Dear EarthTalk: Is there any truth to the assertion that e-bikes recharged off the fossil-fuel grid actually generate fewer carbon emissions overall than conventional human-powered bikes?

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper has proclaimed January as Radon Action Month. Kiowa County Public Health is doing its part by making no-cost radon testing kits available.

Radon is a colorless, odorless gas that is radioactive and has been linked to lung cancer. Over half of Colorado’s homes have radon levels exceeding federal standards. Radon can be found in all of Colorado’s counties.

To obtain a free radon test kit, stop by the Kiowa County Public Health Office at 1309 Maine Street in Eads, or call Andrea Morgan at 719-438-5782 for more information.

Reagen and Morgyn Johnson, daughters of Mike and Martha Johnson of Eads, will be traveling to Queensland, Australia, in July to represent Colorado in the 2018 track and field completion sponsored by Down Under Sports.

The Johnson girls attend Eads High School. They will be competing for both individual honors as well as the team championship title. They head to Australia for 10 days beginning July 7.

Colorado’s eastern plains will be below freezing for a few days, with some snow falling Monday.

Barbara Ann Weirich

January 22, 1934 – January 10, 2018

Barbara Ann Weirich, 83, passed away Wednesday, January 10, in the year of our Lord, 2018, with her family by her side in Pueblo, Colorado. 

Barbara was born January 22, 1934 in Las Animas, Colorado, the only daughter of John and Hazel (Barnhart) Shriver and sister to seven brothers. She attended school and graduated from Las Animas High School in 1953.

In case you missed it on Saturday the County Line Rivals left it all on the mat and came through with the 1^st Place team plaque.  The scored 147.5 points to Lamar JV’s 121, Duma JV’s 117.5, and Peyton’s 105, La Junta JV’s 62, Limon’s 38, Baca County’s 25, Yuma’s 16, and Crowley County’s 8. 

The Rivals had 12 wrestlers entered for the day but 2 were wrestling in the same weight bracket so that meant only 11 would be scoring points. 

“You shall prosper----be strong and of good courage; do not dread nor be dismayed”, I Chronicles 22:13

HOUSES

“The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.” Proverbs 14:1