Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper has ordered flags lowered to half-staff on Thursday, September 14, on all public buildings statewide in memory of Arvada Firefighter Lieutenant Jim Schaefer. Flags should be lowered from sunrise to sunset.

Schaefer, 58, died on September 10 after a courageous battle with cancer. He served as a member of Arvada Fire for more than 20 years, most recently as Lieutenant at Station 3. Schaefer loved serving the people of Arvada.  He is survived by his wife, three adult children, his mother, sisters and numerous nephews and nieces.

Friday, September 15

5:00 p.m. MS FB at Cheraw

4:00 p.m. MS VB at Cheraw A First B Second

5:30 p.m. HS VB at Cheraw Varsity Only

7:00 p.m. HS FB at Cheraw

MS Leave Time 2:15

HS Leave Time 3:30

KIOWA COUNTY

COMMISSIONER MEETING

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 MEETING DATE

APPOINTMENTS:

The focus of the tournament will be to have each school get a lot of court time to build skills and experience. Start time for the first matches will be 9:00 a.m. Saturday, September 16.

 All “A” games will be in the New Gym and all “B” games will be in the Old Gym. All “A” teams will get 6 matches on the day and all “B” teams will get 3 matches. Each match will consist of two games played to 15 (cap 15). There will be no third match as in the past, and we will not have a tie breaker due to the fact that no champion will be chosen.

Note: This article has been updated to reflect additional earthquakes that occurred through 7:00 p.m. Wednesday.

A series of 322 earthquakes continue to be recorded east of Soda Springs, Idaho. The quakes began the evening of September 2 and have continued daily since then.

(October 19, 1922 - September 10, 2017)

George Woodward Miller was born October 19, 1922 in Nemacolin, Pennsylvania, to Ramoth George and Edna Jane (Hague) Miller. He passed away on September 10, 2017, at the age of 94, at the Weisbrod Memorial County Hospital in Eads, Colorado.

“It” tells the story of a group of kids in small-town Maine who are hunted by a terrifying psychopath. That psychopath is a bully named Henry Bowers (Nicholas Hamilton) and he’s sadistic. He doesn’t roughhouse, he commits felony assaults. As if that weren’t bad enough, there’s an evil clown who feeds on fear called Pennywise (Bill Skarsgard) on the loose. I think Bowers is a better villain, but of course the creepy clown with the sharp teeth and supernatural powers gets all the credit.

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has announced that its radar site, known as KPUX WSR-88D, will be down through the end of September for the repair of a major mechanical component. The Doppler radar site serves southeast Colorado.

An engineering team from the Radar Operations Center (ROC) in Norman, Oklahoma, determined that the bull gear, the primary gear for turning the radar antenna, has failed. 

This repair will require 12,000 to 15,000 pounds of equipment and a six-person team from the ROC to restore the radar.

Motorcycle crashes are up 58 percent over the last four years in Colorado. In 2016, motorcyclist fatalities hit an all-time high of 125 deaths in the state. While motorcycles account for just 3 percent of registered vehicles on the road, motorcycle fatalities represent over 20 percent of fatalities.

Fri Sep 15

7 pm HS Football Eads @ Cheraw

Sat Sep 16 

TBA JH Vball Tourney @ Cheyenne Wells

Mon Sep 18 

3 pm JH & HS Vball @ Wiley

Thurs Sep 21

 7-10 pm HS Movie Night

Fri Sep 22

1 pm HS Football Eads @ Branson

Tues Sep 26

Yearbook class to sell ads. Leave 8 am return 3 pm