Rural hospital closings have accelerated in recent years, leaving not only sick people but ghost towns in their wake. Does the failure to fix it speak to the ills of the larger health care system?

For people with "auto-brewery syndrome," microbes in the intestines produce abnormally high levels of alcohol.

Photo of the week from the October 4, 2019, edition of the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado - Leaves beginning to change in Kiowa County.

Birthdays

October 7

• David Miner
• Jura Wilson
• Kelly V.

Studies are showing that tatoos may increase immune system response, with long lasting effects.

After October 1, 2020, millions of people may find flying difficult or impossible if they do not have identification accepted by the Transportation Security Administration.

• Kiowa County Commissioners Meeting  October 10-24-Nov 14 - Open to the public  9:00am       - Commissioners will recess 12 - 1 for lunch - 4 day notice is preferred for posted agenda
• Eads Drivers License Schedule October 8-9-15-16-23-28
• Eads Drivers License DD-214 or Active Military ID must be presented at time of renewal for Military Insignia to be placed on you license
• County Line Rivals will be holding their first Chili Cook off Sat. October 12 from 11:00am-2:00pm @ Eads Football Field.

A report from 24/7 Wall St. find that Pueblo share of extreme poverty is the highest in Colorado.

NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION

SHERIDAN LAKE WATER DISTRICT

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

1-13.5-1105(2)(d), 1-13.5-502 C.R.S.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the eligible electors of the Sheridan Lake Water District of the County of Kiowa, Colorado.