Pages from the Past - From the 137-year history of the Kiowa County Press - April 28, 2024

Kiowa County Press historic front page.

15 Years Ago - April 24, 2009

USDA Update- Rod Johnson: After many months of preparation, the County Committee was advised the plans for a new USDA Service Center have been approved.
The Eads High School boys track and Eads Middle School girls track won the High Plains League Meet held in McClave.
The Eads Knowledge Bowl team are the 1A State Champions. Just one point behind were the Plainview Hawks.
Wild Horse Roundup- Curtis Schrimp: We had about 1.3” of rain the past couple of days. How sweet it is!

USDA Update- Rod Johnson: With wheat maturity a little ahead of normal, producers are wondering how much affect there will be after significant freezing temperature for three nights.
Several Eads students have been competing in high school rodeos this spring.
Eads Chamber of Commerce hosted their annual carnival Friday and Saturday.

Craig Scott of Towner was 1 of 5 from Colorado who attended the National 4-H Conference in Washington D.C. Over 250 4-H youths attended.

Recently a lot of interest has been generated in the Kiowa County Historical Society in the preservation of the old schoolhouse-elevator by the Missouri Pacific Railroad.

Ralph South, former resident of Eads, stopped here with a building 37.5 feet wide and 84 feet long weighting over 60 tons. It is a government chapel brought at La Junta Air Base by the Methodist Church at Hartman.

The DCD Highway south of Eads has been covered with water for the last few weeks, owing to the lakes filled to a depth greater than for many years past.