By Michelle Wyckoff

Sippy Cups.  Described by me as “An integral part of baby raising.”   Trudy and I were discussing this very thing last week in the Post Office.  When our kids were babies, sippy cups were pretty primitive.  Just your basic funny looking plastic cups with two handles.  Several different colors, but nothing to write home to Grandma about, except for the fact that they couldn’t tip them over.  

Arkansas River Headwaters

By Doris Lessenden

Bear Bryant, Alabama Coach: “I make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game.”

Inactivity puts 31 million at risk of heart disease, diabetes, cancer

Despite the many benefits of moderate physical activity, 31 million Americans (28 percent) age 50 years and older are inactive – that is, they are not physically active beyond the basic movements needed for daily life activities. This finding comes from a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published in today’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

The Colorado Agricultural Leadership Program (CALP) is accepting applications from emerging leaders looking to further develop their skills and their commitment to the future of Colorado’s agricultural and rural communities.

Participants in the program travel the state, learning about agriculture in every region, while also honing their personal leadership skills. As a culmination to the two-year program, the group also participates in an international trip to learn about agriculture in a foreign country and trade between that nation and the U.S.

Senators Cory Gardner (R-CO) and Tom Udall (D-NM) along with Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Martin Heinrich (D-NV), and John McCain (R-AZ) introduced an amendment to the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) to address the response costs associated with the Gold King Mine spill, and direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to work with affected States, Indian tribes, and local governments on a long-term water quality monitoring program of the rivers contaminated by the spill.

By Sharon Scott

Weekend before last, Jen Hopkins and children traveled to Woodston, KS to help her grandmother, Venda Poore celebrate her 97th birthday. 

Happy Belated Birthday Venda, hope you have many more!

Susan Greenfield would like to thank whomever cut down the bushes along the highway on her street.  You can now easily see oncoming traffic when stopped at the stop sign.

Dick and I traveled to Pueblo last Wednesday to do some shopping and to consult with his eye Dr.

Colorado Corn has partnered with Colorado State University's Rural Energy Center to assess the economic feasibility of solar and wind energy on farms with center pivot sprinklers. The project -- called Solar and Wind Assessments for Pivots (SWAP) -- was based on the idea that corners of fields with center pivot sprinklers could host solar arrays or wind turbines. 

These systems would be tied into the grid to offset electricity used for irrigation pumping. 

By Chris Sorensen

The run-up to the start of autumn Thursday will see sunny, hot days with minimal chance of rain in Kiowa County.

A broad ridge expands northward out of Texas and New Mexico Sunday leading to clear skies and no chance of rain. Through the latter part of the week, expect mostly sunny days with high temperatures in the upper 80s and low 90s. Some lingering moisture from the remnants of Tropical Storm Paine will begin to move into Colorado Tuesday, potentially leading to isolated storms over the eastern plains Wednesday.