Before I start my article, I wanted to tell everyone that we are having an 80th birthday celebration for Dick Scott on October 14,2017 from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the TOWNER COMMUNITY HALL.  The ad last week said at the American Legion Hall in Eads, but that has been changed to Towner. Please pass the word around to friends about the change in venue. Casual attire and no gifts please.

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper ordered flags be lowered to half-staff immediately to honor the victims of the attack in Las Vegas and as proclaimed by President Donald Trump. Flags should be lowered until Friday, October 6, at sunset.
The full text of the president’s proclamation:

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and other agencies are investigating a mass shooting that took place overnight during the Route 91 Harvest country music festival near the Mandalay Bay hotel.

Calls about shots being fired in the direction of the concert area started coming in Sunday at 10:08 p.m.

“Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate What you ought to be, What you can be, What you will be.” Douglas MacArthur

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM), the annual campaign to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity. The internet touches almost all aspects of everyone’s daily life, whether we realize it or not.

Dud had been sitting there looking at his computer for 20 minutes and he hadn’t gotten any more done on the book. You know the one. Dud calls it “Murder in the Soggy Bottoms,” and the rest of us call it “The Duchess and the Truck Driver” because the two main characters are …. yeah, you understand.

• Photo of the Week
• New Campsites Planned for Arkansas Headwaters
• Happy Birthday to ... 
• Eads School Calendar
• Kiowa County Vouchers - August 2017

Hunting is an integral part of wildlife management in Colorado. While you are involved in an enjoyable recreational activity, remember that you are also an active and important participant in managing big-game herds. 

With your license comes a responsibility to hunt and conduct yourself in an ethical manner. 

15 Years Ago

September 27, 2002

• Ross Davison, Administrator of the Risk Management Agency (RMA) of USDA, visited eastern Colorado to assess the drought & its impact on producers & effectiveness of federal crop insurance programs
• Ryan Britten of Haswell who attends Karval High School is one of the recipients of West Texas A & M University promised $1000 to any high school senior who graduates in the top 25% of their respective classes.

25 Years Ago

September 24, 1992