15 Years Ago

May 10, 2002

• Due to the increase of dogs roaming around town, the Town of Eads has adopted a new bond schedule regulating the fees of the ordinance violations.

• USDA Update- Rod Johnson: Requests for emergency grazing of CRP grass have been forward to Washington DC by CO FSA office.

By Richard Gingery, MD

Results could aid weather forecasters and emergency managers

Researchers have developed the first numerical polarimetric radar simulator to study and characterize the scattering of debris particles in tornadoes.

Approximately 250 Airmen and six F-16 Fighting Falcons with the Colorado Air National Guard 140th Wing have deployed to Kadena Air Base, Japan, from Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora.

By Shannon Barbare

Twenty-six cases of hepatitis A have been reported in Colorado since January, which is more than Colorado typically sees in an entire year. Some adults are at higher risk for getting hepatitis A and should be vaccinated to protect against it.

This week at Lamar Theatre

Starts Friday

Going in Style, stars Morgan Freeman, 6:45 p.m. daily

Held Over

The Fate of the Furious, stars Vin Diesel, 8:40 p.m. daily

Coming Soon

Smurfs: The Lost Village

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

In amongst the jokes and the cheesy 80’s soundtrack, a theme of redemption ran throughout 2014’s “Guardians of the Galaxy.” The team was comprised of various lowlifes who finally got a chance to do something decent and found out that they actually liked it because they’re all big softies at heart. Now comes the sequel that figures that since the five main characters found their redemption in the first movie, it’s someone else’s turn to be redeemed.

Caribbean ocean temperatures preserved in 5-million-year-old corals provide clues

Scientists are trying to predict the future behavior of El Niño -- the formation of warmer-than-usual ocean waters in the equatorial Pacific -- by looking back in time.

The journal Geology published new findings suggesting that 5 million years ago, El Niño occurred with about the same frequency as it does today.

During Teacher Appreciation Week, learn how educators approach math

By Joan Ferrini-Munday

If you've ever had to help your child with math homework, you really appreciate their teachers, who do it every day. "Math anxiety" isn't something only kids experience.

(StatePoint) More than 13 million U.S. consumers fall victim to identity theft each year, according to Javelin Strategy and Research, with more than $15 billion stolen. Fortunately for consumers, many of these crimes are preventable.