In accordance with all applicable laws and statutes, below find a true and correct abstract of the votes cast at the regular election of the Kiowa County Fire Protection District, at which time the eligible electors of the Kiowa County Fire Protection District voted, and as a result of which the eligible electors elected to the office the following Directors:

Teresa Witte                      4-Year Term of At-Large Director

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The Colorado Department of Agriculture’s State Veterinarian’s Office has released the quarantine associated with an Equine Herpesvirus (EHV-1) case in Weld County. Only one horse tested positive for the virus during the investigation. Horse owners are encouraged to maintain disease prevention practices to help keep their equine herd healthy.

Significant moisture received in several counties helped improve range and dryland crop conditions last week, according to the Mountain Region Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. 

Greg Lopez, Republican candidate for Governor, will be in Eads Thursday, May 10. He will stop in at Hometown Gas and Grill from 7:30-8:45 a.m. for an informal visit and question/answer session with anyone who would like to speak with him.  

He is then scheduled to be at Eads High School to visit the juniors and seniors in civics class. 

I found out that a friend in Holly had passed away and was buried before I received the news. Maybe the old form of communication was better than all our modern technology. Anyway, our condolences to the family of Lonnie Hess, former Towner resident and was living in Holly when he passed away. His daughter, Lonetta, and I went to school together in Towner.

Jerry Weber got out of ICU on Saturday. Keep him in your prayers as he moves forward to recovery.

Last Wednesday, I went to Cheyenne Wells to see the doctor and then had lunch with Cora Coffman.

Dear EarthTalk: Is there proof that fracking for oil and natural gas can by itself cause earthquakes?                    -- James Mitchell, Hauppauge, NY