UNOFFICIAL Town of Eads Board of Trustees Meeting August 14, 2018

 The Regular Meeting of the Town of Eads Board of Trustees was called to order by Mayor Shields, Tuesday August 14, 2018 at 4:59 p.m. in the Town Hall. Shealynn McCracken, Assistant Town Clerk, took roll call:

Mayor – Joe D. Shields- present

Trustees – Present –Kathy McCracken, Terry Riley, Dennis Pearson, and Lisa Trigilio, 

Absent – Priscilla Waggoner and Justin McLoud

It has been quite a while since Colorado State University Extension has offered the Master Gardener program in the southeast area. With renewed interest in the program, applications are being accepted for Master Gardner classes which will be conducted in 2019. The host location will be determined by where the majority of the applications are centered. Southeast area extension offices are located in Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero, and Prowers counties.

One of our most popular features for nearly 18 years - a full-page color photo on the front of the Kiowa County Press showing various impressions of life in Kiowa County and across Colorado.

Copies of the print version of the Kiowa County Press can be purchased each week at Crow's Stop and Shop, Kiowa Healthmart, COOP C-Store in Eads, Haswell Propane, and Thunderbird Petroleum, our at our business office at 1208 Maine Street, Eads.

Birthdays

September 17

• Christopher Owens
• Huntley Elizabeth Mendez
• Nicholas Crum
• Ryker Pryor

September 18

• Mikyla Scott
• Brandon Lening
• C.H.

Conditions Report - Statewide

Statewide Conditions 

Rain and thunderstorms that have helped improve drought conditions in eastern Colorado since the end of July largely came to an end last week, while the western half of the state continued to bake under warm temperatures.

Nearly half of Colorado remains in extreme and exceptional drought, the two worst categories. South central and much of the west slope have been suffering under a lack of moisture for most of the year, while the northeast benefited from a late season blizzard and periodic rain to reach drought-free conditions over the summer.