Lamar Community College’s Beta Eta Gamma chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society welcomed its newest members during the fall induction ceremony on November 2. 

The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), Colorado State Patrol (CSP) and statewide law agencies collaborated to halt impaired drivers over Halloween weekend, the latest sweep as part of The Heat Is On campaign. Law officers arrested 308 drivers, an increase from the 269 arrests last year.   

Dorothy Lucille English was born in Edwards County, Kansas on November 30, 1925. She was the second of three daughters of Emmett Eugene English and Flora Blanche Wood. She was proud to be a farmer’s wife following a long tradition in her family.

Did you know there is a program that could pay for a portion of your heating costs if you qualify? The LEAP (Low-Income Energy Assistance Program) runs from November 1, 2016 through April 30, 2017. You may only apply and be approved one time in this period. Contact Ashlynn Miner at Kiowa County Social Services (438-5541) for more information.

The residents of Eads have often seen this gentleman out in his motorized wheelchair, scooping up dirt and placing in potholes in the street. He does this because he has pride in the community not for any special recognition. I have seen him out when most of us take to the comfort of our homes when what we call the extreme elements – heat – cold or wind, there he is completing the task he started out to do.

Dr. K.S. Young, D.O. joined the primary care team at Southeast Health Group this fall, relocating from his most recent temporary assignment in Oklahoma.  “I have been a traveling doctor for almost three decades, licensed in eight different states, and worked all over the country.  I’ve seen a lot of different things and had a lot of different experiences,” said Young.  “My wife and I like being near the mountains, and we were impressed that southeast Colorado had so much going for it and the people were so friendly.”

By Doris Lessenden

A World War I song that I like, that Mary Louise Fick DeChant taught me is:  “My      Buddy”  Nights are long since you went away.  I think about you all through the day, My Buddy, No Buddy quite so true”…..Marilyn Schneider Gibbs Bullock used to sing this lovely melody at many Memorial services.

By Michelle Wyckoff

Bluetooth.  Described by someone in cyberspace as “a telecommunications industry specification that describes how mobile phones, computers and personal data assistants (PDAs) can be easily interconnected using a short-range wireless connection.  Described by me as “one of the seven wonders of the world”, right behind tweezers, Amazon.com, facial moisturizer, the Grand Canyon, new haircuts, cars that park themselves,  and sock monkeys.

There will be a Memorial Service for Jesse C. Jacobs of Tolleson, Az. Wed. Nov. 9th at 2 pm at the Prairie View Assisted Living in Las Animas Colorado at 2 pm.

Jesse had many family and friends in Kiowa County and the surrounding area and will be missed by all.