15 Years Ago

January16, 2004

• The deed to the former Dawson property was formally transferred from Southwest Entertainment Inc. to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma.
• Representative Greg Brophy has announced Jennifer James will joining his staff at the capitol.
• Janie Bush was home alone at their ranch near Chivington when she noticed a prairie fire coming toward their home. Joe, Janie and Joe Andrew are thankful to all the volunteers and friends who came to save their home and corrals.

25 Years Ago

January 19, 1994

• Sharon Koch owner of Sharon’s Cuts & Styles has relocated her shop from the former Hickman St. location to 1316 Maine, next to Eagle Vision Headquarters.
• Monday, an earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale struck Northridge California.
• The Kiowa County Commissioners received a petition asking for a ban on the continued application of sludge on area cropland.
• The Motor Vehicle Division of the Colorado Department of Revenue began issuing digitized image driver’s license and identification cards.

40 Years Ago

January 19, 1979

• John E. Jacobs again garnered the Sweepstakes Trophy for best display of 10 heads of sorghum at the 1979 Colorado Pure Seed Show.
• A winter storm which moved through the eastern Colorado dumped more than four inches of snow with a moisture content of .16 inches.
• The Karvel Keenagers entertained the nursing home with two hours of toe tapping music.

50 Years Ago

January 17, 1969

• A number of Kiowa County residents attended the National Western Stock Show in Denver.
• For the first time at Eads Lanes, a league bowler converted the wide open split 4-7 6-10 for a spare. Betty Crow, a substitute for the Goof-Ups, accomplished the feat on alley 1.