The Kiowa County Commissioners meeting was called to order by Chairman Richard Scott on April 26, 2018 at 9:00 a.m.  Those in attendance were:

Richard Scott, Chairman of the Board

Cindy McLoud, Commissioner

Donald Oswald Commissioner

Tina Adamson, County Administrator

Roland Sorensen, Deputy

McLoud moved and Oswald seconded the motion to approve the minutes as presented.  Motion carried.

Oswald moved and McLoud seconded the motion to approve the vouchers as presented.

Motion carried.

One of our most popular features for over 17 years - a full-page color photo on the front of the Kiowa County Press showing various impressions of life in Kiowa County and across Colorado.

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.

Birthdays

May 14

• Jordan Dirks
• Avery Compton
• Breckyn Reese Meardon
• Ari William Davis
• Sabrina Kemry
• Gloria Peck
• Mike Crawford

May 15

• Amber Gutierrez
• Anthony Voss
• Katie Rittgers
• Ashlee Koch
• Irene McKinnis
• Abigail Klukowski

May 16

• Destiny Chirkoski

May17

Makes:   6 Servings 

Fully cooked ham is featured in this recipe. This recipe serves ham with vegetables and potatoes for a meal prepared in one skillet.

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper has ordered flags be lowered to half-staff statewide on all public buildings from sunrise to sunset Saturday, May 12, 2018, in honor of Specialist Gabriel Conde.

Conde, 22, died in the line of duty April 30, of injuries sustained from small arms fire while serving in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel in Kapisa Province, Afghanistan.

Conde was assigned to A Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.

COLORADO HIGHLIGHTS 

Winter wheat production in Colorado, based on conditions as of May 1, 2018, is forecast at 83.60 million bushels, according to the May 1 Agricultural Yield Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. This forecast is 4 percent below last year’s production of 86.86 million bushels and 20 percent below the 105.12 million bushel crop produced two years ago. Acreage for harvest, forecast at 2.20 million acres, is 180,000 acres more than a year ago.

Brian James and McKenna Kolb are gettin’ hitched in June!

Join us for a bridal shower honoring McKenna Sunday, May 27, 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the First Christian Church in Eads.

The couple is registered at Amazon, Bed Bath and Beyond, and Kiowa Healthmart.

This week at Lamar Theatre

Starts Friday

I Feel Pretty, stars Amy Shumer, 6:45 p.m. daily

Held Over

Rampage, stars Dwayne Johnson, 8:50 p.m. daily

Coming Soon

Avengers: Infinity War

Truth or Dare

Overboard

“Overboard” is a remake of a reprehensible 1987 film starring Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn. In that film, poor slob Russell takes advantage of the amnesia suffered by the snobby Hawn by convincing her that she’s his wife and mother to his four children. She struggles with household chores, which is mildly amusing, and the two wind up in bed together, which is disgusting. It makes no difference that she has fallen for him at this point in the film, he is taking advantage of a woman with brain damage, and his actions constitute rape.