Pages from the Past

15 Years Ago

May 7, 2004

• Dedication for the state’s largest and the nation’s fifth largest wind power project will be held May 14, 2004. The 162-megawatt Colorado Green Wind project, located about 20 minutes south of Lamar, has 108 turbines spanning over 11,840 acres

25 Years Ago

May 13, 1994

• Bill and Linda Trosper, Eads, have been recognized nationally by the American Angus Association for having one registered Angus cow included in the American Angus Association 1994 Pathfinder Report.
• Greeley Gas increases rates by 6.88% in Colorado.
• Wild Horse News-Curtis Schrimp: The Kit Carson Wind Ensemble took first place honor for class A schools at the Cavalcade of Music.

40 Years Ago

May 11, 1979p

• Mrs. Terry Bumann and Mrs. Victor Vishnevsky, both of Sheridan Lake, have been instrumental in the organization of the Plainview Women’s Softball team.
• Crow’s Stop & Shop has taken on a new look over the past week. All new metal shelving throughout the store replaced the outmoded, antiqued, wooden shelves which have been in the store since established.
• Sheridan Lake Ripples-Mrs. Oren White: J.D. Wilson went to check his wheat field south of Brandon. He saw and killed three rattlesnakes on the road south of Brandon. They were about 2.5 feet long.

50 Years Ago

May 9, 1969

• As the result of a public hearing at the courthouse meeting room, a recreation district will be formed in the east end of Kiowa County for citizens of the Towner community.
• Towner News: Towner is without a grocery store for the first time since the 1800’s.