Life in Eads and Kiowa County, Colorado, as observed by Doris Lessenden.

Judith Darlene Hammer

May 31, 1938 – August 8, 2023

I, Ernest Hammer, was raised on a ranch fifteen miles southeast of Fountain. Fountain was a small farming community south of Colorado Springs.

When I was in school there were twenty eight kids in the first grade and thirty two when we graduated in 1956. About seventy percent of us started together in the first grade.

Clean-water activists are angry over a decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The issue of whether all students and staff have access to safe drinking water remains a focal point.

U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper joined entertainment workers on the picket lines Friday.

Colorado employers will soon be barred from asking questions that could reveal someone's age.

Tuesday, August 22

#13 La Junta vs Limon

• La Junta 17
• Limon 6

Thursday, August 24

Burlington vs #13 La Junta

• Burlington 2
• La Junta 12

Guymon OK vs #11 Lamar

• Guymon 7
• Lamar 4

#5 Lyons vs Limon

• Lyons 9
• Limon 6

Saturday, August 26

Wray/Yuma vs Wiley

• Wray/Yuma 4
• Wiley 19

Wray/Yuma vs Wiley

• Wray/Yuma 0

The public is invited to visit Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site September 8-9.

Thursday, August 24

Branson/Kim @ Granada (6-Man)

• Branson/Kim 13
• Granada 58

Genoa-Hugo @ Eads (6-Man)

• Genoa-Hugo 28
• Eads 14

Monte Vista @ Rocky Ford

• Monte Vista 50
• Rocky Ford 0

Friday, August 25

Weldon Valley @ Hi-Plains (6-Man)

• Weldon Valley 79
• Hi-Plains 39

Manzanola @ Sierra Grande

• Manzanola 6
• Sierra Grande 62

Limon @ Florence

Tuesday, August 22

Springfield vs South Baca

• Springfield 3
• South Baca 2

McClave vs Las Animas

• McClave 3
• Las Animas 0

Kim/Branson vs Walsh

• Kim/Branson 2
• Walsh 3

Genoa-Hugo/Karval vs Arickaree

• Genoa-Hugo/Karval 0
• Arickaree 3

Fowler vs Manitou Springs

• Fowler 3
• Manitou Springs 0

Rocky Ford vs Crowley County

• Rocky Ford 1