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2 Peo ple & Places Up com ing Events Online courses are still avail able for the spring se mes ter at Lamar Com mu nity Col lege. Stu - dents and com mu nity mem bers alike can take ad van tage of courses pack aged into a quick six-week ses sion start ing on March 28 and run ning through May The Town of Haswell will be hav ing a Spring Din ner & Dance on Sat ur - day, March 19, It will be gin at 5:30 pm and be held at the Haswell Com mu nity Build ing. DJ RGB will be pro vid ing the mu sic and light ing for our dance. The Din ner & Dance will be $10 for adults, $6 for kids, and $5 ad mis sion if they only want to at tend the dance. We will also have a cake walk dur ing the dance From March 10th at 4p.m. to March 21st at 8a.m., the Plainview stu - dents and teach ers will be en joy ing. Ladies Retreat on April 1&2 at the Sheridan Lake Bi ble Church. Senior Citizen dinner at the Sheridan Lake Bi ble Church on March 7th at noon. RSVP to Amy at Senior Citizens at the Cen ter on Maine Street the monthly noon din ner is at 12:00 a.m. on Wednes day, March 16 th. Guests bring side dishes or des serts or pay to the donation box Weather/safety app (called Win ter Sur vival Kit ) links Android: android.com/details?id=md.app s.blizzard ios/iphone: es.apple.com/us/app/winter-surv ival-kit/id st An nual Spring Fling Craft Fair Sat April 9, 2016 Plainview School Gym na sium 9am to 4pm The Sand Creek Massacre National His - toric Site has changed to its win ter sched ule. Open Mon day- Fri day, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Closed on week ends. The park will be closed Christ mas Day and New Year s Day. Week end guided tours of the park if staffing permits. Contact the park Ad min is tra tive Head quar ters at (719) En trance to the Sand Creek Mas sa cre NHS is free. For ad di tional information, please contact the Sand Creek Mas - sa cre Na tional His toric Site at or , or visit nps.gov/sand Find school sched - ules; new li brary reads; Eads Med i cal Clinic hours and much more. Eads Driv ers Li cense Sched ule March M Listings in Upcoming Events are free to non-profit groups or or ga ni za tions, or for gen eral, non-busi ness com mu - nity announcements. Listing infor ma tion must be sub mit ted by 4:00 p.m. each Tues day for publicat ion in the next Friday edition. Available space may be lim ited. kiowacountypress@yahoo.com or kiowacountypress@gmail.com Don t Forget To Spring Forward this weekend WEATHER WEATHER 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. Mar 2 - Mar 8 Date High Low Precip Last year High/Low...60/11 Mar Precip. ( 15/ 16): 0.00/0.00 Year to Date Precip As recorded in Eads by USDA. Friday Saturday Sunday 66/29 69/34 71/33 Weekend Forecast Sunny SE wind 5-10 mph. Mostly clear evening. SSE wind 5-10 mph Mostly sunny SSE wind 5-10 mph Partly cloudy evening E wind 5-10 mph becoming NNE after midnight Mostly sunny N wind 10 mph. Partly cloudy evening NNE wind 5-10 mph becoming SSW after midnight (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 Anniversaries March 16 Mr. & Mrs. Harley Koeller March 17 Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Koch Mr. & Mrs. George Ellicott Mr. & Mrs. P. Neugabauer Mr. & Mrs. Steve Vanoster Birth days March14 Kerissa Gilmore Hailee Trosper Ja son Muth Kindal Barnes March 15 Lo gan Hofferber Lily Ann Hollis Zoie Kraft Sharon Bixler Melinda Wallick Taylyn Coen Hanna Shelden Peggy Dunlap March 16 Ky Harkness Miciah Zane Da vis Deb Kilesen Kristi Hirsch Alexis Uhland Alyssa Hadley March 17 Glen Da vis March 18 Mikayla Schmidt Garold Deines Rodney Shiv ers Amanda Berggren Brandy Ridgeway Anne Dee Weisdorfer Nate Weirich Julianna Engelhardt Abigail Guirguis Kinley Reedy March 19 Rhonda Uhland Ka ren Krueger Aus tin Luis Montalbo Rebekah Wedel March 20 Keith Uhland Rev. Philip Hirsch Allyrah Celeste Kelley Atkins Jeffrey Dunlap Pastor's Pearls by Pas tor Rich ard Zabriskie MY DAD SAID...hear the in struc tion of your fa ther, and for sake not the law of your mother: Prov erbs 1:8 2 KiowaCountyPress.com March 11, 2016

3 Com mu nity Life About Town by Do ris Lessenden A Day in the Life East End Events by Sharon Scott There is no chal lenge to be ing nice to nice peo - ple. The chal lenge co mes to lov ing the un lov able. J.L. Muniz Bob and Renee Wood of Eads met all their 32 chil - dren and grand chil dren from Wyoming, Montana, Colo - rado, and Pennsylvania in Den ver for the week end in a re sort mo tel to cel e brate and re joice that Renee is 80 years old. She was so thrilled when she called me Sunday eve ning. She has crocheted probably hun dreds of af ghans through the years for her rel a tives and oth ers so her chil dren have been col lect - ing pho tos of the af ghans for them and other peo ple to make a book for her. This wonderful couple moved to Eads 52 years ago for Bob to be a teacher and coach and in time to be our Su per in ten dent. Renee worked for a num - ber of years in the Weisbrod Hospital and Bob con tin ues to be a valuable volunteer on sev - eral boards and is an Am - bulance driver. The Thurs day Cof fee Hour at Weisbrod was well at tended. It was good to see Bill Trosper s mother s quilt dis played in the din - ing room. It has flower seed packet mo tifs in ter - twined with green vines of yellow flowers. Mem bers of the Eads Cham ber of Com merce heard about the ex traor di - nary po ten tial for some new busi nesses that may come to Haswell and Eads. Jan Rich ards of the KCEDF re ported that she has sold two more lots at Ki owa Es tates south of town. She also showed a pho tos of eleven tents where a group of youth work ers are camp ing at Jack son s Pond for about ten days while they work on the grounds out at the Na tional Sand Creek Park site. She and Pres i dent Den nis Pearson said that the Wild Life Di vi sion will be stock ing the Pond with fish be fore the Kids Fish - ing Day on Sunday, May 15. These lead ers also dis cussed the real need for a child care cen ter in Eads and the pos si bil ity of a site. Jan said that peo ple are wel come to at tend the Steering Committee meet - ing at noon on March 18 th at the Cob ble stone Inn. Tristen Sheridan will head up the com mit tee. Alyssa Hadley and Trey Eder were feted with an elab o rate and most lovely wed ding shower at the Bap tist Church fel low - ship hall. The host esses were many of her close class mates from 10 years ago. It was such a nice time for the young la dies and rel a tives who at - tended the party. Pas tor Rich ard and Pat Zabriski moved to Ar i zona last month. They are happy to be near their son, Richie. The Pas tor is com - bat ing a can cer prob lem now but do ing well. The Haswell com mu nity will be blessed when the young Eads fam ily who has bought a home on Main Street moves to their town The dead line for nom i na ti To Read More About Town by Michelle Wyckoff Wind. Merriam Web - ster de scribes it as a nat u ral move ment of air of any ve loc ity. Wind co mes in var i - ous de grees. A peace ful calm breeze on a swel - ter ing sum mer day is some thing few things can equal, ex cept a nice glass of freshly squeezed lem on ade to en joy along with it. Then co mes the dust devil, which I see quite of ten, right out my kitchen win dow. Per haps I m not the only one to wit ness these lit tle bursts of danc ing dirt. Next we To Read More A Day in the Life Pages from the Past Fifteen Years Ago crops since February of March 16, , ASCS County Director Rod Johnson Wild Horse Roundup: I told the Press Tues saw geese flying over a few days ago. Does that Forty Years Ago mean it is going to b a March 5,1976 early spring or maybe they were lost? Kiowa County property owners will pay Twenty-Five Years Ago March 14,1991 $100,000more in property taxes in 1976 Wind has not cause this than they paid in 1975, much damage to county according to the Eads CO-OP C-Store (719) Can you be lieve this weather? 80 de grees and no wind, it does n t get much better than this. On March 13 at 2a.m. we go to Day light Sav ings, then we can en joy lon ger eve - nings of day light. Our communities would like to ex tend their con do - lences to the Delmas Beaman fam ily and Shan - non Votruba fam ily on the loss of their loved ones the past few weeks. Last Tues day, Cora Coffman and I at tended the fu neral ser vices for a dear friend, Do ris Thomp - son of Lamar. She was a very fun and lov able lady and will be missed by many. The Pre cinct Cau cus held Tues day eve ning at Plainview School was very well at tended. The County Cau cus will be March 21st at the Cob ble - stone Inn in Eads. Plan to Eads, Colorado (719) Member FDIC attend. Thurs day eve ning, Su - san Green field hosted a Pam pered Chef party, given by Amanda Koeller. Guests were: Amy Schmidt, Cora Coffman, Rebecca Beason, Cynthis Lewis, Lori Healy and my - self. Lots of good things to buy and food to eat. Kelli Kern and fi an cee Sonny, from Chey enne Wells, were Fri day sup per guests of Cora Coffman. Cora Coffman and Su - san Green field went to Holly on Fri day to at tend to some farm busi ness and then they did some shop - ping and ate lunch. To Read More East End Events Colorado Public Expenditure Council. 50 Years Ago March 11, 1966 Be it Resolved that the Board of County Commissioners of Kiowa County, Colorado hereby goes on record as opposed to any & all efforts to consolidate Kiowa County with other area, or to consolidate or remove any of the local government offices now situated in Kiowa County Press Kiowa County (719) press@kiowacountypress.com March 11, 2016 KiowaCountyPress.com 3

4 Ag ri cul ture School & Youth USDA UPDATE by Eads USDA Ser vice Cen ter IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER: Dec. 7, 2015 Aug. 1, ARC-PLC En roll ment March 15 NAP ap pli ca tion clos - ing Date for spring seeded for age crops March 15 July 15 th - Pri mary Nest ing Sea son for CRP. No prac tice or man age ment ac tiv ity al lowed ARC-PLC En - roll ment A re quire ment for the ARC-PLC Pro gram is that an en roll ment must be com pleted on base acre farms each year. In Ki owa County; the con - tracts are printed and ready for sig na ture. Please call the of fice and set up a time to come in and com plete the en roll - ment pro cess. The of - fice will also have you com plete any el i gi bil ity forms for The dead line for 2016 ARC-PLC en roll ment is Au gust 1, Eads C-Store NAP DEADLINE Pro duc ers who are considering planting any for age crops or mil - let (other than Dove Proso) the dead line to pur chase a 2016 Non In - sured Assistance Pro - gram (NAP) pol icy is Tues day, March 15 th. The ser vice fee is $ per pro ducer with the ex cep tion of Be - gin ning Farm ers and So - cially Dis ad van taged (women) as their ser - vice fee is waived. Buy up cov er age is avail - able; how ever re mem - ber you do not have to pur chase buy-up cov - er age - ba sic 50/55 cov - er age is still avail able. MARCH INTEREST RATES In ter est rates for the month of March are as fol lows: 1.5% - crop year com - mod ity loans Farm Stor age Fa cil ity Loans year year year year 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 USDA SERVICE CENTER CONTACT INFORMATION Telephone FSA (Ext 2), NRCS (Ext 3). FSA Fax num ber: fax2mail in di vid u als firstname.lastname@co.usda.go v (Ex am ple firstname.lastname@co.usda. gov, dawna.weirich charla.fer ris hallie.barlow marvin.wat son mar lin.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 Fri day. Plainview School March 4p.m. to March 8a.m. Eads Ea gles Slew of News Fri day, March 11 12:00 MS W at Lamar lv 9:15 Sunday, March 13 KB Leaves for State Mon day, March 14 HS KB State at CSU Tues day, March 15 HS KB State at CSU KB Re turns Home Wednes day, March 16 Thurs day, March 17 Fri day, March 18 HS BSB at Las Animas Trny Sat ur day, March 19 Sunday, March 20 KC Elem BB Trny Mon day, March 21 FFA Meet ing Sa vanna Gyurman Lunch: Beef Soft Shell Ta - cos Tues day, March 22 3:00 p.m. BSB (H) Swink 7 & 5 Will Palmer Lunch: BBQ Ribs w/ But tered Noo dles Wednes day, March 23 FFA Chapter Officer Elec - tions 7:00 p.m. Rea gan Lane Lunch: Sack Lunches/Hoagie Sand - wiches w/ Chips and Ice cream Thurs day, March 24 7:00 a.m. FFA Of fi cer Break fast 1:00 p.m. HS T at LaJunta Chyann Sewell Lunch: Pizza Day WHAT's Happening Fri day, March 25 9:00 a.m. FFA Town Trash Pick up 9:00 a.m. MS KB at Vilas lv 7:00 a.m. Pos si ble HS BSB at Las Animas TBA? McClave Elem BB Trny Ki owa County Health Fair Sat ur day, March 26 Ki owa Count Health Fair Mon day, March 28 FFA Elem Can Drive Be - gins (Ends 4/21) Lunch: Chicken Sand - wich Tues day, March 29 Tues day, March 29 th PARCC Test ing English #1 English #2 Eng - lish #3 3:00 p.m. BSB at Fowler Pos si ble MS T at Limon TBA? Wednes day, March 30 English #1 English #2 English #3 Elem. Li brary Closed Due to In ven tory, Thank you for your pa tience. Spring Sports Pic tures * Base ball and Track Lunch: La sa gna To Read More WHAT's Happening go to 4 KiowaCountyPress.com March 11, 2016

5 Government Ki owa County Com mis sion ers Min utes Feb ru ary The Ki owa County Com - missioners meeting was called to or der by Chair - man Dick Scott On Feb ru - ary 10, 2016 at 9:00a.m. Scott fol lowed with prayer and the Pledge of Al le - giance. Those attending the meet ing were: Rich ard Scott Chair man of the Board; Cindy McLoud Com mis sioner; Don ald Oswald Com mis - sioner; Delisa Weeks, County Clerk; Tina Ad am - son, County Ad min is tra tor McLoud sec onded to ap - prove min utes as pre - sented with one cor rec - tion. All Commissioners voted Affirmative. McLoud sec onded the mo - tion to ap prove the vouch - ers as pre sented. All Com - missioners voted Affirmative. Scott moved and Oswald sec onded to ap prove agenda with two ad di - tions: One be ing a phone conversation with Tom Wilcox with KCVN, and Teresa Witte information on the si rens that are through out the county. Social Service Director, Den nis Pearson en tered the meet ing at 9:03 am. Pearson re ported the IGA for the Collaborative Pro - gram is in the draft ver - sion. Pearson re ported the con struc tion in the up per level of the Bransgrove build ing is go ing well. The cost for the re pairs to the build ing is go ing through three pro grams TANIF, child wel fare, and the Col - laborative Program. Pearson ex ited the meet - ing 9:25 a.m. Scott moved to re cess the meet ing to ac cept a phone call from Tom Wilcox with KCVN at 9:22 a.m. McLoud sec onded the mo tion. All Com mis - sioners voted Affirmative. Scott moved and McLoud sec onded the mo - tion to en ter back into reg - u lar ses sion at 10:05 a.m. All Commissioners voted Affirmative. Public Health Director, Tammie Clark and Di rec tor JoLynn Idler en tered the meet ing at 10:05 a.m. McLoud sec onded the mo - tion to re cess the reg u lar meet ing and be gin the Board of Health Meet ing at 10:06 a.m. All Com - missioners voted Affirma - tive. McLoud sec onded to ad - journ the Board of Health meet ing at 10:53 a.m. All Commissioners voted Af - firmative. McLoud sec onded to en ter back into reg u lar ses sion at 10:55 a.m. All Com - missioners voted Affirma - tive. Eunice Weber, Am bu - lance Coordinator entered the meet ing at 10:55 a.m. to dis cuss the li cens ing for the ambulances. Oswald moved and McLoud sec - onded the mo tion to sign the Ambulance Services Li cens ing for the 2016 year. All Commissioners voted Affirmative. Brittany Bow man Ex ten - sion Agent en tered the meet ing to pro vide the quar terly re port for the Ex - tension Office. Bowman re ported that there are 35 youth en rolled in the 4-H Cloverbuds. Af ter lengthy dis cus sions Bow man thanked the com mis sion - ers for their time and ex - ited the meet ing. Old Busi ness: Grant Up dates were pro - vided by Com mis sioner McLoud. McLoud at - tended the State His tor i cal Conference in Denver. McLoud re ceived a $170, check from the State Historical Fund Grant. This is the last State Historical Grant Kiowa County will re ceive. Scott said this grant was to be $200, McLoud said the county will have to use an other grant such as El Pomar or the Dan iel s Grant Fund to cover the re main ing $30, the State Historical Fund will not cover. Scott sec onded the mo tion to ad journ the meet ing for lunch at 11:55 a.m. All Commissioners voted Af - firmative. Commissioner s Meeting reconvened at 1:04 p.m. McLoud sec onded to ap - prove the min utes to the spe cial meet ing held in Lamar on Feb ru ary 3, All Commissioners voted Affirmative. Those en ter ing the meet - ing at 1:06 p.m. were Rick Reed, Rich Naylor, and Jim Langlois with 4 Rivers Implement. Rick Reed pre sented the lease for three new road grad ers. The county also had three older grad ers that were used for trade-ins. The to tal price for the new road grad ers with the trade-ins is $556, Event Plan ner; Elise Crockett re ported that she had spo ken with An drew McCracken (Fair board Mem ber) about the pos si - bil ity of horse rac ing at the fair grounds. Fees were dis cussed. Ms. Crockett said there would be more information available at a later date. Jeanne Sorensen en - tered the meet ing at1:50 p.m. and asked the com - mis sion ers if they could as sist in the proper way to de stroy the coun ties old elec tron ics that she has. The com mis sion ers said they would be will ing to as sist on this. Sher iff Sheridan and Un - dersheriff Six entered the meet ing to dis cuss the up - coming defensive driving class the Undersheriff will be con duct ing. Ad am son had spo ken with CTSI in re gards to the de fen sive driv ing and whether the Undersheriff would be on per sonal time or on duty. Sher iff Sheridan said he would be on duty. NEW BUSINESS: Re - ports were re viewed and dis cussed. McLoud sec onded to sign the an nual res o lu tion to participate with Lower Ar - kan sas Val ley Area Agency on Ag ing. All Com mis sion - ers voted Affirmative. McLoud sec onded to ap - prove the lease agree ment with Sheridan Lake Tower Site for RTH Farms. All Commissioners voted Af - firmative. The Em ployee Hand - book was re viewed and re - vi sions will be made. Teresa Witte re ported the si rens are not work ing cor rectly. Witte is to get a hold of Bob Benz with DigitCom and ask about the re peat ers in the area. She said this is one of her priorities as tornado sea - son is com ing up on us. Scott men tioned form ing a Transportation Advisory Com mit tee that would as - sist in the plan ning, de vel - op ment and sup port for all as pects of the County road & and bridge sys tem, State and Fed eral High way is - sues, and rail trans por ta - tion. Mem bers would con - sist of all com mis sion ers and road & bridge fore man and in clude 2 cit i zen mem bers from each dis - trict. Ad am son will place an ad in the pa pers for these positions. The next Commissioners Meet ing will be Feb ru ary 25, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. With no fur ther busi - ness, McLoud sec onded the meet ing be ad journed at 4:45 p.pm. All Com mis - sioners voted Affirmative What s going on in the county? Links to the Commissioner s - Assessor s Clerk s - Sheriff s - Treasurer s web sites and so much more! Keep up to date the easy way! March 11, 2016 KiowaCountyPress.com 5

6 Legal Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER S DEED # To Ev ery Per son in Ac tual Pos ses - sion or Oc cu pancy of the here in af - ter De scribed Land, Lot or Pre - mises, and to the Per son in Whose Name the same was Taxed or Spe - cially As sessed, and to all Per sons have an In ter est or Ti tle or Re cord in or to the said Pre mises and To Whom It May Con cern, and more especially to Morlan, Robin W C.R. #36 Eads, CO Lori S. Morlan 3445 C.R. #36 Eads, CO You and each of you are hereby no ti fied that on the 16 th day of No - vem ber, A.D. 2011, the then County Trea surer of the County of Ki owa, in the State of Col o rado, sold at pub lic tax lien sale to Ki owa County, Colo. the fol low ing de - scribed prop erty sit u ate in the County of Ki owa, State of Col o - rado, to-wit: Lots Thirty-two (32), Thirty-three (33), Thirty-four (34) and Thirty-five (35), Ly ing South of State High way #96 Block Nine (9) Jackson s Subdivision Town of Eads And said County Trea surer is sued a certificate of purchase therefor to Ki owa County Colo. That said tax lien sale was made to sat isfy the de lin quent taxes as - sessed against said real es tate for the year 2010; That said real es tate was taxed or spe cially as sessed in the names of Robin W. Morlan & Lori S. Morlan for said year That on the 29 th day of Feb ru ary, 2016 said Ki owa County, Colo. as - signed said cer tif i cate of pur chase to Jesse Deines. That said Jess Deines on the 1 st day of March, 2016, the pres ent holder of said cer tif i cate, (who) has made re quest upon the Trea surer of said County for a deed to said real es - tate. That a Trea surer s Deed will be is - sued for said real es tate for the said Jesse Deines, 1000 Main Street, Eads, Col o rado at 10:00 o clock A.M., on the 6 th day of July, A.D. 2016, un less the same has been re deemed. Said prop erty may be re deemed from said sale at any time prior to the ac tual ex e cu tion of said Trea - surer s Deed. Wit ness my hand this 4 th day of March, A.D STATE OF COL O RADO COUNTY OF KI OWA /s/ Steve K. Baxter Ki owa County Trea surer PO Box 247 Eads, Co (719) First Pub lished March 11, 2016 Last Pub lished March 25, 2016 In the Ki owa County Press 6 KiowaCountyPress.com March 11, 2016 Colorado Ag Day March of Col o rado s fin est chefs tak ing part in cook-off competition of lo - cal foods un der the Golden Dome A cook-off competition featuring Colorado-grown foods and the team ing up of local chefs, lawmakers and rep re sen ta tives of the ag in - dus try will high light Ag Day at the Capitol an an nual celebration of Colorado s pro duc ers and ag ri busi - nesses that this year is set for Wednes day, March 16, at the Capitol Build ing in Den ver. The 40 agricultural orga - ni za tions that make up the Colorado Ag Council host Ag Day at the Capitol, which takes place as part of Na tional Ag Week. The event has be come one of the most pop u lar un der the Golden Dome, at tended by about 500 peo ple, in clud - ing the gov er nor, state leg is - lators, farmers, ranchers, me dia and the gen eral pub - lic. Ag Day at the Capitol this year be gins at 10:45 a.m., with lunch be ing served at 11:30 a.m. Chefs, sen a tors, rep re - sen ta tives, farm ers and ranch ers throw them all into the mix and you have Ag Day at the Capitol, said an en thu si as tic Ja son Morse, ex ec u tive chef and owner of 5280 Cu li nary LLC. Morse has as sisted in or ga niz ing Ag Day at the Capitol and been one of the com pet ing chefs in re cent years, and he will take part again this year. Once again, cu li nary ex perts with the Colorado Chefs Associa - tion get to pair with lo cal pro duc ers and law mak ers to show case the bounty of what Col o rado has to of fer. This is such a spe cial event for our chefs as so ci a tion, as we get the op por tu nity to give back to the ag com mu - nity, and say thanks with some amaz ing menu items. Each year, Ag Day at the Capitol high lights all that Colorado s ag industry does for our state, such as its ef - forts in feed ing Col o rado s 5 million-plus people, its stew ard ship of our re - sources, and its $40 bil lion eco nomic im pact a top two or three con trib u tor to the state s econ omy each year. The event also rec og - nizes the ag in dus try s in - cred i ble gen er os ity to those in need. Ac cord ing to Kevin Seggelke, CEO of the Food Bank of the Rock ies, Col o - rado s ag in dus try is con tin - u ally one of its big gest sup - port ers. In 2015, the to tal value of Col o rado ag prod - ucts dis trib uted by the state s five Feed ing Amer ica food banks amounted to about $15 mil lion. Other high lights dur ing Ag Day at the Capitol will in - clude recognizing this year s newly des ig nated Colorado Centennial Farms. The Colorado Centennial Farms pro gram is a col lab o - ra tive ef fort among His tory Colorado and the Colorado Department of Agriculture, cre ated to rec og nize the im - portant role agriculture has played in our state s his tory and eco nomic de vel op - ment. Colorado Centennial Farms was the first pro gram of its kind in the na tion to give His toric Struc ture Awards to fam i lies who have suc cess fully pre served his toric build ings on their farms and ranches. Any one look ing for more in for ma tion about Ag Day at the Capitol can con tact event man ager Da vid Col lie at david@5280culinary.com EADS LANDFILL Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday 8:00 am to 4:00 pm CLOSED for Lunch 12:00-12:30 Friday 8:00am - Noon CLOSED SUNDAYS Ki owa County Com - missioners Special Meeting February A Spe cial Meet ing of the Ki owa County Com mis - sion ers to fill a po si tion for Road & Bridge, Dis - trict 1 was called to or der at 11:32 am by Chair - man Rich ard Scott on Feb ru ary 3, Those attending were: Rich ard Scott, Chair man of BOCC Don ald Oswald, Com mis - sioner Tina Adamson, Adminis - trator Commissioner Cindy McLoud was not pres ent. Don ald Oswald moved to of fer the Road & Bridge Dis trict 1 equip ment op - erator position to applicant Korey Morgans. Dick Scott sec onded and all voted affirmative. With no fur ther busi - ness, Don ald Oswald moved to ad journ the spe cial meet ing at 11:33 am. Rich ard Scott sec - onded and all voted af fir - mative All Ve sic u lar Stomatitis (VS) Quarantines Released in Colo - As of March 4, 2016, all Vesicular Stomatitis (VS) affected premises have been re leased from quar - antine in Colorado. There are cur rently no VS-af - fected pre mises un der quar an tine in the United rado States. The VS out break in the US be gan in April, 2015 with a to tal of 823 cases in 8 states; of that, Col o rado con firmed 441 pre mises in 36 coun ties LANDFILL WINTER HOURS Effective Anyone wishing to receive a text HASWELL LANDFILL message when there are holiday or weather related closures can Friday 1:00pm - 4:00pm text landfill closures and your name from your cell phone to

7 Classifieds Spring Spring 1 st Annual Fling Craft Fair Saturday, April 9, am to 4 pm Plainview School Gymnasium Sheridan Lake, CO Lunch available on site Eastern Slope 403 Third Ave, Hugo Internet Digital TV Telephone Donations Needed The Li brary needs to up date var i ous items in the li brary to main tain our level of ser vice to the peo ple of Ki owa County. If you would like to do nate to this fund, please come to the Li brary at your convenience and we will give you a re - ceipt for your do na - tion for tax pur - poses. Marples Country Market Your TOTAL Health Food Store 101 N. 4th Street Lamar, Colorado (719) CLASSIFIED ADVERTISERS The Press can be re spon si ble for only one incorrect insertion. Rates: $5.00 per week, flat fee, any num ber of words. Also pub - lished on line at KiowaCountyPress.com at no extra charge. HELP WANTED QMAP Needed/$9.00 per hr. Prai rie View Vil lage As sisted Liv ing is look ing for a full time QMAP. We are a small as sisted liv ing lo cated in Las Animas, Col o rado. We cur rently have 13 El ders in our home. We work 8 hour shifts and cur rently the 6am-2pm and 2pm-10pm shifts are what would be avail able. Qualified applicants will be QMAP, have cur rent CPR and first aid cards. They must pass a back ground check and drug test. The start ing wage for this positon is $9.00 per hr. as well as benefits. Interested individu - als will need to com plete an ap - plication and return to Candi Patton at 821 2nd St. Las Animas, Co. or call We have a great environment, flexible sched ul ing and great team of co- work ers. We look for ward to vis it ing with you. Classifieds Ki owa County School RE-2 Plainview School has a full time maintenance/transportation po - si tion open. This is a 40 hours per week, year round, with ben - efits position. Knowledge of gen eral build ing and house hold maintenance, DOT transportation, CDL with pas sen ger en - dorse ment or abil ity to ob tain this is pre ferred. Ap ply in per son at Plainview School County Road 71 Sheridan Lake Co Ap pli ca tions close Tues day March 15 4:30 pm. Plainview School is an EOE. The Town of Eads is ac cept ing applications for Part-Time for the Pub lic Works De part ment. The po si tion is Fri day s and week ends for a to tal of 12 hours a week. Pre-em ploy ment drug test ing is re quired. Applications can be picked up at City Hall, 110 W. 13th St., and will be avail able un til the po si tion is filled. For more in for ma tion call the Town Clerk s of fice at The Town of Eads is an EOE FOR RENT Dou ble Wide lo cated on 3 lots; 2 bed room 2 full baths. New Deck. Swamp cooler. call NATIONAL FARMERS UNION INSURANCE COMPANIES Your National Farmers Union Insurance Agent In Kiowa County Melinda J. Kelley P.O. Box South Main Street Lamar, Colorado (719) or The Town of Haswell Spring Dinner & Dance March 19 5:30 pm Haswell Community Building kiowacountypress.com 129 years and counting Kiowa County s only newspaper that s FREE to Read March 11, 2016 KiowaCountyPress.com 7

8 Transportation Advisory Committee The Ki owa County Com mis sioner s are forming a Transportation Advisory Com - mit tee that will in - clude the Com mis sion ers, the Road & Bridge Fore - men and two cit i zen mem bers from each dis trict. This Com mit tee will as sist in the plan ning, development and sup port for all as pects of the County road & bridge sys tem, State and Fed eral High way is sues, and rail trans - portation. It will help re search the Coun ties trans - portation issues and ad vise the Board of Com mis sion ers as to actions or solutions that will ben e fit Ki owa County. The Com mis sion ers would like the in put and ad vice of cit i zens who share their con - cern for the trans por - ta tion needs of Ki owa County. If you are in ter ested in serv ing the County in this ca pac ity please send a let ter of in ter - est to the Ki owa County Commission - ers, PO Box 100, Eads, CO 81036, or it to kiowaco100@gmail.com or drop it by the Com mis - sion ers of fice at the Court - house, 1305 Goff St, Eads, CO. If you have any ques tions please call Tina Adamson at (719) Let - ters will be re ceived and re viewed un til the time that all of the po - si tions are filled. DID YOU KNOW? Everything in this newspaper No Subscription necessary. AND MORE Works with most is available now at phones, tablets KiowaCountyPress.com and computers No Computer? No Internet? NO PROBLEM! Just stop by the Kiowa County Public Library for free access and friendly help to find your favorite local news, information & entertainment! 8 KiowaCountyPress.com March 11, 2016