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Our month of change. Our month of happy change. Once more we can stand the thought of wearing a sweater as the summer sun burns itself down. Once again we can think about a new year at school, a new teacher. Once again, the house is ours … and quiet during the day.

September.

In the forest, the animals are polishing antlers, sleeking muscles for the mating ruts to come, marking their territories. The deciduous trees are showing those awesome changes of color as the mountains become a splendid quilt of temporary beauty.

September.

By Pastor Rich Z

LABOR: LOVE IT OR HATE IT

“Then I hated all my labor in which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who will come after me. And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool?” Ecclesiastes 2:18,19

Photos from the September 10, 2016, Kiowa County Fair Parade.

One of our most popular features from the past 15 years - a full-page color photo on the front of the Kiowa County Press showing various impressions of life in Kiowa County. While a limited number of copies continue to be printed and distributed each week at Kiowa Healthmart, COOP C-Store in Eads, Haswell Propane, and Thunderbird Petroleum, we wanted to bring this feature to our online readers as well.

Shown below - the front page of the September 9, 2016, Kiowa County Press - Welcome to the Kiowa County. Photo by Chris Sorensen.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced an initiative that will use USDA's rural development resources to help fill the need for transitional housing for people recovering from opioid and other substance use disorders. In January, President Obama tasked Vilsack, who is chair of the White House Rural Council, with leading a federal interagency effort focused on rural opioid use.

By Colorado Parks and Wildlife

Harvesting a deer or elk in the wrong Game Management Unit is not only illegal, it can be very expensive. Consider the experience of an Oklahoma couple hunting in southwest Colorado.

A Colorado Parks and Wildlife officer drove into their camp late one morning during the first rifle season. When he asked how the hunt was going the husband explained that they had each killed a cow about a mile away from their camp.

Birthdays

September 12

Suzette Koch

Harold McKnight* In Memory

Leisha Peck

Nicolle Lenox

Tim Green

Canyon Brown

Seth Simpkin

Kayla McLoud

Cade Morrow

September 13

Andrea Morgan

Tom Halde

Tina Joy

September 14

Avery Weisdorfer

Carol Stoker

Michael Peil

Kawika Douglas Kelley Clarke

Luke Barnett

Will Elam

By Bob Garver

“Pete’s Dragon”

Disney has had a lot of success lately with live-action versions of animated classics like “Cinderella” and “The Jungle Book.” Now they’re trying to have success with a live-action version of a 1977 film that was half animated and half live action. Actually, the dragon this time is computer generated, so it’s still a mix of live action and animation.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) is advising residents and hunters in the northeast and southeast regions of the state that biologists will be using a low-flying airplane to conduct aerial prairie dog surveys in the coming weeks. 

Flight dates are weather-dependent but, generally, the flights will start around Sept. 14 and conclude by Oct. 1.

"These surveys will primarily be north and east of the Denver metro area and south of Lamar,” said Species Conservation Coordinator Tina Jackson.