15 Years Ago

November 23, 2001

• Linly Stum of Towner gave a slide presentation to the Eads Middle & High School on his trip to Russia.

• Wild Horse Roundup Curtis Schrimp: I went out at 3:45am & saw a few meteors, what I saw wouldn’t call a shower as they were a good distance apart. What fascinated me was the entire sky, as it was clear and the stars looked big and close.

25 Years Ago

November 21, 1991

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 November 18, 2016, Kiowa County Press - Historic barn south of Eads. Photo by Jeanne Sorensen.

by Connie Brase, MAf

By Bob Garver

The regular Kiowa County Commissioner’s Meeting was called to order on October 25, 2016 at 9:00a.m. by Chairman Richard Scott. Scott opened the meeting with prayer and Pledge of Allegiance. Those in Attendance were:

Richard Scott, Chairman

Cindy McLoud, Commissioner

Donald Oswald, Commissioner

Delisa Weeks, County Clerk

Tina Adamson, County Administrator

Oswald moved and McLoud seconded the motion to approve the minutes as presented. All Commissioners voted Affirmative.

Information provided by a concerned hunter has led to a conviction and over $11,000 in fines imposed on a Front Range poacher for the illegal take of a trophy-quality 6x6 bull elk in November, 2015. When confronted by a CPW officer, Denver resident Agapito Alarid II, 42, admitted that he illegally shot the bull in Game Management Unit 2, an highly coveted unit in Northwest Colorado where it can take a hunter over 20 years to draw a license. Alarid did not have a license to hunt in the unit and a bull elk season was not open in the unit at the time he shot the animal.

February 7, 1944 - November 13, 2016

FACT: People 65 years and older are at high risk of serious flu-related complications.

Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) is helping Coloradans #OptOutside this Black Friday. Through Colorado Parks and Wildlife, GOCO is funding state park entries for #FreshAirFriday, meaning every single one of Colorado’s 42 state parks will be admission-free on Friday, November 25th.

By Chris Sorensen

Drought conditions grew worse in Colorado over the past week, with some portions of the state now showing severe drought, the third highest category.

Nearly the entire state is experiencing some level of drought conditions – only northeast Moffat County has normal conditions.