Dear Editor,
Here at Liver Health Connection, we educate patients, providers, and the general public about diseases affecting the liver and provide advocacy, resources, and support. Two diseases of particular concern to us are hepatitis C, a life-threatening chronic disease that affects an estimated 3.2 million Americans, including about 60,000 people in Colorado, and liver cancer, the 6th leading cause of cancer in the US.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife, in partnership with the Colorado Department of Education and Colorado State Library announced the expansion of the Check Out Colorado State Parks program to 287 libraries statewide, including the Kiowa County Public Library in Eads, with a proclamation read by Lieutenant Governor Donna Lynne today at the Denver Central Library.
Check Out Colorado State Parks Program is an initiative offering residents the ability to check out a hang-tag park pass from their local library for entrance into any of Colorado’s 42 state parks.
NASS data, ARC-CO Program to be key topics of discussion
Colorado Corn staff and board members encourage farmers and any others interested to attend our upcoming District 7 meeting in Springfield, where attendees will hear updates about the two Colorado Corn organizations and issues impacting the industry.
The meeting will take place at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 12, at the Longhorn Steakhouse, located at 400 Main St. Dinner will be provided at the meeting. No RSVP needed.
The list of acts coming to the Colorado State Fair continues to grow; two acts have been added to the already diverse entertainment list.
Sept. 2 Lee Brice
Sept. 4 Celebracion de los Charrós con Conjunto Primavera presented by LaTricolor and Entravision
By Chris Sorensen
A varying chance of showers and thunderstorms continues this week, joined by slightly cooler temperatures as an upper high pressure ridge builds into the area Monday, with a shortwave dropping down across the plains.
High temperatures will be in the upper 80s to around 90 throughout the week, with lows near 60.
By Slim Randles
Dud rounded the corner on his block and headed for the edge of town at an easy jog. Well, easy for an Olympic miler, he thought. It was making him breathe hard and he wasn’t even a block from the house. But this is the price. Oh yes, the price I must pay for my goal.
“Dud,” said Doc, “I worry about you spending so much time agonizing over that book of yours.”
“I have to do it, Doc,” Dud said. “There are still so many things to plan in the book. Things like the duchess’s daughter and her relationship with the truck driver on special assignment …”
The Kiowa County Public Library Summer Reading program will begin July 12 and run for three weeks.
The program will be held Tuesdays and Thursday from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. (July 12, 14, 19, 21, 26, & 28).
Summer Reading Early Registration will begin June 27 and continue until July 8. If you register early you will receive a prize.
By Pastor Rich Z
LIE IF YOU WANT TO GET RICH?
“A fortune made by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.” Proverbs 21:6
June 29, 2001
Members of the Eads FFA Chapter proudly display their Most Improved Chapter in the State of Colorado Award Plaque that is based o Community involvement, recruitment, and member & chapter involvement.
25 Years Ago
June 27, 1991
Another rain-up to an inch or more reported in Kiowa County Saturday evening. But a hot drying wind Tuesday was rapidly curing the wheat that is just starting to be cut.
June 23, 2016, the Colorado Department of Agriculture, State Veterinarian’s Office, was notified by the USDA National Veterinary Services Laboratory (NVSL) that a non-racing horse presently located at Arapahoe Park in Aurora, CO tested positive for Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA). Confirmatory tests are currently being run. Arapahoe Park is currently under a hold order that restricts movement of horses until an initial investigation is completed by the Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA). The affected horse has been in Colorado less than 60 days and came from an out-of-state track.
