VIOLENCE

“The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked.” Proverbs 10:11

When you grow up in rural Colorado, sometimes it can be easy to take for granted the work that farmers and ranchers do each and every day.

Birthdays

October 23

• Reo Stavely
• Shurrell Ramsay
• Tre Jensen
• Scoot Fischer
• Shannon Dixon
• DMJ Price Rector
• Allison Hollis
• Alice Weirich
• Desirae Weber
• Tom R. Price
• Tanner Coen
• Rhoda Boucher

October 24

According to a study by the Center for Cyber Safety and Education, by 2022, there will be a shortage of 1.8 million information security workers. It is critical that today’s students graduate ready to enter the workforce to fill the vast number of available cybersecurity positions. Week four of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) focuses on encouraging students and other job seekers to explore cybersecurity careers.

Winter Weather Preparedness Week concludes today. Throughout the week, KiowaCountyPress.net has been running daily safety and preparedness tips. Friday’s article about avalanche safety can be found here, and each article throughout the week contains a link to the previous day’s preparedness information.

Enjoy the great outdoors in Colorado this winter season, but watch the weather.

One of our most popular features for nearly 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.

Shown below - the front page of the October 20, 2017, Kiowa County Press - Fall morning at the France House in Eads. Photo by Jeanne Sorensen.

(StatePoint) Arthritis includes more than 100 rheumatic diseases and conditions that affect joints. If you are living with arthritis, here are a few things you should consider.

15 Years Ago

October 18, 2002

• The Eads School Band and director Dawn James, went to the Air Force Academy game to perform at half time.

25 Years Ago

October 15, 1992

As another La Nina weather pattern becomes a stronger possibility, forecasters with the Climate Prediction Center – part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which also oversee the National Weather Service – have revealed their thoughts about the coming winter season.

There is a 55 to 65 percent chance that La Nina conditions will develop, in which ocean waters become cooler than normal.

A former Elbert County Sheriff’s deputy, who was the subject of a nation-wide arrest warrant earlier this year, pled guilty to a number of charges this week according to Vikki Migoya, Director of Communications for the Office of the District Attorney in Colorado’s 18^th Judicial District.