Pages from the Past - From our 134-year Archives for August 29, 2021

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Published Sunday, August 29, 2021

15 Year Ago

September 1, 2006

  • Sonny Burgess will be performing in concert at the Kiowa County Fair.
  • Six Counties, Crowley, Otero, Bent, Kiowa, Prowers and Bent, will benefit from a Southeast Colorado Heritage Tourism Marketing Campaign.

25 Years Ago

August 30, 1996

  • Kiowa County is one of 10 counties in Colorado which have received a federal disaster designation.
  • A bacteria caused by animal and human waste has surfaced in some of the La Junta city water supply

40 Years Ago

August 28, 1981

  • Leonard Fischer, owner of Fischer's Service was honored for more than 30 years of association with Diamond Shamrock.
  • J.W. "Billy" Dawson, of Brandon, recently had a 12-collector solar system installed on his home.
  • The 2nd Annual Tri-State Golf Tournament was held in Eads and attracted more than 80 golfers from though-out the area.

50 Years Ago

September 3, 1971

  • Lost: Prescription glasses with plastic and wire frames, between athletic field and Eads Trash Dump.
  • Friends and neighbors dropped in the Herb Crow to listen to old-time music played by Kenneth Dove, Cecil Blekeberg, George Engel, and Joan Crow. They are getting ready for Kit Carson Days.

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