15 Years Ago

November 2, 2001

• USDA Update Rod Johnson: Most fall harvest has been completed and average yields are little higher than what was expected.

• Notice: Weisbrod Memorial Hospital and Nursing Home will be destroying expired records from February 4,1969 through November 27,1989

25 Years Ago

October 31, 1991

• LeRoy Jacobs was special guest and recipient of a 50-year membership plaque at Kiowa county Farm Bureau.

• The first snow of the season blew into Kiowa County leaving behind a skiff of white powder and icy roads.

• Colorado State University recently honored several Cooperative Extension Agents during the Extension form. George Ellicott, county unit leader for Kiowa County, was as a recipient of the Distinguished Service Award.

40 Years Ago

October 29, 1976

• Some 200 tons of hay belonging to Ed Negley were destroyed in the early morning hours. At the exact same hour another fire threatened a bridge west of Haswell.

• Potpourri: Often there is some bitterness generated between the faithful of the 2 parties in an election campaign such as we have had during recent months. We have heard of little or none of that this year.

• What is still probably a record snowfall in Kiowa County occurred 30 years ago this week. Tuesday the wind had subsided. At that point there was 30 inches of snow on the level.

50 Years Ago

October 28, 1966

• Haswell Happenings: Mumps continue to make the rounds – Mark and Mary Blakemore and Ross Davis are the latest victims.