15 Years Ago

March 2, 2007

• The Eads FFA Chapter Annual Labor Auction was held with 55 members auctioned off at an average of $221 per member.
• Wild Horse Roundup- Curtis Schrimp: I found a balloon by our water tank. Most of the air had gone but you could still read Happy Valentine’s Day. 

25 Years Ago

February 28, 1997

• USDA Update- Rod Johnson: Kiowa County and much of southeast Colorado received a wonderful blanket of snow with virtually NO WIND!

40 Years Ago

February 26, 1982

• The Eads Senor Citizen Housing complex is earning completion according to Keith Brown, Construction Superintendent of Triangle Construction Company.
• From The Sheriff Desk- Floyd Griswould: The County Sheriff’s of Eastern Colorado met with the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association to assist with the forming a cattle theft reporting system patterned after the Crime Stoppers Program now in operation in several states.

50 Years Ago

March 3, 1972

• Airport lights are being put on the runways at the Eads Airport. This has been made possible by donation of money and labor from several citizens and businesses.
• A beef packing plant costing $2.5 million with a weekly kill capacity of 4,000 and an annual payroll in excess of $1 million has been proposed for the industrial park in Lamar.
• February 23, The Kit Carson Lions celebrated their 20^th anniversary with a dinner meeting at the Kit Carson Community Building, Sixty-eight attended the banquet with guest representing Cheyenne Wells and Towner. A few businessmen became interested in laying plans forming a Lions Club in February 1952.