Kiowa County Small Business Saturday Line Up

• Home Town Gas & Grill Sat. Nov 26. FREE Bread Sticks with Purchase of 14" Pizza

• J & J Liquor Spiked Carmel Apple Cider Tasting 1-6 Saturday hours 10am- 10pm

• Haswell Propane Closed Friday  Open Sat. Nov. 26 till Noon

• Cinnamon Joe Closed Sat. Nov. 26 in celebration of son’s Birthday

Monday, Nov. 28

5:30 p.m. Accountability

7:00 p.m. Board Meeting

Lunch:  Baked Chicken w/ Baked Potato

Tuesday, Nov. 29

3:00 p.m. MS BB (H ) Granada

Lunch:  Lasagna

Wednesday, Nov. 30

Lunch:  Cheeseburgers w/ Pasta Salad

Thursday, December 1

FFA No Name Game Night

By Betsy Markey, SBA Region VIII Administrator

As the voice for our nation’s entrepreneurs, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) celebrates all small businesses on a daily basis.  When our small businesses do well, our communities do too. Therefore, as part of our annual tradition, I encourage you to join millions of Americans and “shop small” on Small Business Saturday, Nov. 26, to complete your holiday shopping (or to start your holiday shopping, as the case may be…).

Colorado Lags In Seat Belt Use While Nation Reaches Historic High

Kiowa County has released its budget for fiscal year 2015, which begins January 1, 2017. A copy of the 60 page document is attached below this article (requires the free Adobe Acrobat PDF reader available from adobe.com if you do not currently have the software - most computers do).

The budget was sent to all county offices Wednesday morning.

Due to decreases in tax valuations, the county has made what it terms "severe" cuts to the budget.

Despite the cuts, full-time county employees will receive a $0.25 per hour raise, equivalent to about $500 per year.

Tree failure is a major cause of residential property damage and the leading cause of power outages nationwide. There are many ways a tree can fail: an ice storm can overload all the branches on a tree, a hurricane or high wind can blow down a tree if its roots are compromised, or a cracked tree can fail under its own weight.

"Homeowners who are worried about trees falling and damaging property should call a professional arborist for an on-site inspection," advises Tchukki Andersen, CTSP, BCMA*, staff arborist with the Tree Care Industry Association.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has announced $832,830 in grants for two new projects, one that empowers veterans, older Americans and others with disabilities to pursue or maintain careers in agriculture, and another to deliver farm safety education to youth seeking employment or already employed in agricultural production.