15 yrs

February 23, 2001

The National Park Service in conjunction with Kiowa County Commissioners and the Kiowa County Economic Development Office will hold an open house to share information with the public on newly authorized Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site.

25 years

February 21, 1991

By Delisa Weeks

Kiowa County Clerk and Recorder

ELECTION HISTORY TRIVIA:

Why is Election Day on a Tuesday?

• Years ago, when voters travelled to their polling locations by horse, having an election on Tuesday allowed them time to worship on Sunday and ride over on Monday.

How many votes were cast for President in the 2012 U.S. Presidential election?

• Eads Golf Club Annual Membership meeting 7:00pm March 7 at the the Eads Golf Clubhouse
• Open House for Mary Huddleston on February 21, 2016 from 2-4p.m. to help her celebrate her 94th birthday.  It will be held at the home of Dick and Sharon Scott at 13770 C.R.

February 22

Tony Kahler

Braxlyn Wyatt Ferris

Jaxson Matthew Stoker

Reilly Rittgers (In Memory)

Casey McDaniel

Hailey Birt

February 23

Gail Koeller

Scott Elarton

Chad Lyon

Thane Samuel Fink

Masyn Hager

Kayla Miller

February 24

Valerie Lyon

Ayden Hose

Mark McClave

Mary Lou Huddleston

February 25

Jessica Armijo

Colorado produces a wide variety of specialty crops, from peaches and apples to chiles and hops. To help develop and promote the state’s specialty crops, the Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA) is seeking proposals for the Specialty Crops Block Grant Program. Specialty crops are defined as fruits and vegetables, dried fruits, and nursery crops including floriculture and sod.

UPDATE: The Fire Weather Watch has been upgraded to a Red Flag Warning from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. this evening. All outdoor burning is strongly discouraged. Expect wind gusts to 50 miles per hour, humidity as low as seven percent, and temperatures in the upper 70s.

Original Article:

The National Weather Service has issued a Fire Weather Watch for Thursday (February 18, 2016) morning through Thursday afternoon for much of southeast Colorado.

By Rhonda Uhland

Excitement filled the Massari gym in Pueblo this last weekend as the 2016 Regional Tournament was being held with 15 of the 2A schools in attendance. 

By Doris Lessenden

 “Always pray to have eyes that see the best in people, a heart that forgives the worst, a mind that forgets the bad and a soul that never loses faith in God.  Shared by Barbie Stavely.

   A Mardi Gras pot luck supper was enjoyed last Tuesday at the Prairie Pines by residents and guests.  Chef Cristina prepared a traditional shrimp –potato –corn-a- cob broil entrée.  Last week the Lenten Season began, the six weeks before Resurrection Sunday (Easter).

Lois Charlotta Reinert McCracken was born April 3, 1928, to Andrew Caleb & Fern Muriel Frost Reinert on the family homestead between Towner and Holly in Colorado. 

She was the oldest of four children with 2 younger brothers, Earl Raymond and Elden August, and a younger sister, Weltha Fern.  Lois was named after her Grandmother Charlotte Reinert.