes are with the Kochs in their new location.

Children, teens, and adults are glad to have the Town of Eads swimming pool open and staffed by life guards. The town council and the city workers are to be commended for their support financially and its good care. Thank you.

Since Doris has been and will be basically homebound for several weeks to come, she would appreciate having people call to tell her their news. She really does appreciate the kindness of her friends and the neighborhood children who stop by and help run errands for her.