Sheridan Lake

The Kiowa County Department of Social Services and the Eads Salvation Army unit would like to thank everyone that so generously donated time, money, and gifts to the 2020 Annual Christmas Drive that made Christmas a little brighter for numerous Kiowa County needy families. 

Special thanks go to DSS staff members Kimberly Briggs, Erica Bellomy, Jaylin Spady and Audrey Johnson for their hard work and dedication because without them, the Christmas drive would not have been possible.  

Thanks also to the following for their generosity:

Attached below is the 2020 Quilts of Valor special section from the December 25, 2020, edition of the Kiowa County Press. Note: Adobe Acrobat Reader (available free online at Adobe.com) or similar compatible software is required to view the special section.

Graduation for Law Enforcement Training Academy at Otero Junior College in La Junta was to have taken place December 9, 2020. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, graduation was rescheduled as a virtual event and moved to December 18.

Merry Christmas from our sponsors - your friends and neighbors in Kiowa County.

Trenda Jean Howard 

July 20, 1962 - December 1, 2020

Trenda Jean Howard was born July 20, 1962, in Friona, Texas. Trenda went to be with the lord on December 1, 2020, surrounded by her loving family.

Trenda graduated from Plainview High School near Sheridan Lake, in 1980 where she began her journey to being a teacher, coach, and amazing mentor. 

The Kiowa County Commissioners would like to express our gratitude to the planning group for the Merry on Maine Holiday Festival.  

We understand the enormous planning for this event, along with the love and hope for our residents, businesses, and communities to have an inspirational event of fellowship and joyful celebration.  We know that this year has been profoundly disappointing for so many, no celebrations, graduations, weddings, funerals, reduced income, isolation, sickness and loss of life.  

Rodney S. Shivers, Jr.

March 18, 1954 - December 7, 2020

Rodney Shivers, Jr., was born to Rodney Sterling Shivers Sr. and Frances Pearl Prewitt Shivers in Cleveland, Mississippi, March 18, 1954. Rodney was the oldest child, having a younger brother, Jeffery, and a younger sister, Stacey. Growing up in a farming family, Rodney was helping on the farm from a young age and fell in love with raising crops from the soil.

Rodney S. Shivers, Jr.

March 18, 1954 - December 7, 2020

A come and go celebration of life memorial service for Sheridan Lake resident, Rodney S. Shivers, Jr. will be held Saturday, December 12, 2020, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Shivers Services Building in Holly at 409 S. 1st Ave.

Richard Earl Scott

October 14, 1937 - November 23, 2020

Longtime Towner resident Richard Earl "Dick" Scott passed away November 23, 2020, at the Greeley County Hospital in Tribune, Kansas, at the age of 83 due to complications related to the coronavirus. A celebration of life memorial service will be held at later date, and Dick's cremated remains will be interred at the Towner Cemetery.