By Slim Randles
If there's one thing you can honestly say about Delbert McLain, he's as persistent as a winter cough. As our chamber of commerce here -- he's it, you see -- his fertile brain never ceases its search to turn a sleepy little valley into a cross between Wall Street and Pittsburgh.
By Pastor Rich Z
BAD APPLES
“Remove the wicked from the king's presence, and his throne will be established through righteousness.” Proverbs 25:5
The Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) Board has awarded $7 million in grants at its meeting in Fort Morgan.
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.
Shown below - the front page of the March 24, 2017, Kiowa County Press - Pear tree blossoming. Photo by Chris Sorensen.
While Coloradans across the state enjoyed St. Patrick's Day celebrations spanning two weekends, law enforcement was on high alert for impaired drivers as part of the The Heat Is On campaign. From March 10-20, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), Colorado State Patrol (CSP) and local law enforcement agencies combined efforts to arrest 607 impaired drivers, a 33 percent increase from the 455 arrests during last year's enforcement.
Employers in Colorado added 2,000 nonfarm payroll jobs from January to February for a total of 2,631,500 jobs, according to the survey of business establishments. Private sector payroll jobs increased 4,900 and government decreased 2,900.
Steps to Take if You Get the Flu
When caring for people who have the flu:
The Bent-Prowers Cattle & Horse Growers Association donated $1,000 to the Northeast Colorado Fire Disaster Fund during its March board meeting. The disaster funds were an opportunity for local ranchers to help their fellow ranchers in Phillips and Logan counties needing assistance with fire recovery.
The six-county board also voted to nominate Curtis Russell of Sugar City for Colorado Cattlemen’s Association Southeast Colorado Quarter representative. Current rep Bill Hancock of Rocky Ford has declined to seek another term.
The 8th Annual Southern Colorado Regional Quilt Show
sponsored by Pride City Quilt Guild will be held
at the El Pueblo History Museum
301 N. Union Ave.
Thursday, March 30 thru Saturday, April 8
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Sunday: Closed
Free
Over 100 quilts from Southern Colorado Quilters
Featured Quilter - Gloria Peck-Eads, CO
When: Starts: Monday, March 27th
Ends: Thursday, April 20th
Who: Kindergarten-5th grade
What: Aluminum Cans (Pop cans)
For: Eads FFA Chapter
Where: Bring the cans, in bags, to school which then will be separated out by class in front of the elementary. The sophomore class will pick up the cans every morning as school starts. Please leave outside of the school in the appropriate class lines, bags marked with your student(s) class.
