By Doris Lessenden

Let us not love with words….but with actions.”   I John 3:18  Tips to do this:  1. Always show appreciation, 2. Put others first,   3. Serve others gladly,  4. Forgive it, resolve it, and move beyond it, and 5.  Make time for people who matter.

Tina Adamson and her friends and daughters are organizing the Oktoberfest for Saturday, October 15^th.  They have a long list of fun activities that I have never seen around Eads.  It looks so inviting; especially the concert in the arena that will feature this trio:  Jamie Crockett, Rhett Uhland, and Jared Weeks.  This Concert will be on the CLCEC white stage with concert goers in the grandstands.  At 8:00 p.m. to midnight, people can enjoy the “Jody Adams and Red Dirt Country Band” for dancing in the American Legion Hall.   Some of the contests are Pumpkin chunkin, trap shoot, polka, back seat driver races, while some activities are: carriage rides, wall climbing, face painting, golf, beer garden, maze, hay rides, karaoke, and many more.  So let us give all this work and organization a try for a happy day and /or night time entertainment.

On this same date, Saturday October 15 is the 24^th Annual Road Rally presented by the Windmill Saloon. It’s billed as Trivia on Wheels that test your knowledge on just about anything …Sports-Movies- Music and even about Kiowa County while following directions from check point to check point. Contact the Windmill Saloon for more information.

Another important event on this same day, Saturday, the 15^th is the Bazaar, at the Haswell Community Center where people can enjoy buying from a number of booths inside and outside.   There will be a fundraiser meal and space for visiting too.  This Bazaar is important to the community because it helps pay for utilities for the weddings, funerals, senior citizen meals, parties, and seasonal events held there. 

If none of these are your cup of tea, there is an auction in Kit Carson at the old Kit Carson school gym at 9 am. There will everything from tractors - appliances - antiques – art work – to Indian artifacts and memorabilia.

Delores Rector has returned to Prairie Pines from the Denver hospital.  After such a bad break of her leg, she can actually walk with a walker in less that a month.  She is a real trooper who will have a birthday October 23. 

Sharon Frazee prepared such a delicious Brunch for Eads Senior Citizen’s last week.

It was pleasant to move from table to table to visit.  It was the first time that most of us had seen Sharon and Janet McKnight since they began chemotherapy treatments.  We were glad both ladies could be at the Brunch.   Janet’s daughter, Angie, from Wyoming , and Marsha (Schmitt) Mousel and Pam Mousel from the Denver area brought Rita Mousel from her home out at  Kiowa Estates.  Reminder:  the monthly Pot Luck noon dinner will be Wednesday, October 26^th instead of Wednesday the 19^th.

We saw a beautiful sight but didn’t know who all the people were.  There was a long hay wagon pulled by handsome big black horses and a pretty carriage drawn by black horses outside the Cobblestone Inn.  Young men in orange shirts and pretty girls in dark dresses wearing cowboy boots were boarding the wagons.  After filling up the van with gas we drove around the C-Store and there in the red orange sunset were the black silhouettes of the carriages and vehicles winding down the hill to Jackson’s Pond!  At Chamber of Commerce lunch, I heard that it was the wedding party of Danyelle Sheridan Crow to Jessie Dienes.  The ladies told me that Danni looked so lovely with bouffant long hair when they were married on the Pond Deck among wind floated tulle fabric.  We thought that our good friend, Rod Johnson, would be so pleased to know that that the deck which he was so dedicated to have made for disabled people to fish from had been used for a wedding also!  Congratulations to the young couple and their family.    

The Eads Chamber of Commerce will be giving out Eads Bucks in December from some of the Chamber member’s businesses.  They are making plans for the treats and Santa coming to town on December 6^th.  Jan Richards has been meeting with the high school FBLA Chapter who plans to work with business in decorating the streets for the holidays.

Crow Luther Cultural Events Center Board and interested citizens met last week and will meet again on the Wednesday, the 19^th, to plan future events.  They will be showing a scary movie at 10:00 p.m. on Friday, October, 29^th.   Terry Riley is arranging special stars and sets for the December 4^th Christmas Show.   Laurie Musgrave is working on the new design for a collector holiday CLCEC ornament. Charlie and Mary Vasquez are already discussing the foods they will serve in December.   

This is a huge sports week-end for the Eads Eagles.  On Friday, the Kit Carson Wildcats come to town at 3:00 p.m. beginning with several volleyball games then football games for both Middle School and High School.

A large crowd from many different towns came to the Eads Praise Community Church

Sunday evening, to hear “The Down East Boys” gospel quartet sing.  They have been friends of Jimmy and Amanda Brown for 27 years who arranges for them to return to Eads for concerts

There were several birthday parties in our neighborhood over the week-end.  Seven year old Itzy Victoria Ramirez had a delightful family party with adult family and friends also.  Her Uncle Jose met her Aunt Delma Ramos’ plane from Washington D.C. so she could have a visit at home.  Her parents had arranged a pink and purple castle-like bouncy house that was as tall as her home for the children to play in.

There is excitement among the people who like to hunt antelope, deer, and elk in this part of the country. 

I have heard of some people who are returning to Eads to apply for jobs at the new Love’s Store and Subway shop.  Everyday there is a lot of activity around the new Co-op Station, which is the new “Home Town Gas and Grill.”  At night there are pretty light reflections all around the new station.  

How nice of Linda Watts to drive five or more ladies from Prairie Pines to see the movie, “Sully” Saturday night.  Larry Watts met them there to hold doors open.  It was another fine movie shown at our local Plains Theatre.  Oh, and a good new addition at the Ice Cream Scoop is that one can buy hot chocolate and or other hot drinks.  I am soooo glad.   They report that their root beer floats and milk shakes are good too.