The Regular Kiowa County Commissioner’s Meeting was called to order at 9:00 a.m. by Richard Scott on December 29, 2016. Scott opened the meeting with a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. Those in attendance were:

Richard Scott, Chairman

Cindy McLoud, Commissioner

Donald Oswald, Commissioner

Delisa Weeks, County Clerk

Tina Adamson, County Administrator

McLoud moved and Oswald seconded the motion to accept the minutes as presented. All Commissioners voted Affirmative.

Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams has joined his peers across the country in expressing disappointment with the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to classify election systems as “critical infrastructure” without the promised collaboration process.

One concern is that the classification may give the federal government more control over elections, which are run by states and local governments. The designation was made last Friday in the waning days of President Obama’s administration.

A lynx that was spotted walking across a ski slope two weeks ago at the Purgatory Ski Resort in southwest Colorado was found dead at the area Sunday. 

Purgatory ski patrol members found the animal on a ski slope on the west side of the resort in the Chairlift 8 area. Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) has retrieved the carcass and it will be sent to the agency’s lab in Fort Collins for a necropsy – the animal equivalent of an autopsy.

A video of the animal walking slowly across a ski run was viewed nearly a million times on social media.

By Doris Lessenden

“To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world.”  Brandi Snyder

Residents and visitors are being asked to avoid the area around Cheyenne Mountain State Park as strong winds have downed power lines, shifted dirt and brush, and overturned at least one camper.

Power lines were blown down in front of the park entrance, and while fire and utility crews are on scene, entry to the park is unsafe.

Viola "Vi" Adela Koch 
(March 4, 1927 - January 9, 2017) 
Funeral services are pending at this time.

Brown Funeral Homes

1109 Hickman St.

PO Box 432

Eads, CO 81036

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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will accept applications from Veterans interested in competing in the 2017 National Veterans Golden Age Games beginning February 1. Veterans ages 55 and older and enrolled in VA health care may complete applications online at www.veteransgoldenagegames.va.gov. Applications will be accepted through March 1.

By Sharon Scott

Welcome to 2017.  Don't know where 2016 went, but it surely seemed to fly by fast.  Maybe it's because I'm getting old and slow! The weather has been really cold lately.  I hope most of you survived and didn't have frozen pipes.  We weren't so lucky at the Community Hall, and we're still waiting on a plumber to come fix the broken pipes. 

Hopefully this week we will get everything taken care of.

By Rhonda Uhland

We have now entered the second month of the wrestling season with the Eagles jump starting 2017 with a nice showing in Lamar.  We had three placers and scored 59 points, putting us in 13^th place out of 19 teams.  Not too shabby for only 4 wrestlers on the team.