By Doris Lessenden

KINDERGARTEN GRADUATION 2017

Kindergarten Graduation will be Tuesday, May 16, 2017, 7:00 p.m., at the High School Gym.

Reese Ann Barnett

Ethan Dean Britten

Cheyenne Marie Brown

Tucker Austin Fry

Justin James Johnson

Harry Cruz Lynch

Carmen Lee McPherson

Aubrey Jordan Mitchek

Wyatt Kent Murdock

The Kiowa County Commissioner’s meeting was called to order on April 10, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. by Chairman, Richard Scott. Oswald opened the meeting with prayer and Pledge of Allegiance. Those in Attendance:

Richard Scott, Chairman of the Board

Cindy McLoud, Commissioner

Donald Oswald, Commissioner

Delisa Weeks, County Clerk

Tina Adamson, County Administrator

By Doris Lessenden

I Thessalonians 3: 12 “May the Lord make your love for one another and for all people grow more and more…”

April 27^th was such an important day of other happenings in Eads America! For three days, leaders from the Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho Native American Tribes from Montana, Wyoming, and Oklahoma met at the National Sand Creek Massacre site.

Fri May 5

District Baseball @ Las Animas

Sat May 6

TBA HS Track @ Limon

Mon May 8 

6:30 pm Staff appreciation dinner @ Sheridan Lake Bible Church

Tues May 9

 6 pm JH & HS Awards Banquet and Potluck Dinner

Fri May 12

10 am HS Track @ Holly

Sat May 13

While this weekend may have been dominated by snow and wind, warmer weather is just around the corner.

Summer fun in Colorado often involves some time cooling off in a local lake, swimming pool or boating on the high mountain lakes and rivers. To help you and your family stay safe around bodies of water, follow these water safety tips.

Water Safety Tips     

By Chris Sorensen

A late season winter storm which brought rain and snow to eastern Colorado is continuing to move into Kansas Sunday morning.

The winter storm warning which was originally in effect for all the southeast counties, remains in place for Kiowa, Crowley, Otero, Bent, Prowers, and Baca counties until 1:00 p.m. Sunday. A blizzard warning also remains in effect for eastern Cheyenne and Kit Carson counties.

Postal Employee Pleads Guilty After Faking Cancer to Work from Home

Notice of Pending Non-Simultaneous Exchange of State Land

Snow Continues Saturday, Warmup Next Week

By Slim Randles

“Well,” said Steve, the tall cowboy among us, “at least it’s Friday and we all have the weekend to look forward to.”

Doc glanced up from his paper at the philosophy counter of the Mule Barn truck stop and world dilemma think tank.

“Fastest Friday you’ll ever experience, Steve,” said Doc.

“That’s about right,” said Dud.

Steve got that confounded look on his face. “What do you mean by that?”

“Today is Saturday.”

“Well,” Steve said, shaking his head, “that flat wrecks this day all to pieces.