Peo ple & Places. Anniversaries. May 2. Mr. & Mrs. Tony Coen. May 4. Mr. & Mrs. Kyle Morlan. May 5. Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Koeller.

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2 Peo ple & Places WEATHER WEATHER Up com ing Events Eads Sum mer Ball Clean Up Day will be Sunday, May 1st at 2:00. Please bring rakes, gloves, and trash bags. Ques tions please call The Eads FSA Of fice will be closed Mon day, May 2 nd through Thurs day, May 5 th. The of fice re open on Fri day, May 6 th. FSA em - ploy ees will be at tend ing a state-wide train ing. The Press Kiowa County P.O. Box Maine Street, Eads, CO kiowacountypress@gmail.com Office Hours: 9 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Monday - Friday (closed for lunch 1-2 p.m.) Deadline: 4:00 p.m. Tues. Jeanne Sorensen, Editor Connie McPherson, Editor Emerita Chris Sorensen, Publisher 2016 All Rights Reserved. April 20- April 26 Date High Low Precip Last year High/Low...75/35 Apr Precip. ( 15/ 16): 1.19/4.00 Year to Date Precip As recorded in Eads by USDA. Friday Saturday Sunday Ser vice Cen ter will be open as NRCS em ploy ees will be avail able May 4 Eads High School.Junior-Senior Entre - pre neur Expo.at Plains Thea - tre. 12pm-2pm Pub lic in vited to dis plays and speak - ers May 5 Se nior Citizen Brunch at 10:00 a.m. at Eads Cen ter May 5 Eads FFA Ban - quet 6:00 pm. Bring a side dish or des sert School gym May 6 Se nior Com - mu nity Car ni val Plainview Unity Lodge Annual Free Bar be cue Saturday May 6:30pm at the Ki - owa County Fairgounds Com mu nity Build ing May12 ALL SCHOOL Field Trip to Colo Springs-Plainview Weekend Forecast 50/36 Cloudy ENE wind 15 mph. Rain Likely Cloudy Evening N wind mph 70 % 50 % Rain possible 54/34 Mostly cloudy NW wind 5-15 mph. Mostly cloudy evening N wind % 20 % mph Chance of showers 55/35 Mostly cloudy N wind mph. Mostly cloudy evening ENE wind mph 10 % 30 % Chance of thunderstorms (USPS ) Legal newspaper of Kiowa County Periodical Postage paid at Eads, Colorado Published Friday of each week. POSTMASTER: Send change of address to: P.O. Box 248, Eads, CO Rates: all content free to read online at KiowaCountyPress.com $1.00/week print copy only at the business office. KiowaCountyPress.com 2 KiowaCountyPress.com April 29, 2016 Ki owa County Com - mis sion ers Meet ings --May 12--May--26--June 14---June 30 Open to the pub lic 9:00am. Com mis - sion ers will re cess 12-1 for lunch 4 day no tice is pre ferred for posted agenda The Sand Creek Mas - sa cre Na tional His toric Site is open 7 days a week, 9:00 am through 4:00 pm. April 1 - No vem ber 30. Sum mer pro grams be gin on April 6. Park Ranger In - ter pret ers will be of fer ing min ute talks at the Vis i tor Cen ter at 10 am and 2 pm. Pro grams may be re - sched uled or can celed on short no tice; please call the site at for more in for ma tion. En trance Anniversaries May 2 Mr. & Mrs. Tony Coen May 4 Mr. & Mrs. Kyle Morlan May 5 Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Koeller May 7 Mr. & Mrs. Neil Myers Birth days May 2 John Lynch Eric Jensen Camryn Shade Bryan Gro gan Cody Fox Wyatt Lane Deb Barns to the Sand Creek Mas sa cre NHS is free. For ad di tional in for ma tion, please con tact the Sand Creek Mas sa cre Na tional His toric Site at or List ings in Up com ing Events are free to non-profit groups or or ga ni za tions, or for gen eral, non-busi ness com mu nity an nounce - ments. List ing in for ma tion must be sub mit ted by 4:00 p.m. each Tues day for publicat ion in the next Fri - day edi tion. Avail able space may be lim ited. kiowacountypress@yahoo.com or kiowacountypress@gmail.com May 3 Kara Wil son Jordan Trujilo Desirae Owens Bailey Anik Si erra Adams Jeffryes Bryson Jacobs Do ris Lessenden May 4 Dr. Jeff Waggoner*In Memory Bo Ar nold Keynai Gilmore Betty Holthus Danny Specht May 5 Joey Specht Marvin Koeller Linda Watts May 6 Dr. Den nis Frazee Gary Stoker Marcus Gilmore Leslie Beck May 7 Trista Pryor Na than An der son A Big HAPPY Birthday to Miss Less May 3 Shaneise Stum Terri Festi Damion Park Damon Stoker Dan Rich ards May 8 Chris tian Hauser Reygan Gibbs Chyann Sewell Leisha Gould Dan Kershner Breeanna Scott Avery Specht Pastor's Pearls by Pastor Richard Zabriskie A FOOLISH SON To have a fool for a son brings grief; there is no joy for the fa ther of a fool. A fool ish son brings grief to his fa ther and bit ter ness to the one who bore him. Proverbs 17:21,25

3 Com mu nity Life East End Events The Plainview High School stu dents and their dates en joyed Prom at the Towner Community Hall on Fri day eve ning. A de li - cious sup per was served to them be fore the Grand March. Aus tin Healy was crowned King and Cas san - dra Karas was crowned Queen. Af ter Prom, they went to Plainview for the Post-Prom party. They were greet ed in the gym with huge blow-ups for ob - sta cle courses and climb - ing and velcro walls. Ev ery one had a great time. The 6th - 8th grade stu dents were al lowed to enjoy the obstacle courses from 9-11 p.m., be fore the High School stu dents arrived. Ju nior High and High School track stu dents trav eled to Wray, CO on Thurs day for a track meet. Fifteen Years Ago May 4, 2001 Construction is expected to begin on another segment of US Highway 287 resurfacing project in Colorado according to Paul A. Westhoff, Project Manager for Colorado Department of Transportation. Twenty-Five Years Ago May 2,1991 The Federal Land Bank by Sharson Scott On Sat ur day, the High School went to Lamar for a track meet. Kyle and I went to Gar - den City on Fri day to see his eye Dr. and do some shop ping. On Sat ur day eve ning, I took Kyle and Cauy Stum to see the movie, Bat man vs. Su per - man. Mikayla Schmidt was home over the week end from col lege. She and her brother Alex went to see Batman vs.superman Sat - urday evening also. Cora Coffman went to Spring field on Fri day to watch her great grand son Weslee com pete in a track meet. READ Pages from the Past Eads Auto Supply Association of Lamar is in better financial shape than a year ago, acting Presidetnt Michael C. Lening told members during a banquet meet at the Knights of Columbus Hall.. Forty Years Ago April 23, 1976 Kiowa County slipped from 4th to 6th among Colorado counties in production of sorghum grain last year according to Life is short, Live it to the full est. It has an ex pi - ra tion date shared by Law rence Oswald for merly of Kit Car son. Eunice Weber, Di rec tor of the Ki owa County Am - bu lance Ser vice, and tire - less teacher of first aid and emergency techniques, gave me a yel low slip of paper clarifying my mis - take last week. I listed four gen er ous do nors who ac - tu ally do nated to the re - pair pav ing out at the air port, not the new He li cop - ter Pad. This is the list of do nors who brought the Helicopter pad to fruition in Eads near Prai rie Pines: Ki owa County Eco nomic Development Foundation paid for the sand, Jeff Flynn of Lamar All-Rite Pav ing sup plied the ce - ment, John Spano, of the Colorado Crop & Livestock Reporting Service. 50 Years Ago April 18, 1966 Mrs. Philomene Liesen, Wiley music instructor, received a I rating for school bands festival held in La Junta. This was her 15th breaking the record held by Randall Spicer formally of La Junta & Boulder, now conducting bands at Washington State University. Kiowa Drug (719) (719) (719) About Town by Do ris Lessenden Lamar Community College and his col lege stu dents in stalled the lights. The lights, sign, and other ex - penses were paid for by the Ki owa County Am bu - lance Me mo rial fund. This re minds me to tell Read - ers, that Eunice and the other EMT s and Am bu - lance Driv ers would ap pre - ciate donations for equip - ment at any time. To have Am bu lances and vol un teer staff in our county is vi tal and much needed in our county. This is a life and death mat ter. Lee Brown for merly of Chivington re - minded me once that Life is frag ile. The Eads High School Prom was beau ti fully dec - o rated in neon col ors for FREE!! FREE!! the Moon light Glow theme. Bryce Batterton was crowned Prom King and Sa vanna Gyurman was the Queen of the 2016 Prom. Other se nior attendants were Brooklyn Lenox and Chyann Sewell and Dylan Dixon and Rea - gan Lane. Young Aud rey Mitchek and Ma son Si erra were the crown bear ers. Se nior par ents hosted an all night Af ter Prom Party which is a good tra - di tion at Eads High. Stu - dents have games and foods to eat af ter they change to ca sual clothes. I heard that the stu dents had such a lot of fun on the climb ing wall that the Sher - iff s Dep u ties had on the READ Unity Lodge Annual Free Barbecue Saturday May 7, :30 pm Community Building at the Kiowa County Fairgrounds Eads, Colorado EVERYONE INVITED!! Meat & Drinks Provided!!! Please Bring a Covered Dish or Desert!!! April 29, 2016 KiowaCountyPress.com 3

4 Agriculture USDA UPDATE by Eads USDA Ser vice Cen ter IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER: March 15 July 15 th - Primary Nesting Season for CRP. No prac tice or man age ment ac tiv ity al - lowed. April 19 - County Com - mit tee Meet ing May 2-5 FSA em ploy - ees gone to train ing - NRCS will be avail able May 31 Last day to re - quest com mod ity loan for Eads C-Store grain sor ghum, corn and sun flow ers July 15 - Pro duc tion sub mis sion dead line for 2015 NAP crops. Au gust 1 Dead line to request farm reconstitution for Au gust ARC-PLC Enrollment Dead line FSA OFFICE TO BE CLOSED Eastern Slope 403 Third Ave, Hugo Internet Digital TV Telephone Eads Consumers Supply We have: Propane - Batteries (Marine/Car) - Tires & Tubes - Oil - Feed - Bulk Fuel We can: Fix truck tires Service jobs - Brakes - On-the-road tire repair Country C-Store Hot Dogs - Sandwiches - Pizza Oven - Ice Cream Pop - Chips & Snacks - Candy - Dining Area The Eads FSA Of fice will be closed Mon day, May 2 nd through Thurs day, May 5 th. The of fice re open on Fri day, May 6 th. FSA em - ploy ees will be at tend ing a state-wide train ing. The Ser vice Cen ter will be open as NRCS em ploy ees will be avail able. Again, this is a state-wide train - ing; there fore FSA of fices in the area will be short staffed; there fore plan ac - cordingly ARC PLC En - roll ment The of fice has your 2016 ARC-PLC con tracts Marples Country Market Your TOTAL Health Food Store 101 N. 4th Street Lamar, Colorado (719) LANDFILL SUMMER HOURS Effective EADS LANDFILL Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday 8:00 am to 6:00 pm CLOSED for Lunch 12:00-12:30 Sundays 1:00 to 6:00 ready for sig na ture. If you are in town, stop in and sign your con tracts. The pro cess will take only a few minutes depending on the num ber of farms. The of fice also has other el i gi - bil ity pa per work for you to com plete while you are in the of fice. Again, we pre - fer you stop Mon day Thurs day any time be - fore 4:30 p.m. The dead - line for en roll ment is Au - gust 1 st, USDA SERVICE CENTER CONTACT INFORMATION Telephone FSA (Ext 2) NRCS (Ext 3). FSA Fax num ber: fax2mail individuals firstname.lastname@co.usda.go v (Ex am ple firstname.lastname@co.usda.g ov dawna.weirich charla.ferris hallie.barlow marvin.watson marlin.miller KIOWA COUNTY FARM LOAN CONTACT INFO Telephone (ext2) Natalie Bond natalie.bond@co.usda.gov Mary Rhoades mary.rhoades@co.usda.gov SERVICE CENTER OFFICE HOURS: Mon day - Fri day 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. By ap point ment only on Friday. NEAL MANN Cell: (785) FARM & RANCH REALTY, INC W. 4th - Colby, Kansas (785) Fax: (785) TOLL FREE : Lamar CO PO Box W. Lee Ave. # Springfield CO PO Box US Hwy Holly CO PO Box S. Main St Walsh CO PO Box N. Colorado St HASWELL LANDFILL Friday 1:00pm - 5:30pm Anyone wishing to receive a text message when there are holiday or weather related closures can text landfill closures and your name from your cell phone to KiowaCountyPress.com April 29, 2016

5 Government Ki owa County Com mis sion ers Meet ing March The regular meeting of the Ki owa County Com - mis sion ers was called to or der by Chair man, Rich - ard Scott on March 30, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. Scott opened with a prayer and Pledge of Al le giance. Those attending were: Rich ard Scott, Chair man; Cindy McLoud, Com mis - sioner; Don ald Oswald, Commissioner; Delisa Weeks, County Clerk; Tina Ad am son, County Ad min - istrator Oswald moved and McLoud sec onded to ac - cept the March 15, 2016 min utes as pre sented. All Commissioners voted Af - firmative. Min utes of the Spe cial Meet ing on March 18, 2016 were re viewed. McLoud moved and Oswald sec onded to ac - cept the min utes of the spe cial meet ing as pre - sented. All Commissioners voted Affirmative. Vouch ers were re viewed and signed. Oswald moved and McLoud sec - onded to ap prove all vouch ers as pre sented. All Commissioners voted Af - firmative. The agenda was re - viewed. Scott moved and McLoud sec onded the mo - tion to ap prove the agenda with 4 ad di tions. The ad - di tions were: three new re - ports and a meet ing with the Clerk re gard ing elec - tions. All Commissioners voted Affirmative. Ashley Pearson with P.M. and Sons En ter prises en tered the meet ing to in - tro duce her self and pro - vide information on their new busi ness open ing in Eads. Pearson said they will spe cial ize in die sel ser vices with a five bay shop. They will have die sel tech ni cians on hand and plan to have a chrome store open for the truck ers. The commissioners wished her well with the new busi ness. OLD BUSINESS: Grant: Belinda Zink, the ar chi tect for the Murdock Renovation Project submit ted bills for the Murdock build ing. KCVN did turn in their application to the Surface Transportation Board for the feeder line of the rail - road. KCVN had their val u - a tion for the feeder line set at 2 mil lion dol lars. Ad am son stated that Su - perior Excavating had re - quested a gravel per mit from the county for the ground work for the Love s store. The county does not re quire a per mit. McLoud re ported a cou - ple of cat tle guards that are on DOW prop erty need to be re paired in the Queens Reservoir area. Adamson will contact Mr. Black with De part ment of Wild life and ask if he can at tend the next Com mis - sioner s meet ing. Re ports were re viewed and signed. Some of the monthly meet ings at - tended by Commissioners were: SAGE: Oswald re ported Ki owa County res i dents do nate very well for the price of their meals. SEBREA- There was no ex pense re port. They are still try ing to be come a 501C3. SECOM -Will be of fer ing fi ber op tic internet ser - vices to homes SECED is work ing to ward re quir ing a hous ing as - sess ment for the county. Scott re ported the charg - ing sta tions will be in stalled at Cob ble stone. CKLECC-McLoud re - ported they are work ing to ward a 501C3.They are try ing to get more daycares into three coun - ties. The Eads Day Care Steering Committee will be tour ing the Haxtun Daycare to see how it func tions and to view the financials. Eunice Weber, Am bu - lance Coordinator pre - sented an application for ambulance driver. Oswald moved and McLoud sec - onded to ap prove Avery Snover as an am bu lance driver. All Commissioners voted Affirmative. Weber pre sented the County Plan for fund ing for train ing for the emer gency ser vices and also pub lic aware ness. Weber is re - quest ing $10, for fund ing next year. Oswald moved and McLoud sec onded to ap - prove the County Am bu - lance Plan. All Com mis - sioners voted Affirmative. Weber thanked the board and ex ited at 10:55 a.m. Barbara McDaniel, Chief Clerk for the 15 th Judicial Court Ser vices and Elaine Lindholm, Court Clerk for Ki owa County en tered the meet ing with a plan to present for construction of a new judges bench. The bench that is cur rently there can not hold all the electronic equipment now re quired for the courts. Chris Allen from Chey enne Wells will be do ing the pro ject. McDaniel said the plan is to have the bench re placed which will be a deeper and wider bench and is re quest ing the county be in volved when the elec tri cal is be ing in - stalled. Maintenance Fore - man Crain will be ap prised of the pro ject. She also asked the commissioners if the car pets could be cleaned and the court - room painted while the court room is un der con - struction. Time off Re quests: One was re quested and ap - proved. A Subdivision Exemption Application was requested by Pa tri cia DeeAnne Kahler. McLoud moved and Oswald sec onded to ap prove the Subdivision Exemption Application. All Commission - ers voted Af fir ma tive. Oswald moved and McLoud sec onded to sign the Mem o ran dum of Un der - stand ing with the Do mes tic Safety Re sources. All Com - missioners voted Affirma - tive. Scott moved and Oswald sec onded to re cess the meet ing at 12:10 pm. All Commissioners voted Af - firmative. The meeting reconvened at 1:10 p.m. Com mis - sioner Scott was not pres - ent for the af ter noon ses - sion. Pricilla Waggoner with the Ki owa County In - dependent entered the meet ing as a mem ber of the audience. Dawn Back, Phy si cian As sis tant and Dr. Richardt, Physical Ther - apy Director entered the meet ing to dis cuss an ex - er cise cen ter. Back ques - tioned the use of a fair - ground build ing. Af ter lengthy dis cus sions the commissioners said they would need to dis cuss this more but said the com mu - nity build ing would not be able to be used for an ex er - cise cen ter. Back and Richardt ex ited the meet - ing. WARNING Oswald moved and McLoud sec onded to sign the pro posal with Stand By Power and Ser vice Com - pany at a fee of $ per year. This pro posal is in re gards to a main te nance agree ment for the Sheridan Lake DTR Tower Gen er a tor. All Commissioners voted Af - firmative. The next County Commissioner s meeting will be April 12, McLoud moved and Oswald sec onded to ad - journ the meet ing at 2:34 pm. All Commissioners voted Af fir ma tive To avoid paying Penalty Interest, please pay the Total Tax Due on or before: April 30, 2016 First published April 22, 2016 Last Published April 29, 2016 In the Kiowa County Press Steve K. Baxter County Treasurer Kiowa County April 29, 2016 KiowaCountyPress.com 5

6 School and Youth Eads Ea gles Slew of News Fri day, April 29 9:00 a.m. MS T at Lamar Leave Time 7:30 a.m. 4:00 p.m. HS BSB at Holly Leave Time 1:30 Saturday, April 30 10:00 a.m. HS T at S.F. lv 6:45 a.m. Sunday, May 1 FFA State CDEs Leave Time 6:30 a.m. Mon day, May 2 FFA State CDEs Lunch: Hot Dogs WHAT's Hap pen ing Tues day, May 3 10:00 a.m. MS T at Burlington Lv 7:30 a.m. HS BSB Dist. ACT Make up AM Lunch: Chicken En chi - ladas Wednes day, May 4 12:00 to 2:00 Youth Ent. Exp. at The ater Ju - niors and Se niors Lunch: Tater Tot Cas se - role Thurs day, May 5 9:00 to 12:00 BOCES Project Fair 1 st, 2 nd, 3 rd, 4 th, and 5 th Crow s Stop & Shop Food Market 1111 Maine Street - Eads Colorado Family Owned Since 1937 (719) Follow us on Facebook The Eads FSA Office will be closed Monday, May 2nd through Thursday, May 5th. The office reopen on Friday, May 6th The Service Center will be open as NRCS employees will be available 6 KiowaCountyPress.com April 29, 2016 Read ing Counts Trip at Pueblo Leave 8:00 a.m. Re turn 4:00 FFA Ban quet 6:30 p.m. Lunch: Rib Sand wich Fri day, May 6 9:30 a.m. MS T at CW Leave Time 8:15 a.m. HS BSB Dist. Sat ur day, May 7 9:00 a.m. HS T at Limon 1 A In vi ta tional Leave 6:30 a.m. Mon day, May 9 7:00 p.m. FBLA Ban - quet Lunch: Chicken Ta cos Tues day, May 10 2 nd and 3 rd Grade at Nurs ing Home 10:00 Bal - loon Lift 6:00 p.m. Awards Ban - quet ACT Make up Day Lunch: Cheese burg ers Wednes day, May 11 2:00 p.m. Grad u a tion Prac tice and Pic tures Se niors Last Day Lunch: South west Chicken Salad Thurs day, May 12 Last Day for MS and HS In cen tive Stu dents BLAST As summer is approaching, please remember that Kiowa County Dept of Social Service has a list of teenaged kids who have completed the Babysitter Lessons and Safety Training (BLAST ) and may be avaiable for child care services. Please Contact the department for further information :30 p.m. Spring Con - cert HS Gym Lunch: Super Nachos Fri day, May 13 10:00 a.m. HS T at Holly South east League Meet Leave Time 7:45 a.m. Sat ur day, May 14 BSB Regionals Mon day, May 16 4 th and 5 th Field Trip at Coors Field and Hammond Candy Fac tory Lv 7:30 a.m. Lunch: Grilled Cheese and Chips Tues day, May 17 7:00 p.m. Kin der gar ten Grad u a tion HS Gym 3 rd Grade Field Trip at Parker Leave 8:00 a.m. Re turn 5:00 ish Lunch: Spa ghetti Bake Wednes day, May 18 1 st and 2 nd Grades Field Trip at Pueblo Kindergarten Field Trip Lunch: Beanie Wienies Thurs day, May 19 End of 4 th Quar ter 12:00 Early Re lease State Base ball State Track Lunch: Sack Lunches Fri day, May 20 Teacher and Staff Workday State Track Sat ur day, May 21 State Track Kiowa County Press kiowacountypress@gmail.com Plainview Hawks Up dates Sat Apr 30 11:00 am HS Spring field Bus leaves at 8 am Wed May 4 Elementary Field Chey enne Wells Bus leaves at 7:45 am Fri day May 6 Se nior Com mu nity Car - nival JH enne Wells. Bus 7:45 am Mon May 9 JH Grananda Bus leaves at 8 am Thurs May 12 JH/HS Field Trip to Col o - rado Springs Fri May 13 HS Holly Tues May 17 HS Awards Ban quet and Din ner Thurs May 19 LAST DAY OF SCHOOL COMMUNITY BBQ AND ALL SCHOOL FIEL D DAY May State Track Sun May 22 3:00 pm GRADUATION

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