The Colorado Association of Wheat Growers (CAWG) will award two $1,000 scholarships to Colorado high school seniors.

The applicants’ parents, grandparents, or legal guardians must be current or new members of CAWG OR the applicant must be nominated by a current sponsor of CAWG.  For a list of sponsors, please contact the CAWG office at 970-449-6994.

One scholarship is funded by CAWG, and one is the “Friends of Wheat” scholarship, funded by donations in memory of several wheat supporters.

ELECTION NOTICE

KIOWA COUNTY, COLORADO

2016 GENERAL MAIL BALLOT ELECTION

In accordance with the provisions of Section 1-7.5-107 (2.5) (a), Colorado Election Code, notice is hereby given that a Mail Ballot Election will be held in

Kiowa County on

Tuesday, the 8th day of November, 2016.

A PDF (Adobe Acrobat) copy of the 2016 Colorado ballot issues is attached below. Click the file name to download and view the document. A printed copy is also available from Kiowa County Press newsracks in Eads, Sheridan Lake and Haswell for 75 cents.

This week at Lamar Theatre

Starts Friday

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, 6:45 p.m. Daily

The Girls on the Train, 9:05 p.m. Daily

Coming Soon

Deepwater Horizon

The Accountant

Ballots must be received by election officials by November 8 to count

The 2016 General Election is underway with ballots arriving in mailboxes across Colorado this week.

There are a number of ways to return your ballot including drop-off boxes and in-person at County clerk offices.

A convenient option for ballot return is to mail it back using the provided preaddressed envelope. This method is safe, secure and effective.

All completed ballots require postage, and in some instances extra postage because of the weight.

Wellness News

Here’s to Your Mental Wellness!

by Connie Brase, MA

As a native of Southeast Colorado, I am very aware of the stigma regarding getting mental health help for any reason. I fully understand the term “I’ll kill my own snakes”. (I’ve done that, too, by the way.) In other words, I’ll just pick myself up and go on. We seem to feel that only the weak ask for help; but, as is

NOTE: Kiowa  County BOCC Meeting has been change to Oct 25 2016

• At 5 pm on Saturday, October 22, join ranger Mario Medina at the Plains Theater in Eads as he presents a free historic lecture on Hispanic involvement in the Sand Creek Massacre.