Photo of the week from the December 20, 2019, edition of the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado - Wood holiday cutouts at the roadside park in Eads.

How can a U.S. presidential candidate lose if they receive more votes? The Electoral College plays a role.

Birthdays

Renee Woods

January 5, 1936 - December 20, 2019

Funeral services are pending.

Arrangements are under the direction of Brown Funeral Home.

After a panel of judges ruled that the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional, new questions are rising.

Colorado's Attorney General has vowed to stand up to the federal government and efforts to overturn the Affordable Care Act.

Card of Thanks

Thank you to the Kiowa County Sheriff Department - Avery, Kiowa County EMT’s - Theresa and Karen, Kiowa County Hospital District Staff, especially Connie, Med Trans from Lamar - Roland and Shawn, and the Parkview Medical Center and Staff

Jeanne Sorensen

NOTICE OF HEARING AS TO SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION

Notice is hereby given that a meeting will be held on December 30, 2019 at 8:00 a.m. at the Weisbrod Memorial Hospital Meeting Room in Eads, Colorado to consider a Resolution for Supplemental Appropriation for the Kiowa County Hospital District for the year 2019. Unanticipated revenues of $950,000 and unappropriated funds have allowed for additional unforeseen operating expenses in the amount of $950,000.  

November 2019 cattle on feed report for Colorado and the United States from the USDA.