Playing at a water park, by a lake or in a pool are all popular summer activities especially on a hot Colorado day.  Swimming is a great recreational sport that can be enjoyed by people of all ages, but it is important to know how to be safe while you are in the water. The American Red Cross and Safe Kids Worldwide offers these important swimming safety tips you should take into consideration before you head out to the lake or pool:

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER:

15 Years Ago

May 31, 2002

• About Town-Ida Lessenden: Tuesday we had an old fashion dust storm. How I remember those terrible days when dust sifted under doors.

• Wild Horse Roundup- Curtis Schrimp: Steve called, he didn’t want to make me feel bad, but they had received an inch of rain.

25 Years Ago

May 28, 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.

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 June 2, 2017, Kiowa County Press - Curious cattle. Photo by Chris Sorensen.

Birthdays

June 5

Jennifer Frazee

Damian Hernandez

Tia Myskiw

Sara Ellicott

Andrew Beaman

Morgan Crockett

June 6

Antonio J. Vasquez

Susan Engstrom

Laura Negley

Conner Lynch

June 7

Kemma Alfano

June Weeks

Frank Miller

Colton Gould

Raelynn Riley

Becky O’Neal

June 8

Marcie Harkness

The Kiowa County Hospital District and County Board met in regular session on April 25, 2017 at 6:34 p.m. at the Bransgrove Building Meeting Room. 

District Board members present were: Robert Woods, Mary Eikner, Priscilla Waggoner and Cathryn Anderson. Absent: Sylvia Shields (called) 

County Board members present were: Lori Shalberg, Kim Harris, John Negley and Dennis Pearson. Absent: Craig Kerfoot (called). 

Others present: Shannon Dixon, Char Korrell, Mary Ellen Engelhardt, Gloria Trosper, Cindy McLoud, Joe Zinger and Kevin Siefkas. 

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is planning to expand the use of an oral vaccine against plague for prairie dogs on the Charles M. Russell and UL Bend National Wildlife Refuges in Montana. The new plan would allow for vaccine distribution on wilderness areas within the refuges, and on nearby private lands when requested by cooperating landowners. The Service has completed an Environmental Assessment for this action and is seeking public comment on the proposal. 

The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is hosting six telephone town halls beginning next week which provide the public with an opportunity to ask questions and give input about a variety of transportation issues.