Bonnie A. Lessenden

November 8, 1942 – March 17, 2018

A celebration of life for longtime Eads resident, Bonnie A. Lessenden will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 24, 2018, at the Haswell Community Building. Interment will follow at the Haswell Cemetery.

Per Bonnie’s request there will be no visitation.

Bonnie was born November 8, 1942, at Las Animas, Colorado, to Elk and Hazel (Roberts) Spady and passed away March 17, 2018, at the Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland at the age of 75.

“Be kind and compassionate to one another.” Ephesians 4:32 Compassion is understanding the troubles of others and reaching out to whom you can to encourage this day.

It is a good that some county citizens are planning to run for county offices in the Democratic and Republican Assemblies Thursday, March 22. Those who are vying for offices are: Tina Adamson, Diana Flory, Cindy McLoud, Marci Miller, Casey Sheridan, and Joe Shields.

Tues. March 20

3:00 pm County Line @ McClave    Games 7 & 5

Fri. March 23

4:00 pm Crowley County @ Ordway Games 7 & 5

Tues. March 27

3:00 pm Fowler @ Fowler Games 7 & 5

Fri. March 30

10:00 pm Granada @ Granada Games 7 & 5

Tues. April 3

4:00 pm Stratton @ Eads Games 7 & 5

Fri. April 6

3:00 pm Springfield @ Eads Games 7 & 5

Eads Middle School took part in the Junior High Valley Tournament held in Lamar Saturday March 9, 2018. The wrestlers were one of 21 teams with 240 wrestlers participating.

The coaches for the team are Bart Michael and Blaine Winder.

Photos are courtesy of Shelley Hasser

Will Elam - Third Place

While some people in the retirement-planning stages worry about outliving their money, others have a different concern: that their money is outgrowing their investment advisor.

It’s not unusual for the size of the client’s investment to increase well beyond their advisor’s level of experience and knowledge. Higher net-worth individuals often demand more creative, sophisticated planning for their needs than their original advisor is able to provide.

Each year the National Sorghum Foundation offers several scholarship opportunities for college students to apply toward their tuition. The current sorghum scholarships available are the Bruce Maunder Sorghum Leadership Scholarship, the Darrell Rosenow Memorial Scholarship and the Sorghum Feed and Food Scholarship. Applicants for these scholarships should show commitment to a better future for agriculture and sorghum through their educational pursuits. There are different requirements for each. NSP encourages all qualified students to apply.

Employers in Colorado added 7,100 nonfarm payroll jobs from December to January for a total of 2,693,900 jobs, according to the survey of business establishments. Private sector payroll jobs increased 7,300 and government decreased 200.