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Day-to-Day With Doris

Day-to-Day With Doris

| Doris Lessenden | Day-to-Day With Doris
Every week, I am eager to see what photo Chris Sorenson has taken to place on the front cover of the 140 year old Kiowa Press. Last week it was an early morning photo when it was yet dark of the wonderful ten or more Pine Trees that Mrs.

Day-to-Day With Doris

| Doris Lessenden | Day-to-Day With Doris
People were wondering: “Will we even be able of have the much-anticipated Weisbrod Thanksgiving dinner with our families? Will they get all this snow and ice removed? Will our family members be snowed in? Well, when last Sunday dawned it was a sunny fall day and warm enough that the snow was removed enough for residents to get to maneuver in their wheelchairs. Jaton Wallace and Linda Hopkins of the Weisbrod Nursing Home Activity Department, and possibly others, had decorated the tables in fall colors and placed families in groups.

Day-to-Day With Doris

| Doris Lessenden | Day-to-Day With Doris
The Kiowa County Fair Grounds continues to be a place of various activities for the enjoyment of people. Last weekend was the annual Mike Johnson Memorial Team Sorting Event.

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| Doris Lessenden | Day-to-Day With Doris
I saw a lot of love shown to others at the Kiowa County Fair last week in many places by various people.

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| Doris Lessenden | Day-to-Day With Doris
Last Tuesday started off with a bang in Eads Eagle country when our Volleyball Team went to play Hugo. On the night before the girls who also play on the Softball team played in Guymon, Oklahoma.

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| Doris Lessenden | Day-to-Day With Doris
The highlight for many people last week was attending Mary Marble’s 100th birthday Party! And it was BIG! Last year she told me, “I don’t need a party for my 100th Birthday.” I told Mary, “It would be good to let others celebrate you.” Oh, the large dining room at the Prairie Pines Assisted Living Center was packed with friends and relatives even an hour before party time. I heard the Director Tristen Sheridan and her employees were so busy serving guests that they were tired at the end.

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| Doris Lessenden | Day-to-Day With Doris
Take a moment Reader Friends, to read the verse above. How true this verse is from Romans.

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| Doris Lessenden | Day-to-Day With Doris
For several weeks many Americans have been thinking about the Fourth of July weekend because of the numerous patriotic advertisements on television and the various types of media. Other Americans have been anticipating camping, going to parks, picnics, concerts, fireworks display, dinners, and parades.

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| Doris Lessenden | Day-to-Day With Doris
The scripture above was the favorite of some Eads Eagle athletes in the past and I hope they have carried this truth on in their daily lives.

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| Doris Lessenden | Day-to-Day With Doris
The Thought of the Day that goes with this devotion scripture is: “No matter my trials, I am in God’s hands.” That gives me a feeling of security knowing that all things will work out to my or our benefit.

Day-to-Day With Doris

| Doris Lessenden | Day-to-Day With Doris
Dear reader, please read the highlighted Bible verse above. Its message is summarized in the accompanying statement: “Whatever life brings, God can always pull me through.

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| Doris Lessenden | Day-to-Day With Doris
Basketball season has come to an end. The Cheyenne Wells Tiger boys team won the Colorado State Championship after playing the McClave Cardinals.

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| Doris Lessenden | Day-to-Day With Doris
Happy New Year now 2024 to you Dear Readers. I wish and pray for you all to have a happier and heathier year ahead.

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| Doris Lessenden | Day-to-Day With Doris
Even though it was cold and snowy out on Christmas Eve, the Eads and Haswell Community Churches had their traditional Christmas Eve services with the lighting of the candles on the Advent Wreath and singing of carols and scripture shared. Lay Leader Pam Lessenden at Haswell posted a photo of 19 of the happy children after the service.

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| Administrator | Day-to-Day With Doris
Saturday morning I was happy to see that it was warmer and the streets looked melted so I rolled to town and learned that I could roll on snow too. I was delighted to see local artist Shelly Meyers had painted wonderful Christmas designs on many store front windows.

Day-to-Day With Doris

| Doris Lessenden | Day-to-Day With Doris
The weather in Eads America for Sunday’s Merry on Maine street festival was sunnier and warmer than expected. It was such a lovely event for those who attended.