Distribution of a new COVID-19 vaccine is now underway after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration late Friday granted emergency use authorization for the serum.

It’s not a secret that 2020 has been a difficult year. For some of us, such as the Kiowa County Public Library District, it started out as an okay year. We were (and had been for a few years) working hard to bring a difficult question to the Kiowa County Community. We were planning, communicating, analyzing, and preparing to ask the community for support on a mill levy increase measure for the Library - something that hasn’t increased since we became a special district (which operates separately from the county) thirty-three years ago in 1987. 

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The Kiowa County Commissioners would like to express our gratitude to the planning group for the Merry on Maine Holiday Festival.  

We understand the enormous planning for this event, along with the love and hope for our residents, businesses, and communities to have an inspirational event of fellowship and joyful celebration.  We know that this year has been profoundly disappointing for so many, no celebrations, graduations, weddings, funerals, reduced income, isolation, sickness and loss of life.  

Rodney S. Shivers, Jr.

March 18, 1954 – December 7, 2020

Rodney Shivers, Jr., was born to Rodney Sterling Shivers Sr. and Frances Pearl Prewitt Shivers in Cleveland, Mississippi, March 18, 1954. Rodney was the oldest child, having a younger brother, Jeffery, and a younger sister, Stacey. Growing up in a farming family, Rodney was helping on the farm from a young age and fell in love with raising crops from the soil.

Elda Stavely

June 26, 1927 – December 10, 2020

Graveside funeral services for Elda Stavely will be held Monday, December 14, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. at the Haswell Cemetery in Haswell. 

Memorial contributions may be made to the Haswell Community Building Fund; PO Box 70, Haswell, CO 81045

Arrangements are under the direction of Brown Funeral Home.

Birthdays

December 14

• Haili Igou
• Ron Phillips
• Peyton Eder
• Treya Tate

December 15

• Brandy Blanton
• Kyle Johnson
• Shatanah Thomas

December 16

• Jeff Engelhardt
• Darwin Nelson
• Marte Fitch
• Michael Zimmerman
• Emrie Paterson
• Kyle Morlan

December 17

• Doug Uhland
• Sharon Pearson
• Art Lane* In Memory

December 18

• JaNae Voss
• Mike Morrow
• Jason Japhet* In Memory
• Cheryl Davis

Commissioner, Butch Robertson moved to appoint Donald Oswald as Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners. Oswald seconded the motion. Motion carried.

The Regular meeting of the Kiowa County Commissioners was called to order on November 24, 2020 at 9:00 a.m., by Chairman, Donald Oswald. Robertson opened the meeting with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. There was a moment of silence, in honor of Chairman Richard Scott.

Those in Attendance:

The Regular Meeting of the Town of Eads Board of Trustees was called to order by Mayor Shields, Tuesday November 10, 2020 at 4:54 p.m. in the Town Hall. Town Clerk, Robin Fox, took roll call:

Photo of the week from the December 11, 2020, edition of the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado - wooden holiday decoration at the roadside parking in Eads, Kiowa County, Colorado.