By Chris Sorensen

Above-average temperatures continue across southeast Colorado this week.

Sunday will start off cloudy, gradually clearing after mid-morning. A high of 70 is expected, cooling to the upper 40s overnight.

Monday’s high will spike to the low 80s, before settling to the low 70s for the remainder of the week.

Overnight lows start with low 40s Monday night before drifting down to the low 30s by Wednesday, and rebounding to the mid-30s by Friday.

Winds through the week are expected to be in the 5 to 15 mile-per-hour range.

Birthdays

October 31

Kyle Frazee

Ryland Crawford

Dawna Weirich

Lois Paintin

Saylor Scherler

Jason Wilson

November 1

Cody Johnson

Artie Lane

Phillip Pollresis

Kevan Hebberd

Jaxon Grogan

November 2

Logan Crawford

Trayton Specht

Shaun Lynch

Charlotte Woelk

Matt Legg

Jacklyn Koehler

November 3

The regular Kiowa County Commissioner’s Meeting was called to order at 9:03 a.m. by Chairman Richard Scott.  Oswald opened the October 11, 2016 meeting with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. Those in Attendance were:

Richard Scott, Chairman

Cindy McLoud, Commissioner

Donald Oswald, Commissioner

Delisa Weeks, County Clerk

Tina Adamson, County Administrator

by Connie Brase, MA

As Agricultural people we are dependent on Mother Nature’s good graces. When that doesn’t come along, we have frustration that we can’t control the weather, constant concern about our crops and livestock, and financial worries. It’s a vicious cycle: no rain=no crops; no crop=no cash for family; no rain=no grass; no grass=no feed for livestock; no feed for livestock=no cash for family. It’s been shown that agricultural dollars bounce around a community seven times—that’s seven other businesses and

organizations that are also affected.

Slim Randles

I think there must be autumnal reasons for Halloween being hued in orange and black. It’s a fun time, a magic evening if you’re a kid, and if you’re a grandpa-type guy, like me, who gets to hand out the goodies.

But the colors of this sweet evening celebration are orange and black, and so is October. In another week or so, our deciduous trees will stand like skeletons against the gray skies of winter, but now we have the orange and black of fall.

OH MY!

Who says words are not important? “With their words, the godless destroy their friends, but knowledge will rescue the righteous.” Proverbs 11:9 NLT

Greg M. from Lakewood has played Lotto every week for years, but nearly $10 million later, he finally knows to Expect the Unexpected.

He bought his $9,913,068 winning Lotto ticket from the 7-Eleven store at West Alameda and Garrison in Lakewood for the drawing on Wednesday, October 19.

His ticket matched all six lucky numbers: 3-4-5-9-14-36. The grand prize began at $1 million and kept growing for nearly six months.

Greg plans on taking his mom on an Alaskan cruise, buying a new car, and going to a few of the Broncos away games.

The Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles achieved a major milestone this week when the one millionth identity document (driver license or identification card) was issued through its online renewal service.

Driver License Operations Director David Lindsay emphasized that the online renewal process is easy, fast and secure and it helps to decrease wait times for customers who need to go into a driver license office.

By Dave Eckhardt
Colorado Corn Growers Association president

With the changing demographics in our rapidly growing state, there are now fewer and fewer people who know our rural, agrarian heritage.

Couple that with our constitution being the third-easiest of all states to amend through the petition process, and Colorado has become a playground for special interests pushing their agendas.

That can be detrimental to Colorado’s $40 billion ag industry – one of the top contributors to our state’s economy – and the rural communities that depend on it.

Monday, Oct. 31

2:40 p.m. Halloween Parade K-4^th Grades

High School

Nursing Home

Town of Eads

Bank

Saffer Spray Service 

Social Services