15 Years Ago

December 21, 2007

• Due to budget cuts, the Kiowa County Clerk’s office will be closed during the noon hour, 12:00-1:00 p.m. daily.
• Shawn Randel was named Coach of the Year for Class 6-A.
• Wild Horse Roundup- Curtis Schrimp: I missed going to see Santa in Carson, so I didn’t get to sit on his lap to get my picture taken and bag of candy.
• New minimum wage goes into effect January 1. It will increase from $6.85 hour to $7.02.

25 Years Ago

December 19, 1997

• The Eads Board of Trustees granted Eagle Vision L.L.C. the right to assume the Galaxy Cablevision franchise upon the completion of the purchase of the system.

40 Years Ago                    

December 17, 1982

• Kiowa County voters in School District RE-1passed the mill levy increase by only a 4-vote margin at the poll Tuesday.
• The Plainview Jr. High basketball won second place in the invitational tournament held in Cheyenne Wells.

50 Years Ago

December 19, 1972

• The Eads Lions Club is sponsoring a campaign to buy furniture for the nurses’ quarters at Weisbrod Memorial Hospital.
• Kit Carson News- Ruby Lafferty: Antelope by the hundreds are dotting the prairie and fields in the Wild Horse area are being driven by the drifting snows which have covered the grass.
• Towner has a thriving small industry in its birdseed plant. The plant has been in operation since 1967. The first owners were two brothers name Alver. They sold in 1969 to International Multifoods.

100 Years Ago

 December 22, 1922

• Homer Jackson is getting to be the champion mouse slayer of the school. He murdered two last week. Poor mice!