The Kiowa County Hospital District and County Board met in regular session on April 25, 2017 at 6:34 p.m. at the Bransgrove Building Meeting Room. 

District Board members present were: Robert Woods, Mary Eikner, Priscilla Waggoner and Cathryn Anderson. Absent: Sylvia Shields (called) 

County Board members present were: Lori Shalberg, Kim Harris, John Negley and Dennis Pearson. Absent: Craig Kerfoot (called). 

Others present: Shannon Dixon, Char Korrell, Mary Ellen Engelhardt, Gloria Trosper, Cindy McLoud, Joe Zinger and Kevin Siefkas. 

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is planning to expand the use of an oral vaccine against plague for prairie dogs on the Charles M. Russell and UL Bend National Wildlife Refuges in Montana. The new plan would allow for vaccine distribution on wilderness areas within the refuges, and on nearby private lands when requested by cooperating landowners. The Service has completed an Environmental Assessment for this action and is seeking public comment on the proposal. 

The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is hosting six telephone town halls beginning next week which provide the public with an opportunity to ask questions and give input about a variety of transportation issues.  

(March 7, 1926 - June 1, 2017) 

A celebration of life for Glaida Craven will be held Monday, June 5, at 10:00 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Churck in Kit Carson. Burial will follow at the Kit Carson Cemetery.

Visitation is scheduled for Sunday, June 4, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Memorial contributions may be made to Trinity Lutheran Church or Lincoln Community Hospice.

Arrangements are under the direction of Brown Funeral Home.

Scattered thunderstorms, a few of which may be strong, will roll out across eastern Colorado Friday.

The road to the reservoir in Conejos County where Colorado Parks and Wildlife has authorized a fish salvage is still blocked by snow. It will probably be two or three weeks before the road is opened by the U.S. Forest Service. 
Those who want to fish or access Trujillo Meadows Reservoir should go to the web site of the Rio Grande National Forest and check the road conditions report: https://www.fs.usda.gov/riogrande

This week at Lamar Theatre

NOTE: Lamar Threatre is CLOSED through June 8

Starts Friday - June 9

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, 6:45 p.m. daily

Alien Covenant, 9:20 p.m. daily

I’ve found that the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies benefit from low expectations. Take the original, “Curse of the Black Pearl” from 2003. At first, it seemed like a bad idea to invest so heavily in a pirate movie (two words: “Cutthroat Island”) based on a Disney theme park ride (three words: “The Country Bears”). But the movie pulled a huge upset and proved the naysayers wrong: it was funny, it was exciting, Johnny Depp got an Oscar nomination for playing the mischievous Captain Jack Sparrow, and it made a ton of money.

• All School Reunion Meeting, Sunday, June 11, at 2:00 P.M., at Kiowa County Abstract Company

• Kiowa County Public Library District’s Summer Reading Program. Summer Reading is for children ages 3-12 and will be July 11, 13, 18, 20, 25, & 27 from 1:00-2:30 PM at the library. Early registration begins on June 19.

Going out on the stand-up paddleboard is a great way to experience our state’s waters, so Colorado Parks and Wildlife is urging boarders to stay safe while on rivers and reservoirs.

“Paddleboarding is easy to learn and almost anyone can have fun doing it,” said Scott Rist, head ranger at Paonia, Sweitzer Lake and Crawford state parks. “But because it’s easy, a lot of people don’t realize that you can get in trouble when you fall off. We urge everyone to wear life jackets and use a tether.”