May 2, 1939 – January 30, 2018
Claudette Yvonne Williams was born in Lamar, Colorado, May 2, 1939, to Sidney and Marie Porter Canfield. Claudette attended Lamar Union High School, graduating in 1957, and Lamar Junior College. Claudette was the youngest of four children, and proud to be a “native Coloradoan.”
2¼ cups (29-oz can) canned peaches, light-syrup pack, drained and chopped
½ cup sugar
1 cup flour
1 egg
1 tsp baking soda
2 Tbsp vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla
2 Tbsp brown sugar, firmly packed
2 tsp whole milk
February 5
February 6
February 7
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.
The USDA Forest Service’s Rocky Mountain Region is seeking public input on proposed fee increases for Christmas tree cutting permits on some national forests in Colorado, including the Arapaho, Roosevelt, Pike, Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison. The proposed fee would be $20 per permit, double the current rate.
When a child is stricken with a deadly, little-known disease, the home can suddenly feel like a lost sailboat in a stormy sea. Waves of emotion overwhelm what had been a serene, happy place, and each family member faces challenges of how to move forward.
News of the diagnosis can take everyone off-guard, including the parents. Knowing their role is to always be in control, they find their world turned upside-down. But somehow, they must cope and help the terminally ill child and the siblings do the same.
For the second consecutive year, the Elbert County Sheriff's Office Foundation is holding a fundraising dinner in support of the brave men and women of the Elbert County Sheriff's Office in the event they are killed or seriously injured in the line of duty.
The evening will include dinner, drinks, live and silent auctions, along with dancing to music provided by John Hillmann. Activities will be taking place March 10 at the Elbert County fairgrounds exhibit building. A cash bar will open at 5:00 p.m., will dinner to follow at 6:00 p.m.
Jeffery Vincent, an Arapahoe County Sheriff’s deputy, was sentenced this week to a year of probation after being found guilty of driving under the influence and prohibited use of a weapon.
“Vincent made a bad decision,” Deputy District Attorney Francisco Martinez told the court. He asked the court to sentence Vincent to probation.
“Vincent should not allow this case to define him,” Martinez said, “but rather learn from it as he moves forward.”
The incident began January 3, 2017, when a fellow deputy reported that he suspected Vincent, 45, was intoxicated on duty.
