(StatePoint) Allergy symptoms can lead to a major disruption in quality of life. And unfortunately, they affect a lot of people. Nearly 60 million Americans suffer from allergic rhinitis (also commonly known as hay fever), according to the American College of Allergy Asthma and Immunology.

By Shawn Gillette

Do you enjoy learning and sharing history? Are you looking to enhance your public speaking abilities? Do you have a desire to work on behalf of the National Park Service?

By USDA Service Center Staff

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER:

15 Years Ago

April 12, 2002

• Great Plains Oil LLC, based in Kiowa County, shipped its first divider oil, a new product used in bakeries.

• USDA Update: A drought situation continues to persist in Kiowa County. A small amount fell in the Sheridan Lake area & east. The most we have heard was .45 south of Towner

• Wild Horse Roundup-Curtis Schrimp: I lost an old friend this week when the Bookmobile made its final run.

One of our most popular features over the past 16 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.

Birthdays

April 17

Nathan Fecko

Derek Richardson

Wyatt Kent Murdock

Kaitlynn Webb

Mike Popejoy

Kailyn Lane

Koddi Peck Moreno

Erica Kern

Ron Healy

April 18

MaKayla Friar

Raina Kilesen

Jennifer Crow

Elizabeth Forberg

Jared Weeks

Josph Blodgett

Cherice Stokes

Chance Wall

April 19

Lynn Scherler

Jan Richards

By Bob Garver

A man killed in a crash early Friday morning on Highway 287 north of Eads has been identified as Christopher W. Northcutt.

(BPT) - With the snow melted and the ground thawed, many eager homeowners and landscape professionals across the country will roll up their sleeves and reach for their shovels to start projects that require digging this spring.