From the 135-year history of the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado, for April 24, 2022.

Rural life and humor, with characters from the mind of Slim Randles.

Fifteen years ago, on April 27, 2007, the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site (NHS) was formally dedicated as the 391^st unit of the National Park Service.

Former Colorado State Senator Mark Hillman says the commission charged with ensuring schools discontinue using American Indian mascots is inconsistent in applying state law.

As pollen travels, it also triggers allergies in some 25 million Americans. Pollen exposure can cause sneezing, coughing, itchy eyes, runny nose and postnasal drip – unwelcome signs of spring for sufferers.

COLORADO 

The number of cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in Colorado feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 head or larger was estimated at 1,100,000 head as of April 1, 2022.

The latest inventory was 4 percent above the April 1, 2021 inventory but 2 percent below the previous month’s inventory. The inventory included 655,000 steer and steer calves, 7 percent above the previous year. The number of heifer and heifer calves, at 445,000 head, are down 1 percent from a year ago.

March 2022 livestock slaughter highlights for the United States from the USDA.

Dwight Lester Gardner

August 31, 1951 – April 17, 2022

Dwight Lester Gardner joined our Lord Easter morning, April 17, 2022. He was born August 31, 1951, to Ralph Dennis Gardner and Cora Madalin Harrison. He was proceeded in death by his parents; grandparents; brothers, Harrison Dennis Gardner and Harlan Rush Gardner; and his niece, Gabrielle Gardner Lucero.

Darrell Wayne Brown

March 20, 1939 – January 11, 2022

Darrell Wayne Brown passed away January 11, 2022, in Eads at Weisbrod Memorial Hospital. He was 82 years, 10 months, and 11 days.

He was born March 20, 1939, in Elsie, Nebraska, the third of four children born to Ross Ora Brown and Eunice Laurine Deal.

Eunice died in 1941, along with a baby girl, when Darrell was two, and he and his brother and sister were raised by many different family members in Colorado and Nebraska.

Utah Governor Spencer Cox issued a drought state of emergency for Utah effective Thursday.