“When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.” Psalm 50:3

The Eads Senior Citizen’s enjoyed their monthly brunch last Thursday at the center although we certainly missed two of our officers, Sylvia Weeks and Mary E. Englehardt and several others who were missing for health reasons. We were glad to see Juanita Stowell return after a few months of not bring well. I noticed that Gail Voss was busy cooking those delicious foods with the assistance of Nancy Walker, Konda Howard, and Areta Laird.

Many Eads volleyball fans followed the Eads team to the Regional Volleyball Finals at Holyoke where they lost after four matches. Now many of those players are eagerly waiting to train for the basketball season.

Two Eads Eagle Football players, Senior Alyx Egley, and Freshman, Chael Cordova played with the Wiley Football team who were in the 6 Man regional playoffs Saturday where they played against Caliche and won 60 to 41. The Wiley team will play Idalia November 13 and Cheyenne Wells will play Granada. We are grateful to the Wiley team could welcome these fine young men from Eads could play out the rest of their football season. I have observed them to be good students and dedicated athletes, and I am sure this was important to them.

Steve Bates and his father, Walt, of Eads hosted a graduation party Saturday afternoon at the Eads Senior Citizen Center. Steve and his older sister, Celeste, served a variety of pizzas and beverages to the guests. Steve’s sister has been seen around Eads for several years as she and her husband work for the Sand Creek Park Service. This young couple are from Pennsylvania. She says that they really do miss all the trees from their home state, but we are enjoying having them in Eads while they live here. Another of her talents is that she is the playwrite who wrote the stage play that was presented last week in our Plains Theatre.

I have enjoyed reading about the progress and reorganization of the Eads Town Council. The addition of Darrell Stollzenberger and A.J. Bolin should be a positive factor with the previous appointments of Artie Lane and of Jesse Dienes. We do thank Tim Trosper and Stephanie Sewell who have served on the previous council for some time. We are pleased to see that Megan Herren has been sworn in as our new mayor. With her grandfather’s genes in her veins I expect her to lead us in interesting and meaningful ways because she is creative and a is good worker.

When Lori Peterson came to see her mother in Weisbrod Friday she brought four tall floral arrangements for the dining tables for the residents to enjoy. Which we do really like and thank the Farm Bureau of Prowers County. She said John and Laura Negely, Jeff and Teri Salisbury, and Donald Oswald attended from Kiowa County.

One of my brightest memories of last week was the visit from my nephew, Travis Lessenden, who came from Longmont with his son, Kody.

J.B. Brown took his grandmother, Anita Brown to Denver see her granddaughter, Savanna Brown, being honored as an Honorable Mention. Savanna is an Eads High softball team member who played on the southeast Colorado team. This team is comprised of players from several schools in the area. It was an opportunity for college scouts watch the girls playing and maybe to get offered a scholarship for college level playing.

Congratulations to Audry Johnson who has been selected to be the head of the Kiowa County Social Services Department. DSS will again this year be hosting the Angel Tree of Giving.

If you have a child under the age of 18, or a child who is still in high school, who would like to participate in the Annual Angel Tree, please request a wish list form by contacting the Kiowa County Department of Social Services (719) 438-5541. There are several projects in process. This is the chance for people to give money or gifts for people in need of assistance.

Dawn Gulley James is a social studies educator at Eads High School who has done a project at school this fall by teaching the students the importance of understanding all the points and facts about the Colorado voting election. They voted shortly before the official Election Day and then released the results. Raina Lucero wrote an interesting article about the process. We have excellent teachers and Eads High School.

We were delighted when Kara Wilson of Sheridan Lake came to say “hello” and give us a hug Sunday at noon before she returns to UCCS for more University classes. She said she has passed her State Boards and is looking forward to getting to work here as a C.N.A, during the holidays if there are some openings,

I just heard that the county 4-H Banquet was Sunday night. Some other events or dinners you may want to attend this month are:

November 11 at 6:00 p.m. at the fairgrounds - Veteran’s Dinner by invitation.

November 15 at Kit Carson Trinity Lutheran Church - 11:00 a.m. for Church and Lunch for LWML Rally until about 4:30 p.m.

November 21 - Weisbrod Hospital Auxiliary Bazaar shop for gifts, foods and goodies. Lunch available

November 22 - Weisbrod Thanksgiving Dinner for nursing home residents and families by reservation with Candy

2026 Sand Creek Massacre Spiritual Healing Run will again take place from November 26-29, starting at the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site. The Sand Creek Massacre Foundation will host a welcome dinner for the runners, their supporters, National Park Service staff and the Kiowa County community November 26 at 4:00 p.m. at the community building in Eads