Daylight Savings Time resumes on Sunday, March 13, 2016. That means we will turn our clocks forward one hour, or Spring Ahead! The semi-annual time change is also a great opportunity for valuable preparedness steps focused on checking your emergency preparedness supplies or stocks.

Change Your Clock, Check Your Stocks

This week as you prepare to change your clock, it’s time to check the stock in your emergency preparedness kit for items that may be missing or expired. If you don’t have a preparedness kit yes, you can create one that includes:

Online courses are still available for the spring semester at Lamar Community College.  Students and community members alike can take advantage of courses packaged into a quick six-week session starting on March 28, 2016 and running through May 7.

Online courses provide students the flexibility to work anywhere and at any time, making it possible to add a class into any schedule.  This six-week course schedule goes a step further, allowing for fast-paced learning for motivated individuals. 

The Colorado County Clerks Association (CCCA) has established a scholarship fund to aid outstanding seniors who are residents of Colorado.

The scholarship is intended to aid students in furthering their education at any university, college, junior college, or technical institution. There are four regional, one-time $1,000 scholarships awarded to seniors graduating from Colorado high schools.

Selection is based on grade point average and community involvement with an interest in government, business or political science, as well as financial need/hardship. 

Sun will be a key feature for Kiowa County in the coming week, along with a lack of any chance of precipitation.

Sunday will be the warmest day of the week with a high in the upper 70s. Tuesday will only reach the upper 50s, though still warm for this time of year.

Monday, Wednesday and Thursday will be sunny with highs in the 60s, and Friday will see a return of 70 degree weather.

By Slim Randles

I was one of the half-dozen guys holding Isaac Okleasik’s sled down while his dozen-plus sled dogs were screaming and lunging. It was the first Saturday in March back in 1973, and Isaac was one of the first mushers to leave on the first Iditarod Sled Dog Race. I was wearing bib number 37, and since we let a team go every two minutes, I had plenty of time to help others before it was my turn.

By Pastor Rich Z

SPARE THE ROD?

Never hit a child in anger; however it says in Proverbs 13:24, “Those who spare the rod of discipline hate their children. Those who love their children care enough to discipline them.”

UPDATE: (3/6/16): The Fire Weather Watch for Monday has been upgraded to a Red Flag Warning for Kiowa, Prowers, Baca, Bent, Otero and Las Animas Counties.

Original article:

The National Weather Service has issued alerts for fire weather in Kiowa County and other portions of southeast Colorado. The alerts are in effect Sunday and Monday.

The Town of Haswell will be having a Spring Dinner & Dance on Saturday, March 19, 2016. It will begin at 5:30 pm and be held at the Haswell Community Building. DJ RGB will be providing the music and lighting for our dance. The Dinner & Dance will be $10 for adults, $6 for kids, and $5 admission if they only want to attend the dance. We will also have a cake walk during the dance

A Special Meeting of the Kiowa County Commissioners to fill a position for Road & Bridge, District 1 was called to order at 11:32 am by Chairman Richard Scott on February 3, 2016.  Those attending were:

                                                      Richard Scott, Chairman of BOCC

UPDATED - adds newsly-scheduled training in Kiowa County

The National Weather Service in Pueblo provides SKYWARN weather spotter preparedness and training.  Typically, the sessions are scheduled from late March through early May each year, and are a cooperative effort of local government officials and the National Weather Service.  The sessions are free of charge and usually open to everyone unless noted.

Participants receive information about:

- latest hot topics about National Weather Service

- when and how to report severe weather