Maine Street 5K COLOR Dash July 29 2017 Early registration ends July 24 for reduce fee. Entry fee includes lunch. All proceeds will go to benefit Prairie Pines Assisted Living Center. Register: Email shelbygoodrich74@gmail.com

• Main Street Crash Demolition Derby July 29 @ Kiowa County Fairgrounds 12:30pm. Contact Justin Lenox 719-688-4759 What: Coffee with Your Congressman Date: Sunday, August 6, 2017  Time: 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM Address: Cobblestone Inn & Suites, 501 E Lowell St, Eads, CO 81036 Contact: Erika Chaves, 720-639-9165

• Kiowa County 4-H Exhibit Day Program Monday, August 7th at 6:00 p.m.  Community Building at the Fairgrounds  Enjoy Fashion Revue, 4-H Awards Program & Food & Dessert Auction ! Questions?  Call the Extension Office 719-438-5321
• Cardiovascular Disease  FREE Screening August 8 2017 at Kiowa County Public Health 9am-12pm. Call Kiowa County Public Health to schedule your screening 719-438-5782 
• Bonnie's Car Show September 9 Kiowa County Fairgrounds. All entry's & proceeds go for Bonnie Morgan expenses for her battle of cancer. Contact AJ McCracken 719-688-8655
• The Sand Creek Massacre is a seminal event in American Indian history, a brutal massacre that took 230 Cheyenne and Arapaho lives in a surprise raid by Colorado (US) Volunteer Cavalry during the Civil War. At 10:00 am on Saturday, August 5, join Park Ranger Teri Jobe on a free guided tour that traces the path of the attack
• The Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site  open daily from 9 am to 4 pm, seven days a week.  This schedule will remain in effect through November 30, 2017.    The park will remain open for all three summer federal holidays  Fourth of July (July 4th), and the Labor Day (September 4th).
• Good News!. The hot tub at Prairie Pines has been repaired. Contact Prairie Pines 438-2141 for hours etc.
• Every Friday 2 pm coffee hour at Prairie Pines
• Coffee Hour every Thursday Morning 9 am at Weisbrod ECU
• Eads Senior Center is the site for Meals on Wheels prepared by Sage Services in Lamar.  They are delivered HOT to Eads two days a week.   Contact Areta Laird for more information
• Kiowa County Commissioners Meeting Dates    Aug 10-Open to the public 9:00am -  Commissioners will recess 12 - 1 for lunch 4 day notice is preferred for posted agenda