Upcoming Events

• Kiowa County Courthouse will be CLOSED Thurs. Sept. 8 @ Noon
• Fri.  Sept.9 ALL DAY for the Kiowa County Fair & Rodeo

Kiowa County Fair Schedule Events

By Michelle Wyckoff

Parking Spaces.  Defined by someone on the internet as ” a space where automobiles can be parked.”   In a parking lot.  In Pueblo.  At Walmart.  I find myself  parking there quite frequently.  Any time I feel the need for a really good challenge, I go park there.

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has revised the non-medical immunization exemption form used by parents who do not want their children to receive state-required vaccinations.

The purpose of the waiver is to inform parents who choose not to vaccinate their children of the risks associated with various childhood diseases.

This year, Project Learning Tree (PLT) – an award-winning program of the American Forest Foundation that applies the forest as “a window on the world” to educate PreK-12 and environmental educators – is celebrating its 40th anniversary. In Colorado, which was one of the first 10 states to initially adopt PLT, this celebration will be formally recognized with a one-day workshop on Sept. 17 at the Lone Star School in Otis, Colo., in the same location as the first Colorado PLT workshop in 1976.

Financial assistance is available for Colorado companies with organic certification. In order to qualify for this year’s reimbursement, producers and handlers must have received certification or continuation of certification by a US Department of Agriculture (USDA) accredited certifying agent commencing October 1, 2015 through September 30, 2016.

Under the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2013, cost share assistance payments are limited to 75 percent of an individual producer’s or handler’s certification costs up to a maximum of $750 per category of certification.

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