December 2018 cattle inventory report for Arizona, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.

Extreme, exceptional drought mostly disappear from Colorado as snow storms continue.

Rate for March 2019 are unchanged from February.

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World is a fine family film according to our critic Bob Garver.

Breakfast

• March 4: French toast, orange juice, milk, peach cup
• March 5: Mash browns, toast, sausage, grape juice, milk
• March 6: Oatmeal, toast, apple juice, milk, orange
• March 7: Bagel sandwich, orange juice, milk, apple

Lunch

• March 4: Barbeque ribs, carrot sticks, pears, roll, chocolate chip cookie, vanilla ice cream, fruit and veggie bar
• March 5: Super nachos, lettuce salad, orange, Oreo ice cream, milk, fruit and veggi

This week at Lamar Theatre

Two earthquakes for Colorado's San Luis Valley in less than 12 hours.

After 40 years, Colorado and Kansas have resolved a dispute which paves the way for a permanent fish and wildlife pool at John Martin Reservoir.

Eads Elementary School will be conducting Child Find screenings Friday, March 22, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Child Find is a series of free screenings to evaluate the vision, hearing, and language development, as well as the physical and cognitive skills of children from birth to five years of age.

Preregistration for the Eagle’s Nest Preschool will also be available for preschool-age children born on or before May 1, 2016. 

Appointments can be made by calling 719-438-2080.

Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.37 billion pounds in December, down 1 percent from the 4.40 billion pounds produced in December 2017. 

Beef production, at 2.12 billion pounds, was 2 percent below the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.58 million head, down slightly from December 2017. The average live weight was down 12 pounds from the previous year, at 

1,368 pounds.