Birthdays

February 5

• Diane Schults
• Avery Blanton
• Lincoln Hopkins
• Lacey Barnes Ledet
• Avery Lorraine Blanton
• Jordan Lee
• Charles Modine
• Chance Fowler
• Brady Baxter

February 6

• Penny Smith
• Shane Bryant
• Tysen Barton
• Dutch Eikenberg* In Memory
• Korey Morgans
• Colbie June Bennett
• Al Klukowski
• Amber Friar
• Housten Gourley
• Ross Meder

February 7

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.

The USDA Forest Service’s Rocky Mountain Region is seeking public input on proposed fee increases for Christmas tree cutting permits on some national forests in Colorado, including the Arapaho, Roosevelt, Pike, Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison. The proposed fee would be $20 per permit, double the current rate.

When a child is stricken with a deadly, little-known disease, the home can suddenly feel like a lost sailboat in a stormy sea. Waves of emotion overwhelm what had been a serene, happy place, and each family member faces challenges of how to move forward.

News of the diagnosis can take everyone off-guard, including the parents. Knowing their role is to always be in control, they find their world turned upside-down. But somehow, they must cope and help the terminally ill child and the siblings do the same.

For the second consecutive year, the Elbert County Sheriff's Office Foundation is holding a fundraising dinner in support of the brave men and women of the Elbert County Sheriff's Office in the event they are killed or seriously injured in the line of duty. 
The evening will include dinner, drinks, live and silent auctions, along with dancing to music provided by John Hillmann. Activities will be taking place March 10 at the Elbert County fairgrounds exhibit building. A cash bar will open at 5:00 p.m., will dinner to follow at 6:00 p.m.

Jeffery Vincent, an Arapahoe County Sheriff’s deputy, was sentenced this week to a year of probation after being found guilty of driving under the influence and prohibited use of a weapon.

“Vincent made a bad decision,” Deputy District Attorney Francisco Martinez told the court. He asked the court to sentence Vincent to probation. 

“Vincent should not allow this case to define him,” Martinez said, “but rather learn from it as he moves forward.”

The incident began January 3, 2017, when a fellow deputy reported that he suspected Vincent, 45, was intoxicated on duty.

The Rocky Mountain Region of the USDA Forest Service has announced the availability of 300 temporary jobs in a variety of occupations for the 2018 field season throughout national forests and grasslands in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming.

Temporary jobs are available for trails, forestry, engineering, wildlife, recreation, fisheries, archaeology and administrative support.

The Bureau of Land Management’s Royal Gorge Field Office is seeking public comments on its draft environmental assessment (EA) on a proposal  to add new motorized and non-motorized trails to the Fourmile Trail System outside Buena Vista.

 “The public lands in the area have fantastic recreation opportunities for locals and visitors alike,” said BLM Royal Gorge Field Manager Keith Berger. “BLM strives to be a good neighbor and we would like to hear from the community about why the proposed trails are important to them, as well as any potential concerns with building them.”