Eads, Colorado- More than 150 children along with their parents, grandparents, friends, and other community members came together to celebrate the 246th birthday of our great nation’s Independence at the 6th annual 4th of July Kids Parade and festivities.
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Eads, Colorado – A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 6,201 visitors to Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site in 2021 spent $430,000 in communities near the park. That spending supported 5 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $404,000.
Joel Woelk manager of DW Waste Management out of Sheridan Lake has announced to all their customers that as of July 1 all residential and commercial waste customers will be able to transfer their service to a new company out of Springfield called Plains Disposal as the longtime Kiowa County business has sold out.
Recently, Mark Rossi, J.D., was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Keefe Memorial Health Service District, and he brings an extensive history in healthcare leadership as well as over 20 years of industry experience and proven financial, legal and collaborative success to the hospital and clinics in Cheyenne County.
After playing five games in one week the Eads 10U softball team entered the Lamar Babe Ruth 10U League Tournament and was upset in extra innings by Wiley, 17-13. The day before, the team had tied Lamar’s Sweet Cleats, 12-12, in the final game of the regular season. That finish was enough to seed Eads #3 in the 8-team tournament that began the next day on Wednesday.
The undefeated Eads 12U softball team traveled to the two-day league tournament in Lamar and came away with the league championship on Wednesday with a 14-3 win over the Knockout from Lamar. This was the second in a row 12U league tournament championship for the Eads group that also won in 2021.
With the score tied 5-5 and the Eagles 10U Travel Team down to their last bat as the home team in the bottom of the fifth inning of the classic Pueblo tournament, Liam Eder hit a single and then promptly stole two bases while Jax Cordova was at the plate. Cordova got the ball in play and hit Eder in for the winning run and the championship.