Colorado has faced its share of disasters. In the last few years we have seen fires, floods and major weather storms. How many businesses were lost to those who were unprepared and did not protect their livelihood, their investment, or their business? According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency(FEMA), “Roughly 40-60 percent of small busiensses never reopen their doors following a disaster.”

15 Years Ago

August 22, 2003

·     As of August 15, 2003, there has been no further West Nile Virus activity in Kiowa County.

·     USDA Updates-Rod Johnson: Last week the wide-spread Microsoft computer “worm” arrived in the Kiowa County FSA Offices as well as other USDA Offices across the nation.

25 Years Ago

August 25, 1993

• Repairs, Upgrades to Two Buttes Reservoir Dam Planned
• Producers are drawing groundwater from the giant Ogallala Aquifer faster than nature replaces it
• Birthdays & Anniversaries
• Photo of the

GLUTTONY

A sure cure for gluttony; “and put a knife to your throat if you are given to gluttony. Do not crave his (a ruler) delicacies, for that food is deceptive.” Proverbs 23:2,3

Doc didn’t expect any patients before 10 o’clock this morning, so he was up and coffee’d and gone by 6:30. Lewis Creek. The Lunker’s hole on Lewis Creek.

The Lunker is a huge rainbow trout that everyone knows about and no one has caught. So far he has resisted flies, worms, salmon eggs, spinners, and even an imitation mouse that Dud tossed in there one time just to see if the Lunker had a bass’s appetite.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife reports steady progress is being made on expensive repairs and upgrades to the Two Buttes Reservoir. The changes are designed to increase the capacity of the century-old earthen dam.

CPW engineers have nearly completed design of the $3.4 million project, which includes replacing two gates on the dam at a cost of $678,00 and installing a bulkhead for the gate repairs, improving the channel below the spillway for $1.37 million, installing a spillway tower for $875,000 and constructing a new gate control building for $467,000.

Makes:   6 Servings 

Prep time: 10 minutes

Cook time: 25 minutes

This egg dish provides a quarter cup serving of vegetables during breakfast and uses reduced-fat cheddar cheese and non-fat milk to limit fat. Prep and cook in about 30 minutes makes this recipe an easy breakfast for both the weekday or the weekend.

The Colorado State University Extension office in Pueblo is offering two opportunities to learn how to make your own pickled foods at home.

The three-hour hands-on sessions cover pickling fruits, vegetables and relishes.