15 Years Ago

December 17, 2004

• Pam Weirich was recognized with the Colorado State University Cooperative Extension Meritorious Support Service Award.
• Evelyn Garner displayed a parsnip grown by her son, Gail, of Salida that was at least 36 inches long

25 Years Ago

December 23, 1994

• Dusty Tallman was elected Secretary of the Colorado Association of Wheat Growers (CAWG).
• Kit Carson County residents concerned about the impact of hog operations to be located in their county after residents of four western Kansas counties voted to keep the large-scale corporate farms out of their communities.

40 Years Ago

December 21, 1979

• The first board meeting of the recently organized Eads Public Housing Authority elected Larry Wyatt Chairman, Bob Miller Co-Chairman, and Tom Davis as acting Secretary.

50 Years Ago

December 19, 1969

• Birthdays of two early day Eads School students provided the occasion for a party of Eads pioneers who attended Eads schools during the period from the establishment of Kiowa County and prior to the year of 1910.