Long Time Gone - June Blooding, a shining star
There’s a certain kind of beauty to the plains that is, from what I can tell, truly unique to this country. Let a little bit of rain fall on these expansive acres, and the most extraordinary flower...
Day to Day with Doris - January 10, 2018
A good scripture verse to guide you, Reader, in the New Year is: Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart; and lean not unto your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge him, a...
LONG TIME GONE and the lessons of Capra, the Coop and “Meet John Doe"
Stories have great power in our lives.
For as long as human beings have had language and the cognitive ability to express thoughts and ideas—whether those thoughts were written or spoken or drawn ...
Accidental Country Girls January 3, 2017
New Year’s
SPIRIT COLLECTIVE: Giving During the Holidays
Discover the joy of giving, and you will discover the reason for living. – Mark Victor Hanson
Accidental Country Girls - December 20, 2017
‘Tis the season to be crazy!
EADS ELEMENTARY CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS WITH PERFORMANCE OF “The Elves Impersonator”
A large contention of Eads Elementary students, under the tutelage of music teacher Monica Uhland, presented “The Elves Impersonator” musical to a packed crowd on Thursday night. Year after year, U...
LCC’s Phi Theta Kappa welcomes 14 new members
(Lamar, Colorado; November 3, 2017) Lamar Community College’s Beta Eta Gamma chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society welcomed 14 new members in an induction ceremony on November 2, 2017. The n...
Eads High School Senior Leaves It All On the Field and Becomes School Winner in Wendy's High School Heisman
EADS, COLORADO (October 23, 2017) – There are some students who set the bar. They work harder, show more passion and lead by example—in the classroom, on the field and within the community. Today, ...
We Are On A Dangerous Path
We, our nation, are on a dangerous path. We talk past each other. We say essentially the same thing but only hear what we think we hear or want to hear. When we engage with or meet others we must l...
Good To Go October 25, 2017
Welcome back to Good To Go, a feature written Dr. Tim Richardt, PT, DPT and Joe Zinger, PTA, BSPTA. Together, we are the Rehabilitation Team at Weisbrod Memorial County Hospital in Eads, Colorado. ...
Long Time Gone - Scary Stories That Aren't (Better Not Be) True
Being scared has never been a sensation I enjoyed.
I’m not talking about the “scared” some people feel when getting on a horse they don’t know (which has never been a problem for me—although the h...
Plainview Knowledge Meet Places Second
On Friday, October 13, 2017, Plainview hosted its annual invitational knowledge meet. The meet began with a written round, which was followed by four oral rounds. Schools that competed in the meet ...
#WordsIHate
Forgive. Forgive like the murderer who has ripped apart a family with the pull of the small, but mighty, trigger in his unjust hands. Kidnapping a prize that he will never keep, and I cease to enjo...
Day to Day with Doris October 25, 2017
“The Lord is faithful. He will strengthen and protect you, and keep you from evil”. 2 Thessalonians 3:3
Long Time Gone - The Lingering Love For Cottonwood
There are some eras in Kiowa County history that linger on in people’s memories to such a degree that they have taken on that special hue reserved for the wistful, “Those were the days, weren’t the...