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Readers of the Daily Democrat on June 7, 1921 fetched the morning paper to read a rather somber headline.
“F.T. Lewis Body Found,” followed by “Wife, Mrs. White and Little Girl are Still in River.”
Francis T. Lewis, a 58-year-old city engineer in La Junta and resident of Horse Creek, was popular among citizens living in the Valley according to the La Junta Tribune Democrat’s 50-year retrospect of the 1921 Flood published June 5, 1971. The bodies of Lewis wife, Frances, and Gertrude White, wife of Frank White, were found soon thereafter.
“(Lewis), his wife, Mrs. Frank White (her husband farmed Lewis’ place) and Mrs. White’s two nieces from Kansas had driven to a point near Fort Bent in order to view the flood,” according to the Tribune Democrat in 1971. “They were trapped by the ‘swell’ of water that had inundated North La Junta.”
Anna Moore, USD sustainability grad student and Campus Recycling Coordinator, spoke to the SGA senate about strides USD and the Vermillion community are taking towards sustainability at this week’s SGA meeting.
“Here at USD when we talk about sustainability, especially coming from the academic sustainability department, you typically are thinking about two questions. The first question is, what kind of future do we want?” Moore said. “The second question is what can we do to get there?”
Marcus Destin represented the Dakota Days student board organization petitioning for large organization status. The senate granted Dakota Days large organization status.
The Bike It Lancaster bicycle sharing program is set to relaunch Monday under a new vendor hired by the city.
The program offers 25 bicycles that are available for up to an hour per trip. The cost is $25 for an annual membership, which allows unlimited one-hour rides. Users without a membership pay $1 for 30 minutes.
Bike It Lancaster has six stations College Square, Rotary Park, Lancaster Amtrak Station, and on West King, West Orange and South Duke streets. Virtual stations â city bike racks that are digitally designated as a station â can be found at the North Museum, on West King and Ruby streets, Culliton Park, Reservoir Park, Lancaster Science Factory, and East Frederick and North Lime streets.