The number of cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in Colorado feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 head or larger was estimated at 940,000 head as of May 1, 2018. The latest inventory is 1 percent below last month’s inventory and 2 percent below the May 1, 2017 inventory. 

Cattle feeders with 1,000 head or larger capacity marketed an estimated 150,000 head of fed cattle during April 2018. This was 6 percent below the previous month’s marketings, but 20 percent above the marketings one year earlier. 

One of our most popular features for over 17 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 Kiowa Healthmart, COOP C-Store in Eads, Haswell Propane, and Thunderbird Petroleum, our at our business office at 1208 Maine Street, Eads.

Hot – but perhaps not dry – conditions will dominate the unofficial kickoff to summer for Kiowa County this weekend.

Low 90s are expected Saturday under sunny skies. Afternoon wind will be out of the south in the 20 to 25 mile per hour range with some gusts up to 35 mph. Winds will decrease slightly overnight as temperatures drop into the low to mid-60s.

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BIRTHDAYS

May 28

• Linda Offill
• Darrell Hollis
• Shelly Hines
• Rachel Hoffman
• Mike Crain Sr.
• Kolton Sewell
• Therisa Brown
• Johnathan McClave

May 29

• Adam Watts
• Jena Mathis Smith
• Devrah Kay Muth
• Charlotte Gunning
• Samantha Weeks
• Abby Kiniston Marciel
• Dawna Peck

May 30

A brush fire is threatening the Island Acres Campground at the James M. Robb Colorado River State Park. The park is located in western Colorado along I-70 near Grand Junction.

At 7:00 p.m. Friday, Colorado Parks and Wildlife Deputy Region Manager Aaron Fero reported that Colorado Parks and Wildlife staff had evacuated all campers from the campground, which was fully booked for the Memorial Day weekend. The campground has 77 campsites.

Colorado GovernorJohn Hickenlooper has ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff on all public buildings statewide Monday, May 28, in recognition of Memorial Day, and as proclaimed by President Donald J. Trump. Flags should be lowered from sunrise to noon.

THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 25, 2018

HONORING MEMORIAL DAY 2018
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION

The Kiowa County Sheriff’s Office says a man found in a field southeast of Eads is facing numerous charges.

Deputies were summoned Wednesday to a location near County Roads E and 46.5 south of Nee Noshe Reservoir about a report of a man lying in a field. There they found Brian Mason of Lamar, who was transported by ambulance to Weisbrod Memorial Hospital in Eads.

Mary Ann Young

November 04, 1940 - May 21, 2018

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 26, 2018 at the Church Alive in Kit Carson.  Burial will follow in the Kit Carson Cemetery.

Arrangements are under the direction of Brown Funeral Home

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