*ALWAYS Subject to Change*
Download an Adobe Acrobat (PDF) version of this schedule from the link at the bottom of the page.
DATE | PLACE | TIME |
Mon. Aug. 6 Fri. Aug. 10 Tues. Aug. 14 |
Emergency Medical Technician – Basic certificate offered this fall at Lamar Community College
The Lamar Community College Foundation recently secured $10,000 in funds from the Robert H. Rawlings Foundation to maintain scholarships for Emergency Medical Services students for the upcoming academic year. These scholarships can help individuals interested in completing the Emergency Medical Technician-Basic certificate this fall.
Students from Colorado are among the winners of general academic scholarships for the 2018-19 academic year from Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas.
This listing includes some students who have won additional scholarships since being recognized earlier for awards presented to them at FHSU Student Recognition Programs from January through March.
Students are listed alphabetically by hometown
Fort Hays State is one of six universities in the Kansas Board of Regents system.
If you ever wanted to learn how to shoot a bow and arrow, your chance is coming as Colorado Parks and Wildlife hosts a free archery clinic for all ages August 17.
CPW officers will provide the equipment and expertise, at the session scheduled 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Friday, August 17. This event will be held at the agency Work Station in Buena Vista, at the corner of U.S. Highway 24 and DePaul Street on the south side of Buena Vista.
Colorado’s millet producers should watch their mailboxes for a millet check-off ballot. Ballots were mailed August 9 and voting is open until August 31. Ballots must be postmarked on or before August 31 to be counted.
Producers not receiving a ballot by August 16 should contact Glenda Mostek at the Colorado Department of Agriculture at (303) 869-9173 or e-mail glenda.mostek@state.co.us, and a ballot will be sent via first-class mail.
After several weeks of frequent rain and thunderstorms, drought conditions across southeast Colorado began to show substantial improvement.
Extreme drought, which has covered much of the southern third of the state this year, moved out of Prowers and Baca counties. Extreme conditions also gave way to severe drought for large portions of Las Animas, Bent, Otero, and Pueblo counties, as well as smaller portions of neighboring counties.
A remaining pocket of exceptional drought in Pueblo, Crowley, Kiowa, Bent and Otero counties dropped to extreme drought.
Based on August 1 conditions, corn production in Colorado is forecast at 178.22 million bushels, according to the August 1 Agricultural Yield Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. This forecast is down 4 percent from last year’s 185.90 million bushels. The 1.34 million acres expected to be harvested for grain this year is unchanged from the June estimate and 40,000 acres above the 1.30 million acres harvested a year ago.
August 13: French toast, sausage link, apple juice, V8, milk, fruit
August 14: Biscuits and gravy, grape juice, V8, milk, fruit
August 15: Waffles, sausage patty, orange juice, V8, milk, fruit
August 16: Muffins, yogurt, apple juice, V8, milk, fruit
August 13: Hoagie Sandwich, macaroni salad, apple, ice cream cup, milk, fruit and veggie bar
August 14: Ham chef salad, watermelon, crackers, milk, fruit and veggie bar
