Kiowa County Fire Protection District Board of Directors Meeting January 21, 2020 at 7:00 pm

Jay Specht, President, called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm.  Those present at the meeting were:

Jay Specht, President

Terry Riley, Vice President

Teresa Witte, Treasurer

Karen Jones, Secretary to the Board

Also present were District Chief AJ McCracken and AJ Bolin, Eads Department Chief.  Absent Directors were Zach Kopasz and Delton Eikenberg.

Agriculture news and information from the Eads USDA Service Center in Kiowa County, Colorado.

My name is Eunice M. Weber, I’m writing this article to give you an idea of my qualifications and reasons for running for a Director on the Kiowa County Fire Protection District Board. 

I have lived in this Community for 51 years, became an EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) in 1999.  In 2003, I began serving as the Kiowa County Ambulance Director.  

As the Ambulance Director, I have written several grants addressing the need of acquiring updated Ambulances and equipment for us to take care of our Community.  

We are all doing what we can to limit the spread of COVID-19. With social distancing and staying at home, the risk of infection is less. The federal and state governments have ordered all non-essential businesses to close. This is necessary to reduce the risk of spreading and contracting the virus, and it’s working. Unfortunately, though, millions of people have lost their jobs as a result of this. It’s truly a double-edged sword scenario; if you lost your job, you are home safe from the virus but can’t pay the bills.

Life in Eads and Kiowa County, Colorado, as observed by Doris Lessenden.

An adviser for the American Mosquito Control Association says the possibility of mosquito transmission of the coronavirus is “nil.”

Millions of Americans will have to wait months to receive stimulus checks from the federal government, and millions more won't receive anything at all.

Top articles at from the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado, for the week ending April 18, 2020.

With COVID-19 infections and deaths rising each day, the cancellation of live sporting events might seem like an afterthought. But in the coming weeks and months, their absence will undoubtedly be felt.