“This is the day the Lord has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it.” Psalm 118:4

Congratulations of Heath and Jaylin Spady who were married at the Haswell Methodist Church Saturday, June 24, with family members attending. In the evening they hosted a reception at their ranch home with extended family and many friends coming to enjoy cake and refreshments in an outdoor decorated area. It was a pleasant evening to dance or visit while listening to the music of Dee-jay, Darwin Nelson.

Fireworks caused an estimated 11,900 injuries in the United States according to a Consumer Product Safety Council 2015 Fireworks Annual Report. Use the following tips to celebrate safely this Independence Day.

Leave Fireworks to the Professionals

As the Independence Day holiday weekend continues, much of the state will bake under 90-plus degree temperatures Sunday into the coming week.

Eastern Colorado

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER:

Betty Jean Myles

June 3, 1933 - July 1, 2017

Services are pending.

Mrs. Myles passed unexpectedly at her home in Cheyenne Wells.

Arrangements are under the direction of Brown Funeral Home.

Photo of the Week

15 Years Ago

June 28, 2002

• Colorado state wide ban on fireworks will be strictly enforced by the Kiowa County Sheriff Department

• Wild Horse Roundup-Curtis Shrimp: We got one of those small dishes for our television. Now I don’t have to hit the control box on top of the TV to get a picture. Marty has about got me trained how to use the control.

25 Years Ago

June 25, 1992

The closed-season school board meeting was called to order half an hour late by its chairman, J. Buckdancer Alcott, because the board members saw Windy Wilson sitting in the audience.

 Windy had no children, and he sure as sugar wasn’t a teacher, but he could talk. And he was patiently biding his time. Despite the board’s foot dragging through the agenda, Windy didn’t give up and go home.