Each month, the Colorado Department of Agriculture features a different product to highlight the variety and quality of products grown, raised or processed in the state. Spring has sprung and tender greens are poking through the ground.  Colorado grows a wide variety of greens, both field and greenhouse, such as arugula, kale, collard and different types of lettuce. Romaine lettuce is sodium free, high in Vitamin A and a good source of folate. Look for Colorado greens at your local grocery store, farmers’ market or on the menu at restaurants across the state.

May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness month.

There were 125 motorcycle fatalities in 2016—a 15 percent increase from the number of motorcycle fatalities in 2015 and a record all-time high for Colorado. Motorcycle deaths have been on the rise for the past few years, which is why CDOT will be launching a campaign during Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month to encourage riders to participate in motorcycle safety training courses offered across the state.

Arkansas River

Colorado recently received $7.8 million in federal funding to help combat opioid addiction. The funding is part of $485 million in grants announced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 

Eleanor Jones 
(April 1, 1923 - May 2, 2017)

Funeral services are pending.

Arrangements are under the direction of Brown Funeral Home

By Doris Lessenden

KINDERGARTEN GRADUATION 2017

Kindergarten Graduation will be Tuesday, May 16, 2017, 7:00 p.m., at the High School Gym.

Reese Ann Barnett

Ethan Dean Britten

Cheyenne Marie Brown

Tucker Austin Fry

Justin James Johnson

Harry Cruz Lynch

Carmen Lee McPherson

Aubrey Jordan Mitchek

Wyatt Kent Murdock

The Kiowa County Commissioner’s meeting was called to order on April 10, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. by Chairman, Richard Scott. Oswald opened the meeting with prayer and Pledge of Allegiance. Those in Attendance:

Richard Scott, Chairman of the Board

Cindy McLoud, Commissioner

Donald Oswald, Commissioner

Delisa Weeks, County Clerk

Tina Adamson, County Administrator

By Doris Lessenden

I Thessalonians 3: 12 “May the Lord make your love for one another and for all people grow more and more…”

April 27^th was such an important day of other happenings in Eads America! For three days, leaders from the Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho Native American Tribes from Montana, Wyoming, and Oklahoma met at the National Sand Creek Massacre site.