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Eads second graders write to Santa.

We just passed Giving Tuesday, but that doesn’t mean we can’t continue to think about others.

Musicians and singers merged on Sunday night to “Sing In The Season” at the Praise Community Church. Some drove for more than 150 miles to be a part of this special night.

As part of the Merry on Maine festivities on December 4th the Plains Theater in Eads was packed to capacity, that being 206 seats, for the first ever Talent Show sponsored by Crow-Luther Cultural Events Center (CLCEC). It has been a goal of the CLCEC board since its inception in 2006 to bring such a Talent Show as the one held this year to the community.

It’s been a project longtime in the making. The Crow-Luther Cultural Events Center (CLCEC) has finally been able to roll out their red carpet—well, in this case it is a brick red carpet—in front of the historical Plains Theater in Eads.

As Christmas break draws near for students, the annual Eads Elementary Christmas program came to pass Thursday December 8th at the Eads High School Gymnasium. Students from the 3- and 4-year-old Pre-school took the stage to show off their Christmas Cheer singing songs “At the North Pole,” “S-A-N-T-A,” “Shake Them Santa Claus Bones,” and “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” while each of the 27 students were dressed with Christmas bulb necklaces around their necks.

The Colorado High School Coaches Association is excited to announce the 2023 Hall of Fame Class. This is the 59th class to be inducted.

To move its nation-leading clean energy transition forward, Xcel Energy-Colorado is seeking proposals for new energy generation, including significant amounts of new renewable energy.

Stefan Soloviev, founder and chairman of the Soloviev Group was granted approval in bankruptcy court Monday, paving the way for his purchase of the San Luis Rio Grande Railroad. The Soloviev Group is comprised of multiple divisions, including the Colorado Pacific Railroad and Crossroads Agriculture.

It would have been nice to say that the 3rd Annual Merry On Maine holiday celebration held on Maine Street in Eads over the weekend went off without a hitch, but that just wouldn’t be the case.

Just weeks after the Kiowa County Independent reported that the Kiowa County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) was thriving and showing the utmost professionalism and transparency, despite the absence of KCSO Sheriff Forrest Frazee, we have learned that KCSO Undersheriff Murdock, Deputy Negley, and Deputy West have each resigned and taken positions with other agencies.

Four Quilts of Valor were presented on Tuesday, November 22, during a ceremony at the Kit Carson High School. Veterans Calvin Gaynor, Tim Hogan, Kenneth Jacobs, and James Randel all received a beautiful patriotic quilt handmade by local quilter Mary Rhoades.

November 11, 2022 at the Kiowa County Fairgrounds, representatives to the Quilts of Valor members and volunteers all over the country, Carole Spady and Michelle Nelson presented 3 veterans from 3 different branches of the military with the honorary Quilt of Valor for their sacrifice and service to our country.

2006 Eads High School graduate Rachel Bletzacker graduated from Chamberlain University School of Nursing receiving her Masters of Science in Nursing-Family Nurse Practitioner track in February of this year. Her official title is Family Nurse Practitioner-BC (Board Certified).

It started in 2020 during the COVID pandemic when there wasn’t much “Joy to the World” and so some enterprising community people got together and decided to have a Christmas festival that would hopefully bring back some of the old joy that they had experienced prior to everything changing.

Last Tuesday at their November 22, 2022 meeting the Kiowa County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) gave the green light to Xcel Energy Company approving their 1041 permit to build 86 miles through Kiowa County of a 345-kilovolt double-circuit transmission line through Segments 3 & 4 and the May Valley Substation of the Colorado Pathways Project.