By Slim Randles
We all know that someone will find Jenkins's cabin. Someday. Oh, it's up there in those hills somewhere. We all know that.
It's become a friendly object of conjecture and speculation. No one living has seen it, as far as we know. Jenkins himself died quietly when he was on one of his infrequent trips to town for supplies. Funny guy, that Jenkins.
Approximately 90 percent of all wildfires are caused by people. One of the most common causes is unattended campfires. Emergency responders need your help in keeping our forests and campgrounds safe for everyone. There are a few key steps to making and maintaining a safe campfire.
Pick a Safe Spot
By Pastor Rich Z
CRIME
“When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, the hearts of
the people are filled with schemes to do wrong.” Ecclesiastes 8:11
15 Years Ago
July 15, 2001
USDA UPDATE: Some of the best yields in the county are being reported north of Haswell. This area received enough moisture last fall to insure the survival of wheat through the winter.
25 Years Ago
July 11, 1991
July 11
Martha Johnson
Darul Frederick
Shirley Watts
Brock Stoker
Douglas Weber
Brady Butler
Alex Specht
July 12
Jenny Woelk
Mary Engelhardt
Cindy George
Max Grogan
Michelle Wyatt
July 13
Charles Crow
Charleie Vasquez III
Jennifer Bowers
Bill Barlow
Ruth Richardson
Katarina Fehr
Kynsie Ehrlick
Lana Brown
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 July 8, 2016, Kiowa County Press - Wheat ready to harvest. Photo by Nick Palmer.
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper Friday ordered flags be lowered to half-staff immediately to honor the victims of the attack in Dallas, Texas, and as proclaimed by President Barack Obama. Flags should be lowered until sunset on July 12, 2016.
The full text of the president’s proclamation:
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release July 8, 2016
HONORING THE VICTIMS OF THE ATTACK IN DALLAS TEXAS
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