15 Years Ago - September 24, 2010

• The Colorado Gators Reptile Park announced free admission to all visitors to celebrate Sir Chomps O’ Lot’s birthday. Sir Chomps O’ Lot was the first alligator ever hatched in Colorado.

25 Years Ago - September 29, 2000

• A tornado passed through the north side of Sheridan Lake, slightly damaging several homes and demolished a mobile home. No injuries were reported.
• East End Events- Christy Hopkins: For certain, you can never count on the weather. After 95 degrees days earlier and snow on the ground the next.

40 Years Ago - September 27, 1985

• Kiowa County residents rejected a proposal to locate a low-level radiation dump in the county.

50 Years Ago - September 26, 1975

• Four more cows and one sheep were reported to be mutilated this past week in Kiowa County.
• Kiowa County 4-H livestock exhibitors sold 54 head of market animals for $17,891 at the Kiowa County Fair.

75 Years Ago - September 15,1950

• Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Robertson traded their ranch, one mile east of Rush Creek school, to Mr. & Mrs. C.B. Bowen. They bought a new cattle ranch in Aragon, New Mexico.
• A lively campaign for the high school paper, The Bi-Weekly Squeak, is being waged among the high school classes and eighth grades.

100 Years Ago - 1925

• A lively campaign for the high school paper, The Bi-Weekly Squeak, is being waged among the high school classes and eighth grades.