Happy Trails With Dawni O'Bryan: My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Chris LeDoux all sang a version of the song, “My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys.” The lyrics say, “I grew up a-dreamin’ of bein’ a cowboy, Lovin’ the cowboy w...
Senior year
I’ve been waiting for this year since I can remember. Every day at school was just one day closer to becoming a senior. How could I not be excited? Senior year is the year of planning senior sneak,...
The Price of a Dream; Faith and Farming.
I still remember the way the sun was setting through the trees in my backyard, in April of 2018, when my husband, James, told me we had 2 weeks to move. He was a production manager on a pecan orcha...
KIOWA COUNTY FORMING SHERIFF’S POSSE
It’s not a new idea. In the 1960s and into the 1980s the Kiowa County Sheriffs were supported by a group of volunteers who were dedicated to provide assistance to the Sheriff’s office in matters of...
AS TIME GOES BY with Rich O’Brian
AM I A PATRIOT?
What I’m about to say is in no way meant to be political.
As I look back over my very long life, I have just started to think about certain incidents I have noted.
I remember tha...
Kit Carson Days
The annual Kit Carson Days festivities were held this last Saturday September 4, 2021 in Kit Carson, Colorado. This time-honored event brings in people from all over the area as well as Kit Carso...
There’s Just Something About Winning It
Like every other sport, rodeo is extremely competitive and tough. The days of slipping off to an “easy” rodeo are over. If you are going to one, you better take the best horse you have. In the g...
A Proposed New Road
Roads provide access to the outside world or, even just to the store around the corner. They take farm produce to shops and children to school. Roads are the outlet of life’s activities; they mak...
DUSTY WORKMAN TO ENTERTAIN AT FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN EADS THIS SUNDAY
Dusty Workman began his musical journey at a young age. Always intrigued by music, Dusty's first taste came when he received his first drumset for Christmas at age 10. Dusty's a...
Kliesen-Lucero, 2 Families Become One
On July 31, 2021 at 6 PM Raina Kliesen of Eads and Paul Lucero of Lamar, said “I DO” in front of several of their closest friends and family at Praise Community Church in Eads, CO.
The bride is t...
AS TIME GOES BY with Rich O’Brian
AGING EXPERT BY DEFAULT
When experts discuss and write about aging, they often revert to textbooks for their authority. I submit that while many of these opinions are well meaning, they often mis...
Eads Schools Resume with Few Covid Restrictions
When the 2020-2021 school year began, the world was a scary place. There was much uncertainty and paranoia surrounding the state of the Global COVID-19 Pandemic. State and Public health agencies ...
COMMUNITY AWARDS PRESENTED AT MAINE STREET BASH
Three annual community awards were presented on the big stage at the Maine Street Bash on July 31. Dennis Pearson representing the Eads Chamber of Commerce made two recognition awards including th...
NOT WIND, NOR RAIN WILL STOP THE MAINE STREET BASH
For months the Crow-Luther Cultural Events Center (CLCEC) board and volunteers had been making plans for an exciting return of the annual street festival in Eads known as the Maine Street Bash afte...
U.S. House of Representatives passes legislation to include Camp Amache in the National Park System
Last week, Camp Amache – more formerly known as the Granada Relocation Center -- got one very large step closer to something John Hopper could not have imagined, let alone envisioned, when he took ...
FOUR MORE QUILTS FROM GLORIA PECK TO THE VETERANS
Gloria Peck is known in the community as a prolific quilter who has probably pieced together hundreds of quilts over her lifetime. In recent years she began working with the Southeast Colorado Qui...