During Hastings College’s day-long Celebration of Excellence April 25, students and faculty were recognized for their achievements at the Honors Convocation.

The Don and Nancy Seaton Faculty Achievement Award was given to Dr. Amy Morris, professor of biology, while Annette Vargas, assistant professor of theatre, received the Vondrak Outstanding Advisor Award.

Lopes Rodeo returns from weekend competition at Casper College with two top ten finishers, Kadyn Hicks and Jalisa Klassen.

The Lamar Community College men's golf team finished in fourth place this past weekend in Region IX play hosted by Eastern Wyoming College.

The Lopes totaled a two-day score of 637, led by Jeremy Minnick and Facundo Boero.

By MyKayla Krentz, Paw Pals 4-H Club Member

A freshman at Wiley High School and Paw Pals 4-H club member, Wyatt Wollert, competed in the 2017 National Western Stock Show Catch-A-Calf program. This program was open to 4-H members ages twelve through nineteen.

Birthdays

May 1

Helen Woolsey

Sienna Phelps

Benji Votruba

May 2

Eric Jensen

John Lynch

Camryn Shade

Bryan Grogan

Cody Fox

Wyatt Lane

May 3

Kara Wilson

Adam Jeffryes

Bailey Anik Sierra

Desirae Owens

Bryson Jacobs

Doris Lessenden

Jordan Trujillo

May 4

Danny Specht

Betty Holthus

By Chris Sorensen

A strong spring snow storm continues to blanket southeast Colorado in wet snow Saturday. A winter storm warning is currently in effect across the area, and will continued until Sunday afternoon for counties along the Colorado-Kansas border.

By Chris Sorensen

Drought conditions have continued to improve across eastern Colorado, with nearly two-thirds of the state now reported as drought-free following recent spring rains.

15 Years Ago

April 26, 2002

• Wild Horse Roundup-Curtis Schrimp- We have a very interesting 730 John Deer tractor. It seems like a lot of others would like having it too. We have had people from Pennsylvania, Kansas, Missouri and other places would like to buy it.

• The Kiowa County Economic Development Foundation in cooperation with the Eads Chamber of Commerce is organizing a summertime market place

25 Years Ago

April 23, 1992

One of our most popular features over the past 16 years - a full-page color photo on the front of the Kiowa County Press showing various impressions of life in Kiowa County. While a limited number of copies continue to be printed and distributed each week at Kiowa Healthmart, COOP C-Store in Eads, Haswell Propane, and Thunderbird Petroleum, we wanted to bring this feature to our online readers as well.