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This is always my favorite time of the year.  My cows are about done calving and the grass is getting greener.  The weather is getting warmer but not unbearably hot.  The recent moisture also helps me feel rejuvenated and optimistic.  As I write this, it’s a pretty spring day and I wish I could find something to do outside.  It’s also that time of the year where those working in agriculture go from 0-90 mph until the fall.

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper has appointed James Craig Dolezal as judge on the Sedgwick County Court in the 13th Judicial District. He fills a vacancy created by the resignation of the Honorable Tera N. Neugebauer.

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.

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.

Shown below - the front page of the May 12, 2017, Kiowa County Press - Homestead marker near the Great Plains Reservoirs. Photo by Chris Sorensen.

Birthdays

May 15

Amber Gutierrez

Anthony Voss

Katie Rittgers

Ashlee Koch

Irene McKinnis

Abigail Klukowski

May 16

Destiny Chirkoski

May 17

Tyliq Bowers

Alexa Nelson

Brandon Igou

Brooke Crawford

David Ellicott

Cory Miller

Kelvin Schmidt

May 18

Garett Walker

Annette Rehm Fink

Sara White

May 19

Mike Johnson

Taylynn Engelhardt

Emma Lea Hollis

A crew from the Colorado National Guard assisted with flood response Thursday, when four soldiers evacuated residents trapped by high water and debris following flooding in the Beulah area.

No injuries were reported in the flood.

15 Years Ago

May 10, 2002

• Due to the increase of dogs roaming around town, the Town of Eads has adopted a new bond schedule regulating the fees of the ordinance violations.

• USDA Update- Rod Johnson: Requests for emergency grazing of CRP grass have been forward to Washington DC by CO FSA office.

By Richard Gingery, MD

Results could aid weather forecasters and emergency managers

Researchers have developed the first numerical polarimetric radar simulator to study and characterize the scattering of debris particles in tornadoes.