Slim Randles
September means pencils and books for the youngsters, but it also means state fair season. That’s when the world’s largest zucchini squash is at its prime, of course. The farm animals are all shed off and shiny and cute, their horns polished to diamond-like perfection by hard-working and hopeful kids.
CDOT and State Patrol Roll Out New Tools, Hold Car Seat Check Events
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and Colorado State Patrol (CSP) are teaming together in an annual effort to encourage parents and caregivers to protect children in vehicles. National Child Passenger Safety Week begins this weekend and runs from Sept. 18 to 24. The annual campaign raises awareness about child passenger safety laws and the importance of properly protecting children with car seats, booster seats and seat belts.
By Pastor Rich Z
WHY READ PROVERBS?
Their purpose is to teach people to live disciplined and successful lives, to help them do what is right, just, and fair. Proverbs 1:3
This week at Lamar Theatre
Held Over
Disney's Pete's Dragon, 6:45 p.m. daily
Starts Friday
Sausage Party, 8:45 p.m. daily
Coming Soon
Don't Breathe
Sully
Eads’ Trevor Randel outruns the competition as he goes in for one of his touchdowns against Cheraw Friday night in Eads. Eads moves to 2-1 for the season with the win over Cheraw.
Photo: Rhonda Uhland
Brenna Rouse goes up for the hit during Friday night action in Eads against Cheraw. Eads won the contest.
Photo: Rhonda Uhland
The Regular Kiowa County Commissioner’s Meeting was called to order by Chairman,
Richard Scott on August 25, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. Scott opened the meeting with prayer and Pledge of Allegiance. Those in attendance:
Richard Scott, Chairman
Donald Oswald, Commissioner
CBS4, KCNC-TV--Denver announced that it is the first television station to have a dedicated team of three evening weather forecasters on CBS4 News at 5 p.m., CBS4 News at 6 p.m., CBS4 News at 6:30 p.m. and CBS4 News at 10 p.m., with an additional two meteorologists rounding out the weekly coverage.
One of our most popular features from the past 15 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 September 16, 2016, Kiowa County Press - Wildlife at Jackson's Pond south of Eads. Photo by Jeanne Sorensen.
