15 Years Ago

August 22, 2002

• Wild Horse Roundup-Curtis Shrimp: I read the 50 year ago news item Eastern Colorado Baseball leagues about Eads beating Wild Horse 24 to 7.
• Kiowa County Fair Queen Darcy Weeks represented our county at the Cheyenne Frontier Days in late July.

25 Years Ago

August 20, 1992

It was Thursday again. Mabel Adams asked at the desk to be sure.

“Thursday all day, Mabel,” the girl said. “Don’t forget to get your hair done today. Two o’clock … right?”

“Right,” Mabel said, locking the time away in her mind. “Two o’clock. On Thursday.”

She took her purple walker and went half a block to the counter at the drug store.

That nice Williams girl came over with a smile and a menu.

“Tuna on toast, Mrs. Adams?”

“Uh, sure. I like that.”

“Hot tea?”

“Yes please.”

Defendant faked doctor notes and planned to lie about sickness until her retirement

Caroline Zarate Boyle, 60, of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, was sentenced this week by U.S. District Court Judge Raymond P. Moore to serve five years’ probation with the first six months in home confinement including wearing an electronic monitor.

Birthdays

August 28

• Livia Shalberg
• Brandon Walker* Military Service
• Kyle Crow
• Victor Brown
• Brenda Stoker
• Dorcas Berggren
• Linda Cochran
• Steve Lening

August 29

• Cole Younger
• Krista Treaster
• Megan Webb
• Trey Eder
• Amy Miller
• Nicole Chase
• Evelyn Garner* In Memory

August 30

Monday, August 28^th

Eligibility Begins

5:30 p.m. Accountability Meeting

7:00 p.m. Board Meeting

Lunch:  Nachos 

Tuesday, August 29^th

4:00 p.m. Golf at CW Practice Meet Leave Time 2:45 p.m. 

Lunch:  Sloppy Joes 

Wednesday, August 30^th

Golf at Rocky Ford JV lv 1:30 p.m. 

Lunch:  Chicken Parmesan 

Thursday, August 31^st

4:00 p.m. HS VB at Springfield

As summer draws to a close, the state health department is reminding Coloradans to continue protecting themselves from mosquito bites to avoid the West Nile virus. There have been six human cases of the virus reported in Colorado far this year, and mosquito pools in multiple counties have tested positive for the virus.

Employers in Colorado added 3,600 nonfarm payroll jobs from June to July for a total of 2,648,400 jobs, according to the survey of business establishments. Private sector payroll jobs increased 100 and government increased 3,500.

PURSUANT TO CRS 30-25-111, et. seq., the following is a list of salaries paid by the Kiowa County Board of Commissioners for the month of June, 2017 as follows to-wit: HOUSE BILL 07-1187, Salary information for all county employees and officials shall be published twice annually. The first publication shall be in August and shall include each employee’s title and gross monthly salary for the prior June.

Prairie Pines Board of Directors, Employees, and Residents would like to say Thank You to all of the Volunteers, Businesses, Individuals, and  participants who helped make our First Annual  5K Color Dash a huge success!